Student Life

  • Story by Alyssa Crutcher It is no secret Gen Z is the most tech-savvy generation. We grew up during the height of technology. Because of this, it has become one of the biggest parts of our lives. A side effect of this is Gen Z’s dependency on music.  Walking through campus, as I’m looking around,…

    A Generation of Music

  • By Yael Even Coming to college, I constantly searched for purpose. It wasn’t until a tube of red lipstick and I came together that allowed me to discover who I am. I finally realized everything I could possibly need was right in front of me.  As it feels crowded on campus, let alone the inner…

    How to Build Your Brand

  • By Marin McGrath FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— On Saturday Feb. 20, families and college students alike patiently awaited the floats and attractions that the Fat Saturday Parade of Fools has to offer. No one seemed to mind the chill in the air and the cloudy sky, they were there for an entertaining time.  It’s been 30 years…

    Fat Saturday in Fayetteville

  • By Natalie Murphy As she finishes teaching a full class, The Diva Dive owner Sally Corbin, 42, walks around the studio in her 6-inch pole dancing heels. Between the clicks of her shoes on the hardwood floors, she and her students laugh and chat as they prepare the floor for the next class. The walls…

    The Diva Dive on How Pole Fitness is Creating Self-Confidence in Fayetteville

  • By Erica Wilson    Professor Nophachai Cholthitchanta wanders the organ room in the music building, observing his students create their own clarinet reeds. They have spent weeks curing the cane, using a guillotine to split the material, gouging the cane into blanks with an aggressive blade and examining its arcs to select the perfect tip. They…

    The Details Behind the Details: A relentless pursuit of musical perfection 

  • Story by Alyssa Crutcher Starting college can be an intimidating experience. Going from a 2,000-student high school to a 30,000-student university is enough to make anyone feel lost in a sea of thousands. While the number can seem scary, college is actually the perfect time to find your place and stand out as an individual. …

    Dear Freshmen: Now is the time

  • I am pressing this pen to paper  Forcing ink to spill and smudge  Constant pressure in one spot  Tears through several pages    I want to translate my thoughts into words  But I have exhausted the alphabet  Racing sentences too fast to be rational  I am speechless  

    Speechless by Jasmine Sylvia James

  • When I was 7, I feared the dark  The monsters under the bed and skeletons in the closet  So I slept with a night light   When I was 14, I feared losing my sight  The flowers I would never see and faces I would never meet So I spent every possible moment under the…

    New Fears by Jasmine Sylvia James

  • By Alyssa Crutcher Sexual Health Organization and Outreach (SHOO) is an on-campus registered student organization (RSO) that aims to provide comprehensive sexual education and resources and destigmatize conversation relating to sex/sexual health. President Grace Smolen, a senior public health major, started the organization in March 2021 to create a space where people could learn about…

    Campus organization builds safe space for students to learn about sexual health

  • A 35-foot fall head first onto concrete pavement was not enough to stop Fred Jennings from running a marathon and earning his PhD.  By Sophie Betzhold FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On the first day of classes, students shuffle through the tight rows in the small auditorium that is Physics classroom 133. The old, metal seats squeak…

    No Goal Is Too Big

  • A Generation of Music

    Story by Alyssa Crutcher It is no secret Gen Z is the most tech-savvy generation. We grew up during the height of technology. Because of this, it has become one of the biggest parts of our lives. A side effect of this is Gen Z’s dependency on music.  Walking through campus, as I’m looking around,…

  • How to Build Your Brand

    By Yael Even Coming to college, I constantly searched for purpose. It wasn’t until a tube of red lipstick and I came together that allowed me to discover who I am. I finally realized everything I could possibly need was right in front of me.  As it feels crowded on campus, let alone the inner…

  • Fat Saturday in Fayetteville

    By Marin McGrath FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— On Saturday Feb. 20, families and college students alike patiently awaited the floats and attractions that the Fat Saturday Parade of Fools has to offer. No one seemed to mind the chill in the air and the cloudy sky, they were there for an entertaining time.  It’s been 30 years…

  • The Diva Dive on How Pole Fitness is Creating Self-Confidence in Fayetteville

    By Natalie Murphy As she finishes teaching a full class, The Diva Dive owner Sally Corbin, 42, walks around the studio in her 6-inch pole dancing heels. Between the clicks of her shoes on the hardwood floors, she and her students laugh and chat as they prepare the floor for the next class. The walls…

  • The Details Behind the Details: A relentless pursuit of musical perfection 

    By Erica Wilson    Professor Nophachai Cholthitchanta wanders the organ room in the music building, observing his students create their own clarinet reeds. They have spent weeks curing the cane, using a guillotine to split the material, gouging the cane into blanks with an aggressive blade and examining its arcs to select the perfect tip. They…

  • Dear Freshmen: Now is the time

    Story by Alyssa Crutcher Starting college can be an intimidating experience. Going from a 2,000-student high school to a 30,000-student university is enough to make anyone feel lost in a sea of thousands. While the number can seem scary, college is actually the perfect time to find your place and stand out as an individual. …

  • Speechless by Jasmine Sylvia James

    I am pressing this pen to paper  Forcing ink to spill and smudge  Constant pressure in one spot  Tears through several pages    I want to translate my thoughts into words  But I have exhausted the alphabet  Racing sentences too fast to be rational  I am speechless  

  • New Fears by Jasmine Sylvia James

    When I was 7, I feared the dark  The monsters under the bed and skeletons in the closet  So I slept with a night light   When I was 14, I feared losing my sight  The flowers I would never see and faces I would never meet So I spent every possible moment under the…

  • Campus organization builds safe space for students to learn about sexual health

    By Alyssa Crutcher Sexual Health Organization and Outreach (SHOO) is an on-campus registered student organization (RSO) that aims to provide comprehensive sexual education and resources and destigmatize conversation relating to sex/sexual health. President Grace Smolen, a senior public health major, started the organization in March 2021 to create a space where people could learn about…

  • No Goal Is Too Big

    A 35-foot fall head first onto concrete pavement was not enough to stop Fred Jennings from running a marathon and earning his PhD.  By Sophie Betzhold FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On the first day of classes, students shuffle through the tight rows in the small auditorium that is Physics classroom 133. The old, metal seats squeak…