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Behind Closed Doors Lawsuit alleges hazing, negligence

Defendants

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Inc.; Arkansas Alpha Phi Delta Theta House Corporation; Arkansas Alpha Phi Delta Theta (UA at Fayetteville Chapter); Parice Bowser, Danny Pugh, Sr., Monica Holland, Clint Frizell, Robert Darnel, Don Hollings, Andrew Scherz, Eric Hurley and John Does 1-100.

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Plaintiffs Nicholas Brown Douglass Brown Rebecca Brown January Brown

A former Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge is suing three UA officials, the fraternity and several students for an undisclosed amount of money to pay for damages related to his alleged hazing during the fall 2009 semester. Though the suit, filed by UA sophomore Nicholas Brown and his family, asks for payment for damages, the main goal of the suit is to obtain a court order banning alcohol in the Phi Delta Theta house, said their attorney Russell Wood. “Neither Phi Delta Theta nor the university is going to stop them from having alcohol in that house,” Wood said. “The bigger theme here is that we’re going to do everything in our power to keep an 18-year-old kid from getting killed up there. The money’s not the most imsee LAWSUIT on page 2

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Students Responsible for Actions Scholarships by SABA NASEEM Staff Writer

The UA’s purpose is to create an environment of education, and when an individual or a group of students deviate from this environment, they fall out of the norm and are held accountable for their actions, the dean of students said. With regard to alcohol, “the decision to use alcohol or not is the individual’s choice,” said Daniel Pugh, vice provost for student affairs and dean of students. “The university is not telling

them to do it.” There is no explicit statement describing the university’s responsibility in protecting a student from himself or herself, but university policy states a student’s responsibilities on campus and off campus. “If students or student organizations are cited by staff, faculty or other students for a possible violation of local, state and federal laws and/or university policies on campus, they may be subject to the formal judicial process of the university and/or appropriate legal action,” accord-

ing to the university student handbook. Recently, the family of a freshman whose alleged hazing by members of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity in November 2009 sent him to the hospital, filed a suit against the state chapter of Phi Delta Theta, its national organization, three employees of the university and members of the fraternity. Greek Life rules at the UA prohibit any form of hazing, which is an “intentional or unintentional reckless action with or without consent that endangers a student or cre-

ates a risk of injury for the purpose of initiation into or affiliation with a student organization recognized by ASG or any other UA sponsor,” according to the UA hazing policy. The UA collaborates with the Greek organizations on campus and they are required to work with UA policy, Pugh said. “There are more than 800 cases in regards to alcohol each year, however, if it happens within a Greek organization, it just gets more atsee RESPONSIBILITY on page 6

Still Available by SABA NASEEM Staff Writer

Although the semester is in full swing and many scholarship doors have been closed, there are still opportunities for students to apply for money to help pay for the spring 2011 semester and for students to fund their study abroad plans. The deadline for the Academic Challenge Scholarship (Spring term) is Nov. 1 for those students who missed the fall

2010 deadline. To apply, students need to complete both the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the YOUnivesrsal application. Students are eligible if they have been continuously enrolled as a full-time student, they maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA and complete 15 hours each consecutive semester. Suzanne McCray, vice provost of enrollment management see SCHOLARSHIP on page 6

Snoop Dogg Crime Report by PAIGE THOMPSON Staff Writer

GARETH PATTERSON Staff Photographer Rapper Snoop Dogg performs Sunday in Barnhill Arena. Snoop has released ten albums over his rapping career and is also the chairman of Priority Records. Only three people were arrested by UAPD at the concert on Sunday night.

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the building. Snoop Dogg had his own security along with the security company hired for the concert.” Two people were arrested for public intoxication and one person was arrested for having marijuana on their person, formally known as an illegal substance arrest. The relative calmness of the concert was unexpected for Jenny Higgs, head of the Headliner Concert commitee, who helped plan the concert, she said.

“Because the specific music being sung has a strong focus on use of substances, the amount of crime was fairly small for what we are used to dealing with at these concerts,” Higgs said. “We thought there would be a certain genre of people would get arrested.” Even some students found the small amount of see SNOOP on page 2

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 PAGE 2 LAWSUIT from page 1 tant thing in this lawsuit, but it’s the only way to get anyone’s attention,” he said. UA officials issued a statement strongly disagreeing with allegations that Parice Bowser, director of Greek Life; Daniel Pugh, dean of students; and Monica Holland, director of the Office of Community Standards and Student Ethics, were negligent in their treatment of the case in an Oct. 20 statement and expressed confidence that the allegations would be dismissed. The suit alleges that UA officials were aware of alcohol and hazing issues within the fraternity, but failed to enforce appropriate sanctions. Between May 9, 2008, and Nov. 7, 2009, members of Phi Delta Theta were reprimanded as a chapter six times for alcohol violations and once for hazing, according the suit, which cites OCSSE records. Brown, who was 18 at the time of the November incident, was hospitalized with a blood alcohol level of .68, more than eight times the legal limit. after Big Brother Night at the Phi Delta Theta house. Brown and his pledge class were verbally and physically abused for more than an hour before being ordered to drink a fifth of whiskey as part of a race on which the big brothers had placed bets, according to the suit. The pledges were also allegedly forced to drink several beers intermittently. The other members of Brown’s pledge class were disqualified from the race when they vomited, but Brown did not vomit and finished his bottle, according to the suit. After being found on a sidewalk near the Phi Delta Theta house, Brown was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center where he slipped into a coma. “During the time that the Plaintiff Nick Brown was in a coma and in critical condition, [his family members] were told

by the doctors that Nick would almost certainly die due to the level of alcohol poisoning, but if he did not die, he would be permanently brain-dead or brain-damaged,” the suit states. Brown, who was eventually released from the hospital, is awaiting medical evaluation to determine whether lasting damage was done to his brain. Although Brown’s account of the incident states that Brown’s big brother Clint Frizell ordered him to drink along with the other new members, a statement from the chapter described the big brother event differently. “After the revealing of the big brothers [active members], the new members [Phikeias] joined the active members in their room,” according to the statement. “The alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, purchased at discretion by individual active members, were made available in coolers where everyone had the choice to consume, or refuse the beverages.” No criminal charges were filed in the case. Lt. Matt Mills attempted to contact Brown and his attorney Ryan Allen to inform him that they needed to contact Fayetteville City Prosecutor Casey Jones so the prosecutor could issue subpoenas, but received no response, according a police report. The case was subsequently considered inactive by UAPD. Wood disputed the claim that Brown failed to respond. He had emails thanking Brown for cooperating with police and administration members, he said. These documents, along with as many as 4,000 others, are expected to demonstrate the named officials’ culpability, he said. The suit also alleges that “the university places a greater value on Phi Delta Theta alumni donations and revenue than it does on enforcing the policies of the university or the laws of the state of Arkansas.” Public record requests revealed a May 13, 2010, email from Pugh to Bowser that

reads “one last note… we have a PDT alum as trustee.” Billy Fleming, Associated Student Government president, spoke highly of administration officials. “The administration [officials] worked with students to develop most of these guidelines,” Fleming said. “ It’s not possible to have someone there every minute of the day. Ultimately the administration’s responsibility is to work with students to develop those guidelines and work with those leaders to communicate what those are and what the consequences are of breaking them – and I think they do a good job of that,” he said. The lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County rather than Washington County because of the political influence of the UA in Fayetteville, Wood said. He noted that the majority of civil cases are settled out of court, but it was ultimately up to a jury. A suit will also be filed with the Arkansas claims commission, Wood said. The claims commission is a quasi-judicial commission created by the General Assembly and designed to help those who have in some way been injured or damaged by the State of Arkansas, according to claimscommission.ar.gov In addition to the three university officials, the suit names Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Inc., Arkansas Alpha Phi Delta Theta House Corporation, Arkansas Alpha Phi Delta Theta (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Chapter), and then- UA students Clint Frizell, Robert Darnell, Don Hollings, Andrew Scherz and Eric Hurley as defendants in the case. The suit also maintains the possibility of adding more defendants as the process continues, Wood said. A trial date is still unknown because the case has not yet been placed on the court docket in Pulaski County, according to the Pulaski County Clerk’s website.

SNOOP from page 1 crime rather surprising. “I can’t believe there were only three arrests,” said junior Alison Harvey. “I feel like that doesn’t compare to the number of people that were arrested at T.I. my freshman year.” Some students had to be escorted by security off the floor for various reasons but they were only asked to leave the concert. Administration officials were grateful for such a large turnout and that the composure of the audience kept the number of arrests so low, they said. Scott Flanagin, director of communications and outreach, attended the concert. He found the crowd to be a bit rowdy at times, he said, “but overall it was a great show, the students and even Snoop Dogg seemed to have a good time.”

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Students Respond to Lawsuit “I believe hazing is inappropriate not only at the University but also unethical. As hazing practices are common in real life, maybe the university should take some action to eliminate such practices.” - Samikshya Sharma

“I feel for the kid. I’m currently in a lawsuit with one of my professors because I failed the mid term. But seriously, this kid is unbelievable to think he can sue somebody for getting too drunk.” - Carter Serage, junior engineering major

“I think it’s ridiculous that he can sue people in charge of the Greek system. You have the option to leave the fraternity; I’m sure they didn’t just sit him down and make him drink alcohol. I think he’s doing it for money.” – Jack Arensberg, freshman business major

“I can understand his lawsuit against the fraternity – it was in their house under their supervision – but the fact that he keeps adding to the list of defendants is absurd. The university has more important things to deal with than buying him a BMW.” – Kyle Hamilton, junior economics major

Core Changes Coming

Students will get to pick next fall by BRADY TACKETT

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When the faculty of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences voted to cut the core curriculum in half, its members looked forward — to the next academic year, and to the incoming freshmen who would be the first group affected. Days later, an e-mail blast clarified that the core reduction also would be available to upperclass students. Beginning in fall 2011, three classes – this year’s freshmen, sophomores and juniors – have the rare option to switch cores, if they choose. “My recommendation, if you’re already a rising junior or senior, is just stay where you are,” said William Schwab, the dean of Fulbright College. “If you’re a rising sophomore? That’s the place where you can make that decision.” For those students and the ones to follow, the core reduction will allow “more flexibility to have multiple majors and multiple minors to better meet your needs in a global economy,” Schwab said. “I mean it’s that simple.” That sentiment was echoed by supporters, who overcame opposing faculty, 2 to 1, in the Oct. 14 vote, Schwab said. In light of the measure, the departmental majors will choose which courses to absorb from the 31 cut from Fulbright. In the drama curriculum, for example, the core change will free 20 hours for additional electives or a semester abroad, said Andrew Gibbs, the department chairman.

