By: Addison Ketter According to the World Record Academy, the Lavaca Beer Can is recognized as one of the world’s largest Budweiser can sculptures, adding even more historical significance to the landmark. Driving down Highway 22 near Lavaca, Arkansas, there is one thing almost everyone notices right away, a giant Budweiser beer can standing in the middle of a pasture. Rising high above the fields and cattle, the famous “Beer Can” has become one of the most recognizable landm

Image Credit to Alexandria Jones By: Riplee Breeden Day of Giving and Numa’s Birthday is a tradition that every lion comes to know. Started on April 28, 2022, to raise money for 6 projects on campus. This year, 2026, will be celebrated April 28 at 8:00 a.m. until April 29 at 4:08 p.m. funding around 16 different projects on campus from RSO’s and department. How did it get to this point? How have we grown this celebration to what it is now? I got the opportunity to sit down wi

The Tower Drive-In Theatre will officially reopen for the summer season on April 3 and 4, welcoming the community back for a weekend of movies, food, and classic outdoor entertainment. The season will begin with a double feature showing of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Wicked , offering a mix of family-friendly adventure and musical storytelling. Gates will open for moviegoers ready to enjoy a night under the stars, a tradition that has become increasingly rare in modern

Dr. Timothy Workman, director of choral activities at UAFS, smiled as the audience cheered for the combined chorus of A Grand Night for Singing. On Tuesday, April 22nd, the choral ensembles of UAFS, Southside, Northside, and Alma High School put on a concert that showcased their works to the audience of the ArcBest Performing Arts Center. It has become a tradition for the UAFS Music & Theatre Department to hold this concert every Spring semester. Along with taking pride in th

A Minecraft Movie is certainly what it says on the tin. From a storytelling perspective, the plot is rather basic, but the plot was never really the appeal. Instead, the movie’s success relies heavily on the nostalgia factor of the game it is based on. The initial version of Minecraft was first released in May of 2009, with the full release coming two years later in 2011. Its popularity has only grown in the years since, with the game selling over 300 million copies across p

The Spring 2025 semester is wrapping up at UAFS. If you plan to stay in or around the area, there are lots of fun activities and events available. Celebrate the success of another semester complete with some summer fun. Go to the Walmart Amp for a concert. Some artists playing in summer 2025 are Halsey (May 19), Thomas Rhett (June 5), Luke Bryan (June 19), Def Leppard (June 23), Goo Goo Dolls (July 19), and Little Big Town (July 24). Need to cool off? Check out Parrot Island

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS) music and theater department made it known that not only are they musically gifted, but they also know how to have fun while showing off their talents. On April 24th, the UAFS Department of Music & Theater invited students, faculty, friends, and family to their Project Rock: Concert. Being one night only, the turnout of the crowd was filled with tons of supportive friends, family, and staff. This concert allowed not only music st

It is no secret that movie adaptations have become more and more popular. From movies to TV shows, these adaptations have gotten everyone excited. Some examples of these adaptations include Sonic the Hedgehog movie, the Mario Movie, The Last of Us TV show, and the most recent and popular Minecraft Movie. Now, another movie has joined this long list of adaptations. A horror game to a horror movie adaptation of Until Dawn. This adaptation features a group of friends who come to

Summer vacation is right around the corner, which means an increase in balloon usage is amongst us. When throwing a party or a simple get-together, balloons tend to be a simple task that gets overlooked and procrastinated. However, when it comes to tying them, people realize how complicated balloons truly are. Fingers start to swell and change color due to the pressure that gets wrapped around them from the latex, but here is a new method for tying balloons without hurting an

UAFS Spring Break is March 23-29. Some students travel or visit family. If you are planning to stay here in Fort Smith, there is fun to be had close by! Things To Do Outside Janet Huckabee Nature Center is hosting Spring Break Tuesday-Saturday for free on March 25-29 from 9 am-3:30 pm. Paint duck decoys, feed the fish, practice archery, canoe, hike, and watch the snakes eat. Walk the downtown streets of Van Buren, AR. The downtown area is just five miles from Fort Smith. Ther

