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ASG Executive Officers Plan for Next Year Bailey Deloney Senior Staff Writer

Making the Most of Spring Produce: Rhubarb Crumb Cake It’s been a long winter. Sweeten up the spring weather with a spring produce featured recipe. Full Story, Page 5

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Newly elected ASG executives reflected on a smooth, clean election and discussed their plans for the upcoming year. “This was a very clean campaign,” said Ellie Keffler, ASG vice president. During the election, relations between every team were friendly, and after the results, these relationships

have not changed, Keffler said. “If anything, an election is one giant learning experience,” said Bo Renner, ASG president. “We kept the mindset that none of this was about us all the way through.” “Overall, the people involved in the election were very genuine, nice people,” said Matt Chaffin, ASG treasurer. “They were the kind of classy people you want to compete against.” The candidates were ultimately forced to rely on the

students they were campaigning to as motivation, Renner said. As president, Bo Renner said he is committed to freeing up more parking for offcampus students, finding a way to offer incentives for students who stay to the end of Razorback athletics events and getting more freshmen involved on campus early. One idea that could help alleviate parking issues is to relocate freshman parking to a different lot, Renner said.

Renner is working with Gary Smith, director of Transit and Parking, to find alternative locations for freshmen to park. Most freshmen use campus lots more as storage parking than anything else, especially since they have everything they need during the week on campus, Renner said. Eighty percent of the student body does not live on campus, and they are the ones who primarily need to find

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Happy Birthday Fulbright

Tennis Club Plays Around the Country

The Arkansas tennis club provides recreational and tournament opportunities for interested students. Full Story, Page 7

Kathleen Pait Staff Photographer A large group of people gather around the J. William Fulbright statue to celebrate the Arkansas politician’s birthday.

Razorbacks Sweep the Mavericks

The Razorback men’s tennis team swept the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks Tuesday to break .500 on the season. Full Story, Page 7

Today’s Forecast

Barefoot for a Cause

Jaime Dunaway Senior Staff Writer

Barefoot students will be traveling across campus April 16 as part of the global “One Day without Shoes” event to raise awareness about the health issues faced by children around the world without shoes.

look the millions of people that live without shoes and the obstacles and problems they face.” In many developing countries, children must walk barefoot for miles to school, clean water and medical help, according to the TOMS website. In some schools, footwear is required, so new shoes can increase school attendance by 62 percent, which can help

“Getting involved in this program is a good way to serve the community and help people around the world.”

Nick Fielding

Freshman Information Systems Major

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The program was started on campus last year by Andrew Powell, a junior communications major. Powell said he grew up in poverty and got his shoes as hand-me-downs from relatives or thrift shops. Powell said his first new pair of shoes came in high school after working all summer to buy a pair of basketball shoes for his high school team. “I know what it’s like to not have brand-new shoes, and I know what it is like to have shoes, so I can’t imagine those who are in a more difficult situation than I was,” Powell said. “If I could, I would go every day without wearing shoes, but that’s the point: I can’t because of athlete’s foot and broken glass. We over-

break the poverty cycle, according to the website. Exposed feet can also increase susceptibility to diseases. Nearly 2 million Kenyan children are infected with burrowing fleas that cause gashes in their feet, and 740 million people are infected with hookworms, according to a TOMS’ official video. Elephantiasis, a debilitating and disfiguring soil-based foot disease, also affects 4 million people each year, according to the video. “Getting involved in this program is a good way to serve the community and help people around the world,” said Nick Fielding, a

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Proposal to Alleviate Harmon Traffic Bailey Deloney Senior Staff Writer Tuesday night, ASG Sen. James Wesolowski proposed a resolution to minimize traffic delays at the Harmon Avenue Parking Facility and improve pedestrian safety. Delays increase directly following the end of class periods and pedestrians face more of risk during this heightened traffic. One possible solution that may be presented to administration is the resolution to build a new pedestrian bridge, said Sen. Wesolowski, author of the bill. “This would have effect of reducing pedestrian traffic across Harmon Avenue, which would increase pedestrian safety and reduce vehicle traffic delays,” Wesolowski said. “These delays are largely caused by those paying at the gate upon exiting,” according to the bill. In addition, many drivers do not have their credit cards ready when it is their turn to pay at the gate and others are distracted and talking on cell phones, according to the bill. Although there are pay-onfoot stations available for students to use, they are greatly underutilized, according to the bill. In order to help alleviate these concerns, the bill proposes that Parking and Transit look into “incentives to use pay-onfoot stations.” Besides this bill, ASG also proposed a bill to establish an online syllabus bank of past syllabi.

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Trying to Score a Snack Connor Malone Staff Writer

The University Programs Daytime Committee gave students a break from their coursework Tuesday with a game of grocery bingo. The event took place in the Union International Connections Lounge and was open to all UA students.

The University Programs Daytime Committee is responsible for planning various events and programs for students throughout the school year. It uses the student activities fee included in all students’ tuition to do so, according to their website. Through a wide assortment of bingo games, including blackout, Texas-T, X’s and crosses, students were able to relax, have fun and gain

a chance to win a variety of prizes. These prizes included chips and salsa, soda, instant noodles, packets of gum, and several other types of foods, as well as gift cards to Walmart, Common Grounds and Hog Haus. “This is probably the highlight of my life,” said sophomore kinesiology major Victor Meza after winning both

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Construction Worker Suffers Minor Injuries

Kris Johnson Staff Photographer Emergency medical teams and UAPD respond to a construction worker injury, Tuesday, April 9. The worker fell from scaffolding on the Founder’s Hall construction site around 4 p.m. The worker was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

