uw history
June 1, 1993
Naming ‘Red Square’
Former UW Daily Managing Editor and ASUW President Cassandra Amesley, '77, '81, gets the credit (or blame) for using the term.
September 1, 1992
A bachelor's at 98
The UW awarded Ethel Londelius a bachelor's degree in home economics, 77 years after she first enrolled.
December 1, 1991
Menu memories
Some of the old haunts are ghosts now, but others are scaring up plenty of student business.
March 1, 1991
‘Torchy’ Torrance, 1899-1990
Roscoe "Torchy" Torrance was one of the UW's most prominent sports boosters and confidant of generations of Husky coaches and athletes.
September 1, 1990
100 years of UW football
The story of University of Washington football, beyond the memorable games, the wondrous plays, even the unfathomable foibles, is also a constant catalog of surprises.
March 1, 1990
The days of May
The Kent State Killings left many college campuses in revolt. UW administrators look back at how they defused a time bomb.
December 1, 1989
A vexing motto
A campus mystery has been solved. We now know who inscribed a whimsical motto on a portrait at the South Campus Center.