Increase in Razorback Basketball Ticket Sales
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Coach Mike Anderson has brought new game and a new crowd to Bud Walton Arena this season, with attendance up from years past. by BAILEY KESTNER Staff Writer
UA basketball game attendance has increased this year compared to previous years with the arrival of head coach Mike Anderson, athletic officials said. “The arrival of Mike Anderson has absolutely affected the attendance of our football games in a positive way,” said Brian Pracht, assistant athletic director for marketing. “The excitement the fans feel and demonstrate at the games definitely shows an increase in attention,” he said. Looking at a comparison from this season to the previous season, which include the first 13 games, attendance has increased, Pracht said. The UA determines the number of attendance at the basketball games in two ways, Pracht said. “We take note of the actual paid number of tickets sold, but we also look at the number of estimated actual people at the
games themselves. In last year’s season, the number of actual paid tickets sold at this point in time was 11,428 and the estimated actual attendance was 8,140. In this year’s season, so far, the actual paid tickets sold are at 11,956 and the estimated actual attendance is at 8,613.” “Through these numbers, we can see an increase in about 500 people in attendance at our basketball games so far,” Pracht said. This is significant, Pracht said, in that Conference games bring in a much larger crowd and the Razorbacks have only played four conference games so far this season. “Our advanced ticket sales for future games are already significantly higher than last season, more than 500 more sold in comparison,” Pracht said. He also said the athletic department officials are expecting one of the largest crowds yet for the Arkansas vs. Michigan game, to take
place Saturday at 1 p.m. “We are thinking the Michigan game will definitely have a higher attendance than that of last season’s largest crowd,” Pracht said. “With the amount of people who attended Anderson’s introductory press conference when first returning to the UA - around 5,000 people, it is obvious people are excited he is back,” said Phil Pierce, associate media relations director. The arrival of Anderson brings back good memories and great times in Razorback history, he said. “Anderson’s product of a coach, of the players hustling and diving for loose balls, it all just enhances the history of the team. People come to see him and his team and are hungry for what he brings to the games,” Pierce said. An assistant and associate head coach at the UA for more than 17 seasons up until 2002,
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Anderson coached at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and Missouri for nine years before returning to Arkansas March 23, 2011. During the 17 seasons prior to leaving the UA, the Razorbacks made five Sweet 16 appearances, 15 post-season appearances, four Elite 8 appearances, and three Final Four appearances. The team also won the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and finished as National runnerup in 1995. “The style of the team’s playing under Anderson so far this season has energized the fans,” Pracht said. There is a different, energetic feeling in the atmosphere of the UA Basketball games compared to last year, he said. “Though the team this year is extremely young, fans see the potential of the players and the possibility of a great 2011-2012 season under Coach Anderson.”
The University of Arkansas Student Gallery this month will present an exhibition entitled US, An Undergraduate Salon, featuring artwork created by art students during the fall 2011 semester, department officials said. The exhibition will include paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, designs and sculptures, said Kat Wilson, a senior art major. “Through this exhibition, the art students are primarily learning presentation skills,” she said. “They learn about hanging and exposure, and more importantly, they get to show off their work from the fall semester.” The exhibition will take place at the sUgAR in Bentonville. Some artwork will be for sale, Wilson said. “It is up to the artist whether they want their
work put on sale at the exhibit or not. The prices will also be up to the artists themselves,” Wilson said. Selling prices are determined by the amount of time the students put into the work, the materials they used and the skill level of the artist, she said. The gallery, which was founded three years ago, is funded by the Honors College and by the UA art, architecture, and interior design departments, said Jeannie Hulen, associate professor and Art Department chair. Every month, the gallery showcases a new exhibition of artwork by UA students. “There is normally a good showing at these events,” she said. “We definitely expect a decent amount of people to attend US. Probably around 100 or so.” Many UA art students
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One of the directors, Kat Wilson, organizes and hangs art pieces in the gallery. The gallery features undergraduate art pieces.
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A parking lot on the corner of College and Trenton Avenues has become the site of a vending revolution in Fayetteville. In November 2010, the lot became home to a silver Airstream trailer, Grey Dog, a boutique out of which owner Molly Clark sells vintage clothing and accessories. Today, the lot is occupied by four Airstream trailers, two mobile restaurants and two retail shops. The community of Airstream trailers has brought an intimate shopping and eating experience to the downtown area that is as practical as it is novel.
The set-up is similar to Silver Stream Cafe’s, but owner Will Glover takes orders through the trailer’s petite window rather than at the door. Four red-and-white lawn chairs face College Avenue, their backs pressed against the silver Airstream trailer in the gravel lot. Glover wanted to open his mobile restaurant in his hometown of Austin, Texas, but found the area already too inundated with food trucks. He decided to take the plunge into Fayetteville’s budding food cart revolution and opened Wheel’s Grill in December 2011. The sole employee of the food truck, Glover vends Texas-style breakfast and lunch tacos, which he describes as smaller versions of the breakfast burrito with ingredients always cooked fresh.
