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Grad School Enrollment Up Despite National Decline by CHAD WOODARD Asst. News Editor
Enrollment in graduate schools in the U.S. fell 1.1 percent in 2010, the first decrease in first-time graduate enrollment since fall 2003, according to the Council of Graduate Schools. UA graduate enrollment, howev-
er, increased 2 percent in 2010, according enrollment records. In fact, graduate school enrollment has increased since 2007 with 1,017 students, in 2008 the school enrolled 1,043, in 2009 the school enrolled 1,110 and in 2010 the school enrolled 1,137 students, according to the records. This is an 11 percent increase in
graduate student enrollment from 2007 to 2010. This increase in graduate student enrollment was met with a recordbreaking number of doctoral fellowships, said Vicky Hartwell, director of graduate fellowships. One UA doctoral fellow from Indiana said he will go where the job market takes him in a difficult
economic time. “I would like to return to Indiana, but I will go wherever the jobs are,” said John Blanchar, doctoral fellow in social psychology. One title that could help students like Blanchar attain a job is a doctoral degree, which has value in a tough economic climate, said Todd Shields, dean of the graduate school and in-
ternational education. “As more people attain undergraduate degrees and the economy is changing and technology becomes so important, expertise is something that we need, especially in Arkansas,” Shields said.
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Students Sleep in Study Rooms by JANNEE SULLIVAN Staff Writer
While some students study so frequently it seems they are living in a study room, some students at the UA have actually had to live in study rooms this semester. There are still 14 students assigned to overflow housing, said Florence Johnson the executive director of UA Housing. “Last week we had students in Humphreys, Yocum and Gibson. Since then, all the students in Humphreys have been given reassignments,” Johnson said. “Students were in study rooms for an extended period of time for the first time in several years,” Johnson said of the 2011 record number of UA freshmen. These students should be moved out at a rate of roughly two students a week, as space opens up, Johnson said. “They told us we’d be moved in two weeks to two months,” said freshman Danielle Bramblett, a child development and pre-med major, living in a study room in Yocum Hall. “It’s been five weeks now.” The converted living space looks much like the other rooms in Yocum, except the door is glass covered by a shade and there is a sign above the door that reads “study room”.
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Public transit use has been increasing and is expected to go up again since the enrollment of new students has increased. The UA can look forward to two new buses that are replacing two old busses in 2012.
Four New Buses for Razorback Transit by JACK SUNTRUP Staff Writer
Representatives of the parking and transit department will purchase four new buses by the beginning of next school year, an official said. The buses will cost $365,000 each with 80 percent coming from
federal grants and 20 percent coming from the university. “The buses will likely replace ones bought in 1995 and 1997,” said Mike Seither, Razorback Transit manager. “We’re replacing some buses in the fleet that are over 12 years old and many of the buses we’re getting right now are helping to replace older, smaller buses,” he said. “The av-
erage life expectancy is 12-14 years. It helps with making us more reliable on the street.” While acknowledging a growing student population, Seither emphasized these buses probably will not be used in combination with the older buses to reduce load sizes . “If we do decide to expand the size of the fleet, we will have to apply to the state legislature to give us
extra vehicle spots,” he said. “A transit bus is designed for standing,” Seither said. “During the middle part of the day most people can get a seat but when we’re at peak times the bus is designed to carry upwards of 80 people.” Senior Taylor Cole, who takes
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Invisible Children RSO to Raise $32,000 by MATILDE BONIFAZ Staff Writer
This year the Invisible Children’s club at the UA has a goal to raise $32,000 for the “Protection Plan” by December. The Protection Plan focuses on raising money for a rehabilitation center in the Congo and expand Early Warning Radio Network, giving communities the chance to receive warnings of LRA activity and alert local security forces. The Invisible Children registered student organization is a movement seeking to end conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as soldiers. The RSO officers’ goal is to end the twenty-five year war in Central Africa. The war began in Uganda but has moved to
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Sudan, and Central African Republic. The rebel army, Lords Resistance Army, is led by a man named Joseph Kony who lost public support so now primarily forces children to be soldiers in order to keep its rank full. “The army commits terrible crimes against humanity such as rape, torture, mutilations and murder, all so that they can keep the communities in fear and retain their power,” said Chirsty Harrington, president of the Invisible Children RSO. US government officials have been working with the program to figure out the best way for America to help. They also provide jobs for many people in Uganda as well as help support education for students and rehabilitation for escaped LRA soldiers.
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“After working with Invisible Children for a year, I have seen firsthand how effective students efforts are in fundraising for our initiatives. Its crucial and it has life saving effects in Central Africa,” said Bailey Cox, freshman international relations major. “I have been involved with Invisible Children for the past few years and have been to Africa three different times, so my heart is broken and the cause is real and tangible to me. I have experienced much sorrow but at the same times saw high school students look passed their own selfishness and start to give themselves for the betterment of humanity” said Chris Tuttle, a freshmen creative writing major and officer of the club.
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Habitat for Humanity RSO officers sponsored a campus out on the Union Lawn.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry Fall Lecture Series Paul Williard, professor of chemistry at Brown University, will present “Characterization of Organolithium Compounds by Diffusion NMR and X-Ray Diffraction.� A reception will take place after the seminar in CHEM 105. Lecture starts at 3:30 p.m. and will end at 4:20 p.m.
The Black Jew Dialogues University Programs hosts a two-actor play where Ron Jones and Larry Jay Tish wittingly and interactively discuss close-held beliefs such as bigotry, hatred and bias. The show starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union.
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Sustainability Film Series Week Films begin at 7 p.m. in the Union Theater. t .POEBZ 4FQU (BSCBHF 8BSSJPS t 5VFTEBZ 4FQU o 5BQQFE t 8FEOFTEBZ 4FQU o $MJNBUF 3FGVHFFT t ć VSTEBZ 4FQU o /BUVSBM 4UBUF PG "NFSJDB This event is a part of the One Book, One Community Project.
Archeology of Historic Washington Dr. Jamie Brandon, archaeologist with the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, SAU Research Station, will present "Preliminary Results of the 2011 Arkansas Archaeological Society Summer Training Program at Historic Washington, Arkansas," at 7 p.m., Sept. 27, at the Kokoci Chapter meeting of the Arkansas Archaeological Society. The meeting will be held in the Arkansas Archaeological Survey building on the UA agricultural campus, at 2475 N. Hatch Ave., Fayetteville. There is no charge and the public is invited to attend.
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ASG Homecoming Applications Now Available The application period for the Homecoming Court is available until Sept. 30th by Noon. Homecoming Court is open to all UA women nominated by a Registered Student Organization. Any questions should be referred to Leah Nichols, ASG Homecoming Director, lknichol@uark.edu.
