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Fayetteville animal shelter employees will release a cookbook to raise money for the shelter.
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Baba Boudan’s: Where Everyone Knows Your Name Locally owned Baba Boudan’s prides itself on hand-roasted coffee and a small-town atmosphere.
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Piecing Joplin Back Together: ASG Members and Students Will Help Rebuild by SARAH DEROUEN Staff Writer
JOPLIN, Mo.— Mary Ann Palmer sat on her front porch while her two grandchildren played in a large pile of gravel. “We don’t call ourselves victims here,” Palmer said. Palmer and six of her relatives were in the basement on May 22 when an EF-5 tornado ravaged this southwest Missouri town. To help residents like Palmer, the UA Associated Student Government along with University Advancement and the Alumni Associated are planning trips to Joplin. The ASG sponsored student trip will be Oct. 22. “Earlier in the summer, ASG had
planned on taking a trip to Joplin, and it just didn’t materialize,” Laura Weiderhaft, ASG director of service outreach who is organizing the trip. The first 50 students who apply will be picked, Weiderhaft said. The only requirement is that students must meet the co-curricular requirements, she said. These requirements include that students must be a full-time student, 12 hours of on-campus course work for undergraduates and six hours for graduate students, a 2.25 or higher grade-point average, and not be on academic probation, according to the UA student handbook. ASG is partnered with AmeriCorps which has established a tornado relief center in Joplin. “Most of the work we will be do-
ing is inventorying, because they have had tons of donations. We will just be inventorying and distributing those goods,” Weiderhaft said. AmeriCorps works with organizations of all sizes to put AmeriCorps members and volunteers to work in improving their communities, according to the website. Palmer is amazed by the volunteers who come to Joplin, she said. “There were people from everywhere, and they would just show up. If I didn’t have something for that group to do, I would put some in my car and take them where I know there was someone that needed assistance,” Palmer said. During the last ASG Senate meeting, the senate agreed to pay the budgeted $915 for the trip. This
will cover the bus and gas to get there, snacks and drinks, and insurance. In the total, $760 will come from the Senate allocation budget and the other $155 will come from service outreach, which is a part of the ASG executive board. “It’s not thinking about yourself. It’s thinking about families who lost family members,” Palmer said of the storm, which ranked highest on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Two blocks from here, two children died during the storm. I am just happy I can watch my grandchildren play, she said. Her home should be finished by January. “Rebuild isn’t hard. I get to come back,” Palmer said.
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New Sustainability RSO With High Standards, Attainable Goals
Student Sustainability Council started this summer to make a change on campus.
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Master Plan Unveiled
Arkansas announced its facilities master plan Tuesday, a series of renovations and new facilities that will cost up to $327.95 million.
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So Far, So Boring in ASG Senate Meetings
Though active, the Associated Student Government Senate members have avoided legislation that takes on bigger campus issues.
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Residents of Joplin, Mo. spread positive messages throughout the community just four days after the disaster.
UA Officials Lead the Way for Greener Goals
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The UA has several buildings registered with the U.S. Green Building Council and are pursuing more greenbuildings, a facilities management official said. The Nanoscale Material Science and Engineering Building, the Jean Tyson Child Development Center, the new football center, Vol Walker Hall, Davis Hall, Peabody Hall and Ozark Hall all are seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, campus planner Jill Anthes said. The UA is seeking LEED certification to ensure a wise and responsible stewardship of state money, promote informed decision-making by evaluating life-cycle and operating costs against first costs in construction, provide a healthy and comfortable environment for students and faculty/staff to promote learning and productivity, minimize maintenance and operating costs of our facilities and grounds and to reduce waste, Anthes said.
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NWA Homeless Rate Jumps Dramatically by BRITTANY NIMS
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On any given night in Benton and Washington counties, it is estimated that more than 2,000 adults and youth are homeless, a 36 percent increase between 2009 and 2011, according to results from the 2011 Northwest Arkansas Homeless census. Of those 2,000, “an overwhelming majority,” nearly 75 percent, were experiencing homelessness for the first time. The faces of the homeless have changed and so have their needs, said Kevin Fitzpatrick, UA sociology professor and director of the Community and Family Institute. CFI sponsors the homeless point-in-time census and conducts research to “promote a better understanding of community and family issues,” according to its website. “Often times about 20 to 25 percent of America’s homeless population is chronic,” Fitzpatrick said. “They’re the folks who’ve been on the streets for a long period of time. “That’s a different part of the population as opposed to this newer homeless.” The economic crisis pushed many who were on the brink of homelessness, Fitzpatrick said.
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“These people who are homeless and who are becoming homeless in this country today, in the 21st century, they are like you and me,” he said. “In this country, that circumstance seems like it shouldn’t be. “Their needs are not the typical ones,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think their needs are more of the immediate, ‘I need to get a job that can get me back into my house.’” More than 65 percent of today’s homeless in Northwest Arkansas are younger than 18, according to the survey. “It is not easy being homeless,” said 18-year-old Michael Buckner, who has been homeless for a few months now. “It’s hard, especially at such a young age, like me.” Today’s perception of homelessness is outdated, said Major Tim Williford, NWA area commander for the Salvation Army. “It could be you next. There is that old perception of people who are homeless that they are lazy, they don’t want to work, that there’s something wrong with them or that they’re drug addicts or mentally ill,” he said.
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BRIEFLY SPEAKING: Wednesday, Oct. 19 Study Abroad Options in Japan Info Session Learn about the summer, semester and year long options available to students who want to study abroad in Japan. The session will be held in JBHT 146 from 3:30 p.m. to 4: 30 p.m.
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History of Science Society Lecture Darwin’s Invention and Darwin’s Error: The Story of Pangenesis and what it tells us about the Nature of Science Lecture by Bill McComas, Parks Family professor of science education. This illustrated talk will provide insights into the nature of science by exploring Charles Darwin’s problems with his theory of evolution by natural selection and his proposed solution. It will take place in Old Main, room 323 from 7p.m. to 8 p.m.
