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'Incidents At The University of Texas' In October 2012 Taylor Carr, a sophomore anthropology student, was the target of bleach-filled balloons that had been lobbed at her from an apartment balcony while walking through West Campus. Reports of bleach-filled water balloons thrown from apartments in West Campus have gained attention from students in UT's minority communities who feel that the balloon attacks are racially motivated. The concept behind them is to "whiten" students of color. On Wednesday 21st 2013 in the afternoon, a University of Texas student Bryan Davis was walking to a friend's apartment in the West Campus neighborhood. While passing the University Towers apartment building on 23rd and Pearl, a bleach-filled balloon struck the sidewalk near him splashing its contents onto his leg. The response from the university is that the balloon thrown on Wednesday 2013 appears to have been filled with water, and they are sending clothing and pieces of the balloon away for further forensic testing. Authorities claim that they are having difficulty verifying that this is racially motivated because there are reports that claim that non-minority students have been hit also but the fact remains that a majority of students targeted have indeed been minority. Sources who were interviewed by the Huffington Post who wished to be remain anonymous claimed that as early as 2007, that they saw bleach-filled balloons dropped on groups of women participating in sorority rush. They also claimed that bleach-bombing incidents are common and may occur "maybe once or twice a month."