Without setting foot on campus, we can tell that college students are back in Arkadelphia to begin a new semester
By JOEL PHELPS | The Arkadelphian
There is noticeably more traffic in the streets (the grumpy old man in us particularly notes the influx of noisy exhaust pipes) as well as slightly longer wait lines in various places of business. We’re patiently waiting on Henderson to report their newest enrollment figures, but we can report based on observation that the campus parking lots have more vehicles on them than we had personally anticipated. It’s refreshing to see a fresh batch of visitors to Clark County every fall, and it’s comforting to know that some of them will stick around once they’ve graduated. Welcome back, students.
Reminder: Henderson is inviting the community to an event this Sunday on the South Lawn to welcome students to campus.
There’s an old saying among community newspaper folks that it’s either feast or famine when it comes to stories to report. Lately, our site has been a touch on the famished side, and that makes us feel edgy, as though perhaps we’ve missed something. We’ve got a couple irons in the fire, but have a few things to gather before packaging them as news stories. News tip? Story idea? Call or text 501-304-2134.
Update on the kitten that arguably hi-jacked our car last week: Still no takers, so we’ve tentatively called her Dippin Dots “D.D.” Cooper, named after D.B. Cooper. Get it? We posted the photo at left to our Facebook page on Tuesday after she hi-jacked the arkadelphian.com operations. Some readers want her to pen an op-ed. We don’t have any open positions at the moment, but might consider giving her a chance to opine or share her wild story.
Come on, Little Rock, that news should have gone statewide. Poke around outside of Central Arkansas once in a while!
We’ve still yet to see the Starlink Satellites everyone else seems to have gazed upon. We try to keep our eyes on the sky when the weather’s not too miserable, particularly when the International Space Station passes over or when we can view an impressive meteor shower.
This Friday afternoon we’ll be ducking out of the newsroom early for another chance to be included on a true crime television series that will feature a local murder case we covered several years ago as a reporter at the Daily Siftings Herald. We’ll need to brush up on the details of that case. A haircut, too.
Joel Phelps is editor of arkadelphian.com. Opinions expressed in Bits & Pieces are his own. He ain’t smart enough to have a hidden agenda.
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