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Textbooks in for Next Semester
Bookstore employees prepare for next semesters purchases.
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Briefly Speaking A summary of this week’s events.
Page 2 A Long Way From the Village Called Dirt: UA Student Seeks Changes Housseine Mheimidi, a Fulbright scholar from Mauritania, seeks to be a voice for his ethnic group.
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Friendships That Transcend Borders: International Students on Campus U.S. students can easily form relationships with international students through a variety of programs and events.
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Sports
Hogs Win on Senior Day
No. 8 Arkansas beat Tennessee 49-7, sending 17 seniors out with a win in their final home game.
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Students Should Continue Spirit Into Other Sports Students should carry school spirit beyond the football season.
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Stay Fresh Always:
Drew Barker’s Journey to the Top from Fort Worth, Texas, is worried about the stage lights. He has longed to perform at Blackout since he pledged FIJI in 2009, and he knows the girls won’t dance if the lights are too bright. The show begins in 30 minutes. “I’m not really scared,” he says. “It’s like game day – you practice a lot, go to studio a lot, and performing is like game day.” When Barker finally enters the
by BRADY TACKETT Staff Writer
Girls run screaming in the Saturday night rain, snaking around puddles and through the tall arching doors of the newly renovated Phi Gamma Delta house. The girls funnel into forever-long hallways draped in black construction paper. The walls are covered in fluoresMIKE NORTON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER cent paint Caleb Credit, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, uses his iPad in class instead of and so printing off PowerPoints and PDFs. are the girls, who squeeze past each other under trail- main hall, the place is buzzing with the loud, slurred conversation of ing black lights. This is Blackout, Phi Gamma Del- nearly 200 people. As he approaches ta’s signature party, and Drew Barker the stage, the house music fades. But is holed away from all the noise in a the bright overhead lights do not. It’s a surreal moment for Barker, first-story bedroom. He’s been waitwho a year ago was recording songs ing for this night for three years. “I hope they get the lights turned in a closet by himself. He gained a down in there. They are way too reputation among his FIJI brothers bright,” he says, adjusting the flat red see BARKER brim of his Denver Nuggets hat. on page 3 Barker, an up-and-coming rapper
UA Officials Plot Campus GPS for Next Semester by MEGAN HUCKABY Staff Writer
The Associated Student Government and University Relations officials want to launch a new interactive campus map and GPS tracking for buses in February 2012, a UA official said. “We are trying to figure out what technology is most important for students to have to navigate around campus,” ASG President Michael Dodd said. “We are working with University Relations to make navigating campus easier.” The construction has played a part in this project, he said. University Relations is working on a “total uplift of the [campus] map” because the current map is four years old, said Chris Nixon, director of digital design and development. The system is still in the development stage.
Other universities, such as the University of Oklahoma, have interactive maps that allow a user to click on links such as financial aid, student union and parking office. When a user clicks on the link, an information box pops up over the location of the building, allowing the user to access Google Map directions. The map also has a search feature. Texas A&M’s map allows a user to click on specific buildings, which launches an information box. The new UA map will implement all these features, Nixon said. Along with the new interactive campus map, Parking and Transit officials are installing GPS finders in the buses. This will allow students to track the bus routes in real time, he said.
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Prominent Arkansans to Speak at First Fall Commencement in 40 years by JACK SUNTRUP Staff Writer
This semester marks the first fall commencement ceremony at the University of Arkansas since 1971. The Dec. 17 ceremony will feature speeches by prominent Arkansans, officials said. Ernest Green, a member of the Little Rock Nine, and former Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt will both receive honorary degrees from the university. Green will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree while Hammerschmidt will receive a Doctor of Laws degree. Both are expected to address the graduates. The fall ceremony, unlike spring commencement, will include graduates from all six colleges, graduate school, and
“This is something students have asked for for many years.” - Steve Voorhies, university relations representative law school, said Dave Dawson, registrar. “Six-hundred to 700 students will walk,” Dawson said. The UA rebooted the fall commencement ceremony in response to student requests and a growing student population, said Steve Voorhies, university relations representative. “This is something students have asked for for many years,” he said. “I’ve gotten calls from parents who have seemed very pleased.” Green was the first African-American to graduate from Little Rock Central High
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School, a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal and an assistant secretary of Labor under President Jimmy Carter. Green was also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s board of directors, chairman of the African Development Foundation and managing director of Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital until his retirement in 2009, according to a UA press release.
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Faculty Sounds Off on Electronic Devices in Class by BAILEY KESTNER Staff Writer
More than 90 percent of professors surveyed at various four-year public universities in 2010 said e-book content would soon be an important instructional resource, according to a report by the Campus Computing Project. The Campus Computing Project began in 1990 and is the largest continuing study of the role or e-learning and information technology in American higher education, according to their website. “I don’t mind if students have laptops in my class — the same goes for iPads,” said Lonnie Beard, a law professor. Most students use them every class meeting, he said. “Just as long as the students don’t distract their classmates, I don’t mind too much, though I would like them to stay focused on the class rather than surf the web,” he said. He has not experienced many problems concerning laptops and iPads in his classes, he said. “Electronics are windows to things going on outside of the classroom,” Beard said. Stephanie McCullough, junior music and psychology major, said she often uses her laptop in class. “It is mainly to work on things for other classes, though I still take notes for the class I am sitting in,” McCullough said. The only bad thing about bringing her laptop to class is the temptation to get on Facebook, she said. It is obvious that the use of laptops are distracting to the lecture when students giggle behind computers and motion their neighbors to look at things on the screen, Beard said. “Benefit outweighs the cost though, I just hope students use them to their advantage,” he said. “I’m not going to punish or ban iPads and laptops in class just because a few students use them in the wrong ways,”
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Caleb Credit, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, uses his iPad in class instead of printing off PowerPoints and PDFs. he said. Sociology professor Gordon Morgan said he expects students to use electronic devices responsibly. “I tell my students to be careful and pay attention. I shouldn’t hear any noise from their laptops or iPads,” Morgan said. “There is a lot to be gained in listening to lectures in class, not just to gain knowledge, but also discipline,” he said. Morgan details his rules at the beginning of the course so there are fewer problems with the use of laptops and iPads in his classes. James Walker, professor of Human Anatomy, has an uncompromising stance on electronic devices. “All cell phones must be out of sight in my classes and laptops are only to be used to take notes,” Walker said. Walker’s class sizes can reach up to 300 students, but hardly any laptops or iPads,
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he said. The university has no official policy against the use of laptops or iPads. “There is no specific policy against the use of laptops or iPads in classes on the UA campus,” said Steve Voorhies, media manager of university relations. Whether a student can use them in a class is directly up to the individual faculty member, he said. “It is a general policy that the electronics should be used for notes related to the class,” Voorhies said. Regardless of policy, some UA students think laptops are a distraction. “I hardly ever use my laptop in my classes,” said Chris Kinnison, sophomore engineering major. “I don’t really have a use for it in my classes right now and it is a bad source of distraction during lectures.”