Carlos Andreas Gomaz As a part of Hispanic Heritage Month, University Programs will host award-winning slam poet, actor, and playwright Carlos Andres Gomez. The event will start at 7:00 p.m. in the Arkansas Union Theater.
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Plaza de las Americas In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the International Culture Team in partnership with the Multicultural Center presents Plaza de las Americas, with booths and presentations to educate the UA about the Latin speaking community. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. in the Arkansas Union and Verizon Ballroom.
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Bailey Cox saw the impact that this movement had on her life and realized that her abilities ran much deeper and that she could be a part of an effecting change, therefore wanting to pass it along to students on a much larger scale, she said. “Thirty-two thousand dollars is a lot of money, but we figured out that if every student at the UA donated one dollar and 50 cents to our club than we can reach this goal,� Tuttle said. The organizers and officers Olivia Merrit, Flannery Was-
son, Emily Coats and Chris Tuttle, are raising awareness inside and outside campus for students to donate their time and money. “A community of committed individuals is unshakable, that’s why Invisible Children has been so successful at raising the profile of this conflict, bringing all the attention that it desperately deserves,� Cox said. The Invisible Children club meets every other Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Union, room 513 and is open to everyone. The next meeting will be held Sept. 27th. For more information email S4S@uark.edu.
multiple fields. Another doctoral fellow from page 1 cited graduation retention rates as a factor for the in“Knowledge of the econ- creasing graduate school enomy demands young people rollment. revamping their careers in a “The UA has done a great tight market and the market job retaining students,� said rewards people who are ex- Lydia Lawless, food science perts in something,� he said. doctoral fellow. UA graduate officials work Eighty-three percent of to help students revamp their full-time students, who startcareers. FE UIFJS TUVEJFT JO GBMM Seventeen UA doctoral returned in fall 2010, accordcandidates were awarded the ing to the National Center for distinguished doctoral fellow- Education Statistics. ship this fall, which is up from This percentage is com10 last fall, Hartwell said. parable to other universities "OPUIFS 6" HSBEVBUF placed in the high research students were awarded the activity category. doctoral academy fellowship, The University of Miswhich is up from 41 the previ- souri’s graduation retention, ous fall, she said. for the same years as the UA, “For fall 2011, there are a XBT QFSDFOU UIF 6OJWFSTJUZ total of 243 students who are PG 0LMBIPNB XBT QFSDFOU supported by either a distin- and the University of Kansas guished doctoral fellowship, XBT QFSDFOU BDDPSEJOH UP 52, or a doctoral fellowship, the National Center for Edu w TIF TBJE cation Statistics. “The fellowship award These were not the only runs for a maximum of four factors in attracting doctoral years,� she said. candidates. The increased fellowships Donna Davis, who is from and enrollment can be attrib- Fayetteville, knew she wanted uted to a couple of factors, a doctoral degree when she especially the combination graduated with her master’s of UA rankings and faculty, EFHSFF JO TIF TBJE Hartwell said. “I took a break, had a famIn February, the UA was ily and worked in the private OBNFE BNPOH B MJTU PG sector,� she said. top-tier colleges with high reDavis had connections to search activity in the Carn- the UA — her father was a egie Foundation classification professor at the School of Law system, said Steve Voorhies, and her mother had an admanager of news and media vanced degree. relations. “I have had to find ways The graduate faculty was to balance her work and her an important part in bringing family,� she said. one UA student to the gradu“I treat my degree like ate school. a job,� Davis said. “I come “I visited a few graduate [to the UA] after I drop my programs,� said Katherine daughter off at school, and Knierim, doctoral candidate I commit 100 percent to my in environmental dynamics. family after work.� “The UA had an interdisciDavis has lived in Fayetteplinary program, and the fac- ville since she graduated with ulty was very supportive.� a master’s degree, but said Knierim has studied in she’s willing to move after she various departments in the attains a doctoral degree. graduate school, including “At this point, I am willing agriculture and engineering, to move for a good job,� Dabecause the interdisciplinary vis said. program incorporates
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Bus Fare for Non Students Possible, but Not Likely by JANNEE SULLIVAN Staff Writer
While the Razorback transit system caters largely to the student population, it is considered a free public transit and makes off-campus stops all around the city, because it receives roughly $100 million in federal funding, said a Razorback Transit official. “In rough terms, we've probably received $100 million in the past 21 years which would need to be reimbursed. I don't really think that changing it so only UA students could ride the buses is much
of a viable issue,” said Michael Seither, associate director of the the Transit department. Though crowding is undeniably an issue on the UA campus, and particularly the buses, UA Transit officials cannot deny federal funding to alleviate the amount of riders on buses, Seither said. “Buses are packed with mostly UA students, in my opinion” said Nick Alvarez, junior. “Sometimes we have to just drive right by stops, because there’s no room,” he said. Seither said the department has been forced to add
more buses to accommodate all the riders. “Our ridership has increased the past several years and we assume much of it is due to increased enrollment.” Seither said. “During the school year when class is in session, ridership is roughly 85 to 90 percent students and 10 to 15 percent general riding public.” Crowded public buses are normal for such a concentrated campus population, Seither said. Seither, who has worked for UA Transit for nearly six years, said students often
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complain of being uncomfortable around non-students. “We have installed security cameras on all buses to aid in security, but most of it involves being uncomfortable being spoken to by a general public rider or having to sit next to someone or listen to them,” he said. “The non-UA riders cause no harm,” Alvarez said. “I’ve never seen a problem with it. They normally keep to themselves,” he said. UA Transit is considering a system that would require non-student riders to pay a fare in the form of cash, to-
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Habitat for Humanity held its annual Sleep Out on the Union lawn, Friday. The sleep out is held to raise awareness for poverty and homelessness. The sleep out was not only to raise awareness of poverty but to also give the students a more realistic experience of actually being homeless, said Melanie Bolden, vice president of the Habitat for Humanity student organization. Volunteers would be passing out pamphlets and information regarding the current poverty crisis in the nation, Bolden said. Students and members congregated on a large patch of grass in front of the Union simply equipped with cardboard boxes and sleeping
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from page 1 the purple route, is glad old buses are being replaced, he said. “I mean if [the bus] was for my route, I would like a new bus because sometimes it’ll be a little gross,” Cole said. Kristin Justis, a sophomore who takes the blue or gray route, would like to see more buses on the streets to help keep a good time, she said. “I think it might help if they added them to routes because there are sometimes where the buses will run like a couple minutes early and
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The students assigned to overflow spaces have to cope with the inconveniences of temporary housing. “It’s been a little weird,” said Ashley Lewis a freshman English major and Bramblett’s roommate. “Random people keep opening the door and walking in to see what this room is. The other day I was lying on my bed and some person walked in and was like, ‘I thought this was a study room,’ even though there’s a sign on the door with names on it.” she said. These students are also worried about the uncertainty of their housing situation, since they must move as space opens up around campus.
sometimes they won’t,” she said. Razorback Transit has adjusted to increased ridership. During the 2007-2008 school year, 1.2 million rides were given and this past year the number rose to 1.6 million, according to the transit department’s website. Because of increased enrollment there are more buses being run at one time than in the past, Seither said. “It’s true that we have continued to add buses to routes,” he said. “We went from 14 buses to 17 this year so we do have three more buses out there than we did a couple of
years ago.” “[We’re trying] to find out what the load counts are so that if it did get to the point to where, you know, it was impossible to get the students moved we’d have to find a way to add more vehicles to more routes,” Seither said. While there are 17 buses on routes at any given time, right now the department has 19 full sized transit buses, Seither said “We’re routinely (buying) two a year,” he said. “Before it’s all over with, we’ll have 21 full sized transit buses.”