In November 2011, Angel Clower began vending food out of her Airstream trailer with the goal of keeping it “as local as [she] can” by supporting area farmers, bakers and growers. The door to the silver bullet, adorned with wreaths of greenery and holly, is always open, as it serves as a chalkboard where the seasonal menu is displayed. Orders are taken through the screen door and the food is prepared in a small, yet accommodating kitchen. A wooden plank in the door is let down and the food is served through this slot. Clower’s menu changes every week and showcases organic, local fare, such as pork tenderloin sandwiches and vegan Anasazi bean soup. Clower’s staple organic shiitake mushroom soup sells out every week. Picnic-table style seating is available in the gravel area just outside of the trailer.
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I was first introduced to the wonderful world of the gyro at the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair, believe it or not. I look back on the fond memories of carnie food and well, carnie people-watching, with a glum smile that only my cousins could ever understand. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a nearly toothless man gnaw on a carnie-made corn on the cob with the ear still in tact... the corn’s ear, not the man’s. Although I never thought to check. No, I was not there for pleasure or fun as many citizens of the River Valley and nearby travelling gypsy families were. I was there with the livestock show, and as I watched the monster truck rally crowd morph into the mariachi concert patrons who would then morph into the Russian dive team’s onlookers, I munched on my “authentic Greek” gyro that I thought no human could ever match. Move over AR-OK fair food, there’s a lamb-and-beef-stuffed-in-a-heavenly-pita god in town, and his name is Kosmos. And he is good. I wish I could say that I’ve been eating
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at Kosmos since I moved to Fayetteville, but to be perfectly honest, I was skeptical of the place. I had walked up and down Dickson and passed it by on several occasions, but I really never fully understood what it was. Finally, a few of us mustered up as much courage as it requires to try out a “new” place and ended up finding ourselves in a Grecian temple of the gods. I may or may not have seen a cherub or two, most likely the doings of Eros- It was love. When we went to order, none of us knew how to pronounce words such as “gyro” or “tzatziki” without making fools of ourselves. I still don’t fully understand the diction. I’m not as fluent in accent marks (or Greek) as I had hoped I would be. The menu comes with a full-on Webster Dictionary style spelling of the foreign word, which just further intimidated my tongue. It was meant to be helpful, but I’m glad that the waitress had a sense of humor about my lack of Greek restaurant know-how. We each ordered a gyro and then a spread, a starter if you will. For the
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Two rows of kaleidoscopic clothing hang on either wall of the boutique, lined below by vintage boots and flats. Offbeat jewelry, hats and sunglasses cover small shelves and tables. The dripping beads and wild colors make Grey Dog as appealing as a candy store. Owner Molly Clark taught English for a year in Thailand where she discovered a passion for Japanese and other vintage. She purchased her Airstream trailer on the side of a lake several years before opening her boutique. A canopy hangs over the entrance of the boutique with a rack of clothing beneath its shade, the shop too intimate to house it. The small space calls for a daily rotation of Clark’s selections, making each shopping experience unique.
A giant tree stump cut into two steps leads shoppers into the new home decor shop on the lot. An array of funky lamps and chandeliers cast a flattering veil of light on the eclectic home furnishings sold in the tiny Airstream trailer. Owner Janet Selby describes her collection as “fun and whimsical home accessories, vintage and new.” Dark-wood shelves line the walls bedecked with dish sets in classic rusty oranges, pea greens and bone whites. A contract designer for the UA during the week, Selby just happened to “run across an unbelievable trailer.” The purchase of the trailer paired with her passion for vintage home furnishings led her to the parking lot at Trenton and College Avenues, where she sells everything from eccentric ashtrays to cozy percolators.
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FROM THE BOARD Over the past few days, you may have noticed an influx of status updates on your Facebook news feed regarding SOPA, more commonly known as the Stop Online Piracy Act. What SOPA intends to do is take our Internet freedoms and monitor them so closely that you may start seeing a “blocked” message every time you try to post something on your social networking profile or streaming website. While we don’t tend to think much of pop up messages on our favorite sites, this is one we do need to pay attention to. As a news organization, much of what we do is through the Internet and digital media. What we believe should be included in freedom of speech would being limited by these laws, and if they went into action, we would be severely limited in what we could share, stream and publish. Next time you see a message on your favorite website that asks for support , don’t blow it off and click “no thanks,” but rather take advantage of the opportunity to be heard and keep your freedoms.
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do this. It took me about three minutes total to call both offices, give them my information, and tell them I wanted my elected official to vote no. You can do this too. It’s rare in this day and age that we, as a collective society, go against the will of the powerful. Even more than preserving a free Internet, showing our collective might is what this is all about. If we can show the politicians that they can’t ignore us, and we show the mainstream media that we don’t need them to spread awareness on issues, then that means we’ve shown ourselves that we have that ability. My hope is that this isn’t the last time this happens. There are other unjust bills. If we can overthrow SOPA and PIPA, then we will have used our muscle, and just like with a human body, the more you use a muscle, the stronger it becomes. Call your senators right now and voice your opinion on the matter, whatever it is. Do it right now.
