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UA welcomes new students

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 5:50 a.m.

Incoming University of Arkansas freshmen Nick Thomas of Texarkana, Texas, right, Haley Herrington of Texarkana, Texas, and Allison Brewer of Oklahoma City, Okla., laugh while singing the UA fight song for the first time as students at the conclusion of the UA's annual Academic Convocation for first-year students Sunday in Bud Walton Arena.

A carefully orchestrated welcome for new University of Arkansas students included a convocation Sunday in Bud Walton Arena, followed by an outdoor cookout in the most perfect of weather.

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