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UD's little known facts

Little known facts: a headache of a handbook

While most people understand that times have changed dramatically in the past few decades, many students are unaware of how true that change is for the culture of the University of Dallas in particular. The...

Little known facts: Meet the Cowan Bells

It’s a sound you heard daily, often to remind you that you were late for class or that it was time to take a break and get dinner. It’s the sound that reminds you...

Little known facts: Crusaders of the lost artifact

Three ancient tablets sit in the back corner of the rare texts room at the University of Dallas. They’re dusty and crudely cut, yet there’s something mysterious about them. The stone the tablets are...

Little known facts: famous losing streak

The University of Dallas men’s basketball team had a successful set of games last weekend, winning both of their home games against Trinity University and Schreiner University. However, the basketball team hasn’t always been...

Little known facts: Capulin service project

In December 1970, a handful of students from the University of Dallas traveled to Capulin, Mexico to help make bricks for the impoverished people of the area. The group consisted of freshmen Ed Wray...

Little known facts: proposed pharmacy school

A few years ago, the University of Dallas seriously considered establishing a professional school of pharmacy and offering a doctor of pharmacy degree as well as a concentration in health services. At the time,...

Little known facts: UD’s sailing club

Clubs and other extracurricular activities hold great importance in the lives of current University of Dallas students, and the same can be said for students who attended the university during the 1970s. UD’s dean of...

Little Known Facts: the pride of the art village’s origin story

If you walk along the gravel path through the woods between Haggar and the Art Village and the male freshman dorms, you will pass a regal bronze statue of a lion, sitting...