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The Cavalier Daily company history timeline

1890

The Cavalier Daily printed its first issue under the name College Topics on January 15, 1890.

1924

In 1924, the newspaper increased its publication schedule from twice a week to six times a week, making the paper a daily.

1940

However, the following year, the paper's off-campus printer suffered a catastrophic fire, and the newspaper alternated between two and three publication days a week until 1940.

1948

After the war, the paper increased its circulation and content, and was renamed The Cavalier Daily on May 4, 1948.

1973

In 1973, a staff split resulted in several unsuccessful candidates for the Managing Board leaving to form The Declaration, a weekly tabloid-format publication that continues to publish.

1976

In 1976, The Cavalier Daily became the first college publication to receive a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

The University's Media Board, a body composed of students and supervised by the University's Board of Visitors, was founded in 1976 to regulate on-Grounds media, but The Cavalier Daily ignored it as a matter of practice.

1979

In April 1979, the confrontation came to a head when University President Frank Hereford presented the paper with the ultimatum of accepting the Media Board and the Board of Visitors' authority or being forced to leave its offices.

In 1979, the University saw the creation of another student-run newspaper, the University Journal, which originally formed in opposition to what many saw as the left-wing editorial stances of The Cavalier Daily.

1983

The fallout of the Media Board crisis led to the 1983 formation of the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association, with the stated purpose to support the newspaper and aid it in times of need.

2001

The Digitization Project, completed in 2001, made all aspects of production computer-based.

2020

In May 2020, The Cavalier Daily launched a redesigned website.

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