Health
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By Marin McGrath In the state of Arkansas a projected 67,000 people over the age of 65 will suffer from Alzheimer’s disease by the year 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Although this disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, many people are unaware of the impacts, Kirsten Dickens, executive…
Alzheimer’s Hits Close to Home for the Arkansas Community
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Story by Alyssa Riley Clementine Simpson is bombing down a Fayetteville hill, her sharp mullet whipping behind her in the cold wind. Her feet swing from left to right on the pavement that disappears beneath her; this thrill is what she loves about skating. Simpson, 22, is a senior nursing major at the University of…
A Tough Skate Through Loss
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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 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 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 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
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Story by Victoria Hernandez, Photo by Natalie Demaree, April 8,2021 With the roll out of COVID-19 vaccines and several states loosening their restrictions, it’s easy to think it’s time to take the mask off and put it away for good. However, the disease has not disappeared. Now, more than ever, it is important to continue…
Mask Up, Arkansas
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Story by Sophie Brock, Photos by Alexander King, March 10, 2021. College students are burnt out. After nearly a year of asynchronous classes and feeling like they are living the same day over and over, college students have lost motivation to complete their school work. Out of 21 students I talked to, 86 percent of them…
Stressed & Depressed: How College Students’ Mental Health is Affected By Online School
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Story and photos by Beth Dedman, December 21, 2020 NEW YORK CITY—The smell of urine lingered in my mask as I emerged from the filthy subway station onto 42nd street. For all of the promises of sanitized trains, the A Train [B1] [B2] that carried me up from Brooklyn was littered with trash from the…
As the City Slept: Life in quarantine in the epicenter of COVID-19
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Story by Tegan Shockley, December 11, 2020 The cat seems to know when Kati McFarland is emotional. It rubs its head against McFarland, who prefers gender-neutral pronouns and is a wheelchair user, as they contemplate the different ways they could die: starvation, a cardiac episode or dying from exposure if they become homeless again. McFarland…
The Noted Invalid: Medical bills and failing health don’t stop a 29-year-old from advocating for disability rights.