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I don’t really feel that I need to tell you, the reader, what SOPA/PIPA is, or what it does. Originally, that was going to be my intention, but oh how fast the Internet moves in just a matter of days. For those among you who had your head under a rock yesterday, SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Bill and PIPA, the Protect-IP Act, placed harsh restrictions on the Internet, under the guise of fighting piracy. These restrictions included giving the media industry power to bring down a website simply for containing a link to an offending website. As Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales pointed out to CNN just two days ago, this would make it so Wikipedia wouldn’t even be able to provide a link to the Pirate Bay under the article for same website. Facebook,
in its intent. It’s no longer about informing readers, but getting them to act. Judging from Facebook, it seems that everyone knows about the bill and is ready to denounce it and share the Google petition. But where is the action? Yesterday, I finally made the call to our two senators, who just a week ago were included in a list of 61 senators who were refusing to meet with their constituencies until the vote had passed. It was a vile tactic by people that we elected to represent us. But calling in yesterday, the thing that surprised me the most wasn’t that they were reconsidering their stances on the bill—it was that I even got through in the first place. With so much activity on Facebook in protest, I figured that their phone lines would be flooded. I honestly didn’t even expect to get through, or at least I expected to be put on hold. With each office I got through in just a couple of rings. What this tells me is that while people are now aware, informed and against the bills, they still aren’t doing anything. It’s so easy to click “share” after signing a petition, it’s another slightly more difficult task to pick up the phone and voice your opinion. I strongly urge you to
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Twitter and other websites such as Tumblr would have to start a fierce selfcensorship initiative to police any offenses, so as to not get into legal trouble. The free speech problems are rather self-evident, really. Then there is the possibility for abuse. If companies such as the MPAA or RIAA feel that a new Internet startup company is infringing on their rights, say for instance in a way that earlier Youtube or Soundcloud may have, they could eliminate these websites from the face of the internet by finding just one copyrighted piece of work on their servers. In this way, competition would null, and innovation would be stifled. There’s a rather decent chance that you know all this already. Wikipedia and Reddit, among other smaller websites, participated in a day of protest, blacking out their websites and providing information about the issues. Google even joined in, placing a black bar over their famous logo, which led to an online petition against the bills. If you’ve been on Facebook in the past 12 hours, it is this petition that you can’t avoid. Logging on to Facebook yesterday, I realized that my article had to change slightly
More parking spaces were lost over the winter break, leaving students with less parking options on campus for the semester. Wikipedia and other websites hosted a blackout Wednesday, blocking user content in protest of anti-piracy bills.
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KOSMOS from page 2
by EMILY RHODES Staff Writer
Staying in Fayetteville over the break really does get lonely by the first week of January. As one of my dear friends, Dani, made her way back into town last week, it was only right to get together that evening and cook up a major feast. After much menu planning, we decided to make Dani’s zesty shrimp tacos, complete with homemade guacamole and melted cheese. Who can resist? Dani claims to not be able to cook, but her shrimp tacos proved otherwise. I don’t usually like shrimp, but after tasting these tacos last winter break, I had to change my mind. This dish is so simple to make and uses fresh, healthy ingredients, great for those of you who made a health-conscious new year’s resolution. After a vacation filled with family visits, big holiday meals and indulging in far too many sweets, this is a healthy and delicious way to start the new year.
