May 18, 2013

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University of Arkansas

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Walmart Opening Mini Stores On College Campuses

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.21.2013 | College

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Retail giant Walmart will open a small store on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. later this year. Georgia Tech will be...

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The Top 10 Schools That Are Fifty Shades of Cray

Unigo | Posted 10.31.2012 | College

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It wouldn't be a college rankings series without a party list, much less the 2013 Unigo College Rankings, and we're certainly not bucking that trend. ...

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Arkansas Coach Fired After He 'Knowingly Misled' University

AP | KURT VOIGT | Posted 06.10.2012 | Sports

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday and scathingly dressed him down for hiring his mistress and intentionally mis...

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Petrino On Leave After More Details Of Crash Emerge

AP | KURT VOIGT | Posted 04.06.2012 | Sports

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Saying he was disappointed Bobby Petrino failed to tell school officials that he was riding with a 25-year-old woman when he cra...

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Are Women More LIkely To Have 'Broken Heart Syndrome?'

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 01.16.2012 | Women

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's. Females are seven to nine times more likely to suffer "broken heart syndrome,"...

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WATCH: Vanderbilt Fumbles Away Chance To Upset Arkansas

AP | TERESA M. WALKER | Posted 12.29.2011 | Sports

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Call them the Cardiac Hogs for falling behind early yet again. The eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks only care about the win....

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Missing University Of Arkansas Student Found Dead In Pond

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 12.17.2011 | College

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A college sophomore who was reported missing last week in central Arkansas was found dead in a pond south of Little Rock, po...

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NEA Announces Grants, Says Video Games Will Count As Art

Posted 07.18.2011 | Arts

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) made two important announcements this week. Along with its annual crop of grant recipients, the agency relea...

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Teenage Dreams: Masculinity and Katy Perry

Jim Downs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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When I was in college in the 1990s, white guys never danced. Fortunately, a gender revolution is being televised, and Katy Perry seems to be the omnipresent narrator.

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Arkansas' Finest Take It Off (Kind Of) For Katy Perry

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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During a recent snowpocalypse, a cadre of University of Arkansas students put their free time to good use -- by filming a lipdub to Katy Perry's "Fire...

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Why I Don't Trust Education Research

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Staring a sentence with the words "research shows" is aimed at sticking a dagger in the heart of an opponent's argument. Increasingly, though, I am finding reasons not to trust education research.

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Underage Beauty Queen Arrested For Public Intoxication

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Former Miss Arkansas Teen Megan Burgess, 19, who passed her crown to her successor a mere two weeks ago, was arrested over the weekend at the Universi...

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A Robust Cup of Joe

Arn Tellem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

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Newly-minted free agent Joe Johnson -- my client -- has announced his intention to re-sign with the Hawks for six more years.

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Arkansas Public College Graduation Rate Below 40%

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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According to a new report by Arkansas' Higher Education Department, 38 percent of the state's public university students graduate in six years or less...

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