“If they move us to a more expensive dorm, we’ll have to pay. I was talking to some other kids living in study rooms who were moving to Maple Hill and they said they were going to have to come up with the extra money by December,” Bramblett said. The difference between a double room in Yocum and a two bedroom suite in Maple Hill is nearly $2,000, according to the UA Housing website. However, students in temporary housing will not be forced into a room that is out of their budget. “If a space comes open in a more expensive dorm than the student can’t afford, we won’t force them into that dorm. They’ll have the option to stay in the study room until
something comes up of comparable price,” Johnson said. Many students worry about the rising cost of on campus living. “I don’t agree that it should take up more than 50 percent of my college education, which it does. Maybe we can see an expenditure sheet as to where all the funds go. The price for living on campus increases each year as well,” said Sean Miller a pre-med freshman. UA housing rates are comparable to surrounding state universities, such as the Universities of Oklahoma and Missouri. The price of on campus housing in these schools hovers around $4,000, but increases with tuition, utilities, and city taxes according to the universities’ housing websites.
the buses are usually behind schedule. That can be inconvenient for those students who use it to get to class on time,” Baynes said. As a means of easing the signs of crowding on bus routes, UA Transit may also look into expanding. “We may increase fleet size as we grow, but we may also need to increase the size of the transit yard. We have added buses and we are studying adding more,” Seither said. “The good news is we continue to buy bigger buses and we have four more new ones arriving next year.”
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Alex Clark, or DJ Parrit, plays at Phi Delta Theta’s Saturday night event Camp Fire. Clark plays at venues like Willy D’s The Fix and mashes a wide variety of music layered with live and produced beats.
kens or a bus pass. Seither said he fears that would further clog the bus routes. “It would require higher dwell times to collect fares, which slows the buses down, which then makes the problem even worse than it is now,” he said. Nikki Baynes, freshman pre-dental hygiene major, “A fare would help keep the buses on time,” said Nikki Baynes, freshman pre-dental hygiene major. “I have noticed that usually the non-students will talk to the bus drivers a lot, which is one of the many reasons
bags. The “building” began promptly at 5:00 p.m. so that people could construct their temporary homes before nightfall. Food was served in a soup kitchen style to sustain the volunteers for a long night. The event not only raised awareness of the homeless population in the nation, but also in Fayetteville. Thus, serving the local community while also working towards a common national goal in unison with other university chapters of Habitat for Humanity, said Lindsey Haney, Habitat for Humanity RSO secretary. “This is my third year of participating in the Sleep Out and it’s a lot warmer than last time,” said Morgan Byttner, senior international relations major. It actually did rain back in 2009 and students had prob-
lems with collapsing cardboard roofs, Byttner said. Beginning in 2003, the Sleep Out has grown to be an exciting part of the fall schedule for Habitat for Humanity. Although the event was more to raise awareness of the ascending poverty rates, passersby and students were encouraged to donate what ever they could. Statistics were shown to the participants such as the fact that one in six Americans are currently living in poverty. Habitat for Humanity officials are gearing up for their next event, World Habitat Day, beginning the first week of October. More information on World Habitat Day will be posted on the Habitat for Humanity website this upcoming week. The group meets every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. on the 5th floor of the Union.
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FROM THE BOARD Poverty Affects UA Students If you’ve seen the latest census statistics you know that poverty in America is at a 52-year high, unemployment, sadly isn’t getting lower and the number of new jobs created in August is, well, depressing. But back to poverty—there’s only so much room in this “From the Board”— it’s a problem; it’s a big problem, and none of the Republican candidates nor President Barack Obama have much of a plan on what to do about longterm poverty levels. More than 15 percent of the U.S. population now lives in poverty, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, up about one percent since last year. That means more than 46 million people live not just in poverty, but below the poverty line. To give you some idea, the poverty line is $10, 830 for one person, and $22, 050 for a family of four. Unlike other states though, and the country as a whole, Arkansas is fairing better than most. The poverty level for Arkansas is more than 15 percent, down almost three percent since 2009, according to the Census Bureau. Child poverty, though, is still a reason for concern. Child poverty is almost 28 percent, according to the 2009 Census Bureau. Despite the ideas that some have about Northwest Arkansas being a richer, more educated part of the state, they don’t do much better than us. The neighborhoods between Garland and Whitman Avenues reaching all the way back to Interstate 540 has a medium income of less than $20,000, according to New York Times maps based on the Census poverty levels. The neighborhoods around Dickson Street don’t fair much better with the a medium income of $20,030. Perhaps that’s to be expected though, students and young working professionals might not have a lot of money and we’re all too familiar with the sometimes-joking-sometimes-not “broke college student” line. As you get further from campus income levels go up ranging from more than $26,000 to almost $39,000 as the medium income. (Despite Bentonville, Springdale and Rogers being known as the home of WalMart, Tyson, etc, medium income levels of families in that area are about the same as those neighborhoods in Fayetteville not directly connected to the UA.) Why does all of this poverty stuff matter for UA students or the UA community? Hopefully care about your neighbors. But the neighborhoods that have the lowest income levels in Fayetteville are in the neighborhoods often inhabited by mostly UA students, and with a majority of upperclassmen living off campus— at least until the UA expands the number of residence halls— we can only expect that number to grow. If students are having to worry— and not in the stereotypical will-I-be-able-to-afford-my-Starbucks way— about getting by with basic living costs, how will they be able to afford things like books for classes, or registration fees for various organizations. The UA administration does, and should continue to increase their effort, to help students with financial needs. Every student deserves a level playing field.
