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....
Let’s Talk About Sex
by Karen Sue McKenzie In the Bible Belt, abstinence is ideal, but oftentimes people choose to have sex anyways. In turn, rates of sexual infections in the South continue to rise. In July 2017 I worked at an ice cream shop. I was scooping a sample of...
Big Ticket Drug: The Cost of Staying Alive
by Rachel Roberts Sept. 6, 2019 Your body killed your pancreas. Well, at least the part of it that provides insulin beta-cells. Whether because of its dysfunction or because your other organs received mixed signals and mistakenly attacked it, now the important cells...
The Full-Time Student Athlete
A peek into the life of a former Razorback football player. By Halie Brown