Archive for March, 2010
John Gale: UCA’s Newest Chairman
Over the past several months, UCA’s Department of Mass Communication and Theatre has been looking for a new chairman. That search is over. John Gale has been named the head of the department after serving as interim chairman for the last year. Gale competed with several other applicants from across the country. However, Dean Rollin [...]
Police Report: Sunday, March 28
The following information was taken from incident reports at UCAPD. Incident reports are filed daily by officers to document and describe each call they answer during their shifts. These reports are made available by university police after they are approved by a supervisor. That process takes a day or two, which delays our report a day [...]
Student Film Showcases State Beauty
The next Steven Spielberg or Stanley Kubrick may be in our midst. UCA film students have been hard at work for the past year, putting finishing touches on films that will be submitted to the UCA Film Festival scheduled for the end of April. One such student is senior film student Brent Williamson. His film, [...]
Gone Fishin’
Just like you, we are on Spring Break. We are scattering across the state and, of course, won’t be posting any new stories until we all return March 29. So, we leave you with what we think were our 10 best stories for the first half of the semester. They are listed below. Enjoy. Declaration of Principles – [...]
Police Beat: Tuesday – Thursday
The following information was taken from incident reports at UCAPD. Incident reports are filed daily by officers to document and describe each call they answer during their shifts. These reports are made available by university police after they are approved by a supervisor. That process takes a day or two, which delays our report a day [...]
Women Only: Help Buying Books
If you are a woman, a non-traditional student and can prove you need financial assistance, there is help available for buying textbooks. The UCA University Women organization is accepting applications for three $200 book scholarships they will award for the fall semester. Applications are available at the Torreyson Library reference desk and the graduate office in Room 328, and at the undergraduate [...]
Bicycle Program Begins After Break
The bicycle share program will begin after Spring Break. The first four purple bikes that will be used in the program were introduced yesterday during Green Week events on the courtyard in front of the Student Center. Those and other bikes will be available April 1 and can be checked out free from the HPER [...]
CBC Coach Wins Home Run Derby
Jason Anderson, the softball coach for the Central Baptist College Mustangs, won the home-run derby on campus Wednesday and took home a 26-inch Vizio flat-screen television and a Best Buy gift card. The derby was held immediately following the softball game between the Bears and the Ouachita Baptist Lady Tigers. The competition was open to [...]
Sculpture Wins Art Competition
UCA student Alex Carpenter is $1,000 richer after winning the grand prize in this year’s annual Student Competitive Exhibition for her sculpture, “I Don’t Remember Making This.” Juror and famed artist Amy E. Mayfield chose 59 pieces from 196 submissions to the exhibit. The contestants’ majors included art education, art history, film and creative writing. [...]
Baseball Bears Beat Bulldogs 1-0
The Bears baseball team defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs last night at Bear Stadium in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel. The Bears employed the pitching by committee strategy to defeat the Bulldogs, using eight pitchers in the game. None of the Bears’ pitchers pitched more than two innings. Junior Chase Huchingson started the game on the [...]
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