(08-18-2019 09:35 AM)10thMountain Wrote:  

(08-18-2019 06:35 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-17-2019 11:09 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  The idea of a "flagship" is that there's only one. It's the ship in which the commander of a fleet set up shop and had his flag raised. So if there's a flagship university of the state of Texas, it would have to be UT. There can't be multiple flagships of a given entity.

I agree.

The State of Texas disagrees

Even UT itself disagrees.

The University itself openly recognizes A&M as it’s fellow state Flagship. The two even have a special day each legislative session where they lobby the state as a team for better funding for the Flagships

From UT’s official alumni magazine the Alcalde:

Quote:For just one day every two years, Longhorns and Aggies come together to storm the Texas State Capitol in the name of higher education for Orange & Maroon Legislative Day.

https://alcalde.texasexes.org/2019/02/lo...-day-2019/

This year marks the ninth biennial effort focused on boosting legislative support for the state’s flagship universities. On Feb. 5, alumni, volunteers, and supporters from UT and A&M spent the day visiting with lawmakers and staffers about the universities’ shared legislative priorities

You’ll also notice it’s called Orange and Maroon Day

No other school with delusions of grandeur about themselves has ever been invited to participate