Ingredients:
1 bag medium-size precooked shrimp, thawed 4 avocados, mashed 1 jalapeno, diced Squeeze of lime Salt and Pepper 1 cup tomatoes, diced ½ cup onion, diced 2 c. shredded cheese, any variety 2 Tbsp. butter 12 corn tortillas Taco seasoning 1 bag tortilla chips
To prepare the shrimp, remove the tails and slice the shrimp into small pieces. Cutting the shrimp into smaller pieces allows it to heat faster and makes it easier to add to the guacamole later. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a large, heated skillet and reheat the shrimp until they get a nice golden brown color to each side. Season with taco seasoning and a squeeze of lime juice and remove from skillet. Add the shrimp into the guacamole and stir until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
love of Zeus, I strongly encourage every reader to get an order of the spicy feta dip. It is life-alteringly delicious. If your taste buds have not yet experienced such a concoction, do not further delay this unmistakable epiphany! It’s that kind of rantinducing good. Unaware of what she was getting herself into, one of my dates for the evening decided to pull a Man vs. Food maneuver and went for “The Titan,” a gyro stuffed with extra meat, feta cheese, tzatziki sauce and fries. A gyro so huge, it was almost grotesque. Almost. Her pants and the sandwich had something in common that night: they were both busting at the seams. Elastic waistbands were a Greek invention, right? I went with a simple chicken gyro, add feta, add tzatziki, made it a combo and had an encounter with fries so good, I thought Ambrosia herself was feeding me pure delight from the top of Mount Olympus. I am not sure what seasoning Kosmos uses on the harmonious baskets of delectable spuds, but they are easily the most amazing fries in town. The whole table agreed, although with “The Titan,” you might not be able to savor them as well. For those not in the mood for a gyro, I highly recommend a greek salad and the souvlaki. Souvlaki is skewered meat, either pork or chicken, that has been marinated in Greek herbs
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and cooked over an open flame. There is so much flavor in this dish, you won’t know what to do with yourself. And yes, fries are still an option when ordering this. Just be careful, Hercules, the skewers have a mind of their own and tend to make taking meat off the tiny javelin into table shot-put, something I’d like to see at the 2012 Olympic games. That was then, this is now. Nothing has changed except their location. Kosmos is now stationed on College Avenue, where customers can choose to dine in and pay homage to Greek gods and goddesses or call in and use the drive-thru window. It’s hard to miss, what with the columns that the Greek Orthodox church would be proud of. Seriously, any fan of My Big Fat Greek Wedding will get a kick out of the architecture. On Kosmos’ website, their slogan is a definition of the term “Kosmos.” Until this moment, I had always believed the name of the restaurant to be the name of the owner, which it could still very well be. Their definition perfectly sums up this restaurant as a whole. “Kos-mos noun: People. Everything that exists anywhere. An orderly, harmonious, systematic universe. Gyros!” My translation: Kosmos – a place where everything is good, and nothing is bad; a place where every palate is in harmony, in sync, and balanced with each other; a place where you can find one heck of a gyro; gyros!
Place one corn tortilla in the skillet, using a little olive or vegetable oil to stop the tortilla from sticking. Add one spoonful of the shrimp-guacamole mixture and top with cheese. Let the tortilla cook for around 1 minute and then fold one side over. Repeat until all of the shrimp-guacamole mixture is gone. This recipe makes approximately 12 tacos and serves 4-6 people. The first step to this south-of-the-border-inspired dish is to make the guacamole. Cut each avocado in half and remove the pit by hitting it with your knife and twisting. Scoop the avocado out of the peel and slice into large chunks. Place in a large mixing bowl and mash with a fork until you get the desired consistency. Add one cup of diced tomatoes and a half-cup of diced onions (we used prepackaged freshly diced vegetables) and stir into the avocado. Remove the seeds from the jalapeno and dice, adding to the guacamole mixture, and season with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lime. Set aside. Serve these tasty tacos with sour cream, salsa, extra guacamole and chips. A fresh, tangy and much healthier option to the taco drive-thru line, consider this homemade option for a dinner you can share with friends.
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The sUgAR Gallery opens Friday and includes undergraduate students’ art. Art pieces range from self-portraits to graphic design to sculpture.
Pi Beta Phi Gate Extension by LANDON REEVES Staff Writer
The Pi Beta Phi’s gate and campus walk extension project was funded by UA officials and Pi Beta Phi sorority to extend the brick walkway in front of Old Main and build a gate at the walkway’s entrance, said officials from the UA planning department. “We celebrated our centennial in 2009,” said
Sarah Sabatino, Pi Beta Phi chapter president. “It is Pi Phi’s gift to the university.” The project required replacing pieces of the existing walkway, updating irrigation systems and replacing the foundation of the Fulbright statue, said Jay Huneycutt, director of UA planning. The cost for the new gateway and upgraded walkway with extensions is roughly $1
million a piece, and it should be finished this spring, Huneycutt said. “The brick walkway was done when Old Main was renovated in the early 90’s and it was never completed, it never went all the way to Maple Street,” said Todd Furgason, designer of the gate. “The civil engineer is Development Consultants Inc., they did all the construction documents
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Pi Beta Phi officers Ashley Morris and Jenny Wolff talk about the Pi Phi gate near the construction site. The gate, which is part of an extension to the campus walk, celebrates 100 years of Pi Phi on campus.
for the landscape, walkway and gate.” To monitor progress, UA facilities management officials placed a webcam over the site that updates every 15 minutes. Facilities management officials do this with most projects, Huneycutt said. The footage can be viewed on the UA planning department’s website planning.uark.edu. “It was a unique project,” Furgason said. “We are used to building things that are more like buildings, this was more of a symbolic structure.” The finished project will match the limestone on some of the older buildings on campus and should resemble the computer generated image on the planning department’s website, Furgason said. “We had been developing the idea for a while,” Furgason said. “It was a happy coincidence that the sorority was looking for a project for their sentinel year and we were looking at the idea of strengthening campus identity and cleaning up some of the landscape.”
