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Summer Jobs Vary Among Students

Options for Summer Job Hunt

Travis Pence Staff Writer

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This story is part of a response series giving students’ opinions on various issues.

UA Art Graduate Uses Art to Communicate Emotions of the Past Senior art major Samantha Dixon’s art exhibition “Tethered,” focuses on the effects of the Holocaust on second and third generation survivors. Full Story, Page 5

With the semester coming to an end, some students said they have not had any trouble finding a job for the upcoming summer. Jesse Anderson, a senior computer science major, said he was able to find a paid

summer internship through the UA. Anderson said he applied for multiple internships and met with many different employers during the UA’s career fair last fall. “I actually got calls back from three different employers. I was pretty surprised,” Anderson said. “I was about to take a job from a smaller company located in Dallas, but an office with Hewlett

Packard, located in Austin, Texas, gave me a better offer.” Anderson said he will work in Austin for almost the entire summer before returning to the UA. Senior guitar performance major Ethan Moll said that he already has a job for this summer as well. Moll has been working at the Fayetteville Music Factory as a teacher for the past

few months. Moll said he plans on working at the factory for as long as possible. Furthermore, Moll said that he might return to his job as a mover for the Mayflower Moving Company for the upcoming summer. Senior poultry science major Lucas Graham said he

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UA Celebrates Earth Day

Local Gift Shop Opens On Archibald Yell

The newest business to carry on the “Keep Fayetteville Funky” tradition is the Four Legged-Bird, located at 275 S. Archibald Yell drive, a gift shop with a little bit of everything. Full Story, visit uatrav.com

Caroline Potts Staff Photographer Joanna Pollock speaks to Rivelino De Icaza about the Applied Sustainability Center at the Earth Day Fair in the Arkansas Union, Monday, April 23.

Razorbacks Beat Ducks in Dual Meet

Last weekend Arkansas handed Oregon it’s first dual meet loss since 2000. Full Story, Page 7

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Professionals Across NWA to Gather for Conference Bailey Deloney Senior Staff Writer The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) is having its seventh annual Administrative Professionals Conference on April 23 in Springdale.

“We have students coming from other schools, too. Right now we have 178 registered for this event.”

Energy Production Film Educates the Campus

Travis Pence Staff Writer

A UA assistant professor of special education has been chosen as an Act Early Ambassador for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program. Peggy Schaefer Whitby will be part of the CDC pro-

gram “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Her job will include educating people in Arkansas about autism and other developmental disabilities, according to a press release. “Whitby was chosen to be an Act Early Ambassador because of her commitment to improving the lives of children and families and increasing access to services for children

with development disabilities,” according to the release. Autism spectrum disorders are a group of development disabilities that scientists do not know the causes of, according to the CDC. Some signs of ASD include problems with social, emotional and communication skills, as well as repeating certain behaviors and not wanting to change daily activities.

AKAs Step Off Alpha Week

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Financial Support Analyst Themed “Be the One,” this educational conference presents a luncheon, four speakers and a fashion show, said Sandra Hancock, financial support analyst. The conference will be covering topics such as technology knowledge, practical tips for being a better listener, teamwork and customer service, according to the IAAP

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Aneeka Majid Staff Photographer Alpha Kappa Alpha performs a step show in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge, Tuesday, April 14. The event was organized by AKA and Gamma Eta, and promoted driver safety.

Summer jobs have quickly become a near necessity for students in college or about to start college. However, some students question how to find one. One way to start looking for a job is to ask around. Ask friends, ask relatives or even make a post on Facebook. Those in the area with jobs are often more than willing to give advice on job openings or put in a good word with their boss, and can even streamline the process and get an interview established upfront. Craigslist is always a good place to look as well. Although it can sometimes become tiresome to weed out the potential spam, some popular places post part-time and full-time openings. Colton’s Steak House and Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt are among many employers that use Craigslist to attract potential employees. Another tip is to start looking as soon as possible, according to snagajob.com. It can sometimes take up to a month for the job process to make the complete cycle from application to initial screening to interview to background check to the offer finally being extended. Starting the search early will show potential employers a certain amount of preparedness and will ensure a full summer of working. Channeling the search to a particular interest can also be helpful, according to about.