Mid-Term Mind Crunch We hate to sound predictable but it’s already that time of the year. Our Twitter feeds are being crowded with #ClubMulinsrelated tweets, we’ve started breaking out the clothes we haven’t worn since last fall and, oh yeah, that paper we’ve been putting off is due before noon tomorrow. Besides finals, mid-terms is the most stressful time for students. We’re tired, over-caffinated, and trying to cram a halfa-semester’s worth of basic economics (or sociology, college algebra or a foreign language—take your pick) into our brains only to forget it all come Friday afternoon. And we hate to sound like your mom— it’s becoming a bad habit of ours-— but all of this stress is avoidable. Don’t skip class, plan ahead, do your reading for class when you can. We understand that are days —or for some of us weeks— that fly by even when we’re trying to pay attention. (We basically live in Kimpel Hall, we know.) But the only way to prevent these horrible weeks of stress and more coffee than anyone should drink in a day is to stay on top of things. Also, if you find yourself on the basement of Mullins Wednesday at 3 a.m. take comfort in the fact that as bad as it might be, this too shall pass.
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by Emily Hilley-Sierzchula Traveler Columnist
Childhood and college may seem like incompatible subjects at first. However, many nontraditional students face the daily challenge of raising children while working toward a college degree. These hard-working students are pulled in many directions as they confront economic challenges, time management issues, as well as mental and emotional stress. Nearly 25 percent of undergraduate students in the U.S. combine college life with parenthood, and half of those are single parents. In addition to college and parenthood, almost half of student parents at two and four-year colleges work full time, according to U.S. Department of Education data compiled by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Higher education institutions in the U.S. are adjusting to student populations who desire on-campus child care, according to the IWPA. The UA administration does a fair job of assisting student parents. As a university, we are on par with other four-year public universities. The UA should be better than “on par,” however. By helping student parents adjust
to their specific challenges, UA officials can more quickly reach its stated goals of increasing student retention and graduation rates. “One of the main stresses of being a student and having a child is balancing my time,” said Jamie Frala, mother and UA graduate student in the psychology department. “My email constantly reminds me of what I should be working on for school.” “Before having a child I wasted time in ways that I wasn’t even aware of, I would linger on Facebook too long or talk to friends in the halls for longer than I intended to…now I am constantly aware of how I am using my time,” Frala said. Economic challenges are nothing new for parents in campus classrooms. In many states, but luckily not Arkansas, the enormous cost of child care can exceed college tuition, according to the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies. In Arkansas, parents expect to pay an average of $4,500 annually for all-day child care. This represents an average of 10 percent of the income of married parents and almost 30 percent of a single parent’s income, according to the NACCRRA 2011 report on child care. Tuition and school-related expenses for an undergraduate student averages more than $6,000 per semester, according to the UA Treasurer’s Office. Keeping in mind that the USDA estimates that it costs an average of $8,000 to $13,000 per year to raise a
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child, tuition is a hefty sum to fit into a tight family budget. UA officials assists student parents in several ways. The multi-functional Infant Development Center, on North Leverett Street, and Nursery School, on South Duncan Avenue, provide care for about 50 children. In addition to their role as child care centers, they are also learning laboratories for nursing, education and human environmental sciences students. Of higher education institutions that offer child care, more than half operate this way, according to the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers. So how can student parents deal with the added stress of caretaking? Frala recommends developing a “support network, including a good childcare provider, trusted individuals to give you some personal time, friends who can offer advice and understanding and classmates who can give you notes when you have a sick child at home. Developing a relationship with professors” is also crucial to keep from falling behind in classes. The Pat Walker Health Center offers counseling for student parents through its Counseling and Psychological Services. A new $4 million child care center is currently being built at the corner of Douglas Street and Oakland Avenue that will effectively combine the outdated Infant Development Center and Nursery School. The Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center will function as both a child
care facility and a student laboratory. The new center will be able to provide care for up to 140 children. The Off Campus Connections 2009-2010 annual report states that the UA administration should strive to “increase class offerings for all students at nontraditional times and to offer more online classes and degrees” for nontraditional students. This would not only increase the retention and graduation rates of student parents, but it would also help the UA compete with community colleges that routinely offer night, online and hybrid classes. Hybrid classes are a combination of online and classroom learning. Another way the UA administration can assist student parents is by subsidizing the high cost of child care, as other universities have done. The University of Southern California has had subsidized child care since 1999. IWPR research has revealed a troubling pattern. Student parents, across institution types and degree plans, are less likely to graduate than their classmates. Nearly half of student parents leave college after six years without completing their degree plans, compared with 31 percent of non-parents after six years, according to the IWPR. If the UA really wants to improve its retention and graduation rates, assisting student parents is a good place to start. Emily Hilley-Sierzchula is a columnist for The Traveler majoring in journalism. Her column appears bi-monthly every other Monday.
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Campus Sustainability Looks to the Big Screen for Support by STEPHANIE EHRLER Staff Writer
The UA community has been focused on increasing sustainability for several years, and now, the One Book, One Community project is continuing the trend toward “green living.” The project will encourage UA students to decrease their carbon footprint by displaying movies that will raise awareness of the inevitable problems the environment is facing. This week is Sustainability Film Series Week, and the films “Garbage Warrior”, “Tapped”, “Climate Refugees” and “Natural State of America” will be shown at 7:00 p.m. Sept. 26-29 in the Union. The movies were chosen based on their central message of sustainability. “We decided to begin building a library of films that we can use multiple times, and we’ve purchased the permanent rights for each of these films,” said Nicholas Brown, director for campus sus-
tainability. “The purpose of the Film Series is layered,” said Patrick Kunnecke, an employee in the Office of Sustainability. “The largest encompassing layer is sustainability, followed by this semester's message of “No Impact” and to show the separate facets that make up the pursuit of No Impact on our planet”. “Garbage Warrior”, a film by Oliver Hodge, reveals the story of Mike Reynolds, who does ‘ultimate recycling’ by using debris to create shelters. The lowbudget documentary was filmed over the course of three years and 250 hours, according to garbagewarrior.com. “I was inspired by Mike’s apocalyptic view of the future, and by the urgent means by which he and his crew were preparing for it,” Hodge said on the film’s official website. “[The film] deals with one architect’s struggle against his state government to build innovative homes out of recycled materials,” Kunnecke said.
