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Blood, Babes and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Get ready to rumble. It’s time for the 31st annual Fite Nite presented by the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity. The amatuer boxing tournament is one of the biggest social events of the year, attracting hundreds of students. The two-night event is held in the U.S. National Guard Armory at 300 Exchange St. The action begins at 7:30 p.m. today and continues at the same time tomorrow night. Tickets are...

Spring Queen Pageant Tonight

Tonight is the night for sorority pledges to shine like the stars. The Spring Queen pageant will be held at 7 p.m. today in Ida Waldron Auditiorium. Admission is $6 at the door. T-shirts and raffle tickets also will be sold. All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The pageant allows 12 selected sorority pledges to compete in four categories: Modeling their sorority letters, wearing togas, modeling...

Wanna Hang with Omega Psi Phi?

Here’s a chance to meet the guys of the Beta Delta chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity tonight. You’ll find them “chillin” in their “fratroom” at 7 p.m. today in Arkansas Hall. It’s part of their week-long celebration of the members who joined the fraternity in the Spring 2008 semester. The celebration, called “Welcome to Omegaland,” started...

Step Show not Stepping Tonight

The “Best of the Best” Step show scheduled for tonight in the Ida Waldron Auditorium has been postponed until April 23. It seems that the hosts of the annual show, the Iota Pi chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, couldn’t find enough UCA police officers to provide security at the event. The UCAPD officers are busy preparing for a campus drill on March 11. This year’s show...

OMG: New RSO is PDK

There’s a new registered student organization (RSO) on campus that you won’t find in that big, multicolored spreadsheet on the university Web site. Allow us to introduce you to Psi Delta Kappa.   It’s UCA’s first co-ed honor fraternity for film students, according to its founder and president, Lesley Allen. If things go as planned, it will become a national organization.   “By...