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By Rachel Bernstein November 6, 2020 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– Maia Mitchell opens the trunk of her dusty maroon jeep and reveals two large gun-shaped bags. She unzips one and pulls out a long rifle with the words, “klan killer” scratched into the faded wood. Judging by the penmanship, this is an aftermarket upgrade. “This one is…
Weapons of Anarchy: A Southern Trans Woman’s Crusade To Arm The Left
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Photos by Natalie Demaree October 30, 2020
Local Support for Candidates in the 2020 Presidential Election
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In memory of Beverly Reep By Mackenzie Selby October 23, 2020 The Reep family traveled to Europe on vacation in early March before the pandemic had reached their home state. While there, Beverly Reep, long-time history teacher and resident of Bradley County, contracted COVID-19. Arkansas Covid has reported 71,614 positive cases of Covid-19 in Arkansas…
Social Media & COVID-19: A Personal Account of A Lost Loved One
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By Hunter Simmons October 16, 2020 At the outbreak of COVID-19, my housing facility closed and I was forced to move back home. Living in Bentonville, Arkansas, for the remainder of the semester and majority of the summer led to experiences that shaped my opinions on how my hometown and the larger community of…
Politicizing the Pandemic: How My Summer Experiences Shaped My View of My Community’s Response to the Pandemic
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By Natalie Demaree October 9, 2020 The trees are beginning to change on campus at the University of Arkansas, but significantly less students are able to enjoy the fall colors this year because of remote classes. “I feel we do have good protocols and guidelines in place. With limited face-to-face instruction, socially…
Leaves Fall, UA Leaders Make Calls: Campus Update on Covid-19
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By Obed Lamy October 2, 2020 Holly Malone has served as a food service worker at the University of Arkansas for more than three decades. Upon coming back on campus this fall, she discovered a very different working environment. Now the dining halls offer a limited menu selection, exclude self-service, and opt for…
One Day at a Time
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By Tegan Shockley September 25, 2020 Ministries undertake the issue of sexuality, revealing how the religion has hurt and isolated believers. I grew up going to church on Sundays like most people in the Bible Belt. Maybe not so normal, I put my faith in Jesus after God asked me in a dream, “Tegan, are…
Growing Up in Silence: Christians Reclaim Sexuality
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Social Media Activism Reduced to Reshares Dec. 6, 2019 By Olivia Boardman Heavily-filtered selfies flooded your feed. You could follow anyone and everyone, from people you didn’t know to celebrities in movies you had never seen. Amateur, grainy photos evolved into heavily produced posts from your peers. It became a game of gaining followers and…
Slacktivism:
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Nov. 23, 2019 by Rylie Frederick They called it a badge of self-defense, and they only required girls to earn it. Senior Gracen Patten was in the ninth grade when she first realized women needed self-defense more than men did. As a Senior Cadette in the Girl Scouts, Patten was required to earn a self-defense…
Hog Calls and Cat Calls
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Nov. 1, 2019 “Why are you involved in politics?” This question followed me while I worked on 2018 election campaigns, always with an emphasis on the “you.” Why are you involved in politics? What are you doing here? My answer is that by virtue of being me, a first generation American Muslim woman of color,…
The Immigration Game