Tapped divulges the benefits of using tap or filtered water and the harsh side effects of BPA, a substance found in plastics used to make water bottles. “Tapped is probably my favorite film that we will be showing because it was so eye opening for me”, said Jordan Schanda,president of the Student Sustainability Council. “Climate Refugees” is the next movie in the series. A climate refugee is a person displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters, according to climaterefugees.com. “The movie is about displaced people around the world from climate related disasters and the conflicts on our borders,” Kunnecke said. “Natural State of America” is an anti-herbicide documentary showing the damage of the weedkilling chemical. “The Natural State” is a locally created documentary about Ozark Electric Cooperative spraying the area around power
lines and it's environmental impact,” Kunnecke said. “It shows how the diverse Ozarks and the people living around them are affected.” The four movies chosen for the film week highlight the issues of the environment while encouraging the viewers to be a part of the challenge to fix them. “All the movies relate on the largest scale of sustainability. They even all relate when you look at making the lowest impact on our planet,” Kunnecke said. “The Office for Campus Sustainability strove to pick movies that we thought covered important current issues applicable to our time and location.” Documentaries are meant to inform the viewer of the cause they are showing, but the sustainability films not only enlighten, they may motivate the audience to become the change they want to see. The OCS chose to share these films with UA students to impart a knowledge of the issues they will be forced to face in their
years to come, Kunnecke said. The OCS is trying to influence students to become a part of the future of the environment, and sustainability is something every student can learn to practice. “We can't afford to simply trust others to take responsible actions for us,” Kunnecke said. “If we can open students’ eyes to the error of our current ways, we stand a chance to have our own future. Our own chance at a happy, healthy and full lives.” The UA is not the only college campus to inform their students on the global habitat problems. “More and more campuses are purchasing the educational rights to show movies like these on campus,” Kunnecke said. “More and more universities and colleges are utilizing the wonderful tool of cinema to give students a first hand look at the environmental, social, and economical issues we face with sustainability.” This semester is not the last that students can see films related to sustainability.
It is encouraged that students go and see the films this week, but “they’re available for RSOs and other groups to check out for your own events,” Brown said. “We will have a film series (probably four more, different films) in the spring that will be tied to our Earth Day/Earth Week celebrations,” said Brown. “ We’re thinking about Addicted to Plastic, WALL-E, Gasland and a few more. If students have suggestions, we’d like to hear them”. Students can always become involved in the project even if they cannot make it to the film showings by visiting sustainability.uark.edu. “There is a volunteer opportunities document that will list all the ways they can help,” Kunnecke said. “In the future we will continue to receive input and support from our students on future projects, policies, and advocacy. There will always be another chance to get involved.”
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worthy that she finds time outside of intellect to give her students individual attention.” Condray’s humor, too, is a prominent part of her classroom. “Let’s not forget her beloved witty remarks,” Pritchett said. In addition to her concern for academic efforts here at the UA, Condray stresses the importance of students studying abroad and makes an effort to get students to sign up for such programs. Studying abroad is an opportunity to gain work experience and cultural experience, in addition to the fact that it refines students’ understanding and usage of the language, she said. Even after experiences abroad and at home, students still recognize Condray as an outstanding instructor. “Without question, Dr. Condray was one of the most exceptional professors I had during my time at the University of Arkansas,” said Christopher Moon, a 2011 UA graduate in information systems. “She shared knowledge of the German language and culture with a passion that informed and inspired students.” Condray’s passion for her students sets a great precedent for other professors and demonstrates the high quality of the UA faculty. “The quality of her courses and devotion set a standard not only for other professors, but the University as a whole. Always incredibly willing and gracious, Dr. Condray assisted me in numerous academic and professional pursuits with a genuine expressed interest in seeing me succeed,” Moon said. “It is professors such as Dr. Condray that made attending the University of Arkansas an easy decision, and it will be professors such as her that will continue to promote the University of Arkansas as an exemplary destination for both students and faculty.” Condray makes an impact on all those who come into contact with her. She is well spoken, witty and goes out her way to make those around her comfortable. There seems to be no end to her passion for teaching and love of working with students. This, coupled with her natural creativity and wit, makes her a stand-out teacher.
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Mo Elliot sits in front of some of his Fayettechill merchandise in his office on Center Street.
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Fayettechill: UA Grad Turned Entreprenuer by EDDIE GREGG Staff Writer
Boxes overflowing with t-shirts line a tiny, one-room office on Center Street, the new home of Fayetteville’s hottest apparel upstart—Fayettechill Clothing Company. “Right now, we’re doing about 1,000 shirts a week,” said Maurice “Mo” Elliott, founder of Fayettechill, as he sits behind a flimsy counter finished with the same faux wood paneling that lines the office walls of his company’s new headquarters. The time had come to move the business out of his condominium—it was getting “Hoardersstyle,” Elliot said, explaining why he moved Fayettechill out of his living space and into an office. But by the end of the week, 60 to 70 boxes of shirts—enough to meet a few weeks of demand— will add to the clutter of his already busy office. And he’s barely had time to settle in. The windows are dirty, inside and out. The air in the small room, formerly an accountant’s office, has a musty quality. The place needs some work, Elliott said. But he’s no stranger to hard work. He’s taken a single word, “Fayettechill,” and turned it into a successful brand of Ozark-themed outdoor casual wear. And at 22, he has already hit a major milestone—$100,000 in sales—after only two years in business. “I was immediately impressed with how well thought-out his concept was,” said Mark Zweig, the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Walton College of Business and one of Elliott’s former professors. “But more importantly—he has followed through on it. That
is one big difference with Mo and many other would-be entrepreneurs. He is a doer.” Elliott’s tenacity has paid off. The Fayettechill brand, which Elliott recently made available in the University Bookstore, is fast becoming ubiquitous on the UA campus. “They are in style,” said UA student Alyssa Scott, looking over Fayettechill’s selection of shirts and hats inside the University Bookstore on Garland Avenue. Scott likes the brand because it represents Fayetteville’s chill vibe, she said. “I like hammocks,” she said, indicating the Fayettechill logo, a simple design featuring a person relaxing in a hammock. “It’s not like North Face,” said Scott’s friend, Carley Morrison, as both girls ignored the racks of other clothes in the store and browse through Fayettechill’s display. “I think it’s more unique because it’s based on Fayetteville.” Elliott, who is originally from Dallas, fell in love with the uniqueness of Fayetteville and the Ozarks when he first visited the UA campus for the first time in 2007. “Just like that,” he said, snapping his figures. “I saw the mountains, saw the area and just fell in love with it.” During that scenic trip, Elliott went fly-fishing on the Norfolk River, one of the most acclaimed trout-fishing destinations in the country, with his dad. After that— he was hooked on the Ozarks and the outdoor-lifestyle it afforded him. In the fall, he started classes at the UA. “Being able to get outside of town in an hour and being able to go fly fishing, rock climbing,” Elliott said. “Just having that rec-
reation in your backyard—being from a big city, you don’t have that, especially in Dallas.” While on vacation with a friend at a Texas lake house during the summer of 2009, one of Elliott’s buddies asked him, “Hey, when are you going back to Fayettechill?” Elliott fell in love with the expression, trademarked it and started thinking of ways to turn it into a business. Ultimately, he decided to use the name to represent the relaxed, outdoor lifestyle that originally drew him to Fayetteville. “I played on the Ozarks thing and it just evolved from that. It was something with the name,” Elliott said. “I thought it was so cool that you would want to represent [it] and represent it by apparel.” “I just wanted to make a run at it,” Elliot said, “And see if I could make it work before I got out [of college] so I didn’t have to work for someone else—and I did.” Rather than just slapping a logo on a few cheap shirts, Elliott has insisted on selling quality products with the end goal of making Fayettechill a long-term success. He does rough sketches of designs before sending his ideas to a graphic designer. He carefully chooses the color and style of the shirts, checking for quality. If a shirt color doesn’t work with a design, he sends it back. Elliott wants Fayettechill to be a brand that he would buy if he saw it in a store somewhere. But he also wants his brand to help change the way the rest of the country thinks about Ozarks, a place commonly thought of as home to hillbillies and rednecks. “Clothing is one of the best ways to change the perception about an
area just because you have products that represent it,” Elliot said. And with business booming like it is, Elliott’s people around the state seem to be identifying with the lifestyle Fayettechill represents. As successful as his company is, though, Elliott isn’t in business just to make money. He has shunned outside investors, choosing instead to keep Fayettechill under his control. “I don’t want to give up the company just to get rich quick,” Elliot said. The reward of building a company from scratch and being his own boss are both major factors in why he started his own business. “I think it’s the freedom,” Elliot said, sitting in a black, leather office chair in the middle of his office. “Having that freedom in life—it’s awesome.” He’s also working to give back to the area that he has grown to love so much by launching One Percent for the Ozarks, a coalition of businesses that are dedicated to supporting charitable causes in the area. He’s constantly thinking of ways to make Fayettechill bigger and better and more interwoven with the community. Even his location, just off the square in Fayetteville was a conscious decision to help revitalize the area, he says. And even as he unpacks and sets up shop in his new office, he’s considering expanding into a bigger space, the office next door, by Christmas. Elliott’s roots have grown deep in the Ozarks. Fayetteville will always be home to Fayettechill, no matter how much more successful it becomes.
