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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 [...]

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 [...]

Conversation Club Builds Skills

About 100 international students attended the last meeting of the semester yesterday of a conversation club sponsored by International Friendship Outreach. The conversation club is designed to help international students improve their English skills, meet other international students and learn about American culture. The IFO throws in a free dinner, too. IFO also offers a [...]

Got Sag? Researchers Want You

If you are one of those guys who walks around campus in saggy pants, there are people in the Department of Physical Therapy looking for you.  PT students are doing a research project on the effects of sagging pants on a man’s walking posture. You know the pants we are talking about here. They are [...]