Burnt Orange Report

All Nighter Against Inequality

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

And so it begins, the Campus Alliance Against Inequality overnight fest here on the West Mall as we prepare to storm the voting machine inside the Flawn Academic Center (UGL) at 7 am. I must say that it feels like fall, the temperature has been in the mid-50s so far this night.

The event began at 8 pm with the first of three bands, Mumblebee. What a way to kick off the night as they played a half hour set that got us all energized for the night out. They were followed by another student band, The Pajamas, which sadly, does not have a website yet for me to link to, but nonetheless provided some great music as many of those here started getting interviewed by local media. There are 3 satellite trucks for KVUE (ABC), KXAN (NBC), and KTBC (FOX) local affiliates. CBS is expected later tonight. Be sure to watch the local stations 10 o'clock news as we may be live on some of them. News 8 Austin has been here since 6 pm and will have their story running every hour starting tonight.

Acquired Taste, our third band is on stage right now. I'll be uploading images in just a minute! Watch this thread for move liveblog updates!