This December, UA graduates of the summer and fall 2011 semesters can take part in the university’s first fall commencement in 40 years. The decision to bring back the fall ceremony was a combination of student interest and logistics, said John Diamond, associate vice chancellor for University Relations. “It’s a simple matter of logistics,” he said. “Our student body has grown and our graduating classes have grown.” Between 2010 and 2011, the number of UA degrees awarded increased by more than 400, according to the UA Office of Institutional Research. Between 2005 and 2011, the number of degrees awarded increased by more than 940. Adding a fall commencement will benefit graduates of summer and fall semesters, Diamond said. “Students will have the opportunity to graduate instead of hanging around or coming back in May,” he said. The fall commencement,
Nikki Giovanni Lecture Distinguished Lectures Committee & The Graduate School presents Nikki Giovanni, one of the most widely-read American poets at 7:00 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, October 21 WOW Breathe Women's Conference St. James Baptist Missionary Baptist Church Women of Worship Breathe Women's Conference Friday Oct. 21 - Saturday Oct. 22nd at 764 W. North Street Fayetteville, AR 72701.
Entomology Guest Seminar Series The Department of Entomology will host a special guest seminar. David Denlinger from Ohio State University will present: "Antarctica and its insect." The seminar is at 11:30 AM in Agriculture 332. Interested parties are invited to attend.
Department of Economics Seminar Series Devashish Mitra will present "Trade Liberalization and Labor’s Slice of the Pie: Evidence from Indian Firms" in the Department of Economics Research Seminar Series from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., in Willard J. Walker Hall 427. Mitra is a faculty member at Syracuse University. His research interests are International Trade, Political Economy and Development Economics.
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“What we’ve found in the last few years is that there are more and more middle-class folks,” he said. “A lot of people who used to be our donors are now our clients.” This new generation of homeless, Fitzpatrick said, is not used to seeking out help. “This is also a population, I think, that maybe isn’t used to asking. They’re maybe not used to looking, and they’re maybe not used to going to these places that provide those services.
This presentation will cover recent results of simulation, fabrication and measurement of thin-film interconnects and radiating elements fabricated in a CMOS process. Transmission line performance and antenna return loss data will be presented for frequencies up to 110 GHz. Two methods to integrate a broadband bowtie antenna will be presented with simulation results and the assembly strategy. Rashaunda M. Henderson is an Assistant Professor in electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas. Since Fall 2007, she has been researching novel passive components and integration techniques for millimeter-wave circuits and systems. The lecture will be in Bell Engineering 11098 E, from 3:30 p.m. to 5p.m.
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unlike the spring ceremony, will combine graduates from all UA colleges, Diamond said. “Everybody will go through commencement in December in the same facility at the same time,” he said. This commencement ceremony will be “a true, all-university commencement,” said Dave Dawson, UA registrar. “It’ll be different,” he said. “It will be the first time people here have done an all-university commencement.” In the spring, there are a total of eight graduation ceremonies, Dawson said. Despite some changes, students looking forward to the additional graduation, he said. “There’s been a lot of excitement among students,” Dawson said. Many students can graduate on time because of the fall ceremony, said Xong Lor, senior sociology major. “December commencement allows me to graduate on time,” she said. “I could have walked in the spring, but I didn't want to walk knowing that I would have to come back for another semester.”
“The new need is an understanding of what’s available,” he said. Northwest Arkansas’ homeless rate is still under the national average, according to the census report, but some services offered in this area lag behind, Fitzpatrick said. “I think that we aren’t doing a really great job of meeting the medical and dental needs of homeless and lowincome people in Northwest Arkansas. We have to change that somehow.” General health and wellbeing is critical to getting people off the streets, he said.
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from page 1 To obtain certification “a project must earn points by demonstrating compliance with specific design, construction and operating procedures and targets,” according to the information sheet provided by Anthes. Pursuing LEED certification has market advantages. “People want to work in a healthy building,” she said. The UA leads the way in this as the flagship university in the state of Arkansas, Anthes said. The UA also has an obligation to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, she said. “We, the undersigned presidents and chancellors of colleges and universities, are deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of global warming and its potential for largescale, adverse health, social, economic and ecological effects. We recognize the scientific consensus that global warming is real and is largely being caused by humans,” according to the site’s commitment statement. One student has mixed feelings about LEED certification and going green. “I think [going green] is a great thing to try and do, but I definitely think you should weigh the pros and cons,” Carmen Krein, sophomore prenursing major said. While she considers going green a good thing to do, going to class in greener buildings is not a high priority for Krein. Attending class in a greener building is “honestly, not really” important, Krein said. “It seems like more of a hassle [to make buildings green],” she said.
Animal Shelter Employees Release Cookbook for Fundraiser by MANDY MCCLENDON Staff Writer
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Fayetteville Animal Clinic volunteer, Chris Heinen, walks a dog through the shelter’s dog kennel.
The Fayetteville animal shelter has published a cookbook that will benefit homeless pets that currently live at the shelter. The cookbook, a first-ever from the shelter, is titled Doggone Purrrfect Recipes. The cookbook boasts over 400 recipes for both humans and pets, from meals for the family to treats for the family dog. All recipes are submitted by both regional and Northwest Arkansas residents, as well as surrounding areas. Local residents were more than willing to contribute to the cookbook, said Shannon Rankin, animal shelter employee. “Most of the recipes were delivered by hand. We got a few by email and a few by mail, but the response was great. The proceeds will go into our general funds, and we have had a good response to it so far. We sold 21 of them in the last week,” Rankin said. UA students are responding positively to the cookbook as well. Many students volunteer at the shelter, and find that it’s a good way to bring more publicity to the work the shelter does. Michael Stevens, a junior finance major, is a regular volunteer at the animal shelter, and thinks the cookbook will be a great way to raise money for the animals, he said.
“It’s so difficult to see so many animals that go uncared for. The animal shelter does such a great thing by taking them in, and I know the proceeds from the cookbook will only go to great things. It will definitely benefit the animals and the shelter itself,” Stevens said. The cookbook does not only feature tasty recipes, it also includes photos and stories of different pets, most of which were adopted from the shelter. This way, those who purchase it know the animals they are benefiting. Hallie Lane, a junior child development major, also volunteers at the shelter and works with animals first hand. She thinks the cookbook will not only be an excellent addition to the kitchen, but also a great way to raise awareness for animals, Lane said. “My friends and I love to cook and we love animals, so it’s a perfect combination. Working with the animals really shows me how important it is to raise money for them, and how important the work that the shelter does truly is,” Lane said. The shelter anticipates high demand for the cookbook, specifically as a holiday gift. They are $20 apiece, and may be purchased at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter at 1640 S. Armstrong Ave, or at the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings.