The core reduction enhances the degree, Gibbs said, allowing a student to take “more of a concentration in a particular area that he or she is interested in, rather than have to take that wide array of introductory courses, some of which may be more useful than others.” Still, Gibbs and other supporters dismiss claims that the change cripples the college’s liberal arts degree. In fact, Gibbs and Schwab both opposed that view. “Very few plays are written about the theater,” Gibbs said. “Our students need to have exposure to world literature and world history and some exposure to sciences and foreign language.” The core had become “bloated” over the past 50 years, Schwab said. “There was no underlying philosophy on core. It was a Chinese restaurant menu. Take two from here, take three from natural sciences, take three from social sciences.” When the vote was announced, the Dean’s office received “an enormous amount of phone calls” by students eager to dodge math and foreign language requirements, Schwab said. “That seems to be the sticking point for an awful lot of students,” he said. “But depending upon their major, they may not be able to avoid taking a foreign language.” One such student is junior Kristen Pugh. For Pugh, now halfway through her first semester in Fulbright College, the language requirements were an unpleasant surprise. She abandoned an

international business degree with a focus on Chinese – “talk about wanting to crawl into a hole,” she said – only to find that her new journalism major would require still more language credits. “I took three years of Spanish in high school and I didn’t learn a dang thing,” she said. “I just don’t want to take foreign language.” To such complaints, Professor David Jolliffe, the former chairman of a committee to reduce the core curriculum, has a terse response: “Any student who wants to be monolingual and plans to succeed in the 21stcentury needs to reconsider his plan.” Pugh knows the language courses will make for a morerounded education, she said, but doubts their long-term impact on her career. Her enrollment in Fulbright is indicative of her trust in departmental control of core curriculum, which will take effect in her senior year. “I think they’re trying to do what’s best for us,” Pugh said, acknowledging that the new core will give incoming freshmen “an easier time.” This is exactly the fear of dissenters, who argued at the Oct. 14 vote that the college was lowering its standards. “We could have had a better core and we should have had a better core. We have no core now,” said Bernard Madison, a math professor and former dean of Fulbright College. “I think it’s the worst decision that any faculty could make.” see FULBRIGHT on page 6

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EDITOR: Bailey Elise McBride MANAGING EDITOR: Mille Appleton

Responsibility’s the Word The Traveler newsroom has been abuzz all week since news of Nick Brown’s lawsuit against the University of Arkansas first came across the newswire. Since the incident that sent Brown to the hospital occurred last November, rumors have flown around campus. From speaking to LETTER FROM THE EDITOR members of the fraternity for this Bailey Elise McBride story, it seems like at many times traveler@uark.edu even they didn’t know what was going on, or what would happen to their chapter. Besides what I have read in the documents we requested for this case and the stories we have heard in interviews, I don’t know what happened that night last November. Fayetteville City Prosecutor Casey Jones officially stated Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed in the case, so the question of culpability for what happened will now fall entirely on the courts of Pulaski County. I don’t know who is to blame for what happened that night. What I think all students on the campus—Greek and non-Greek, freshman to senior—can take out of this unfortunate incident, however, is the need now, more than ever, for personal responsibility. Being in college we experience a sort of freedom unlike anything most of us have experienced before. The university, although primarily here for academic purposes, has countless programs in place to ease the transition into college and to encourage students to make good decisions All the university can do is offer programs to students, though—they can’t make us go to class, live a certain place or join a certain group. As students and adults, we are responsible for our actions. As Dean Pugh said in our article, “Students Responsible for Actions”: “The UA’s purpose is to create an environment of education, and when an individual or a group of students deviate from this environment, they fall out of the norm and are held accountable for their actions.” The university should not have to step in. As students, we have a responsibility to ourselves, our fellow students and the university community to make responsible decisions. My editorial from last September, “Alcohol Education Needed To Prevent Rapes On Campus,” addressed the three sexual assaults on campus so far that fall and said among other things, that “Rape is never permissible, and the young ladies involved in these incidents were not culpable for what occurred. But these events have led us to wonder – would things have happened the way they did if the girls hadn’t been drunk?” The same sorts of questions linger for me today. I know there are flukes and things that happen that no one can predict. But if students put themselves in a bad situation, the chance of something bad happening is far greater. Be responsible. Think about what you are doing. And more than anything, especially this Halloween week, be safe in your choices with alcohol.

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Plans For Memorable Fun

Halloween, though it has roots in the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, is more strongly linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain. During the festival, the Celts wore costumes and masks to fend off harmful spirits, which is where we gather such traditions today. Though many students choose to dress up and celebrate by attending parties that often get out of hand, the Traveler board firmly believes that each UA student’s safety this weekend is more important than having a good time. Halloween weekends in Fayetteville are notorious for unfortunately high numbers of arrests and hospital visits. Each Traveler board member has experienced great Halloween weekends and at least one less than memorable Halloween weekend. To ensure a great Halloween experience, we could give you the safety spiel you’ve probably heard on more than one occasion: don’t set down your cup, travel in packs, know your alcohol limit and basically use common sense. Some Traveler staff members seem to be on a mission this season to discover new ways to celebrate Halloween and fall. Several editors and friends of the Traveler share an appreciation for pumpkinflavored foods, so next Wednesday, we’re engaging in the Pumpkin Challenge. Because of the overwhelming amount of pumpkin-flavored treats around Fayetteville, we will only eat pumpkin-flavored items all day. Wednesday night, we plan to share a fall meal together, complete with southern cooking and pumpkin desserts. The colorful leaves and breathtaking terrain in northwest Arkansas make the beauty of fall at the UA nearly unmatched with campuses across the country. If you haven’t been to a corn maze, the 10,000 feet of maze in Cave Springs (on the way to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport) should certainly fill your appetite. The corn maze also offers a pumpkin patch and a free petting zoo. The Traveler board agrees that though parties can be enjoyable, and we admit we don’t plan to miss out, there are many other ways to celebrate such a versatile holiday. We definitely wouldn’t want a Sunday morning hangover to ruin our Halloween. Like the Celts wore masks to fend off harmful spirits, our plans to participate in alternative Halloween activities will hopefully fend off a less than memorable weekend.

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Going Greek: Worth the Cost?

Far too often, Greek life is portrayed in a negative light. It’s not uncommon for me to see and hear people talk about “frat parties” or “frat boys” with a look of disgust on their face. A few weeks ago, the Traveler ran an article titled “Girls Not to Date.” One of those girls was “The Sorostitute” who was described as a promiscuous and wealthy Greek female who “can be heard all the way across campus as she yammers away into her iPhone or Blackberry with the latest gossip about rival sororities.” Unfortunately, the media prefers to promote negative stories and stereotypes about Greek life rather than positive ones just to sell stories. Yes, bad things occasionally happen at fraternity houses. What some people seem to forget is that bad things happen in a wide variety of other settings too. Unfortunately for Greeks, when bad things happen at a fraternity house, the story is sensationalized. The “frat parties” many students hear about are not the alcohol-infused, date rapeinfested, Animal House blowouts that probably come to mind. The simple truth is that being a member of a Greek organization, while not for everyone, offers many benefits to the student, to this University and even to this country. Being Greek is about forming strong bonds with those around you. Members of Greek organizations form relationships that last well beyond college graduation. I made a lot of friends when I lived in Pomfret Hall during my freshman year, but I’m not nearly as close to those friends as I am to the friends I’ve made through my fraternity. There’s a reason why you don’t see class reunions of people who lived on the sixth floor of Pomfret, but you do see reunions of fraternity brothers even 50 years after graduation. The people who live down the hall from me in my fraternity house now are some of the same people who will be standing next to me at my wedding, and they’re some of the same people who will be carrying the casket at my funeral. Greek life offers a tremendous benefit to the University of Arkansas and the surrounding community in terms of volunteer service and philanthropic endeavors. For example, last month our friends at Lambda Chi Alpha hosted their annual Watermelon Bust, a series of relay-race type events between sororities. These events capped off a highly successful canned food drive that raised over 67,000 pounds of canned food for local food banks. One of the best parts about Greek life is the leadership experi-

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ence it provides. Running a fraternity requires several officers managing a variety of responsibilities. As a fraternity president, I can tell you that juggling the management of such an organization along with the typical rigors of college life is no easy task. The leadership experience that our organizations’ officers gain will translate well into the real world. Being an officer in a Greek society demands strong communication and organization skills. According to East Carolina University, all but two U.S. presidents since 1825 have been Greek, 42 percent of U.S. Senators are Greek, and 30 percent of Fortune 500 Executives are Greek. Greeks have been highly instrumental in our nation’s political and business worlds. That’s not to say the Greek community isn’t without its flaws. It’s naïve to think that a lot of people don’t join Greek organizations because of the social opportunities. Many freshmen are initially drawn to the social aspect of fraternities and sororities, but they quickly realize it’s not all about fun and games. Soon after accepting bids, new members discover the multiple expectations of them individually as well as the large responsibility standard to which they are held by individuals and committees. Additionally, I’ll be the first to admit that some Greeks do fit the negative stereotype. These people, however, represent such a small minority of the overall Greek community that it’s unfair to label all of us based on the actions of a few. The large majority of Greeks are ambitious students who hold themselves to high standards. With the positive aspects of Greek life being so numerous, it’s unfortunate that only negative instances get highlighted. Greek life at the University of Arkansas and at many schools around the country has been the subject of negative press. We need to come together as a community, instead of trying to outdo one another. We need to hold chapters responsible for actions that tarnish the image of everything we have worked so hard to build. Lastly, we need to be proud of our letters and what they represent and always strive to improve ourselves, our chapters and our Greek Community.

