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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 [...]

SGA Supports Nature Reserve

The Student Government Association (SGA) is supporting the student-led effort for permanent protection of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve. SGA voted 16-13 last week to endorse the efforts of the Green Bear Project, a group of Honors College students who plans to ask the Board of Trustees next month to pass a resolution providing permanent [...]

SGA Election Results

SGA elections are over and the results are in. A total of 1,521 votes were cast in 10 races for SGA officers. Three of the four executive positions were unopposed. Austin Hall will be the new executive president of SGA. Rebecca Moye will be the new vice president of operations. Jack Phillips will be the new [...]

Pizza War on Courtyard Today

Like pizza? How about free pizza? How about free pizza from five different restaurants delivered to the Student Center courtyard? Well, this is your lucky day.  The Concierge Service and SGA are sponsoring “pizza wars” during X-period today in the courtyard. Bear’s Den, CiCi’s, Domino’s, Gusano’s and Little Caesars will all be there handing out free pizza. [...]

SGA Supports Club Sports

Like to play sports but not quite good enough to be on one of the Bears varsity teams? There may be an option to the existing intramural teams soon. SGA is unanimously supporting adding a club sports program to the Campus Recreation Department. A club sports program would create teams that require skills above the level [...]

Trustees: More Decorative Sidewalks

Like the new decorative sidewalks around campus? Well, get used to them. We are getting a lot more. The UCA board of trustees has approved spending $510,000 to add another 20,000 square feet of the patterned concrete walkways. The university spent $500,000 last year building the sidewalks, which are designed to resemble bricks. The decorative [...]

SGA Supports HPER Expansion

SGA has approved a plan to raise student fees by about $50 a semester to finance a $14.5 million expansion of the HPER Center. The expansion would almost double the size of the 48,732-square-foot facility. The plan includes adding a 25-yard swimming pool, four raquetball courts, a fitness center, aerobic rooms, a climbing wall, a lounge, [...]

Miss Essence Pageant Tonight

The 36th annual Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant  will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall. The women competing for the title this year are Candice Bailey, Kelsy Bennett, Portia Cheatham, Chennetta Edmonson, LaTeisha Miller, Joy Spellman and Shelby Underwood. The competition includes modeling swimwear and evening wear, performing a talent, being interviewed [...]

Speaker Addresses Life with HIV

Some see the difficulty in every opportunity. Others, like David Robertson, see the opportunity in every difficulty. Robertson, 26, was diagnosed with HIV in June 2007 while a college student in Chicago. He has used that obstacle as an opportunity to travel around the country educating people about the disease and inspiring those affected by it. He will be on campus tonight to [...]

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 [...]