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Are You an Iron Chef?

Think you’re a great cook? Here’s a chance to prove it. Dining Services is sponsoring an Iron Chef competition at 1 p.m. today in Christian Cafeteria. They will select three contestants from all the applicants to compete for the campus title. Aramark will provide all the food and the mystery ingredient everyone will have to use. They [...]

Cafeteria Goes Green To Go

You can take the food in Christain Cafeteria with you now and do it without creating extra trash. It’s called “Green to Go” and the Student Government Association (SGA) announced it at their weekly meeting last night. It’s part of  Dining Services’ initiative to be more environmentally friendly. Here’s how it works. You go to the [...]

UCA Unplugged Returns

Country music singer/songwriter Erin Enderlin is headlining the 17th annual UCA Unplugged concert at 7 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. Admission is $2 for UCA students, $6 for the general public and free for children 12 and under. Enderlin, a Conway native, started writing songs at the age of [...]

Board Suspends Investigation

The Board of Trustees voted yesterday to suspend all internal audits and investigations of the Aramark deal that led to the resignation of former president Allen Meadors. The vote was taken at brief meeting at 9 a.m. yesterday with board members Rush Harding, Victor Green and Bobby Reynolds attending by telephone. Pam Massey, the director of the office [...]

SGA: Change University Seal

The Student Government Association (SGA) voted at its weekly meeting last night to change the official seal of the university. The current seal, which mirrors the official seal for the state, has been used since UCA opened 104 years ago. SGA will review proposed designs for the new seal Friday and select one. Ideas proposed [...]

SGA Selects Theater Design

The Student Government Association (SGA) chose a design for the amphitheater that will be built outside the Student Center at its weekly meeting last night. The new amphitheater will use the existing Ferguson Chapel as the stage with the seats surrounding the west side of the chapel. The design was one of two SGA considered. The [...]

New Restaurant Coming to Campus

We are getting a new restaurant on campus. An Einstein Bros. Bagels will open in Burdick Hall next to Bear Express, Aramark representative Jim Nabors told SGA at their weekly meeting Monday night. Aramark had invited Taco Bell to open on campus but the company refused because it didn’t want to create competition for the other Taco Bell franchises [...]

Police Report: Sept. 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 [...]

Taco Bell on Campus? It’s Possible

Aramark, the company that provides food service on campus, has been doing an in-depth survey of what our students want to eat and one preference has been clear - Taco Bell. There are no current plans to add the fast-food favorite to the campus fare but Aramark says it is listening. Aramark wants to give us [...]