Jealousy. If you want to talk objectively about Greek life you have to squash it. You have to write it off like a UA parking ticket, because you’re not going to change anything or bring anyone together with it. Walk down fraternity and sorority rows, and you will see how big Greek life literally is. Spend some time in Maple Hill during rush, and you will get an idea of what it means. If you’re not a part of it, you have to accept that, socially, it runs this campus. But that’s okay, because Greek life adds an excitement and character that would be sorely missed without it, it brings a focus to philanthropy like few other organizations can, and it heavily contributes to student participation and advocacy on campus. Greeks are, in a way, the face of our University. They have put themselves out there, and, in that capacity, we as a student body have a right to hold them to a certain standard. No group is perfect. No one expects every single story to come out of a frat house or float trip to be of upstanding scholarship and morals. Still, when the Greek population becomes so cliquish, when an entire fraternity has to be recolonized and when lives are on the line, it’s time to ask questions. I get a lot of questions about Greek life from parents when I’m giving campus tours to potential students and their families as an Ambassador, and I wish I could always give them an answer they would like to hear. I hear questions like, “So is being in a sorority all that impactful?” Yes, it is, assuming you don’t fall through the cracks. Pledge classes here are the size of entire sororities at other schools, and it becomes increasingly hard for girls to always feel connected. When a sorority looks and feels more like a

social club than a true sisterhood of deep connection for every member, it loses some of its magic. Then there are the ohso-fun questions about alcohol. One rather blunt mother asked, “So can a freshman girl get alcohol here, and are the frat houses safe for girls under the influence?” I hated that the answer to the first part was definitely yes, but I answered very vaguely and tried to continue talking about the Law Building. She pressed me on the safety question and, flustered, I thought about all my awesome friends in fraternities and what good guys they are. Then I thought about the “No woman left behind” bracelets and various accusations levied over the past year; I thought about a leading story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about a fraternity allegedly bringing a pledge to the brink of death; and I thought about being harassed and having things thrown at me while walking on the sidewalk in front of “frat row”; and I had a hard time looking that mother in the face and telling her that fraternity houses are always a safe place. The answer isn’t to add strictness nor is it something that should be “jailbroken” from. It’s a reevaluation of the meaning of brotherhood and sisterhood. If Greek life is pursuing what it says to be pursuing, no pledge should ever have that high of an alcohol level, regardless of whether or not he was forced. Even if he wasn’t at the fraternity house, a “big brother” that cares about him or his other brothers should know when he’s in a situation like that. Sororities should refocus inwardly and make sure they’re really as close as they claim before worrying about competitions with the rest of the row. Then no one can claim that Greeks are disingenuous. I hold nothing but respect for Greek life. Some of the brightest minds are at the forefront of it, many of our proudest alumni are products of it, and it has done so much good. It’s with that rich of a tradition and that high of potential that I look at everything going on, and I simply say that we shouldn’t need to be having this conversation.

have been a solid indictment of hatred and intolerance ringing pretty loudly of hatred and intolerance itself. He asks for something he clearly isn’t willing to give. This piece and others by Cox strike me as purely inflammatory in their intent. His arguments are imprecise,

and his tone is unprofessional and harmfully divisive. By publishing his work, the Traveler is doing a disservice to causes that many of us care about. Thanks for all you do. MEGAN BLANKENSHIP Senior, English

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’m writing to you about the opinion pieces by Jonathan Cox that you’ve published this year. I find his writing, on the whole, offensive and intolerant. I understand the purpose of the opinion section, but I am disappointed to see the Traveler providing a forum for

such an outrageously biased voice. Cox’s tone is condescending, even belittling, serving only to cut off prematurely the discussions he wants to bring to the table. In his last article, “‘Equal Rights’ are not ‘Special Rights,’” I found what might

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010

RIC Members Focus on Leadership by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer

After the success of Casino Night, the members of Resident’s Interhall Congress are taking a break to hone-in on leadership skills before next semester’s activities. “I feel that this was the best-run and -attended Casino Night that I have seen since I have been here. Everyone was enjoying themselves, and we received pretty much only positive feedback,” said RIC President William Hogan. Casino Night was the last of the fall semester’s large activities for RIC. The beginning of the semester was busy for RIC members; they helped contribute to Rolling with the Razorbacks and a sustainability project with the Associated Student Government. “We had two funding bills that we put through our senate, which we also brought to those guys. One of them was Rolling,” said ASG President Billy Fleming. “The other one was an Earth project that is being built out of the agricultural extension... so we no longer have any preconsumer waste” In November, RIC will be taking delegates to a regional conference to gain leadership training and ideas for new programs to better serve their constituency. “Delegates there will be

able to attend programming sessions, learn about programming ideas from other schools that have been successful and engage in leadership development activities,” Hogan said. These conferences are in place so that that UA’s RIC can meet with congresses from other universities to exchange ideas. “I will actually be giving a leadership development presentation there,” Hogan said, “Through [the other] programming ideas, we’re able to garner new ideas for events that we can do to provide activities for students on campus [that are] fun, safe and bring in an educational element.” Members of RIC will also be focusing on its main mission of increasing the quality of life of on-campus students. “[We’re] trying to get feedback from residents, so that we more effectively communicate with housing officials,” Hogan said. “Housing is wonderful to work with in terms of improving quality of life, but sometimes student concerns may not get transmitted. We’re working on this year to ensure that actually happens.” RIC has many plans for the spring semester. They will once again help host Razorback Idol with Friday Night Live, but they also have potential plans to part-

Group Plans Dance Marathon For Charity by MIKE ROACH Staff Writer

Freshman Helping Our Government Succeed, or Fresh H.O.G.S., is the leadership-building organization that the Associated Student Government uses to prepare first year Razorbacks for student government, and this year they are planning to dance their way to aiding the children of Uganda. Participation in the program helps develop students into wellrounded individuals prepared to serve in student government and other leadership positions across campus, according to the ASG website. “It’s helped me to meet new people,” said Erik Davenport, a member of Fresh H.O.G.S. “It’s definitely a great experience, they keep on telling us that it’s something that not very many freshmen are going to be able to do, not just at the UA but all over the country, which makes it more like an exciting program and makes everyone excited to be in it.” In an effort to help them gain experience, the ASG has decided to host a 24-hour dance marathon next semester, which will be organized by members of Fresh H.O.G.S. “The dance marathon that we’re putting on is a philanthropy event for Fresh H.O.G.S. to kind of learn to develop leadership skills and to understand how to put on an event of this capacity in a university and to incorporate the community of Fayetteville as well,” said ASG Secretary Erica Harmon. “We thought that a 24-hour-dance marathon would be a fun exciting way for them to be able to develop these skills.” The Fresh H.O.G.S. were asked to research and choose a charity or organization that the marathon would benefit, and from the ones chosen, a top five was selected and then voted on by the first year students. Their end selection was Invisible Children Inc., a non profit organization whose story began with a documentary filmed in 2003 by three Southern Cali-

fornia filmmaker-adventurers. It focuses on the plight of children living in war torn Uganda who were being drafted into the Lord’s Resistance Army to fight in the decades old conflict that is considered to be Africa’s longestrunning war, one that has affected nearly 2 million people. “We use the power of media to inspire young people to help end the longest running war in Africa. Our model has proven effective, and hundreds of thousands of people have been called to action through our films and the volunteers that tour them,” according to www.invisiblechildren.com. “I’m excited about the dance marathon in general,” Davenport said. “I think the philanthropy that we’re doing is great, I mean we had some great choices up there but the one that we have is fantastic.” The ASG and Fresh H.O.G.S. will be working with an additional group on campus, Schools for Schools, which is already affiliated with Invisible Children. The goal of Schools for Schools is to raise the standard of education in northern Uganda, and “to encourage academic excellence not only within students, but also, on a much larger scale, excellence within their schools,” according to their website www.s4s.invisiblechildren.com. To raise money to support the non-profit, revenue will be collected from ticket sales to the event, as well as through the sponsorship of local donors who the logistics committee of the marathon are working to find. The dance marathon is tentatively scheduled for the third weekend in February Harmon said, and possible venues are the Barnhill Arena, or the HPER. The event will be open to the public. “We’re hoping to get as many people as possible,” Harmon said. “This is actually the first year that we have done a philanthropy event with them [Fresh H.O.G.S.] so we’re hoping to possibly make this an annual thing, but this is the first year that we’ve done an event of this capacity.”

Ben Flowers Staff Photographer William Hogan, president of RIC, stands outside Maple Hill South. Hogan is a senior political science major from Tremont, LA. ner with Health and Wellness for a fun and educational program. “In the past it was called Alternative Row Week,” Hogan said. “We’re looking at doing it around the time of Row Week, but maybe not branding it as Alt Row Week, but presenting it as a concert or something else [and] bring in alcohol awareness, drug abuse awareness, alcohol safety – an educational element. That’s still very tentative, but there’s that possi-

bility.” A philanthropy opportunity will also be offered to students in the spring to help with beautification projects around resident halls. “These programs are important because they allow students to not only give back to the campus and community that give so much to them, but students are also able to feel engaged and take ownership and pride in their surroundings through such involvement,” Hogan said.

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A Conversation with wine pairing expert Robert Harrington by JORDAN GRUMMER Staff Writer

Robert Harrington is a nationally recognized expert on the science of culinary tourism and an expert in wine pairing. He came to the UA in 2007 as the holder of the Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair in Hospitality in the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Harrington literally wrote the book on wine pairing, and now he’s using his knowledge to help increase culinary tourism in the region. Q: Where are you originally from? A: I’m originally from Moses Lake, Washington. Q: What brought you to Arkansas? A: What brought me to Arkansas was the fact that they had an advertised position for an endowed chair in hospitality, and there’s very few of those in our discipline. So, I decided to apply for it, and I came down and interviewed. I really liked the area and the university, and I decided to come. Q: What are some of the classes you teach? A: I’ve taught a variety of courses here and other places related to hospitality and restaurant management, but this semester I’m teaching introduction to hospitality management and my food and wine pairing course. Q: What’s your wine pairing course like? A: I wrote a textbook on food and wine pairing, and so we use that textbook for the course.

In that book there’s a number of exercises at the end of each chapter. So, what we try to do is isolate some of the key elements in food and wine to see how they interact with each other in terms of creating a positive sensation of match or a negative impact on the match. I have a food and wine decision tree model where we look at the basic taste components which are the things that we pick up on our tongue-like sweet, salty, bitter and sour. So it’s matching up sweetness levels in food and wine. For the consumer, if somebody’s coming into your restaurant or bar or whatever it might be-- even your home-- if you can create a more pleasant experience based on not only what’s on the plate but what we’re drinking with that whether it be wine or some other beverage, then you’re going to maximize that experience for the guest.