For many 2024 actors and actresses, a lot was on the line this Sunday at the 97th annual Academy Awards show— the Oscars. The event was held in the heart of Hollywood at the Dolby Theater. In its typical fashion, the night consisted of a ‘wine and dine,’ eaten while superstars in formal wear “come together to celebrate the best films from the past twelve months” (BBC). In a time of big celebration and great anticipation, it’s inevitable that this excitement stood alongside so

Since its latest episode was released in February of 2022, fans have been eagerly anticipating the third season of HBO Max’s Euphoria . The psychological drama stars Zendaya as narrator Rue Bennett, a seventeen-year-old high school student who battles an active drug addiction. Other leads of the show include Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demi, and Hunter Schafer. The second season of Euphoria ended on various cliffhangers, some of which involve Rue having to owe $13,000 to drug lord L

In early February, it was announced that the Bachelorette would not be returning this upcoming summer. While ABC has not officially announced when it will be returning nor why this decision was made, Bachelor Nation believes that it will more than likely make its comeback in the year 2026. The Bachelorette is an American reality television dating series based on The Bachelor. It offers the opportunity for one woman (who was previously rejected by the former bachelor) to choos

As ‘twenty twenty-four’ starts winding down many people will use this time to look back on the year that came before; the highs, the lows, the disappointments, this year had a little of everything for everyone. Are you a pop girlie, an R&B lover, a dark metal enthusiast, or a hip-hop oldhead? Then join us in taking a look back at some of the top releases of this past year, keep in mind that by no means are these the best albums to come out in 2024, but rather the most importa

Each decade or so, there is a horror film, or even multiple horror films that help solidify them in the cultural zeitgeist of that time. Psycho exploded on the scene in the 1960s and turned the genre of horror on its head by making the controversial decision to explore themes of sexual identity and what was considered at the time graphic violence towards women. Something that was far outside of the norm in Western media at the time. Following Psycho, we got a peek into the so

November 22nd, 2024, Kendrick Lamar would surprise the world as he dropped his sixth studio album, GNX. The album would feature twelve heavy-hitting songs, all of which would belie a man at peace with the state of the music industry as each song drags you further into the mind of a man that is willing to lace hard-hitting lyrics with bouncy west-coast style beats. "For many, this album would decide whether or not Kendrick’s assault on the state of hip-hop, which occurred earl

I t has been 75 years since The Wizard of Oz premiered in theaters and dazzled audiences young and old. The story of a runaway Dorothy, a brave lion, a brainless scarecrow, and a heartless tin man singing their way to meet the magical wizard of Oz who can grant any wish your heart may desire has been etched into the hearts of all who have seen it. It is most interesting then that Wicked isn’t interested in retelling that familiar story or diving into the film’s legendary char

On November 19, 2024 the Fort Smith Public Library helped host the annual International Poetry Night. It was a wonderful cultural even put together by Sigma Tau Delta, the Applause international literary journal, and the Azaharaz literary journal. Together they collaborated to bring together poets to read poems of all different languages and backstories. The poetic language included Spanish, German, Egyptian, English, and Chinese. All the poets read the poems in the origina

Comic books and the media they have inspired in the last few years have created a burgeoning movement, where the classic genre of animated, colorful characters, can be celebrated unabashedly. However, as the bygone decade of Marvel super blockbusters fades away, and the lingering dopamine hit of watching our favorite characters thwart galactic terrors dwindles, we’re left with but a modicum of the high-level storytelling that brought us to that place in the first place. You s

More than ever, video games have become a medium to be taken seriously. Critically acclaimed games, such as The Last of Us, are taking on cinematic transformations. Newer entries, like Baldur's Gate 3 , fly under the radar and completely shift the video gaming landscape by breaking the mold of what can be expected by that genre. Many game enthusiasts feel that we’re in a golden age of video games, and fighting games are not exempt. On October 11th, 2024, Dragon Ball: Sparki