Dr. Kathleen Condray energetically tells stories of past classes and students as she sits in front of her bookcase full of German titles. Condray, an associate professor of German at the UA, was voted one of the most creative teachers in the South by Oxford American magazine. “As a teacher, you have to be willing to make a fool out of yourself—in a good way. I do it every day, but it keeps things interesting,” Condray said. Her nomination came after a conversation with Oxford American publisher and former UA student, Warwick Sabin. Sabin nominated her after noticed her enthusiasm towards education. Condray is known for her unorthodox approach to teaching that impacts students as they go on to internships abroad, teaching German and working for global companies. “I like to get students out of the classroom,” Condray said, “Anything to break up the monotony of me just talking at them. We play word tag in German, go to Devil’s Den, and we even visit the cemetery on campus for some of the class reading.” Condray comes from a long line of teachers, so she knows where lessons stick with the students and what methods need some help. Breaking through barriers is a priority on the top of her list, she said. By fully engaging the students, Condray helps them get past inhibitions and makes them realize that they can learn another language, which is a goal of the UA World Languages Department. Some of her students pick up another new language in addition to German, Condray said, noting that once students learn another language, certain learning patterns and techniques make it easier to learn new ones. The attention she pours into her students doesn’t go unnoticed. "Dr. Condray is like chocolate ice cream with a cherry on top. She is already awesome because of her exceptional intellectualism, and she manages to top it off with how much she cares about her students,” said Julia Pritchett, a junior psychology major in the Honors College. “It's pretty note-
SERGIO MALDONADO STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Dr. Kathleen Condray hands papers back to her students.
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No. 3 Alabama No. 13 Arkansas 38 14 Saturday, Sept. 24 Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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starting defensive ends much of the game. Senior Jake Bequette missed his second consecutive game with a hamstring injury, while junior Tenarius Wright left the game with a broken left forearm, Arkansas radio sideline reporter Quinn Grovey said. “You’ve just got to keep going,” Petrino said. “Injuries are part of the game. They’re part of football.”
I came away from the Arkansas – Alabama game Saturday night knowing three undisputable facts. One: Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson are the most annoying broadcast duo out of the entire media. Two: Tyler Wilson is the toughest player on our team. Three: Alabama is a really, really good team. I went into this game expecting the Razorbacks to go down into Tuscaloosa and come away with the victory. I thought they would take the opportunity and make that jump to the next level, but they couldn’t. Arkansas, riddled with injuries, just didn’t have enough to match up with an experienced Alabama team. This has been the MO of the Razorbacks the past couple of years. They are a great team nobody is arguing otherwise, but they are just lacking an element from making that jump to an elite team. If you ask any Arkansas fan, I bet that they feel like the Razorbacks, when healthy, can play with any team in the country. The Razorbacks weren’t able to hang with the Crimson Tide, though. Every team has an off week were they don’t play up to their standard and things just don’t go their way. Arkansas had one of those games. With the loss of running back Knile Davis and defensive end Jake Bequette, the Razorbacks were already behind the 8-ball. Things got worse when the Hogs lost
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GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas Junior receiver Cobi Hamilton and the Razorbacks’ offense was stifled against an Alabama defense ranked in the top three nationally in scoring and total defense. The Razorbacks just 226 yards of total offense, almost 300 yards less than their average entering the game.
Crimson Tide Roll Hogs Razorbacks drop fifth consecutive game against Alabama, Saban
by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -Another season, another loss to Nick Saban and Alabama. No. 14 Arkansas couldn’t stop Crimson Tide running back Trent Richardson and gave up three touchdowns on special teams and defense in a 38-14 defeat at No. 3 Alabama. The loss was the Razorbacks’ fifth consecutive against Alabama. Saban improved to 5-0 against the Hogs as Crim-
son Tide coach, including 4-0 against Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino. “They beat us in all three phases,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “They made all the big plays and we didn’t. Offensively we couldn’t get anything established. They controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides.” Alabama shut down the Razorbacks’ high-powered offense, holding the Hogs to 226 yards, well short of their 517.3 average. Arkansas entered the
game ranked No. 8 nationally in scoring offense, but struggled to move the ball against a Crimson Tide defense ranked in the top three in the nation in scoring and total defense. “I’m really proud of the way we played on defense,” Saban said. “They have a really good offense, a team that’s really hard to defend. They have really good receivers. They made mistakes, we made plays.” Defensively, the Razorbacks didn’t have an answer for Richardson.
