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Senator speaks on politics, religion to class

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Sen. Joyce Elliot spoke about her experiences of going against the grain of mixing religion and politics while in state office with sociology professor Gordon Shepherd’s Sociology of Religion class [...]

Stuntwoman speaks about experiences

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Hollywood stuntwoman Monica Staggs spoke to a packed room in Stanley Russ Hall last Wednesday. Staggs spoke about a variety of topics, including her career and background as well as [...]

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 [...]

Board unanimously approves $200,000 for amphitheater

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The UCA Board of Trustees unanimously approved a measure Monday to transfer $200,000 from the board’s account to help fund the student amphitheater project. The amphitheater’s lowest bid was $460,000, [...]

Fourth ‘Be Her Freedom’ 5k race to raise student awareness on sex trafficking

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Sex trafficking is a growing issue in the United States, and the members of Alpha Sigma Tau are doing something to raise awareness of this with their “Be Her Freedom” [...]

SOAR adjustments make program mandatory

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Summer Orientation and Registration (SOAR) has changed from a two-day optional event to a one-day mandatory event for all incoming freshman. Julia Winden Fey, associate vice president of enrollment management, [...]

HPER Center expansions reach phase two; early planning underway to focus on design

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The University of Central Arkansas has begun early plans in designing and expanding the HPER Center in Phase two of the expansion process. Director David Dennis and Department Kinesiology and [...]

Police Beat

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Drunk student resists arrest Student Alejandro Valentin, 19, was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest on March 16 at 2:05 a.m. Valentin sat outside of New Hall with bloodshot [...]

Police Beat

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Student arrested for possession, failure to stop at stop sign Student Christopher Miller, 20, was arrested for possession of marijuana at 11:32 a.m. on April 3. Miller failed to stop [...]

Mass Communication department seeks money

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

The Student Governement Association voted in favor of a $10 per-credit hour fee increase for some classes within the the Mass Communication Department . The proposed fee increase would only [...]

Police Beat

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Drunk nonstudent steals moped Nonstudent Robert Butler, 31, was charged with theft of property and public intoxication on March 19 at 2:58 a.m. when he tried to steal a moped [...]

Shirtless Cruise excites students

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Around 30 people waited excitedly as the Student Activities Board presented “Mission: Impossible -Ghost Protocol” March 29 in the Student Center Ballroom. Students and their families began arriving around 6:45 p.m. [...]

SGA approves OrgSync to assist RSOs

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Registered Student Organizations will be able to use OrgSync, a web-hosted platform, to assist them in improving communication, advertising events and as an overall organizational tool as of next semester. [...]

Brake for Bears campaign teaches pedestrian, driver safety

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

SGA and UCAPD teamed up on March 28 at three major campus crosswalks for the Brake for Bears pedestrian safety awareness campaign. The two organizations collected volunteers to hand out [...]

Students present undergraduate research projects

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

The UCA College of Natural Science and Mathematics hosted one of its three “Chalk-Talks” for the semester on March 15 in the Lewis Science Center. “Chalk-Talks” are science seminars where [...]

‘Safe Spring Break’ offers students responsibility tips

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

UCAPD sponsored various activities March 12 through 14 for Safe Spring Break 2012 to help inform students on how to make safe decisions over spring break. UCAPD Director of Organizational [...]