A Note from the Editor
The Cactus yearbook is the oldest publication at the University of Texas. This year, the Cactus will be entering into its 116th year of production, continuing a tradition that is older than "The Eyes of Texas," the UT Tower and as old as the Office of the President.
Wander through the archives of the Cactus yearbook, and you will see in the photos uniforms from both World Wars, protests, presidential administrations spanning from Grover Cleveland to Barack Obama. We have covered major storms that have displaced UT students, presidential assassination and sorrow and scandal in the University and beyond.
The Cactus yearbook is the only pictorial record of the year at UT - a tradition you will be proud of for years and years to come - and a mark of permanence to leave on the Forty Acres after you have left.
Be a part of a tradition that is as uniquely Longhorn as the Hex Rally and lighting the tower orange. We're Cactus yearbook -- and We're Texas.
Brennan Lawler
Cactus Yearbook
Editor-In-Chief
About the Yearbook
The Cactus yearbook is in its 116th year of publication, making it the oldest publication at The University of Texas at Austin. For over a century, we have not only documented the history of the University but also the college experience. We show how the campus has grown from its original 40 acres when it consisted of one building, eight teachers, two departments and 221 students to a campus of over 350 acres, 50,000 students and more than 20,000 faculty and staff. With our photography, we try to document a campus that is not only the largest in the country but one that is as diverse as it is beautiful. With more than 775 organizations on campus, including more than 50 sororities and fraternities students have the opportunity to find a place where he or she can feel at home. We are the timekeeper of traditions: Bevo, Torchlight Parades, Hex Rallies, Big 12 Championships and the lighting of the Tower. They are all part of what makes UT so unique, and they are all highlighted each year in the Cactus yearbook.