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119 Kimpel Hall University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 McKenna Gallagher Staff Photographer Students participate in Grocery Bingo, Tuesday, April 9, in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge. Prizes offered included grocery items like Dr. Pepper and Keurig Cups, as well as gift cards for Common Grounds, Qdoba and Walmart. a large bag of Doritos and a $10 gift card to Walmart. “I’m glad this game is happening. It makes me feel lucky.” While not everyone could win, several of the victorious students shared their food prizes with others. Throughout the afternoon, pockets of peers could be found sitting together, eating and drinking their winnings, talking, and enjoying bingo. “I’ve been playing this for at least a dozen rounds, and

CAUSE continued from page 1 freshman information systems major. The TOMS One Day without Shoes program is also being paired with a shoe drive conducted by National Residence Hall Honorary, but they are not the same program, Powell said. Unlike TOMS, the NRHH shoe drive gives shoes to children in America, and the donated shoes do not have to be new. Donated shoes will be given to 7hills Homeless Center, Powell said. The TOMS program is simply to raise awareness. “It’s just symbolic to take the pair of shoes off for one day, that you don’t need them and donate them, because I bet you have more than those at home in the closet,” Powell said. Pledge stations will be located at Brough, the Northwest Quad and the Arkansas Union. Shoes can be donated at those locations on the day of the program or throughout the week at Silas Hunt Hall or the Quad, Powell said. Last year, 150 pairs of shoes were donated and 300 people pledge to go barefoot, but Powell said he expects the program to be even more popular this year. “I think it’s exciting that we can target more than 300 people,” he said. “Honestly, last year I think maybe 100 people knew about it, and 200 more people took of their shoes as they walked by the booth. That’ll still happen, but we’ll have 300 more people that will already know about the event.” Students can also get involved by connecting to the One Day without Shoes event on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. “I’m excited to go a day without shoes,” said Rebecca Travaglini, a sophomore childhood education major. “I love being in flip flops, so being without shoes completely is the best possible thing ever.” Powell said he plans to expand on the program next year by creating a weeklong event that will incorporate the TOMS’ sight initiative, which combats visual impairment around the world, and a march across Old Main. “This builds community,” Powell said, “because it brings together a group of people that sponsor and run the event, but it also helps raise awareness and bring knowledge to those that aren’t involved with planning, but are possibly helping to carry it out.”

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won a game but was able to share the winnings of some of

“This is probably the highlight of my life.” Victor Meza

Sophomore Kinesiology Major

gave me one of his Mountain Dews,” said sophomore music major Sean Breast, who never

his neighbors. “I’m having fun; it’s just frustrating. I’m always about one number off from

winning.” Workers at the event urged students to attend future University Programs events, specifically the music and comedy open-mic night this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Au Bon Pain, standup comedian Mike Birbiglia’s performance this Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Verizon Ballroom and the Tarantino Movie Series playing every Thursday of this month at 7 p.m. in the University Programs Video Theater.

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On-campus dental services are coming for the first time to the UA through a company called Bold Dental. The Pat Walker Health Center is working with the company to give students access to oral hygiene as part of the student-health regimen it provides. Bold Dental will provide general dental services from cleaning and whitening to braces and wisdom-tooth removal. The office for the dental center will be located next to the Walmart on Campus. The services from Bold Dental will be tailored to the college-student lifestyle by allowing students to schedule appointments through their upcoming online scheduler. The office also plans to have a 24-hour appointment desk. “Bold Dental knows students,” said Rich Kley, a spokesman for Bold Dental. “We understand the rigors and demands of the collegestudent life. Therefore, we are creating flexible appointments,

personalized care and will work with the students.” The company’s goal is to be a resource to students and faculty when it comes to oral hygiene. They plan to “partner with the university to build awareness within the student body of steps they can take to improve their dental health,” Kley said. Knowing student budgets are tight, Bold Dental is working with a local company that will help provide a student dental discount program to give students discounts to normal fees. “Affordable dental care is important to Bold Dental,” Kley said. “We will have payment options to make dental treatment easy and affordable.” Dental services on campus may be new to the UA, but they are in high demand. Each day, the Pat Walker Health Center receives requests from students for dental care, according to Mary Alice Serafini, director of Pat Walker Health Center. Students will finally have access to dental services as Bold Dental moves onto campus.

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Courtesy Photo Matthew Chaffin (left), Ellen Rudolph, Bo Renner and Lindsay Bach are the newly-elected ASG executive officers for the 20132014 academic year. parking when they commute to class every day, Renner said. In addition, Renner is working with the athletics department to discuss ways in which the UA could team up with local retailers to offer students incentive to show their support for Razorback athletes. The hope is to form a relationship with local restaurants and retailers and offer the students who stay for the entire game coupons or free food, Renner said. Renner said he hopes to get freshmen involved in at least one group or activity on campus within their first week of college. One way to do this would be to get academic advisors to encourage students to get involved in a society that relates to their area of study, Renner said. Students could learn about and even sign up to get involved with a society at the same time that they are enrolling for class, Renner said. As vice president, Ellie Keffler will have the responsibility of appointing students to committees, such as the Headliner Concerts Committee or the Distinguished Lectures Committee. Keffler said one of her goals for next year is to reach more students and get more students involved. Keffler is working with administrators to get the word out about different com-

mittees by directly going to classrooms. By matching the subject of the committee with the subject of the class, this would allow ASG to reach students who have an interest in the subject, and possibly a connection regarding their career path, Keffler said. Keffler said she is also excited about plans to put a syllabus bank online. Although the bill recently presented to the Senate about adding a syllabus bank to ISIS failed, Keffler said she believes this is something that truly represents student’s interests. With a few revisions to the bill, and a clarification that the syllabus bank could be a separate website, not connected to ISIS, Keffler hopes ASG Senate will support this idea. During elections, an online syllabus bank was one of the things on the platform that students seemed very receptive to, Keffler said. This initiative will give students a heads up about class expectations and allow them to have their class experience meet their learning preferences, Keffler said. Keffler also wants to give students a better sense of security by bringing a “Blue Light” safety app to the UA. An app like this could really increase the UA’s atmosphere of safety and make students feel