Italy, France and other parts of Europe which are the key traditional wine growing regions and seeing what they were doing. When I was at Nicholls State at the culinary institute there there were a lot of students who were interested in food and wine pairing. We didn’t have a course in that and there also wasn’t and adequate textbook on that, so I decided to create the course and as part of that develop a textbook that would go along with it.

Q: What led you to become a wine pairing expert?

Q: Favorite place to drink wine, period?

A: Well, there’s a number of different avenues. I came to it from a culinary background. I worked as executive chef in hotels and restaurants before going back to school in getting my master’s and my Ph.D. When I finished with my Ph.D I actually went down to Louisiana to a culinary institute just outside of New Orleans, so I was the dean of that culinary program for about four years. It brought together my background from a food side thinking about the key elements you might think about in terms of creating a food item and how that might relate to wine, and then growing up in the Pacific Northwest. We have very strong wine industry in Washington, Oregon and a little bit in Idaho, so that played into my background and experience. Also, taking student groups to

A: Wow, that’s a tough one, right? Usually my favorite wine is the one that I’m consuming at that given time. But there’s a lot of places. I’m from Washington state and from the area that is in the key growing region of the Columbia Valley. I always enjoy going out there and tasting Washington wines, everything from merlot to a cabernet.

Q: What are some different jobs you’ve been asked to do with your expertise? A: I’ve had numerous groups hire me to come and give food and wine seminars, so we’ll do some wine tasting and evaluation, and then pair that with different types of foods and talk about the impact on the wine and that sort of thing.

Q: Where’s your favorite place to drink wine in Fayetteville? A: I enjoy going down to The Wine Cellar because you get a chance to taste a variety of wines, so that’s always fun. Of course, I’ve been to several wine makers dinners at Ella’s here on campus,They always do a great job, so that’s a favorite thing to do.

AMANDA SPRINGER Staff Photographer Robert Harrington, associate professor of food, human nutrition and hospitality conducts a wine tasting for his students at Carnall Hall. In his online wine tasting and pairing course, Harrington meets with his students once a week to taste different wines and compare how they taste with certain foods and spices.

Q: Have you found the perfect food/wine combo?

wine and the food, but also the environment and the company are something that stands out.

The measure fractures the college, stretching department chairs far outside their job description, Madison said. “We’re not a math department, we’re a college,” he said. “Sorry, mathematicians don’t know enough about philosophy or foreign language or history to decide what should be the general education courses that our students take in those areas.” Faculty members unsatisfied with the vote signed a resolution put forward by Chaim Goodman-Strauss, a math professor. The resolution regards the reduction as an “interim step,” and urges Schwab’s successor to revisit the question of core curriculum. Schwab has announced that he will return to the faculty June 30. A university search committee is reviewing applications to succeed Schwab. “We could stomp our feet about this, but we can’t throw up our hands and stop,” Jolliffe said. “We’ve got to keep moving forward, and I think that’s what most the faculty is trying to do – to make sure we’re still offering a complete liberal arts degree.” Indeed, both opponents and supporters of the vote said they hoped it was just an interim step. Gibbs and Jolliffe signed the resolution. Madison, who did not sign, said he was sympathetic to its intent, but also said “it allowed faculty to somehow cleanse their conscience of voting for these changes.” When asked whether he supported the resolution by Goodman-Strauss, Schwab said, “Sure, why not?” He said he believes any dean would do what he said he began to do in 2008 – evaluate and reshape the college core. “I think this is a beginning of a discussion that’s going to be going on for decades,” Schwab said. “When I’m dead, most the people in our faculty will probably be revisiting it, some time in another part of the century.”

A: I’ve found some great ones, but it is a constant but enjoyable search. A lot of times food and wine pairings that are particularly enjoyable have to do with the experience, and I remember a couple of memorable times in Italy with a person who became a good friend of mine. He had his own vineyards and he produced about 30,000 liters of wine every year. We were just sitting in his winery area drinking some of his wines with some of the parmigiano oregano and some of the local sausages and cured meats and that sort of thing was just really outstanding. So, not only the

Q: Who’s your favorite musical artist?

SCHOLARSHIP from page 1

education major. “This funding is the only way I can go to school and concentrate on my education. Without these, I would be taking out more loans and would have to work more jobs.” Pell Grants are federal aid awarded based on financial need, costs to attend school, a student’s status as full-time or part-time and the student’s plan to attend school for a full academic year or less. The maximum Pell Grant award for this school year is $5,550 and students are able to receive up to two consecutive Pell Grant awards during a single year. The UA offers many scholarships and grants for students, but many also look to outside scholarships for help. Each year, students bring in more than $3 million in outside scholarships, McCray said. This includes money that comes from the Coca Cola Scholarship, the Gates Millennium and various other scholarships. Students who want to experience education in a different country also have the oppor-

tunity to receive scholarships, some of which can cover a large portion of the expenses. The Cleveland C. Burton UG Fellowship in International Studies offers $4,000 to defray travel expenses for undergraduate study abroad and is available for students who have a sophomore standing or above, have at least a 3.5 GPA, complete the application, write a 500 word essay and give two letters of recommendation. The deadline for this scholarship is Nov. 5. The Critical Language Scholarship Program offers to cover all expenses for its recipients. The program offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in 13 critical need foreign languages for summer 2011, some of which are offered by the university such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. The deadline for this scholarship program is Nov. 15. The deadlines for the other UA and outside scholarships are in February or March 2011 and can be found at studyabroad. uark.edu.

before and knew what he was getting himself into. If the fraternity was at fault then why aren’t there many more of these stories popping up? There is a limit to what the school can do without being overbearing on the student population.” Providing alcohol to minors is, however, a serious offense, Pummill said. If any action is to be taken, the police and university should deal with the fraternity based on the underage drinking, he said. Although students 21 or older may have alcohol in the privacy of their rooms, any underage drinking or drinking in public is prohibited, said Lt. Gary Crain. “We have a lot of arrests for public intoxication,” Crain said. “There are also arrests for drinking and driving and minors in possession of alcohol.” The number arrests for alcohol policy violations increased from 16 in 2007 to 29 in 2009.

“It’s not necessarily that more people are drinking,” Crain said, “it’s just that more people are getting caught doing it.” Phi Delta Theta has a national policy that requires all Phi Delta Theta houses be alcohol free. “If a house is supposed to be alcohol free and somebody violates that rule, it is not the responsibility of the UAPD, unless there are minors involved,” Crain said. The “red cup rule”, the idea that students can have drinks in red cups and not be questioned by the police, is “totally inaccurate,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what container a student has- an officer can walk up to a student and ask them what is in the cup anytime,” he said. “The student has the right to refuse to answer, however, if the police officer clearly sees that there is alcohol in the cup, the officer can make an arrest.”

and dean of admissions encourages all students to apply for this scholarship she said, as well as other funding if needed. This year, 3,889 Arkansas Academic Challenge scholarships were awarded, of which 2,031 were for freshmen, 1,440 for current achievers and 368 for non-traditional students. “This is really great now because every Arkansas freshman who comes to the UA has this scholarship,” she said. “It is amazing support because the $5,000 awarded can almost cover tuition.” To cover college expenses, most students rely on scholarship aid or federal aid. An estimated 70 percent of students are on some sort of aid, McCray said. This includes scholarships, loans and federal grants. Many students said they had the Arkansas Academic Challenge in addition to other scholarships or loans. “I have the academic challenge, the Laura J. Yeater Scholarship, a loan and the Pell Grant,” said Cassie Glidewell, a junior RESPONSIBILITY from page 1 tention,” he said. “Our job is not to punish people, it is to redirect and educate them.” Many students felt the university was not responsible for the incident, they said. “I think that Greek life is supposed to be a supplement to your collegiate experience,” said Heba Abdelaal, a senior international relations and Spanish major, and a member of a sorority. “No one is forced to participate. What happened to Nick Brown devastated Greek life as a whole and while his situation is unfortunate, it is not the responsibility of the UA to monitor each individual student.” Junior Ben Pummill agreed that the university was not responsible for what happened to the student. “I feel that the majority of the responsibility lies on the student,” Pummill said. “I have no doubt that the student in question has consumed alcoholic beverages

A: Probably Frank Zappa. What sets him apart is he just has a unique style that is identifiable. He crossed over a variety of types of music--everything from jazz to classical to rock music. He’s kind of a sociologist in the sense that a lot of his songs had to do with how society and cultures interact, and so it’s fun to listen to, but really, if you think about it, the cultural effects of his music and songs are interesting.

