Original sentence: Beginning in 2015 and accelerating in 2017, a national controversy grew over the prominent positions of monuments and memorials to the Confederacy in many public spaces across the United States, and particularly in the American South.In this context, the statues of Confederate notables along the university's South Mall that Coppini had designed for the Littlefield Fountain attracted increased public criticism
Edited sentence: Fenves announced that the statue of James Stephen Hogg will be reinstalled on campus by the end of the month.He cited the historical significance of Governor Hogg as a Texas figure, as well as the contributions of the Hogg family to the University.On December 6, 2018, UT President Gregory L