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FROM THE BOARD Thanks For The Fall Break A week ago we were hunched at our desks or crowded around tables in Mullins Library trying to finish a paper, cramming for midterms and designing the Thursday edition of the The Traveler. Though it’s a week later and we’re still stressed, we appreciate the two extra days out of school. This was the first year the UA administration added a Fall Break to the calendar. Whether you stayed home or went on a road trip we hope that you put the two days to good use. Fall Break should also sound a warning bell for students though. We’re a little more than a month from Thanksgiving, and more importantly finals. If you’ve had problems adjusting to the school year, it’s time to settle in and do what you can to make up can for the first half of the semester. With that said there are still some fun things coming in the semester— academic stress or not. (Or if you had difficulty getting up and coming back to classes, Thanksgiving Break will be here before you know it.)
ASG Going To Joplin Associated Student Government members voted last Tuesday to help fund a trip to Joplin to allow students to volunteer. As we’re sure everyone remembers, Joplin was hit by an EF5 tornado on May 22. The tornado killed more than 160 people and caused more than $2 billion in damage. In our desensitized society, where we hear about war, death and destruction constantly, it is sadly all to easy to forget about a tragic event even when it’s close to the UA. That’s why we’re glad that ASG members are putting the spotlight back on Joplin and the good work students can do there. Perhaps the only negative thing about the trip is that it could have been sooner. (For everyone not familiar with the situation, ASG members were supposed to take a trip to Joplin during the summer.) Better late than never though.
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NWA Freedom Fair A week after the “Occupy” protests around, and on, Dickson Street, the Northwest Arkansas Citizens for Better Government are having a “Freedom Fair” Saturday. Our feelings on the Tea Party aside, we’re glad to see an increase in activism around Fayetteville. We hope it will translate into an active, interesting election season both locally and nationally.
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Traveler Birthday Issue Be sure to pick up a copy of the Traveler weekender edition Thursday. To celebrate the Traveler’s 106th birthday, the staff has spent the last few weeks putting together a vintage issue. We’ll also be out at the corner in front of Starbucks handing out papers, so stop by and celebrate with us.
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One of our first “From the Board”’ this year was about how we hoped to see less bickering from the Associated Student Government Senate meetings this year. (Our sentiment was echoed last week by ASG Advisor Rudy Trejo.) Perhaps we spoke too soon. I should say that boring isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It isn’t, so far, like the Fall 2010 semester where there was a month in ASG Senate where no legislation was introduced or voted on. It’s just that the legislation that has been introduced has been, well, bland. The majority of the legislation has been re-
lated to spending and not contentious. (The legislation that got the most debate— and it’s only on first reading—is a bill that would help fund a 9/11 memorial flagpole on campus. Despite the debate though, I’ll be surprised if it fails perhaps for no other reason than no one wants to read about how ASG members refused to help financially support a UA 9/11 memorial. It’s a story that spins itself.) As we mentioned before, it isn’t that I want to go to Tuesday’s ASG Senate meeting and see the senators scream at each other, or have someone get so worked up that they take a page out of Preston Brook’s book. But where is the spirited, serious debate in ASG Senate? Where is the legislation that asks ASG senators to take on the bigger issues? Last year they had legislation about Chris Anderson, gender blind housing, an alcohol amnesty policy, etc and still helped fund various initiatives like legislation this year has. With the space crunch caused by there being more students on campus than the UA can
comfortably handle, there are a multitude of issues that ASG members could throw their support— or vote not to throw their support— behind. ASG Senate, and ASG as a whole, should be easiest way for UA administrators to find out what students support, what concerns them, etc. It should be a forum where all students can bring ideas and frustrations to the senators that are supposed to represent them. Yes, it’s true, that on a lot of bigger issues ASG senate members can only pass resolutions. But these resolutions can be a way for ASG senators to define what they believe, what are their ideas for moving the UA forward and start a conversation with administrators and fellow students. (That doesn’t mean that ASG always reaches that goal, but I’m feeling idealistic, and truthfully it’s what its members should always be striving for.) I don’t know why legislation about these bigger issues hasn’t been introduced yet. I hope it isn’t because senators are so afraid of their legislation failing that they don’t want to take
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a chance by bringing it before the ASG Senate. I don’t know if it’s because ASG members aren’t yet comfortable with writing legislation. If that is the case, senators should approach ASG executives or ASG senators with more experience. Not to mention, if you decide after the fact you can always amend legislation. (There’s an argument to be made that we should elect senators during the spring elections so that by the time ASG meetings come around in September they’re comfortable with parliamentarian procedure and writing legislation, but we’ll save that for another column.) Either way, let me reiterate, boring isn’t bad, but ASG members should be willing to reach for more.
More than 60 percent of Americans said they didn’t know enough about the “Occupy” protests to have an opinion, according to a recent Gallup poll. Speaker John Boehner has a 27 percent job approval rating. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain may have violated the Federal Election Commission rules by using campaign money to promote his book, according to the Washington Post. At least 25 more people were killed in Syria by the police Monday, according to the New York Times. Rush Limbaugh recently gave a speech Iranian leaders are accusing the in which he supported the Lord’s Resistance U.S. Its Government of Cony, fabricating Army. leader, Joseph has beenaninallegedbyassassination plot Criminal on the Saudi dicted the International Court ambassador distract Americans from for crimes against humanity. domestic problems.
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Baba Boudan’s: Where Everyone Knows Your Name
Birch Lancaster, son of Jennifer Summers and Stan Lancaster, practices the guitar in the cafe of Baba Boudan’s.
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Baba Boudan’s opens at 7 a.m., and at 7:05 on a recent Tuesday the first cars were lined up in the driveway. The eastern horizon glowed directly across the street from the coffee shop, and only the sound of traffic broke the silence of the sunrise. Inside, Jennifer Summers worked with her employee Brad Haj, taking orders. The coffee grinder whirred to life, chainsawlike. A little girl walked in, yawning: Martha, 10, looked like she owned the place. “Good morning, ma’am,” Summers greeted her with mock formality. “Good morning.” She grabbed a bagel, and in her rainbow socks operated the toaster with precision. “Cream cheese, please!” Martha called to the ordering bay. Haj slid a small tub across the counter to her, along with a child-
sized cup of hot chocolate. At the very moment the bagel emerged from the toaster Martha was out of her chair and had it on two plates, with one half for her and another half for her father, David Arambel. They are regulars – as a matter of fact, they breakfast there every day – and frequent Baba Boudan’s because it is a place in which they feel at home. As they munched on their breakfast, Summers was back at work filling a carafe of tea. Summers is one half of the ownership team at Baba Boudan’s. She has cropped brown hair and smiles often, usually accompanied by a witty remark. Her husband, Stan Lancaster, recognizable by his moustache and signature newsboy hats, comprises the other half; they bought Baba Boudan’s in 1999 as an escape from workplace tedium, and as a place to raise their family. Lancaster, a Fayetteville native, was traveling often in his job as a therapist, and was teetering on the edge of career burnout when he heard that his
favorite coffee shop was for sale. “[Baba Boudan’s] reminded me of my parents’ grocery store when I was young,” Lancaster said. “That had given me a whole lot of beneficial experiences, working in a neighborhood grocery store… it taught me how to look people in the eye, speak directly to them, speak to everybody in a common, respectful manner.” Their two sons, Aidan, 22, and Birch, 17, have each taken turns working at the shop since their family took ownership. Aiden often looks to Baba Boudan’s as a place of solace and inspiration in which to work on his thesis, and undergraduate project of creative nonfiction, often based on local stories picked up from the regulars around the coffee shop. “Birch was four years old when we bought the place,” Summers said, “so it became truly a family business then. Now, he will come here, practice his guitar here, do his homework here, and it just became sort of an extension of our living room out here.”