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“I’m very blessed to get to share my life with her,” he said. “I think she knows it was something I was made to do and understands that it’s something that I need to do.” Although he dabbled in the music scene in high school, it wasn’t until later in his college career that Rector realized he could turn his passion into a profession. Since the release of his newest album, “Into the Morning,” Rector has been touring the South and East Coast, promoting his unique brand of “accessible, smart, pop music.” “There’s nothing incredibly shocking or crazy about the music,” he said. “I’m not like

Not only is Rector producing impressive album sales, but he’s drawing fans from across the country — who he Down a long stretch of says are sometimes driving country road in the heart eight to 10 hours to attend a of Auburn, Ala., hundreds show. of anxious 20-somethings “I’m kind of like, ‘I’m really flocked to catch a glimpse of sorry. I feel like I’m duping a fresh-faced up-and-comer you because if you could hang who’s quickly making his out with me you’d be like, mark on the underground pop you’re not that cool and I’d be scene. like, I know I’m not that cool, “I wish I could describe… why did you drive this far?’” how in the middle of nowhere The album, which was largewe were,” said Ben Rector, the ly inspired by his impending headlining artist of The Beat move to Nashville and recent Lives Forever Tour. “We walk marriage, was mostly written up to this dirt road, and as far in the music building on camas you can see it is dust and pus, Rector said. He hoped to headlights. Literally a million produce a unique blend of pop cars and we were like…this and soul he could is the field of call his own. dreams.” “If I could count Rector, a Tulthe number of sa native and “It’s just really humbling to see... hours that I spent recent graduate that people are enjoying the muin the practice of the Universic enough that they’re spreadrooms,” he said, “it sity of Arkaning the word and it’s continuing would probably be sas, has earned way more hours to grow -BEN RECTOR wide acclaim than I spent doing among the unihomework or being in versity set, attracting class.” sizeable crowds with Lady Gaga or anything like Rector will find his way back little promotion, affirming his that, but I really think that to Fayetteville on Oct. 28 at success as a grassroots phepeople seem to enjoy the songs 9 p.m., performing alongnomenon. and that’s kind of the reason side Drew Holcomb and the After earning a bachelor’s Neighbors at George’s Majesdegree in marketing, Rector, it’s been passed around.” Since the album’s release tic. with the support of his wife, in February, it has peaked at While he enjoys playing for who is also a U of A alum, No. 5 on the iTunes pop chart new faces, Rector said it’s a relocated to Nashville so he and No. 10 on the iTunes alblast to perform for fans who could pursue a professional bums chart — far surpassing were there from the beginmusic career. ning. Though some women might Rector’s expectations. “(It’s) just really humbling to “I love Fayetteville and I be uncomfortable having a husband who makes his liv- see…that people are enjoying miss it a lot,” he said. “It’s reing touring the United States, the music enough that they’re ally cool to come back and feel Rector said his wife is among spreading the word and it’s at home again.” continuing to grow,” he said. Advance tickets are on sale his biggest fans.

by SAMANTHA WILLIAMS

Motivational Sticky Notes Snoop Dogg Dropped Beats Promote True Beauty on Campus Like They Were Hot Sunday

Lucie Patton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UA Freshman Maggie Nolte is seen in the Humphreys Hall bathroom viewing an inspirational sticky note. This sticky note is one example of a nationwide movement, promoted by www.operationbeautiful.com, to end negative self talk through heart felt post-it notes placed by other women in public restrooms. by CARA TURBYFILL Staff Writer

A student goes to wash her hands in the ladies’ restroom on the first floor of Kimpel Hall and notices a Sticky note stuck to the mirror. The note reads, “You are beautiful.” The sticky notes are part of Operation Beautiful, a project started by 26-yearold Caitlin Boyle, a resident of Charlotte, N.C. Boyle began Operation Beautiful because, “I am dedicated to ending negative self-talk in girls, woman and men,” according to her website, operationbeautiful.com. “I think it’s a great idea,” said Jessica Haley, a junior biology major. “It’s bolstering girls’ self-confidence.” Junior music major Erin Pierce agreed. “It helps girls

to think more highly of themselves.” Operation Beautiful “involves posting random notes in public places for other people to find. These notes typically encourage a positive body image,” Boyle said in a statement. The notes have a variety of slogans. “Scales measure weight, not worth,” is one, and “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves,” is another. A popular note reads, “You don’t need a mirror, a scale or a man to tell you that you’re pretty. You’re beautiful just the way you are!” This note was found scribbled on a seashell and hung up in a tree on Chincoteague Island, testifying to the reach and creativity of the project, according to the website. Caitlin Boyle is dedicated

to ending negative selftalk, or “Fat Talk,” as it is commonly called. “I hope…readers realize how truly toxic negative selftalk is,” she said in her blog. “It hurts you emotionally, spiritually and physically.” “Through my own experiences fighting “Fat Talk,” I’ve realized the power behind an anonymous act such as Operation Beautiful. When I post a note, I’m saying, ‘I CHOOSE to be positive!’” In choosing to be positive, Boyle has left hundreds of notes in restrooms, gyms, schools and a plethora of other places. “My personal goal is to leave as many Operation

see STICKY NOTES on page 9

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Rapper Snoop Dogg performs Sunday in Barnhill Arena. Snoop has released ten albums over his rapping career and is also the chairman of Priority Records. by JOCELYN SMITH Staff Writer

The Doggfather entertained an excited crowd Sunday night at Barnhill Arena and reminded the audience of the many hits he’s had throughout his 15-year career as a hiphop performer. Snoop Dogg’s performance

was brought to the UA by the University of Arkansas Headliner Concert Committee, quickly filling up the arena’s seats when doors opened at 7 p.m. The crowd was full of people anxious to see Snoop Dogg walk on stage and play his most well known songs. “Gin and Juice” and “Drop

It Like It’s Hot” were the top songs students said they were excited to hear, while others said they had no particular preferences. Snoop didn’t disappoint, walking onto the stage with an Arkansas Razorback

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Bluegrass Music Complements the Ozarks at the Harvest Music Festival

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Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival has grown to become one of Arkansas’ most beloved music festivals. Located on the scenic Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Ark., the festival is three days of camping, fun and of course music, all set against one of the most beautiful areas of the Natural State. “The festival has expanded and grown to a very well

backyard.” This year’s festival was held Oct. 14 – 16 and featured such acts as Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth and Keller Williams & the Keels, as well as the festival’s hosts, Yonder Mountain String Band. Fayetteville acts 1 oz. Jig and Cletus Got Shot also played at the festival with Cletus getting the opportunity to play before their heroes, Split Lip Rayfield, a band that, like Cletus, features a stand-up bass made from the gas tank of a car.

organized event with tons of talent, but just the right amount of people,” said John Bell, a UA student who attended his fourth consecutive Harvest Festival this year. “I feel this is the strongest year yet as far as the caliber of the artists and the crowd size. Yonder [Mountain String Band] and their people have done a great job handling this festival and I think any lover of music should be very grateful for the talent they are bringing to our

One of the most interesting acts was Poor Man’s Whiskey, a group who took the stage late Thursday night dressed as characters from The Wizard of Oz to perform their bluegrass interpretation of Pink Floyd’s classic 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon, appropriately titled Dark Side of the Moonshine. However, the powerhouse

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Eli Jebidiah of Poor Man’s Whiskey dresses as Dorthy from The Wizard of Oz for the band’s late night performance of Dark Side of the Moonshine, a bluegrass interpretation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.

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Those looking for a weekend getaway in northwest Arkansas should consider taking a look to the treetops. The Buffalo River Canopy Tour in Ponca, Ark., is the largest zip line system in the state. With twelve different lines extending more than half a mile in length, participants get a bird’s eye view of the rich fall foliage and undulating hillsides of the Ozarks in October. The longest zip line is approximately four hundred feet, and the elevation above the ground can reach as high as sixty feet. “I enjoyed the experience,” said freshman Kathryn House. “I am definitely afraid of heights,” she said, “but I loved it. Actually being in the air on the zip is so cool, and the guides are friendly and very charismatic.” More experienced guides accompany the zip line tours, which last two and a half to three hours. The guides point out local trees and plant life, as well as points of geographic interest and historical relevance.

Artifacts from past centuries are a part of the tour as well. During the construction of the zip line a hand-dug well and a plow, among other things, were turned up and are now on display. The River Canopy Tour is at the Buffalo Outdoor Center in Ponca. Originally a small canoeing operation on the Buffalo River, owner Mike Mills expanded it into a large lodge with a worldwide reputation. The zip line, completed this summer, was the brainchild of Mills’ experiences in Latin America. The idea for incorporating the zip line into the outdoor center came after visiting Costa Rica, a country famous for its enormous zip line systems through its rainforest canopies. “The experience is for people who have never done it or people who don’t know if they can do it,” Mills said in an interview with Rural Arkansas Magazine. “We built this so if we’ve got a really squeamish person, the guide could take that person to the test run. If you like it, you go on to the course. If you don’t like it, you’re done. That way we don’t have to pull someone off halfway through.”

The cost is $89 per person, and groups with eight or more can get a group discount of $79 per person. Groups must have four or more people to participate to maximize the efficiency of the staff. Several corporations have already begun sending employees to the zip line as a team building exercise. Learning to overcome personal fears and doubts while getting a lesson in Arkansas botany and geology is certainly an appealing proposal. Is it worth the cost? “Yes, I definitely think so,” House said. “It is a great thing to go do. It should be on everyone’s bucket list to go zip lining.” The minimum age to participate is 10 years old, and all children under age 16 must have a parent with them. The zip line will be open through November, meaning that the cooler air of late fall will give riders a very enjoyable experience in terms of weather. Reservations are required, and tours are only given Thursdays through Sundays. On weekends, one can schedule tours for 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m.

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Lot 44 behind the Broyles Complex is where Sylvia Schleiger of Fayetteville decided to whip up a batch of Bloody Marys for her tailgating friends before the game with Ole Miss.

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Alan Rail came to Fayetteville from Little Rock to see the Ole Miss game and tailgate in Hog Head regalia across the street from Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Larry Ash PHOTO EDITOR

Mark Henry of Springdale brings his 1970 VW van “hippy” van painted “Peace Love and Hogs” to every home Razorback football game. Henry graduated from the UA in 1992 and remains a diehard Hog fan.

Pre-game festivities at the AT&T Hog Trough hosted by local radio personality, Jon Williams included a variety of hog-themed dancing activities. Here hog fans compete for t-shirts by showing off their dancing skills.

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According to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Henrietta was born in Roanoke, Virginia, near a train depot in 1920. Henrietta died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951 from cervical cancer. Project: “I just want to know who my mother was,” Henrietta’s daughter Deborah told Rebecca Skloot, author of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Fill in the context of Skloot’s book and Henrietta’s life by choosing a related topic, researching it, and presenting the results of YOUR search for Henrietta Lacks in whatever format seems appropriate for your topic – words, pictures, powerpoint, drama, art, music, architectural study, etc. A few topics to get you thinking: music of the 1940’s that Henrietta danced to; migration of African-Americans from cotton and tobacco fields to urban industrial life; Johns Hopkins Hospital’s “colored ward” Teams of researchers are encouraged, as is use of this project for a class assignment. Deadline for submission of the project to the Multicultural Center for judging and viewing is December 8. Prizes! The first place winning project will be awarded $250; second place $150; third place $100.

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from SNOOP DOGG on page 7 jersey with a number “1” on it. He started with “The Next Episode,” a Dr. Dre song featuring Snoop. He kept the energy high by getting the crowd to sway their arms, call the hogs and yell his name over and over. Each song he played was easily recognizable yet sometimes not played in their entirety as he moved quickly from one famous song to the next. A Snoop Dogg fan, freshman Colby Woods said he enjoyed the entire show and the highlights for him were “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Sexual Seduction.” “I’m really glad he played ‘The Next Episode,’” said Jamie Martinez, a soon-to-be freshman who purchased a ticket for $29.50. “I just wish the concert could have been longer.”

