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  • The Greatest Divide 

    The Greatest Divide 

    How algorithms encroach collective consciousness by perpetuating social disparities across user populations  By Anatole Hurta As midterms come to a close, students are fully…

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  • Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z
    Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z

    How Movie Trends Represent College Students By Emalee Powell COVID-19 uniquely affected each generation socially and mentally. For today’s college students, the pandemic involved negative shifts in mental health, motivation, isolation, academics and missed opportunities. Generation Z, who range in age from 14 to 29, was more likely than any other generation to report loneliness…

  • The Craft of Creativity within the Honors College 
    The Craft of Creativity within the Honors College 

    By Mia Bonifazi  An old rumor lingers in the minds of all students: education destroys creativity. Higher education, in particular, is often demonstrated in the same dull manner, filled with pictures of students sitting in large, boring lectures and musty libraries, poring over books with little time for anything else as their minds seep away.…

  • From Readers Old to Readers New: Students Address the Literacy Crisis in Young Readers 
    From Readers Old to Readers New: Students Address the Literacy Crisis in Young Readers 

    By Mia Kelley  How can books stand a chance against smartphones in the war for attention? That’s a question many are asking after the recent “Nation’s Report Card” displayed lower literacy rates in young elementary students.  Even through a college-aged lens, less students gravitate toward literature for leisure with so many screens and digital allures at…

  • The Greatest Divide 
    The Greatest Divide 

    How algorithms encroach collective consciousness by perpetuating social disparities across user populations  By Anatole Hurta As midterms come to a close, students are fully enveloped by their monotonous routines: classes, or lack thereof, work, Hogs’ games, Dickson, repeat. During the whirlwind that is fall semester, it is easy to look toward media consumption for a…

  • ‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A
    ‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A

    By Davis McClure As Halloween approaches, the spooky playlists make their rounds around cafes, house parties and retail stores. One track in particular has been making its way around since it was released in 1972. Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” was written as a warning about subscribing to superstitious practices. “When you believe in things that you…

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  • Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z

    Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z

    How Movie Trends Represent College Students By Emalee Powell COVID-19 uniquely affected each generation socially and mentally. For today’s college students, the pandemic involved…

  • Balancing 11:59 and Nine-To-Five: The Student Worker Experience
    Balancing 11:59 and Nine-To-Five: The Student Worker Experience

    By Davis McClure To no one’s surprise, college students are often exhausted. But what’s the story behind the clutched energy drinks and baggy eyes staring vacantly in lectures? Some of them await a night shift after class, while some never go to sleep the night before. Balancing work and school is a challenge many students…

  • The Evolving Opioid Crisis
    The Evolving Opioid Crisis

    Cychlorphine in Arkansas: What to Know and What to Do By Emalee Powell 69,973 people died in the United States from an overdose in 2025. Arkansas is ranked #2 in the nation for drug use. Arkansas has several main highways that are highly trafficked for drug transportation and distribution. Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, a…

  • ARKANSAS WANTS YOU (To Vote)!
    ARKANSAS WANTS YOU (To Vote)!

    The Importance of Younger Votes in Arkansas Elections By Emalee Powell Arkansas is ranked 50th (out of 50 states) for voter turnout in the United States. On average, only 48.4% of Arkansans vote; that is, under half of the state’s population votes for its state representatives. 66% of those 65 and older actively vote while…

  • The rise of AI, Start-Ups and the Modern Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
    The rise of AI, Start-Ups and the Modern Get-Rich-Quick Scheme

    By Mia Bonifazi Nothing is more American than a rags-to-riches story: nobody becoming somebody through hard work, tying their bootstraps tight and moving on even when the going gets rough. And, as a result, just as American is the all-too-infamous Ponzi scheme or Get-Rich-Quick scheme, where oftentimes a mysterious, charming figure swindles those simply trying…

  • Behind the Seams: Students Getting a Front Row Seat to New York Fashion Week
    Behind the Seams: Students Getting a Front Row Seat to New York Fashion Week

    By Mia Kelley The week of Sept. 10 to Sept. 15 was a big one for fashion lovers, especially those in New York City. Fall Fashion Week festivities have just commenced, with over 70 shows running. With hundreds of models showing off new fall collections, the week showcased the opportunity for hundreds of artists, marketers,…

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  • ‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A
    ‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A

    By Davis McClure As Halloween approaches, the spooky playlists make their rounds around cafes, house parties and retail stores. One track in particular has been making its way around since it was released in 1972. Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” was written as a warning about subscribing to superstitious practices. “When you believe in things that you…

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  • Behind the Seams: Students Getting a Front Row Seat to New York Fashion Week
    Behind the Seams: Students Getting a Front Row Seat to New York Fashion Week

    By Mia Kelley The week of Sept. 10 to Sept. 15 was a big one for fashion lovers, especially those in New York City. Fall Fashion Week festivities have just commenced, with over 70 shows running. With hundreds of models showing off new fall collections, the week showcased the opportunity for hundreds of artists, marketers,…

  • Performative Men: Who Hung the Stage Lights?
    Performative Men: Who Hung the Stage Lights?