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Not all employees at Baba Boudan’s are family members, but some do, in fact, become like family, Lancaster explained. “We wind up in a kind of neoparental relationship with a lot of our help. Being a family business, they wind up being treated like family somewhat, and then we find out how they treat their family.”
The 8 a.m. sun was high enough to peer through the window. Light filtered through the bottles of flavored syrups that line the east wall – flavors like banana, pomegranate, caramel, praline, orange and Granny Smith apple. Every shade of sweet caught on the tabletops and freckled the floor. The shop looked like the inside of a jewelry box. Roger Henry is another regular. He rode his scooter to the coffee shop in the morning chill, and his hands were cold despite his gloves. He wrapped his fingers around a tiny cup of his drink of choice, an espresso con panna. “Espresso is a manly drink.” He chuckled. In describing the patrons of Baba Boudan’s, he said: “They’re rude and crude and socially unacceptable. Three of us were in here yesterday morning that all graduated in 1969. That oughta tell you something. We’re old; 60-year-old coffee drinkers!” Summers welcomed another regular, Jimmy White, and inquired about his son. “How’s Steven?” White recounted his son’s recent motorcycle accident and pulled out his phone to share gory pictures. Steven was, apparently, just fine, and escaped with little more than a scrape across his knee and a dime-size hole in his jeans. Summers asked White – her “handyman” – if he’d take a look at her blender blade assembly. He sipped his coffee and read the instruction manual, and she added ten dollars to his tab as payment.
“I wanted something that had the atmosphere of a small-town family business.” - Stan Lancaster, co-owner of Baba Boudan As more customers arrived for their morning fix, Summers’s greetings and comments displayed an intimacy that suggested the familial bond extended beyond the employees. She knew everyone’s quirks, their regular orders, their preference for sweeteners, their recent adventures. It is that kind of coffee shop – where everyone knows your name, what you do, and what you’re made of.
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Summers is very proud of the coffee shop’s old-fashioned tab system. It’s something that “probably other coffee shops don’t do,” and is a practice that has been around since the shop’s inception, before she and Lancaster took ownership. A file box full of index cards is tucked away behind the counter, with handwritten columns of addition and subtraction documenting more than 12 years
of coffee sales. “I wanted something that had the atmosphere of a small-town family business,” Lancaster said. “We’re anachronistic.” “There’s no grand plan,” Summers answered, “it just is who we are. I wouldn’t know how else to do it – I’ve got to put my stamp on it.” Individuality is an important quality of Baba Boudan’s, and is summed up nicely by a bumper sticker tacked to the top of the counter: “Friends don’t let friends drink Starbucks.” “We call it ‘Charbucks’,” Summers quipped. She and Lancaster agree that such large companies like Starbucks have a difficult time controlling their product, and thus must sacrifice personality and instead settle for mediocrity in the name of consistency. If there’s one thing Baba Boudan’s is not, it’s mediocre. Case in point: the rate at which Baba Boudan’s employees make a beverage is in no way comparable to that of Starbucks, or any other major coffee chain. They don’t just combine ingredients – they craft edible art. Haj, a tiny grate in hand, carefully shaved a dusting of nutmeg onto a dollop of whipped cream, the finishing touch to an espresso creation. Everything is given a personal touch, a kiss of creativity, from the Mocha Mexicana with organic Vietnamese cinnamon to the miniature brownies topped with chocolate ganache, baked by Summers. She also is in charge of roasting the coffee in the back of the shop. The red enamel drum roaster emitted a warm, almost savory aroma, and Summers described it as somewhat like an industrial popcorn popper. Baba Boudan’s roasts only Arabica beans because, although most Americans drink Robusto beans (the cheaper, higher caffeinated variety), the Arabicas are the most flavorful. The beans begin as green, dry little kernels, similar to lentils, until, after about 12 minutes in the roaster, they emerge, fragrant and
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A new RSO on campus, the Student Sustainability Council, has hit the ground running with big dreams of change for both the UA and the world. The SSC was formed this summer by Jordan Schanda, and so far has garnered a large amount of interest from those interested in sustainability. "We've had a few meetings. We've had really good turnout too, for a brand new RSO," said Andrea Love, member and co-chair of the awareness committee. Schanda formed the organization with the idea of giving students who are passionate about sustainability a voice and a means to make change on campus. It is essentially a student-led version of the Office of Campus Sustainability, which is a group of faculty members who get together and suggest sustainable policy to the Chancellor. "The Office for Campus Sustainability is working really hard to promote sustainable practices within the university, but a lot of the administration isn't very receptive because they feel there isn't student support. So our job is to show that there is student support for this and to educate students about what is going on sustainability-wise
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on campus," said Breana Patterson, treasurer of the SSC. The main goal of the SSC right now is to add a student sustainability fee that would be added alongside other student fees, such as the student health fee, Patterson said. "It would be maybe 50 cents per credit hour - still cheap for every student," Patterson said. "That would add up to about $250,000." The main difficulty in this endeavor is turning the dream
into a reality. "We're trying to get as much student support as possible by getting students to sign a petition that says, 'Yes, we support paying this much.' We're planning to present it to ASG and the Chancellor," Patterson said. Additionally, Patterson said that monetary support from students may lead the UA administration to give part of the official budget to sustainability. This would allow the
sustainability movement on campus to make some real changes on campus. Some of the long-term goals of the organization include acquiring composting facilities and better recycling facilities to reduce waste. Another goal is to create a revolving fund for green building renovation on campus, using the money saved in energy bills
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Textbooks—they’re expensive and they’re heavy. But with the advent of tablets like the Nook, Kindle, iPad and others, textbooks could start being cheaper and easier to carry around campus. The average UA student spent about $600 on textbooks this fall, according to the registrar’s office. That means freshmen can expect to pay about $4,800 for textbooks before graduating if
they graduate in four years and textbook prices stay the same. Liz Hall, a senior English major, bought one of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers, which range in price from $79 to $199, at the beginning of the semester. She said that it has already paid for itself with the money she has saved on books. She was able to download books by James Fenimore Cooper
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FEATURES TABLETS from page 5 and Mark Twain for free. And many of her other required books were cheaper digitally than they would have been if she had bought physical copies of them. Tablets vary in price depending on the brand and model, but typically cost between $75 and $850. If a freshman were to buy a tablet for $500 and only save $200 a semester by buying digital versions of books, he or she would save more than $1,100 over four years. It makes sense for students to purchase tablets their freshman year, said Patsy Watkins, UA journalism professor. “Especially if the books are cheaper,” she said. Henry Turner, UA geology instructor, said he thinks digital textbooks and tablets could be beneficial for his students outside of the classroom. “I can't really think of any problems I would have with students using digital textbooks rather than traditional ones outside of the classroom, provided they are able
SUSTAINABILITY from page 5 to fund renovations for new buildings. "A friend of mine started a revolving fund at his college, Macalester, and it worked really well," Love said. "It would be great to start something like that here — something that we know can work." While the money hasn't yet made its way into the hands of the SSC, they have found many ways to promote environmental issues without it. "Another big part of our mission is to just increase awareness of environmental issues on campus and to be an informative presence," Patterson said.