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UA Professor Chosen as Ambassador for CDC Staff Report

A UA assistant professor of special education has been chosen as an Act Early Ambassador for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program. Peggy Schaefer Whitby will be part of the CDC program “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Her job will include educating people in Arkansas about autism and other developmental disabilities, according to a press release. “Whitby was chosen to be an Act Early Ambassador because of her commitment to improving the lives of children and families and increasing access to services for children with development disabilities,” according to the release. Autism spectrum disorders are a group of development disabilities that scientists do not know the causes of, according to the CDC. Some signs of ASD include problems with social, emotional and communication skills, as well as repeating certain behaviors and not wanting to change daily activities

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on the website, along with a Twitter than is updated with job openings. This could be helpful in other departments. Check to see if this option is available, or ask professors. Getting a job in a specialized field can help in the future, along with giving an option to work with something that one will likely be doing for the long run. Finally, it’s always good to have references ready. Talk to professors or former employers, and ask them if they’re will-

ing to provide a good reference. These people can easily make or break a potential job offer. In short, don’t be afraid to ask around. Don’t leave any rocks unturned. Jobs can be found in the most unlikely of places. Find some people who are willing to put in a good word. Finding a job can be difficult and will likely end in a lot of dead ends, but it’s completely worth it when all the hard work pays off and a steady paycheck starts rolling in.

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com. Those who enjoy the outdoors and children can look into camp counselor positions. Someone who enjoys working indoors and sitting can look into office jobs or possibly writing for an online publication. An option for a photographer can be stock photography. Newspapers can also be helpful. Jobs are listed in the back of papers, which could be a potential goldmine. The department of journalism has a job openings section

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Caroline Potts Staff Photographer Orange Leaf on Dickson Street is one business in Fayetteville that uses the classifieds website, www.craigslist.org, to find summer employees.

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Parents of Children With Autism Fighting for Insurance Payments in KY. Beth Musgrave Lexington HeraldLeader Tyler Hall’s autistic 2-yearold son could speak only a few words in January 2012 when he entered the Highlands Center for Autism in Prestonsburg. More than a year later, the 3-year-old has learned dozens of new words and can dress and feed himself. His parents also can do something new:

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“We can go out to eat,” Tyler Hall said. “None of this would have been possible without the center.” But the Halls and a dozen other parents of children attending the Highlands Center are struggling to get their health insurance companies to pay for treatment of their children three years after a state law was passed that requires large insurance plans to pay for autism-related treatments. “The amount of effort used to try to get around what they are supposed to do is mind-boggling,” said Hall, who moved from Lexington to Prestonsburg so his son — and now his nearly 2-year-old daughter — can attend the Highlands Center. “It’s an injustice to these families and to the center.” When the General Assembly passed House Bill 159 in April 2010, Kentucky became one of 17 states that mandate insurance coverage for treatment of autism, a spectrum disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication skills. The bill, which took effect in January 2011, required large group insurance plans to pay for autism-related therapy — up to $50,000 a year for children ages 1 to 6 and up to $12,000 a year for kids ages 7 to 12. In particular, it required coverage for a costly therapy called applied behavioral analysis — an intensive one-on-one therapy that uses behavioral techniques to teach children skills. “It made everyone feel really great,” said Shelli Deskins, director of the Highlands Center. “The legislators, the

providers, families and everyone involved thought this would finally help kids with autism. But there are still families that are trying to get reimbursed for something that this law entitles them to.” In particular, insurance companies have balked at paying for services in an institutional setting such as the Highlands Center and the Academy at St. Andrews, a private school for autistic children in Louisville. Generally, insurance companies are not required to pay for treatment that is viewed as educational rather than medical. “It’s a loophole in the law,” said Dr. Mark Miller, whose autistic daughter attends St. Andrews. The school does not bill insurance for treatment, but Miller and his wife — who also is a doctor — tried to submit claims to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and United Healthcare for their daughter’s treatment at St. Andrews. Those claims were repeatedly denied because St. Andrews is a school, Miller said. “It was unbelievable,” he said. “I’m a doctor. I know how to fill out an insurance claim. I know how to get the codes to bill for services. But there were so many hurdles. They put up such a wall of requirements. It has to be this type of therapist, and it has to be at this type of facility, and it has to be communicated with us in this type of way.” Parents shouldn’t have to jump through so many hoops and submit multiple documents multiple times, he said. “It’s a mandate,” Miller said. “The law says that they are entitled.” Kentucky’s largest insurance companies — Anthem, United Healthcare and Humana — deny that they have intentionally blocked coverage mandated under HB 159. It took time to establish a system for processing autism treatment claims, particularly those for applied behavioral analysis, the insurance companies said. At first, the companies denied claims for applied behavioral analysis if it was not provided by a certified practitioner. Most treatment plans are overseen by an applied behavioral analysis specialist with a master’s degree or doctorate, but the one-on-one treatment is generally provided by someone with less educational experience. United Healthcare initially denied claims because it wanted to ensure payment would go to someone qualified to provide proper treatment, the company said in a statement to the Herald-Leader. After receiving multiple

