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Date Not Set in House Demolition
Jack Suntrup Asst. News Editor
UA officials are still trying to decide what to build in place of local houses. Full Story, Page 3
Local Antique Stores Ride This Year’s Vintage Trend
Antiquing, a new vintage decorating fad, is working its way into students’ homes as websites such as Pinterest fuel it. Full Story, Page 5 Mary McKay Staff Photographer Andy Grammer, pop artist, performs during a free concert for students Monday, Oct. 8 at the Arkansas Music Pavilion.
Upsets and First Time Winners in the SEC A lot happened in the sixth week of college football in the SEC. Full Story, Page 7
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Slim Chickens To Be Added Staff Report
Some university professors and administrators have not been tepid about wading into the political waters of immigration reform. Now, there is a book the prove it. The Right to DREAM: The DREAM Act, Immigration Reform, and America’s Future was written by Bill Schwab, a sociology professor and former dean of the Fulbright college. Chancellor G. David Gearhart wrote the forward. In 2008, Schwab started studying the Hispanic community in northwest Arkansas for a foundation that did not know a whole lot about the region, he said. The professor went to work interviewing members of the community from church members to the police, he said. Schwab’s aim quickly shifted from research to activism when undocumented students shared their experiences in one focus group with which he worked. “When I heard their stories it just had a profound effect on me,” he said. “And one story in particular that came out in my interviews was a young woman, whose surname you would not notice is Hispanic, and she was a U.S. citizen, and she didn’t
look particularly Hispanic. “She had a job at a retail store up in Springdale. A Hispanic family came in who only spoke Spanish, and she helped them in perfect Spanish. The owner of the business came out and said, ‘how dare you use that monkey talk in my store,’ and then just started to tear her culture apart and fired her on the spot—never paid her for her weeks’ work,” Schwab said. “At that moment, I said I was going to do something,” he said. “I didn’t care what it was-that I would use my profession if I could to try to help these young people.”
Schwab Since then, Schwab, along with other UA representatives like Gearhart, have been pushing for the passage of a state-
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Court Ruling Might Not Affect UA
Miranda Campbell Staff Writer
University of Texas at Austin in 2008, according to the New York Times. “Many worry that the court will use this case, Fisher v. University of Texas, to overturn a 2003 decision, Grutter v. Bollinger, which allowed colleges and universities to advance racial diversity as a valid goal for their institutions and for society, as long as they did not make race the determining factor in admissions,” according to the New York Times. Charles Robinson, vice provost for diversity, said that even if the court decides to rule in favor of Fisher, it would most
likely have no effect on the university because the admission policy does not consider diversity in any direct way. “We are an institution that allows students automatic admission with certain ACT scores and GPAs,” Robinson said. “We do not base that on geography or ethnicity, if you have a 20 on the ACT and a 3.0 GPA you are automatically admitted so the ruling would not affect us at all.” If the court broadens the language and includes ethnicity as a factor for scholarships, the court’s decision could have an effect on how the university
looks at scholarships, Robinson said. “If we cannot have diversity scholarships then I think that could potentially affect our ability to attract Hispanics and African Americans— particularly if diversity is an element taken out of the equation,” Robinson said. “If they just strike ethnicity and race as considerations in admissions—I do not think that’s a game changer. If they take out all instances of diversity then that could have some potentially tough implications.
Slim Chickens Restaurant will open on campus as part of the Brough Commons Dining Hall expansion, according to a news release. The restaurant will be opened at the same time as Founders Hall, which is scheduled for Fall 2013. Slim Chickens was opened in Fayetteville in 2003 by Ryan Hodson, Greg Smart and Tom Gordon, according to the Slim Chickens website. “As
The Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could result in the banning of race as a factor in college admissions. The case would likely not affect the UA unless the court’s decision included diversity as a factor in scholarships, the vice provost for diversity said. The case, Fisher v. the University of Texas at Austin, was brought by Abigail Noel Fisher, a white student who was denied admission to the
a Fayetteville-based company, we’ve built quite a relationship with University of Arkansas students over the years, and we’re very proud that UA students chose Slim Chickens as the restaurant they most wanted to see on campus,” said Smart in a news release. Slim Chickens has eight other locations including five restaurants in Arkansas and three in Oklahoma. When Founders Hall opens it will be connected to Brough Commons Dining Hall. “Part of the first floor will be the housing lobby and the other area will be dining retail,” said David Davies, assistant vice provost for finance and administration, in a news release.
McKenna Gallagher Staff Photographer On Tuesday Oct. 9 Charles R. Robinson answers questions on the Supreme Court’s reconsideration of college admissions based on race.
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