The Chemical Engineering Department at the U of A in Fayetteville gets a $3 million gift from an alumnus of the college of Engineering. A new poll shows that a majority of Arkansans support some kind of immigration reform. And a local running store is voted among the top such stores in the nation.
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Here are our 12 clips for the montage inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas.
- The opening theme to the PARTRIDGE Family.
- Alabama sings the TURTLE DOVEing lyrics from their song Dixieland Delight.
- Foghorn Leghorn chats with a HEN (not French, true) in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
- The Beatles sing Blackbird. Our research indicates COLLY BIRDS are blackbirds.
- The Olympic Theme, representing FIVE RINGS.
- GOOSE from Top Gun talks to Maverick.
- The opening go Tchaikovsky's SWAN Lake.
- Shirley Booth as the MAID Hazel in the television program of the same name.
- Rosemary Clooney, a LADY, sings about DANCING.
- LORD Grantham, for Downton Abbey, gets ready to go…perhaps to LEAP?
- Rowdy Roddy PIPER yells at another wrestler.
- Todd Rundgren sings Bang the DRUM All Day.
Carroll County is one of just a few Arkansas counties that has no shelter for victims of domestic violence. Wildflowers Ministries in Eureka Springs is raising funds to secure the necessary property and expertise to open such a facility.
In addition to bugs, our insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus, likes music. We look at instances of insects in rock and roll.
The Thanksgiving meal is over and the calendar is full of Christmas events. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a partial rundown for us.

The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has existed for four years and it's director is thinking about the future.
This fall Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, both Grammy nominees, came to northwest Arkansas to play a few shows. Their tour included a session inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
Pete Earley's book Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness was this year's One Book, One Community selection at the University of Arkansas. Earlier this month Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams., talked to him about the book in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, though the next presidential election is more than two years away, some are already ready for HIlary. And as the Bentonville School District grows, so too does its course offerings. We visit a junior high school as students prepare for mountain biking. Plus, we learn about a Bentonville before Sam Walton.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas recently talked with Tyson Foods President and Chief Executive Officer Donnie Smith.
Becca says a trash pop group and an Italian soprano are some musicians you can hear in northwest Arkansas this week.
The state legislature finished business before getting ready to adjourn this year's fiscal session, and Peco Foods announces expansion in Arkansas. Those stories and more in this morning's week in review.
"Float On" by Modest Mouse
A Texas charter school management nonprofit, Responsive Education Solutions, had been gaining a financial stake in Arkansas—until a complaint filed to the Arkansas Department of Education revealed its science curriculum advances intelligent design. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the controversy raises questions regarding charter authorization.
The city of Fort Smith continues to construct a 20-year plan and the University of Arkansas has news about scholarships for future students.
"This is the Future" by Owl City