The Traveler

As people across the world, from Nigeria to London, watched the presidential election Tuesday, UA students also tackled state and local ballot measures as they voted in what may be the largest presidential election since 1964, the same year the Civil Rights Act was passed.… Post the First Comment

Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan - these three men are remembered as some of the greatest presidents in United States history.

One similarity among all of them was that their races toward the presidency were not won based on a run-of-the-mill campaign, but rather based on the creation of a movement.… Post the First Comment

The UA Police Department has arrested more people for public intoxication this year already than all of last year, and it has arrested more than twice the amount of people for drunk driving, police records show.

This year, the UAPD has made 125 arrests for driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated, UAPD Captain Katheryn Huddler said.… Post the First Comment

University of Arkansas students are advised to be ready for an interesting weekend as student leaders from across the South are coming to campus for the Southwestern Association of College and University Residence Halls Conference (SWACURH) hosted by Residents' Interhall Congress.… Post the First Comment

Friends of India, the Indian student association at the UA, will host the 40th annual Diwali Banquet 6 p.m. Sunday in the Arkansas Union Ballroom.

The Diwali festival, popularly known as "The Festival of Lights," celebrates the victory of good over evil and is significant for Hindus, Jains and Sikhs.… Post the First Comment

In April next year, the UA board of trustees will meet in Little Rock to set a new price of tuition for the university.

With the recent economic downturn, American universities across the country have had to raise the price of students' educations, and the UA seems to be no different.… Post the First Comment

UA students are charged a transit fee to use the UA transit bus system, which runs all around Fayetteville.

However, the UA transit services are open to the Fayetteville public free of charge, and some students question their absence of funding.

"Other cities [require the public to pay] - so why not at the Razorback Transit?" UA freshman Serena Jackson said.… Post the First Comment

Taking out the weeds, cleaning up the beach, surfing in a beachside town, rappelling down cliffs in the mountains, interacting with indigenous people and doing conservation projects on an island where there is no electricity and no heat - these volunteer projects were what University of Arkansas students experienced in Australia as part of the international travel programs supported by the International Student Volunteers.… Post the First Comment