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Campus Plans for Growth Renovations Slated to Improve Campus Buildings

by HAILEY RAY Staff Writer

Multi-million dollar renovations are ongoing at the UA, with buildings opening and closing each semester, as part of the master plan for the campus.

“Our primary goal is to get our facilities back in the prime shape they were in when they were built,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart.

Ozark Hall will be one of the buildings to undergo renovations at an estimated cost of $28 million. Updates will be administered to the heating and air systems, plumbing, classrooms and others areas, said Jay Huneycutt, director of planning and capital programming for Facilities Management. The auditorium will also be rebuilt, he said, increasing its capacity from about 185 seats to 275. The renovation will include openable windows and the addition of a new wing

to bring the Honors College offices into one location, Huneycutt said.

“It will be better from an administrative standpoint to have a central location,” Gearhart said. “There are about 2,400 honors students — more than 10 percent [of our population]. It will make our honors college a much better place, a home on campus for honors students.”

While the building is under construction, the nursing program offices will be moved to the building’s north wing.

After the spring 2012 completion of the Center for Health Professions, the nursing program will transfer and almost double in size.

The department of geosciences offices will not remain in Ozark Hall during the renovation, expected to conclude in August 2013. Facilities management officials expect to move the offices to Stone House on Arkansas Avenue, and are still looking for

a place to move the research work, Huneycutt said.

The move into Stone House will coincide with the completion of renovations to Peabody Hall, allowing the College of Education and Health Professions staff to return to their former offices.

The interior of Peabody Hall was updated, and its brick exterior was restored to its red 1913 appearance.

Vol Walker will also receive $31 million in construction including extensive renovations beginning this fall and a new addition. The addition will provide a new wing for studio work, office space, storage, gallery space and a new auditorium that seats around 200. The space will allow the architecture, landscape architecture and interior design program to operate under the same roof when work is finished in fall 2013. A section of senior walk will be covered by the addition, and will be engraved again on a new side-

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walk on the east side of the addition, Huneycutt said.

The Science and Engineering Auditorium, the busiest building on campus, he said, will no longer be in use after Spring 2011. The auditorium, which seats about 375 students, will be replaced with the two-part Hillside Auditorium. The smaller auditorium will seat approximately 275 students, and the planning group hopes to plant grasses and place pathways students can use on the roof. The larger auditorium will seat about 500 students, and the roof will be covered in sedum, a green flowering plant.

The new auditoriums will not extend past the sidewalk between the Science and Engineering building and the Greek Theatre, Huneycutt said, and because of that proximity it was important for them to have the green roofs

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Ozark Hall renovations $28 million Davis Hall re­opens for University Relations

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SPRING 2012 Vol Walker additions and renovations Fitness Center and Gaming Lab into Union

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FUTURE? Science Engineering Auditorium replaced with Hillside auditorium Hotz Hall converted back to dorm rooms

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UA Joins Highest UA Opposes Legislation to Give Ranked Universities Oversight Power to Single Entity

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The UA has been elevated to the highest possible classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as one of the top research universities in the nation, Chancellor G. David Gearhart said ina public announcement Monday.

Of the 4,633 colleges and universities across the nation, the UA is one of 108 with this distinction.

This puts the UA within the top 2 percent in the country and represents the university’s advancement nationally and internationally, he said.

“Furthermore, it is a result of, and a tribute to the innovation, the productivity, and successful collaboration of our university’s faculty, students, and staff. Most notably it reflects the kind of return on investment the University of Arkansas is producing, for our state, and for our nation,” he said.

The classifications are based on a range of quantitative data related to the number and nature of doctoral degrees awarded annually, the amount of research grants and activity occurring, and other measures of scholarly productivity.

The Carnagie classification speaks of the breadth, depth and quality of education at the UA, said Sharon Gaber, provost and vice chancellor of academic af-

fairs.

The university has progressed in two areas: the number of doctoral degrees awarded to students and the university’s research expenditures, she said.

Last year, the university received $182 million in awards for research.

The new goal is to reach $250 million in research awards by the year 2021, said Jim Rankin, vice provost of research and economic development.

The university has started many companies based on research done at the university such as Ground Up Biosolutions and Silicon Solar Solutions.

“This accomplishment is a direct reflection of the faculty, their hard work, their dedication and really to the quality students that the faculty are recruiting and mentoring,” said Ro DiBrezzo, chair of the Faculty Senate.

This classification could result in an increase in enrollment, as well as an increase in grants and faculty, Gearhart said.

There has been a major surge in enrollment and the university is expecting 23,000 students for the 2011 fall semester, he said.

“Students from all across the country are now looking at Arkansas as a top choice for receive a quality education,” said Amy Stokes, a graduate student in the department of marketing.

“This new classification just lets everybody else know

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A state senate resolution could mean big changes for the way higher education is run.

The 33rd Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, which states that all higher education be independent and self-governing, is facing changes from Senate Joint Resolution 8, introduced by Sen. Jimmy Jeffress, D-Crossett.

If Senate Joint Resolution 8 passes, all higher education institutions would be run by a nine-member commission called the “Arkansas System of Higher Education.” All highereducation funding would go to the commission for distribution, and the General Assembly would set tuition rates for

all colleges and universities.

“It would be a big mistake if this piece of legislation is approved, and we are doing everything we can to let them know we don’t want this to pass,” said B. Alan Sugg, president of the UA System.

Other members of administration also expressed displeasure at the proposed legislation.

“We believe that Amendment 33 has served Arkansas well and we strongly oppose efforts to eliminate it,” said Richard Hudson, vice chancellor for Government and Community Relations.

Displeasure at Senate Joint Resolution 8 also goes beyond members of the UA administration.

“Gov. Beebe has repeatedly

said he is not in favor of the legislation either,” Sugg said. “I am not even sure of the objective of what Sen. Jeffress is trying to do. His district is where the UA-Monticello is located, and that school has prospered by being in the UA system.”

It is expected that all higher education institutions will be united in fighting against the resolution.

“We are doing a lot of work in communicating to the General Assembly that we are not in favor of this. We are not taking it lightly, and we are making sure it has no chance of passing,” Sugg said.

When asked how the UA would be directly affected if this legislation was approved, Sugg declined to comment.

“I am not even going to go

there, because I am going to do everything I can to make sure it is not passed. Amendment 33 provides independence in governing higher education, which is a very good thing. It is so important for higher education in Arkansas that it doesn’t pass,” Sugg said.

Amendment 33 was approved in 1942 with the purpose of keeping politics out of governing colleges and universities.

This legislation is one of 25 proposed amendments. The General Assembly can refer up to three amendments to voters in the election of November 2012.

To read the full text of the proposed bill, visit http:// www.arkleg.state.ar.us, and search ‘SJR8.’

Author, Attorney Visits UA

The University of Arkansas Bookstore hosted a booksigning for Cynthia A. Minor’s novel “Tricked” on Feb. 18. “Tricked” is the practicing attorney’s debut novel.

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PROFILES FROM THE HILL

A Conversation with Stephanie Sullivan

by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer

Stephanie Sullivan recently returned from an archaeological field school in Egypt after being evacuated as the protests grew increasingly intense. She has been with the UA for three years. She has taught Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and been a teaching assistant for Introduction to Geographic Information Science.

Q: Why were you in Egypt?

A: The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies here at the UA in collaboration with UCLA put on a field school in archaeological geophysics, and I was the assistant instructor for that.

Q: How long were you there?

A: I was there for four weeks, and we were supposed to be there for six.

Q: Did you get close to finishing the projects with the school?

A: Yeah, we completed a lot of work during the time we were there. We collected a lot of data, and we’ve got a good amount of data to work with. It was unfortunate, and we were all really disappointed though that we had to leave early. We didn’t get to go to the last site where we were going to collect data. Otherwise, I think that we had a very successful season.

Q: Did any Egyptian students participate in the program?

A: Yes, we had three Egyptian students. They were all mem-

bers of the SCA, which is the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

They are inspectors for them, so they work at the different archaeological sites in Egypt. They attended the field school to learn more about the techniques that we were teaching.

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A: I wish I could tell you the exact amount of kilometers, but I can’t remember. Sometimes the drive can take up to 5 hours from Cairo to the site of Amarna.

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Q: Why did you have to be evacuated?

A: We were out in the countryside there, and you would have never known that anything was going on. The men rode their donkeys to the fields every day. Life went on as usual like it always has. You would have never known that there was any type of turbulence going on in the country. However, at one point we got a phone call from the head of the police in the province where we were. Because the police infrastructure had fallen, he felt that he didn’t want to be responsible for us and he told us that we would need to leave.

Q: Did you ever feel as if you were in danger?

A: No. We had to go back to the Cairo airport, and you could tell on the way that things were indeed in turmoil. There were tanks in the road and some blockades where your vehicles would be stopped and you would be asked what you were doing, but I never felt in danger. We were able to make it to the Cairo airport and flew to Barcelona,

Courtesy Photo Stephanie Sullivan is a UA professor who recently returned from Egypt after being evacuated during protests. She was helping teach an archaeological field school in Amarna, about 5 hours south of Cairo.

Spain from there. The universities hired a service that chartered an airplane to fly us all out. They weren’t allowing flights into the country, but there were a lot of people trying to leave the country. Things were pretty backed up.

Q: Did any of the Egyptian students express strong opinions about the political turmoil?

A: They didn’t actually share a lot of their political views openly.

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Q: How do you feel that things are closer to being resolved in Egypt, since President Mubarak stepped down?

A: That’s a step in the right direction for the people, but I think that they still have a long ways to go. I hope for the best for the Egyptian people and hope that they are able to get the government that they want.

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PLAN from page 1 and improve the view from the sidewalk above the Greek Theatre.

“We spent a lot of time walking around, seeing how things will look with the new construction and using 3-D models to check views and elevations,” Huneycutt said.

“The [Nanoscale Science and Engineering Building] is actually tilted to change your view so you see Old Main.”

The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Building cost about $50 million to construct, and will be used by the engineering department faculty as well as members of Fulbright College and the Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences.

Amid the university’s drastic growth, renovations are planned for many of the residence halls. Humphreys, Futrall and Yocum Hall will all be renovated. The renovations to Yocum are expected to take two to three summers, because it hosts summer camp students and other visiting

programs.

There has also been speculation about converting Hotz Hall back into a residence hall, Gearhart said. The renovation would add 450 beds to on-campus housing. However, many groups with offices in the building, including Housing and Testing Services, would have to find new locations on campus.

“We want to avoid growing too fast,” Huneycutt said, “and having empty buildings in the future. We need to make use of what we have already.”

University Relations is located in Hotz Hall, but is scheduled to move into Davis Hall April 1. The former sorority house, built during World War II, was remodeled and expanded this past year. “[The move is] going to give us a place to hold press conferences, and be a public face to the media in particular for the university,” said Roy Cordell, director of visual and creative services with University Relations. “[It will also] get us nearer to the office of development, which is our sister department in the area of advancement.”

A more noticeable change for students will be the renovation of the University Bookstore’s old location in the Arkansas Union. Construction is expected to begin this spring to convert one level of the bookstore into a fitness center, Huneycutt said. The location will have exercise machines, weights, showers and lockers, and is expected to be finished this fall.

