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Last Saturday Fayetteville is NWA’s Little Known Tradition
By Michael Adkison FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Twenty-nine days of the month, Houston Hughes doesn’t do much. “I don’t have a lot of consistency,” he said. “I run a YouTube channel called ArkanSense.” But on that thirtieth day, he lets loose, because Houston is the emcee of Last Saturday Fayetteville, a slam poetry variety show held…
University’s Largest Scholarship Winner Tells Story
By Justin Liddle FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — An annual $18,500 scholarship is the biggest the University of Arkansas offers to students of the Sam Walton College of Business Administration. Mary Pham, a freshman business student, won the premier scholarship. Pham wasn’t sure she wanted to stay in state, but after touring the campus she decided to…
Vaping Claims Lives
By Justin Liddle FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The use of e-cigarettes boomed over recent years. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 14 people died from vaping related illness and more than 800 lung injuries occurred. Of these cases, only 16% had a patient under the age of 18. Click here to read the report. When…
LAN Party Makes Debut on Campus
By Steven Erbacher FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— Friday, September 27, marks the start of a new era on the UofA campus. Afterlife LAN and UARK E-Sports co-hosted a LAN party in the Verizon Ballroom of the student union. This was the first time there had ever been such an even on the campus. LAN is short for…
Mass Shooting Speaker at the University of Arkansas
by Steven Blackiston FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— Dave Cullen spoke at the University of Arkansas tonight about his book Columbine and Parkland: Birth of a Movement. Cullen talked about the various stories of survivors and others involved in mass shootings that he came across researching his New York Times bestseller. Dr. Josette Cline, the director of CAPS,…
Esports Growth
by Steven Blackiston FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas in recent years has seen its esports program take off. This growth goes hand in hand with the worldwide boom in esport popularity. UARK Esports’s Sam Kirby agrees the growth has been surprising. “We’ve seen quite a few new people in our Discord and at…
Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas Helps to Advance Education
By: Haley Berley SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A local non-profit organization founded in 1999, brings together Latinx women and others of minorities to excel in various areas of life. The Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas is located in Downtown Springdale and holds free classes in subjects like Computer Science and Parenting. Their goal is to help…
It’s On Us Week Begins
by Steven Blackiston FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Students across campus are observing the start of It’s On Us Week. This weeklong event focuses on prevention of sexual assault on college campuses. Greek life on campus is in charge of the week of festivities, hosting several activities that will culminate Friday. Each day will revolve around a…
Fayetteville Arts Corridor Confirmed, Officials Confident Parking Won’t Be Affected
by Samson Tamijani FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Plans for the Fayetteville Cultural Arts Corridor project will not significantly impact parking, city officials confirmed to UATV News Wednesday. Voters approved multiple bond measures to vastly expand beautification projects around town in 2017 and 2018. Those projects are separated into three phases, Environmental Director Peter Nierengarten said. In…
Biking On Campus With Ease
By: Arden Wynn FAYETTEVILLE- Ark.,- Being a college student, you are immediately thrown into the real world of having to budget your time and spendings. College is already so expensive, with textbooks, living, and social life. Why add onto that load with something as expensive and unnecessary as parking? Being in the natural state, it…