The junior running back ran for 126 yards on 17 carries, while catching three passes for 85 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown on a screen. “We didn’t stop Richardson with the run game,” Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said. “That’s where you’ve got to start with that team because the play action is set up to where if you don’t start the run, it will be a long game.” The Hogs struggled to stop the run playing without their
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Sweeps SEC Opener Arkansas routs Mississippi State in opener by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer
Arkansas swept past the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a 3-0 match Friday evening to open Southeastern Conference play with a win at Barnhill Arena. Senior outside hitter Kelli Stipanovich led the Razorbacks with 14 kills and six digs, while junior outside hitter Jasmine Norton recorded a double-double of 12 kills and 10 digs. Junior Roslandy Acosta also added nine kills and a .438 attack percentage, helping the Razorbacks (9-4, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) win their only match of the weekend. “To be able to win in this league you’ve got to have balance, and that’s something we were able to have tonight,” Arkansas coach Robert Pulliza said. “We got good balance
throughout, and not only on the set distribution, but in the success of the hitting percentage, also. We were very efficient from an attacking standpoint, and that’s something we’ve been working on quite a bit.” Two kills from Acosta and two service aces from libero Christa Alvarez put Arkansas in the lead early in the first set, 8-2. Mississippi State called a timeout at 9-2, but Arkansas returned with another kill by Acosta. Arkansas maintained the lead and forced Mississippi State into their second timeout, 15-6. Mississippi State took a 3-point run, catching up 19-11, but Arkansas tallied 15 total kills and a .333 hitting percentage to clench the first set, 25-14.
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SOCCER
Razorbacks Start 2-0 in SEC by LIZ BEADLE Staff Writer
Arkansas completed their Southeastern Conferenceopening weekend sweep of SEC play with a 1-0 victory over Mississippi State Sunday afternoon. The Razorbacks (4-6, 2-0 SEC) and the Bulldogs were very evenly matched and most of the game was a defensive battle. The game was scoreless for 65 minutes until senior Allie Chandler hit a beautiful shot right into the back of the net with 24 minutes left in the game. “I just knew that was the moment and I took the shot,” Chandler said. “We needed this. We needed to prove that Friday wasn’t a fluke—we’re here to execute and win games.” The win allowed Arkansas to start conference play 2-0 for the first time since 2008. “The biggest thing we talked about at halftime is fighting
for a win and choosing to succeed,” Arkansas coach Erin Aubry said. “We have enough talent, once we choose to accept our responsibility and role on the field and work together as a unit, we’re successful.” The Razorbacks took 16 total shots, but only three on goal. Arkansas had several offensive opportunities throughout the game, including one play in which senior Chelsea Tidwell headed the ball towards to goal and it ended up hitting the cross bar. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Lillard had a standout game, making eight saves total, four in each half to accomplish the shutout for the Razorbacks. “We definitely needed this, Lillard said. “This is our changing point in the season. We know that we have the talent and the ability to win.” The Bulldogs got dangerously close to tying the game when they took three shots in a 20 second time span with less
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Freshman Beth Stratton and Arkansas’ soccer team started South Eastern Conference play 2-0 for the first time since 2008. than a minute left in the game. It took a whole defensive effort to keep Mississippi State out of the goal until Emily Lillard got her hands on the ball and finally cleared it.
“You couldn’t hope for anything better,” Aubry said. “We built a ton of confidence be-
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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Junior quarterback Tyler Wilson wasn’t sacked against No. 3 Alabama, but was hit 11 times after releasing a pass. from FOOTBALL on page 7 The Crimson Tide scored two special teams touchdowns and returned one interception for a score. Alabama lined up for a 54yard field goal before sophomore quarterback A.J. McCar-
ron, working as the holder, dropped into the shotgun and found tight end Michael Williams wide open for a 37-yard touchdown. “It was a well-executed play,” Petrino said. “I did think of calling timeout and didn’t get it done. That’s my fault. Perfect throw, perfect catch.” The Crimson Tide led 10-7 midway through the second quarter, then capitalized on Arkansas junior quarterback Tyler Wilson’s only interception of the game. Wilson threw behind senior receiver Greg Childs on a third-and-7 slant. The ball ricocheted high into the air off Alabama cornerback DeQuan Menzie’s shoulder pad, allowing Menzie to run under it and return it 25 yards for an uncontested score, giving the Crimson Tide a 17-7 halftime lead. “That was a big turning point in the game from a momentum stand point,” Saban said. Alabama forced Arkansas to punt on the opening drive of the second half and Crimson Tide senior receiver returned Dylan Breeding’s punt
83 yards for a score, following a wall of blockers to the right sideline, then weaving his way into the endzone to put Alabama on top 24-7. Wilson struggled to avoid pressure and find open receivers most of the game. He wasn’t sacked, but was hit 11 times after releasing the ball. He finished 22 of 35 for 185 yards, two touchdowns and the interception returned for a score. The Crimson Tide shut down the Razorbacks’ downfield passing game and 14 of Wilson’s 22 completions were for less than 10 yards. “He got hit a lot,” Petrino said. “We didn’t give him a lot of help. We didn’t give him a lot protection-wise and we didn’t get him a lot of help getting open and making guys miss.” The Hogs struggled to establish the run and had negative-6 yards at halftime. Arkansas finished with just 17 yards and junior starting running back Ronnie Wingo was limited to 35 yards on 11 carries. “Alabama plays very good defense,” Petrino said. “When we tried to run the ball we didn’t do a good job of it.”
cause it’s been a rough nonconference, but now we get to see what everything has culminated towards.” Next weekend, Arkansas plays host to Georgia on Friday and Tennessee on Sunday. Arkansas 2, Ole Miss 1 (OT) Arkansas opened Southeastern Conference play Friday night with a 2-1 overtime victory over Ole Miss in the latest meeting of a highly-competitive series. The Razorbacks won the overtime decision, the fourth time in the last five meetings Arkansas and the Rebels have gone into overtime. The match was tied for more than 88 of the 90 minutes in regulation. Freshman midfielder Beth Stratton scored the game-winning goal just two minutes into the sudden-death overtime period. “It was definitely a hard match, but we wanted it more than they did,” Stratton said.
from VOLLEYBALL on page 7 “It was a really fun match,” Stipanovich said. “I think everyone was really jelling and playing together. When we play like that we are really unstoppable against anyone. It was fun tonight to come out and win in straight sets.” The teams exchanged points to start the second set, but Arkansas broke away to for an 11-7 lead, forcing the Bulldogs to take their first timeout of the set. A kill from Janeliss Torres-Lopez widened the gap after the timeout. The Hogs kept the lead, causing Mississippi State to take their final timeout, 17-13. A series of kills by Acosta, Stipanovich and Norton led Arkansas to take the second set 25-16. The Bulldogs broke away for an 8-4 lead in the third set. A kill each for Stipanovich and sophomore setter Raymariely Santos brought the Razorbacks within to 8-6, but Arkansas didn’t score again and Pulliza called the first timeout of the set with the Razorbacks down 11-6. The Bulldogs held the lead
The Razorbacks (3-5, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) put pressure on Ole Miss’ defense throughout the match. Arkansas took nine shots in the first half, including five shots on goal. The Razorbacks finished with 19 shots. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Lillard had three saves for Arkansas, including two in the second half “Our goalkeeper was huge tonight,” Arkansas coach Erin Aubry said. “She came up with some great saves and that’s really something she’s been working towards.” Ole Miss’ senior goalkeeper Alley Ronaldi did an impressive job of keeping the Razorbacks out of the goal — making four saves in the first half and one in overtime. The Razorbacks have struggled this season to get points on the board, but struck first when freshman forward Jeri Ann Okoro scored her first career goal off an assist from senior Kailey Anders with 23 minutes left in the first half.
