Archive for April, 2011
Robbery in Bernard, 3 Arrested
Three students have been arrested for robbing a student of cash and marijuana in his room in Bernard Hall.
SGA Supports Nature Reserve
The Student Government Association (SGA) is supporting the student-led effort for permanent protection of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. SGA voted 16-13 last week to endorse the efforts of the Green Bear Project, a group of Honors College students who plans to ask the Board of Trustees next month to pass a resolution providing permanent [...]
SPBC Hosts Essence Awards
The Students for the Propagation of Black Culture is hosting the 2011 Essence Awards at 6 p.m. today in East McCastlin Hall. The purpose of the event is to honor many of the African-American leaders on our campus. Each minority RSO and Greek organization will name a winner in each of four categories. Those categories are: Best [...]
Softball Team Loses Series
Decked out in orange to honor a local boy fighting leukemia, the Bears won one and lost one to Northwestern State in conference action Friday night at Farris Field. The Bears were “Playing for Trey,” a boy facing his second fight with leukemia, and raising awareness about the disease. They played the third game of the series Saturday afternoon. [...]
Police Report: April 15-17
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 [...]
Fitness 101: Legs
Classes are almost over. You know what that means. It’s getting warm outside and you’ll be breaking out the shorts soon. Suddenly, you’re aware of your legs in a way you weren’t during the winter months while they were buried under sweatpants. Don’t worry. I’m here to help. Here’s a little secret to a great [...]
Broadway Hit is Campus Hit
A soggy crowd started filing into Reynolds Performance Hall about 45 minutes early on a stormy Thursday night for the sold-out performance of the Broadway hit ”Legally Blonde.” They were rewarded with a dazzling Broadway-style musical production that made them laugh and brought them to their feet at the end. The play came to campus as part [...]
Police: No Immediate Threat
The Chinese student who was arrested last week after posting on Facebook that she wanted to “shoot all my classmates” does not pose a threat to other students, university police said yesterday. The student, Ching-Han “Sam” Hu, 21, has been removed from the campus and is being sent back to China. “In this particular incident, there [...]
Police Report: April 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 [...]
Former Student Sent to Prison
A UCA student who was arrested last year on 588 counts of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Steven R. Swanson, 21, of Russellville, pleaded guilty to 10 of the counts April 1 in Faulkner County Circuit Court as part of a negotiated plea deal with prosecutors. The other counts [...]
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