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Confronting the legacy of racial violence in Arkansas in a search for inner peace. by Abbi Ross Tyrah Jackson stands on the steps of Gearhart Hall, wearing a microphone like a Britney Spears-era pop star while she calls out instructions to over 100 people, almost all of which are dressed in black and hanging on…
Slaughter in the Delta: Confronting Racism, Need for Change on the UA Campus
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Story by Emma Dannenfelser Ever since it was founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas has been a supporter of women’s rights to not only participate but also lead in higher education. One of the founding faculty members during the university’s debut year was a woman-Mary Gorton-who was a mathematics and literature professor, according to…
University of Arkansas: 150 Years of Women in Leadership
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Story by Maddie Epley Last semester, COVID-19 impacted students’ ability to learn by university officials’ decision to go virtual. This semester, students are speaking out about their preference of learning: going back to virtual or staying on campus. Of about 32,600 students, faculty and staff, there are currently 94 active cases at the university, according…
Decisions, Decisions: Students and Faculty React to Being Back On-Campus
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Pagans in Arkansas endure years of fear and harassment in the most socially conservative region of the United States — the Bible Belt. Story by Kari Adams Marie didn’t think she deserved to die. The two boys yelling out the bus window thought otherwise. “F—king witch!” “Cut yourself and die, you emo whore!” The boys’…
Out of Hiding, Into the Bible Belt
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How I started the journey to no longer feeling like a fraud in my own body. Story by Abbi Ross I didn’t sneak my first cigarette until the Thanksgiving break of my freshman year of college. I was driving out of Fayetteville on a gray, fall afternoon making my way to the split that would…
Fooling Them All
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Story by Abby Zimmardi Over the span of six days in March 2021, Caitlin Lane, 23, felt a distant and dull ache in her right side grow into a constant and sharp sensation soon followed by nausea and nights spent in pain. On the sixth day, March 4, Lane spent her day juggling teaching eighth-grade…
Locked in a Dark Room With No Key to Escape: College Students Navigate Burnout
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Story by Carly Lidzy. Photo by Alexander King. The University of Arkansas Associated Student Government has officially announced the new class of Freshman Leadership Forum recruits, along with the new school Senate chairs. The Associated Student Government is a student-led organization that focuses on the betterment of the campus community. They are split into the…
UofA Student Government Supplies Opportunities and Platforms
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Story by Victoria Hernandez. Photo by Tabitha Novotny. At the start of the pandemic, the FBI warned that hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities would rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic A year later, awareness of Asian hate crimes has become heavily circulated through the media. “Obviously, during the pandemic…
AAPI in Arkansas
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Story by Sophie Brock, April 21, 2021 A self-defense class may seem like a fun event hosted by the University for Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit Week, but for women it’s one of the many precautions that’s taken to be safe. The goal of this self-defense class, hosted during Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit week, was to…
More Than A Self-Defense Class
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Story by Sophie Brock April 16, 2021. Photo courtesy of Mary Elizabeth Baldwin. The nursing program at the University of Arkansas is not only a competitive program, as listed by the program’s website, but it’s also been one of the most severely impacted by COVID-19. While other majors are automatically entered into their program upon…
The Impact of COVID-19 On Nursing Students