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11th day snapshot shows record breaking enrollment numbers
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- The University of Arkansas is seeing its highest number of students enrolled ever. This semester there are 32,140 students enrolled, breaking last fall’s total of 30,936. This is the second year in a row that enrollment numbers have topped 30,000. Enrollment numbers are not the only record the University…
Homecoming nominations for 2023 are set to close tomorrow
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- The tradition of a homecoming king and queen has been around for decades at the University of Arkansas, and this year will be no different. Nominations for potential homecoming court members will be closing on September 7th at noon. The court will consist of seven men and seven women,…
Rollin’ down to Baton Rouge to watch the Razorbacks face off against the Tigers
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- Applications for Rollin’ with the Razorbacks 2023 are currently open. Students will be taking a bus down to Baton Rouge either on September 22nd or 23rd, depending on the time of the game. The bus will make its trek back to Fayetteville one hour after the game finishes. To…
Wrapping up another year of the Washington County Fair
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- The Washington County Fair has made its appearance in Fayetteville once again. The fair ran from August 22nd to August 26th, hosting many events, from their Junior Premium Livestock auction, where they had 143 participants, to their Miss Washington County Fair pageant, where 8 girls were crowned. Awards were…
Razorback soccer gets off to hot start in front of two straight near capacity crowds
By: Max Hoener FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)–The Arkansas Razorbacks women’s soccer team has started the season 2-0 in front of two nearly sold-out crowds after beating Oregon 4-0 on Thursday. 8 different players have contributed to 10 goals scored by the Razorbacks, and goalie Sierra Cota-Yarde has put up two straight clean sheets. The excellence of…
E. Coli outbreak across NWA, how UARK campus community responds
By: Yael Even FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)—Thursday night, the University of Arkansas campus community was notified of an E. coli outbreak across Northwest Arkansas. University officials released a statement creating awareness amongst students and faculty about an investigation into the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections headed by The Arkansas Department of Health. In…
Weekend weather preview
By: Joshua Wisel FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)—Oppressive heat and humidity look to continue into early this weekend, as highs are forecasted to continue in the upper 90s through Saturday. A slight decrease in humidity is forecasted for Friday before returning Saturday as a frontal system enters the region later. This upcoming frontal system looks to bring…
Students struggle to park on campus with rising enrollment numbers
By: Jenna Swope FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) — Campus is full this fall semester with around 26-thousand undergraduate and four thousand graduate students. With that high number comes several problems. The most obvious being parking. Finding a parking spot on campus within a walking distance to classes has become increasingly more difficult with each year for…
U of A aiding in efforts to revive a language
By: Camryn Johnson FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – With more than 450,000 citizens worldwide, the Cherokee Nation is among the largest of the Native American tribes. But despite its numbers, a large piece of its culture is disappearing – the language. CNN reports only 2,000 Cherokee citizens are considered native speakers. Growing up on the Reservation…
New AI learning tool causes campus wide controversy
By: Stuart Martin FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – ChatGPT is a new cutting-edge learning technology that has become increasingly popular among students for its ability to provide quick and easy answers to their questions, including the questions on their homework. With its growing use professors at the university are concerned about the potential impacts this AI…