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Volunteers Needed for Full Circle Food Pantry
Applications for the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry are now available. The Pantry is looking for students to fill two hour shifts once a week for the entire semester on either Mondays or Thursdays. Applications can be found online. Students have until Thursday January 16th to turn it in to the Center of Community Engagement office in the Arkansas…
Eureka Springs Street Receives Recognition
Tourists looking for a good place to visit should look no further than right here in Northwest Arkansas. Fodors.com named the South Main street in Eureka Springs one the best main streets in the United States. Others on the list include main streets in Michigan, California, and Florida. In Eureka Springs, you can go sightseeing,…
Tyson Food Recalls Tainted Chicken
Tyson Food is recalling more than 33,000 pounds of chicken products fearing that they may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The company says they are voluntarily recalling 40-pound cases of mechanically separated chicken. The recall was issued after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service became aware of people at a Tennessee correctional…
ASG Applications Available
Any student interested in joining the Associated Student Government will have their shot. Applications are now available for senate vacancies and any student from any college can apply. In addition to applying, candidates are required to attend one of two mandatory candidate orientation meetings. Those meetings are January 15th and 16th at 5:30pm in the…
FHS Homeless Vigil
Student Council members at Fayetteville high school hope to raise at least 20,000 dollars tonight at the annual Homeless Vigil. Each year student council members spend the night in makeshift homes and keep warm by lighting fires in barrels on the high school’s front lawn,. Fayetteville residents are then encouraged stop by and donate anything…
City of Fayetteville Receives Award
The city of Fayetteville was named the 2013 Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year. This is the 5th year Fayetteville has received the award Officials reported that Fayetteville volunteers logged more than 650,000 hours of community service last year. Volunteer projects ranged from supporting the city’s animal shelter and working on the city’s parks and…
Santa Claus is Coming to U of A
University of Arkansas students hoping to get everything on their Christmas list from Santa this year are in luck! The big man himself is coming to the U of A! This Wednesday (December 4th) Santa Claus will be available for pictures in the Arkansas Student Union’s Connections Lounge from 12:00-4:00. University Programs is hosting the event which…
National Zoo Names Newest Member
The fluffiest member of the National Zoo now has a name! The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C. pulled out all the stops for the naming ceremony of its 100 day old Panda cub yesterday afternoon. More than 120,000 people cast their votes for the cub’s name online Out of five options, the winning name…
Arkansas Soccer Heading Into Second Round of NCAA Tournament
The University of Arkansas Soccer team will be taking on Saint John in the second round of the NCAA tournament this Friday, so now’s as good a time as ever to learn a little more about the Red Storm. Saint John’s is coming off a big 3 to 1 upset of national three seed UCF…
Senator Stabbed, Son Found Dead
Virginia police are investigating a stabbing attack on a senator as an attempted murder and suicide by his son. Creigh Deeds (VA-D) was reported to be in fair condition after being hospitalized from stab wounds Tuesday. Authorities said Deeds left the home on foot after being stabbed multiple times and walked until he was spotted…