Opinion

Every year a new set of students step on to campus, feeling a new sense of freedom. Those freedoms sometimes lead students to become misguided and can cause problems. I believe there are several steps that can be taken to become a successful college student. Step one is to come [...]

Is there a better time than fall? The leaves turn brown, well I guess they already have in this drought. The temperatures fall, after this summer I really hope they do. But most importantly, it is finally football season again. In a few short hours, football season will officially be [...]

In July, the Oxford American was involved in a scandal involving Editor Marc Smirnoff and Managing Editor and Art Editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald, who were fired after an internal investigation. The investigation revealed that Smirnoff gave alcohol to minors and touched and photographed feet on campus. Interns at the magazine [...]

During the summer, I was fortunate enough to be invited to accompany my boss to E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. E3 was at one time the premier expo for video games and related technology. However, due to shifting demographics, E3 has become far less important than in the past. This [...]

When I started working on the Echo staff, I had no idea how much this newspaper would influence my life. I had recently changed my major to journalism in my fourth year of college and didn’t know a soul in the department. Little did I know, I would find and [...]

All good things come to an end and so do my college years. With graduation only a couple of weeks away, I am beyond ecstatic and ready. Although I’ve had my share of stressful moments, I am past that and providing all my efforts into the last weeks of the [...]

Last week it was revealed that SGA representatives who were also members of the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon voted in favor of funding an event for the fraternity during SGA’s Apr. 9 meeting. A week later it was announced at the meeting that SGA bylaws require SGA representatives to abstain [...]

Last week, the Student Fee Advisory Committee, or SFAC, reviewed nearly all fees students pay. This shows a committment by SGA to increase transparency at UCA. SFAC was created as a way to bring more exposure to student fees. This way, anyone can see what fees are in place and [...]

If there’s one word I’m tired of hearing, it’s “no.” “No” is such an easy two-letter word for students to say and that’s incredibly frustrating. Students who say “no” exclude themselves from new experiences and eliminate opportunities to meet different people from different walks of life. Students should say “yes” [...]

Song lyrics from the Trace Adkins song “You’re Gonna Miss This” have been repeating over and over in my head lately. “You’re gonna miss this, you’re gonna want this back. You’re gonna wish these days, hadn’t gone by so fast.” As I sit outside the hospital room, awaiting the arrival [...]

It was one simple detail. One simple detail that has sent the entire football program at the University of Arkansas into frenzy. At first, coach Bobby Petrino’s one vehicle motorcycle wreck on April Fool’s Day seemed to be harmless. Said to be alone, Petrino suffered four broken ribs, a cracked [...]

When SGA first announced the Student Center courtyard amphitheater project over a year ago, it sounded like a great idea to spend excess money in the SGA account. However, the project has become so expensive that it is in danger of becoming a money pit for the university. The amphitheater [...]

When freshmen come to UCA for the first time, many feel out of place and lonely because they don’t know anyone on campus. UCA has a solution to this, but until now, Summer Orientation and Academic Registration, or SOAR, has not been mandatory. UCA made the right decision by making [...]

Transport yourself back to the early 90’s when computers were a fairly new item and the Internet, a new phenomenon. More than 10 years later, social networking sites have invaded our lives, Facebook in particular. According to Peter Corbett’s study from iStrategyLabs, 45.5 million users of ages 18 through 24, [...]

For the Spring 2012 semester, students pay $7.50 per credit hour, or $112.50 for 15 credit hours, for the use of the HPER Fitness Center. Many students that do not use the facility think that they should be able to opt out of the fees and avoid paying them since [...]

College life. It can be a big adjustment for many students and a walk in the park for others. For those who have to adjust, it can become stressful, especially as an entering freshman. Being a freshman myself, I know first semester was a learning experience. Parties, chilling with new [...]