This is officially denied by the University, which stated: "If you look at a campus map the right way and use your imagination, it's possible to think of the outline of the library as similar to the shape of Texas.

Officially it's called a "rhomboid shape", and it complements the similarly designed Graduate School of Business building across the street, which was completed the same year.

The grant transformed the room into a modern community study area, named the "UFCU Student Learning Commons".

Utilizing open source software like QGIS, the team aimed to enhance the patron experience within the Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) Map Room.

Police reports state that student Colton Tooley fired shots on his walk from Guadalupe Street to the library's front entrance.