Kelvin (preferred not to use last name) has been homeless for 26 years and lives in the south Fayetteville woods near the Salvation Army. He does not sleep in a tent, but uses a tarp for shelter and "stays away" from places that have shelters for the homeless during cold weather, he said. "I've been through 26 winters in the woods and don't think this one will be too bad," he said Dec. 3. (Photo by Whitney Green, LEMKE NEWSROOM)

Living Invisible: Northwest Arkansas Homeless Increases by 36 Percent

By Whitney Green Lemke Newsroom Northwest Arkansas homelessness increased 36 percent in two years, according to the UA most recent homeless census. Shelters have prepared to help the nearly 2,000 homeless people prepare for cold weather. Many organizations in northwest Arkansas have resources available for the homeless to receive food and clothing, but The Salvation [...]

Shannon McCuin, public safety dispatcher, observes the on-screen happenings in her dispatcher station. McCuin receives Text-a-Tip notifications at her station, and she can read registered Smart911 information whenever an emergency call is placed. (Photo by Nick Brothers, LEMKE NEWSROOM)

UAPD Use Social Media and Mobile Devices to Help Daily Operations

By Nick Brothers, Lemke Newsroom. In a booming age of mobile phones and wireless technology, campus police are using social media, tablet devices, and mobile emergency programs as part of their daily operations. New in the fall semester, the addition of smart911 to the UA community allows students to register their phone number with their [...]

Former New York Times journalist and UA professor, Roy Reed, shared stories from his work as a civil rights reporter with students and faculty Thursday. Reed read segments of his memoir “Beware of Limbo Dancers: A Correspondent’s Adventures with the New York Times,” and explained that “a good reporter has insatiable curiosity and an irresistible urge to tell,” he said. At the beginning of the lecture, Reed addressed questions regarding the future of newspapers and ethics in journalism. “To both I say I don’t know the answers,” Reed said. “Though I will say about ethics, you know it when you see it. If you’re at all in doubt whether you’re doing something ethical or unethical you better back off.” (Photo by Whitney Green, LEMKE NEWSROOM)

Journalism Students and Faculty Listen to a Reading by Former New York Times Reporter

Fayetteville Police Officers Prepare for Dead Day

By Kayli Farris, Lemke Newsroom. The lowest cost of a DWI is about $6,000, including towing, attorney, court, alcohol awareness classes, driver’s license reinstatement, interlock device and insurance fees, said a Fayetteville Police officer. The legal blood alcohol limit for someone 21 or older is .08 percent, said Sgt. Craig Stout, Fayetteville Police public information [...]

ASG Proposal Changes ISIS Hours of Operation to Fit Student Schedules

By Miranda Campbell, Lemke Newsroom. Students will get an extra hour of sleep before tackling ISIS if an Associated Student Government proposal is adopted. ASG this week agreed to change ISIS hours to accommodate student schedules. A resolution to push back ISIS operations from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m., instead of 6 a.m. to midnight, [...]

City Council Scheduled to Decide UofA Request to Control Traffic on Parts of Dickson Street

By Kayli Farris, Lemke Newsroom. Fayetteville City Council is scheduled to decide during a Dec. 18 meeting whether UA officials should control traffic through part of Dickson Street. “The university in late July 2012 requested by letter to the mayor that we be able to exercise periodic operational control over a portion of Dickson Street [...]

Seven ASG Senators Will Vacate Seats Because of Failure to Meet Senate Requirements

By Miranda Campbell Lemke Newsroom Seven UA senators will vacate their seats at the end of the semester because they did not comply with a new Associated Student Government policy that requires them to offer a formal proposal each semester. Senators are required to “write one piece of legislation per semester in the form of [...]

Emmy-Winning Documentary by UA Journalism Professor Will be Broadcast on AETN

By Kristen Coppola, LEMKE NEWSROOM. AETN next month will broadcast two documentary films by the Emmy-winning UA journalism Professor Larry Foley. “Up Among the Hills,” Foley’s most recent documentary, will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, 3 a.m. Dec. 10, and 3 p.m. Dec. 30 on public TV stations across [...]

Teachers at Westwood Elementary are eager to encourage students to attend college and hoped that a tour of campus would inspire them to prepare for what is still a decade away for most students, teachers said. Ann Fowler’s 3rd grade class (above) has been learning about different cultures and attended a show by the International Culture Team in the Union Wednesday. “I wanted to show the kids that there’s a bigger world out there and ultimately inspire them to go to college,” Fowler said. Many students in Fowler’s class are planning to attend the University of Arkansas and were fascinated by the tour, they said. “My favorite part was the bathrooms because they’re so fancy,” 3rd-grader Julian Francis said. His classmate agreed. “Yeah they were huge and so fancy,” Jonathan Estridge said. Both students plan to attend the University of Arkansas in 2022, they said. (Photo by Whitney Green, LEMKE NEWSROOM)

3rd-Graders Prepare For College

Latino Alumni Society Scholarship Fund Awaits Application Approval

By Sarah Villegas, LEMKE NEWSROOM. The scholarship fund created by the Latino Alumni Society is in full stride as the scholarship application awaits approval and the society taking steps to reach their goal of being an endowed scholarship. The Latino Alumni Society Scholarship Fund is a new project for the alumni society that has been [...]

Mullins Libraries Adds African Newspaper Database

By Mason Carr, Lemke Newsroom. An online African newspaper database has been added to Mullins Libraries. The database includes 40 African newspapers, published in several languages between the early 1800s and 1922, said Beth Juhl, who directs web services for the library. The database was bought at a discounted price of $4,000 by the university [...]

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UA Enrollment Increases with Tuition Since 2002

By Clint Wray, Lemke Newsroom. UA enrollment has outpaced the number of faculty since 2002, but not the cost of tuition, according to data from The Office of Institutional Research. Enrollment increased by 53.4 percent from 2002-2012. The UA enrollment for the fall semester is 24,537. That enrollment increase is in contrast to a 26.39 [...]

MATLAB Will Be Shut Down For Maintenance

By Nick Brothers, Lemke Newsroom. MATLAB, sometimes described as “Excel on steroids,” will be unavailable from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. Dec. 1, while UA Information Technology Services performs maintenance on the service, an IT official said. Because the servers that have the license for MATLAB must be shut down, the servers will not be [...]