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Bus hit Texas student just wants to move on from his amazing viral video fame:Still baffled & unhurt

Want to know what still has our heads spinning? The tale of Nick Engmann, an 18-year-old electrical engineering student at the University of Texas who got smacked by a Capital Metro bus just days before his finals.

Not only did he live to tell about the incident — he also took his exams the next week, scoring all A's and one B.

Engmann, who was participating in a "Foam Sword Friday" event on the Drag, attempted to cross the street wearing a Barack Obama mask and wielding a floppy sword when an oncoming bus ran a red light and sent him careening into Guadalupe Street.

Engmann admitted, "It was a little bit more stressful that I had to take [finals] right after I got hit by a moving vehicle."

He stood up quickly as other students rushed over, went to the hospital and left after just two hours with only a sling.

In an interview with Good Morning America Engmann admitted, "It was a little bit more stressful that I had to take [finals] right after I got hit by a moving vehicle."

Meanwhile, footage of the hit went viral: Wolfie Kuntz, a UT student who was walking past the scene as the incident occurred, said that other students were watching the videos at a campus-area bar just 15 minutes later. Daniel Tosh predictably picked it up for a Tosh.0 video breakdown. Engmann's name and his folly have been plastered everywhere since that fateful May 4 afternoon.

During the GMA segment, Engmann appeared eager to get past the whole thing. Will the poor guy ever live it down?

Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

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