complaints, the Kentucky Department of Insurance in May 2012 issued an advisory opinion that said applied behavioral analysis was covered under HB 159 if the person providing the one-on-one treatment was supervised by a board-certified specialist. Insurance companies then began paying claims for treatments delivered at home or during office visits. A spokesman for Anthem said the company will reprocess the claims of anyone denied payment before the May 2012 opinion from the Department of Insurance. “House Bill 159 is a complex piece of legislation,” said Anthem spokesman Tony Felts. “We’ve spent hundreds of hours on this. We even had to reprogram our computers.” Meanwhile, the dispute with insurance companies continues for parents whose children are treated in an institutional setting. At first, Anthem and other insurance companies told parents of the 10 students at the Highlands Center that the companies wouldn’t pay for treatment because of questions about applied behavioral analysis, Deskins said. Then the insurance companies said they would not pay for treatment because the Highlands Center is a school, she said. Felts said Anthem has worked with the Highlands Center and believes it has resolved the issues surrounding disputed claims. Deskins said she also thought the dispute was resolved in January, “but we haven’t had a claim paid yet.” Mitchell and Denise Crum, parents of a child who attends the Highlands Center, sued Anthem in federal court in 2012 for faling to pay for services provided by the center. The lawsuit is pending. For some parents, reimbursement from an insurance company might come too late. Heather and Will Dales had to take out a bank loan to cover the cost for their 6-year-old son to attend the Highlands Center. The family, which owns a house in Virginia and rents a house in Prestonsburg, has insurance with Anthem and Humana and has been trying to get reimbursed for their son’s treatment since the law took effect in January 2011. Friends, family and strangers have helped the Dales family raise money for treatment, and they receive scholarship money from the center, but the bills are adding up, Heather Dales said. “If they don’t start paying for treatment soon, this will be Hunter’s last year at the center,” she said.

CONFERENCE continued from page 1 Razorback chapter website. The Razorback chapter of this association is dedicated to “educational training, leadership development, community building, and networking for administrative professionals,” according to their mission statement. “This is a great networking and educational opportunity for anyone who wants to attend,” Hancock said. IAAP invites administrative professionals not only from the Razorback chapter, but from the cities of Bentonville and Springdale, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Northwest Technical Institute, Arkansas Technical Institute and various other colleges surrounding northwest Arkansas, Hancock said. “We have students coming from other schools, too,” Hancock said. “Right now we have 178 registered for this event.” The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn in Springdale.

VARY continued from page 1 was able to find a summer job just by making a single phone call. Graham will be working in the Tyson chicken hatchery located in Green Forest, Ark., he said.

“I told him that I was a poultry science major, and he hired me pretty much on the spot.” Lucas Graham

Poultry Science Major “All I had to do was make one phone call to the manager of the hatchery,” Graham said, “I told him that I was a poultry science major, and he hired me pretty much on the spot.” “I will work there for three months,” Graham said. “I’m pretty sure, for the most part, I’ll be helping raise and incubate baby chickens.” Graham said he will be receiving college credit for his work at the hatchery. “I wasn’t hired at the hatchery for an internship. It will be a job,” he said. “But I looked into it and the UA will give me credit towards an internship for that job.”

How to Network

Mary Kate Pffifner Staff Photographer Abayomi Martin advices students on how to network in business, Monday, April 22 at the Expand Your Rolodex lecture series. Martin is the president and managing partner at Apple Bottoms, L.L.C.

