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University Offers Chance for Waste Free Event
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–Campus events can yield a large amount of trash, but one University office gives students a chance to have fun while generating zero waste. At least that has been the goal since the University of Arkansas Office of Sustainability established Zero Waste Events in 2014. The first Zero Waste Event to…
Campus Remains Unclean Despite Earth Week Celebrations
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–Earth Week started at the University of Arkansas on April 22, but trash remains an issue around campus. Some of the most common litter items found on the grounds of the University are straws and plastic bottles. Cigarette buds also litter the parking lots and lawns at the edge of campus.…
Health Center Hosts ‘Take Back the Night’ Rally
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Pat Walker Health Center invites advocates for women’s safety to march to “Take Back the Night.” Sarah Subtle attends the University of Arkansas. She says she feels safe during the daylight hours but night time is a different story. “One time I was walking…
Benton County Juvenile Officials Host Open House for New Shelter
by Drew Smith FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Benton County will soon open a shelter for teenage boys in a renovated space within the juvenile detention center. The Alternative Placement Adolescent Center (APAC) will house up to eight teens, ages 13 to 17, for 90 days. Parents will voluntarily sign their kids into the shelter and nobody…
Not Your Average Home For Two
by Nick Camper SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark.–On the outside, it looks like a bus for a local baptist church, but the inside is a newly remodeled home. Makenna Shepherd and her wife Alondra bought their 1991 International Bus in the hopes of making it a house on wheels. The couple spent close to three months ripping…
Annual Springtime of Youth Festival Takes Place this Saturday
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The Springtime of Youth Music Festival will be this Saturday, April 27, at the Washington County Fairgrounds, 2537 N. McConnell Ave. in Fayetteville. The gates will open to the public at 3:15 in the afternoon and the first concert will start 15 minutes later at 3:30. Five artists will perform…
Goats “Hoof” it Back to Wilson Park
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The goats of Northwest Arkansas are hoofing there way back to the hill for a little spring cleaning of Wilson Park. The goats are brought in a few times each year to eat honeysuckle, privet, poison ivy and other invasive vegetation as part of the parks department’s efforts to manage…
Local Bank to Donate 1 Million Meals
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– For the ninth year in a row, Arvest Bank locations in NWA and the Fort Smith/River Valley region have pledged to provide one million meals to locals in need again this year as part of their two month long 1 Million Meals initiative to fight food insecurity. The bank plans…
Former First Lady to Speak at Bud Walton
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark–Former First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 Laura Bush will speak at Bud Walton Arena Thursday, April 18th at 7 p.m. as part of the University of Arkansas student sponsored Distinguished Lecture Series. As first lady, Mrs. Bush advanced literacy and education to support America’s young people.…
All In For Arkansas Fundraising Wraps Up
By Wyatt Garrett FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Hundreds of donations have been made to the University of Arkansas’ various programs through their All In For Arkansas fundraising event. A record-breaking total of $465,123 was raised through 1,420 donations to the school. Donors could choose from over 130 academic programs and initiatives to donate to. Sam M.…