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Monday, Nov.14 CBCO Blood Drive
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Razorback Band Spectacular: HogWild with Coach Mike Anderson
Razorback Band and Spirit Squads present the season’s most popular music and routines. Special guest will be Razorback basketball coach Mike Anderson. Show starts at 7:30 P.M. at Barnhill. Admission is free and all students, families, and friends are welcome.
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UA Horn Choir Concert
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and admission is free.
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Wednesday, Nov.16
The University Theatre Presents The Adding Machine
The University Theatre season continues with The Adding Machine, Elmer Rice’s landmark of American expressionism. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright pokes fun at the growing regimentation of man in a message that resonates loudly today.Ticket prices are $16 for adults, $14 for faculty, staff and seniors, and $7 for children. UA students may attend the show free on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, or for $3 on Friday and Saturday with their UA ID. The box office will open on Monday, November 8. Box office hours are 12 p.m. -3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and two hours prior to each show.
UA Fall Jazz Ensemble Concert
Arkansas Union Theater, 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and admission is free.
Thursday, Nov.17
Electrical Engineering Seminar
Wireless identification and sensing systems already play a paramount role in everyday life and their significance is expected to increase even more in the future. This presentation concentrates on emerging applications of these systems, such as sensor integration to RFID, implantable backscattering-based biomedical sensors and novel manufacturing methods of RFID tags. The seminar will take place in Bell 2269 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Messiah: The Second Coming: A Muslim and Christian Perspective
A seminar presenting the Christian and Muslim views on the coming of the Messiah will be held at the Arkansas Union Theater on Thursday, November 17th at 4 p.m. The seminar will be followed by an open microphone question and answer session. The speakers will be Reverend Omar Al-Rikabi, Chaplain of the Wesley Foundation at the UA and Imam Naseem Mahdi, chief missionary and vice president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The event is put on by Al-Islam Students Association and will be followed by a reception.
Friday, Nov.18
Japanese Tea Ceremony sponsored by Japanese Student Association
Japanese Tea Ceremony is a traditional form of arts to enjoy the taste of green tea, the setting of the room and communication between the server and the served. JSA is going to reconstruct and present Japanese Tea Ceremony with sweets and tea.This is a free event and open to everyone at Holcombe Hall Living Room from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Hammerschmidt served as the first Arkansas republican elected to Congress since 1877, worked for veterans benefits and was a ranking member on the House Public Works Committee.
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from page 1 This new system will be a web-based application, so it will be accessible from a desktop computer and a mobile device. UA technicians are still working to improve the mobile aspect of the system, Nixon said. This new system will be paid for by Parking and Transit, not student fees, he said. The goal is to launch the two technologies at the same time, Nixon said. Students think the GPS
Hammerschmidt also flew 217 combat missions in World War II, sponsored a bill to make the Buffalo River the nations first national river and was a member of an American delegation that witnessed Egypt’s Anwar el-Sadat address the Israeli parliament in 1977, according to a UA press release. tracker will be a valuable tool. “I think that would be good because you would know exactly when to go to the bus stop,” said Lauren Lucy, sophomore biology major. Lucy rides the Tan bus everyday and thinks that the GPS tracker would make for a smoother commute. “I would like to know where the bus is instead of going to the bus stop and waiting, especially when it is raining,” Lucy said. UA officials want to have a soft release of the products in January.
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from page 1 for freestyling at house parties. “I did it one time, and after that people just starting asking me three or four times a party, and it would just be like, ‘Oh, he’s freestyling again!’ Barker said. His impromptu performances ruffled some veteran FIJI members. “At that time, there were certain people who were like, ‘Who is this guy who thinks he can just rap and dress how he wants?’” said Richard Carrizales II, Barker’s friend and self-appointed promoter. It was then that something clicked for Barker. “Everyone would just be going crazy, and that’s when it hit him. To have a crowd really be interested in his lyrics and his rapping, it kind of opened his eyes,” Carrizales said. Barker, who wears baggy graphic t-shirts and doesn’t own a pair of Sperry’s, is something of a rare specimen at FIJI. His friends describe him as quiet, thoughtful and withdrawn. “I’ve never seen Drew chase girls. And I’m sure he could pull nine out of 10 of them if he wanted,” said Kenny Richardson, one of Barker’s pledge brothers. “He’s always driven on the next move, getting something done.” That drive is intoxicating for Barker. His mind is always working overtime to calculate new rhyme schemes, and its easier without distractions. “Drew’s never been one to want to draw the attention in to himself. Unless he’s on stage, of course,” Richardson said. Barker worked so hard to earn a performance slot at Blackout, but this was never how he envisioned it. Two songs in and his raspy voice is trickling too faintly from the speakers, and the room is still too bright, so the girls are embarrassed to dance. “Can’t we turn these lights down?” someone complains to the man at the soundboards. “Can’t,” the man says, motioning to the tiny chandeliers above. “They’re motion-sensored.” Barker is frustrated, but he can’t let his audience know it. He’s
a performer. So he struts the stage in what seems a dizzy euphoria, his face cracked in a wide grin. His friends hold up camcorders and nod their heads, mouthing the words of the song’s cocky chorus. “This is how you kill a beat, this is how you kill a beat.” Barker released his first mixtape, Straight to the Top: Vol. 1, in March. The digital release has been streamed more than 1,000 times from the popular hip-hop mixtape website DatPiff. The release of Vol. 1 kickstarted a run of well-attended shows, including a recent headlining performance at George’s Majestic Lounge and an opening gig for the Ying Yang Twins in September, which Barker called his best show thus far. “I went home and just kind of sat there,” he said. “It was crazy. The dude working the door said there were 900 to 1,000 people there.” Barker soon returned to Sessionworks Studios in Hurst, Texas, to record KillaBeat 1, which he released in June. On Friday, he dropped his third mixtape, Straight to the Top: Vol. 2. “Two mixtapes in three months, check my diligence,” he brags on a new song called “Murder.” Barker’s songs stand in sharp relief of his quiet disposition. Songs like “Flavored Papers” and “Stay Fresh Always (S.F.A.)” detail the sort of clichéd hedonism common to Lil’ Wayne songs and fraternity parties. “Most of my music is fun music, upbeat, about getting drunk and partying,” Barker said. But Straight to the Top: Vol. 2 showcases a more contemplative tone. The songs are moody and searching, and they give some glimpses into Barker’s troubled childhood. Barker’s parents lived “in a bad part” of Fort Worth. He was born into a “humongous” family that now includes five brothers, one sister and more than 20 cousins. At school, he was the only white kid among his friends. He learned very early that he was a leader. “Me and my group of friends would run around the playground, just trying to be bosses,
