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The University of Arkansas, Dance Around the World
by Griselda Jaimes FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— The University of Arkansas will celebrate International Education Week through different events. This year marks the 11th annual Holcombe Hall Dance Around the World. “This event was started 11 years ago to showcase the countries represented on campus through dance. Dance Around the World is a time for the campus and…
Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program
By Griselda Jaimes FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— Salvation Army plans on providing new clothes and toys to children in need, this season with the help of the local community. The annual Angel Tree program allows local residents to contribute, by removing one or more tags from the Angel tree. All Angel Tree donations can be attached with the…
Fayetteville Public Library, Food for Fees Program
by Griselda Jaimes FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— Patrons of the Fayetteville Public Library can reduce their fees by helping those in need in the community. Library patrons can bring in canned goods and non-perishable items during the Food for Fees week and receive credit on their overdue fees. “Our Food for Fees program began over 10 years…
All Eyes on Texas Election
By: Julianna Clipson FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — People across the nation watched as one of the longest standing red states in the United States could possibly turn blue. Texas has not had a Democrat senator in nearly thirty years. With thousands of students at the University of Arkansas with home addresses in the Lone Star State,…
What’s Blue, Red and Pink All Over? This Year’s Midterm Elections
By: Lauren Krakau FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — There might have been a blue movement during the 2018 midterm elections, but the “wave” Democrats were predicting turned out to be, in the words of some, decidedly pink. A record-breaking number of women ran for elected office this term and made history when over 100 of them won the…
The Power of the College Vote
By: Savannah Miller FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — During the 2014 Mid-Term elections nearly 27 million people voted early. Now four years later voters have surpassed that number by reaching almost 39 million people. The 2018 Mid-Term elections bring many to the polls however only twenty percent of the 18 to 24-year-old demographic will hit the voting booths.…
Synagogue Shooting Affects The Fayetteville Jewish Community
By: Savannah Miller FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Tragedy struck the United States of America just days ago as one man opened fire in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue. This incident left 11 people dead with many more injured. According to police, 46-year-old Robert Bowers walked into the Tree of Life synagogue yelling anti-semitic words and began shooting.…
Minimum Wage Increase to Benefit U of A Student
by Lydia Fielder FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A sixth-year senior has been at the University of Arkansas 12 semesters, all while facing evictions, juggling class load, and working a minimum wage job. Journalism and African and African American studies major Kristen Smith starts every weekday morning with a 4 o’clock shift at the McDonald’s drive thru,…
Minimum Wage Increase to Benefit U of A Student
by Lydia Fielder FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A sixth-year senior has been at the University of Arkansas 12 semesters, all while facing evictions, juggling class load, and working a minimum wage job. Journalism and African and African American studies major Kristen Smith starts every weekday morning with a 4 o’clock shift at the McDonald’s drive thru,…
Minimum Wage Increase to Benefit U of A Student
by Lydia Fielder FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A sixth-year senior has been at the University of Arkansas 12 semesters, all while facing evictions, juggling class load, and working a minimum wage job. Journalism and African and African American studies major Kristen Smith starts every weekday morning with a 4 o’clock shift at the McDonald’s drive thru,…