Ozarks At Large

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, what happens when snow and ice force a college to re-schedule finals…including putting finals after commencement? We'll talk to Ray Wallace with the University of Arkansas Fort Smith about how an ice storm can create problems with an academic calendar. And coffee isn't just for breakfast anymore…it's also for a canvas. We'll talk to some people making art out of coffee. And a conversation with Devon Powers. She's written about communication, social media and the commentary economy. She spoke on the University of Arkansas campus recently.
A nuisance algae, Didymosphenia Geminata, nicknamed “didymo” has been documented in the tailwaters of several dam sites on the White River Watershed. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, conservationists have launched a public campaign to make sure it doesn’t spread further. (Photo: Mark Hoddle, UC Riverside)
"On My Way" by Valerie June
This month's gallery show at the Fayetteville Underground includes photography, painting, mixed media works, and sculpture, including these hot glue sculptures by artist Robert Lemming.
First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville acknowledged more than 180 years of history at a special ceremony Sunday.
On game days, Tusk IV, the live mascot for the University of Arkansas, travels from his home near Dardanelle to Fayetteville to help cheer on the Razorbacks.
Here are our clips for our Homecoming pig montage: 1. Charles Mingus an Goodbye Mr. PORK Pie Hat. 2. Arnold Ziffel is insulted on Green Acres. 3. The Yonder Mountain String Band plays the bluegrass standard Pig in a Pen. 4. Pooh and Piglet: a wonderful friendship. 5. An old jingle for Piggly Wiggly grocery stores. 6. Miss Piggy takes offense...and takes action. 7. Homer develops an odd friendship in The Simpsons Movie. 8. Fleetwood Mac, Tusk. It works, it works. 9. James Cromwell ends the movie Babe. 10. Porky Pig ends everything the same way. Apologies to: the three little pigs, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, the warthog in The Lion King, E. B. White, and the cast of that so-deadful-it's-good movie from Australia, Razorback. Maybe next time.