Daily Cal History, Part 1

The University Echo was the first college newspaper published at the Berkeley campus. In 1874 the University Echo merged with the Neolaean Review, a literary review, to become The Berkeleyan. In 1897 The Berkeleyan changed its name to the Californian and in October of 1897 to The Daily Californian.

Just before the slightly better-known Big Game, The Daily Californian staff play the staff of The Stanford Daily in a flag football game known as the Ink Bowl. Instead of The Axe, the winner takes home an X-Acto knife trophy. In recent years, The Daily Californian has won more frequently than the Cal football team.