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It’s About That Time

Joe DelNero

Opinion Editor I can count the number of times I’ve gone camping in Arkansas on my two hands. I can count the number of times I’ve been cliff-jumping here on one. I can count the number of times I’ve been out fishing, gone leisurely biking and caving very easily. It’s incredulous to me. Especially because while in New Zealand and in Europe, I can only estimate because it seems every day I was hiking, camping or on some other adventure. I have been struggling with this lately. Is it because of the amount of work I’ve done here? My extracurriculars are more time consuming here than in New Zealand. Europe was a vacation — of course I’m going to be spending all my time hiking the Swiss alps and across volcanoes and glaciers in Iceland. But when I return home to Arkansas, my time is occupied; either that, or I create a strange comfort zone of regular class schedules, the indoors and staying close to Fayetteville. This weekend, only two weeks from the end, I busted my schedule and went out camping to White Rock Mountain, north of Mulberry, and let me tell you, there is nothing I regret more than not spending at least one night out of the weekend sleeping in a hammock or tent, gathered around a campfire with a small group of friends, telling some exaggerated stories. It gets cold, but with a good fire, s’mores and some hot dogs, you get over the chill — best to bring some warm sleeping

bags and pads, too. When I was first looking at universities, I looked at schools like Temple, Marquette and even Seton Hall. The thing Arkansas has these schools don’t: unbelievably gorgeous campgrounds, fishing holes and trail systems less than 30 minutes away. You have to drive a few hours to get away from the Philadelphia and New York City lights. Four years later, I’m looking back in disbelief. I completely underutilized the 250 hiking trails that stretch some 1,500 miles across our Natural State. I have only wandered a few measly portions of the 2.9 million acres of national forests. There are 9,000 rivers and streams, along with nearly 600,000 acres of lakes I have not explored with my rod and reel, nor my snorkel. Assuming nothing goes wrong now, I do believe I have had a successful college career. It’s just a shame that my college experience so rarely sent me out to the beautiful backwoods of our great state. It’s a shame I didn’t seize some opportunities. It’s a shame too often I put work or various other “priorities” over a selective time to hang out with some of my best friends in the best state. I recommend you seize your opportunities. The days are counting down, and the campsites at Devil’s Den are filling. Lake Wedington has a few campsites I’ve only heard are good. And if you don’t mind driving a few miles on rough gravel, there are very few places I’ve seen that compare to White Rock Mountain. We live within reach of the Ozark Mountains. You can be like me and say you’ll have more time later, or you can seize the opportunities before they have passed. Looking back, I recommend the latter. Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major and the Opinion editor of the Traveler. You can e-mail him at jdelnero@email.uark.edu

Traveler Quote of the Day “This is a great networking and educational opportunity for anyone who wants to attend.” Sandra Hancock, Financial Support Analyst

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Don’t Be Trashy Arkansas Shawnya Wethington

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College students are notorious for being on the go. Between classes, meetings and events, thousands of students are on campus for the duration of the day. If they’re on the move, they’ll be toting food and drinks with them. The UA campus has made several advances in the green department, so now, finding a recycling receptacle is a much simpler task. Large recycling bins are scattered throughout different campus buildings. The type of recyclables they accept are conveniently printed on the sides. The Union is also home to Pepsi dream machines. Though slightly noisy, these dream machines are already making an impact on the level of Razorback recy-

cling. In the two to three months these machines have been on campus, they have almost tripled the amount of plastic and aluminum recycling, said Sue Donohue Smith, associate director of the Arkansas Union, in a Sustainability Spotlight video. Union staff have to empty the bins almost daily. The proceeds generated by the recycled materials benefit the disabled veterans’ entrepreneurial program. Veterans, Pepsi and the UA community — it’s a win for everyone involved in the process. The Union will further the green renovation by adding a full recycling center to the second floor during the summer, Smith said. The plans include recycling stations for batteries, e-waste, shrink wrap and film recycling. Despite the ease of recycling materials, several students stubbornly remain loyal to the trash bins. In 2011, the first Think Outside the Bottle sculpture was erected on the Union mall, according to the Office of Sustainability webpage. It was made up of roughly 12,000 water bottles — the same amount that the UA

community threw away each day. It was almost impossible to miss the giant, plastic water bottle constructed in the middle of the Union mall last week. Upon closer inspection, students may have noticed the sculpture was actually a message to the UA community instead of a shrine to Aquafina. This year, the Office of Sustainability resurrected the bottle sculpture as part of the kickoff to Earth Week, which goes from April 17-24. There are several Earth Week activities occurring on campus this week, including an Earth Day vendor fair on April 22 and a sustainability open house on April 24. These are great ways to find out more information on how to lead a more eco-friendly life. The Office of Sustainability, the Arkansas Union staff and other campus entities are doing an excellent job promoting a sustainable lifestyle and providing the means to do it. Now, it’s up to the students to cut back on the trash. When you’ve finished your Dr. Pepper, take a few extra seconds to toss it in a recycling bin. The same goes for those old class papers.

