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The Top Five Best Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

1. “All Eyez On Me” Tupac Shakur “All Eyez On Me” is the fourth  album by Tupac Shakur, who many consider to be the greatest rapper of all time. Released [...]

Lack of funding main reason for no formal LGBT mentor program

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

While there are offices and programs that represent all types of different students, one group of students is underrepresented. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students have almost no representation on [...]

Baseball team’s Sunday victory seals weekend series

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

The Bears clinched their weekend series against the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders with a 5-3 victory in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at Bear Stadium. After the Islanders [...]

Biology department features wolves

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Wolf trainer James Gage brought two gray wolves, Shadow and Bailey, who he raised himself to Burdick Hall on March 1 to raise awareness about wolf conservation. The presentation was [...]

Students from all over Arkansas attend 1st poetry slam

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

UCA concluded its Black History Month celebration with aPoetry Slam, held Wednesday in the Student Center ballroom. The event opened with a prayer and the singing of the “Black National [...]

Shakur-Davis talks of loss, drug use

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Afeni Shakur-Davis enlivened Monday night’s audience as she spoke about empowerment and how young people can learn to better themselves, their peers and their world. Shakur-Davis, a recovering alcoholic and [...]

Super PACs exert more influence than desireable

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

The recent increase in political attack ads this year leads me to the question, are the presidential candidates for this election missing the point of advertising entirely? There has been [...]

‘Chronicle’ is one of year’s best

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Last weekend brought another great example of the found footage film genre. As an avid fan of the genre, naturally, I was intrigued. The film in question is “Chronicle,” a [...]

The Top Five Best Horror Films of All Time

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

1. The Exorcist 1973 “The Exorcist” was directed by William Friedkin and adapted from William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel. The film and novel are based on the exorcism case of [...]

Writing professor reads at county library

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Mark Spitzer, professor of creative writing at UCA, read from his new book Thursday, called “Sick in the Head,” at the Faulkner County Library in Conway. Spitzer, novelist, poet, essayist [...]

‘Project X’ breathes new life into found-footage films

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

When you cross a film like “Superbad” with “The Hangover,” and film it through a handheld camera, you come away with “Project X.” That being said, the film blows the [...]

Students learn details of depression

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Students learned the difference between depression and “the blues,” which many college students experience, March 1 during “Depression Defined in the Student Health Center. Ernie Ness, director of the Counseling [...]

Shakur-Davis talks of loss, drug use

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Afeni Shakur-Davis enlivened Monday night’s audience as she spoke about empowerment and how young people can learn to better themselves, their peers and their world. Shakur-Davis, a recovering alcoholic and [...]

‘Woman in Black’ terrifies audiences

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Daniel Radcliffe is saying goodbye to his role as the iconic teenage wizard “Harry Potter.” In his role in “The Woman in Black,” the young actor portrays Arthur Kipps, a [...]

Glover, Justice enthrall audience, bring past civil rights leaders to life

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Danny Glover and Felix Justice portrayed Martin Luther King, Jr. and Langston Hughes Thursday night, in the first performance of a series to celebrate Black History Month. The two took [...]

Alumni develop legislature

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Directing Democracy is an online legislation movement created by alumni Kody Ford and Gabe Gentry. Its goals include presenting legislation to Congress, directly from the people, and to bypass the [...]