Friday afternoon, as college students in other states took to campus quads to protest the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, the campus of the University of Texas at Austin was eerily quiet.
Although the university is home to several activist groups that have publicly denounced the new commander-in-chief, the groups cited the state's almost six-month-old campus carry law as their reason for staying home.
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As the inauguration played out in D.C., only a single person was spotted walking across the UT campus in Central Austin. He refused to give his name but identified himself as a professor of thirty years.
"I’m only here because I left my car keys in my office," he said. "I still hope to be long gone before the shooting starts." He glanced nervously around before adding, "I miss the old days, when campus was filled with the sounds of protests and lively debates rather than with the sound of gunfire."
With that, he covered his head with his briefcase and ran for the nearest building.
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