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showcase their best work at the gallery each year. “I showcased one of my works in the Finer Things Show put on by sUgAR last semester, and am showing another one of my pieces in US this semester,” said Randi Henderson, senior art major. Henderson’s untitled piece on display this month consists of 20 ceramic ponies, each hand-made by Henderson herself. The ponies wear crochet helmets and wax pieces. “I actually bought a My Little Pony off of eBay and modeled my ceramic pieces after it,” Henderson said. Henderson used the slipcasting technique and then glazed each ceramic piece. The project took almost the entire fall semester to complete, she said. “Through my work, I was trying to convey childhood perceptions of the adult world. I was trying to show how kids perceive freedom related to the American dream and the protection of it.” The exhibition will be on display from Jan. 19 to Feb. 17. The exhibition is open to the public and admission is free.
UAPD Adds K-9 Narcotics Unit
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Last Spring, the John Harrison Opera Foundation held a benefit concert in Fowler House, pictured. This Sunday, the Foundation will be holding another benefit concert in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. The event will be a homecoming concert for mezzo soprano and alumna Sarah Mesko, who is praised by the Washington Post for her “consistently beautiful sound.” She will be accompanied by award-winning pianist and student Aurélien Boccard. The concert will start at 2 p.m. and tickets are available at the door for $25.
The University of Arkansas Police Department officials recently added a narcotics K-9 unit, officials said. UAPD officials purchased the dog, a 2-yearold German Shepherd named Dingo, from Von Klien Stien Working Dogs in North Little Rock, where the dog received his training, said UAPD Lt. Vance Rice. Officer Paul Edwards, Dingo’s handler, had to complete a training program, too. “I had to learn the commands and how to handle a K-9,” said Edwards, who has worked with UAPD for four years. Dingo, who has been trained to detect marijuana, cocaine, crack, methamphetamine and heroin, will sit to indicate he has detected one of these substances, Edwards said. The dog is friendly, Rice said, “But if I were to walk up and punch J.P. [Edwards] on the arm, Dingo would attack without a command. That’s just the way he was trained.”
UAPD officers use two additional K-9 units to sniff out explosives: Dox, handled by Officer Jeff Shetlar, and Orno, handled by Officer Chris Krodell. “We aren’t compensated for handling our dogs but all of their expenses— including food, veterinary bills, training and toys — are paid,” Krodell said. For the handlers, K-9 units become a full-time responsibility. “Dingo does live with me. He is my partner,” Edwards said. The officers who handle K-9 units must still fulfill all of their other duties, including patrols and traffic calls, Rice said. “Most days I just answer traffic calls and keep Dingo entertained,” Edwards said. UAPD K-9 units are renowned in the region — the Fayetteville Police Department has already called for their help. “Just a couple of days ago, Dingo and I were called in, and Dingo alerted and found paraphernalia in a vehicle,” Edwards said.
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SPORTS THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER WEEKENDER
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
SPORTS EDITOR: JIMMY CARTER
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: ZACH TURNER
BASKETBALL
Bouncing Back
Hogs try to rebound from blowout loss by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
Arkansas doesn’t have much time or a favorable matchup to bounce back from its 86-63 loss at No. 2 Kentucky on Tuesday. The Razorbacks host No. 19 Michigan on Saturday in a rare mid-January, nationally-televised nonconference game. “We’ve got to get this taste
out of our mouth,” Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. “It’s got to hurt ‘till midnight. We’ll turn our attention to get ready for a Michigan team. We’ve done well at home so maybe that’s what this team needs -- a little dose of home medicine.” The Hogs (13-5, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) are 13-0
see BOUNCING BACK on page 9
RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Arkansas junior guard Julysses Nobles and the Razorbacks will try to improve to 14-0 in Bud Walton Arena on Saturday against No. 19 Michigan.
GYMNASTICS
Trap Meet? Gymnastics won’t overlook LSU by ZACH LIGI Staff Writer
Arkansas’ No. 3 gymnastics team will have to look out for revenge in its big meet Friday. No. 25 LSU competed against the Razorbacks in the Cancun Classic, a five-school, season-opening competition Arkansas won while the Tigers finished last. Arkansas was ranked No. 11 and LSU No. 12 prior to the meet, but the Razorbacks jumped up eight spots after the win and a win against No. 23 Kentucky. The Tigers fell 13 spots. “LSU is a great program,” Arkansas co-head coach Rene Cook said. “They’re going to come in here ready to go they fight hard, they have some great athletes on their team.
We certainly know we have to do our job to come out ahead. It’s definitely going to be a hard fought competition.” Said Co- Head coach Rene Cook. Arkansas is 5-0 on the season, coming off the win against Kentucky. The team is looking to beat LSU at home, after beating the Tigers on the road for the first time last season in conference action. Despite the wide margin in scores in the Cancun Classic -- 196.45 to 192.5 -the Razorbacks won’t overlook the Tigers at 7 p.m. in Barnhill Arena, said co-head coach Mark Cook. “We’re going to expect a very tough competition,”
see TRAP MEET on page 9
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior guard C’eira Ricketts leads the Razorbacks in points per game with 11.0 as well as minutes per game with 28.2. Ricketts has started all 17 games for Arkansas who is looking for their second Southeastern Conference win against Vanderbilt on Thursday.