and we had a chain of leadership, and I would be delegating everybody, like, ‘OK, you’re second leader, you’re third. I’m first leader, so you gotta listen to me,’” Barker said. Barker was two when his parents divorced, or when his father left to pursue a lucrative career in Fort Smith, Ark. “My dad, he came up, man. He made it from drinking Hawaiian Punch and cheese crackers to an aerospace engineer,” Barker said. “It’s good that I see both sides: I see success and I see what we got.” The family was left with very little, so they moved in with Barker’s grandparents. “I mean, my dad’s great. We have a great relationship now,” Barker said. “But my grandpa
was always around. He taught me how to be a man.” His name was Robert Johnson, but the family affectionately called him Papa Bear. He was the glue that held Barker’s life together. “He was a strong man. He was a leader. He was what we needed,” Barker said. Barker was in seventh grade when Papa Bear died from pancreatic cancer on July 28, 2003. “It shaped me,” Barker said quietly. “I’d be different if things were hunky-dory all the time. I don’t think I’d be as driven to succeed.” With his father in another state and now Papa Bear gone, too, Barker suddenly became the man of the family. The thought weighs heavy on him.
“It’s my job to provide. I just always felt like I needed to be the man to change things,” Barker said. His friends said that if his music ever starts to turn a profit, the money would unquestionably go to his family. His greatest fear is that he will fail to provide for them, Carrizales said. “He’s put so much time and effort into this,” he said. “He gets mad and he gets scared when he feels like nothing’s coming of it, like it’s all going to waste.” The fear of failure is visible on stage at Blackout, when, about 20 minutes into the set, people start to leave. As Barker raps, his eyes follow them up the stairs. But his close friends in FIJI remain clustered around the stage, and when the show ends
and Barker descends the steps with a reluctant smile, they meet him with encouragement. Kenny Richardson, who is perhaps Barker’s closest friend in FIJI, gives him a long hug, and they stand there talking for a while. “We were just talking about his first couple shows, about how as many people haven’t turned out as he would have hoped,” Richardson said. “And just ‘keep driving.’ If I could use one word to describe Drew, it’d be ‘driven.’ He’s got drive and determination like I’ve never seen.” As the house music fades back in, Barker returns, exhausted, to the first-story bedroom.
Bookstore Directors Prepare for Next Semester by KAREN STIGAR Staff Writer
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Keith Todd, History grad student, looks at a book to rent at the UA Bookstore. The bookstore offers students the opportunity to rent books to save money.
Bookstore employees are now reserving textbooks for next semester because of early registration, the director of the campus bookstore said. The UA provides a list of required textbooks to all surrounding bookstores by November 1 according to enrollment in certain courses and demand for those books, said Mike Carron, owner of Beat the Bookstore. “There will be larger amount of books being reserved closer to the end of this semester,” he said. “There will be a huge rush of returning books as well.” Students who return their books sooner will get half of what they paid for them according to the demand presented by the university’s list. Once that demand goes down, students will not receive a full 50 percent, Carron said. UA bookstore officials also encourage students to bring books back in for “buy back” as soon as possible so
that they can receive the full 50 percent of what the book is worth, Carron said. “We promote [that] students bring their books back ASAP because the need is larger,” said Ali Sadeghi, director of the campus bookstore. All the books that were bought at the beginning of this semester will be purchased back by bookstores because of the large amount of students. “We get our inventory from the students bringing back their books and reselling them,” Carron said. Students are the main employees at every bookstore on and around campus. “We choose to hire college students because they are the best to relating to other students. They understand the whole process and are the only people willing to work only a couple weeks out of the semester,” Carron said. University bookstore officials use the same concept and hire many students with many different majors and grade levels, Sadeghi said.
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‘It’s the Economy Stupid’ Like most people across the country the biggest issue for Arkansans in the upcoming election is —no surprise— the economy. With a lingering recession, Clinton’s old adage of “it’s the economy stupid” continues to be true. The Arkansas Poll, conducted by Janine Parry, a UA political science professor, found that the economy is the top issue for 70 percent of Arkansans. Unemployment is at 8.5 percent and underemployment — a huge problem for graduating students— is more than 18 percent, according to Gallup. Almost one in five Americans are underemployed. Even worse, for those who are 18-29 —the group that includes college students and recent graduates— underemployment is almost 30 percent, according to Gallup. As college students that means working part-time instead of full-time, or at a lower paying job than one we might have been able to get a few years ago, or when the economy recovers. Perhaps the only good news is that while across- the -board unemployment is 9 percent, for those with a bachelors degree it is approximately 4.4 percent as of October 2011, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics The staggering economy and high unemployment also make tough reelection prospects for President Barack Obama. No president has been elected with unemployment above 8 percent since World War II, according to The New York Times. The presidents approval rating is still barely above 40 percent—43 to be specific— and 70 percent of Americans think the economy is getting worse, according to Gallup Daily. With a tough, stubborn economic reality shaping our foreseeable future, perhaps UA officials should make internships a required part of earning a degree. While we love our liberal arts majors, it’s all too easy for students to get caught up in theory and classes and not give enough thought about how their degrees can have a practical use post-college.