to access the same figures and illustrations—they may even be better if, for example, some illustrations were enhanced with animations or video,” he said. “Students might also be more likely to have their textbooks with them more often if they were all on a small tablet rather than filling a heavy backpack. Anything that makes the material easier to access or less expensive, I would generally consider a good thing,” Turner said. In addition to being light-
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011 she said. “Both of those things are critical for me as a reader.” Another problem with tablets replacing physical textbooks: many textbooks are simply unavailable in digital format. Watkins said she used a digital textbook for a class she taught last year, but there is no digital version of the textbook she uses in her Media ethics class this semester. And while Hall likes using her Kindle for some classes, she doesn’t really like using
“Students might be more likely to have their textbooks with them more often if they were all on a small tablet rather than filling a heavy backpack” - Henry Turner, geology instructor
er — and potentially cheaper in the long run — than traditional textbooks, some tablets can be used for note taking. But taking notes with a tablet, especially taking notes in a digital textbook, isn’t quite as easy as taking a pen or pencil and simply marking a section in a physical book, said Susan Marren, an English professor at the UA. “Also it's not easy to flip back and forth in the text,”
it for her Shakespeare class because in that class her professor references the text by line number. The digital version of Shakespeare’s work that Hall has on her Kindle doesn’t show line numbers. Another problem students and professors have encountered when using tablets in classrooms is that pages are not standardized across formats. For example, the text that shows up on page 24 of
One of the ways they plan to do it is by setting up a table in front of the Union every week at lunchtime. "We'll have resources, like where to take your recycling in Fayetteville, and information about hydrofracking, and facts about climate change and energy reduction, how
as Beyond the Bottle, which will raise awareness about the excessive use and waste of water bottles on campus. The group plans on creating a visual representation of the number of water bottles thrown away - numbering in the thousands daily - somewhere on campus.
“Another big part of our mission is to just increase awareness of environmental issues on campus.” - Breana Patterson, treasurer of SSC to make your own cleaning products from natural materials, a lot of useful information," Love said. Another major project the SSC is working on is known
On November 10, in a tobe-determined location, the SSC will show the movie Gasland, which details the devastating effects of fracking.
a physical version of a book may not be the same as the text that shows up on page 24 of a digital version of the book on a Nook, Kindle or other tablet. But as tablets get more sophisticated, some of these problems with tablets may go away, Marren said. “The technology will get better,” she said. “So my husband, a nerdy gadget guy, assures me.” But some people simply prefer reading and note taking the old fashioned way: Turner said that while tablets could be great educational tools outside the classes that he teaches, in his large geology lectures, tablets could actually be more of a distraction for students than anything else. “I generally feel that in a large lecture class, the best way for a student to absorb the material is to listen to what the instructor is saying, pay careful attention to illustrations, ask questions and take notes,” he said. “I still believe hand-written notes are probably one of the best ways to absorb the material.”
"Fracking is a huge issue that affects us right here in Arkansas and all over the country, all over the world, and very few people know what it is or understand the complexities of how risky it is," Love said. Fracking, which is a way to extract petroleum and natural gas from the earth by fracturing rocks deep underground with pressurized water, is a very recent and very controversial issue, and one that environmentalists wish to stop. The SSC meets on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Students wishing to get involved should look at the SSC's Facebook page, visit their website at uassc.wordpress.com, or email ssc@uark.edu.
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BABA BOUDAN’S from page 5 the color of dark chocolate. By almost 9 a.m., most of the early birds have flown off to their daily duties. Summers has not stopped moving since the shop has opened. Multi-tasking is her forte: processing an order, leafing through financial records, scooping fresh scones onto a cooling rack and moving in what seems to be perpetual motion. For this reason, her drink of choice is an iced Americano – an espresso with water over ice. “I get a sip here and a sip there. It’s going to get cold anyway, so I might as well ice it,” she said. And yet, she never lets an opportunity to greet a customer pass. Although Summers and Lancaster are often at the shop at the same time – stocking the pantry or just grabbing a cup of coffee on the way to do some errands – they rarely work together. Instead, Summers takes the mornings while Lancaster manages the afternoons. “I wanted to stay married, so I couldn’t work with him,” Summers said. She leaned in to whisper, “One thing he said to me, he said, ‘You act like I’m always supposed to be doing something.’” She let loose a big laugh.