until halfway through the set when Arkansas tied the score 16-16 on a kill by Torres-Lopez. Mississippi State called a second timeout when Arkansas took a 19-18 lead. The Razorbacks continued to lead after the timeout with a kill each from junior middle blocker Amanda Anderson, Santos and Norton, closing the match, 25-19. The Razorbacks defeated Alabama in four sets to open SEC play last weekend, but lost to Mississippi in a five-set battle. “The fact that we can come out and play one of our best matches of the year after a loss, talks a lot about our character,” Pulliza said. “It’s easy to play well when everything is going good. Obviously everything was not going good if we lost the last match, so the fact that we were able to re-gather and play the way we did tonight speaks a lot about what this group can do.” The Razorbacks have a bye on Sunday and a full week of practice ahead before facing the Kentucky Wildcats (2-1 SEC) on Friday in Barnhill Arena at 7 p.m. and Tennesee on Sunday.
GAME STATISTICS First downs by rushing by passing by penalty Rushing yards Passing yards Passing Offensive plays Total yards Avg. per play Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds Punts-Avg. Punt returns-Yds Kickoff returns-Yds Interceptions-Yds Fumble returns-Yds Possession time 3rd downs 4th downs Sacks by-Yds
ARK 14 2 10 2 17 209 24-40-2 59 226 3.8 0-0 3-17 8-44.6 2-6 6-125 0-0 0-0 27:09 4 of 15 1 of 2 2-8
ALABAMA 16 7 9 0 197 200 15-20-0 59 397 6.7 0-0 5-55 6-37.5 4-125-1 1-24 2-25-1 0-0-0 32:51 5 of 13 1 of 1 1-10
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from COMMENTARY on page 7 Tenarius Wright early in the first quarter. Despite these major losses, there were a few bright spots throughout the game for fans to appreciate, even in the ugly loss. The defense managed to hold up quite well for the majority of the game. For the entire first half they were a “bend don’t break” defense. Sure, they gave up some big plays, but they always came back, kept fighting and made it pretty hard for Alabama to score. The goal-line defensive stand in the second quarter proved how tough this defense can be. A telling stat that describes just how good the defense was doing was that at a point during the third quarter Alabama was 1 of 6 on third down. When Arkansas got Alabama to third downs they were able to hold their ground and stand strong. Later on, the shorthanded defense just seemed worn down by the massive and insync Alabama offensive line. Another bright spot from the game was the tough play of Tyler Wilson. I haven’t seen a quarterback take that kind of a beating since Keanu Reeves quarterbacked the Washington Sentinels in The Replacements. Time after time Wilson picked himself up after a hit from an Alabama defender, got back under center and went after it again. He stood in and delivered a perfect ball to Cobi Hamilton while taking possibly the worst hit of the game. Wilson had an admirable performance and won over many of the fans with the way that he played. He never gave up and neither did the team. The Hogs kept fighting, kept plugging away and running the offense, even if it wasn’t successful. There were also times where the Arkansas offense found holes in the Alabama defense. The 26-yard touchdown run by Wingo that was called back was a great play call and found the Alabama defense in a rare position: off balance and unprepared. There were many moments during the game that you saw what kind of team the Razorbacks could be. They could put together long drives against experienced defenses, they could stack up with their backs in the end zone and come out fighting and they were a team that would not quit playing. The Razorbacks showed they’re a team that will take their licks and keep fighting Saturday. The real key will be what happens next. They are going to have to learn from this game if they want to be taken seriously as an elite team in college football. Harrison Stanfill is a guest columnist for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS (3-1)
RUSHING R. Wingo Jr. T. Wilson D. Johnson J. Adams B. Mitchell PASSING T. Wilson B. Mitchell
No. 11 1 3 1 3
Yds 35 3 -3 -7 -11
TD 0 0 0 0 0
Lg 14 3 1 0 0
C-A 22-35 2-5
Yds 185 24
Int 1 1
TD 2 0
No. 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1
Yds 37 31 26 43 21 17 19 9 6
TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Lg 19 14 16 39 11 15 19 9 6
RECEIVING J. Adams C. Gragg J. Wright R. Wingo D. Johnson G. Childs C. Hamilton J. Horton M. Wade TACKLES Solo A. Highsmith 4 M. Marshall 5 E. Bennett 4 R. Thomas 4 C. Smith 2 B. Jones 0 J. Nelson 3
Ast. Total 4 8 2 7 3 7 2 6 4 6 6 6 2 5
TFL Sacks 2 1 0 0 0 0 .5 0 1.0 0 0.5 0 0 0
DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT
9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24 10-1 10-8 10-22 10-29 11-5 11-12 11-19 11-26
Missouri State New Mexico Troy at Alabama Texas A&M Auburn at Ole Miss at Vanderbilt South Carolina Tennessee Mississippi State at LSU
W, 51-7 W, 52-3 W, 38-28 W, 38-14
ALABAMA DATE
9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24 10-1 10-8 10-15 10-22 11-05 11-12 11-19 11-26
OPPONENT
RESULT
at Kent. State W, 48-7 at Penn. State W, 27-11 North Texas W, 41-0 Arkansas at Florida Vanderbilt at Ole Miss Tennessee LSU at Mississippi State Georgia Southern at Auburn
ALABAMA (4-0)
RUSHING T. Richardson E. Lacy J. Fowler AJ. McCarron
No. 17 13 4 5
Yds 126 61 11 -1
TD 0 1 0 0
Lg 31 10 11 4
PASSING C-A A.J. McCarron 15-20
Yds 200
Int 0
TD 2
RECEIVING M. Maze T. Richardson D. Hanks M. Williams B. Smelley K. Ball E. Lacy B. Gibson
Yds 40 85 13 37 15 8 4 -2
TD 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lg 17 61 8 37 15 8 4 0
No. 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
TACKLES Solo D. Hightower 4 D. Kirkpatrick 6 M. Barron 5 J. Williams 4 R. Lester 3 E. Stinson 1 A. Watkins 0 B. Gibson 0 N. Gentry 2 W. Lowery 2 Q. Dial 1
Ast. Total TFL Sacks 5 9 2.0 0 0 6 1.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 5 2.0 0 2 5 0 0 2 3 1.5 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0.5 0