International Students Integral to Campus From The Editor
by Saba Naseem
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My thumbs fidgeted as I looked around, trying to find a familiar face in the class Media and Society of more than 100 students. I graduated from a high school class of 633, and never had a class with more than 30 students. I felt lost as I sat through the first day of class freshman year. As I turned to my right, I saw the girl next to me looking just as lost, if not more. She smiled at me. She was an international student from South Korea, here for a semester. She was also the first Korean I had met. Needless to say, I was intrigued with her culture and language. I had met international students in
high school, but most of them were exchange students from Germany or France, whose cultures were more similar to the American culture than that of the Eastern world. That semester I learned so much about another culture, just by sitting next to her in class and spending time with her outside of class. That was just the beginning of my exposure to different cultures brought to the UA by international students. I later had the pleasure of meeting Namiko Bagirimvano, program assistant for the Office of International Students and Scholars, who introduced me to all the wonders of Holcombe Hall, where many of the international students live. Almost every month there was a different event, either a geography series on Morocco or Haiti or a cooking workshop. Even today, if you stop by Holcombe Hall, the big events calendar on the wall has an event almost every week. This fall, the UA is home to more than 1,000 international students and 250 scholars from 117 countries, according to the International Student Scholars office website. Of the 1,191, the
top five countries represented are China, India, Korea, Bolivia and Vietnam. We have so much to learn from these students—geography, culture, history and language. Before I started mingling with international students, I probably could not have pointed Mauritania on a map or told you the capital of Libya. As a student who has studied abroad twice in two different parts of the world, I cannot stress how important it is for us to make international students feel at home and to respect their culture. In both France and Morocco, native students, who had many stereotypes about America and the culture, learned that Americans do not eat burger and fries for every meal, that the government’s actions to not necessarily represent the views of all and that as students, we are all essentially striving for the same goal—a good education and a good job. We all have our stereotypes about other nations, but it is important for us to learn about a people before we decide to judge them. This week represents
International Education Week across the globe. It is a joint initiative of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Education Department to “promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States,” according to the IEW website. At the UA, there will be various events to celebrate IEW, and I encourage you all to go and meet new people, to try new food and to learn facts about a race and culture that you perhaps do not know about. If you want to know how to get involved in International Education Week, Wednesday night there is a Holcombe Night Market from 6- 8 p.m., a Japanese Tea Ceremony Friday and the Diwali Banquet is Saturday. Saba Naseem is the 20112012 Traveler editor. She is a senior majoring in French, journalism and Middle Eastern studies. Her column appears bimonthly, every other Monday.
Students Should Continue Spirit Into Other Sports Traveler Quote of the Day
“We are trying to figure out what technology is most important for students to have to navigate around campus. We are working with University Relations to make navigating campus easier.” -ASG President Michael Dodd, “UA Officials Plot Campus GPS for Next Semester,” page one
Rocket Science
by JOE KIEKLAK
Traveler Columnist
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Not that it’s the point of my writing, or the writing of college journalist, but in journalism, school administrators often fall under a negative limelight. This can’t be prevented. It’s the nature of news, and the duties of journalists to cover the story, and unfortunately it isn’t always good news. This column, however, does fall into that once-in-awhile category of good news, and a call to commitment. Saturday was UA’s last home football game in Fayetteville, and the Hogs delivered a crushing 49-7 defeat to the Tennessee Vols. Yet, I’m not here to focus on the stats of the game, or talk about the excellence in the coaching staff or the players, even though they deserve it.
The administration, particularly Student Affairs staff did a great job of providing a safe environment for students this year at home football games. The student section environment was just as exciting as it seemed when I was growing up watching games from the other side of the stadium. It felt great to be apart of the roaring fan base. There were times this year, however, where the student section got out of hand, as any student section does from time to time. Yet, Student Affairs staffers worked diligently to keep students under control. Arrests are sometimes numerous in the stadium because of rowdy fans, but the numbers remain low in the student section said Daniel Pugh, vice provost for Student Affairs and dean of students. Not only was the student section kept under control, UA administration and UAPD officials helped facilitate a safe, spirited pre-game camping environment. The success of the first home season of sports of the academic year couldn’t have been achieved without a committed administration to match the overwhelmingly excited student body.
We all need to remember to thank those who helped out in this tiring process. Football isn’t the only sport that students have a chance to make their presence known, though. Basketball Coach Mike Anderson, who recently led the Hogs to an 83-63 win against USC-Upstate shows a promising season ahead. Tom Collen, the women’s basketball couch, also shows promise, with a 65-61 win over Florida State yesterday in Daytona Beach. We can also boast a strong volleyball team, coached by Robert Pulliza, with a recent victory against South Carolina. As we did for the football team, as students, we need to rally behind our Razorbacks no matter the sporting season. There is a growing trend in America of less importance being put on women’s sports, yet as a school we need to reverse that attitude. We are lucky to claim some of the best sports teams in the nation, so we need to support them. By going to the games, we not only show our teams we care about their success, we show the country the true spirit of the Razorbacks, a spirit that has a trend of disappearing after football
season. To help with the process, Associated Student Governemnt executives launched an incentive system for students, RazorRewards, earning points for attendance to certain UA events, sports included. So even if you don’t want to attend for the fun of going, or for the spirit of the team, at least go an earn points that lead to prizes after reaching certain levels of accumulated points. Of course, one can’t always make every game, but showing school spirit in any way is what counts. Throwing on a red shirt, a Razorback tattoo or even a tweet in Razorback support helps. Even though our biggest Razorback sports season is drawing to a close, we turn a new leaf and in doing so have a plethora of opportunities to get involved in making the spirit of the Razorbacks known across the nation. We do that with a loyal UA administration, and promising sports teams to rally behind. Now we, as students, need to get in the game. Joe Kieklak is a freshman majoring in philosophy and journalism. His column appears weekly, every Monday.
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Friendships That Transcend Borders: International Students on Campus Staff Writer
MELEAH GROSS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Housseine Mheimid is a Fulbright scholar studying at the UA from Mauritania, an African country largely located in the Sahara Desert.
