Author Archives: Bailey McBride
About Bailey McBride
Bailey Elise McBride is a UA alumna and served as Editor in Chief of The Arkansas Traveler from 2010-2011.
Wakarusa Midweek Update
Temperatures in the mid- to high-nineties haven’t stopped thousands of people, including numerous UA students, from heading to Ozark, Ark. for Wakarusa Music Festival. As the afternoon went on and temperatures rose Friday afternoon, many festival attendees headed to their campsites …
Thanks for a Great Year, ASG
In the interest of fulfilling our duty as the fourth branch of government, we at the Traveler don’t shy away from criticizing the members of the Associated Student Government when they don’t do their best to serve the student body or …
Arkansauced: A Traveler Exclusive
If you are on Twitter, or even if you aren’t, chances are you have seen one of the satirical Twitters that have ruled the Twitterverse in the last year. What began with @wheresparice and @summerofmallett last summer has now evolved …
ASG/RIC Election Results
Amid shouts of joy and tears, Associated Student Government and Residents’ Interhall Congress election results were announced at 5 p.m. on Old Main Lawn. Michael Dodd was elected president of the ASG with 56 percent of the vote, or 2,512 …
ASG Debate Highlights
Raw footage highlights of last Wednesday’s ASG Executive Debate, courtesy of UATV.
ASG Exec Voting Kicks Off Amid Rumors
Amid a flurry of rumors and election violation complaints, the Associated Student Government Executive Elections began Monday at 9 a.m. Any student enrolled in at least one credit hour may vote by going to vote.uark.edu, filling out a paper ballot …
ASG Interview Full Audio
Monday, Mar. 28 The Traveler Editorial Board conducted 30-minute interviews with each set of candidates for Associated Student Government Executive Office. Below is the full, unedited audio of these interviews, with Editor Bailey McBride asking questions of the individual candidates. …
Kimpel Should be a Priority
Managing Editor Mille Appleton had a freshman experience that not many other students have: She was hit in the head by a tile that fell from the ceiling of her class in Kimpel Hall. Many of the investigative pieces we …
The Good, The Bad and The Really Bad
It’s that time again. That time where freshmen legislators join their veteran counterparts in capitols across the country, get settled in their new offices and begin writing their first pieces of legislation. On the national level, legislators are tasked with …
Letter from the Editor: Do You Realize?
Three years ago this Tuesday, the day after Valentine’s Day, one of my best friends died in a horrible and unexpected accident. Isaac Perrault was intelligent, witty, hilarious — the kind of person I could take around any friend or …
Letter From the Editor: Don’t Let Snow Distract Too Much
#Snowmaggedon. #Snowpocalypse. #NWASnow11. #Snowtorious. My personal favorite, #ohmygodwereallgoingtodie. From the two days before to the heat of the storm, the internet has been atwitter with talk of the storm and the blizzard conditions we are all by now well aware …
Letter from the Editor: The United States of Shame
A map a friend of mine posted on facebook this week made me rethink what I had initially planned to write about. The map, titled The United States of Shame, was compiled by Jeff Wysaski of pleated-jeans.com. The map uses …
Letter from the Editor: Welcome Back, Let’s Make it Count
Another year, another semester. For many of us, our last on campus. I spent a large portion of my break thinking about what my last semester here means and what I would do, and came to this conclusion: I can …
Students Enjoy Snow Day Off
After same early morning confusion, the University of Arkansas announced it would be closed Thursday, Jan. 20. Students found various ways of entertaining themselves in light of their cancelled classes: Melissa Green flies on her sled as friends look on …