“What can you say to that? I do all the baking and the paperwork in the morning and I have to work that in amongst the customers, and you know there are more customers in the morning that there are in the afternoon, so he’s got it pretty easy. I told him it’s a good thing his butt is so cute.” Summers laughed again, this time loud enough to draw Lancaster from the supply closet. She looked at him conspiratorially and shooed him away. Though they may only describe Baba Boudan’s as a Mom and Pop shop because it is divided into two distinct regimes – “the mama version in the morning and the papa version in the afternoon,” Summers said – they aren’t the only ones that feel this way. John Gray, the former mayor of Greenland and a loyal patron, agrees that Baba Boudan’s is, quite literally, a mom and pop shop. “I’m the type of person that will spend twice as much to buy things from anywhere except Walmart. I would come here even if the coffee wasn’t good – but it is!” he said. “But to see a small business making it always brings my heart joy.” By noon it was time for Summers to head home and hand the operation over to Lancaster. She gathered her things and gave him a kiss – and it was obvious that their shop brought joy to more than one heart.
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ter, Long said. The practice facility will cost between $20-25 million and will bring the program up to speed with the rest of the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas is currently the only school in the SEC, including new member Texas A&M, without a separate practice facility. “I’ve spent a great deal of time over at least the last two years expressing the need we have for this facility,” Long said. “We are in need of this facility and we hope that we can move forward with
This year’s World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers is going to be as competitive as ever. This puts the University of Arkansas in an awkward situation. It’s unavoidable. Many of the people who attend the You of A are from Texas. As any good Texan, they are unabashedly proud about all things Texas. This will explain the inordinate amount of Josh Hamilton t-shirt jerseys wandering around campus at any given time. As a lifelong Arkansan, I would have to consider Arkansas to be Cardinal Country. The games come in on the radio, Cardinals flags fly from homes and cars, and a statue of Albert Pujols resides in Eureka Springs looking out over all of the Natural State. OK, maybe that last one isn’t quite true, but you get my point. Because Arkansas doesn’t have a professional sports team, many of the people’s allegiances lie with teams that are closer in region to them or if they are just jumping on the bandwagon because they are good. This explains why both the Cardinals and Rangers are popular in this region. Every day during the summer you can catch a Ranger or Cardinal game on TV, go to any sports bar in Fayetteville and chances are you will a Cardinals flag on the wall or a Rangers
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Arkansas will bowl in Reynolds Razorback Stadium by adding 5,000 seats in the north end zone. The entire project is estimated to cost more than $300 million and span over the next 30 years.
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by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
Arkansas announced its athletic facilities master plan Tuesday, a series of renovation and expansion projected to cost up to $327.95 million. The highlights of the plan include a basketball practice facility, an athletic academic and dining facility, expansion to Reynolds Razorback Stadium and the Football Operations Center – a facility the University will break ground for on Nov. 4. “We have an obligation to plan for the future and the Athletic Facilities Master Plan enables
us to move forward in the best interests of meeting the needs of our student-athletes, coaches, donors and fans,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long said. “The plan is an ambitious wish list to address facility needs for all 19 of our sports over the next five, 15 and 30 years. “It is the next step to build our program and maintain competitiveness in the Southeastern Conference and nationally.” The plan outlined long-term improvements to existing facilities or new facilities for each of the 19 sports. There is no timetable for completion of the plan or any of the included steps, aside from the
Football Operations Center. The plan could take 20 to 30 years to finish, Long said. “We do not have a timeline, other than what we’ve done with our football center,” Long said. “The cost estimates are just that. They’re estimates based on square footages, based on ranges, based on similar facilities at our competitors.” If the plan was completed in 20 years, the athletic department would need to spend $16.3975 million per year on facilities upgrades. The department has spent an average of $18 million annually on upgrades and renovation the last 11 years. “Certainly as you look at the
overall total cost of the plan it is a significant investment of more than $320 million,” Long said. “However, when you put that within context over the long range of the plan, the financial commitment to our facilities is in line with what we have spent in the past 11 years. “We will employ the same approach we have traditionally to help pay for the projects, including utilizing major gifts, Razorback Foundation funds, revenues from ticket sales and SEC revenue distribution.” The basketball practice facility and the academic and dining center have top priority after completion of the operations cen-
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Scott Shines in Scrimmage by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
Arkansas sophomore Rickey Scott stole the show in primetime. Scott scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists, all game-highs, in just 14 minutes, leading the Red team to a 44-37 win over the White squad at “Primetime at the Palace”, the event held Friday to tip-off basketball practice. The 6-foot-3, 202-pound guard was the Razorbacks’ most productive player, outdoing the highly-touted freshman class and junior forward Marshawn Powell in the 20-minute, runningclock exhibition game. “I love to get up and down the floor,” Scott said. “I think I can contribute rebounding, getting to the hole. My jump shot is coming along.” Scott averaged just 3.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game last season, struggling to overcome leg injuries. “I surprised myself,” Scott said. “I felt good. I had a little treatment on my ankle, so it was good.” The exhibition was Hog fans’ first look at new coach Mike Anderson’s first team. “I think we did good,” Scott said. “I think we’re just going to surprise people some more. We didn’t really show them everything.
(Anderson) didn’t really do too much.” Freshman assertive for Razorbacks Arkansas’ four freshmen – the Red team duo of forward Hunter Mickelson and
Rickey Scott guard BJ Young, the White team duo of guard Rashad Madden and forward Devonta Abron – combined for 39 of the 81 points scored. The quartet comprised a consensus top-10 2012 recruiting class, ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation by Scout.com. “I was a little bit nervous, just to come out there for the first time, to see everybody showing support and everything,” Mickelson said. “It was different for me. It was a new experience, but I was grateful for everybody being out there and I loved every second of it.” Mickelson scored 12 points and had six rebounds, showcasing a variety of
offensive skills. He made 5 of 7 from the field, including his only 3-point attempt. Young scored 10 points on 5 of 7 shooting, while pushing the pace and penetrating into the lane nearly at will, much to the delight of the estimated 5,000 fans in attendance at Bud Walton Arena. “It was a great atmosphere,” Young said. “I had a lot of fun and my teammates had a lot of fun. I’m just happy to give the fans a little show, a little glimpse of the Razorbacks before we get into the real games. I didn’t expect that many people to be there. There was a lot of people and that kind of shocked me just for a practice game.” Madden scored a teamhigh 11 points, while Abron finished with six points and three rebounds. High-flying Hogs Young won the slam dunk contest prior the exhibition game, besting sophomore walk-on Davion Spivey, the nephew of former Razorback and current director of student-athlete development Scotty Thurman. Young won the event judged by former Razorbacks Corey Beck, Clyde Fletcher and Isaiah Morris, Hogs football running back Knile Davis and a UA student.