A Long Way From the Village Called ‘Dirt’: UA Student Seeks Change “I want to be a political voice for victims of slavery,” Mheimid said. “Especially in the north, there are still a lot of victims of slavery, especially my ethnic group. We are very marginalized. Even though we are about 40 percent of the population, we do not have adequate representation.” Getting a Fulbright scholarship from the U.S. Department of State has taken Mheimid a long way from where he grew up. Though he attended school in other cities in Mauritania, he grew up with his family in a small village in the Sahara called el-Ghabra. “It literally translates to ‘dirt,’” Mheimid said, laughing. “It’s very dusty. The ground is dirt. When the wind blows the dirt in the distance, the sky is literally dark because of the dust. It would seem odd to most Americans that peo-
needs to be some justice and reconciliation.” Scholarship funding from the Housseine Mheimid is rarely Mauritanian government typiseen without a smile. Though he cally goes to the already wealthy, is a Fulbright scholar with great Mheimid said. He got the Fulcareer potential wherever in the bright scholarship even though world he might choose, Mheimid his family is not from the wealthy has decided to return to Mauritaclass because of his hard work and nia. Mauritania, a sparsely popubecause the scholarship is adminlated country located largely in the istered through a fair system. Sahara Desert, remains ranked “It’s a transparent process,” he among the poorest countries in said, “Because it was administered the world. through the U.S. Department of “People ask me sometimes why State.” I don’t prefer to stay here and find Mheimid was chosen from a job here,” Mheimid said. “Life in more than 600 applicants. the United States is easy. It’s comBecause of his family’s remote fortable, but I want to go back belocation, sometimes it is difficult cause it’s my home, you know? to get in contact with his parents And home is home. Life may be and siblings. This year, a drought more difficult there, but I want to is taking place in Mauritania that make change.” will affect Mheimid’s family. Though much of the Western “It’s still early during the world stamped drought. The out slavery more drought is really go“I don’t promote any retaliation, bethan a cening to have an effect cause if you retaliate, you aren’t any tury ago, slavin the next couple ery remains months,” Mheimid different than your oppressors.” entrenched in said. “I definite- Housseine Mheimid, UA student Mauritanian soly worry about my ciety. There are more than 600,000 ple have adapted to life there.” family. They have some animals, slaves in Mauritania – roughly 20 Instead of feeling disillusioned and there’s a mentality in the vilpercent of the population, accord- or angry about the status quo in lage about it. Like, even if I told ing to 2007 figures by SOS Slaves, his country, Mheimid instead ap- my family that this is going to be a Mauritanian anti-slavery group. proaches it with optimism and a a tough year and that they should Officially, slavery has been abol- practical approach of ways he can sell their animals to meat markets ished in the country, but laws have promote change. or to Senegal, they would keep the not been enforced. One of the biggest areas in animals and spend a lot of monMheimid was born into the Ha- which Mheimid sees hope for the ey to feed them, and they would ratin ethnic group, the group that future is through improved edu- watch them die.” is often sold as slaves to the Arab cation for a greater portion of the After he graduates from the elite, and he wants to enter the Mauritanian people. UA, Mheimid will attend graduMauritanian government to make “There needs to be education ate school for public policy. He a difference for his people. reform. There’s so much human is applying to attend some of the “I want to be a voice in politics capital that goes to waste because top public policy graduate schools for my ethnic group, and not only people don’t get an education or in the world before he returns to for my ethnic group, but for all because they are sold as slaves. Mauritania, a place altogether difminorities, to bring social justice Mauritania is a very poor coun- ferent from Fayetteville. and bring equality, freedom and try because it doesn’t have a strong “The standard of living is comrespect for everyone,” Mheimid workforce, but it doesn’t need to pletely different compared to said with a smile. be,” Mheimid said. “There are so here,” Mheimid said, “And the difMheimid and his immediate many natural resources like iron, ference between the wealthy and family have never been slaves, copper, fish and more.” the poor is much greater. There but he has seen slavery firsthand Mheimid sees a few other ways, are some wealthy, aristocratic throughout his life, even when he too, that the government of his people in Mauritania in the capirecently visited. country could be reformed. tal city. They live in these homes “I returned to Mauritania over “There’s a lot of nepotism that that look like palaces, but when Christmas break, and one of my needs to be fixed. Sometimes they walk out of their gate, it’s all friends from the wealthy Arab you’ll see one person in govern- dirt, and the poor live like nothing aristocratic elite invited me to ment get everyone else in his fam- you see here. They live every day his house,” Mheimid said. “You ily a job,” Mheimid said. just hoping to get by.” would think it was a palace or For all of this, Mheimid emphaMheimid is a long way from elsomething, and they had a black sizes a peaceful approach. Ghabra, the village named ‘dirt,’ Haratin working there as a slave. “I don’t promote any retalia- but his thoughts and plans continI was uncomfortable about that.” tion,” Mheimid said, “Because if ue to revolve around his people. Situations like this have shaped you retaliate, you aren’t any differ“It’s my home.” Mheimid’s career goals. ent from your oppressors. There
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ited to international students. Everyone is welcome to socialize and learn about different cultures. “[Students can become] involved with Holcombe International Living Learning Community, whose mission is to ‘create an environment that fosters cultural awareness, develop a broader world outlook, and build strong, lasting bonds among citizens of the world’,” Bagirimvano said. “HILLC hosts many events during the semester and joining for the programs is one of the best ways to get to know the international community.” Another way to create relationships is to volunteer on campus while creating “personal interactions with international students,”
