Politicizing the Pandemic: How My Summer Experiences Shaped My View of My Community’s Response to the Pandemic
By Hunter Simmons October 16, 2020 At the outbreak of COVID-19, my housing facility closed and I was forced to move back home. Living in Bentonville, Arkansas, for the remainder of the semester and majority of the summer led to experiences that shaped my...
Leaves Fall, UA Leaders Make Calls: Campus Update on Covid-19
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...
One Day at a Time
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...
Growing Up in Silence: Christians Reclaim Sexuality
By Tegan Shockley September 25, 2020 Ministries undertake the issue of sexuality, revealing how the religion has hurt and isolated believers. I grew up going to church on Sundays like most people in the Bible Belt. Maybe not so normal, I put my faith in Jesus after...
Slacktivism:
Social Media Activism Reduced to Reshares Dec. 6, 2019 By Olivia Boardman Heavily-filtered selfies flooded your feed. You could follow anyone and everyone, from people you didn’t know to celebrities in movies you had never seen. Amateur, grainy photos evolved into...
Hog Calls and Cat Calls
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,...
The Immigration Game
By Samia Ismail Nov. 1, 2019 “Why are you involved in politics?” This question followed me while I worked on 2018 election campaigns, always with an emphasis on the “you.” Why are you involved in politics? What are you doing here? My answer is that by virtue of...
Working parents drained by daycare costs find support in family
Oct. 24, 2019 By Chase Reavis A week-long vacation to Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground in October gave 32-year-old Stephanie Sims a much-needed break, not only from work but also from daycare costs for her 3-year-old twin girls, Jeanie and Sophie. The...
Life Line: Bipolar Disorder and the Positive Effects of the Internet
by Katie Wayles “9-1-1, what is your emergency?” “My sister is going to kill herself. Please send an ambulance,” I said with a shaky breath. I reread the text from my sister: I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll keep it short. I don’t think I can continue on...
Samuel of Springdale
by Beth Dedman Sept. 27, 2019 SPRINGDALE — “Hey, chief, how much for the gun belt?” He called everyone chief. Samuel Rivera Lopez looked much different from the rest of the vendors and shoppers at the Rodeo of the Ozarks antique car part show....
Politicizing the Pandemic: How My Summer Experiences Shaped My View of My Community’s Response to the Pandemic
By Hunter Simmons October 16, 2020 At the outbreak of COVID-19, my housing facility closed and I was forced to move back home. Living in Bentonville, Arkansas, for the remainder of the semester and majority of the summer led to experiences that shaped my...
Leaves Fall, UA Leaders Make Calls: Campus Update on Covid-19
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...
One Day at a Time
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...
Growing Up in Silence: Christians Reclaim Sexuality
By Tegan Shockley September 25, 2020 Ministries undertake the issue of sexuality, revealing how the religion has hurt and isolated believers. I grew up going to church on Sundays like most people in the Bible Belt. Maybe not so normal, I put my faith in Jesus after...
Slacktivism:
Social Media Activism Reduced to Reshares Dec. 6, 2019 By Olivia Boardman Heavily-filtered selfies flooded your feed. You could follow anyone and everyone, from people you didn’t know to celebrities in movies you had never seen. Amateur, grainy photos evolved into...
Hog Calls and Cat Calls
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,...
The Immigration Game
By Samia Ismail Nov. 1, 2019 “Why are you involved in politics?” This question followed me while I worked on 2018 election campaigns, always with an emphasis on the “you.” Why are you involved in politics? What are you doing here? My answer is that by virtue of...
Working parents drained by daycare costs find support in family
Oct. 24, 2019 By Chase Reavis A week-long vacation to Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground in October gave 32-year-old Stephanie Sims a much-needed break, not only from work but also from daycare costs for her 3-year-old twin girls, Jeanie and Sophie. The...
Life Line: Bipolar Disorder and the Positive Effects of the Internet
by Katie Wayles “9-1-1, what is your emergency?” “My sister is going to kill herself. Please send an ambulance,” I said with a shaky breath. I reread the text from my sister: I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll keep it short. I don’t think I can continue on...
Samuel of Springdale
by Beth Dedman Sept. 27, 2019 SPRINGDALE — “Hey, chief, how much for the gun belt?” He called everyone chief. Samuel Rivera Lopez looked much different from the rest of the vendors and shoppers at the Rodeo of the Ozarks antique car part show....
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