more secure, Keffler said. As secretary, Lindsey Bach said she hopes to make ASG more transparent to the student body. Bach plans to create a listserv for students who are interested in learning about what ASG is doing. There is currently a listserv that is sent out to the various branches of cabinet to create better communication within ASG. If a similar option was available to students, this could be an easy way for campus to see how their student body government is representing the students, Bach said. Of course, this would be optional and only for those students who are interested, but this is one way to get the student body more involved and knowledgeable about ASG, Bach said. In addition, Bach and her team have been working on establishing a university wide philanthropy that all students can get involved in. This would be something students can do on a day-today basis, without sacrificing a lot of their time, Bach said. The way it would work is that whenever students purchase anything on campus, the cashier would then give them the option of rounding their total up to the next whole dollar amount. Whatever amount of change that is would then be

donated to that the philanthropy, Bach said. As treasurer next year, Matt Chaffin said he is most excited about working with administrators to establish a permanent fund to provide Scantrons for students. This semester, Chaffin authored the bill proposed to ASG Senate to make an online syllabus bank available for students. Since the bill did not pass in the Senate, Chaffin said he is planning to tweak some things about the bill that were mentioned as concerns during the debate. Initially, the bill suggested that the syllabus bank would be a part ISIS, but now Chaffin is considering making it available through a separate website. Some senators were concerned that teachers would be opposed to an additional requirement of them to upload their syllabi early. However, this bank would come together as a process, building year after year, Chaffin said. Teachers would not be required to use the website, but they would have the ability to upload their syllabi for students whenever they were ready, Chaffin said. “I really want get the ball rolling on this,” Chaffin said. Chaffin said his team’s goal is to make a difference on campus and leave a legacy after they are gone.

ASG continued from page 1 While the bill previously presented to senate in support of an online syllabus bank failed, this resolution differs in that it does not ask faculty to do any additional work. “One of the major concerns with the original syllabus resolution is that course instructors frequently do not have syllabi prepared until just before the semester begins,” said Wesolowski, author of the bill. “Furthermore, there are many, many courses where instructors are not assigned until shortly before the semester begins.” Similar to the original syllabus resolution, this bill agrees that, “It is important for students to have sufficient information about course content prior to registration in order to most effectively choose their classes.” For this reason, instead of dissolving the failed resolution completely, ASG made some

modifications to the idea and proposed it to senate for another look. “If we have a database of previously used syllabi, the students are able to get a good deal of the information they are seeking with little impact on the departments and faculty,” Wesolowski said. In addition, Tuesday night ASG proposed a bill to support the establishment of smoking booths at pre-established sites on campus. The establishment of these booths would be to improve the safety of those students who smoke or use other tobacco products off-campus. Arkansas law prohibits smoking on public university campuses and UAPD “holds no jurisdiction outside of University property lines,” according to the bill. Therefore, “If an assault were to transpire against a University student off property lines, the City of Fayetteville police headquarters is located a minimum of two intercity miles from the University campus,” according to the bill. Tuesday night, ASG voted to pass an amendment to the bill proposed last week to increase grade forgiveness for students diagnosed with depression. The amended bill proposed that “administration and Student affairs improve the Razorback student health and wellness” as a whole and increase grade forgiveness for all students. However, after much debate, the amended bill failed.

ASG Legislation Pass or Fail:

Resolution No. 47 – A Resolution for Clinical AIL GPA Forgiveness FDepression ASNo.S22 – The Information Accessibility Act PBill Bill No. 24 – A Bill to Fund a Safe Ride Expansion S ASProgram PPilot SNo.S25 – The ASG MacBookPro Bill of 2013 A PBill Resolution No. 49 – A Resolution to Implement ASS at Sporting Events PRazorbucks Resolution No. 50 – A Resolution to Support Soft ASSof Dickson Street Establishments PClosing Bill No. 27 – An Act Calling for the Creation for a ASS Council PTraditions Resolution No. 51 – A Resolution for Student ASS on the Board of Trustees PRepresentation Resolution No. 52 – A Resolution for Course ASSEmail Notification through ISIS PChange Resolution No. 53 – A Resolution for a Varied ASSParking Plan PROTC

Students can make their opinion heard during the ASG meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Graduate Education Building. There is a public comment section during each meeting where students can speak for two minutes before the legislation starts, said Mike Norton, ASG Chair of Senate.

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Spend Four Years Preparing

Joe DelNero Opinion Editor Regardless of whether or not you are a senior graduating, every student on campus has that nervous excitement for commencement. It’s the last step of the undergraduate education. Some may not step on a college campus until touring with their kids 25 years down the road. According to an article in the Huffington Post, there is now more student debt in America than credit card debt. Most students are graduating with close to $26,000 loans. And while many have job prospects, the bills and cost of living after college rise. The article reported President Obama spent over $166 billion on student aid, in addition to $14 billion on tax benefits for college students. However, like I said in Tuesday’s newspaper, there are still hundreds of thousands of students stuck in minimum wage, low-skilled jobs throughout the country. The Huffington Post reported 80 percent of Toyota’s 3,000 person workforce doesn’t even need a high school diploma. The fact of the matter is there is a very small window for high skilled positions. There is also a stigma in the job market against students. Many advanced job applications students would be interested in “require 3-5 years experience.” The basic idea is companies think recent graduates are career ready, but lack “critical-thinking skills” to be effective in that position. Unfortunately, the beginning jobs within companies are the non-glamorous, “mindnumbing,” sometimes labor-intensive jobs that an “educated” student doesn’t feel like they should be doing, with their accomplished bachelors degree. According to the Huffington Post, these monotonous jobs

