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Student journalists win awards at ACMA conference

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

The Vortex literary magazine won first place overall in magazine general excellence April 20 at the Arkansas College Media Association awards. The Echo and The Scroll won honorable mentions in [...]

The Top Five Best Boy Bands of the 1990s

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

1. The Backstreet Boys 1993-present These hunks hit the boy band scene in 1995 and earned the love of thousands of young girls around the world, me included. I still [...]

Runge promoted to provost spot; Grahn now in history department

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Lance Grahn, former provost and vice president of academic affairs, moved to a faculty position in the History Department Feb. 27. Steve Runge, dean of the College of Natural Sciences [...]

‘Voice’ second season delights viewers

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

The first few episodes of season two of NBC’s “The Voice” have been incredible. Few reality-singing shows forego using bad singers as a ploy to draw in viewers. However, “The [...]

New fraternity to recruit ‘founding fathers’; will use six weeks to train, organize group

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, also known as Fiji, will colonize on the UCA campus this semester. “We’re doing a colonization, meaning we’re coming to campus for the first time,” [...]

Greek Village plans underway; construction cost main concern for many

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Plans for a Greek village to be housed at Dave Ward Drive and Farris Road on the 12.5 acres south of the Jewel F. Moore Nature Reserve are slowly coming [...]

Carville combines humor, accent to teach politics

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

“You can change things … it’s actually fun to do something that matters in other people’s lives,” James Carville told a crowd Nov. 21 in Reynolds Performance Hall. Carville’s light-hearted [...]

Fraternity runs Homecoming game ball from capitol building to Estes Stadium

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

The UCA chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity raised money for the Fisher House by running the 2011 Homecoming game ball relay style Oct. 29 from the state Capitol building [...]

ABC soap captures Southern living

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

ABC’s newest soap opera, “GCB,” is absolutely hilarious. “GCB,” or “Good Christian Belles,” is about a group of scheming women living in the Dallas, Texas area. The show’s name was [...]

Career Services sponsors spring job fair

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Career Services will host the spring job fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom. “[Students] actually get the chance to network face-to-face rather than have [...]

Resume helps students prepare for career

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

As I near the end of my college career, I wonder if I have done enough to prepare myself for the “real world.” I have heard many of my peers [...]

Log Cabin moves to Federal Plaza

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The Log Cabin Democrat, Conway’s daily newspaper, will soon call Federal Plaza in downtown Conway home. Rick Fahr, publisher of the Log Cabin Democrat, discussed the move during his lecture on [...]

Track team getting ready for next meet in Jonesboro

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The Bears Track and Field teams will continue their indoor track season at the Arkansas State University Invitational Friday and Saturday. Coach Richard Martin said both the men’s and women’s [...]

Fraternity members attacked

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Over the past week four UCA students and members of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, senior Jeremy Atkins, 22, senior Tyler Nathan Slay, 22, junior Jeffery Keith Bramlett, 20, all of [...]

Faculty, students meet at monthly Campus Talk meeting

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Several different faculty members and students made presentations at Campus Talk on Nov. 3 in the Student Center Ballroom. Vice President of Enrollment Management Robert Parrent said high school students [...]

Trustees approve ampitheater site

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

The Board of Trustees voted, 5-0, to approve the location of SGA’s Think Big! project amphitheater Oct. 26 in a teleconference. Trustees Randy Sims and Victor Green were not present. [...]