Archive for March, 2010
Sakura Festival During X-Period
The Japanese Student Association and Japanese Club are offering a chance to experience Japanese culture today during X-period in the Student Center Ballroom. It’s the third annual UCA Sakura Festival. Sakura is Japanese for cherry blossom. The cherry blossom has a special place in Japanese culture. You can read more about that here. The festival [...]
SGA Introduces Bike Program Today
UCA’s sophomore senators, led by class president Jessica Gambill, will unveil the new university bike share program during X-period today as part of Green Week. The bike program is sponsored by the Student Government Association. The bike share program is designed to promote UCA’s “green” reputation and help raise awareness for healthy living. SGA senators decided to [...]
Tunnels Under Campus? It’s True
You’ve probably heard the stories. They have circulated for years. There are tunnels under the campus. The stories we’ve heard range from a escape tunnel in the president’s house to a secret passage for teachers to get across campus. Some believe the stories, others not so much. We spent the last couple of weeks finding [...]
Police Report: Tuesday, March 16
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 [...]
Honors College Faces Budget Cuts
The Honors College is feeling the effects of the budget cuts with a drastic reduction in scholarships, travel grants and research grants. According to Rick Scott, dean of the Honors College, President Allen Meadors has cut the number of full Honors College scholarships from 100 this year to 60 next year, a 40 percent reduction. [...]
Freshmen Honored for Academics
Eighty-eight minority freshmen were recognized yesterday for academic excellence during their first semester at UCA. The Minority Services office honored the students with a reception during X-period in the Student Center. Each of the students maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester. The office selected the students from the university’s grade [...]
Police Report: Sunday, March 14
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 [...]
Free Cats
There are packs of wild cats living on campus. These cats are feral and they’ve been known to scratch or bite people who try to touch them. Some have even climbed through open windows into first-floor dormitory rooms. The people who know the most about them say they most likely are the descendants of cats abandoned [...]
UCA Dominates Track Meet
UCA hosted its first track and field meet in 20 years Saturday and won 27 of the 37 events, despite bad weather and a public address system malfunction at the Bill Stephens Track Complex. The Sugar Bears recorded eight Southland Conference outdoor championship qualifying marks and set four school records. The Bears had 14 qualifying [...]
Green Week Combines Fun, Learning
It is Green Week at UCA. The organizers – Student Government Association, Biology Club, Sociology Club and UCA Environmental Alliance – have scheduled events throughout the week to raise awareness on campus and in Conway about environmental issues. The events include starting fires using primitive methods, potting cucumber seeds to grow your own garden and [...]
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