News for the University of Arkansas and Beyond
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