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True freshman guard BJ Young dunks over a UA student manager to win the slam dunk contest at the Razorbacks’ “Primetime at the Palace” event Friday. Spivey had the most impressive dunk of the first two rounds, catching the ball in mid-air after lobbing it off the backboard and finishing with a 360 slam. Young won the contest in the finals when he jumped over a student manager and finished with an authoratitve tomahawk slam.
“We practiced that a couple days earlier,” Young said. “I was saving that for the finale. I thought I had two final dunks, but it only ended up being one. So I had to bring him out a little earlier than I planned.” Madden and Abron also participated in the competition, but were
eliminated prior to the finals. Madden had a tough two rounds, making just 1 of 12 attempts. “He can do some nice stuff, though,” Scott said. “You all didn’t see him do it yesterday. He was practicing. I thought he was going to get it today. He was my pick. He and BJ.”
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Arkansas Volleyball Prepares for Second Half
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Arkansas volleyball is coming off another split weekend. The team beat Auburn in four sets Friday but lost to Georgia after falling short in a five-set match Sunday. “50/50. Average,” coach Robert Pulliza said. “We did some really good things against Auburn, came out with a win. I thought preparation was good, our energy was good throughout. And then on Sunday, Georgia came in. They did some really, really good things. We were just inconsistent and it caught up to us in that fifth set.” The weekend gave the Razorbacks an overall record of 12-8 and a Southeastern Conference record of 4-5. They are now in 3rd place in the SEC West. “Bottom line if you want to be consistent a full weekend you have to be consistent in practice throughout the week and that’s something that I think every team in the country is looking for that and it’s not very easy to find,” Pulliza said. “That’s why there’s an NCAA tournament and the teams that can find that throughout the year end up in that NCAA tournament, and there’s only 64 of them.” Arkansas is ranked 75th on the NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI. This puts them out nine spots from making their first postseason appearance since 2006. Arkansas opponent for its Oct. 26 nationally televised matched on ESPNU, LSU, ranks four spots ahead at number 71. “We’re on the cusp right now,” Pulliza said. “Obviously we wanted to be higher, but we
believe with the schedule we have left in front of us it can definitely put us in a position to be an NCAA tournament team.” The magic number to make the NCAA Tournament is eight. “If we win eight of the next eleven, we’ll certainly be on the table and talked about and that’s all you can ask for,” Pulliza said. “That’s what it takes. If you want to play in this league you have to be able to win matches in this league.” The Razorbacks are on a five-game home series and have three matches remaining in Fayetteville before their next road game. “Being at home certainly helps at this time of the year, when there’s a lot going on,” Pulliza said. The next two games come against opponents the Razorbacks have already seen this season, beginning with Ole Miss Friday. The Rebels have a 1-9 SEC record, with their one win being against Arkansas in a fiveset match winning 3-2 on Sept. 18. The team plays Alabama Sunday and beat the Crimson Tide on their home court in September 3-1. Coach Pulliza sees advantages as well as a disadvantage in playing two teams they’ve previously seen this year. “Well when you start that second round it’s kind of two tales,” Pulliza said. “It’s easier because you know opponents better, but it’s harder because they know you better. That’s just the reality of it. This second time around it really comes down to who can execute and who can work the hardest for a longest period of time.”
Arkansas’ soccer team (411, 2-6 SEC) is headed into the final three games of the season, starting with No.2 Florida in Fayetteville on Thursday. This past weekend, Arkansas traveled to both Alabama and Auburn, losing both matches 3-0. “It was a disappointing weekend,” coach Erin Aubry said. Senior forward and captain Kailey Anders was injured late in the Alabama game on Friday forcing her out of Sunday’s match against No. 22 Auburn. Anders hyper-extended her knee in a non-contact injury and has sustained some cartilage damage Aubry said. The goal for the weekend in Alabama was to change the scouting report that was out about the Razorbacks. “We really wanted to change the feeling that we are a first half team only,” Aubry said. “We reevaluated what we wanted our character
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Araknsas senior Kailey Anders hyper-entended her knee against Alabama over the weekend and is expected to miss the Razorbacks match against No. 2 Florida on Thursday. to be about. The effort was there, but in the end we weren’t very successful in changing that mentality.” Aubry said she was much happier with how her team played on Sunday against Auburn than she was with how
they played against Alabama. The injury to Anders definitely changed the style of play as the Razorbacks were left with just two starting forwards instead of the typical three. “We had an opportunity to
take some risks against Auburn,” Aubry said. “We wanted to jump start the team, give them something else to
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FOOTBALL
Childs Staying Positive by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer
Arkansas senior receiver Greg Childs hasn’t lived up to the preseason first-team All-SEC hype. The 6-foot-3, 217-pounder has just nine catches for 109 yards midway through the season, one year after being the Razorbacks’ go-to receiver prior to tearing his patella tendon. He hasn’t let his lowered catches and targets affect his attitude, though. “I’m just trying to go out with a big bang,” Childs said. “I want to win this season.” He ranks sixth on the team in catches this season, but has helped the Hogs’ offense in other ways, offensive coordinator Garrick McGee said. “He’s been blocking about as well as I’ve seen him block,” Mc-
Gee said. “We were worried going into the season that he was not going to be able to hold up blocking for us, but he’s done a much better job than we anticipated.” Childs had 659 yards and six touchdowns in eight games last year, establishing himself as Arkansas’ top receiving threat before his injury against Vanderbilt. “I got a lot of pride,” Childs said. “I’ve got a whole bunch of that. It really doesn’t sting me too much. I’m just trying to do what I can so we can win games.” Junior quarterback Tyler Wilson has spread the ball to receivers this season, while throwing for 1,779 yards and 12 touchdowns. Eight players have eight or more catches this season. “Tyler has been good mixing the ball around,” Childs said.
