The Forum takes numerous awards at annual convention
April 26, 2013 – 6:15 pm | 9 Comments

For the second consecutive year, The Forum maintained its third place ranking in the Newspaper General Excellence category at the annual Arkansas College Media Association convention Friday, April 26 at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.
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Mayflower oil spill hits home for student
April 18, 2013 – 12:07 pm | 2 Comments
Mayflower oil spill hits home for student

Mayflower residents, including one UALR commuter, are still experiencing illness and distress after last month’s pipeline rupture, according to reports.
The Exxon Mobil-owned Pegasus pipeline burst March 29 in a yard between homes in the Northwood …

Sophisticated synthpop turns tedious with ‘Delta Machine’
April 18, 2013 – 11:50 am | Comments Off
Sophisticated synthpop turns tedious with ‘Delta Machine’

In 1989, Depeche Mode released “Violator,” a collection of tracks displaying lyrical seriousness and evident evolution from the days of “Just Can’t Get Enough.” Their megahit, “Personal Jesus,” climbed the charts and catapulted the band …

Spring break gunfire strikes campus building
April 4, 2013 – 11:58 am | Comments Off

Numerous shots fired near campus during spring break caused several hundred dollars in damage, according to police.

New miniseries delivers mediocrity of Biblical proportions
April 4, 2013 – 11:48 am | Comments Off
New miniseries delivers mediocrity of Biblical proportions

Like its sister networks, the History Channel has morphed into a haven for reality television insistent on masquerading as fact. While “Pawn Stars” is more than worthy of the “guilty pleasure” label, older audiences who …

Minor projects accent Campus Master Plan
February 28, 2013 – 12:18 pm | Comments Off

A number of campus construction projects are on the verge of completion while others are being proposed for the future, according to Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management David Millay.
Millay has overseen the bulk of …

Bowen professor breaks into top 10 for academic paper on other Manson
February 28, 2013 – 12:17 pm | Comments Off

A UALR William H. Bowen School of Law professor has made the top-ten-most-downloaded list on the Social Science Research Network, according to a university news release.

Album’s minimalist approach disappoints Bad Seeds’ fans
February 28, 2013 – 12:07 pm | Comments Off
Album’s minimalist approach disappoints Bad Seeds’ fans

Most discussion about Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ “Push the Sky Away” has been littered with doubt. The 2009 departure of longtime member Mick Harvey rendered the album the first to be released without …

22-year hiatus brings new album from shoegaze act
February 18, 2013 – 8:48 pm | Comments Off
22-year hiatus brings new album from shoegaze act

My Bloody Valentine’s “mbv,” an album famed enough to be called indie’s equivalent of “Chinese Democracy,” was released in the evening hours of Saturday, Feb. 2.

Statistics reflect drop in remediation rates
February 14, 2013 – 4:06 pm | Comments Off

The number of first-year students at Arkansas public colleges and universities deemed unready for coursework fell in fall 2012, according to a report released by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
These statistics, which are collectively …

New Order’s ‘Lost Sirens’ evident of exhaustion
February 6, 2013 – 2:44 pm | Comments Off
New Order’s ‘Lost Sirens’ evident of exhaustion

As a batch of outtakes taken from New Order’s previous album, “Lost Sirens” hardly constitutes a honest release. True, it supposedly exists as the final album that includes the characteristic sounds of bassist Peter Hook, …