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1. Crater of Diamonds State Park: Dig for your own diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park. Keep the diamonds you find at the only public diamond m...  
2. Rock, The: The nickname for Little Rock, Arkansas.  
3. Fixin': Fixin' is a verb that you hear around Little Rock. It means to get ready. You might hear it used in a sentence like...  
4. Arkies: The nickname for people from Arkansas.  
5. Arkansas Baptist College: A private university that is located in the city of Little Rock.  
6. Arkansas Tech University: A public university in Russelville, AR. The university also supports a smaller campus that is located in Ozark, AR...  
7. University of Arkansas: A well known public university in Arkansas. The mascot is Big Red, as the students are known as the Razorbacks.  
8. Black River Technical College: In the town of Paragould rests this small community college.  
9. University of Central Arkansas: Bears & Sugar Bears unite! The UCA is located in the city of Conway.  
10. Central Baptist College: The private liberal arts college that is located in Conway, where the University of Central Arkansas also is.  
11. Cossatot Community College: In the town of De Queen is this public community college.  
12. Crowley's Ridge College: A Private Junior College.  
13. Ecclesia College: Private college in the middle of Springdale, AR.  
14. Harding University: A private liberal arts university. Known as the Bisons with the colors of black and gold.  
15. Henderson State University: A public university, with The Reddies as the mascot.  
 
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1. The official name for the downtown celebration of Halloween in Madtown. The event takes place on State Street. The cost for admission in 2007 was $5 and included access to a variety of bands.

2. Freakfest: The newly renamed premier Halloween event in Madison, WI on State Street. Numerous corporations as well as the city of Madison now sponsor the event in a controlled manner, providing security and music in the form of bands. One of the first bands that performed during Freakfest involved an acoustic guitar...during Halloween...on State Street...in Madison...in a song about how sad the lead singer was about losing his girlfriend. Attendance at Freakfest during 2006 and 2007 was expectedly, lower than previous years.

3. Freakfest is a city sponsored event on state street that was invented in 2007 for the sole purpose of coopting the spontaneous unsponsored event that had been taking place for years before. Before freakfest was invented, halloween on state street was known for being a wild drunken costume party where the attendees frequently clashed with police. Freakfest was invented in an attempt quell the reoccurence of these "riots."

The grassy area between the sidewalk and the curb, usually owned by the city.

1. A bizarre piece of architecture that looks like a piece of a fairy-tale, now a private home in Beverly Hills. It was originally built for a movie studio in 1921 and then moved to its current location five years later.

2. Originally called the "Spadena House", The Witch's House was also originally intended to not look like a total spooky horror. Well, that didn't work out, which is why everyone knows it as "The Witch's House".

A mythical six-legged cat; the mascot of Conway High School.

The best time for the Waste Disposal services to strike is the hottest days in summer, with trash cooking in the sun; the best time for MTA workers to strike is at the height of Christmas Shopping. And they do.