Other highlights of the concert included “I Wanna (Love) You,” an Akon song where the audience helped sing the chorus in between Snoop’s rapping. “Gin and Juice” and “What’s My Name” got people hyped up, as well as a tribute song to his once fellow west side rapper, Tupac Shakur. Snoop Dogg’s laid back style mixed with his catchy beats make him a unique performer with an impressive amount of stage presence. “I don’t know Snoop Dogg’s music that much, but it was a good time,” said senior finance major Alex Lanis. Lanis said his only complaint was that there was way too much extra room on the floor, seats he said he tried to get, but were sold out too quickly. Hopefully next concert more floor tickets will be available to students since there appeared to be room for more people, he

shows were reserved for Friday and Saturday night. “The Friday night Leftover and Yonder shows on the main stage were great, especially to see them come together and play a few songs,” Bell said. “All in all though, the culmination of the Yonder show on Saturday night which included Keller Williams, Infamous Stringdusters and Billy Nershi was one of the best nights of music I’ve ever seen.” U of A students Maura Montez and Nick Davidson attended the Harvest Festival for their first time this year, and had nothing but praise for their experience. “I thought Harvest Fest was the best festival I’ve been to yet,” Montez said, who spent her time “moonstompin’” and “stargazin’” while listening to “some of the best organic jams around.” “My favorite parts were the sunsets and positive music,” Davidson said. “Bluegrass is a feel-good dance-inthe-dirt genre that really allows you to get your dance on. Also, the weather was amazing all week. Warm enough through the day for shorts and t-shirts, and cool enough at night for hoodies and a little body heat.” Montez and Davidson both mentioned that while this was their first experience with the Harvest Festival, said. Freshman Stanford Clinger also had a general admission ticket, but said he has been a fan of his for years so he had a “great time” and liked that Snoop often interacted with the crowd. There were many herbal references made by the performer, a substance he is not shy of supporting, but if that’s not your style, the concert was still fun and gave the crowd what they wanted: a high energy show that featured recognizable songs that people could sing and dance to. “Snoop Dogg’s still got it,” someone said as they walked out of the arena. “I will be back to Arkansas anytime you want,” Snoop said to the audience at the end of his set after repeating “peace, love and soul” a few times. Let’s hope he keeps his word.

they had previously been to Mulberry Mountain for the Wakarusa Music Festival held during the summer. However, they both said they had more fun at Harvest. “I liked it better because it was smaller and more focused in one area of music, bluegrass,” Davidson said. “Although Waka was fun, the intimacy

with the music and space to dance at Harvest was a lot better.” Montez mentioned that she also preferred the bluegrass music of Harvest to a lot of the dubstep electronica found at Wakarusa. “The Bluegrass music actually made me feel like I was in the mountains as opposed to

a dubstep club,” she said. Although Yonder zMountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival has concluded for now and the next one is still a full year away, Montez and Davidson both said that they would “definitely” be in attendance next year.

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PAGE 12 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 COMMENTARY

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DANNY MEYER dxm010@uark.edu

The only place for an underdog is in the comics. Yet, everywhere you turn, there’s an underdog sports team staring you right in the face. Listen, I hear the arguments. It’s a great story; it’s good to see the little guy succeed; down with the man! But there’s a reason these underdogs are just what they are, and that’s the elites. There are reasons why the elites are elites and the underdogs are underdogs. Sometimes it’s location, sometimes tradition – but sometimes it’s because you want to be. Anybody know where I’m getting at? I’m heading towards the greatest franchise in sports, the New York Yankees. The Yanks were bounced out of the playoffs last week by the Texas Rangers, a team with more brand new fans than Tyler Wilson. In a sport with my salary cap, there should not be any underdogs. But there are, only because the Yankees have such a high payroll. Why don’t the other teams? Because no team wants to win as much as the Bronx Bombers do. Their 2010 payroll is $213,359,389, according to SI.com. The Rangers spent only $64,810,570. Here’s an example to demonstrate that disparity: New York’s starting infield – Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez – earned more this year than the entire payroll of 15 major league teams, including the Rangers. Many view the Yankees as the Evil Empire, a disgustingly rich corporate team that just throws money at any talent that moves. That’s why they’re hated by the masses, and that’s why a lot of folks were glad to see them lose. But instead of hating the defending world champs, fans should start to look at their own club. The Yankees win because they spend the most money, not because they have the most money. The Steinbrenner’s care of nothing more than winning championships – they’re a baseball family that wants to win games, no matter the cost. Case in point: the man who might have single-handedly beat the Yanks, pitcher Cliff Lee, is on the fast-track to Yankee pinstripes in 2011. Lee knows New York is his best place to win championships, and the Yankees know Lee is their best chance, too. And New York doesn’t care. They’re not above signing angry players (Reggie Jackson), players who have killed them in the past (Johnny Damon) or the greatest player of all-time (Babe Ruth). They will swallow their pride and sign the best players for the largest amount of money. End of story. All the Steinbrenner’s ask for in return in a championship. Don’t be fooled into thinking New York has all the money – many of these owners are billionaires. Robert Nutting, the owner of the lowly Pittsburg Pirates and the second lowest payroll in baseball, is president and CEO of Ogden Newspapers, Inc., and chairman of a resort close to Pittsburg. John Moores, the chairman of the Padres and the lowest payroll in baseball, is the founder of BMC Software, Inc., a company whose total revenue for the 2010 fiscal year was $1.91 billion, according to their web site. So they money is there, it’s just being spent in other places. Except in the Bronx. So don’t hate the Yanks for overpaying for players and having baseball’s highest payroll. Hate your team for not. Danny Meyer is the assistant sports editor for The Arkansas Travler. His column appears every Wednesday

FOOTBALL

Bobby Petrino: Beyond Football by MORGAN MEREDITH Contributing Writer

Arkansas fans know Coach Bobby Petrino has won more than 70 percent of his games as a head coach and has 27 years coaching experience, but one thing they may not know is that when he was growing up, he wasn’t just playing football – he speedskated around Montana and into Canada. Besides playing football for his dad, Bob Petrino Sr.,

family deal, and Becky golfs so that’s pretty cool and the boys used to golf until Katie started beating them. “I either do that or go up to the lake, we go to the lake and water ski and jet ski, I can still water ski as old as I am and I still have fun with that.” Coach Petrino has four kids – two boys and two girls. His oldest daughter, Kelsey, graduated from Louisville, while his oldest son, Nick, now attends the school. His younger son, Bobby, goes to the UA and

“In five years I hope to be here, a couple championships under our belt” - BOBBY PETRINO

he also coached under him at Carroll College. Petrino grew up in Helena, Mont., where he grew up watching his dad coach every day after school. “It was great playing for and coaching under my dad – we won a lot of games and had fun,” Petrino said. “Ít was a great way to grow up, and he gives me a lot of great advice.” Even though his hobbies have changed, family is still important to Petrino. “I don’t speed skate because I don’t like the cold anymore,” Petrino said “Basically, I golf quite a bit when I can, and of course my daughters help me with that and then it becomes a

his youngest daughter, Katie, is on a golf scholarship at Louisville. He also has a four-month-old grandbaby. Petrino’s wife, Becky, has supported him through 16 job changes in 26 years. “My wife, Becky, loves football and is very supportive and is a big part of keeping everything together, especially with the moving and getting readjusted to everything,” Petrino said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better coach’s wife.” The relationship Petrino has with his children carries over to the 85 scholarship athletes he’s responsible for each year. “We are a big family as a football team and one thing

JONATHAN GIBSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino likes to spend his free time golfing or on the lake with his family.

I try to do is keep an eye out for when something is bothering one of my players,” Petrino said. “Each guy on our team is motivated differently, they all have different buttons that you push to get them to do what you want them to do, then you rely a lot of your assistant coaches to help with how our team deals and stays together.” Petrino coached in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons in 2007, prior to coming to

Arkansas. The player-coach relationship in college football was a key reason Petrino said he chose to return to the collegiate ranks. “College football is more about the education business and you’re coaching guys out there that have a dream that you’re helping them get to and all along your teaching them lessons that they’re going to use for the rest of the lives,” Petrino said. “The NFL is more just the enter-

tainment business so it’s great to be back in the education business.” Petrino went 3-10 at Atlanta and left the Falcons for Arkansas with three games remaining in their season, causing him to be showered with national scrutiny for his handling of the situation. “That’s probably a lot

see PETRINO on page 15

FOOTBALL

Knile Runs Strong by JORDAN GRUMMER Staff Writer

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Sophomore Knile Davis has run for 349 yards and three touchdowns in Arkansas’ last three games.

FOOTBALL

Adams Earns SEC Honor by JORDAN GRUMMER Staff Writer

It’s a general rule of thumb not to field a punt inside your own 10-yard line, but Joe Adams isn’t your average punt returner.