The other level of the bookstore will be converted into a computer gaming and program lab. Most students have computers, Gearhart said, but they cannot afford some of the higher-end programs. Students will have access to the lab for video games and gaming tournaments, as well as expensive specialized software outside of the average student’s budget.

About $212 million worth of renovations and construction have been planned so far, Gearhart said. Construction on most of the buildings has been done with very little state help, with the exception of the Nanoscale building, he said.

Much of the work has been paid for with private dona-

tions, however grants and student fees also contribute.

The restoration of the ROTC building’s exterior was financed through a grant.

Beginning in the fall of 2008, students were charged a facility fee of $2 per credit hour. The fee increases $2 per year, pending annual approval by the Board of Trustees. After the 20122013 school year, when the fee reaches $10 per credit hour, it will be discontinued.

The fee was staggered to prevent the bulk of the fee from falling on a particular class, Gearhart said. This money will be used to amortize bonds that provide the immediate funds for construction.

All of the construction projects are seeking LEED Silver sustainability, a rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, Huneycutt said. “[To attain greater sustainability] we have decreased our overall energy use by installing better equipment,” he said, as well as smaller changes like switching to low-flow toilets and using compact fluores-

NWACC to Realign Jobs after Investigation

by DELCIE KINKAID Staff Writer

Arkansas Department of Higher Education officials are working with members of the Northwest Arkansas Community College to realign state-appropriated positions to match duties, said communications officer Brandi Hinkle.

The realignment is an outcome of an investigation into unauthorized pay raises college officials gave employees during a statewide pay freeze.

The freeze was implemented

by Richard Weiss, director of the Arkansas Department of

Finance and Administration.

ADHE officials have made a few changes in position alignment at NWACC, but were unable to provide specific information before press time, Hinkle said.

Documents provided by NWACC staff through the Freedom of Information Act show how the college officials are using state-appropriated positions.

In one instance, the stateappropriated title of chief student affairs officer was being used by NWACC as the executive dean for strategic ini-

tiatives, according to Jan. 13 documents. The NWACC title for this position was changed to vice president of college relations as of Feb. 14, though the same person held the same salary of $114,000 and the same NWACC title.

The state position of division chairperson/dean had been used for the person who previously held the NWACC title of executive dean for strategic initiatives. The maximum salary for the division chairperson/dean is $93,622, according to the appropriations act for NWACC. The maximum sal-

ary for the chief student affairs officer is $100,360.

The job description obtained from NWACC shows this position is responsible for strategic planning, project management, overseeing communication activities and projects with the president’s office, developing and recommending new or updated polices and dealing with diversity issues and board relations.

Reed Greenwood, professor of education at the UA, would assume the chief student affairs

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Snow Drains Facilities Budget

by SABA NASEEM Staff Writer

Snowstorm expenditures have reached more than $161,000 in labor and material costs for the Spring 2011 semester, the director of facilities management said.

In January, the UA spent $32, 709 on inclement weather cleanup efforts and for the month of February, the cost totaled $128, 346.

“We used up our entire budget and still didn’t have enough to cover all the costs of the snowstorm,” said Ron Edwards, director of facilities management.

The department has two options to pay for this, he said.

Those are to cut funds in other areas from the grounds maintenance budget or to go back to the vice chancellor for finance administration and ask for money to cover the costs.

This economic impact of the snowstorm will not affect students, faculty or staff, Edwards said.

“If we have budget cuts, they will come from the operating grounds maintenance budget.

Students will not see any changes in what they have to pay,” he said.

There were more than 60 employees working to clear the snow. Facilities management used more than 100 tons of road salt, almost 15 tons of ice melt, and approximately 5,000 gallons of brine solution, he said.

There were also technicians on campus monitoring the heating systems as the Fayetteville temperatures dropped into the negatives.

“We broke two state records in 24 hours during the second February snowstorm,” Edwards said. “One was for the amount of

snow and the other was for the record low temperatures.”

Although Edwards did not anticipate this winter weather, there is not much he would change in what was done this year, he said.

“I think we were fairly well prepared, we probably fared well, if not better than most areas around the state,” he said. “If you look across the Midwest, everyone out there expended their budgets and nobody was completely prepared for what hit the state.”

However, the UA had enough equipment and personnel, he said.

Workers from the grounds department averaged 29 hours of work each, Feb. 9-11 and averaged 60 hours for the month of February so far, said Robert Caudle, the ground shop foreman.

“We could have used more equipment, but for the man power that we had, it worked well enough,” he said.

Edwards did purchase some more equipment for the future, he said.

Facilities management is “only one piece of the pie” when it comes to assessing the amount of money the university spent on the snowstorm, Edwards said.

The UAPD, University Housing, Athletics, and University Dining also helped with cleaning efforts to keep students safe.

During the days that the university was closed, staff essentials in Housing made sure to provide a safe route for students from the entry of each residence hall to the nearest dining facility.

Although the costs of the snowstorm are still being processed, University Housing “will

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EDITOR: Bailey Elise McBride MANAGING EDITOR: Mille Appleton

The Good, The Bad And The Really Bad It’s that time again.

That time where freshmen legislators join their veteran counterparts in capitols across the country, get settled in their new offices and begin writing their first pieces of legLetter from the Editor islation.

On the national level, legislators are tasked with debating and approving a budget before the government shuts down.

Arkansas legislators, along with representatives and senators from across the state, are facing a marathon of votes in anticipation of passing the federal budget.

Bailey Elise McBride Many legislators, especially traveler@uark.edu Republicans, are using this first big task as an opportunity to show their conservative constituents that they mean business and are going to deliver on cutting the budget.

This has lead to some proposed cuts to programs, such as Pell Grants and Planned Parenthood, that might not be in the best interest of college students.

For all of the negative attention that Planned Parenthood often garners, it is still a valuable program that benefits the health of women and men across the country.

Although we are fortunate to have health services through Pat Walker that are at an extremely reduced cost or free, and are even more fortunate to have a Women’s Health Clinic on campus, these are not viable options for many people across the country.

Doctors and nurses at Planned Parenthood saw 3 million patients last year. They provided contraception options to people who might not find it anyplace else, tested for sexually transmitted diseases and screened for cancer.

They are the nation’s largest sex educator, and their website has an average of 1.25 million views per month. Despite what you might think about some of the services they provide, it is hard to argue that Planned Parenthood isn’t providing a valuable and much needed service to the women and young people of our country.

Pell Grants are another federal program under the knife, and may make a more devastating blow to the college population. Representatives from the UA Associated Student Government visited Washington, D.C. last week to lobby on behalf of the students to tell our representatives how seriously these cuts might affect our student body. Currently, the 3rd Congressional District in Arkansas, where the UA is located, receives nearly $67 million in federal aid money through Pell Grants alone, according to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. The cuts passed by the House of Representatives this week would reduce the maximum award by $845, which is a little more than 15 percent.

For students that depend on that aid, $845 could be the make or break amount that decides whether a student can come back to our campus next year.

That’s not the only cut. On average, all awards will drop around $800 and thousands of students will no longer be eligible for grants at all.

This is, simply put, unacceptable.

According to ED.gov, the U.S. Department of Education website, U.S. 15-year-olds rank 14 in reading, 25 in mathematics, and 17 in science when compared with their peers across the world.

For a nation that loves to tout itself as No. 1 in everything, these statistics are sobering and sad.

Our generation marks the first time many families have a person in college. We all want what’s best for our families, and us and we want to make our parents proud.

Cutting funding to education reverses all of the progress we have made toward these goals. It keeps students from bettering themselves, and our representatives should keep the interests of our students in mind as the federal budget debates continue.

Another issue of concern on the state level is the proposed change to Amendment 33, which would take control of the UA out of the hands of the UA system and create a nine-member board to administrate the entire state. The UA System hasn’t done anything that would suggest such a change is necessary. We stand with the Governor and UA Board of Trustees in calling on our representatives to ensure that the UA maintains the best system of education possible.

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Campus Carry Debate Continues byAndrew Summers Guest Writer

If I knew that everyone around me was concealing a firearm, I would likely feel safer — and that includes on the UA campus.

After reading Billy Fleming’s article in last week’s issue of the Traveler, I couldn’t help but be disappointed by the lack of research and facts while baseless reactionary conclusions sprang forth.

Even the title, “Open Carry Law Threatens Safety,” was misleading — no major gun advocacy group in Arkansas is petitioning for open carry at universities. Rather, they are asking for the imaginary white line around college campuses to be removed, allowing responsible adults who already possess a handgun license to exercise their right to conceal a handgun on campus.

As a holder of a Concealed Handgun Carry License (CHCL), describing the requirements of a license as “paltry” was laughable, yet also frustrating, knowing that the article would mislead hundreds of students.

First, to apply for a license, a person must be 21 years of age.

This is the legal drinking age, but it does limit the number of people who could potentially carry a firearm to roughly one-third of the student body (assuming all of them were to carry, though in reality only 1 percent of the population has a license to carry

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ed Kingdom where firearms were banned. Criminals didn’t stop using weapons, only upstanding citizens did. This resulted in a sharp upward spike in crime.

Kennesaw, Georgia passed a statute in 1982 mandating that the head of every household must maintain both a firearm and ammunition at all times. This was met with outcries from the media that there would be Western-style shootouts in the street, yet since the passage of the law, there have been no murders in the town and the crime rate is the lowest in the county.

One might point out that I’m talking about countries and municipalities, and according to Fleming, I have no “data or any acceptable metric” regarding college campuses.

Did you know that Colorado State University has allowed concealed carry since 2003, Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia since 1995, and any university in Utah since 2006? Did you know that there has not been a single incident of gun violence (including suicide threats and gun theft) on any of these campuses since concealed carry was implemented?

The idea that classroom debates will become shootouts or that frat parties will turn into drunken crime scenes is clearly debunked after considering campuses where concealed carry has been in practice for years.

In contrast, the state of Virginia allows for concealed carry on college campuses, but Virginia Tech

prohibits the possession of firearms on their campus. Without intending to be disrespectful, it didn’t work out so well for them.

The only campuses where hell has been unleashed are those campuses that restrict legal possession of a firearm.

Shouldn’t we let campus or local police do their job? That’s like saying we shouldn’t train first responders but rather wait for an ambulance to show up. I’m sure the death toll would go down if that happened, wouldn’t it?

While I respect the hard work of police and understand their dangerous job of protecting the public, they often play the roll of cleanup in the case of violent crime.

It took police eight minutes to show up on the campus of Virginia Tech, by which time, the shooter had moved on to the second building, chained the doors shut, and began killing students executionstyle.

Eight minutes was too late.

What if there had been a “first responder” on campus with a concealed weapon? History might have been very different that day.

According to data from the National Rifle Association, 57 percent of criminals fear armed citizens more than the police.

Would I feel more comfortable in Old Main knowing that someone nearby could be legally packing heat? You betcha. Will I be participating in the Empty Holster Protest April 4–April 8, sponsored by the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus? Definitely.

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a concealed firearm, according to www.concealedcampus.org).

Applicants for a CHCL must also submit a full fingerprinting card, issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — not many irresponsible citizens are willing to do this.

