History of The Arkansas Traveler

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Staying Put in Hill Hall

In 1972, the journalism department moved out of Hill Hall to new quarters on the first floor of the Communications Center (now called Kimpel Hall). Offices of The Traveler stayed in Hill Hall. The newspaper's office was originally slated to transfer to the Communications Center but editors found that the space alloted for them was about half what they had in the third floor of Hill Hall. A move also would have required duplication of photographic operations because the Razorback yearbook operations were remaining in Hill Hall.

Aesthetics may also have played a role in the decision. An editorial explained early what journalism students for the last 30 years have found:

The Mullins administration may take all-time honors for new building construction, but we’re not sure some of the structures erected are really buildings, at all. The new communications “building,” to be specific, seems to us to be a cross between an air-raid shelter and the catacombs, without the soundproofing. ... We really don’t know what happend to the concept of windows. What few there are in classrooms seem to be designed so you can’t see out of them.”

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Your Ad Here

In 1968, The Traveler ran a classified ad that said simply: “Will do it. Call Hotz Hall 5612.” Phone lines to Hotz, then a women's dormitory, were tied up for hours. When the phone was eventually disconnected, callers phoned the front desk and other residents' rooms to verify the nature of the advertisement.

In the next issue, The Traveler ran a retraction of the ad: “Traveler classifieds are read. ... We would like to apologize to the staff of the residence hall involved and to that dorm’s residents for all the unforeseen trouble that has been caused. And again we ask, no more phone calls, please!”

The Arkansas Traveler. February 29, 1968
Ibid. March 1, 1968

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Editors - 1960-1969

1960-61    Barbara Clauser
1961-62    Armil Snow
1962        Jimmy Jones*
1962-63    Pat Trimble
1963-64    Marian Alford
1964-65    Ronnie Robinson
1965-66    Cid Sutoris
1966-67    Sylvia Spencer
1967-68    Russell Williams
1968-69    Kay Carson
1969-70    Brenda Blagg

* Jones was elected by the Board of Publications as Traveler, served in that capacity the last month of the spring semester but prevented from serving through the school year because of low grades.

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Editors - 1970-1979

1970-71    Jerry Glover
1971-72    Skip Rutherford
1972-73    Steve Snow
1973-74    Douglas Wallace
1974         David Russell
1974         Dave Baer
1974-75    Larry Graves
1975-76    Sally Kirby
1976-77    Steve Kirk
1977-78    Kandy Power
1978-79    Buddy Johnson
1979-80    Patricia Faust