The First Snow Day
Snow days in Austin? They’re rare. They happen only once in a blue moon. Some put the odds at a snowball’s chance in, well, you get the idea. When Old Man Winter...
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Time to Remember Pig
It’s early January, a time for resolutions, bowl games, and, when thinking of University of Texas history, a time to recall a favorite canine that once prowled...
Campus Mischief: B. Hall’s Bell Tolls for Thee
One hundred years ago, on the final day of the month in November 1911, a cool, peaceful, lazy Thanksgiving morning dawned on the University of Texas campus. During...
Thanksgiving 1916: the Bevo Tradition is Born
It was a Thanksgiving like no other. Mayor Alexander Wooldridge thought it quite possibly the greatest event in Austin’s history, and publicly floated the idea...
“We Want Panties!”: The 50th Anniversary of the Nation’s Largest Panty Raid
College life in the 1950s was far from bland. The Korean Conflict, McCarthyism, and Elvis Presley had students’ attention, along with stuffing people into...
Moonlight Prowl Celebrates Its 500th Campus Tour
The dinnertime phone call was from Max Locke, who had recently been appointed Head Resident of Kinsolving for the 1988 summer session. While the residence hall was...
The Mighty Battle for the Water Tank
Some schools have a symbolic stone that students paint and repaint in the middle of campus. UT, it turns out, had a giant water tank. The shenanigans around it have...
Tourney Draws Serious and Just-For-Fun Players to UT Golf Club
As the sun rose over Steiner Ranch, 58 orange and white golf carts were lined up, complete with snack packs, water, course books, and golf balls. They were at the...
Students Jam-Pack the 5th Annual Big Yell
Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Before Bevo, before Texas teams were the “Longhorns,” before orange and white were the University colors, how did...
Clark Field Being Upgraded, Dedicated to Lacrosse
Have you noticed? Since mid-July, Clark Field, just south of the San Jacinto Residence Hall, has been fenced off. Construction crews have removed the field and...