Not only does a CHCL applicant have to pass a full background check, but they cannot be so much as delinquent on child support payments – hardly a “paltry” requirement.

With regard to “mentally unstable” classmates — as an individual with clinical depression, I was even required to submit a letter from my personal psychiatrist describing my condition and medication.

I haven’t even touched on the day-long training class, which educates applicants about the very restrictive uses and ramifications for misuse of a license.

The idea that creating “gun-free zones” increase security is shortsighted. Is a criminal likely to give two licks about a gun-free zone?

Were the shooters at Virginia Tech and Arkansas State inhibited by such a statute? All it did was guarantee that the students would be unarmed and defenseless.

Many argue that more guns limit violence. But look at Switzerland, a country where every male citizen is a member of the military and all able-bodied men from 20 to 42 years old are required to possess a firearm; the murder rate is one of the lowest in the world.

Contrast this with the Unit-

In 1963, Louisiana State University’s Leon C. Megginson made an insightful observation that has transformed the Darwinian concept of natural selection.

“According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives,” he said. “It is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”

This statement was so astute that something extraordinary happened; it was paraphrased and accredited to Darwin himself.

The misquote is among the most popular of Darwinian quotes and therefore begs the question, how can something

said about Darwin’s work be mistaken for his own words? Why is this a popular quote in the philosophical and biological communities in the first place?

In short, it’s because his words contain a unique, and therefore precious, degree of truth and perception.

Perhaps it would be tacky to say that these words carry so much truth that they should be made into a science – but that’s only because it already has been.

However, beyond the pages of your Biology book, the concept of adaptation also has psychological and societal implications. The world we live in is, and always will be, continually changing.

This isn’t a new concept – ancient Buddhist texts ascribe much of the conflict and suffering in the world to the impermanence of reality and our inability to detach ourselves from a fleeting existence.

Today, this perennial philosophy finds itself at center stage in American culture. As both a country and culture, we are in a state of change-induced conflict.

We see it consistently regurgitated on 24-hour news networks — the angst caused by our national unemployment rate (which rose to 10 percent this month), our impressively gargantuan deficit, and

the frustrations that beset our nation as we attempt to define our identity in an increasingly competitive world.

Adaptation is not the sole answer to our societies surplus of problems, but it does treat the ailment at its source. As the world changes, we must too.

Take the unemployment rate, for example. For the most part, it’s not that the unemployed do not want to work, it’s because the jobs that they once had are now unavailable due to the demands of a changing world.

I am empathetic toward those who have been less fortunate. I too have even experienced the tightening noose of unemployment within my own family dynamics. However, we can sit and sulk about these dire circumstances (or chant in fury amongst a Tea Party rally), or we can choose to adapt.

President Obama constantly refers to the thousands of available jobs in emerging industries that aren’t being filled. This is because they require very learnable, technical skills that those applying don’t possess.

Sprinkle some adaptation on this two-headed monster (the unemployed and the empty jobs) and things begin to work themselves out. Obviously, this is not the cure-

all solution to our unemployment dilemma, but it does loosen the knot.

Beyond any micro or macroscopic manifestation of human adaptation, one reigns king – education. Advancements in higher education allow us to not only survive but to flourish in an environment constructed of transient components.

The future will not be the same world that has identified us as the global superpower. If we have any hopes of retaining that title it will not come through the political rhetoric we see stealing all the attention, but simply through the champion of adaptation that is education.

In our current political and social structure, education is the elephant in the room. Even worse, we want the elephant’s gifts of ivory but refuse to adequately meet it minimal requirements for vitality.

This is evidenced by the abysmal value our society assigns to education, which materializes itself in the form of teacher salaries and education budgets.

If we wish to see our nation prosper, we need to recognize that America’s potential for success is both propitious and plentiful and to fulfill this potential, all we must do is adapt.

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SNOW from page 3 not experience a significant negative financial impact from the storms,” said Flo Johnson, interim executive director at University Housing.

University Housing, as well as all campus departments conduct de-briefings after each campus emergency, she said.

“This is important because each event brings new and different challenges. We will be considering the purchase of additional equipment to move from a more manual removal method to a more mechanic one. This change is based on new equipment options that are now on the market,” she said.

Although Fayetteville has seen a significant change in weather since the snowstorms, there is no predicting the Fayetteville weather and facilities management will stay prepared for any future storms, Edwards said.

“We have restocked all of our supplies,” he said. “Hopefully we don’t have any more severe winter weather, but if we do, we are prepared.”

Campus Gives Thanks for Donors

by SABA NASEEM Staff Writer

Kabrina Amey’s father was in tears the first time he saw her university bill, shocked by how much she had to pay.

Amey, a university development graduate assistant, would not have been able to afford her undergraduate degree if it hadn’t been for scholarship donors who made her college dream a reality, she said.

see DONOR on page 6

Essential Staff Keep UA Campus Running in Snow

by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer

When inclement weather closes the UA, most faculty and staff don’t have to report to work. However, there is a select group of essential staff who must be present for the safety and well-being of on-campus students.

Essential staff is classified into four groups: the patrol division of UAPD, University Housing facilities workers who are responsible for clearing paths from dormitories to dining halls, housekeeping and dining staff.

“The UA and places like this are kind of like a small city and self-contained in a lot of ways,” said Reggie Houser, associate director of facilities administration with University Housing.

When hired into an essential staff position, workers are informed that they must show up to work on days when the UA is closed, but they are also told of the incentives. Essential staff are paid double time, given the opportunity to stay in extra rooms on campus while the weather lasts and are provided with complimentary meals by Chartwells.

“If we have empty rooms we tell our staff ‘If you live way out, we will provide you an empty room and you can stay on campus at no cost,’” Houser said. “It helps us because they are here, so we let them stay on campus, but we never require them to.”

Workers that choose to accept the offered rooms are appreciative, and housing administrators are appreciative of the dedication it takes.

“I think we had a total of five housekeepers who stayed about three or four nights [and] neglected their family to be here at their job,” Houser said. “That says a lot about people who will check in on their family and make sure they’re safe and do

what it takes to make sure that they show up at work tomorrow.”

“I stay on campus,” said Simone Smith with housekeeping.

“Housing makes it available to give us a room, and I am really grateful for that.”

Some workers are unable to make it to their jobs, and Reggie Houser and other directors are understanding. However, workers must still lose a day of paid vacation.

“If we can get by with 16 or 17 and the rest would prefer to stay home, we can authorize that, but they do sacrifice a day of vacation to do that,” Houser said. “We don’t really have to tell our staff. If you work for Housing you realize that there are 5,000 people counting on you.”

Housekeeping employees makes sure to keep the job quick to take care of all of the necessities that come with students being confined to the dorms, while housing facilities workers ensure safe travels from the residence halls to dining.

“This is a student-first campus, and we want to put the students first and make sure their needs are taken care of,” said Judy Kendrick, the assistant director of University Housekeeping. “We feel that as you enter the building you need to enter into a safe condition. We also want to make sure that [the bathrooms] are clean, presentable and supplied.”

“Most students would get to the dining hall without us doing it, but we don’t know how many students would stray off and [hurt themselves],” Houser said.

Students always treated her respectfully, Smith said, and that being essential staff “makes you feel very special and important.”

This is a key characteristic of many of the essential staff.

“You either like it or you don’t stay very long. A lot of our staff get very excited about it,” Houser said.

NWACC from page 3 officer would work with students, he said Records from NWACC indicate the person who directly oversees Learner Services, the department that works with students in areas such as admissions, enrollment, financial aid and academic records, holds the state position of counselor, with a maximum salary of $81,686.

The oversights at NWACC are probably related to lack of oversight at the college level and not at the state level, Greenwood said.

“We [at the UA] have the good fortune of having good people to work on those things,” he said. “If problems arise they can bounce ideas off each other to resolve them.”

The state-appropriated position of regional technology center director is listed as hav-

ing the NWACC title of vice president of external affairs, though in March the employee had the state title of director of community and continuing education which has a maximum salary of $94,872. The maximum salary for the RTC director is listed at $112,222.

An organizational chart from January shows this person overseeing the departments of corporate learning, development and marketing and business development. The organizational chart and the job description for this position does not mention RTC. The employee who held the position has a salary of $114,048, according to the Feb. 14 document.

The associate vice president of corporate learning is shown to have the state-appropriated title of RTC teacher, which has a maximum salary of $78,061.

The previous state position as of March was special instruc-

tor, which allows for a maximum salary of $71,342 and had the same NWACC title, according to documents.

Comparisons made from NWACC’s Jan. 13 and Feb. 14 position group analysis reports show some position changes including the state-appropriated position of computer specialist moved to a media specialist, and a computer support technician moved to a human resource specialist.

These moves did not affect the NWACC titles or pay of each employee with the exception of another state computer support specialist, who moved to the systems coordination analyst position with a raise of $1,778, according to these documents.

It is his understanding that discussions with ADHE are ongoing, said NWACC spokesperson Mark Scott, and he is unaware of any realignments at this time.

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Expansion Continues at Garland Center Shops

by PAIGE THOMPSON Staff Writer

Officials in the Shops at Garland Center are working to fill empty storefronts in the building based on student input to gauge the needs of the campus.

“The project started out as a new location for the bookstore.

Its previous spot in the Union was inconvenient for deliveries and other services, so the UA [staff ] started asking students what they would like to see if the university were to go a new route,” said Ali Sadeghi, director of the bookstore. Consultants were then hired to do a survey GARETH PATTERSON Staff Photographer through email and round-table Opened in July, the Shops at Garland Center still have open storefronts, but officials are working to fill discussions asking students them by summer. A Subway Sandwich store is the next business expected to open in the Shops. what services they value and need the most on campus and if UA officials were to change pus for simple necessities. to make part of the center the the bookstore, what kind of “We have been receiving bookstore and part would be changes they would like to see. good feedback thus far regard- privately-owned stores.

One of the top suggestions ing all the stores,” Sadeghi said.

Once the whole project was from students was a shopping The main focus for officials- planned, the date set to have experience that they would en- when building the Garland it complete was in August of joy and find entertaining but Avenue Center was to really 2010, just before move-in for also take care of them. The first take the students’ suggestions the fall semester. stores added to the Garland to heart and build a center that Real estate organization Center were the Walmart store, would fit their requested needs. Collier’s International obtained Belle Boutique and Enrich Sa- From the groups that were sur- information about the types of lon. veyed, a majority from every vendors that students asked for The most recent addition to group wanted easy access to and then brought those stores the shops at the Garland Center the kind of products they have to the center. is the campus Walmart store, grown up with and trust.

“There were many requests which is the first of its kind.

