Any snowfall in Austin is bound to incite a mass frenzy at first flake. And indeed, many a pathetic snowman has been hatched from the occasional crust of powder...
At the turn of the century, Greek organizations ruled the roost at UT. In turn, this led to a string of parody fraternities, the most prominent being “The Rustic...
The Roaring ’20s permeated campus in a variety of ways, one of which was through Tex-ette, the state’s first coed jazz orchestra. Thanks to Tex-ette, one could...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
Do you have any opinion as to the duration of the current war? If England looses [sic], is America doomed? If a highway was built...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
Donated to UT in 1910 by George Brackenridge, the Brackenridge Tract—which includes married student housing, research labs,...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
In 1939, the impressively named William Mozart McVey boasted that his classroom was “one of the best sculpture studios in Texas.”...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
Before Bevo, Longhorn fans were endeared to another four-legged friend. Pig Bellmont was named after Gus “Pig” Dittmar, a...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
Before Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong bookended the space race, there was Sam, a 7-pound rhesus monkey who blasted off in 1959....
Unlocking the vault of UT history.
Texas football lost the 1972 Cotton Bowl to Penn State in Dallas. But within two days, the Longhorn Band was on to its next...
Unlocking the vault of UT history
Russell Lee was one of the 20th century’s most important photographers. Trained as a chemical engineer, he spent the 1920s struggling...
