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By Mia R. Bonifazi According to the government census, the Northwest Arkansas area is the 9th-fastest-growing metro area by percentage growth in the United States. Residents can see this everywhere: constant construction on roads, overfilled streets with bumper-to-bumper traffic, new residential developments, and, of course, the whispers between people who’ve lived there longest about what…
The Demands of Expansion in NWA
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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…
Watching Movies, Watching Gen Z
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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.…
The Craft of Creativity within the Honors College
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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…
From Readers Old to Readers New: Students Address the Literacy Crisis in Young Readers
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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…
‘Superstition Ain’t the Way’: Inside OCD at the U of A
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By Mackenzie Branstad As students strut the University of Arkansas campus this fall, they are dressed in various clothes dictated by the constantly changing weather. The chilly 60 degree mornings and sweltering 80 degree evenings make dressing for an entire day difficult for active students. Looking in most closets, there are two sections. The section…
It is too Hot for Fall but too Cold for Summer: How Arkansans Dress for the Season in between
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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…
Balancing 11:59 and Nine-To-Five: The Student Worker Experience
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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…
The Evolving Opioid Crisis
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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…
ARKANSAS WANTS YOU (To Vote)!
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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…
The rise of AI, Start-Ups and the Modern Get-Rich-Quick Scheme