are vital to show one’s ability to “troubleshoot, adapt, innovate, synthesize data, and communicate effectively.” This means students need to put more emphasis on the hands-on jobs. Certifications in specific computer programs or internships in manufacturing plants that feed into engineering firms are just examples of getting the life experience that makes you a more rounded job applicant. You’d think this is all too obvious. But too many students feel they can’t have 3-5 years experience right out of college so they accept the low-skill, minimum wage jobs prematurely. Going through college, with the proper internships and student jobs, however, you can meet those job expectations and get started on a whole new level. Also, building bridges with companies during your sophomore year of college may prove vital for your future. There are businesses with career-apprenticeships. You work with the same company for two or three years during college and, when you graduate, you have both practical skills of an intern and a higher level of critical thinking by understanding the chain of command within the company. You can find more information about these career apprenticeship programs through the Department of Labor website and careeronestop.org. For graduating students, if you don’t have the years of experience, don’t be intimidated by the manual labor job offers you may receive. For younger sophomores and juniors, don’t get caught spending summers in jobs away from your major. Whether it’s an internship or just a summer job, if the employment can relate to your major, you will be far better off. Look into the apprenticeship programs and businesses that can get you on a strong career path. Build bridges. Prepare for graduation so when you walk across the stage, you aren’t $26,000 down and in the minimum wage job thousands of your peers will be stuck in. Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major and the opinion editor of the Arkansas Traveler.

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Too Many Risks to go Abroad Hayley Noga

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France, England, Rome, Russia and Egypt are just a few of the countries students can travel for study abroad programs. However, with more war and conflict going on in the world, studying abroad is not be as safe as it used to be. Studying abroad is a once in a lifetime chance. There is usually only the four year college window. The experience and knowledge gained adjusting to a foreign country is unparalleled by the domestic classroom. “I think the risk is totally worth it, if there is any. There are a lot of safety measures put in place these days that lower the risks,” said sophomore Stephanie Almand. “Common sense keeps you safe the rest of the time. If you can go, go because the ‘risk’ is definitely outweighed by the benefit.” I’ve studied French for six years now. I would love to study in Paris and put my knowledge to the test. Unfortunately, my parents are uncomfortable with me studying abroad. “While studying in Europe is probably safer than perhaps countries where there is antiAmerican sentiment, I still feel like there are more risks

studying in a foreign country. There may be unfamiliar laws kids might not be aware of or you may come down with an illness or lose your passport, et cetera. Certainly bad things can happen in any city in the U.S., but at least you’re in the same country and I would be more available to help you,” is the explanation I got investigating my mother’s disinclination. My dad has told me he would rather take me to Paris once I graduate so he could be there with me and I can get my long-dreamed trip to France. While this is just my personal situation, many other parents feel reluctant to let their children out of the country in this time. Perhaps the situation is not whether or not one should go, but where they go. “Avoid all travel to the Gaza Strip, a travel warning from the federal Department of State says. Avoid the West Bank and really go to Israel only if necessary,” according to a New York Times article. If you have watched the news in recent years, you would know tensions in the Middle East are still high. Add to the list, the U.S. is receiving nuclear threats from North Korea. Tensions around the world are worse than ever.

We live in a time of war, conflict and international tension. The most detrimental situation would be studying in an area of high tension with the U.S.. No matter how many precautions are taken, one wrong move could put you in a life or death scenario Students need to understand the dangers abroad and realize it’s not something to be taken lightly. “I’m going to be studying abroad in Rome for a month this summer through the U of A. As of right now my excitement for getting to visit another country is overriding any nervousness about being so far away from home,” said sophomore Jessica McPhail. While a university abroad may be safe, students need to be responsible in foreign schools and cities. “I think it depends on where you’re going. Some areas you’d have to be more cautious,” said junior Brooke Anderson. Finances and money management is another deterrent preventing students from studying abroad. “The main reason I hear for not studying abroad is more the financial and time commitment necessary. I’ve always felt safe abroad,” said sophomore Ashley Saldana. To ease the financial pres-

sure, the university offers scholarships for students looking to travel abroad. At an informational meeting on studying abroad I went to, one of the presenters said the program at the university hands out scholarships like candy. Clearly there are many resources in aiding students who want to study abroad. “If there is one advice I can offer about scholarships it is to get started early,” said the university’s study abroad website. The movie Taken may have ruined some people looking to study abroad. It’s all about being safe and taking the proper precautions before leaving and while visiting a foreign country. “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it,” said Samuel Johnson. Whether one is traveling to Paris to experience the French culture or to Uganda to help with the Invisible Children program, there will always be a risk. It’s up to one to decide if the risk is worth it. Hayley Noga is a sophomore and a staff columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

“I know what it’s like to not have brandnew shoes, and I know what it is like to

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TV Shows Reflect Cultural Attitude Dallas Morning News MCT Campus Winston Churchill was the most consequential British prime minister of the 20th century. Margaret Thatcher, who died today at 87, was without a doubt the second most important and arguably the country’s most influential female leader since Queen Elizabeth I. It is hard to imagine where Britain would be today were it not for Mrs. Thatcher. In fact, it is hard to imagine where our world would be had the grocer’s daughter from Grantham not, by force of will and power of principle, forged herself into the Iron Lady. When Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, her nation was reeling from a moribund economy, choked by high inflation, high taxes and low job growth. Mrs. Thatcher instituted painful but suc-

cessful market reforms that cut the state’s heavy role in the economy and later broke the back of the militant trade unions. She also restored British stature in the world, first by retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentine aggressors and, more broadly, by joining Ronald Reagan in confronting Soviet imperialism (the Soviets first called her “Iron Lady,” an epithet in which she delighted). Mrs. Thatcher identified Mikhail Gorbachev as a new kind of Soviet leader, one with whom she “could do business.” She, along with Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Reagan and Pope John Paul II ended the Cold War without a shot. And yet, in a moment of stunning ingratitude, the Conservative Party dumped its great champion in a 1990 party coup. In her 1995 memoir, Mrs. Thatcher recognized that her

