The Traveler

ASG elections ended 4 p.m. Thursday with votes from more than 1,833 students.

This turnout was larger than last year, said Dayna Wolek, assistant director at the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement.

Out of the 87 student applicants for Senate, 76 met the necessary requirements to participate in the election.… Post the First Comment

Four astronomers recently received a $1.4 million grant from NASA to conduct research on supermassive black holes. The astronomers will conduct their research on the UA campus.

"A few researchers in Arkansas were casting about for a project we could collaborate on," said Daniel Kennefick, one of the astronomers from the UA to be awarded the grant.… Post the First Comment

The inevitably historic nature of the 2008 presidential election presents an unprecedented opportunity for voters, but it also threatens to engulf their emotions and drown out a conscientious consideration of the issues in a hurricane of anticipation of the novel ending to this election story.… Post the First Comment

Sometimes, plagiarism is easy to identify.

Stealing an article from a Web site to replace your big political science term paper is clearly plagiarism. Using word-for-word information from a newspaper article in your English assignment is clearly plagiarism.… Post the First Comment

Everyone should commit this date - Nov. 4, 2008 - to eternal memory, because it will be a day that makes history, when things change for every person on the planet. Why Nov. 4 takes on such significance is because of the 2008 presidential election. … Post the First Comment

The Save-a-Life tour stopped at the UA Wednesday to present drunk-driving testimonials and a drunk-driving simulator to students.

The Save-a-Life tour is a program designed to educate young people about the dangers of drunk driving. The tour has had presentations at high schools, military bases and universities, said Brian Beldyga, who gives testimonials for the tour.… Post the First Comment

The National Day of Encouragement, which officially will be celebrated for the first time today, was created by a UA freshman a little more than a year ago.

At a leadership forum at Harding University the summer before her senior year in high school, Laura Siegfried and a group of students were asked to find the biggest challenge facing teenagers and offer a solution.… Post the First Comment

Plagiarism has been a problem among UA students in the last few years, according to statistics from the Office of Community Standards and Student Ethics.

In the 2005-06 school year, 147 cases of academic dishonesty were reported, and 66 of those cases were regarding plagiarism, said Sandra Vasquez, OCSSE assistant director.… 5 Comments

Woody Allen once observed that 80 percent of success is showing up. If American democracy is the grand experiment some less quirky observers have supposed, then our generation of Arkansans is failing some kind of bad.

Arkansans under 30 made up 9 percent of the voters in our presidential primary in February.… Post the First Comment

The purpose of any election in a democratic society is for candidates to run on a level playing field and to have the votes of all parties wishing to vote counted.

First, concessions were made by the Associated Student Government to candidates who where unable to attend a mandatory meeting due to "scheduling issues."… Post the First Comment