“When the discussion came that were not appropriate for Walmart is now open with a for developing the new book- the center so we have focused full-service pharmacy and min- store, we gave the results of the on the needs and collaborated iature grocery store for students survey to the architect, and they with Collier’s International and and off-campus customers. studied and developed what is they have been careful about “It is really convenient. I can now the Garland Center,” Sade- the selection criteria. We want walk half a block and get almost ghi said. the stores to prosper and the everything I need as opposed The idea to put the book- services fulfilled so that it is to getting my car out and driv- store in the garage came from a win-win [situation] for stuing to Walmart on MLK,” said the campus-planning group. dents and vendors,” Sadeghi freshman Nathan Coulter, who Logistically, the group needed said. Officials said they hope to lives in Maple Hill. easy access and more parking have the center filled with stores He is one of many students for the increasing number of by the summer of this year and who enjoy the ease of walking students in the freshmen class. are planning on a Subway to be to Walmart rather than the ef- The plan began to come togeth- the next addition. fort it would take to go off cam- er and the decision was made

DONOR from page 5 “Without donor support, a lot of us wouldn’t even be here and many students don’t realize that until they work on the other side,” Amey said.

Many of the donor gifts are used for need-based scholarships, study abroad, the Razorback foundation and for various facilities on campus.

In appreciation of the generous gifts given by donors, the UA is celebrating Thank-ADonor Day. The purpose of this event is to “bring all the appreciation the UA has for donors to the university community,” said Danielle Strickland, director of development communications.

“We also want to educate all the students, staff and faculty about how important all the gifts are to the university.”

The UA has already raised $64,477,768 in donations, halfway in the 2011 fiscal year, a 42 percent increase from the amount raised in the same period last year.

“We really want to stress the importance of private gift support at the university,” Strickland said. “Although state funding is a large chunk of

where the money comes from, it covers less than half, and the reliance on private gifts is increasing.”

Last year, 15 percent of the operating budget came from private gift support, 34 percent from student tuition and fees, 40 percent from state appropriations, and 11 percent from other revenues.

“I think it’s important that students realize that tuition and fees don’t pay for as much as we think,” Amey said. “We hope this event brings awareness to the campus of the importance of the donors.”

Saying “thank you” means a lot, she said. These people and foundations have given out their own money and “we hope that this will start a trend where people within the university community will give back to the UA,” she said.

The university has two fundraising initiatives on campus to get faculty, staff and students involved in the donation process. The Red, White, and True program allows faculty and staff to donate to the university.

The Class Gift program is geared toward students and is an opportunity for them to give back to their alma matter, said Merin Macechko, associate director of annual programs.

Students can designate their gifts to any area and “even if they can’t make a big donation, a gift of any size can help make a difference,” she said.

The student participation in this program increased by 40 percent between the fiscal year of 2009 and the fiscal year of 2010, Macechko said.

“Class Gift and Red, White,and True are both programs that demonstrate the power of collective giving.

When we each do our part and give what we can, our gifts go a long way in supporting all the wonderful things happening at the university, including scholarships, research, study abroad, student programs, capital improvements and much more,” she said.

Thank-A-Donor Day is Wednesday Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the connections lounge at the Arkansas Union. Chancellor Gearhart will be speaking at noon.

During the event, students will have an opportunity to say thank you to the donors by signing a large card, Macechko said. “The card signing will be videoed and electronically distributed to the donors. There will also be food, prizes, and giveaways.”

ASG Kills Censorship Bill

by JORDAIN CARNEY Asst. News Editor

The ASG Senate voted down legislation that would have recommended reforming the headliners concert committee by a vote of 8-31-4, Tuesday.

The resolution recommended that the ASG Senate send letters to the Dean of Students, Senior Associate Dean, and the Headliner Concerts Committee recommending that they enact stronger regulations pertaining to the future artists chosen by the Headliner Concerts Committee.

This would include “not inviting and financing musicians who express explicitly misogynistic, racist, and/or homophobic messages in either the lyrics or music videos in order to better uphold the values of the Office of Student Affairs, the Division of Student Affairs and the University of Arkansas,” according to the legislation.

“I think this is a useful moment where we can learn from this concert and move on with a better policy,” said Becca Braun, ASG director of service outreach.

“I contend that the Snoop Dogg concert was a breach of the University’s Student Affairs own policy,” Braun said.

The misogynistic language in Snoop Dogg’s music perpetuates rape culture, she said.

Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that disregards women’s rights and

safety, Braun said, quoting the definition by Marshall University’s Women’s Center.

Because Snoop Dogg promotes rape culture the UA, by default, also promoted it with $100,000 of fee money, she said.

Censorship was a major issue debated among the senators and discussed during public comment.

“When I think censorship, I think of a governing body keeping people from doing or saying something they want to do,” said Garrett King, a member of the Headliners Committee.

The legislation was not censorship, Braun said.

“Every artist, Snoop Dogg included, and any individuals even if they hold a particularly hateful idea –hate groups- they have the right to hold those beliefs and profess those beliefs,” she said. “However, I would also like to note that the U.S. Government also chooses not to finance hate groups or hate speech of any individuals.”

It was not censorship because the resolution did not prohibit Snoop Dogg from making his albums or letting students use their own money to buy tickets, she said They also did not receive a single complaint from the show, King said.

Those complaints would be directed to UAPD, not the Headliners Concert Committee, and are generally underreported, Braun said.

“I’m not arguing that this was a breach of federal or state law; I’m arguing that this was a breach of university policy,”

Braun said.

Many people think that she is pushing an agenda, Braun said.

“The question at the hand isn’t ‘are you pushing an agenda,’ we all are,’” Braun said. “I just want to make sure we’re asking the right questions.”

The two committees that met to discuss the legislation voted to not pass it, because of lack of evidence supporting the legislation. The debate about the legislation lasted for more than 40 minutes.

The problem with the legislation is connecting going to Snoop Dogg to sexual harassment, said Sen. Mike Norton.

The concert did not lead to more sexual assault on campus, Braun said, but promoted the idea of sexual assault.

The legislation accomplishes its goal whether it’s passed or not, because it brings attention to the issue, said Sen. Tony Cosgrove.

Getting people to think about this issue is the way to solve problems, Cosgrove said.

The music we listen to is only one of the many things that influence us.

The eight senators that voted to pass the legislation were: Sen. Katie Waldrip, Sen. Lauren Waldrip, Sen. Bendell, Sen. Jackson, Sen. Wainwright, Sen. Treece, Sen. Lippert and Sen. Giezentanner.

Even if the legislation had passed, the resolution cannot mandate that Headliner Concert Committee members make changes to their selection of artist, only recommend that they do so.

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In a Changing Industry, the Pins Keep Falling

Nick Demoss NEWS EDITOR

Mike Moncravie is the promotional manager for Ozark Lanes in Fayetteville. In a changing industry Moncravie’s job is to keep patrons interested in bowling.

by NICK DEMOSS News Editor

A scorpion is dangerous and unpredictable. A viper strikes with multiple angles of attack.

A cheetah may look docile, but the speedster has a dangerous side. The shark trolls the deepest parts of a channel.

Author of ‘The Reader’ Scores Again

Any miscalculation or underestimation of these menacing creatures, and you’re in the gutter, or at least looking at a potentially nasty spare. Each animal, as defined by the Professional Bowling Association, is eponymous of an oil pattern used on the pro bowling tour.

The scorpion lane will sting

until you find the path in the oil that leads to the pocket.

The viper is versatile, allowing bowlers several angles of attack for a successful hurl. The cheetah is, predictably, fast-paced, and the shark puts a premium on ball control in the middle of the lane.

Originally intended to pro-

by ELIZABETH BOSTWICK Staff Writer

ERIN ROBERTSON The Gordian Knot by Bernhard Schlink Published by Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard: Random House, Inc., New York (2010) 246 pages

see BOOK REVIEW on page 9

The bowling industry is changing. Once restricted to serious bowlers willing to make a 36-week commitment to a league, Moncravie is testing a new style of league play designed for busy novice bowlers. A 12-week league is in the pilot phase, and is wellreceived by players and administrators alike. It’s through programs like this one that Moncravie says he plans to rekindle the camaraderie that once made bowling the quintessential American pasttime.

“The thing about golfing is that it’s an individual,” he says.

“It’s not a family sport, it’s more of a recreational men’s sport.

Sure there are women that go out, don’t get me wrong, but not like it is in bowling.”

When asked to define a target bowling demographic, Moncravie doesn’t hesitate.

Everyone.

“We get everything in here, white collar to blue collar. We don’t put limitations on anybody, you just come and bowl.”

But the competition is steep in the bowling industry. Ozark Lanes no longer has the ideal setup. Once, the offer of $4.99 burger and fries was enough to draw a crowd to the alley restaurant, and a few devoted followers still show up at 6 a.m. when the establishment opens for breakfast. The billiard tables and video game machines sit in the corner, once cutting edge, and still necessary to a degree. Yet, Ozark Lanes does the best business of any bowling center in Northwest Arkansas, Moncravie says. Except Fast Lane.

Located in Lowell, Fast Lane entertainment is the future of bowling. With 22 traditional lanes and 10 black light bowling lanes, Fast Lane is a sensory overload. Because of the business’ massive popularity, a 30-minute wait is not uncommon to get a lane during peak hours.

Patrons need not fret, though, because in the meantime they can head to the indoor go-kart track to burn some rubber and some time.

Otherwise, a quick game of lazer tag, or a go at the arcade games could suffice. Or, a visit to the restaurant and full bar might be in order.

As an innovator in the industry, Fast Lane also offers a shortened league play, says Bowling Manager John Finch. The shortened schedule is reminiscent of Moncravie’s pilot program at Ozark Lanes, though Fast Lane leagues are longer by one week.

“People just get bored with 36-week leagues,” Finch said.

“Even I don’t like bowling 36 weeks.” Finch also notes that the success of Fast Lane likely stems from the new equipment and variety of non-bowling options offered in the complex.

Despite the cutting-edge appeal of Fast Lane, Moncravie is confident that the dinosaurs of the bowling industry remain competitive in Northwest Arkansas.

“Can we all survive? Yeah, we can all survive,” he says. “You wanna travel 30, 40 miles to a

see BOWLING on page 9

Apparel Studies Student Expands Fashion Business

Read Between the Lines

“The Gordian Knot” is a novel that transcends boundaries throughout the plotline. A quiet, provincial European existence is traded for the bustle of New York City. Romance is transformed into international espionage.

Violence and action is tempered by love-making and philosophy, and double agents are countered by precocious infants. Author Bernhard Schlink tasted success with his bestseller “The Reader,” now an award-winning film starring Kate Winslet, and has maintained his acclaim with this thriller.

The novel begins swiftly and simply, allowing the reader to progress through short chapters and absorb the setting with ease. Georg Polger is a German in France, a freelance translator who has been luckless with love and money and who seeks solace in his work. Georg’s finances grow more and more scarce until he scores a lucrative translating deal with an elusive business with connections to Russia. His fortune continues as he then seizes the opportunity to take over a former boss’s company, and falls in love with his new secretary, Francoise. Soon Georg

tect wooden lanes from damage, oil patterning has become a tactical part of the game, even as lanes shift away from wood into polyurethane and synthetic surfaces.

But Mike Moncravie knows all that. Most high-level bowlers do. What the promotional manager of Ozark Lanes in Fayetteville also knows is that there’s more to bowling than sending a polyurethane ball into a pyramid of unsuspecting pins. It’s 80 percent mental at the highest level, he says.

Everyone who competes at that level has the other 20 percent. The rhythm, consistency and endurance are all there.

What’s not always there, and what separates the good from the great is focus.

