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A student’s letter is displayed on Laura Ruiz’s altar during the Bobcat Pause memorial service, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at the LBJSC Ballroom. Ruiz, 22, was in the political science graduate program where she was also a teaching assistant. Ruiz worked multiple jobs during college, one of which was at Side-by-Side Kids, a faith-based after-school program, where she mentored young children in Austin.