Kinsolving Dorm During my first summer at the University of Texas, I had to go through what was called the UT provisional program. This was essentially reserved for people who more or less had the test scores to get in, but didn't necessarily have the grades and/or class ranking to really shine on the application process.
During this summer program I wound up living in the Kinsolving dormitory which, while normally an all girls dorm, was coed during these summer programs.
A friend of mine from high school named Donlee Cone Smith wound up staying with me most of the time. We would often go up towards Pflugerville and Round Rock (which were tiny, tiny towns at the time) and visit his mother. A lot of that time was just spent fishing on the river near her apartment, but it made for a good time.
There is a grouping of photos in here from one of the worst accidents Austin had seen. Evidently the 18-wheeler was forced off of the road and wound up colliding with the angled concrete. The truck was entirely mangled, but worse was that the driver and his young son were both killed instantly in the crash.
