Archive for February, 2010
Soledad O’Brien Visits Campus Tonight
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, an award-winning journalist, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in Reynolds Performance Hall. O’Brien’s visit is part of the university’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Her presentation is entitled, “The Power of Respect.” O’Brien is best know for her “In America” documentary series that includes ”Black in America” and “Latino in America.” She has been [...]
String Quartet Thrills Audience
Last night, the St. Lawrence String Quartet was greeted with thunderous applause as they walked onto the stage of Reynolds Performance Hall. As Artist-in-Residence for part of this semester in our Department of Music, the quartet gave an amazing performance that consisted of three selections and a surprise composition. The ensemble consists of first violinist [...]
Time Ticking on Baum Exhibit
There’s only a week left to see the exhibit that has transformed UCA’s Baum Gallery into something resembling a ratty old New York City subway station. Obviously, this isn’t a traditional art exhibit. Any aristocratic art lover that walked into the gallery might faint from the sight of the “Tagged, Stamped & Stenciled: Guerilla Art ‘Goes Gallery’” exhibit. It is interactive [...]
Ash Wednesday Commemoration
Catholic Campus Ministry invites all UCA students, faculty and staff to the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church parish tomorrow to commemorate Ash Wednesday. You can join the 8:15 a.m. or the 6 p.m. services. The church is located at 1115 College Ave. in Conway. The campus ministry will hold Mass at each service before marking the [...]
String Quartet Performs Tonight
The St. Lawrence String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in the Reynolds Performance Hall. No ticket is required. Photo by Marco Borggreve The Canadian-based ensemble consists of faculty members from Stanford University, where the group has been housed as Ensemble in Residence since 1998. The New Yorker magazine has described their work as “remarkable [...]
Chinese Students Celebrate New Year
About 400 students celebrated the Chinese New Year on campus Saturday night dancing in traditional dress, singing Chinese songs, playing traditional instruments, reading poems, doing a martial art called Kong Fu and eating plenty of traditional Chinese food. This is the Year of the Tiger and is the year 4707, 4708 or 4647, depending on the Chinese calendar you [...]
International Students Find New St. Valentine’s Day Traditions
The Intensive English Program had a St. Valentine’s Day party for international students at Torreyson West last Friday afternoon. More than 50 students attended the event. They created Valentine’s cards, ate and played games for two hours. One of the international students, Hiroki Nagai from Japan, said the celebration is different in the United States than [...]
Sugar Bears beat Lady Demons
The Sugar Bears basketball team defeated the Northwestern State Lady Demons 77-71 Saturday afternoon at the Farris Center. However, the big story from the game was the end of freshman center Megan Herbert’s double-double streak of 23 consecutive games, which was the second-longest streak in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history. Herbert finished the game [...]
Softball Season Begins
The Bears softball team started its season last weekend at the Mardi Gras Invitational in Mobile, Ala., with one win and two losses. The team lost to Western Kentucky and South Alabama on Saturday before posting its first win Sunday against Samford. The team’s next game, a double-header, is scheduled for Wednesday against UAPB on [...]
Sorority Goes to Dogs and Cats
The ladies of Delta Zeta went to the dogs and cats at the Humane Society of Faulkner County last weekend at the First Presbyterian Church on Prince Street to help raise money for the homeless animals. At the 17th annual Chocoholics, people were able to buy tickets to a limitless buffet of chocolate treats, bid [...]
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