Perhaps it’s not quite as satisfactory as burning your more frustrating assignments; however, you can always shred it to tiny pieces before dropping it in. The takeaway message: The bottle in your hand shouldn’t find a home in a landfill. Especially since it’s just as easy to recycle. There are plenty of recycling options spread throughout campus. We live in a consumer nation. Sadly, consumption and trash go hand in hand. It’s time we change our trashy habits. If you’ve forgotten why lowering your carbon footprint and reducing landfill waste is important, just watch Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax.” You could also chat up Al Gore, but “The Lorax” gets my vote. Since the recycling resources are there, there’s no excuse for students to not use them. Recycling is a simple way to help make the world a greener, and thus healthier, place. Shawnya Wethington is a sophomore journalism, English major and marketing minor and a staff writer for the Traveler.

No Good Will Come From Keystone Pipeline Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang

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President Obama is facing a critical opportunity to take the country beyond its century-and-a-half reliance on oil. Earth Day on Monday, and this weekend’s third anniversary of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster, offer stark reminders of the stakes and mistakes inherent in crude. To paraphrase Charles Dickens, the president made the best of decisions last summer when he dramatically improved mileage-andemissions standards for U.S. cars and light trucks. Now, he could make the worst of decisions — approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The pipeline would carry some of the world’s mostpolluting and expensive oil from Canada to Texas. It would threaten America’s rivers, water supplies and the atmosphere. And we won’t even get the benefit of these new supplies. Much of the fuel the pipeline delivers would be exported.

There is no question that we are burning too much oil — too much for our economic security and our environmental security. The president recognizes the risk that oil poses. He took the biggest single step of any nation to cut oil use and global warming pollution when he set the United States last summer on course to nearly double the gas mileage of our new car fleet, and halve the autos’ greenhouse gas emissions, by 2025. The tar sands oil that the Keystone pipeline would transport is among the dirtiest there is. Burning it would release at least 19 percent more carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant, than conventional crude oil. And it threatens other pollution as well: When a pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. sprung a leak near Mayflower, Ark., on March 29, it wasn’t just tar sand oil that came out. Benzene, toluene and hydrogen sulfide — toxic chemicals that help the sludge-like goo move through the pipeline — leaked, too. The dizziness and nausea

that afflicted local residents were similar to the complaints voiced by people living along the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, where Canada’s Enbridge Inc. pipeline spilled tar sands oil in 2010. The consequences of our thirst for oil abound. Three years ago this weekend, the BP explosion killed 11 oil rig workers, polluted the Gulf of Mexico with 210 million gallons of crude oil, decimated sea life, and fouled four states’ beaches. Have we not learned its lessons? Yet Keystone XL’s proponents present it as too good to pass up — Canadian oil that would substantially increase U.S. supplies. That’s not true. With much of it destined for overseas buyers, it would barely add a drop to U.S. tanks. And wherever it ends up, it is likely to raise, not lower, the price of gasoline. That is because extracting, transporting and refining it requires more energy — and dollars — than more conventionally produced gasoline. The pipeline’s supporters argue that it will create jobs.

But the vast majority will be temporary, disappearing once construction is done. Only 127 permanent workers will remain to run the pipeline, according to Lara Skinner, a Cornell University researcher. Rather than importing the Canadian tar sands, only to refine and then ship its oil overseas, we should use our best technology to cut our oil use in half. We can start by expanding our fleet of hybrid and electric vehicles, improving home heating and industrial efficiency, and accelerating the development of cleaner alternatives to oil. That same American know-how, sent abroad, can help other nations cut their use of fossil fuels, too. We can export the world’s best technology rather than import its worst oil. Dan Becker is director of the Safe Climate Campaign. James Gerstenzang, the campaign’s editorial director, formerly covered the environment and the White House for the Los Angeles Times. This story was retrieved from MCT Campus.

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Photo Courtesy of Bo Senesomxay The newest business to carry on the “funky” Fayetteville tradition is the Four Legged-Bird located at 275 S. Archibald Yell drive, a gift shop with a little bit of everything. Four Legged Bird’s grand opening was April 12th. The store is owned by three UofA graduates, married couple Robin Caudle Jones (right) and Jason Jones (left) and Jones’ younger brother Keith Caudle (center), all from just down the road in West Fork. Read the full story by Brandon Nichols online at uatrav.com.

