Archive for November, 2011
Bears Make NCAA Playoffs
The football Bears (8-3, 6-1) are headed to the NCAA Division I playoffs for the first time in school history after being selected during the championship selection show yesterday on ESPNU. The Bears made the 20-team bracket and will travel to Cookeville, Tenn., Saturday to face the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in the first round. [...]
James Carville Speaks in Reynolds
He exposed President George Bush’s political weaknesses in 1991. He led Bill Clinton to the presidency in 1992. Now, he’s a speaker, talk show host and famed political consultant. James Carville does it all and he will be doing it at 7:30 p.m. today in Reynolds Performance Hall. Carville built his reputation on being able to transform troubled [...]
Police Report: Nov. 10
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 few days, which delays our report by a [...]
Chinese Art on Display in AETN
Art doesn’t need translation. That is the message of the “China Wind” art exhibit on display in the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) Atrium. The small but impressive exhibit features 43 traditional and contemporary pieces from faculty members and students at East China Normal University. It is presented by the UCA Confucius Institute for Arkansas and is on display through [...]
Police Report: Nov. 9
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 few days, which delays our report by a [...]
Crowd Awed by Fashions
The crowd in Ida Waldran Auditorium cheered as six Chinese female students posed onstage in lovely silk cheongsams during in the International Fashion Show last night. The fashion show, designed to introducing the various international cultures on campus, featured dozens of international students who paraded the stage in traditional costumes from different countries. Although the show [...]
Volleyball Tournament Begins
The Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament begins today here on campus. The fourth-seed Sugar Bears, coming in on a two-game winning streak, will play fifth-seed Lamar at 6:30 p.m. in the Farris Center. The two teams have met twice this season with each winning at home. Lamar has won four of its last five matches. Other games scheduled for Friday [...]
Police Report: Nov. 8
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 few days, which delays our report by a [...]
Occupy Movement Coming Here
The Occupy Wall Street movement is coming to our campus. A group of students is creating Occupy UCA and plans to hold its first meeting Friday afternoon at Ferguson Chapel. The organizers will be there, along with members of the Occupy Conway group, displaying signs and answering questions about the movement. The students met Tuesday [...]
International Fashions on Display
We have a lot of international students representing a wide array of cultures on our campus. Tonight, they will gather at Ida Waldran Auditorium to share the native fashions of their countries at the annual International Fashion Show. You will see an interesting array of costumes, colors and cultures. Sara Parrott, coordinator of international student [...]
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