“The Friendship Family Program hosts can offer a type of home away from home and a familiar face for the internation“Youyì,” “ujeong” and “tumhara al students as well,” Shreve said. dost” mean “friendship” in Chi“The program is very beneficial nese, Hindi and Korean, respecboth to the host and the student tively; these are the three mostas there is a great exchange of culrepresented cultures by UA intertures and friendship.” national students, all of which acThe program lives up to its title count for nearly 10 percent of the by allowing American and interUA population and hail from 117 national students to create a kincountries. International students dred partnership. may speak different languages “The Friendship Family stuand come from different cultures, dents will do a variety of things but they can still create lasting with their families,” Shreve said. friendships during their time in “It could be anything from famthe United States. ily gatherings for meals, birthday One of the easiest ways that UA parties, sporting events, hiking students can get to know internaand even possibly visiting some tional students is simply by talkof the surrounding parts of northing to them. west Arkansas.” “I have many inAnd for American “Taking language classes provides a great ternational friends students, interacting way to interact with people who speak from all over the with international that language.” world. Any student students can be as can be involved, but easy as going to class, - Ray Salmon, UA Senior it can require stepspecifically those foping out of your comfort zone,” Bagirimvano said. “Among dif- cused on international subjects. said Ray Salmon, a UA senior ma- ferent offices, there are various “Taking language classes projoring in mechanical engineering. different volunteer opportuni- vides a great way to interact with “Having Japanese heritage myself, ties as well: ISS offers Conversa- people who speak that language,” as a freshman, I would often walk tion Club, Cross Cultural Men- Salmon said. “Whether it's a conup to international students and tor Program, Friendship Family versation partner, or just making ask where they were from and Program, Global Greeks, Interna- more friends, having the ability to start a conversation.” tional Culture Team and Dinner speak another person's language Many international students in the American Home as cultural really gives you a better conneclive in Holcombe Hall, which is exchange programs.” tion with those people.” also the location of the the OfThe Friendship Family ProCommunicating with diverse fice of International Students and gram allows American students students can change students’ perScholars. to form a friendship with an in- spectives and educate them on “We, as international educators ternational student through the different cultures. Few places in in ISS, make sure about students’ creation of an informal setting in the United States are as culturally immigration status during their which students can get to know and ideologically diverse as colstudy at the UA, and we also make familes. lege campuses. sure that students are having a “The Friendship Family Pro“I have learned that if you want positive experience in the United gram helps international stu- to look at the world objectively States by offering various educa- dents at the UA connect with lo- and broaden your understandtional programs,” said Namiko cal families and individuals,” said ing of the world, you need to inBagirimvano, program assistant Casie Shreve, coordinator for the teract with people from different for UA Office of International Stu- Friendship Family Program. “The backgrounds from you,” Salmdents & Scholars. “Holcombe Hall goal of the program is to enrich on said. “There are just some is a unique place and with 140 co- the students’ learning experience.” things (world views, family backed students from as near as FayMany students experience grounds, politics, beliefs, etc.) that etteville and as far as Asia, Europe, homesickness when they move you will be completely oblivious Africa and South America, it is away to college, but international to if you don't interact with people truly a home away from home.” students are crossing more than from international backgrounds.” Holcombe Hall is not just lim- just state lines.
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MIKE NORTON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Mohamed Boudhoum, President of ISO, meets with his fellow officers in the Union Living Room. The officers hail from all around the globe, from Morocco and Mexico to China and Cameroon.
International Education Week Monday November 14th: Ringing of the Tollert Celebration Bell 11 a.m. Alumni House Faculty, staff and students will be wearing clothes representing cultures from around the world and group picture will be taken in the Arkansas Union at 12:20 p.m. Declaration of International Education Week in Arkansas and the reading of Governor's Proclamation Arkansas Union Connections Lounge 11 a.m. International Bazaar and Study Abroad Photo Contest 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Arkansas Union Connections Lounge
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Arkansas started the Mike Anderson era playing like teams in the Nolan Richardson glory days. The Razorbacks built a 19-3 run within the first five minutes, getting up and down the court on a momentumbuilding run like Richardson’s teams were famous for in the 1990s when Anderson was his assistant. The Hogs didn’t play perfect the entire game, but pulled away down the stretch for a 83-63 win in Anderson’s Arkansas head coaching debut. “It’s been a build up to this point and we finally got a game in under our belt,”
Arkansas senior receiver Joe Adams returns a punt 60 yards for a touchdown in the Razorbacks’ 48-7 win over Tennessee.
Anderson said. “We came out and had a tremendous run. If you want to start off a game, that’s the way you want to start off. A lot of that was emotion. You can only play so long with emotion, but I was proud of our guys in terms of really leaving it out on the floor.” The Razorbacks started fast in front of an estimated 10,500 fans at Bud Walton Arena. Sophomore guard Julysses Nobles hit a 3-pointer just 14 seconds into the game on the Hogs’ first shot. Arkansas hit 10 of its first 11 shots, building a 16-point lead.
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Hogs Rout Vols by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
Eighth-ranked Arkansas racked up big play after big play, routing Tennessee 49-7 on Senior Day in front of 72,103 fans at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The Razorbacks had three scoring plays of 40 yards or more and racked up 499 yards of offense in their sixth consecutive win. “I thought we played well in all three phases,” Arkansas coach Bobby
Petrino said. “Certainly had big plays in all three phases. It was a good, good team win for us.” Hogs senior receiver Joe Adams had a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter, junior running back Dennis Johnson broke a 71-yard touchdown run in the second and junior quarterback Tyler Wilson hit senior receiver Joe Adams for a 40-yard touchdown in the third. “Big plays kind of get their hope down,” senior receiver Jarius Wright said. “They probably felt at one time that everything was going against
them.” Arkansas built a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter and the Volunteers never pulled closer than 14. “To win the game the way we did tonight was a great win,” Petrino said. “I liked the way we put them back to back, last week and then here.” The Razorbacks (9-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) took a doubledigit lead at the end of the first quarter on Adams’ highlight-reel return. He fielded the ball at the 40-yard line, broke a tackle, retreated to the 30 and broke four more tackles. He
raced down the sideline, swerved toward the middle of the field, then headed back toward the sideline, following a wall of blockers for his third punt return for a touchdown this season. “That’s like one of those where you go, ‘Oh no, don’t run backward, don’t run, ooh. OK. Here he goes. Oh my gosh. Touchdown,’” Petrino said. “It was an amazing play and certainly
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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior forward Marshawn Powell scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Razorbacks to an 83-63 win over USC Upstate in the season opener.