Joe Adams During the second quarter last week against Ole Miss, Adams fielded a punt at the Razorback 3-yard line, but quickly turned the ball up field for a 97-yard touch-

down. His return broke a 47-year-old school record for the longest punt return for a touchdown in school history. It was the first punt return for a touchdown since 2003 when Marvin Jackson returned one 73 yards against New Mexico State. “It was one of those things where you’re saying, ‘Let it go into the end zone, let it go into the end zone,’” Petrino said. “Once he hit it, you saw the room, and he had a chance to go.” Adams was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Ole Miss – three punt returns for 120 yards and the touchdown. The return vaulted Arkansas from No. 26 nationally in punt return average to No. 4. “We did a nice job on our

see ADAMS on page 15

It might have been raining at Razorback Stadium last Saturday, but Arkansas running back Knile Davis was in a sunny mood. Davis carried the ball 22 times for 176 yards and three touchdowns – all career highs – in the Hogs’ 38-24 win against Ole Miss. “I’m feeling pretty good,” Davis said. “I had a good game and I’m happy about it.” Arkansas’ running game averaged 103 yards a game in its first four games, but the Razorbacks have averaged 155.7 yards per game over the last three contests. That steady improvement has coincided with Davis getting the bulk of the carries. “It’s all up to coach Petri-

no, and he felt confident enough to give me 22 carries this game,” Davis said. “I made him not regret it.” The sophomore has rushed for 349 yards and three touchdowns in the last three games. “I’ve never used the word ‘feature’, but Knile’s been the guy getting the majority of the carries since the Alabama game,” Petrino said. “The way he’s practiced, the way he’s ran the football. The energy he’s given our offense has been very, very good. “Knile’s been the one producing, and the other day it was, ‘Hey, let’s get him the ball as much as we can.” Davis’ 71-yard touchdown

see DAVIS on page 13

BASKETBALL

Wading Into the Deep End by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor

Arkansas junior guard Rotnei Clarke missed the Red-White scrimmage Friday after being suspended for a violation of team rules. Clarke’s absence last season would have meant the Hogs’ perimeter game was obsolete. The junior made nearly 50 percent of the Razorbacks’ 3-pointers in 2009-10. Enter Mardracus Wade. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound freshman scored 18 points and knocked down 5-of-8 3-pointers, leading the Red squad to a 38-19 win. Wade had outscored the White team with less than one minute remaining in the 20-minute, running-clock scrimmage.

see BASKETBALL on page 15

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Freshman guard Mardracus Wade scored a game-high 18 points in the Red team’s 38-19 win Friday in the Red-White game.

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ARKANSAS - VANDERBILT BREAKDOWN

Arkansas run offense vs. Vanderbilt run defense

Vanderbilt passing offense vs. Arkansas pass defense

Vanderbilt run offense vs. Arkansas run defense

Arkansas running back Knile Davis exploded for a career day against Ole Miss. Davis finished with 176 yards on the ground and three rushing touchdowns. His performance was the first 100-yard game for a Razorback this season. Sophomore Ronnie Wingo added 27 yards on the ground as the Hogs finished with a total of 197 rushing yards. Vanderbilt has the Southeastern Conference’s worst rushing defense, allowing 183 yards per game. If Davis continues to get the bulk of the carries, the Hogs could exceed that number.

Vanderbilt’s offense has struggled this season. The Commodores are ranked 105th in scoring, 105th in passing and have scored only one touchdown in the team’s last two games. Quarterback Larry Smith has thrown for 1,005 yards, five touchdowns and four interceptions this season season, including 142 yards last week against South Carolina. The Commodores’ leading receiver is 6-foot-5, 245-pound tight end Brandon Barden, who has 247 yards and two touchdowns and averages 11.8 yards per catch. Vanderbilt’s offense relies heavily on the run, so the Commodores’ best bet is to attempt to find a mismatch with Barden on a smaller defender. The Razorbacks are ranked 51st in points against, but gave up 512 total yards against Ole Miss, including 327 yards in the air. The Commodores will not air the ball out like Mississippi, so the advantage should go to Arkansas.

Vanderbilt has relied on its rushing game to carry the offense throughout the season. The Commodores’ rushing offense is ranked 68th in the nation. The combination of Warren Norman and Zac Stacy spearheads the attack. Norman has a team-leading 395 yards and four touchdowns on the season, while Stacy has 297 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Commodores were only able to muster 166 yards in their last two games against Southeastern Conference opponents, including a 58 yards against Georgia. The Razorbacks have been able to hold the run in check for the most part and the Commodores won’t be bringing anything to the table the Hogs haven’t seen yet.

Advantage: Arkansas

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Arkansas passing offense vs. Vanderbilt pass defense Arkansas used its rushing game to beat Ole Miss. The Razorbacks did not reach the 300-yard passing mark for the first game all season. Arkansas continues to be the nation’s second-rated passing unit and will face a Vanderbilt unit that ranks 11th in the Southeastern Conference in total team defense – allowing 393 yards per game. Mallett is expected to start the game against the Commodores after quarterback Tyler Wilson had to relieve him for a second consecutive week. Advantage: Arkansas

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Advantage: Arkansas

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Advantage: Arkansas

Arkansas special teams vs. Vanderbilt special teams After allowing Auburn to average 44 yards per kick return two weeks ago, the Razorbacks held Ole Miss return specialist Jesse Grandy to just 22 yards per kick return. Each of Arkansas’ special teams units showed up in a big way against the Rebels. Kicker Zach Hocker is still flawless on extra points and hit a 46-yard field goal against Ole Miss. Punter Dylan Breeding averaged 41.7 yards per punt, including one that was fair caught by Grandy inside the 5-yard line. Punt returner Joe Adams had a school-record 97-yard return for a touchdown in the second quarter. New kick returner Lance Ray averaged 22 yards per return and ran with a physical demeanor that the kick return position had lacked since Dennis Johnson’s injury against Louisiana-Monroe. Vanderbilt kicker RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Ryan Fowler is 3-of-4 on field goals this season, with a long of 30 yards. Punter Richard Kent has a Southeastern Conference-leading 53 punt attempts this season for an average of 40.4 yards .

Arkansas coaching staff vs. Vanderbilt coaching staff Vanderbilt entered the 2010 season without a coach after longtime head coach Bobby Johnson retired for personal reason only weeks before the start of the season. In Johnson’s stead, offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell has taken over the position and has lead the team to a 2-3 record thus far. The spot with Vanderbilt is Caldwell’s first head coaching experience, as the Furman graduate has been an offensive line coach for Furman, North Carolina State and North Carolina. Caldwell may not have had the time to learn the in-and-outs of the head coaching position, which will likely prove detrimental in the long run. Advantage: Arkansas

JONATHAN GIBSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from DAVIS on page 12 run Saturday was Arkansas’ longest run from scrimmage this season. The score allowed the Missouri City, Texas, native to showcase his speed, which was clocked at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash in the preseason. “Two guys did have an angle, but when I was on the field, all I was thinking about was running full-speed,” Davis said. “I saw on the film that I had an extra little speed burst, and I thought it was cool and everybody did too.” Solid all-around blocking was another reason Davis turned in his best game ever, he said. “The offensive line did a real good job, not only the line but the receivers and Van Stumon,” Davis said. “Van Stumon did real good. Wade Grayson did real good. They

all did good, and I was real proud of them.” Stumon, who rooms with Davis before games, had several hard hitting lead blocks

Knile Davis from his fullback position against Ole Miss that opened up holes for the running backs. “Van had an attitude through the game. I don’t know what got into him, but he did a real good job,” Davis said. Stumon might not get

same amount of attention that other players on the Hog offense do, but Davis said everyone knows how much he contributes to the team. “Van’s a leader,” Davis said. “People sleep on Van, but he does a lot of work that goes unseen, and I’m glad for him for getting that touchdown (against Auburn),” Davis said. “He’s just a real leader. He gets everybody crunk and riled up, and he blocks good.” The Hogs lost their top two receivers, juniors Greg Childs and Joe Adams, and starting quarterback Ryan Mallett against Ole Miss, but they were able to grind out the win despite those set backs. “It shows we’re a great team,” Davis said about winning without the trio. “That was a big hit losing Mallett and Childs and Joe, but we’re all good. We got rallied up, our leaders stepped up and we got it done.”

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Arkansas-Vanderbilt Razorbacks End Six-Game Losing Streak Predictions

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Arkansas finally gets an easy game. Tyler Wilson will see action in his third consecutive game, regardless of Ryan Mallettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health.

Heading into the easiest conference game on the schedule, the Hogs are banged up on offense. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only reason they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blow out Vandy.

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The Arkansas volleyball team put an end to its sixgame losing streak Sunday against Georgia, pushing Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; record to 10-13, with a 4-8 record in Southeastern Conference play. The Razorbacks started the weekend with a zero sets to three loss against Auburn, but responded against Georgia the following match with a three sets to one victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We finished the weekend with a great collective effort,â&#x20AC;? head coach Robert Pulliza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really efficient and it was exciting to see how we rebounded (from the Auburn loss) with a solid performance.â&#x20AC;?

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Torres-Lopez. Arkansas was also aided by 15 service errors from the Bulldogs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They found themselves and really found a way to win,â&#x20AC;? Pulliza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very excited about how we played to end the weekend and to rebound after a poor performance Friday (against Auburn).â&#x20AC;? Freshman Charmaine Whitmore had a career-high nine total blocks against Georgia and led the Razorbacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defensive effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charmaine was ready to go from the get-go,â&#x20AC;? Pulliza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was able to get us excited and get us going from an emotional stand point.â&#x20AC;? The Razorbacks face Alabama Friday at home. Earlier this season, Arkansas beat the Crimson Tide three sets to one. The Razorbacks play six of their last eight games at home. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s XC Set to Compete in SEC Championships

Jasmine Norton Arkansas finally looked like a balanced offense last week against Ole Miss, and the Hogs should have their way up front against Vanderbilt, who has only seven combined points in their last two games. The Hogs need to be wary of a let down. Vandy knocked off Ole Miss by two touchdowns earlier this season, but the Hogs will win this homecoming match up no problem.

Arkansas averages 33 points per game and Vanderbilt nearly 19 points per game. With Knile Davis having established a running game that the offense can rely on, this game should not even be close after the start. ARKANSAS 41 VANDERBILT 10

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The Hogs can score points in wild spurts, and the Commodores, not so much. Vandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 105th ranked offense doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the firepower to keep Arkansas on itsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heels, and the Commodores have been outscored 57-7 in their last two games.

