Author Archives: Brady Tackett
The Disappearing Man
For two years, Carole Hipskind had sought to collect $3,080 that she claimed Don Marr, her former boss, owed her for unpaid salary and vacation hours. Now the trial date – Oct. 3, 2011 – had finally arrived. Hipskind waited …
Petrino Shows Remorse in Statement
Former head football coach Bobby Petrino issued an apologetic statement following his termination Tuesday evening. “The simplest response I have is: I’m sorry,” Petrino wrote. “I accept full responsibility for what has happened.” In the statement, which Petrino issued through …
100 Years Later: The Underground Newspaper That Sparked a Student Revolt
Even as they lifted the newspapers from the cradle of the printing press, and ran their fingers along the delicate edges, and stacked and bound them for distribution, the students knew they were violating UA policy. These 36 students had …
Help Portrait: Charity Grants Homeless a Rare View of Themselves
The Help Portrait, an annual outreach event that provides free portraits to the needy, will return to Fayetteville for a third time Dec. 10, organizers said. Central United Methodist will host the event for the second consecutive year. At least …
Chasing the Cure: UA Professor Readies New Cancer Treatment
David Zaharoff leaned forward to address his table of lab assistants. “Today, we have 40 mice coming in, which means someone has to be here the whole time,” he said. “Now, let’s talk about research.” Zaharoff’s research, which can require …
Stay Fresh Always: Drew Barker’s Journey to the Top
Girls run screaming in the Saturday night rain, snaking around puddles and through the tall arching doors of the newly renovated Phi Gamma Delta house. The girls funnel into forever-long hallways draped in black construction paper. The walls are covered …
Head Start: Freshman Begins Work on 2028 Presidential Campaign
Editor’s note: The Faces of the 4,400 is an ongoing Traveler series profiling different freshmen students. Today’s profile is on a 1st generation student. The profiles will continue throught the semester in the weekenders. Tyler Aborn Wells wants to be …
Proposed Enrollment Cap Could Come Too Late
Two weeks ago, when Chancellor G. David Gearhart announced that the UA was considering capping enrollment at 25,000 students, he said the cap might not take effect for at least a couple years.“I doubt we will reach 25,000 next year, …
12 UA Students Selected for 10th Anniversary Ground Zero Trip
Elijah Garcia was in 5th grade when he heard that the towers had been hit. “I remember exactly where I was,” he said. “I was on my way to school, driving with my dad. I heard about it on the …
Students Face Higher Loans and Fewer Grants
Chelsea Frazier, a senior nursing major, knew she would need to take out loans for her senior year. But this year, a federal loan wasn’t enough to cover tuition costs, which have nearly doubled for nursing majors since last semester, …
Pretty Lights to Provide Digital Get-Down at the AMP
By Brady Tackett Pretty Lights is a decidedly digital outfit. When the Colorado duo performs live, founder Derek Smith hovers above his glowing computer like a moth, dodging through Technicolor smoke with a backwards ball cap. Pretty Lights performed to …
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Zac Brown Band to Scale Mulberry Mountain
By Brady Tackett Grammy Award-winning country breakthrough Zac Brown Band sold out George’s Majestic Lounge in 2009, but that was before a barrage of Grammy nominations, and before their second major-record album, “You Get What You Give,” conquered Billboard. When …
American Aquarium: Sardonic Wit with a Country Twang
By Brady Tackett Subtlety is not a hallmark of modern country, but don’t tell American Aquarium. The Raleigh, N.C., band smuggles vengeance and black humor into otherwise formulaic country songs. The sextet has released about an album a year since …
Fayetteville Fans Must Choose Bassnectar or Lucero Friday
Come Friday, music lovers will have to choose between dubstep king Bassnectar and Memphis rock band Lucero – it’s a big night for concert goers, and an even more lucrative one for the owners of George’s Majestic Lounge, who are …
Perpetual Groove Concert Postponed Until April
Perpetual Groove, the Athens, Ga., band that was slated to play George’s Majestic Lounge tonight, cancelled the show for fear of weather, according to a statement yesterday on the band’s website. Due to the impending snow storm that is to …
