Student Life
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Story by Victoria Hernandez, March 17, 2021 Many University of Arkansas students have been taking online classes this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students are learning from their childhood bedrooms, from their dorm rooms and some even from Hawaii. Out of around 3,000 colleges, 10% have moved to be fully online, according to…
Hogs in Hawaii: With Online Classes, UA Students Are Getting Creative With Their Learning
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Story by Katelynn Tyner, March 8, 2021 University of Arkansas students on tickets “Make it Matter” and “Vision – Your Voice, Our Mission” campaigned for the executive offices of the Associated Student Government Feb.17 to March 3, prioritzing programs for diversity and inclusion and addressing racial inequality. March 5, the ASG announced Vision as the…
Candidates in the Associated Student Government Election Discuss New Programming for Fostering Diversity and Inclusion, Vision Ticket Wins Election
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Story by Sophie Brock, Photo by Natalie Demaree, February 24, 2021 Even in the aftermath of the economic disaster that Covid-19 created, small businesses across the country continue to struggle as they attempt to pick up the pieces that were left behind. However, for small businesses in college towns there is hope on the horizon…
More Students Should Support Small Businesses
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Story by Victoria Hernandez, February 19, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—A Holocaust survivor spoke to University of Arkansas students, staff and faculty Feb. 11 over Zoom. Arkansas students are ranked last in regard to their knowledge of the Holocaust out of the entire United States, according to a study by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
Holocaust Survivor Speaks to UA Students
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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 Kaelyn Wondell Photo by Heidi Kirk, November 20, 2020 The horrifying idea of a pandemic isn’t something I ever thought I’d be worrying about ever, let alone in 2020. Starting in early March, there were rumors going around campus of whether we’d be sent home or not. It was a strange two weeks,…
A Quarantined Summer
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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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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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A peek into the life of a former Razorback football player. By Halie Brown
The Full-Time Student Athlete