achievements, like all human endeavors, would not and could not be permanent. But she foresaw that Britain would not shackle itself again to socialism — indeed, the Labor Party came to power in 1997 only after Tony Blair jettisoned the core of its longstanding socialist policies. She also foresaw that Europe would never return to the communist slavery from which she had done so much to liberate them. Three years after she left office, Mrs. Thatcher attended mass at a Catholic church in Poland. The priest told the congregation that during the years the Soviets cast the shadow of death over their land, the clearest voice of all the foreigners who stood up for them, he said, belonged to Margaret Thatcher. In the simple people of that Polish parish, Mrs. Thatcher recalled, she saw the embodi-

ment of all the aspirations to liberty and the irrepressible dignity of the individual human person, for which she’d fought all her years in public service. What, then, did the life of Margaret Thatcher profit the world? Mrs. Thatcher confessed she couldn’t possibly know this side of Judgment Day, but “it comforts me to think that when I stand up to hear the verdict, I will at least have the people of the Church of the Holy Cross in court as character witnesses.” And not just them, not by any measure. She was a true and tireless friend of freedom; every lover of liberty knows what greatness has now passed from the world. The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News. It was retrieved by MCT Campus.

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Alex March Staff Writer t’s finally April. The days are longer and warmer, so it’s time to rethink beverage strategy for the spring and summer. Spring drinks shouldn’t be too heavy, and usually feature some sort of bright flavor. Cool and refreshing is the name of the game, so iced tea and iced coffee fit the bill. For something stronger, many specialty breweries have rolled out spring and summer selections. If you’re in the mood for wine, try mixing red wine and Coca-Cola over ice. Each of the following drinks is best served cold, outside, and with friends.

Bear with me. Red wine and coke over ice sounds disgusting at first glance. The drink comes from the northern Spain, where it is known as a “Kalimotxo.” There, Spaniards drink the concoction, one part cheap red wine and one part Coca-Cola over ice, as a way to cool down. The drink goes down fast, and it’s cheap. With just an inexpensive bottle of wine and a two-liter bottle of Coke, you and a friend will feel like you’re sitting at a sunny sidewalk café in no time.

The ever-increasing popularity of craft beer in the US means bars and liquor store shelves have a wide variety of brews specially made to fit warmer, brighter days. Colorado brewery New Belgium, best known for Fat Tire, rolled out Dig Pale Ale as its spring seasonal beer. Dig is hoppy and citrusy, with a slightly bitter aftertaste. Fans of ales and other darker beers will find a lot to love in Dig. Samuel Adams, out of Boston, makes an Alpine Spring seasonal brew. It’s a beer-drinker’s seasonal beer. Instead of cloyingly sweet fruit flavors, Alpine Spring has a satisfying crisp and bitter taste. It’s not a beer for shotgunning either. It takes a little time to sip and enjoy. Blue Moon’s Valencia Grove Amber is darker and sweeter than Blue Moon’s standard Belgian White. Like all Blue Moon, it’s best with an orange slice. It’s the most accessible spring brew; with little bitterness The Valencia Grove Amber does have a slight syrupy taste—almost like a soda. For something truly spring-like, try a shandy, or a mix of beer and lemonade. Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy is a classic lemon shandy made with a lager. It’s reminiscent of a Smirnoff Ice, but in the best way possible—delicious and easy to drink. Rumor has it the Leinenkugel offers a Lemon Berry Shandy as well. Austrian brewery Stiegl mixes it’s Goldbrau beer with Grapefruit to make Stiegl Radler. The brewery touts the calorie and alcohol content, but it also just tastes really good. It’s like a beer and a Fresca, all in one. It pours very cloudy, but the taste is clear and refreshing. It barely even tastes like alcohol, so be careful. Also of note, all of the aforementioned beers are available at Liquor World on College Avenue. Check your favorite purveyor of beer for more seasonal brews.

A bright, sunny day and a hot pumpkin spice latte or a chai tea latte just feels wrong. Sure, you could ice either one of those down, but the result is more like Christmas in July than a true spring drink. For something lighter, try a regular iced coffee. Sweeten it to taste before icing it, and then add milk or cream. If you’re at a coffee shop, look for springy flavor syrups. At Arsaga’s throughout Fayetteville, locally made pH Alchemy syrups sit on shelves, waiting to sweeten your favorite drink.

The warmer the weather, the more sweet iced tea Arkansans drink. If you’re from the area or points south, chances are you already know how to make a sickeningly sweet glass of tea. The secret, as any Southerner knows, is to put the sugar in while the tea is still hot. If you wait until the tea is already iced, it will just sink to the bottom, leaving an unsatisfyingly bitter beverage. Remember that desired level of sweetness is an intensely personal decision. Never make assumptions when it comes to sweet tea. Oh, and a lemon slice never hurt anything.

