Tejas In The 21st Century: 2000-Present

The Tejas Club made the transition into the new century without any major problems.
We celebrated our 75th Diamond Anniversary in 2000. The club is still going strong, with
members active in many areas of campus. We have officers or contributing members in such
organizations as the Student Engineering Council, Business Council, the Texas Travesty, the
Texas Union, Texas Blazers, Foreign Policy Council, the Athletic Council, Student Government,
the Texas Exes Student Chapter, and Longhorn Band.

Over the past couple of years, Tejas Braves completed some important projects for the
club. The floor for the computer room was redone in style in with Longhorn Orange and White,
thanks to Brad ("fix it") Dieringer. Brad also built a new custom bookcase for the library to
hold Tejas lore. Zein Basravi located some nice artwork to display in the house, thanks to a
generous alumni, Blake Justice. J.W. Walthall contributed photographs from his portfolio to
the house, many of which are hanging in the living room. On the cyberspace side of things,
the Tejas Web Database has been up and running for a couple of years, thanks to David James.

The club continues to organize the March 2nd Texas Independence Day Breakfast, our annual
honorary breakfast for graduating seniors and outstanding faculty. In addition we will have
our regular events, including such events as the Bob Pees Croquet Tournament and Crawfish
Boil and our weekly Tejas Coffees.