With spring less than a month away (March 20), the local sports world is starting to really heat up.
A variety of spring sports, ranging from track and field to baseball, to softball, to tennis and other activities, the Texarkana area has been busy this past week.
The town of Rector in Clay County is named after one of the state s colorful characters, former Gov. Henry Massie Rector. Rector also just happens to be the hometown of an equally colorful modern character, Bill Carter.
Miller Williams and Willard Gatewood had a plan in 1980. They decided the University of Arkansas needed an additional outlet for scholars to have their work published. They also believed there was a dearth of opportunities for Arkansas writers to get published, not to mention a lack of focus on the state s history and culture.
While Arkansas colleges saw a slight increase in enrollment this fall, they are preparing for a period of decline as a result of a fall in birth rates after the 2008 financial crisis.
Last week, I wrote about the need to defund Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) positions choking K-12 and higher education. Today s sequel discusses the bone-chilling institutional indoctrination manifesting in Arkansas higher education through the requirement that would-be professors provide DEI-conformity statements.