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Making the Most of Spring Produce: Rhubarb Crumb Cake Georgia Carter Staff Writer

Rhubarb Crumb Cake

After months and months of coldness and darkness, it’s finally that time of year again: Spring. Spring is not only a beautiful time of year but also an amazing time for produce. Spring is just warm enough so that the fruits can come out, but not so warm that they are ruined by the heat. Spring produce is much more flavorful and juicy than produce you can get in the winter, at least as far as local produce goes. This gorgeous summer produce is best purchased straight from the farm if possible. Now that the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market has started back up, a great selection of local produce is easily available. This produce can be used in any kind of cooking, baking, or cold dishes. Rhubarb is not as obvious of a sweet produce to use in recipes, which makes it more interesting to use when baking. Despite its sweet flavor, rhubarb is not a fruit. Rhubarb is actually a vegetable. It is also somewhat dangerous. The leaves of the rhubarb plant are poisonous and cannot be consumed. But luckily enough, the stalk of the plant is what is used in recipes and is also delicious. When shopping for rhubarb, make sure to pick a plant with a medium stalk that is firm and blemish free. Most people have primarily eaten rhubarb in pies, and this recipe makes a spin on the classic rhubarb pie recipe. These rhubarb crumb cakes are the perfect treat for a spring time picnic or barbecue.

for crumble topping

Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted

for cake

1/2 pound rhubarb, cut into small pieces 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1 cup confectioner’s sugar 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 2. Butter an 8 inch square baking pan and line with parchment paper. 3. Butter and flour parchment paper, tap out excess flour.

for crumble topping

1. Whisk together butter, brown sugar and salt and add in the flour. 2. Mix until large crumbs form and refrigerate until use

for cake

1. Combine rhubarb, brown sugar and ¼ cup flour. 2. Using the remaining ¾ cup of flour, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt 3. Beat the confectioner’s sugar and butter until it is light and fluffy

Courtesy Photos 4. Beat eggs one at a time 5. Add in vanilla and flour mixture 6. Spread the mixture into the pan and sprinkle the mixture with rhubarb and the crumbs 7. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Asparagus and artichokes are two vegetables that come to be their best in the spring. Asparagus is delicious and healthy when eaten plain or lightly seasoned and grilled. It can also be chopped up and used in salads. One of the best things to use

an artichoke for is artichoke spinach dip. Artichoke hearts can also be a great addition to a supreme pizza or pasta. Sweet peas are prevalent in the spring. Peas make a great addition to salads and rice dishes, but can also be used as a featured ingredient for a meal. Pea soup is a light and nutritious entrée for a spring dinner. Adding a sprig or two of mint can make a pea soup even more refreshing. For those of you who desire something sweet, cherries, apricots,

and peaches are coming into season. These fruits can be sliced on top of baked goods, especially cupcakes, included in salads and smoothies, and eaten plain as a side dish or a delicious snack. Spring brings lovely, temperate weather, striking flowers and even more beautiful produce. Eating some of this great produce is a surefire way to beat the winter blues that might still be lingering and get you through the last few weeks of school and finals in the most delicious way possible.

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ACROSS 1 Tons o’ 6 Blows, as a script line 11 Has permission 14 One may be passed around at a reunion 15 Like the Vegas strip 16 Honest prez 17 One of Beethoven’s 32 19 Moll’s leg 20 More pitiful 21 Channeling state 23 Gas from the past 24 Rants and raves 27 Charity’s URL ending 29 Change to zeros 30 Social service item? 34 Wing measurement 38 More than impress 39 Debit card ID 40 Where to get off: Abbr. 43 __ Deco 44 Sweet root 46 Proverbial nonexistent meal 49 Davis who was married to Ruby Dee 52 “Collages” author Anaïs 53 Place of central interest, man 57 Dog in the FDR Memorial

61 Hang up the gloves 62 Hollered 64 Slick-whistle connector 65 Has a meal, and as the circles show, what 17-, 24-, 30-, 46- and 53-Across each does 68 Chi follower 69 Farsi speaker 70 Edible little sphere 71 Oeuf seasoning 72 He bested Alexander in 1804 73 Fragrant compound DOWN 1 Brain freeze 2 Jumbles 3 Snowboarders’ aids 4 Venting car option 5 Parisian possessive 6 Apt name for a woman with a green thumb? 7 Jeremy in the 2012 NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge 8 Acting teacher Hagen 9 Steep-sided hills 10 Spread out 11 __ Carta 12 Bead counters for bean counters 13 Arabian republic formed in 1990

18 Composer Prokofiev 22 Creates some drama? 25 Like the vb. “to be,” in most languages 26 Hunch 28 Sales __ 30 Oft-grabbed ride 31 Be in hock to 32 Admission price 33 Not up to snuff 35 Part-goat deity 36 __ de Triomphe 37 Extreme degree 41 Some odometers show them 42 Clay, since 1964 45 Songwriter Amos 47 Matter in court 48 Displays, as a flag 50 Montenegro neighbor 51 __ Club: conservation group 53 Completes a shoot 54 1946 Literature Nobelist Hermann 55 Cybersales 56 Invite to enter 58 Took the hit, financially 59 Time off 60 Venomous snake 63 Double-reed instrument 66 Musical talent 67 “It’s __-brainer!”

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CLUB SPORT

Tennis Club Plays Around the Country Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

The tennis club at the University of Arkansas gives students the chance to compete on a national level against many of the country’s most talented club teams. There are two separate aspects of the tennis club at Arkansas, the competitive team and the recreational team. Since its inception in 2005, the tennis club team has doubled in size to now field more than 20 members. The competitive team has traveled to tournaments around the country this year, usually fielding a squad of four men and four women. Tryouts are put on at the beginning of the school year, and a traveling team is assembled. Dues of $100 are required from competitive team members to help cover travel costs. Most of the competitive team’s members played tennis since before high school, including team president Alyssa Zimmer. That kind of experience gives the team a significant advantage because of familiarity with a tournament-style system. Although the team participates in the Southern section of the United States Tennis Association, most of the events they go to are in the Missouri Valley section because it is easier to travel there. Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Tulsa, Okla., and