After a strong performance last week against arch-rival Ole Miss, the Razorbacks are going to be in Hog Heaven this week for their Homecoming game. ARKANSAS 42 VANDERBILT 10

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In the win against Georgia, sophomore Jasmine Norton continued her dominating play. She notched 20 or more kills in a single match for the fifth time this season. The sophomore also led the team with a 44.4 hitting percentage, ahead of sophomore Kendall Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 42.1 percent and junior Kelli Stipanovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 36.4 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jasmine Norton is a constant for us,â&#x20AC;? Pulliza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She struggled on Friday against Auburn, but came back Sunday against Georgia with 21 kills. I was more impressed that she was able to start a little bit off her game and finish strongly.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kelli Stipanovich also struggled on Friday, but rebounded and let loose some really great stuff,â&#x20AC;? Pulliza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kendall Cleveland brings great energy and has been working hard to put herself in a position to take advantage of her opportunities, and she did that Sunday.â&#x20AC;? Paramount to the Razorbacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory over Georgia was the service game. Arkansas had nine service aces, including a career-high three from sophomore Janeliss

The Arkansas menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross country team will compete for the Southeastern Conference Championship Monday, Nov. 1 in Columbia, S.C. Last year, the Razorbacks

Cameron Efurd finished second behind Alabama. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alabama is the defending champs, and we feel that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to be at our very best to contend for a championship,â&#x20AC;? coach Chris Bucknam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we are a much better and deeper and talented team than last year. We are going to have to be on top of our game. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been looking after all year, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to get down there and race again.â&#x20AC;? The Razorbacks will be taking 10 runners to the SEC Championships, including Cameron Efurd, Lane Boyer, Solomon Haile and Dorian Ulrey.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in good health and ready to go,â&#x20AC;? Bucknam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think we have ten guys who can show up and really run well for us.â&#x20AC;? The Razorbacks are currently ranked sixth nationally and first in the South Central Regional ranking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about an individual, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the whole team,â&#x20AC;? Bucknam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a team race. We are looking for our guys to run together as a team of ten guys. Whoever the five guys that come out scoring, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what counts. A championship is what Bucknam wants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have guys capable of winning the individual, but our primary concern is our five scorers and the team title,â&#x20AC;? he said. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennis Wraps Up ITA Regionals The Arkansas womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team wrapped up competition in the five-day USTA/ITA Central Regional Championship Monday, finishing 14-7 in singles and 8-4 in doubles. The Razorbacks played eight players in the individual and three teams in the doubles. Senior Anouk Tigu took the individual championship, earning her a spot in the national indoor competition in New York next month. Tigu, ranked 18th in the nation in singles, also reached the finals in doubles with teammate sophomore Claudine Paulson, but the pair were unable to take the title. The Razorbacks have had a player make it to the regional finals in either singles or doubles for the past four years.

Anouk Tigu The team will wrap up the fall season this week at the UNLV Tournament in Las Vegas Nov. 4-7.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 PAGE 15 from BASKETBALL on page 12 â&#x20AC;&#x153;We probably havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen him shoot the ball like that to this point in time, so it was good to see him step up,â&#x20AC;? Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good evening, no matter what the setting is. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to see. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they were bad shots â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I thought they were good ones. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like he was taking crazy shots and just had one of those nights where he was lucky and they went it. I thought they were all pretty decent shots.â&#x20AC;? Wade was rated a fourstar prospect by Scout.com, while Rivals.com ranked him the No. 4 shooting guard defender nationally. Still, the jump from high school to college hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been without its bumps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge transition,â&#x20AC;? Wade said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was going to be this huge. Coming from prep school, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot different. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more physical game, more fastpaced â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my biggest problems right now. The pace of the game and me having to slow myself down, read stuff better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot on you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; go hard in the morning everyday with weights, come back to conditioning and then practice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve still got to work hard if you want to be successful. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to hang in there and keep going.â&#x20AC;? Wade has put in extra

from PETRINO on page 12 harder for my wife to deal with then me because I can just brush it off and I always tell everyone donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe everything you read,â&#x20AC;? Petrino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard on Becky and it gets to her and the kids. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the hardest thing for me is when things are said that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t true and things are said or written that takes a

time in the gym working on making his shot more reliable, trying to aid the transition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives you a lot of confidence going into the season feeling good with your shot.â&#x20AC;? Wade said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For it to be the opening game, I think I did pretty good. The main thing is staying consistent. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out one game and hit eight (shots) and then hit one or two the next game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main thing is getting in the gym, getting more shots every night, being consistent and just working hard every day on my shot.â&#x20AC;? Wade was the only player on either team to score in double figures in the RedWhite game, despite not scoring until less than 10 minutes remained in the contest. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; key for a freshman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pelphrey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A big transition for a guy going from high school to college is knowing the difference between good shots and bad shots,â&#x20AC;? Pelphrey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully it sinks in with him that, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;When I take good ones, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a chance of making a high percentage of them. If I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the right ones, nobody makes a high percentage of them.â&#x20AC;? The Memphis, Tenn., native played his senior year of high school at prestigious Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy. He averaged 20.1 points, five rebounds, five steals and four assists per contest, while leading Har-

grave to the National Prep Tournament Final Four. Wadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shock his teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved it,â&#x20AC;? junior forward Michael Sanchez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not surprised, though. This guy has been putting in a lot of work and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great player.â&#x20AC;? Wade is part of Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deep backcourt. Freshman Rickey Scott was ranked a four-star by Rivals.com and junior Jeff Peterson averaged 10.6 points and 4.2 assists as a sophomore at Iowa in 2009. Clarke returns, while sophomore Julysses Nobles and senior Marcus Britt made 30 combined starts last season. The Hogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; guard depth should be a strength, Wade said. The plethora of guards was also a wake-up call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally different,â&#x20AC;? Wade said, comparing high school and college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in high school and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have one or two good guys on the team and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just all-out balling every day, scoring 20 and 30 (points). At this level, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to be able to do that every night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the guys weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got so many guys who can play just as good or better than you, shoot the ball as well as you and dribble the ball as good as you. You have no days for slip-ups. If you slack off, Jemal (Farmer) is coming. If he slacks off Rickey (Scott) is coming. Every day youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be competitive.â&#x20AC;?

shot at our family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My kids really take it to heart and you wish that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen but its part of the profession.â&#x20AC;? The Arkansas job was Petrinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third head-coaching position in as many years, but he said he and his family are content for a longer stay in Fayetteville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In five years I hope to be here, a couple of championships under our belt and everything is going well,â&#x20AC;? Petrino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Were at a place where we are very

happy as a family and I really love the state of Arkansas and the administration here and the direction that we are going with the program and with the players that we have brought in and that we win enough games that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the fan support is just awesome, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a unique place because all the passion and pride that the whole state has for the Razorbacks, is pretty awesome.â&#x20AC;?

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Joe Adams 97-yard punt return for a touchdown against Ole Miss broke Ken Hatfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school record, set in 1963.

from ADAMS on page 12 blocks,â&#x20AC;? Petrino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our hold-up guys and the guys that are running down with their men did a real nice job. It was one of those things where you can out kick your coverage and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really what he did.â&#x20AC;?

Former head coach and punt returner extraordinaire for the Hogs, Ken Hatfield, was the previous holder of the punt return record when he returned one 95 yards against Tulsa in 1963. After watching a documentary about the 1964 national championship team soon after arriving in Fayette-

ville, Petrino told Hatfield his team was going to return one for the former coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize until that point that it was coach Hatfield returning all them punts, so I told him at that opening banquet that we have to get a punt return in memory of him and how well he did it,â&#x20AC;? Petrino said.

Bobby Petrino Age: 49 Hometown: Helena, Mont. Alma Mater: Carroll College Graduating Year: 1982 Wife: Becky Children: Kelsey, Nick, Bobby and Katie College head-coaching record: 59-23

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Arkansas Traveler staff writer Jordan Grummer sat down with senior fullback Van Stumon to discuss his increased role in the offense and the Hogs’ improved running game. Stumon has seen more playing time in recent weeks and caught a 7-yard touchdown at Auburn. We’ve all seen what Knile Davis has done these last few weeks, but can you talk about the progression of Ronnie Wingo? It’s lovely watching them grow up. I’ve been here a while, and watching them grow up from the last couple of years is a big thing. They were mentored by (former running back) Michael Smith, and he helped those guys out a lot.

I mean, when the bullets are flying, you’ve just got to play, that’s all I was doing was reacting to the game. Do you feel like the more blocks you get the more times you’re going to get to touch the ball? Yeah I think coach has a motive that if you can block, you may be able to get the ball. So, I try and do my job and whenever I try to touch it, I try and do something with it. You can handle 20 carries a game, right? (Laughs) I think I could handle it.

Are you feeling any emotions with this being your last year on campus? There’s a whole lot of emotion. I feel like I have to prove to the state, prove to the team and prove to my parents and family, and so I’ve got a lot of emotions in me.

Does it give you confidence in the red zone to be able to catch it the way you have this season? I always feel like I could be a good weapon in the red zone. I feel like I’m able to show it once plays are called for me. I try to make the plays.

How hard was it to be struggling at running the ball these last few weeks? We never looked at it as we were just struggling with it. That was never an issue. We always just looked at it as when it’s time to run the ball it’s time to run the ball.

The announcers during the game were comparing you to John Connor, a rookie full back for the New York Jets, what’s it like hearing comparisons like that?

Knile Davis said he didn’t know what came over you in the game Saturday, so what do you think came over you?

Van Stumon

I guess I could take that as a compliment. I’ve seen John Connor play. I liked watching him at Kentucky, and I’ve seen some film of him and I like how he plays. I try and mimic him a little bit.

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Beth McVean and nine other seniors will play their final home game Friday.

Arkansas’ soccer team is heading into its last match of the season with something to prove. The Razorbacks (5-10-3, 2-62 Southeastern Conference) will face an LSU squad (6-8-4, 3-4-3) on Oct. 29 that has had a similar season. Both teams entered the year with high expectations

but neither has seen those expectations quite met this season. “It’s a critical match for them to get in the Southeastern Conference Tournament,” Arkansas coach Erin Aubry said. “It is a critical match for us because we still have something to prove. Our seniors desperately want to go out with a win in their last game of the year.” The Razorbacks dropped two games last weekend to ranked opponents. Arkansas suffered losses to

No. 14 ranked South Carolina and No.8 Florida, both by the score of 3-1. “We are obviously disappointed to not get a result this weekend,” Aubry said. “It’s kind of a Catch22 because the reason we are so disappointed is because we know we were close.” The LSU contest will be Senior Day for the 10 Razorbacks in their last home contest. “The seniors are disappointed because at the end of the day

they wanted to have something to show for it,” Aubry said. “It is a constant reminder though to let them know what they have done. How they have built this program and are continuing to build it.” Arkansas has scored 17 goals in SEC play this year, after only scored five last year. The team was also shutout seven times last season in SEC play and have been shutout just once this season – a scoreless tie with Georgia.

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visit us at 616 N. GARLAND AVENUE (directly across from the NW Quads)

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bookstore.uark.edu 616 N. Garland Avenue

(479)575-2156

university of

arkansas

bookstore

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