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Miss UCA Pageant Tonight

The annual Miss UCA Scholarship Pageant is at Reynold’s Performance Hall tonight. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the pageant starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door beginning at 6 p.m. They are $5 for students and faculty and $10 for the general public. This is an official Miss Arkansas and Miss America preliminary pageant. [...]

Spring Queen Pageant Tonight

Thirteen girls who have pledged a sorority this year will compete tonight in the fifth annual Spring Queen Pageant at 7 p.m. in Ida Waldran Auditorium. The girls will compete in three categories. The first category is the swimsuit/toga round when each girl shows off the letters of the fraternity or sorority she is representing. [...]

Jay Turpin Wins New Member King

The winner of Alpha Sigma Alpha’s annual New Member King pageant is Jay Turpin. Grant Long was the first runner-up. Henry Caldwell was the second runner-up and Blake Harris was the third runner-up. New members of fraternities across the campus competed in four rounds Tuesday night in Ida Waldran Auditorium. The categories were letter, personalty, swimsuit and formal. [...]

Greek Goddess to be Crowned Tonight

And your 2010 Greek Goddess is … Applause will fill the auditorium tonight when the winner of the Greek Goddess pageant accepts her crown and sash. Cameras will flash while proud sorority sisters gather around their newly-crowned beauty. The annual Greek Goddess pageant begins at 7 p.m. in the Ida Waldran Auditorium in Main Hall. [...]

A Conversation with the Queen

Bridget Thomas is this year’s sorority pledge Spring Queen. She joined Alpha Sigma Tau in the Fall of 2009 and is a sophomore majoring in broadcast journalism. She is 2008 graduate of Conway High School. We caught up with her after Tuesday night’s pageant for a quick interview. Enjoy.   Were you nervous at all?     [...]

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 [...]

Miss Essence Pageant Tonight

The  35th annual Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in the Reynolds Performance Hall. Admission is free. Since the pageant began in 1975, Students for the Propagation of Black Culture (SPBC) has spearheaded the event. For the past 10 years, UCA’s Minority Student Services has been a co-sponsor. The pageant features [...]

Dancers Bring Jazz to Pageant

Dancers United, UCA’s urban dance student group, will be performing at the  2010 Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. tonight in Reynolds Performance Hall. The pageant is a 35-year-old tradition on campus and is sponsored by Minority Student Services and Students for the Propagation of Black Culture. This year’s event features six African-American students competing in tradition [...]