“I know the game,” he says.

“I’ve studied the game, so today I go out there and nothing ever bothers me.”

When I meet Moncravie, he’s fresh off the lanes from bowling in the annual Fayetteville City Tournament. So fresh, in fact, that we greet one another with a shake of the left hand.

A long day of bowling wears on Mike’s arthritic right hand, he tells me, and a firm handshake would almost certainly crush it. The arthritis did not, however, keep him from bowling a 729 series, a 243 average through three games.

When Moncravie’s not participating in the sport he loves, he’s encouraging others to do so. As the promotional manager for Ozark Lanes, he is charged with bringing new business and maintaining the loyal league rollers.

Courtesy Photo

Aprons made by student Abby Unruh are available for $25 to $30. Students can visit Abby’s Facebook page for details.

Most college freshmen first set foot on campus with little or no direction for their futures, let alone practical experience in a chosen field of study. How many of us have found ourselves thumbing through that huge course catalogue at some point or another, skimming seemingly never-ending lists of classes and wondering if we really did choose the right major?

Advisors make suggestions and we follow directions. Then there are those fortunate few with defined desires and a clear sense of purpose.

Abby Unruh is one of those students—an exception to the rule. Unruh, a senior apparel studies major and Branson native, has a passion for clothing design that has driven her to use her knowledge outside the classroom. She has a decade of sewing experience, including

costuming and alterations.

Eager to exercise her skills in a practical setting, Unruh created the alterations business Sew Little Time in 2009.

However, Sew Little Time services are not limited to alterations. Unruh also offers custom clothing designs, and one of her latest projects is a line of aprons for both children and adults.

“I’m semi-obsessed with aprons,” Unruh said with a laugh in a phone interview. “I made an apron as a Christmas present for the little girl I nanny.

They’re so cute, and I’ve had a few orders—they’re super easy to make.”

Unruh started making aprons for clients at the end of January.

She has advertised the project through Facebook, selling children’s aprons for $25 and adult aprons for $30. Unruh is a self-proclaimed “fabrichoarder,” choosing material for the aprons from fabrics collected throughout her career

as a seamstress.

“I just pick out cute stuff, and each apron is one-of-a-kind,” Unruh said.

Unruh draws design inspiration from a variety of sources. She does not credit a specific designer as her creative muse.

“I might see something in a J. Crew catalogue or somewhere else and decide to change it a little. Like, I might use a print instead of a solid,” Unruh said.

Some of Unruh’s favorite pieces are her little sister’s prom dresses.

“I get to be involved in the entire process,” Unruh said.

“It’s different than working with clients you don’t know.”

Unruh’s expertise also includes bridesmaid dresses.

She has worked on several weddings in the past, and she is currently in the midst of working on several more.

see APRONS on page 8

Fayetteville Fans Must Choose Fayetteville Public Library Bassnectar or Lucero Friday Provides Ebooks for Free

by BRADY TACKETT Staff Writer

Come Friday, music lovers will have to choose between dubstep king Bassnectar and Memphis rock band Lucero – it’s a big night for concert goers, and an even more lucrative one for the owners of George’s Majestic Lounge, who are sponsoring both shows.

When Bassnectar, a.k.a. Lorin Ashton, last played Fayetteville in fall 2009, the town stunned him. “Fayetteville, Arkansas? On a Thursday!?” he exclaimed halfway through the set.

That’s because George’s Majestic Lounge was flooded with students, so many writhing,

shimmering bodies that the venue’s wooden frame seemed to groan for mercy.

When the show ended at about 1:30 a.m., the attendees emerged, baptized in sweat and alcohol, their ears ringing with a new sound that would explode over the next two years – dubstep.

The genre began to take form in seedy South London clubs more than a decade ago, and only recently has it seeped into mainstream American music.

Bassnectar was one of the first DJs to capitalize on the public’s embrace of the deep wobble bass, and others, like deadmau5, soon followed.

After a decade of exhaustive touring, Bassnectar is a head-

lining act – artists covet his remixes and fans gobble up tickets within days of their release.

Last year, Ashton founded an electronic music festival, 1st Bass Center.

Still, little is known about the artist, who hails from Santa Cruz, Calif. Bassnectar is a willfully mysterious outfit, or at least one seriously distrustful of campus media, the artist’s publicist denied three requests for a phone interview by this reporter in two years.

Success has somehow carried Ashton back to Fayetteville, except he won’t be playing at George’s (and probably never will again). Bassnectar

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by ANDREW VAN GENDEREN Staff Writer

In light of the increasing popularity of ebooks like Nook and Kindle, the Fayetteville Public Library seeks to improve its ability to provide library members the opportunity to use the devices, free of charge.

The waiting lists are always long for the various e-readers the library has in stock, said Sarah Terry, communications and marketing director at FPL. “E-books give people a different option when deciding how they want to read,” Terry said. “People are sort of rediscovering reading through all these new devices available to them.”

Currently the e-readers are loaned out primarily to promote the use of the devices as part of FPL’s “Library 2 Go” program.

“For the most part, the reason that we have them is for people to explore the new technologies,” Terry said. “But people can always make requests for books they would like to see on the readers. We are always updating them.”

Fayetteville Public Library has three Nooks, one Sony Reader, and one Kindle to loan out to patrons. “Library 2 Go” also offers audiobooks, ebooks and options for PC,

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Journey from Student to Professor Makes UA History

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Gordon Morgan was the first black professor at the University of Arkansas and continues to teach a speacial topics class that discusses the subject of “whiteness.”

by SHELBY GILL

Contributing Writer

Gordon Morgan has had a lot of firsts at the University of Arkansas. Before he had his office in Old Main, lined with books he’d written and pictures of past

from APRONS on page7 “My first wedding was last June, and [it was] kind of hard,” Unruh said. “I had to learn the whole process—swatches, contracts, everything. It was a huge learning experience.”

Unruh has been recognized for her creative know-how in local fashion circles. Her designs were featured in the Art Amiss

students, he attended lectures at the UA as the only black sociology major in his class. Then, in 1969 Morgan became the first black professor at the UA. Morgan received his undergraduate degree with honors from Arkansas AM&N College, his master’s from the

fashion show in Fayetteville.

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UA, and his doctorate from Washington State University.

Morgan’s background spanned from Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Artillery to the recipient of multiple national teaching awards. The volume of his experience led him to break social barriers and begin racial diversification within the university’s faculty.

In a divided society, Morgan overcame discrimination and chose to establish himself academically by enrolling in graduate school at the UA. “I was never scared to start school. I was the only black student in sociology.

I didn’t know how my work compared to the other students,” he said.

During this time there were only six black students on campus and it wasn’t until 1955 that the first black woman became enrolled in the university, Morgan said.

Although he was part of a very small minority, he doesn’t recall experiencing any social negativity on campus.

“There wasn’t anything we weren’t allowed to attend. We all used to go to the dances in the Union. They were a lot of fun. I even remember a friend of mine who lived in the barracks behind the poultry science building hanging out with a Chi-O. That was a pretty big deal back then,” he said.

The campus’ welcoming nature encouraged him to pursue teaching at the UA later on in life.

“Teaching at the U of A didn’t feel any different than teaching at HBCU (historically black college and universities). I didn’t change how taught,” Morgan said.

During the late 1960’s, the university personnel thought it best to hire Black professors in pairs to decrease appre-

from FAYETTEVILLE FANS on page 7 will perform at the Fayetteville Town Center at 8:30 p.m.

The show is, of course, sold out. Tickets on craigslist.com Monday were going for up to $100, almost four times face value.

On the polar opposite scale of music, Memphis rockers

hension and provide support for the new teachers, Morgan said.

“They thought we would be lonely, but there was so much to do, we never had time to be lonely,” he said.

Morgan was genuinely impressed with the acceptance of his colleagues and students.

“My students were often more opened-minded than the faculty,” he said.

He continues to encourage his students to be accepting to new ideas and experiences. Currently, he teaches a special topics class at the university that discusses the subject of “whiteness” in which he requires his students to take a cross gender and cross-racial picture with a fellow student.

“My students have fun with this project. They don’t have any mixed feelings about who the picture is taken with,” Morgan said.

His goal is for the collegiate experience to amount to more than GPA and grades to encourage socialization between all students.

His work within the university has expanded across Arkansas and even across the country, as a consultant for Philander Smith College in Little Rock, the Arkansas Program on Basic Adult Education and the National institutes of Mental Health in Washington, D.C. His research interests span internationally from research and teaching in the Caribbean to the idea of four-lane highway from East Africa to West Africa to increase the economy.

His collegiate work includes the publication of 12 books and more than 22 academic articles, but his impact goes far beyond written material to the minds of past and current students.

Lucero will grace George’s Majestic Lounge this weekend for a double-header.

The group is a conscious product of context. They lived together in a former karate dojo where Memphis patrons, including Elvis Presley, took lessons in the ’70s. Their 2009 major-label debut, “1372 Overton Park,” is named after that loft.

But Lucero is a product of

the modern Memphis – more greasy Springsteen jukebox than “Blue Suede Shoes.” Their ethos is that of a no-nonsense classic rock band, concerned mostly with booze, women and the road.

Lucero is the quintessential self-made bar band, making songs about the common man for the common man.

The tunes have a distinct flavor, infused with sarcasm and

from eBOOKS on page 7 Mac and iPod downloads.

“It’s all about offering choices for people,” Terry said. “[The ebook readers] are still so expensive that we could not order very many, but we will probably be getting more if the prices drop and their popularity continues to increase.”

The technologization of literature thus poses little threat to libraries, provided that they adapt to the needs and desires of their communities.

Acting accordingly, the goal of FPL is to get books in the hands of people who want to read them, regardless of what form they may come in.

When asked if the proliferation of ebooks will be a continuing trend, Terry responded, “I think e-books are going to be more successful in the future. I don’t think the hardback book is going out of fashion anytime soon, but the point here is to offer what our patrons really want.”

Right now, an emphasis on the library’s marketing department is to let people know that they have the devices, even if that means they have to put themselves on a waiting list to get them.

“We want to let people know that we have them. They are checked out all the time,” Terry said. “Whatever way people decide to read books, we want to support that. It doesn’t have to be a hardback book for us to promote it.” a Southern gothic twang that Faulkner could get behind.

Imagine late ’80s R.E.M., only drunker.

Lucero will perform Friday and Saturday at George’s Majestic Lounge, with doors open at 9 and 9:30 p.m., respectively.

Cory Branon will open Friday and Colour Revolt and George McConnell will open Saturday.

Tickets are $15 for each show.

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from BOWLING on page7 bowling center when you’ve got one in your backyard? No.” Moncravie’s love of bowling began with basic necessity when he was five years old.

“My father was in the service, and we lived most of our lives overseas. The only thing available was to go to a movie or go bowling, so you know, that was a big recreational part of the military service.”

That, he says, began his love for the sport and he played at a recreational level for the next 15 years, taking a four-year hiatus to serve in the Navy.

The Anchorage, Alaska, native began working in the bowling industry in the mid’80s, at Ozark Lanes. He briefly pursued a career in heating and electrical sales, but after an economic downturn, he returned to the alley for the long haul. He now competes in tournaments in the six-state region, with prizes ranging from a few hundred to $3,000.