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Senior receiver Greg Childs has just nine catches for 109 yards and no touchdowns for the 5-1 Razorbacks.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011 from FACILITIES on page 8 this in the not-too-distant future.” The 70,000-85,000-squarefoot facility will include two practice courts, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a weight room, training facilities and coaches offices. “The addition of the basketball practice facility would give our student-athletes a place to really develop and refine their skill level,” men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson said in a statement. “Not only do we have one of the top arenas in the country, but with all the amenities of a practice facility, our student-athletes would have access to one of the best training facilities.” The facility will be built south of Bud Walton Arena, across Leroy Pond Road, but there is no timetable for beginning construction. “I would like to move forward as quickly as possible, but, again, funding is the biggest piece,” Long said. “If we had someone very interested in that project and they
from COMMENTARY on page 8 sign hanging in the window. These are two of the more popular teams in the area. No disrespect to the Kansas City Royals, but fans want to be entertained and there is no entertainment value whatsoever in the Royals or any Kansas City professional team for that matter. These teams are very popular in this area and this week you will see just how popular they really are, all you have to do is look out across campus. Campus is going to be split between Cardinals and Rangers fans. There are going to be Pujols jerseys and claw and antler tshirts in every hall and all over the union. Campus will be divided
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“They’re calling different plays and the defense can’t just key in on one guy because we’re so talented on the perimeter, so I think that’s good.” Fellow senior receiver Jarius Wright – also a Warren, Ark., native – is leading the Southeastern Conference with 554 yards and six touchdowns in just five games. “I think the quarterbacks and (offensive coordinator) Garrick McGee have done a great job of letting things happen,” Wright said. “All they can do is call the plays according to what coverage they give us and all the quarterback can do is
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stepped forward with a leadership gift, a significant gift, then we can put together funding to make that happen sooner rather than later. “If we decided today we wanted to do a basketball practice facility, we’d be going through a process more than a year of getting approval before you’d ever break ground.” Future expansion to Bud Walton Arena would provide suites and food courts behind both baskets, while expanding the concourse on the east, west and south sides of the arena. The renovation, along with the building of the practice facility, would allow for the University to better host non-athletic events, including concerts. “We certainly have the call from our University and our students to try to host more concerts and events in Bud Walton Arena,” Long said. “We’ve done a convergence study to allow us to widen the tunnels … to get three or four semis down for unloading and reloading after the event.” The academic and dining center will be built northwest of
Pomfret Hall, south of the HPER, replacing the Bogle Academic Center on the east side of Razorback Stadium. “The Bogle Academic Center, while trendsetting when it was built, we’ve simply outgrown it,” Long said. Down the line, renovation is slated to bowl in the north end zone of Razorback Stadium, while maintaining the Broyles Center. The new plans call for an additional 5,000 seats, indoor suites and the inclusion of field-level suites that would create an atmosphere reminiscent of Dallas’ Cowboys Stadium. “Maintaining the tradition of running through the ‘A’ was very important to us,” Long said. “We borrowed an idea from our friend Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. We will have the team dress (in the Broyles Center), the gameday locker room. As they come down to enter the field, they’d come down through a club area and a suite area, down through a suite area and onto the field, through the ‘A’.” “We think that we have some
fans that would be very interested and excited in that concept. Our student-athletes and coaches are excited about the concept as well.” One renovation that will take effect in the near future is an expansion to the scoreboard in Reynolds Razorback Stadium, slated to be in place.” The current scoreboard was erected in 2002, before the wave of HD screens. The scoreboard renovation will make the screen bigger and will be a “multi-million” dollar project. “We have been budgeting and preparing for that for several years,” Long said. “It is our plan to change it. We plan to do it unless there’s some unforeseen circumstances that prohibit us from doing it.” The master plan could result in tearing down Barnhill Arena – the former basketball arena and current home for gymnastics and volleyball – to build a 5,000-seat “competition venue” for volleyball and gymnastics, Long said. “Any time you deal with a historic building on campus, like a Barnhill, it’s a tough decision,” Long said.
into Ranger blue and Cardinal red. You will hear random people talk about Nellie Cruz and David Freese. This is what is going to make this series so meaningful, especially in Fayetteville. There is not only closeness in proximity, but also closeness with the team as in familiarity. Sure there are the big guys on the team that everyone knows like Pujols, Hamilton, Kinsler and Holliday, but there are also the role players of each team that the people are familiar with like Freese, Murphy, and Jay. The familiarity with both teams in this area is what will make this series something unique especially in Fayetteville. Baseball in October is not really baseball at all. The game is changed completely. It’s more of a matchup-style
game where pitchers are changed more times in a series than they have the entire season. Every pitch is intense and every swing of the bat has the potential to induce heartbreak or jubilee. This week in Fayetteville is going to be very interesting. If you find yourself at a sports bar on Wednesday there are going to be a wide range of emotions you experience. Chances are that the bar is going to be split just like campus. Texas Rangers vs. St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series and Arkansas is trapped in the middle. So pick a side because there are no impartial observers in this series, especially in this region of the country. Harrison Stanfill is a guest columnist for The Arkansas Traveler.
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make his reads and throw it to who’s open. They’ve done a great job with that. Wright, senior receiver Joe Adams, junior receiver Cobi Hamilton, junior tight end Chris Gragg and junior running back Ronnie Wingo have more catches than Childs this season. “I’m just trying to do what I can so we can win games,” Childs said. “Play well in the role that I need to play for us to win games. Even if I’ve got to motivate them to make plays or run certain routes to clear the field for, say, J-Wright or Joe or someone, just because they’re going to double cover me, but leave Joe or Jay wide open. There’s certain things I’ve got to do.” The Hogs (5-1, 1-1 SEC) play
Ole Miss (3-4,0-4) Saturday. “Ole Miss has a very different type of defense,” Childs said. “There are certain things that other teams do that Ole Miss might not do, but certain things that, they might come up and press you one side or they might keep it, play soft or whatever. You’ve just got to study the film.” The game with the Rebels is the first of two consecutive road games against teams with losing conference records, including the Oct. 29 matchup at Vanderbilt (3-3, 1-3). “We know this is the last stretch of the season,” Childs said. “We’ve got some big games coming up and everything. We want to control our own destiny so we know that we have to go out there and execute, try to get the win every week.”
focus on instead of the same old thing. We wanted them to think about the game and do something different.” As for Anders, it is unlikely that she will be able to play this Thursday against Florida or Sunday against South Carolina. “She’s touch and go at this point,” Aubry said. “Kailey is still a tremendous leader for us, she took on a leadership role on the sideline against Auburn and that is not an easy thing to do.” Aubry said the best case scenario will be that Kailey will be able to play in the last game of her senior season against LSU on Oct. 29. “It’s tough that this is the very end of her senior season and she has put so much into this team and especially this season,” Aubry said. The Razorbacks return to Fayetteville this week after four straight games on the road. Florida will be the highest-ranked team Arkansas has faced this season. However, this past weekend, Florida lost to Mississippi State, a team the Razorbacks beat 1-0 earlier this season. “Florida is touchable,” Aubry said. “That’s a good thing for our youngsters to see—no matter how high you’re ranked, you’re still touchable. We’re going to go after them like we go after every other team.”