Archive for February, 2010
Rain Shortens Opening Weekend
Rain canceled the third game of opening weekend for the UCA Bears’ baseball team yesterday. The Bears had a mixed debut for the season opener. They beat the SIU Edwardsville Cougars Friday afternoon, 14-8, but lost 2-3 Saturday to the Creighton Bluejays. The Bears were scheduled for a rematch with SIUE yesterday afternoon for the final game of [...]
You Can Own These Shoes
The pink-soled Nike tennis shoes worn by women’s basketball coach Matt Daniel during the Sugar Bears 77-71 victory over Northwestern State last week can be yours, if the price is right. Think that’s pretty cool? Then you’ll love this … the shoes have been autographed by the entire 2009-2010 Sugar Bears squad. This is a chance [...]
OMG: New RSO is PDK
There’s a new registered student organization (RSO) on campus that you won’t find in that big, multicolored spreadsheet on the university Web site. Allow us to introduce you to Psi Delta Kappa. It’s UCA’s first co-ed honor fraternity for film students, according to its founder and president, Lesley Allen. If things go as planned, it will become [...]
The Exquisite Corpse Rises Again
The Exquisite Corpse will come alive at Bear’s Den Pizza at 8 p.m. today for the Second Annual Launchapalooza Extravaganza party to celebrate the second printing of the online literary journal’s annual print edition. Everyone is invited and admission is free but bring some cash for any food and drinks you want. Discounted copies of the new [...]
SGA Sponsors Today’s Game
The Student Government Association is sponsoring the men’s basketball game against the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks at 2 p.m. today in the Farris Center. The SGA will be promoting the BearBucks program during the game. SGA members will hand out “3-point cards” that will have the numeral 3 on the front and back [...]
O’Brien: Respect Can Change America
Respect. It has the power to change America. That’s the message that Soledad O’Brien brought to an enthusiastic crowd of about 600 people last night in Reynolds Performance Hall. O’Brien, an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN, started off the evening describing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As the CNN reporter assigned to [...]
Baseball Team Ready for Opener
The Bears baseball team will start their season at 3 p.m. today at UCA Field against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, but the team has been hard at work for months preparing for the challenging conference schedule. Coach Doug Clark said that the Southland Conference is a very tough conference. “Recently, Texas State has been really [...]
Sugar Bears Win Tennis Match
The Sugar Bears tennis team won 6-1 yesterday, their first win of the season, in a match against the Henderson State Lady Reddies in Conway. The Sugar Bears started the day strong by sweeping the doubles matches. Senior Petra Keilova and junior Lisa Mainz won their match 8-0. Junior Kati Anderson and freshman Kazumi Otani won their match [...]
Review: “Trestle at Popelick Creek”
“It’s this town, our future, you and me … swish … empty. Nothing more, nothing less. Empty.” This sentiment spoken by the character Pace Creagan, played by Haley Tynes, perfectly captures the theme of the play, “Trestle at Popelick Creek,” by Naomi Wallace. But the performance last night was anything but empty. The actors breathed [...]
Dress for Success Seminar Today
Most college students like to roll out of bed and head straight to class. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, there are times when a first impression can affect the rest of your life. Sometimes, even a college student needs to know how to “dress for success.” If you need help with this finer [...]
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