Can Arkansas get on a Roll? Razorback women will try for second consecutive SEC win against No. 25 Vanderbilt by MONICA CHAPMAN Staff Writer
Arkansas’ women’s basketball team will try to carry the effort gained Sunday in a 59-39 win against Auburn into their game against No. 25 Vanderbilt on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena. The Razorbacks (12-5, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) are trying to win their second consecutive game after losing their first four conference games. “We are more confident, we really never lost it,” senior forward Ashley Daniels said. “It also gives us that extra boost that we can come out and compete and be a better team really all around.”
Arkansas will try to win its second game against a ranked opponent after beating then-No. 13 Florida State 55-52 in November. The Razorbacks have since lost to three ranked SEC opponents. “I think it’s going to be a good momentum builder to start with a win in the SEC and it will give us some more confidence to go out there and play against Vanderbilt,” junior Sarah Watkins said. Vanderbilt is solid on both ends of the floor. The Commodores’ 76.8 points per game ranks third in the SEC, while their 55.6 points allowed is fourth. “They’re a great defensive and also a great offensive team,” Daniels said. “It’s
kind of new, something we haven’t ran into yet, with their offense and all the screens and all the motions plays and it’s going to be kind of new to us but we’re up for the challenge and we’re ready for the game. Vanderbilt leads the conference in shooting and also hits an SEC-best 44 percent of its 3-pointers, more than 6 percent better than Tennessee, the No. 2 team. The Commodores have a balanced attack, with sophomore guard Christina Foggie’s 17.3 points per game leading four players averaging double figures scoring. “If you fall asleep, if you take a nap they’re going to score on you,” head coach Tom Collen said. “They’ve got great inside play. They
rotate a couple of five players in there. They get more scoring out of their post position than any other position on the floor. With that being said, they have the (second)-leading scorer in the SEC (Foggie), as well. “So they can score inside, they can shoot out. They shoot the highest percentage in the league. They shoot the highest 3-point percentage in the league. It’s going to be a great challenge for our defense to slow them down.” Arkansas has relied on its’ defense during the season so far to help generate play on the offensive end, allowing just 54.2 points per
see WOMEN’S BBALL on page 9
Future is Now: Biggest recruiting weekend in school history? by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer
Editor’s Note: Arkansas will host 20 official visitors, including 15 prospects not committed to the Razorbacks, Jan. 19-21 on one of the biggest recruiting weekend in program history. Below is a list of the top five non-Arkansascommitted prospects visiting this weekend. 1. Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, 6-6, 220, Springfield, Mo. Green-Beckham is the consensus No. 1 recruit in the nation and a five-star receiver after catching 119 passes for 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns in his senior season. His 6,323 career receiving yards is a national high school record. Despite his tall frame, he won the Missouri 100-meter state championship as a sophomore before focusing on football. Schools Considering: ArMCT CAMPUS Receiver recruit Dorial Green-Beckham, who is the consensus No. 1 overall player in the 2012 recruiting class, will be one kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alaof 20 official visit recruits visiting Arkansas this weekend. The 6-foot-6, 220-pounder set a national career high school bama, Missouri
receiving yardage record and had 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior.
2. Trey Williams, RB, 5-8, 175, Houston, Texas One of the most talented recruits from Texas is Williams, a consensus five-star recruit. He rushed for 3,884 yards and 48 touchdowns on 427 carries in his senior season, making him Rivals.com’s No. 15 recruit in the nation and No. 2 running back. Williams’ other athletic abilities include a 35-inch vertical and 4.4 40-yard dash. He committed to Texas A&M in April. Schools considering: Texas A&M (verbal commitment), Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech 3. Jordan Diamond, OL, 6-6, 290, Chicago, Ill. Arkansas is one Diamond’s finalists. He has already visited Auburn and Ohio State and plans to visit Wisconsin after his trip to Fayetteville next weekend. He competed in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American game. He has a 23-inch vertical despite his almost 300-pound frame. Schools considering: Arkansas, Auburn, Ohio State, Wis-
consin, Michigan, Florida State 4. Dalton Santos, MLB, 6-3, 250, Van, Texas Santos is a four-star prospect and ranked the No. 5 middle linebacker in the nation by Scout.com. He has a collegeready physique fills a need position vacated by graduating Jerry Franklin, the second-leading tackler in school history. He has a visit to Ohio State schedule the weekend of Jan. 27. Schools considering: Tennessee (verbal commitment), Arkansas, Ohio State 5. Devonte Neal, ATH, 5-9, 170, Paradise Valley, Ariz. Neal is a four-star prospect also ranked No. 22 receiver in the nation and No. 3 recruit in Arizona by Rivals.com. He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds and has a 35-inch vertical. Arkansas will be the third school Neal has visited, including Notre Dame and Ohio State. Schools considering: Arkansas, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC, LSU
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
SPORTS RECRUITING
Arkansas 2012 Football Commitments Editor’s Note: The following are verbal commitments and won’t sign until National Signing Date on Feb. 1.