The future of bowling looks bright in the region, Moncravie says. As we chat in Moncravie’s office, high school sophomore Bryant Ezell runs in and out to grab supplies and update Moncravie on the bowling situation.

With his southern drawl and deliberate speech, Bryant Ezell is a bowler. He’s the top high school bowler in Arkansas, and his father, Danny, manages Ozark Lanes.

Ezell averages about a 230 – not bad for a 15-year-old, and he knows his bowling. Ezell poses a seemingly simple scenario to Moncravie.

“Hey Mike – get this. Guy shoots 255 his first game. Now, he misses… he misses the pocket once, goes light once and stuffs it the rest of the time. What’d he shoot?”

As I reach for a calculator, Mike responds mechanically and matter-of-factly. A scorpion is dangerous and unpredictable. A viper strikes with multiple angles of attack.

A cheetah may look docile, but the speedster has a danger-

ous side. The shark trolls the deepest parts of a channel.

Any miscalculation or underestimation of these menacing creatures, and you’re in the gutter – or at least looking at a potentially nasty spare. Each animal, as defined by the Professional Bowling Association, is eponymous of an oil pattern used on the pro bowling tour.

The scorpion lane will sting until you find the path in the oil that leads to the pocket.

The viper is versatile, allowing bowlers several angles of attack for a successful hurl. The cheetah is, predictably, fast-paced, and the shark puts a premium on ball control in the middle of the lane.

Originally intended to protect wooden lanes from damage, oil patterning has become a tactical part of the game, even as lanes shift away from wood into polyurethane and synthetic surfaces.

But Mike Moncravie knows all that. Most high-level bowlers do. What the promotional manager of Ozark Lanes in Fayetteville also knows is that there’s more to bowling than sending a polyurethane ball into a pyramid of unsuspecting pins. It’s 80 percent mental at the highest level, he says. Everyone who competes at that level has the other 20 percent.

The rhythm, consistency and endurance are all there. What’s not always there, and what separates the good from the great is focus.

“I know the game,” he says.

“I’ve studied the game, so today I go out there and nothing ever bothers me.”

When I meet Moncravie, he’s fresh off the lanes from bowling in the annual Fayetteville City Tournament. So fresh, in fact, that we greet one another with a shake of the left hand. A long day of bowling wears on Mike’s arthritic right hand, he tells me, and a firm handshake would almost certainly crush it. The arthritis did not, however, keep him from bowling a 729 series – a 243 average through three games.

When Moncravie’s not participating in the sport he

loves, he’s encouraging others to do so. As the promotional manager for Ozark Lanes, he is charged with bringing new business and maintaining the loyal league rollers.

The bowling industry is changing. Once restricted to serious bowlers willing to make a 36-week commitment to a league, Moncravie is testing a new style of league play designed for busy novice bowlers. A 12-week league is in the pilot phase, and is wellreceived by players and administrators alike. It’s through programs like this one that Moncravie says he plans to rekindle the camaraderie that once made bowling the quintessential American pasttime.

“The thing about golfing is that it’s an individual,” he says.

“It’s not a family sport, it’s more of a recreational men’s sport.

Sure there are women that go out, don’t get me wrong, but not like it is in bowling.”

When asked to define a target bowling demographic, Moncravie doesn’t hesitate.

Everyone.

“We get everything in here, white collar to blue collar. We don’t put limitations on anybody, you just come and bowl.”

But the competition is steep in the bowling industry. Ozark Lanes no longer has the ideal setup. Once, the offer of $4.99 burger and fries was enough to draw a crowd to the alley restaurant, and a few devoted followers still show up at 6 a.m. when the establishment opens for breakfast. The billiard tables and video game machines sit in the corner, once cutting edge, and still necessary to a degree. Yet, Ozark Lanes does the best business of any bowling center in Northwest Arkansas, Moncravie says. Except Fast Lane.

Located in Lowell, Fast Lane entertainment is the future of bowling. With 22 traditional lanes and 10 black light bowling lanes, Fast Lane is a sensory overload. Because of the business’ massive popularity, a 30-minute wait is not uncommon to get a lane during peak hours.

Patrons need not fret, though, because in the meantime they can head to the indoor go-kart track to burn some rubber and some time.

Otherwise, a quick game of lazer tag, or a go at the arcade games could suffice. Or, a visit to the restaurant and full bar might be in order.

As an innovator in the industry, Fast Lane also offers a shortened league play, says Bowling Manager John Finch. The shortened schedule is reminiscent of Moncravie’s pilot program at Ozark Lanes, though Fast Lane leagues are longer by one week.

“People just get bored with 36-week leagues,” Finch said.

“Even I don’t like bowling 36 weeks.” Finch also notes that the success of Fast Lane likely stems from the new equipment and variety of non-bowling options offered in the complex.

Despite the cutting-edge appeal of Fast Lane, Moncravie is confident that the dinosaurs of the bowling industry remain competitive in Northwest Arkansas.

“Can we all survive? Yeah, we can all survive,” he says. “You wanna travel 30, 40 miles to a bowling center when you’ve got one in your back yard? No.” Moncravie’s love of bowling began with basic necessity when he was five years old.

“My father was in the service, and we lived most of our lives overseas. The only thing available was to go to a movie or go bowling, so you know, that was a big recreational part of the military service.”

That, he says, began his love for the sport and he played at a recreational level for the next 15 years, taking a four-year hiatus to serve in the Navy.

The Anchorage, Alaska, native began working in the bowling industry in the mid’80s, at Ozark Lanes. He briefly pursued a career in heating and electrical sales, but after an economic downturn, he returned to the alley for the long haul. He now competes in tournaments in the six-state region, with prizes ranging from a few hundred to $3,000.

The future of bowling looks bright in the region, Moncravie says. As we chat in Moncravie’s office, high school sophomore Bryant Ezell runs in and out to grab supplies and update Moncravie on the bowling situation.

With his southern drawl and deliberate speech, Bryant Ezell is a bowler. He’s the top high school bowler in Arkansas, and his father, Danny, manages Ozark Lanes.

Ezell averages about a 230 – not bad for a 15-year-old, and he knows his bowling. Ezell poses a seemingly simple scenario to Moncravie.

“Hey Mike – get this. Guy shoots 255 his first game. Now, he misses… he misses the pocket once, goes light once and stuffs it the rest of the time. What’d he shoot?”

As I reach for a calculator, Mike responds mechanically and matter-of-factly.

“203.”

“170.”

“Oh geez.”

“Five 10-pins in a row, stone 9, pocket 7-10 first ball. No luck.” This kid knows his stuff. “… been there.”

“Ohh yeah.”

Ezell is the face of bowling’s future, and likely the future of Ozark Lanes. An energized generation of high schoolers is becoming increasingly interested in bowling. In the last five years, bowling clubs have sprouted in Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville and Springdale, as well as a club sport at the University of Arkansas, though most programs lack funding, Ezell says.

Moncravie has never seen the movie “The Big Lebowski,” but he is aware of its influence on popular perception of bowling. He continues to work to overcome that image.

“Sure, you get the Lebowski’s coming in here drunk, and we do have the recreational drinks.” But Moncravie strives to re-educate the public that bowling is not all about drinking White Russians and dealing with nihilists, but rather about establishing a brotherhood of bowlers.

from BOOK REVIEW on page7 is happier than he has ever been before: in love, flush with funds and happily absorbed in a project translating top-secret plans for a new model of wartime helicopters.

Georg and Francoise’s happy existence in the French countryside – a house full of cats, summers spent picking fruit in the local orchards, complete with lots of red wine – is quickly turned upside down when Georg discovers that his lover is a double agent.

As Georg attempts to expose the corruption, he is met with violence, blackmail, manipulation and more mystery. Francoise disappears along with Georg’s employer, and takes with her everything Georg thought he knew about his life.

With a few clues, Georg traces Francoise to New York City and there finds himself embroiled in a bitter battle of wits and resources with three different high power international corporations.

In a tangled web of intrigue, the reader cheers for Georg as he navigates the subway system and tracks down elusive contacts as a foreigner in the big city.

Needless to say, the plot is thick and the story engrossing, and thus, I was quickly lost in the novel. As much as I despised Francoise for betraying Georg, I hoped desperately for their reunion. I began to dream of the French countryside, and looked up several of the French terms that peppered the pages of Schlink’s writing.

Schlink truly reveals himself as a master of international intrigue, and I was captivated by the book from the quiet beginning up to its grand conclusion. As complex as its title suggests, “The Gordian Knot” is a thought-provoking novel of many extremes, with plenty of European flair reminiscent of films such as “The American” and “A Good Year.” The subtleties of both the plot and Schlink’s effortless writing style reveal a thoughtfulness that make this book definitely worth the while.

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Sophomore Slump Forward Marshawn Powell failing to live up to preseason All-SEC billing

by ZACH TURNER

BASKETBALL

One-Sided Rivalry

Kentucky has owned the series with the Hogs for the last decade

by JIMMY CARTER

Assistant Sports Editor

Sports Editor

Arkansas sophomore Marshawn Powell has had a strange year for the Razorbacks.

Powell started the fall semester with a broken foot, which occurred during an August pickup basketball game back home in Virginia. Despite the injury, the 6-foot-7 forward was pegged as a first-team preseason All-SEC member by conference coaches.

Off the court, Powell has experienced problems, too. On his way back to Arkansas after the team’s Christmas break, Powell was involved in a car wreck, but walked away with no injuries.

Once he arrived in Fayetteville, Arkansas coach John Pelphrey suspended Powell indefinitely citing a violation of team rules.

At the time of the incident, Pelphrey said he had met with

see POWELL on page 12

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Marshawn Powell’s averages dropped from 14.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a freshman, to 10.7 points and 4.2 rebounds this season.

The annual ArkansasKentucky game meant something on a national stage in the 1990s.

The Wildcats were the perennial powerhouse in the Southeastern Conference.

The Razorbacks were the new team on the block, challenging Kentucky for supremacy.

The teams combined to make seven Final Four appearances from 1990-98, including three national champions.

The Hogs joined the SEC in 1992 and won their first two contests at Kentucky’s revered Rupp Arena. Arkansas went 4-3 against the Wildcats its first four years in the conference, winning all four regular-season games.

“When you look at Kentucky, we have had some tremendous battles with them throughout SEC play,” Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said. “Certainly, we’ve both had a level of success, with the Final Fours and the national championships. When those games were going on, there were some tremendous players on both sides.

“With how good the teams were going head-to-head for a long time there, you could make a debate that it was a great rivalry between the two schools because of how good they were at that moment in time.”

Recently the series hasn’t

JONATHAN GIBSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Kentucky has beaten Arkansas 10 consecutive times. The Razorbacks haven’t beaten the Wildcats since Nolan Richardson coached the Hogs. Kentucky’s 101-70 win last season was Arkansas’ worst conference loss ever at the time.

been close.

Kentucky has won 10 consecutive contests against the Razorbacks and the Hogs haven’t beaten the Wildcats since Nolan Richardson was fired.

