The Traveler

The Families First Foundation is trying to include legislation on the November 2008 ballot to prevent unmarried couples from adopting children or serving as foster parents.

The legislation is titled Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act. The organization is collecting petition signatures to ensure its placement on the November ballot, according to the group's Web site.… 4 Comments

Authors of Resolution 11, the resolution vetoed by ASG Pres. Nate Looney, plan to override Looney's veto during Tuesday's Associated Student Government meeting.

Their plan is to start motions to open floor debate.

The purpose of Resolution 11 was to create an ad-hoc committee to explore options in recycling and sustainability on campus with the help of the administration, not to mandate changes, authors of the bill said.… Post the First Comment

Nate Looney, president of the Associated Student Government, addressed the Arkansas Higher Education Task Force Committee about student issues, such as retention and graduation rates last Thursday in Little Rock.

Retention and graduation rates can be improved by increasing predictability and accessibility, Looney said in his speech to the committee.… Post the First Comment

Double jeopardy might be illegal, but students arrested on campus by UA Police officers will go through two judicial systems.

Anytime the UAPD arrests a student the Office of Community Standards receives a report, said Lt. Gary Crain, public information officer for the UAPD.… Post the First Comment

The morning of the 5th annual Freezing 5K/10K race dawned misty and gray. By 8:30 a.m., the temperature had risen above freezing to about 39º F and the residential streets around the south side of the UA campus were quiet.

"I didn't expect it to be all this warm. I expected it to be a little colder," said Chris Dodd, a senior finance major who ran the 5K.… Post the First Comment