The Traveler

As classes commence and students return to campus, an important program will also recur to ensure the safety of all UA students.

The Safe Ride program provides students an alternative ride home for individuals in potentially threatening situations. The main purpose of the program is to save lives and prevent injuries and damages to property by offering students a safe option to drunk driving and other threatening situations, according to the Transit and Parking Web site.… Post the First Comment

Monday, August 6

Sitting on the couch facing the window in her living room, junior art major Kristie Kvamme begins translating a sketch onto a white easel to begin her painting - her first time to pick up a paintbrush ever since her art classes have ceased for the summer break.… Post the First Comment

So, another school year has begun, bringing new faces into the wild bunch of students who call UA their home.

No doubt the group of young, fresh, unjaded faces I saw meandering across campus during their orientation would soon learn the ins-and-outs of surviving life at the UA.… Post the First Comment

Located on the corner of School and Sixth Streets is an inviting, bright green building called Nightbird Books, which was opened last April by local resident Lisa Sharp. In preparing to open the independent bookstore, Sharp had been attending workshops on how to open a bookstore and the place "looked like it would fit" into the Fayetteville scene, she said.… Post the First Comment

As an avid fan of local music, especially the local metal scene, I know a lot of musicians in the Fayetteville area. I don't say this to brag, though. If you knew the people I'm talking about, you wouldn't brag about it. Actually, you'd probably do as I do and pretend you don't recognize them when you see them in public.… Post the First Comment