Arkansas’ last win against Kentucky was an 82-78 home upset of the No. 13 Wildcats Feb. 25, 2001. Five of the losses during the losing streak have been by more

than 10 points, including the last two.

“I think it would be huge,” Pelphrey said about Arkansas breaking the streak. “It has been a number of days since we have beat Kentucky and I think it would be a big deal, if we could get a win, regardless of who we were playing, but certainly against them.”

Kentucky beat the Razorbacks 79-63 behind a Bud

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

by MEGAN HUCKABY

Contributing Writer

Forward Ashley Daniels has made her offensive presence known on the Razorback women’s basketball team over the past couple of games.

It’s paid off in a big way.

Her performance helped the Arkansas win two consecutive contests, snapping a fourgame losing streak and regaining needed momentum heading into the final games of the

regular season.

Daniels recorded back to back double-doubles against Auburn and Ole Miss, her fourth and fifth of the season.

She scored a career-high 22 points and had 11 rebounds in a loss to the Tigers, then followed it up with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a big win over the Rebels.

She leads the team in re-

see DANIELS on page 14

see RIVALRY on page 12

BASEBALL

Staying Positive Knocking Off the Dust Junior Ashley Daniels remains upbeat in the face of adversity

Walton Arena opponent-record 45 points from guard Jodie Meeks in the last meeting in Fayetteville two seasons ago. The Wildcats handed the Hogs their worst SEC loss last season, 101-70.

“I don’t really know too much about (the streak), I just know last year, they

Hogs start strong with three-game sweep

by PATRICK GRINNAN Staff Writer

The Diamond Hogs’ first series of the season against Delaware State was highly anticipated because Razorback fans weren’t sure what to expect.

The series was the first opportunity for the team with 26 underclassmen to show if all the talent left for the MLB last season.

Arkansas made a convincing case that there is still talent. The Razorbacks didn’t trail in the three-game sweep,

outscoring the Hornets 24-2.

The Hogs’ young pitching staff – 12 of the 14 pitchers are underclassmen – threw shutouts in two of the three games. Arkansas had 28 strikeouts in the three games.

The starters all had efficient outings. Sophomore DJ Baxendale earned the opening-day start and threw five scoreless innings, striking out seven Delaware State hitters in a 5-0 win.

“What I pitching did this week is throw strikes,” Ar-

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Arkansas coach Daven Van Horn was pleased with the Razorbacks threegame sweep against Delaware State. The Hogs outscored the Hornets 24-2 in the series.

COMMENTARY

Head and Shoulders Above the Game Old-Fashioned 3-point Play

ZACH TURNER zwturner@uark.edu

Arkansas has transformed its style of play under head coach Bobby Petrino.

Arkansas was known for a pound-the-football mentality under previous head coach Houston Nutt, with NFL stud running backs Darren McFadden, Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis. Even in the history of Arkansas football prior to Nutt, the Razorbacks offense was successful with a strong running game with the passing game second.

Petrino brought in a new air-it-out mentality with a

more pro-style offense. Arkansas football has forever been changed.

Arkansas made its first BCS Bowl during the 2010 season and has led the Southeastern Conference in passing the last two years with quarterback Ryan Mallett.

Not only does the prostyle offense help inflate and let the quarterback dominate statistical categories, it also goes hand-in-hand with good receivers who post some gaudy numbers.

This season, Arkansas was the only team in the NCAA to have a 3,000-yard passer, five 500-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher.

The air attack that Arkansas constructed under quarterback Ryan Mallett may look a tad bit different to start the 2011 season. Mallett is off to make fortunes in the NFL next season and the team will most likely be led by junior Tyler Wilson. Wilson possesses a few different skills than his predecessor Mallett, but has a huge factor on his side. Every

wide receiver is back for the Hogs in 2011 and will have the chance to prove they the most elite group of receivers in NCAA football.

The core four of Greg Childs, Joe Adams, Jarius Wright and Cobi Hamilton are head and shoulders above their SEC rivals as a whole.

The SEC has been dominated by some athletic and talented receivers in the past three years. Georgia’s AJ Green, Auburn’s Darvin Adams, Alabama’s Julio Jones and Kentucky’s Randall Cobb all declared early for the 2011 NFL draft this year. While Alshon Jeffery tops the crop of remaining SEC receivers, the Hogs’ core four may round off the rest of the top five in overall rankings and No. 1 as a whole in the NCAA. It starts with the vertical and jumpball threat of 6-foot-3, 220-pound Greg Childs. Childs, a Warren native, was third on the team with 659 yards receiving and six touchdowns, while only playing in eight games during the 2010 season due to

a knee injury suffered during the Vanderbilt game that forced the senior to miss the remainder of the season. Childs has the greatest NFL stock among the four because of his size and his skills.

Fellow Warren native Jarius Wright is the other starting wideout with Childs.

Wright may have the most sure hands on the team and is the Razorbacks’ most consistent performer. He has played big role in big games.

Wright started all 13 games for the Hogs, while finishing second on the team in receiving with 788 yards and five touchdowns. Wright hauled in six catches for 131 yards against No. 1 Alabama in the CBS televised showdown with Alabam on Sept. 25.

Little Rock native Joe Adams is the most electric of the four receivers. The 5-foot11, 180-pound slot receiver and punt returner made his presence felt in every game for the Hogs in 2010. Adams led the team with 813 yards receiving and six touch-

downs, breaking the most tackles among his receiving counterparts. Adams also broke the school punt return record against Ole Miss with a 97-yard touchdown return.

Adams’ NFL stock is slowly increasing as he has proven he can make plays in a variety of ways on the field.

Rounding out the core four is the youngest of them all – Cobi Hamilton. Hamilton is one of the top bigplay threats in the NCAA. Hamilton averaged a teamhigh 19.7 yards per catch, while posting 630 yards and six touchdowns. Hamilton is known for taking his game to another level when the Hogs play their two annual games in Little Rock. Hamilton averages 57.6 yards per touchdown at War Memorial Stadium, reaching the end zone five times in four games there. It would be hard to find such a gaudy statistic for another receiver in college football. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Hamilton has the highest upside of all the core four receivers, as he is the

fastest in the open field.

Outside of the core four receivers, sophomore Julian Horton and Javontee Herndon show great promise for the future, as well as 2011 recruiting class members Marquel Wade and Quinta Funderburk.

Across the board, Arkansas is stacked at the receiver position. Name another team in the NCAA with that kind of depth and multiple gamechangers who each play a distinct role and provide separate talents that each excel at.

SEC teams tried to stop the Arkansas passing attack that ranked fourth nationally in 2010, but only Alabama succeeded in stopping the passing attack.

If there is another team that compares at the receiver position, let me know, because I don’t think there is one.

Zach Turner is the assistant sports editor for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every other Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 PAGE 12 from POWELL on page 11 Powell and that his starting forward took the news well.

“He is still a part of this basketball team and I think he knows he needs to do some things to get back out on the floor with the team,” Pelphrey said when Powell was suspended. “It is a fluid situation and can be as short or as long as it needs to be.”

Powell missed just one game during the suspension, an 87-59 win over North Carolina A&T. Since since the suspension has been lifted, fans have questioned the relationship Powell and Pelphrey have.

“I can’t really comment on that too much,” Powell said about the relationship with Pelphrey. “I just choose not to talk about it.”

Talking about his relation-

from RIVALRY on page 11 killed us,” sophomore forward Marshawn Powell said.

“I just want some payback. It was terrible.”

Since the 1998 season, Arkansas has won two NCAA tournament games and made no Sweet Sixteen appearances.

Kentucky has won 20 NCAA tournament contests and made six Sweet Sixteen appearances during the same span. The Wildcats have made it to four Elite Eights the last 12 seasons.

“It’s a big game for anybody that plays Kentucky,” said Pelphrey, a former starter at Kentucky. “We understand how big of a game this is, primarily because it’s our next one and it’s at home.

We’re going to come in here focused and ready to go.

We understand how big of a game it is.”

In 2011, No. 22 Kentucky (19-7, 7-5 SEC) is one of the top teams in the SEC, while the Razorbacks are struggling to stay in the hunt for second place in a mediocre

ship with Pelphrey is a “little bit” personal, Powell said.

On the court, Powell’s production has fallen off from his stellar freshman campaign.

Last season he averaged 14.9 points and 6.7 rebounds, while playing 31 minutes per game.

This season he’s averaging 10.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, while playing 10 less minutes per game.

Powell missed two games early recovering from the foot injury and was limited to just one minute against Texas Southern.

“I probably started a little too soon to be honest,” Powell said. “It has gotten a lot better and it will come, all I have to do is give it time.”

Powell’s rebounding numbers have taken a substantial hit. He hauled down nine or more rebounds in eight games last season, leading the team in

overall rebounding.

This season, Powell’s rebounding numbers have dipped. Through 23 games, he’s had nine or more rebounds twice.

Arkansas jumped out to a 10-3 start, but has since gone 6-7, including a 5-7 record in the SEC. “It hasn’t been going the way I thought it would have,” Powell said. “I didn’t plan on getting injured and breaking my foot like what happened, but I have to just take it as it comes. It has been tough, but sometimes it has been good.”

One of the tough times for Powell came in last Saturday’s 69-56 loss to SEC West-leader Alabama.

Powell scored just five points on 2-of-5 shooting against the Crimson Tide. He finished with three rebounds and three turnovers.

“I never got in sync and never really got into the game,” Powell said. “I have games like that sometimes and even Kobe (Bryant) has games like that sometimes.”

He could have done a “better job” focusing, he said.

Even with an injury, minor car accident, suspension and lack of focus at times, Powell said he is currently doing what it takes to become more of a leader for this Razorback basketball team.

“I haven’t tried to do (become a leader) the whole season due to my injury and the entire physiological part of it,” Powell said. “Since we have come back from Christmas break I have been trying to do a lot better things, like doing what coach tells me to do and to suck it up, no matter what is going on.”

SEC West.

The Wildcats have had the top-ranked recruiting class in the country three consecutive years under coach John Calipari, but Kentucky’s highly-touted youth hasn’t been invincible this season.

The Wildcats are 1-5 on the road in conference play this season. The Hogs are 14-2 in Bud Walton.

“We are what our (road) record says we are,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said.

“We’re a very young, inexperienced team. We’re not playing a whole lot of people and we don’t have a lot of room for error. I still like my team and we’re a good team, but when you get on the road, I’m sure Arkansas will have a sell-out and a special T-shirt night. They’re all going to play well against us and we’ve got ways to finish games.

“It will be wild Wednesday. It was eight or 10 years ago that we were in Arkansas (with Memphis). It’s a great arena, it’s a great environment, it’s a great college campus and it’s going to be a hard game for us.”

Kentucky leads the SEC in scoring and scoring margin.

The Wildcats also rank second in rebounding margin, averaging nearly seven more rebounds per game than opponents.

Arkansas (16-10, 5-7) ranks last in the conference in rebounding margin, getting out-rebounded by more than three per contest. Senior center Delvon Johnson, the Razorbacks’ leading rebounder, suffered a hip pointer Saturday at Alabama.

“He’s probable,” Pelphrey said about Johnson’s status for the Kentucky game.

