Alums to Return During Construction by BRITTANY NIMS Staff Writer
Returning alumni may be overwhelmed this weekend to see their alma mater fenced off, carved up and covered up. UA officials are prepared with their new construction motto: Building. Smart. Enhancing our Centers of Learning. Several steps have been taken to alert alumni, who are returning for homecoming this weekend, of the ongoing construction around campus, said John Diamond, associate vice chancellor of university relations. “We sent out a video to our alumni that summarizes the construction projects on campus,” Diamond said. The YouTube video describes all ongoing, upcoming and recently finished construction projects around the UA campus including Vol Walker Hall, Ozark Hall, Hillside Auditorium and Peabody Hall among several others. “The University of Arkansas is growing quickly and renovating, upgrading and expanding our facilities as needed to keep pace with growth,” according to the video. “We’re also working hard to preserve our most iconic campus buildings and to improve the quality and sustainability of the university’s learning environment.”
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ASG 90th Anniversary in Time for Homecoming
by SARAH DEROUEN Staff Writer
Homecoming is not just a special day for the football team this year; in celebration of the UA Associated Student Government 90th anniversary, ASG alumni are coming to campus to reconnect. “I’m trying to get back and reconnect, so to speak,” said Gene McKissic, who in
1972 because the first African American student government president at the UA “I wan’t to use this weekend to showcase to these alumni and to our group how much we depend on one another and how important it is to have their involvement with ASG,” said Abby Brumfield, ASG 90th Anniversary commissioner.
There have been many prominent ASG members who have affected the UA. Presidents have run on platforms that they were passionate about or thought were important. “Student government is only as effective as its leaders,” said Warwick Sabin, 1997 ASG president. The former student gov-
ernment president who perhaps has enjoyed the greatest career success is Thomas. F “Mack” McLarty, who served in 1968. When Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was elected president of the United States in 1992, he chose McLarty as his chief of staff.
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Call the Hogs Home
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‘Heavy Traffic’ for Homecoming by JACK SUNTRUP Staff Writer
Across the university, officials are getting ready for the throngs of hog fans that no doubt will flood the campus this weekend. “The traffic will be terrible starting Friday afternoon,” said Andy Gilbride, parking and transit representative. “Expect a lot of visitors and heavy traffic.” Even with the increased congestion, the same procedures for students parked on campus will remain the same, Gilbride said. Students with parking permits are advised to move their cars to Harmon Parking Garage Friday after 5:00 p.m., or to the Baum Stadium lot. Adding to the pandemonium of the top 10 SEC match up will be the parade on Friday night. “The parade will begin at the corner of Highland and Dickson Streets, and end at Arkansas Ave,” said Airic Hughes, student programs coordinator. “It will begin at 7 p.m. and concludes when the Homecoming Pep Pally begins at 8 p.m.” There are 14 submissions in this year’s parade with many Greeks pairing up to build a float, Hughes said.
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