    By Davis McClure Early one morning, a barista yelled out “Strawberry matcha!” over a rustling crowd of students, many running late to class. A tote bag on one arm, with Clairo blaring through his wired headphones, an allegedly-six-foot-two man made his way to the counter to retrieve his order. He went about his day as…

  • Students Go Cuckoo for Dodo
    Students Go Cuckoo for Dodo

    By Mia Kelley Sunlight trickles through the leaves of the tree growing in the center of the new location of Dodo Coffee Company, a tree that grows out of the perfect hole in the ceiling. Students share laptops while working on homework, an older woman is reading in the corner, and a couple stumbles through…

  • Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z

    How Movie Trends Represent College Students By Emalee Powell COVID-19 uniquely affected each generation socially and mentally. For today’s college students, the pandemic involved negative shifts in mental health, motivation, isolation, academics and missed opportunities. Generation Z, who range in age from 14 to 29, was more likely than any other generation to report loneliness…

  • The Craft of Creativity within the Honors College 

    By Mia Bonifazi  An old rumor lingers in the minds of all students: education destroys creativity. Higher education, in particular, is often demonstrated in the same dull manner, filled with pictures of students sitting in large, boring lectures and musty libraries, poring over books with little time for anything else as their minds seep away.…

  • From Readers Old to Readers New: Students Address the Literacy Crisis in Young Readers 

    By Mia Kelley  How can books stand a chance against smartphones in the war for attention? That’s a question many are asking after the recent “Nation’s Report Card” displayed lower literacy rates in young elementary students.  Even through a college-aged lens, less students gravitate toward literature for leisure with so many screens and digital allures at…

  • The Greatest Divide 

    How algorithms encroach collective consciousness by perpetuating social disparities across user populations  By Anatole Hurta As midterms come to a close, students are fully enveloped by their monotonous routines: classes, or lack thereof, work, Hogs’ games, Dickson, repeat. During the whirlwind that is fall semester, it is easy to look toward media consumption for a…

  • ‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A

    By Davis McClure As Halloween approaches, the spooky playlists make their rounds around cafes, house parties and retail stores. One track in particular has been making its way around since it was released in 1972. Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” was written as a warning about subscribing to superstitious practices. “When you believe in things that you…

  • Taken Hostage by ‘the Game’:  Forced Criminality and a Trafficking Survivor’s Struggle to Clear Her Record 

    By Aaron Klahr Human trafficking is commonly referred to as “the game” — a game where the victim plays but never wins. For Arkansas native Kachia Phillips, this game followed her into the criminal justice system, where the crimes she was forced to commit became convictions that followed her long after her exploitation ended. In…

  • Balancing 11:59 and Nine-To-Five: The Student Worker Experience

    By Davis McClure To no one’s surprise, college students are often exhausted. But what’s the story behind the clutched energy drinks and baggy eyes staring vacantly in lectures? Some of them await a night shift after class, while some never go to sleep the night before. Balancing work and school is a challenge many students…

  • The Evolving Opioid Crisis

    Cychlorphine in Arkansas: What to Know and What to Do By Emalee Powell 69,973 people died in the United States from an overdose in 2025. Arkansas is ranked #2 in the nation for drug use. Arkansas has several main highways that are highly trafficked for drug transportation and distribution. Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, a…

  • ARKANSAS WANTS YOU (To Vote)!

    The Importance of Younger Votes in Arkansas Elections By Emalee Powell Arkansas is ranked 50th (out of 50 states) for voter turnout in the United States. On average, only 48.4% of Arkansans vote; that is, under half of the state’s population votes for its state representatives. 66% of those 65 and older actively vote while…

  • The rise of AI, Start-Ups and the Modern Get-Rich-Quick Scheme

    By Mia Bonifazi Nothing is more American than a rags-to-riches story: nobody becoming somebody through hard work, tying their bootstraps tight and moving on even when the going gets rough. And, as a result, just as American is the all-too-infamous Ponzi scheme or Get-Rich-Quick scheme, where oftentimes a mysterious, charming figure swindles those simply trying…