Cordale Boyd, L, 6-3, 292, Memphis, Tenn
Nate Holmes, RB-WR, 6-1, 185, Port Arthur, Texas
Two-way lineman has toughness and impressive measurables, benching more than 450 pounds and squatting 675.
A athlete that can play a number of positions, Holmes runs a 4.49 in the 40-yard dash and is ranked the No. 36 running back in the nation, according to Scout. com.
Ray Buchanan, Jr. , CB, 5-11, 176, Suwanee, Ga.
Taiwan Johnson, DE, 6-3, 235, Manvel, Texas The son of the former Atlanta Falcons all-pro with Johnson chose the Razorbacks over TCU and is a the same name, Buchanan Jr is the No. 62 cornerback four-star prospect, according to Scout.com. in the nation, according to Rivals.com. Brandon Lewis, DE, 6-5, 230, Memphis, Tenn. Jared Collins, CB, 5-10, 175, Tulsa, Okla. Athletic pass rusher who recorded double-digit sacks in both his junior and senior seasons. The No. 10 player in Oklahoma, according to Rivals.com, Collins possesses 4.35 speed in the 40-yard DeFonta Lowe, ATH, 6-3, 185, Bearden, Ark. dash. Rangy defensive back who will provide depth in the secondary. D’Arthur Cowan, WR, 6-2, 180, Olive Branch, Miss. Donovan Roberts, TB, 6-1, 200, Norman, Okla. Workhorse running back who carried the ball over Cowan committed to the Razorbacks despite offers 750 times in his career. from both in-state SEC schools. He excels at elevating over smaller defenders down the field. Jeremy Sprinkle, DE, 6-5, 215, White Hall, Ark. Played both ways at White Hall High School lining Courtney Gardner, WR, 6-3, 215, Rocklin, Calif. up as a tight end on offense.
from TRAP MEET on page 8 Mark Cook said. “(LSU) faltered in Cancun, that’s not their program. They’re going to be coming here to play. So it’s gonna be a competition and we have to be on our toes. “One thing I reminded the girls is we’re not just competing against LSU, we’re competing against everyone every single weekend.� Said Rene Cook “While we are competing against the team in the gym, every bit matters no matter what the circumstances. “ A big crowd is expected to honor the inaugural gymnastics team from 2003 in a celebration of the program’s 10th anniversary. “It’s going to be an exciting competition,� Mark Cook said. “I expect a lot of fans here it’s our 10th year of celebration with our inaugural team and there’s a lot going on. So it’s going to be a very emotional meet.� The current team will get a chance to show members
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from the first team the progress in the program. The No. 3 ranking is a program-best. “It’s early in the season but we’re proud of what the girls are doing.� Said Mark Cook. The Razorbacks will rely on some of their top performers against LSU. Senior Jaime Pisani is tied for seventh in the nation in vault, second on the floor, and No. 15 in the all-around. Senior Mariah Howdeshell is tied for third nationally on bars. Sophomore Katherine Grable is fifth nationally on the beam and No. 10 in allaround. Staying focused and avoiding multiple errors in an event will be key, Mark Cook said. “Don’t count falls,� Mark Cook said. “That’s the name of the game of the game in this sport. You can have some errors but five out of six scores count per event. If you have a fall you don’t want to have more than one on an event.�
A Cobi Hamilton-like receiver, Gardner posses speed Jakarri Thomas, OLB, 6-1, 188, Tallahassee, Fla. and size, but also has the ability to make defenders Registered  over  100  tackles  each  of  the  past  two  sea- miss. Had 1,099 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns sons  and  more  than  20  sacks  total.  in 2011. A.J.  Turner,  LB,  6-Â2,  207,  Lepanto,  Ark. John Gibson, CB, 5-10, 175, Fort Bend, Texas $WKOHWLF OLQHEDFNHU ZKR ZDV RQH RI $UNDQVDVÂś Âż UVW commitments  for  2012. Gibson has 4.43 speed in 40-yard dash. He attended the same school as Arkansas running back Knile Da- Jeremy  Ward,  OL,  6-Â4,  280,  Pottsville,  Ark. vis. Physical,  fundamentally  sound  lineman  who  was  Ar- NDQVDV Âż UVW FRPPLW IRU FODVV Austin Flynn, DE, 6-5, 255, Los Angeles Jonathan  Williams,  RB,  6-Â0,  208,  Allen,  Texas The tall, physical end recorded 11 sacks and 21 quar- Originally  committed  to  Missouri  before  changing  to  terback hurries at an Arizona junior college and is the  Hogs  in  late  2011. enrolled for the spring semester. JaMichael  Winston,  DE,  6-Â5,  235,  Mobile,  Ala. Keon Hatcher, WR, 6-2, 195, Owasso, Okla. Missed  his  entire  junior  season  with  injury  but  had  103  tackles  and  17  sacks  during  his  senior  campaign.  Hatcher had 1,610 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior and committed to Arkansas in Au- Deatrich  Wise,  DE,  6-Â5,  235,  Carrollton,  Texas gust. He received an offer from Oklahoma State in Long  defensive  end  with  good  speed  for  his  size.  mid-January and visited the Cowboys last weekend, Had  a  17-Âtackle  game  during  a  conference  game  his  though. senior  season. Eric Hawkins, WR, 6-0, 170, 4.34, Longview, Texas Hawkins exploded onto the Texas high school football scene as a senior after missing time as a junior. He was the Texas state champion in the 100-meter dash, running a 10.32.