Kathleen Pait Staff Photographer Tennis club sport president, Alyssa Zimmer, practices with her team at the Walker Park tennis courts, Thursday, April 4. Murfreesboro, Tenn., were the locations of the USTA tournaments the team participated in this year. The team last traveled in February to Auburn, Ala., to play in a tournament that fielded more than 50 teams. Arkansas came in first place at the Tulsa tournament in team play. The competitive team also saw success in the 2011-2012 school year, finishing third at the Missouri Valley fall invi-

tational in Kansas City, Mo., in 2011 and finishing first at the Drury tennis invitational in Springfield, Mo. The recreational team practices separately from the competitive team Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. at Walker Park in Fayetteville. All are welcome to participate in recreational team activities, regardless of skill level or prior experience. A common goal of the recreational team’s players

is to simply become more skilled in the arts of tennis, and practice is a valuable aspect of that. The recreational team’s dues are $50, which covers some equipment costs including tennis balls and reserving courts. The competitive team played in a tournament in Fayetteville this past weekend, and the recreational team competed in a tournament as well. The club has used the

Hogs Face Top Teams In Invite

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COMMENTARY

Razorbacks Sweep the Mavericks

Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor

TRACK & FIELD

The Razorback women’s track and field team ended its combined events meet Monday and still has the John McDonnell Invitational to look forward to Friday in Fayetteville. The Invitational will feature the distance runners of the Razorback team, as the combined events featured only competitors that perform in multiple track and field events. “We’re starting to get our athletes now more and more into their primary events,” head coach Lance Harter said. “We’ve been kind of exploiting their secondary events with the idea that we’ll get those national-qualifying marks out of the way, or regional-qualifying marks.” “We’ll close in on the primary events as the season evolves, and so the distance crew specifically is going to attack that this week and next week,” Harter said. The Invitational consists of

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UREC Bash, an event put on by University Recreation at the beginning of the fall semester, to meet potential new members. They also look to continue growth and expansion through fundraisers and have ideas in the works to bring that into fruition. The Arkansas tennis club has continued to improve by the year and will continue to compete among the best club programs in the country.

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many top women’s track and field programs, including No. 12 Arkansas, Southeastern Conference foe No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 1 Kansas, No. 24 Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. “It’s going to have two of the

best teams in the United States, at least according to the polls,” Harter said. “Kansas is No. 1 and Texas A&M is No. 3 and we’re going to line up kind of in a secondary fashion. We’ll have some people run primary events but the distance crew

will still be kind of offset a little bit.” The range of competitors coming into the Invitational goes from No. 1 to unranked, placing Arkansas somewhere

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Razorbacks Face No. 1 Texas A&M, 3 Other Ranked Teams at Home

Ben Enyart Staff Writer

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Head women’s track coach, Lance Harter, speaks at the Olympic press conference, Tuesday, April 9.

The No. 54 Arkansas men’s tennis team swept NebraskaOmaha in two matches Tuesday to improve to 15-14 on the season. The Razorbacks earned all seven of the available points in the morning match. Christian Lee, who won his singles match 6-0, 6-0, put up a dominant performance against Eric McKnight, who did not score a single point. Jovan Parlic, Mike Ward, Hall Fess, Pete Thomason and Austin Robles each won their singles matches in two sets as well to put Arkansas up 6-0 before doubles play. Ward and Thomason each kept their opponents from earning a single point in at least one set of their matches. The closest competition of the day was a 6-4 victory in the first set for Parlic over Conner Tieszen, but Parlic used the momentum from the close win to earn the win in the second set 6-2. The doubles duo of Fess and Mike Nott defeated Nebraska-Omaha’s pair of Peter Greteman and Matt Frost 8-3 and Ward and Gregoire Lehmann held the Mavs scoreless to earn a 8-0 victory over McKnight and Connor Larson to

The No. 2 men’s track and field team will compete at home this weekend in the John McDonnell Invitational. Arkansas will go up against No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 19 Minnesota, No. 25 Oklahoma State, Kansas and Tulsa. “It looks to be pretty good,” head coach Chris Bucknam said. “In addition to (A&M), we have a great Minnesota squad coming in; we’ve got an outstanding Oklahoma squad that was second at the indoor Big 12 Championship. Kansas is coming in, and I think their women are ranked No. 1. So, we have an outstanding meet this weekend at our outdoor track.” Among these teams, there are many individuals

ranked in the top 10 in the nation for their respected events. A&M has Ameer Webb, who is ranked second in the 100-meter and first in the 200. The Aggies have Sam Humphreys who is No. 1 in the javelin as well as the No. 1 4x100 relay team and the No. 2 4x400 relay team. Arkansas’ 4x400 team has yet to run since the indoor season, but they will be competing this weekend against A&M. Minnesota has the No. 1 800-meter runner, Harun Abda, and No. 2 in the hammer throw, Quentin Mege. Oklahoma has Riley Masters, the No. 1 1,500-meter runner, and Mississippi has Sam Kendricks, who is the No. 1 pole vaulter in the nation. Arkansas has five top-10 athletes. Caleb Cross is No.

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Why College Sports Lift Hearts Like Nothing Else

Liz Beadle Staff Writer Last week, a video went viral of a 7-year-old cancer patient scoring a touchdown during Nebraska’s spring game. I saw it posted many

times before I caved and clicked on it — thinking I’ve seen this song and dance, I won’t cry, I won’t get goose bumps. And yet, as that tiny little body crosses the goal line and the Cornhuskers hoist him up, chills went immediately down my spine. My favorite part was the crowd audible in the background — there were a lot of people at that spring game. And they were so elated by the joy on the field, the joy that you cannot help but feel when it comes to college sports. Lately these stories have been even more plentiful than usual in college sports — that or I’ve been more emotional than usual, also a major pos-

sibility. When we get to follow something over a long period of time as we have with the men’s NCAA tournament, a story seems to beautifully unfold before our eyes. It seems that in college sports, you get to know who these student athletes are — not just their stats or their jersey numbers. It doesn’t take much to start recognizing whose mom is whose in the stands and to start knowing the twisted, often heart-breaking stories that made these athletes who they are. When Kevin Ware was injured in the Sweet Sixteen, although horrific — it was a scene of passion I will probably never forget. Seeing his

