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Kazakh New Year Festival Today

The International Kazakh Club is celebrating Nauryz Meyramy, the Kazakh New Year, with a festival at 1 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom. Students from Kazakhstan will share their traditions, including native songs, clothing and food. The event is free and everyone is invited. The holiday is one of the most important of the year for the people in Kazakhstan and is always celebrated at the...

Police Report: April 20

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 or two. This is a report of incidents filed for April 20.   University...

Police Report: April 19

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 or two. This is a report of incidents filed for April 19.   Student...

Vortex, Scroll Get New Editors

The new editors for the Vortex literary magazine and the Scroll yearbook have been selected. Both appointments will be effective in the fall semester.  Megan Riley is the new editor of Vortex. Riley, a junior, is a creative writing major with a Spanish minor. She is replacing senior John Andrews.  Alyx VanNess was selected as the Vortex’s associate editor. VanNess is a creative writing major...

Asian Students Spice Up Dinner Fare

Asian students added an exotic flavor to the usual cafeteria fare yesterday. The Asian/Pacific Islander Celebration of Culture at the Christian Cafeteria at 4 p.m. yesterday was part of the university’s celebration of culture series. The event was sponsored by the Minority Services office and Aramark with participation from students from Asian and Pacific Island nations. Aramark served the special...

Police Report: April 18

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 or two. This is a report of incidents filed for April 18.   Students...

Banquet Honors Athletes, Coaches

Mitch Rueter, a senior basketball player, has been named the male Student Athlete of the Year and Chloe Smith, a junior volleyball player, is the female Student Athlete of the Year. Rueter was the 21st player in UCA basketball history to score over 1,000 points in his career and ranked tenth in three-point shooting. Smith was named the Southland Conference volleyball player of the year this year...

Police Report: April 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 day or two. This is a report of incidents filed for April 17.   Student...

Would Jesus and Buddha Agree?

Can a person be both a Christian and a Buddhist? Two professors from competing universities will discuss this idea at 7 p.m. today in the auditorium of the new College of Business building. Both are nationally recognized experts on the topic. Dr. Jay McDaniel of Hendrix College and Dr. Jim Deitrick of UCA will present their views on the compatibility, or lack of it, between these two major world religions....

Last Concert on the Courtyard

When you think Jason Mraz or Little Big Town, you generally don’t think Nick Motil. That may change, though, as Motil begins to make his way to the top as a singer/songwriter by sharing the stage with talents like those. Motil will be performing in the Student Center courtyard from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Motil’s performance is part of the variety of student entertainment that the student activities...