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By Alyssa Crutcher With the constant unpredictability of COVID-19, many classes have been moved to Zoom since fall 2020. For myself and many other students, this method of learning does not work well in our favor. Focus, motivation, and confidence in your knowledge are disrupted, causing stress on upcoming assignments and exams. Personally,…
Tips and Tricks: Navigating College From a Distance
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By Alyssa Riley Four women dressed head to toe in purple, green, and gold – the colors of the Carnival celebration that many Americans are acquainted with and love dearly – held Mardi Gras flags behind their backs like proud capes and zoomed down the sidewalks of the busy street in their roller-skates, heading…
Dickson Street Becomes the New Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras Celebration
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Story by Alyssa Crutcher Photo by Sarah Wittenburg With the #MeToo movement becoming more and more apparent, I am constantly hearing stories of strong, amazing women who have experienced horrible acts of sexual abuse throughout their lives. I see other people standing up for them, praising them, calling them survivors. This gets me thinking about…
Am I A Survivor Too?
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Story by Alyssa Riley Nomads Trailside, half-brother to Wake and Bake and Nomads Southtown, a college student favorite – due to mimosa pitchers and “tailgating” ambiance – opened its doors in May 2019. Owned by Jeremy Brown and Brittany Cusanek – the owners of Nomads Southtown – and Brian Duncan and Jason Kindall, it…
Nomads Trailside; A Treasure Among the Trails
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Story by Marin McGrath “How to be healthy on campus” is a question often posed when students come to college. The University of Arkansas has various ways students can answer such a question. Director of Nutrition and Wellness for the university, Ashton Julian, said leading a healthy lifestyle can pose a challenge for students due…
Is It Hard to be Healthy on Campus?
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Story by Alyssa Riley Photos by Alexander King In 1973, the historical Roe v. Wade case ensured that all American women had legal and safe access to abortion in the United States. With many bills banning abortion being passed by individual states, this constitutional right may be on its way to becoming a thing of…
From Roe v. Wade to Unborn Child Protection Act; Arkansas Sets Boundaries on Abortion
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Story by Alyssa Crutcher It seems like in today’s time, young women are often ridiculed for being… well, just being. We’re too much of something or we’re not enough. You like to play video games? Weird. You like romance novels? Typical. The list of labels and insults we endure is endless: Slut, bossy, mannish, tease,…
Girls Will Be Girls
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Story by Marin McGrath Students all around the world face the daunting task of landing “the” internship. One University of Arkansas student in particular, is no stranger to this process. Ella Marshall, a sophomore ADPR major from Kansas City, Missouri had initially planned on studying something science-related in college. “When I was in high school,…
The Internship
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Story by Emma Dannenfelser Thousands of University of Arkansas students walk to class each day, but many do not realize that they are walking mere feet above a powerful natural gas pipeline owned and operated by the university. The 3.5 million dollar pipeline project was completed in 2016 and has been operating as a…
U of A’s Pipeline- a Silently Innovative Expenditure
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Story by Emma Dannenfelser As autumn’s peak nears, the U of A campus is blanketed in hundreds of brightly colored leaves. However, this year, the beautiful array of leaves are joined by piles of discarded face masks. According to Pat Walker Health Center on campus, masks are required to be always worn when indoors, regardless…
Fall Leaves and Mask Litter at the U of A