teammates and fans of both teams sitting in the stands weeping for him makes “moving” seem like an entirely inadequate word. You felt it. I don’t mean the physical pain, for I feel none of us could even imagine that; what we felt was the emotional pain. It jumped through our television sets and for some of us came rolling right down our cheeks. Now it’s very possible that all of this glorification of college athletics I’m doing here is unfair to professional sports because let’s face it: once someone is a professional athlete, their story has already been told and some of the best stories even get told in high

school. But deep down, I think there’s more to it than that. I don’t think it’s the only reason I’m a college sports fan, because there are no professional sports around these parts. There has to be a bigger reason we feel this way, a bigger reason it lifts our hearts so. I recently started reading “The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football” by Orville Henry and Jim Bailey and the dedication page reads, “to all the Razorbacks…and to all the Arkies all over the world whose heads they have lifted.” At the end of the day the real reason to love college athletics is not because of scores and statistics, it’s because of the

head-lifting. As I prepare to graduate college and take a job with the NCAA where I can dedicate my life to the beauty of college sports, this is what I think about. These stories are what bring tears to my eyes and remind me that what I’m doing matters. So I dedicate this, my final column as a Traveler writer, to all the Razorbacks, and to all the Arkies all over the world, whose heads they have lifted. Liz Beadle is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other Wednesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports

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grab the doubles point for the Razorbacks. Lee and Thomason also picked up a doubles win over Carlos Ramos and Nathan Greteman 8-2. In the second match of the day, the Razorbacks won the first four singles matches, making the final two unnecessary.

Nott topped John Ellis 6-1, 6-3, Parlic beat Ramos 6-2, 6-2, Fess beat McKnight 6-2, 6-2 and Thomason got the best of Frost 6-3, 6-1. “We went up to Omaha and got the job done,” head coach Robert Cox said. “We really needed these two victories and the guys responded well not al-

lowing the Mavs a set.” The Razorbacks will close the season with a trip to Baton Rouge, La., to face the No. 20 LSU Tigers and Jackson State in a doubleheader. Postseason play begins Wednesday, April 17, with the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Oxford, Miss.

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Men’s track head coach, Chris Bucknam, speaks at the Olympic press conference, Tuesday, April 9. 6 with 51.08 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. His time is seeded second for the John McDonnell Invitational, just behind A&M runner Isaiah Gill’s 50.76. Solomon Haile is No. 5 in the 10,000-meter, and is the No. 1 seed for this weekend’s competition. Marek Niit is No. 4 with a 20.83 in the 200-meter, the third fastest time this weekend after A&M’s Webb and Prezel Hardy, Jr. Andrew Irwin is No. 3 in the pole vault with a height of 18-6 1/2, which is just behind Kendricks’ height of 19 3/4. Kemoy Campbell is No. 1 in the 5,000-meter with a

time of 13:32.82 that he ran last weekend at the Stanford Invitational to win the race. His time is also the second fastest time in the world for 2013. “If I take Kemoy Campbell, who is leading the country in the 5,000, and if I put him in the 800 this weekend, you’re going to see a good 800,” Bucknam said. “And the same goes with A&M, and the same goes with Oklahoma.” The meet is Saturday, April 13, and will start with the hammer throw at 9 a.m., the javelin at 1 p.m., the discus at 3 p.m. and the running events and finals starting at 5

p.m. The last event is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. in order to keep the meet within a reasonable timeframe. This is the second of four meets at the University of Arkansas this season. The Arkansas Spring Invitational was last weekend, and the other two meets to come are the Arkansas Invitational on Sunday, April 27, and the Arkansas Twilight on Friday, May 3. “We’re looking forward to having a really good meet on our outdoor track this weekend,” Bucknam said. “And we would love to have a crowd out there to watch us compete Saturday evening.”

EVENT

University of Arkansas Computer Store

In this short course, you will be introduced to the current Mac operating system Mountain Lion, including how to use the Dock, Finder, Mission Control, Launchpad, Stacks, Safari and System Preferences. Using your own laptop, you will learn a few short cuts, how to locate, manage and organize all of your ﬁles and leave with a better understanding of your Mac s primary functionalities.

Where: University of Arkansas Bookstore 616 N. Garland Ave, across from the NW Quad In the Café area beside the Computer Store When: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 1:00-2:00 Register: computers.uofastore.com/classes Free-seating is limited and is available by reservation.

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Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Hall Fess returns the ball at the Arkansas v. Nebraska-Omaha tennis match, Tuesday, April 9. The Hogs swept the Mavs in the doubleheader.

TOP continued from page 7 in the middle of the competition. “Kansas and A&M are two teams that have great squads,” Harter said. “We’ll match up in some key events, we won’t in others,” Harter said. “It’s almost like a dual-meet type of affair. You’ve got to have a lot of depth and a lot of bodies across the board,” Harter said. “We’re just not built that way. We’re heavy in the distances, we’ve got great sprinters and great jumpers and we’re kind of neglectful in throws, and that’s somewhat by design. “We want to make sure that we’re peaking at the end of the

season — SEC’s, regionals, nationals,” Harter said. The John McDonnell Combined Events were held earlier in the week to ease the competition schedule of the Invitational and to make it spectatorfriendly. Makeba Alcide took the stage at the combined events, at which she earned a firstplace finish. Originally, Alcide was not going to compete in both days of the competition. “The plan was that she was going to do just the first day, see how things go and make a decision,” Harter said. After the first day, the

coaches decided Alcide would not compete in the second day. However, Alcide ended up competing in the second day’s competition and completed the heptathlon, her second in two weeks. Alcide, who earned the honor of SEC Athlete of the Week after her win, will not compete in the heptathlon again until the SEC Championship. Following the John McDonnell Invitational Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, the Hogs will compete in the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., April 18-20.