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Arkansas offensive coordinator Garrick McGee isn’t easily impressed. When Jarius Wright broke the school’s career receptions reception on a ball tipped four times, all McGee thought about was hurrying the offense back to the line. Joe Adams 60-yard punt return for a touchdown wowed McGee. “I said to Joe after the game, ‘I’ve seen you make a lot of plays around here, but that punt return tonight was special,’” McGee said. “That was a hell of a play.” Arkansas’ 17 seniors accounted for five touchdowns in their final Fayetteville home game of their careers. The Razorbacks jumped out on Tennessee early taking a 21-7 halftime lead before piling it on in the second half of a 49-7 Senior Day win. “It was a good win for us,” Petrino said. “Very, very happy for our football team. It’s a great way to send out our seniors; a group of young men that have done a lot for this football program.” This year’s senior class had a rocky start to their careers, going 5-7 in 2008, but have since gone a combined 27-9 with an appearance in the school’s first ever BCS Bowl game and a Liberty Bowl victory in 2009. Wright caught a total of five passes to give him 155 receptions for his career, breaking Anthony Eubanks 14-year old record for most receptions in school history. The Warren, Ark., native’s 7-yard touchdown catch was his
Arkansas coach Mike Anderson started his new head coaching job with a win in a familiar place in front of his mentor Nolan Richardson and an estimated crowd of 10,500 fans at Bud Walton Arena. The Razorbacks won 83-63 as Anderson, the 17-year assistant for the Hogs under Richardson finally got his moment as Arkansas’ head coach nine years after leaving to take his first head coaching job at Alabama-Birmingham. Richardson was in attendance and even visited the Razorbacks’
locker room prior to the game for a pregame speech. “It was short and sweet and to the point,” Anderson said. “The thing about it is, since I have been with coach, played for him and coached with him, he just reinforces a lot of things that I talk about. I think when our guys get a chance to hear a Hall of Fame coach and legend speak it kind of opened their eyes up and hopefully gets their attention. “There is a lot of newness with me with them so when he says that, a Hall of Famer, it means a whole lot more.” Juniors Julysses Nobles and Marshawn Powell also enjoyed
Richardson’s speech. “It was nice to see; he is a vet,” Nobles said. “He was here when they won championships so to get some words from him is always good. It carried us and gave us more energy.” “That is the guy,” Powell said. “That is the guy of this Arkansas basketball team. For him to just come in our locker room and speak I was honored. It lifted me up more and just gave me a different sense of urgency.” Richardson spoke on the different kinds of teams in
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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore setter Ray Santos and the Razorbacks beat Ole Miss and Alabama over the weekend, moving the Razorbacks into second place in the SEC West. team-leading 10th touchdown of the season and moved him within one touchdown of tying former Hog receiver Marcus Monk for most touchdown receptions in a season. “It’s always good to break a record,” Wright said. “Especially in your home state and somewhere you’ve been so long.” Adams continued the fireworks with his nation-leading third punt return for a touchdown this season. Arkansas leads the nation with five special teams touchdowns. “Special-teams wise, what can you say, we have had five special
teams’ touchdowns,” Petrino said. “Very proud of our special teams, we have been good on special teams.” Adams wasn’t done just yet, the Little Rock native hauled in a 40-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to give Arkansas a 35-7 lead. It was Adams sixth touchdown of the season to run his career total to 21. “We’re just trying to finish out this season strong,” Adams said. “Coach has been preaching that. That’s the reason I came
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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Coach Mike Anderson made his debut as head coach of Arkansas Friday night in front of an estimated 10,500 fans including Hall of Fame coach and mentor Nolan Richardson.
SPORTS from BASKETBALL on page 7 “Coach (Anderson) had put an emphasis on coming out and playing from the beginning because we’ve been waiting a little while to turn it up,� junior forward Marshawn Powell said. “Shots were falling.� Powell scored a game-high 19 points while sophomore guard Rickey Scott finished with 11. Eight players scored seven or more points. “It was a pretty good start, but we’ve got to go back and get better at certain areas,� junior guard Julysses Nobles said. Despite the quick start, the Razorbacks made just 5 of 19 field goals to finish the first half. The Spartans then cut the lead to 10 with less than 12 minutes in the second half. “It comes with playing too fast at times,� Powell said. “Like Coach (Anderson)
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says, over time we’re going to clean that up and it’s going to be some good basketball.� The Hogs used a 22-8 run to take a 79-53 lead with less than five minutes left in the game.
Marshawn Powell “We came out in the second half and I thought played really good defense to extend the lead again,� Anderson said. Powell scored 12 of his 19 points and grabbed five rebounds in the second half after picking up two fouls and playing just seven minutes in the first half. “I’ve got to stop fouling,� Powell said. He scored eight of the 12 points in the run that put the game out of reach with less than five minutes left in the second half, scoring in a variety of ways. “I don’t know that they can be a great team yet because they don’t have a definitive low-post presence really,� USC Upstate coach Eddie Payne said. “Powell kind of gets it all kinds of ways. He’s really good, but to advance in the NCAA you need a good, strong low-post presence. “That’s probably the
weakness they have, but their style of play masked that a little.� Arkansas forced 19 turnovers, but committed 23 of its own, allowing USC Upstate to score 20 points off turnovers. “I think the turnovers were disappointing,� Anderson said. “When you play a lot of players like we did tonight you expect some. I can live with maybe 15, 14 in a game of this magnitude. Some of them were just careless turnovers and we can’t afford to be a team that turns the ball over.� The Razorbacks four freshmen – guards Ky Madden and BJ Young and forwards Hunter Mickelson and Devonta Abron – combined for 21 points and 12 rebounds in 65 minutes. “Their freshmen didn’t impact the game like maybe I thought they would, but they’re going to be good players,� Payne said. The freshmen were part of the group that checked in after the starters built the 19-3 lead early. The Spartans outscored the Hogs 15-10 after the group checked in. “Those freshmen got some quality minutes early on,� Anderson said. “We were up probably 18, 16, almost 20 in the first half, but those guys were out there and the lead kind of dwindled.� Arkansas has five days off before hosting Oakland Wednesday at 7 p.m. “We continue to be a work in progress,� Anderson said. “You’ll hear that word a lot, but I like the attitude of our team.�
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior linebacker Jerico Nelson runs out during the Senior Day cerimonies prior to Arkansas’ 49-7 win over Tennessee. from SENIORS on page 7 back, because we didn’t finish last season strong.� Adams finished the night with two catches for 52 yards. Two senior running backs got a chance to play in the fourth quarter. Senior Broderick Green had three rushes for 44 yards, but scored on a 10-yard touchdown catch from junior quarterback Tyler Wilson. Senior De’Anthony Curtis has played a variety of positions in his career, but moved back to running back prior to the season opener and found the end zone for the first time in his career. The Camden, Ark., native broke a couple of tackles on his way to a 23-yard touchdown run. “He has been the ultimate team player for us,� Petrino said.
