Just to make sure, here.. you mean UT, right?  Because TU would be Texas University, which doesn't exist.  The closest there is Texas State University, which used to be called Southwest Texas State University, so I don't think it's the same issue.  But, this thread has gone south...  My original point is that the UT system is benefitting greatly from Bush & Co. And the point that I made was that alot of research is being shifted to them and away from federal labs like Los Alamos.  If I remember correctly, UT stole away a contract for high energy physics research.  But I don't remember exactly, so I could be wrong.  

In the interest of full disclosure, I attend UT - San Antonio.  It's in the UT system, yes, but it's kind of removed from UT - Austin.  Unlike in California, where there are like three or four big, powerful schools under the UC system, UT Austin completely outperforms the other schools in the system.