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Campus Bookstore Preparations
The Bookstore Rush The end of summer marks the beginning of the “book rush” for many local campus bookstores. The Campus Bookstore on Dickson St. prepares by getting all the new books and merchandise stocked and ready for the new school year. The bookstore hires summer help and additional help for the rush. “We pretty…
Free Cat Friday
The Fayetteville Animal Shelter hosted its 2nd annual Free Cat Friday on July 20 to help ease the influx of cats currently at the shelter. Families from Washington County adopted 41 cats and kittens during this year’s event. The families were all pre-approved applicants who passed the requirements made by the shelter. Requirements included landlord…
Crowning Miss Arkansas
The 2011 Miss Arkansas passed down her crown and title to Sloane Roberts, making her the new ambassador to the state. Roberts has been competing in pageants since she was thirteen, and since has held the titles of Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen as well as Miss Heart of the Ozarks. The vibrant 19 year old,…
Pepsi Moving In
Pepsi Products: Some of the new products that students will see for sale and in the fountain drink dispensers on campus. Picture curtsey of PepsiCo.com Reporter: Amanda Wideman As Coke trucks load up the last of the Coke vending machines on campus PepsiCo is moving theirs in. At the end of May the announcement that PepsiCo would…
Pedestrian Safety at the University of Arkansas
Pedestrian safety around the University of Arkansas’ campus is becoming a greater concern for city and university officials. With increasing enrollment at the university, streets and crosswalks are becoming overcrowded and often dangerous. New changes in traffic laws, such as the addition of a 4-Way stop at the intersection of Maple St. and Razorback Rd.…
Fayettechill to Expand
Reporter:Austin Jones In 2009, Mo Elliot was a junior at the University of Arkansas with a love and passion for the Ozarks. He believed he could translate the outdoor Ozark culture into a hip and sustainable clothing line. He started out slow with only making 45 T-shirts to sell to his friends. Once he saw…
Students Rush to Find Jobs for Fall
Reporter: Allison Perkins As summer break comes to an end, students are polishing up their resumés and preparing for job interviews. Thousands are surfing the web and putting on the charm for local employers, hoping to get hired for the fall semester. “I made a trip up [to Fayetteville] early because I know if you…
Garland Avenue Construction Inconveniences Fayetteville Resident
What’s all the buzz on Garland? Reporter: Raya Clay Where did all of the loud noise, construction workers, and orange cones come from? More importantly, what’s all of the buzz going down on Garland Avenue? This is a question that many residents are curious to know. The City of Fayetteville [http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/projects/cone_patrol/index.cfm] started working on the expansion…
University of Arkansas Swimmer shoots for London may land in Rio.
Swimmer relies on Christ to push her through hours of practice and multiple surgeries for a chance to become an Olympian. Reporter: Chad Harcourt Tera Bradham, a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, attempted to qualify the USA Olympic Swimming Team. Bradham traveled to the Omaha Swim meet as her final attempt to go to…
Life with the Crown
Sloane Roberts’ new role as Miss Arkansas 2012 For Sloane Roberts, life as Miss Arkansas 2012 has been very exciting. At the same time, it has also been extremely busy. “It is a full-time job. I am the official ambassador for the state of Arkansas, so I have to fulfill all of my duties and…