Students at UA Little Rock have started a Change.org petition on Wednesday to keep the dance program at UA Little Rock after it was announced on Monday that it may be completely eliminated. The petition was started by Alysa Anderson, a third year at UA Little Rock transfer student currently obtaining a B.A. in Dance […]
DeKay, Edwards run unopposed in SGA Election
Despite social distancing and a move to campus-wide online courses, UA Little Rock’s annual Student Government Association (SGA) elections opened Thursday through students’ Blackboard accounts. While previous elections have featured multiple candidates vying for the presidency, the SGA’s 2020 presidential election candidates are running unopposed: sophomore presidential candidate Landon DeKay and junior vice-presidential candidate Molly […]
Staff Spotlight: Joyce Crossley – UA Little Rock’s No. 1 fan
Joyce Crossley believes everyone has a purpose. She says one of them is to make people smile. Known affectionately by UA Little Rock students as “Ms. Joyce,” Crossley greets students personably, making sure everyone who visits her on campus knows they are loved. “I pray for the students,” she said. “I just want everyone to […]
UA Little Rock offers support for students during COVID-19
Colleges and universities across the United States and around the world are scrambling to keep their students, faculty and staff healthy, safe and educated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous questions have arisen such as: If we close the dining halls where will students eat? If we cancel on-campus employment, how will students make ends meet? […]
LULU is a Shark outta Water
Conway The Machine recently dropped the LULU with legendary producer The Alchemist. As one third of the rap group, Griselda with Westside Gunn and Benny The Butcher, the group blew up as they dropped three separate projects as well as a group album. LULU is based on the cocaine dealer Luis “Lulu” Lujano from the […]
Trojan athletes sadden by loss of spring season
The global pandemic has blindsided almost every person around the world. Everyone can feel it in their daily life as public life has been minimized to only the necessaries and many are fighting to put an end to Covid-19. All sport events have been postponed or canceled, which leaves room for disappointment for sport fans, […]
Drale proposes major changes for retrenchment
Chancellor Christina Drale recently released her Academic Planning Retrenchment Proposal for UA Little Rock in an attempt to address a significant budget deficit due to declining enrollment and to right-size the student-to-faculty ratio at UA Little Rock. In her proposal released on March 30, Drale outlined how each program and department would be affected; whether […]
Student Artist Q&A: Perspectiv3
UA Little Rock has an underground variety of artists around campus. I started the Artist Spotlight column in October of 2019 to showcase some of these artists. February’s Student Artist Q&A focus is on UA Little Rock’s student Tajjon McDaniel. McDaniel is a junior majoring in Media Production. His supporters may also know him by […]
K. Michelle returns with the theme of “All Monsters Are Human”
K. Michelle shows that she is true to R&B on her fifth studio album, All Monsters Are Human. This album was released on Jan. 31, following the release of her top 10 albums Kimberly: The People I Used to Know. She is one of the few artists who rose to fame as a reality star […]
With retrenchment on the horizon, UA Little Rock braces for impact
UA Little Rock is in an awkward position as it begins a new decade. Years of declining enrollment, the discovery of an over-inflated yearly budget and an almost $11 million budget shortfall have put the university on the path to major changes. But UA Little Rock’s troubles aren’t unique. Declining enrollment Higher education institutions […]