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas Senior Jaime Pisani leads the No. 3 Razorbacks against No. 25 LSU on Friday. During the meet, the 2003 Razorback Squad will be recognized for their 10-year anniversary. from BOUNCING BACK on page 8
RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Arkansas sophomore guard Rickey Scott and the Razorbacks will try to bounce back from their worst Southeastern Conference loss in two years, an 86-63 loss at No. 2 Kentucky, against No. 19 Michigan.
from WOMEN’S BBALL on page 8 game and forcing almost 19 turnovers per game. “I think all year we’ve been feeding off our defense and to hold (Auburn) under 40 points, it was big for us and also gave us a chance to get our offense started,� junior post Sarah Watkins said. “When we went through little droughts throughout the game it was good that we were getting defensive stops so it didn’t seem so bad when we weren’t performing well on offense.� The Razorbacks defense will be tested against highscoring Vanderbilt. “I think our defense is a little better than what it’s ranked in the SEC right now, but some of that comes from the fact that we’ve played three of the best four offensive teams, and now we’re getting to play maybe the best offensive team in the
at home this season, but will face a Wolverines team that is hot after beating No. 9 Michigan State 60-59 on Tuesday. Michigan is just 1-3 on the road, but has wins against Memphis, UCLA and Wisconsin. The Wolverines are led by a trio of guards. Sophomore Tim Hardaway Jr. averages a team-best 15.4 points, while freshman Trey Burke chips in 14.6 per game and senior Zack Novak averages 9.3. “They have size and they have great players in the (Tim) Hardaway (Jr.) kid and the (Zack) Novak kid,� Anderson said. “So we’re going to have our work cut out for us.� Arkansas has to deal with the start of spring semester classes in addition to playing two ranked teams in a five-day span. The players got Wednesday off after missing the first day of classes Tues-
No. 19 MICHIGAN at ARKANSAS Saturday, 1 p.m. Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Ark. CBS day. “They get away from it and get into their academic studies,� Anderson said. “We’ll get back at it Thursday and Friday and get ready for an outstanding Michigan team.� The Razorbacks’ 23-point loss to the Wildcats was their worst conference defeat since Kentucky beat them 101-70 in 2010, their last trip to Lexington, Ky. The Hogs responded with a five-game winning streak following that loss, including a win over No. 18 Ole Miss. “Hopefully (Kentucky) can be a learning experience,� Anderson said. “What I told our guys, all sickness ain’t death. It’s just one game.�
Arkansas-Michigan Breakdown ARKANSAS  (13-Â5,  2-Â2  SEC) PLAYER   Devonta  Abron   Michael  Sanchez   Rickey  Scott   Mardracus  Wade   Julysses  Nobles  Â
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PPG Â 5.8 Â 4.6 Â 9.8 Â 11.1 Â 9.1 Â
RPG 5.1 3.3 3.7 2.2 3.5*
BJ  Young   Ky  Madden   Marvell  Waithe  Â
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14.7 Â 7.4 Â 6.6 Â
2.9 3.8 3.4
MICHIGAN  (15-Â4,  5-Â2  Big  Ten) PLAYER   Evan  Smotrycz   Jordan  Morgan   Trey  Burke   Zack  Novak    Tim  Hardaway  Jr. Â
Stu  Douglass   Matt  Vogrich   Blake  McLimans   *Assists
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PPG Â 9.1 Â 6.9 Â 14.6 Â 9.3 Â 15.4 Â
RPG 6.1 5.5 4.8* 4.4 3.4
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2.7 1.4 1.1
No. 25 VANDERBILT at ARKANSAS Thursday, 7 p.m. Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Ark. TV: None league,� Collen said. “That will be a challenge. Our defense will be very important to us to come away with a win against Vanderbilt.� Getting back to how Arkansas played in its 11-game winning streak in nonconference play is important, Collen said. “I think we’re a little bit better team than we were before we played the Auburn game,� Collen said. “During the streak we got off to, we struggled really at both ends of the floor, offensively and defensively. We preach to the kids about the fact that our defense can really generate our offense if we let it do that.�
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior guard Lyndsay Harris leads the Razorbacks in 3-point shots made this season with 33.