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Bikes, Blues & BBQ is postponed after the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville said Thursday that it would not allow the festival to use university-owned lots for this year's rally.

The organizers of Bikes, Blues & BBQ should consider canceling or postponing this year's event because of taxed hospital resources and staff, the city's Board of Health agreed Wednesday.

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FAYETTEVILLE -- Charles Robinson, the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's top academic and student affairs administrator, has been named interim chancellor effective Aug. 16.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Lottery tickets. Hunting and fishing licenses. Prerolled marijuana cigarettes. Driving a couple laps on the Talladega Speedway. Cities and states have become increasingly creative to encourage people to get a covid-19 vaccine.

UA agrees to pay former chancellor $175,000 by Jaime Adame | Today at 3:49 p.m. Joe Steinmetz delivers the commencement address during the fall commencement exercises in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus in this Dec. 16, 2017, file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette file photo) FAYETTEVILLE — Monthly payments totaling $175,000 will be made to Joe Steinmetz, former chancellor of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as part of an agreement for him to resign and ...

Will Biden Bring Back the Campus Star Chambers? The new rules on campus sexual-assault charges are working. So why change them? In April, the University of Arkansas became the first school in the country to admit the obvious: Procedures promulgated in 2020 by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might have prevented an unjust finding of guilt in a campus sexual-assault case. In a letter to a student identified only as John Doe, the university’s coordinator for Title IX—the 1972 law that ...

University Spends $40K Training Students, Faculty to Say “Ouch” When They’re Offended Program supposedly aimed at battling stereotypes, creating inclusive campus Image Credit: Share Email The University of Arkansas recently purchased a training program that teaches students to communicate “OUCH! That Stereotype Hurts.” Campus Reform obtained a copy of the contract signed to purchase the training for members of the campus community to use, which shows that the University paid at least...