The day before Thanksgiving in 1981, the University was gifted with its first snow of the year!
Jesse Jackson, a human and civil rights activist and politician, spoke at Old Cabell Hall in 1986.
As our first basketball season without Tony Bennett begins, let's look back to the very first basketball season we started with Bennett as head coach.
The Cavalier Daily traveled to New York City for this interview with Tony Award-winning theatre director and producer Harold Prince.
Halloween marks the time when the mysterious P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society delivers pumpkins to deserving students and faculty.
Only 40 years ago, students could join the Skydiving Club, where they could drive to Orange County Airport and take a leap from an airplane.
Students gathered at the amphitheater and the Lawn to encourage the University to divest holdings in businesses that have ties to South Africa's apartheid government.
The University Guide Service, established by Mary Betts in the 1950s, had become a prestigious and competitive organization by 1984, accepting only 8% of applicants each year.
The Cavalier Daily stood its ground, stating that the paper had every right to comment on national news and to publish pieces that may not align with the views of the majority of the student body.
William Vest used his position as a trash-picker to spread cheer to the University. Vest was known around Grounds for his enthusiastic singing and friendly attitude.
