Because the statues themselves blend into the landscape, they're easy for those untouched by racism to miss, he said. However, he has talked with African Americans who are quite disturbed by the past they represent. We don't want to see that while we're walking to class. I think they should be removed. Thus, Burnam filed House Bill 953 which would do just that remove the statues of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, John H. Reagan and Albert Sidney Johnston from the South Mall.
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Although ranked 18th among graduate business schools in U.S. News and World Report 's college rankings, the Red McCombs School of Business is facing a decline in the number of applicants for the 2001-2002 school year. Matt Turner, M.B.A. program admissions director and assistant director of the graduate school of business, said students may be turned away from attending graduate school because of the recent high-tech layoffs and business closures. Despite a variance in the number of applications, the admissions office at the Red McCombs School of Business admits 400 students, including students in joint-degree programs, to the school each year. Breaking News Featured Story Making a place of their own Freshman Tamika Stevenson returned to her former high school last semester to help recruit students to the University and voice its benefits. Instead, she ended up defending complaints against the University from students at Kimball and Carter High Schools, both predominantly black schools.