“Anytime we have asked him to change positions or help us here or help us there he has done it, and done it with a smile and a positive attitude. You really got to see how the players enjoyed him scoring at the end.� Curtis finished second on the team in rushing against the Volunteers, totaling 59 yards on six carries. Although the offense was heavily carried by the seniors, the story on defense wasn’t much different. The senior Razorbacks combined for 40 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception. Fifth-year senior Jake Bequette had Arkansas’s only sack against the Volunteers, taking down true freshman quarterback Justin Worley for a loss of 11 yards, while also forcing him to fumble. “The thing I will remember most about this game is that we got the win in such convincing fashion,� Bequette said. “The time
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basketball and which one were this year’s Hogs going to be, Nobles said. “He was like ‘some people play to play and some people play to win,’� Nobles said Richardson told them. “’The people that are selfish go out there to play to play. The people that want to win do whatever it takes to win, so rebounding, steals, whatever it takes to win.’� In addition to Richardson, the coach that guided Arkansas to its only national championship in 1994, Anderson had plenty of family and friends on hand for the Razorbacks 20-point opening night victory. “Those are the people who help make who I am,� Anderson said. “My brothers, all my siblings are here. There are eight of us in our family so to have all those members here as well as their family, my wife and their family here, that’s kind of special. Not only that, you got one of the people who is largely responsible for some of the success I had and that was coach Richardson.� It was the biggest opening night
from FOOTBALL on page 7 showed his athleticism.� Adams’ return was the fourth punt return for a touchdown in his career, ranking fourth all-time in the SEC. His three touchdowns this season are second-best SEC single-season history. His 68-yard punt return for a touchdown in the season opener against Missouri State was a SportsCenter top play on ESPN. The return Saturday was reminiscent, but he broke more tackles. “I surprise myself,� Adams said. “I try to play a lot of NCAA (Football 12), do some plays on there and try to bring it to the game. It’s one of my top plays.� Tennessee (4-6, 0-6) cut the lead to 21-7 and had an opportunity to make it a closer game before halftime. Hogs senior safety Tramain Thomas intercepted Volunteers quarterback Justin Worley at the goal line with 31 seconds left in the half. “I thought it was huge,� Petrino said. “It was a great momentum saver for us.� The defense allowed 376 yards, but gave up just the one touchdown. “We started out fast,� defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said. “We kind of had the old bend, but don’t break because we were concerned about a couple of their receivers and tight ends. The kids played hard throughout the night. “We did a very good job. The one drive they scored a touchdown on,
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of what it means to be a Razorback and what it meant to play here, that time is after the season.� Safety Tramain Thomas was inches away from having two interceptions as he snagged a onehanded pass in the second quarter, but came down inches out of bounds. However, the Winnie, Texas, native came up with an interception at the goal line just before halftime, halting a 72-yard Tennessee drive and preserving a 21-7 lead. “That was huge,� defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said. “A lot of our seniors had big plays, it was a team victory. We had two goals and one was to win and the other to send our seniors out with a victory and we accomplished both so we were ecstatic about the entire outcome.� Thomas was benched during Arkansas only loss of the season to Alabama and struggled with inconsistent play in the Razorbacks next couple of games. The 2010 All-SEC second-teamer has since rebounded and led the team in tackles Saturday night with 10. “My confidence was always high and I never got done on myself,� Thomas said. “I was able to come out here tonight and have another good game. All the younger guys, we put it in their head that we were going to come out here and dedicate this game for the seniors. I am really proud of our whole team.� Arkansas will head south to Little Rock for its final home game of the season against Mississippi State. It will be the seniors’ be their final time to play in War Memorial Stadium. “That will be a lot of fun,� Bequette said. “Get the Little Rock crowd to be in full force like they always are.�
crowd since 2008 and had more than 4,000 more fans in attendance for Anderson’s debut than the opening game last season in former coach John Pelphrey’s final season as Razorbacks’ coach. “It will be even (more) super when we continue to get the people to come in and see us,� Anderson said. “It is a new style of basketball that hasn’t been played here in a while.� Although Anderson has coached in nine other seasonopening games as head coach, he said coaching the Hogs to start as season as the head coach for the first time was something special. “Well I guess I so was so engaged into the moment even as my family came in, I hadn’t seen them until tonight,� Anderson said. “I was engaged in what was taking place here, that’s where my energy and focus was. But I think when I get back and reflect on it, it is a special night. “This job at the University of Arkansas is a special, special job. It is a special place. Having an opportunity to be here the years I worked and see what took place to get it where it was, that give me the motivation to stay focused on the task at hand.� I’ll put that on me.� Arkansas extended its lead to 28-7 on Johnson’s second touchdown of the night, a 15-yard score with 7:07 left in the third quarter. Johnson finished with 97 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries, while catching four passes for 43 yards. He entered the game averaging 189 all-purpose yards the last three games. The Razorbacks ran for 254 yards and had 245 passing yards, the first time this season the Hogs have had more rushing yards. “I certainly like when we start cranking up the running game,� Petrino said. “That certainly helps us and makes us a much better football team. Wilson struggled at times in the first half, but hit Adams in stride for a 40-yard touchdown to give Arkansas a 35-7 lead late in the third quarter. He completed 16 of 26 passes for 224 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. “We felt like we could have been a little better in the first half, but he really came out in the second half and made big plays,� Petrino said. Adams finished with two catches for 52 yards, tying Anthony Eubanks school-record 153 career catches. Wright beat him to the record, though, finishing with five catches for 94 yards and one touchdown, breaking Eubanks’ record and giving him 155 career catches. “I’ll have to even it up next week,� Wilson said. “That’s great. I’m happy for both those guys. They deserve it.