“We’ll just have to wait and see. He was hurting pretty bad (Saturday). I was surprised he was able to get back into the game at Alabama in the second half. It was very courageous on his part, but then he hurt it again.

“We have played without him for small stretches of time. We certainly don’t want to do that. We’ll try to get him ready to go. I would say a normal human being would not play with that injury. Delvon Johnson, with his toughness, the way that he handles injuries, I think he’ll be out there.”

The Hogs led 49-44 in

the second half against the Crimson Tide, but Alabama went on a 25-7 run to end its 69-56 win. The loss was Arkansas’ fourth in five SEC games, but Powell said the Razorbacks are determined to avoid a third consecutive late-season collapse.

“We always come ready to work,” Powell said. “We work so hard. Sooner or later, it’s going to have to pay off for us. I believe if we get a win over Kentucky on Wednesday, it will be a big, big boost for us.”

Kentucky has dropped close games on the road to SEC West foes Alabama and Ole Miss this season. Four of the Hogs’ seven wins over the Wildcats have been at Bud Walton.

“Going into Arkansas is going to be hard,” Calipari said. “Everyone keeps saying, ‘Well, we only lost this one by two and we were up one, but we were down 20 at Alabama.

“Arkansas went to Alabama, played really well and had a chance to win that game. At Florida, we were down 15 and we were down 11 or 12 at Mississippi.”

STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION TEAM

Florida Vanderbilt Kentucky Georgia Tennessee South Carolina

SEC 10-2 8-4 7-5 7-5 6-6 4-8

%

.883 .667 .583 .583 .500 .333

Overall % 21-5 20-6 19-7 18-8 16-11 13-12

.808 .769 .731 .692 .593 .520

RPI

Streak

RPI

Streak

13 16 15 38 32 116

W5 W5 W2 W1 L1 L5

WESTERN DIVISION TEAM

Alabama Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas LSU Auburn

SEC 10-2 6-6 5-7 5-7 2-10 1-8

%

.883 .500 .417 .417 .167 .167

Overall % 18-8 14-12 17-10 16-10 10-17 9-17

.692 .538 .630 .615 .370 .346

78 127 70 110 220 271

W3 W1 W2 L1 L10 L2

* Results from the Tennessee-Kentucky and Georgia-Xavier contests Tuesday are not reflected in the standings

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 BASEBALL

Arkansas Track to Compete Against Top Challengers Florida, LSU for SEC Title

by BRANDON HOWARD Staff Writer

Arkansas is one of three Southeastern Conference teams ranked in the top five in the nation, competing in the championship meet this weekend.

Florida is ranked No. 1, LSU at No. 2 and Arkansas is No. 5.

“Florida is loaded,” Arkansas coach Chris Bucknam said.

“They’ve had more depth than I’ve seen since I’ve been here, and LSU has some excellent long jumpers that rival ours. It will be an incredibly tough task to win this meet.”

Junior long and triple jumper Tarik Batchelor is expected to perform well for the Razorbacks.

Batchelor is coming off the Tyson meet with a personal best of 7.95m in the long jump, which earned him an NCAA automatic qualifier.

One-third of Arkansas’ roster has never competed in the SEC meet before. The Razorbacks have nine freshmen competing.

“We’ve been waiting for it all year,” Bucknam said. “The SEC is flashy and sexy. It’s at the top of any rankings and second to none. It just goes to show you what kind of meet its going to

from BASEBALL on page 11 kansas coach Dave Van Horn said. “It’s early, and I told them it doesn’t matter if we’re playing the number one ranked team in the country or a mid-major, it’s the first weekend and usually you have a bit of the jitters and you’re not really relaxed.

I thought overall we did a really good job. Whose to say how to gauge it. All I know is we need to keep getting better. They came in and they handled it.

“We were never behind all weekend, so we’ll have to be able to handle a little adversity down the road. We’ll see how they work through those situations. But as far as just going out and pitching and throwing strikes and not blowing up, they did a great job.”

Junior Geoffrey Davenport struck out eight and gave up two earned runs in five innings. The Razorbacks clinched the series with an 8-2 win.

True freshman Brandon Moore lasted the longest, throwing six scoreless innings Sunday in a 10-0 win.

“It was a great feeling to get out there and face some

be.”

Arkansas and LSU Favorites in the Women’s SEC Track and Field Championships Arkansas and LSU are expected to “duel-battle” each other in the Southeastern Conference Championships.

Junior Whitney Jones is the favorite in the 4x400-meter dash while junior Tina Sutej is the favorite in vaults. Senior Shelise Williams is a favorite in both the 500-meter run and the distance medley relay.

“You have a giant target on your back when you’re a favorite,” Arkansas coach Lance Harter said. “The little hog on your back turns into a giant bulls-eye.

The main things we tell them are to keep everything the same.

Keep your routines the same, your warm-ups the same, and your anxiety in check.”

The SEC Championships will be held at the Tyson Center in Fayetteville from Friday to Sunday.

Because of its premier facilities, the Tyson Center has become one of the regulars to host the SEC championships.

“We’re real excited,” Harter other hitters besides our hitters,” Moore said. “I had to deal with some issues, but we were able to get some ground balls and get out of it.”

True freshman Ryne Stanek and sophomore newcomer Cade Lynch each threw four shutout innings in relief.

Redshirt sophomore Trent Daniel struck out his first batter in three pitches on Sunday. He had three strikeouts, one walk and allowed one hit in one inning of relief.

True freshman Barrett Astin pitched a scoreless inning Sunday.

“Astin, it was his first time out, he was a little nervous,” Van Horn said. “He pitched good stuff, the ball was moving. He got his feet wet.”

The Razorbacks were opportunistic on offense, scoring with timely hitting and on unearned runs. The Hogs hit 92 home runs last season, but managed just one with the new bats taking the pop out of the ball.

It took Arkansas 26 innings before second baseman Bo Bigham belted a home run over the left-field wall, the fifth of his career.

“I just put a good swing on it, luckily the wind was

said. “It’s gonna’ be a dog fight.

We’re geared up for LSU and ready to butt-heads.”

Despite Loss, Gymnastics Focused on No. 1 Florida No. 28 BYU ended the Arkansas gymnastics team’s fourgame winning streak, but the Razorbacks have little time to sulk – they host the No. 1 Florida Friday.

The Cougars did just enough to edge Arkansas, 195.10195.025.

Junior Jamie Pisani and freshman Katherine Grable performed up to their individual rankings of No. 6 and No. 25, respectively. Pisani won the allround, floor, and vault events while Grable won the balance beam competition.

“Obviously we are disappointed in the result,” Arkansas coach Renee Cook said. “We weren’t as sharp as we like to be as a team, but Jamie and Katherine were outstanding.”

Junior Genny Salvatore returned to the lineup after four knee surgeries, with two on each knee. It was just her second meet in the lineup and her first appearance in Barnhill Arena. going out and it carried out of here,” Bigham said. “I’ve gotten stronger in the weight room and have been putting better swings on it. I didn’t change anything up, just got in the weight room and got a little bit stronger and it’s helped me out.”

Arkansas didn’t hit for power, but batted .327.

“You have to get runners in scoring position,” Van Horn said. “I think this is going to turn into more of a doubles game, and the situations we get runners in scoring position we have got to score.”

Senior Kyle Robinson had six RBIs, including five Sunday. He had five RBIs as a junior in limited playing time.

“He had a tremendous day at the plate. That first ball he hit into the wind, and he hit it hard,” Van Horn said.

The Diamond Hogs face Utah next weekend, starting Friday at 3:05 p.m. The Utes first game of the season against California has been rained out twice.

“We have a good Utah team coming in that’s battling to try and get some games in at Cal,” Van Horn said. “I hope they get to play so we can get a little bit of a scouting report on them.”

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Arkansas hosts the SEC Championships Friday through Sunday at the Tyson Center.

“The coaches gave us the opportunity to come up with routines,” Salvatore said. “It gave us a new perspective. It was an eye opening experience with the pressure of being a coach. It

helped us learn how to work on mental toughness and it reflected on the freshman.

Arkansas will have a quick turn around after the Friday meet, with another meet on Sun-

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day. The Razorbacks travel to Illinois to face No. 45 Illinois-Chicago for an afternoon meet.

“Florida is fantastic,” Cook said. “If we do our jobs, we’ll be competitive with them.”

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 PAGE 14

by BRANDON HOWARD Staff Writer

+ How much do you know about the Kentucky-Arkansas series and how big would it be to beat the Wildcats? I

don’t really know a lot about it as far as actual numbers. I just know it would be really good to get a win against them because they are a really good basketball team. It would feel good to get a win.

+ What do you remember about last year’s 101-70 loss at Kentucky? I try to forget about it. I don’t remember too much.

+ What do you think you have to do to beat them this year? We have to just play our game. Good defense, get out in transition, rebound and do the things that we do we should be successful.

+You had five blocks Saturday against Alabama. Talk about your play off the bench. I just try to bring energy and do things that like along with the little things to help my team win. I don’t have to score a lot of points. I try to go out and rebound, block shots, get tips and all the other little things.

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6-foot-7, 190 pounds Sophomore Forward Detroit RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from DANIELS on page 11 bounds averaging, 6.8 per game. She is shooting 48 percent inside the 3-point line. She has also started every game this season, playing an average of 29.9 minutes per game.

The emergence of the 6-foot2 junior on offense might give the Razorbacks a needed fourth scorer to compliment post Sarah Watkins and guards C’eira Ricketts and Lyndsay Harris.

“She is really key,” Collen said. “With the teams that we have left on our schedule we have to get contributions from more than one or two players.

Adding a fourth player to the mix would mean a lot. It would take some pressure off of the other players. As other teams focus on players like Sarah Watkins, that opens the door for Ashley Daniels.”

Daniels knows her impor-

tance.

“I need to be the fourth scorer on our team and I feel that my confidence has built and that I can do that,” said Daniels. “I kind of just let my offense come to me. Honestly before every game I think, I need to run the floor well and I need focus on rebounding and boxing out. Once we rebound I just run and we get transition points.”

She emerged as a leader when the Razorbacks needed it the most. She helped Arkansas end a four-game losing streak by beating Ole Miss Feb. 17, in Oxford, Miss., something the Razorbacks had never done.

“Coming off that losing streak we never held our heads down,” Daniels said. “We never gave up. We just always knew that we can’t let that loss determine the rest of our season.”

Daniels maintained a positive demeanor during the losing streak and it rubbed off on

her teammates.

“It is a contagious thing on a team,” Collen said.

Arkansas has lost five games by five points or less in SEC play, but Daniels said the Razorbacks never let it get to them.

“We just always play for the next game, we never let a loss get us down and think we can’t win the next game,” Daniels said.

After Arkansas started 12-0 this season, the Razorbacks hit a midseason slump – losing five of six games. Arkansas’ collective leadership helped the Razorbacks pull out of a slump.

“You don’t really want a team with a leader or two, you want a team where all five people are out on the floor together and can lead each other,” said Collen.

Arkansas will finish the regular season with a key game Thursday at Kentucky on Feb. 24, then Senior Day Sunday against Alabama Feb. 27.

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Junior forward Ashley Daniels has stepped up offensively for an Arkansas team looking to finish the season strong.