In the midst of a polio outbreak in 1942, sixteen students left their quarantined dormitories, dressed in black, and sneaked into the library basement at night to perform for their classmates.
[2] In 1996, The Night Owls performed as the opening act for Hillary Clinton when she spoke at Vassar College.
[4] That same year, The Night Owls competed in the semi-finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) at Haverford College.
[5] While they did not move onto the finals at Lincoln Center in New York City, then-musical director Amanda Weeden 1997 won “Best Soloist” for her performance of Captain and Tennille's “Love Will Keep Us Together,” beating out the University of Pennsylvania Counterparts’ soloist John Stephens, better known today as John Legend.
[6] In 2001, The Night Owls appeared in an episode of Comedy Central Presents featuring Zach Galifianakis singing "Eternal Flame" originally by The Bangles.