Justin Bryant Staff Writer Follow him on Twitter @Just_InStyle Traditionally the role of leather in fashion has always resided in the fall and winter seasons, but in the year 2013 new trends have arrived. In the spring and summer 2013 fashion lines leather is forging a new fresh place for itself. The lines between hot and cold, winter and summer are no longer as clear as they’ve been in the past. Traditional pieces that were normally worn during select seasons of the year are now popping up in completely opposite seasons. As the spring season is coming to a close and summer is fast-approaching, innovative and fresh leather pieces are making their mark on the

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fashion industry. Although leather may be thick, warm and slightly uncomfortable, “summer leather” is a whole new take on the textile. Summer leather is all about thin, constructed pieces that can be form-fitting but require an extra layer of fabric in the inside to prevent the wearer from sweating. The number one complaint people have about leather of any kind is that once you begin to get warm, the material sticks on to you in the most uncomfortable way. A large majority of these technical issues with the textile have been alleviated by designers troubleshooting the issue. In an effort to deal with the temperature conflicts and dissonance between leather and summer, textile manufacturers have taken the more labor intensive route. This route has included creating an entirely new genre of leather called, “brushed leather.” This new style of leather is literally melted and brushed during the production process to make it more abrasive and less skin positive. This style tries to preventatively defend the normal disadvantages that come about when you normally wear leather in a warm environment. Also, in addition to the leather being brushed it is also ribbed so it gives it an added glossy and edgy affect. The most popular items that have been popping up in the summer fashion lines are skirts. The most popular style skirts are peplumstyle. This style is perfectly on trend with the direction that fashion is in right now, with the balance between hard and soft fashion. The high-waist slim style skirt that balloons out is the most amazing way to accentuate the feminine figure. Furthermore, regardless of your shape or size, this style skirt can create shape and appeal to a petite or plus-size woman. Another popular style leather skirt that has been floating down the runways is the pleated skirt. This skirt adds length, line, and definition to your body. The wonder of leather style items is that because of the temperature they will loosen and fit better much faster than when trying to wear in a leather piece of clothing in the winter. Designers are also dying these skirts and putting them in all sorts of colors. The most popular colors I’ve seen so far have been mustard yellow, plum, royal blue and blush pink. Although this may seem surpris-

ing, fashion has even sent leather down the runways of men’s fashion as well. For a lot of men leather has been a sense of comfort and strength and the summer pieces of menswear are no exception to that rule. The simplest yet most innovative piece of leather menswear I’ve seen so far is the leather tank top. Some might wonder how a leather tank top works and how it could even be constructed. The tank is all-leather and is cut from two pieces and put together along a seam on each side of the tank. The most popular design colors of these two tanks have been jet black and chalk white. A great additional design aspect of these tanks is that they are asymmetrical high-low in their draping. Another popular men’s leather item this year are t-shirts with leather cap-sleeves and chest draping. These t-shirts feature the athletic fitted-style form of clothing and are definitely on trend for this upcoming fashion season. Although leather may traditionally be a more winter season clothing item, as fashion fiends we must always be open to change. This is a new day and age where leather can be worn year round, so I encourage you to be luxe in leather today.

Sometimes, we cannot say what we want out loud and need a different outlet, and artists are way ahead of us. “For me, I’m not much for talking. I use art to communicate,” graduate art major Samantha Dixon said. Dixon’s art exhibition, “Tethered,” focuses on the effects of the Holocaust on second and third generation survivors. A few years ago, she found out that her grandmother, who partially raised her, was put in a concentration camp as a child and that the majority of her family was annihilated. “You don’t really know the people you’re closest to,” she said. After it was told to her in a nonchalant way, she began to distrust people, Dixon said. One of the focuses of “Tethered” is over one particular story because it is not as heavy or sad that her grandmother has told her about her own mother. Dixon’s greatgrandmother was a German married to a Jewish man who was ousted from the workforce, so she had to rely on her seamstress skills. She once made a wedding dress out of a parachute that she found in the woods for a Jewish couple who really wanted a white wedding dress “The way that my grandmother talks about it — her tone changes. You can tell that she misses her mother,” Dixon said. She said that it can be difficult to get her grandmother to talk about the past, so it is nice to hear about a story that is more positive than many of her childhood memories. “She never even knew if these people even survived the war,” she said. A wedding dress attached to a parachute is one of the pieces in Dixon’s art show. “I’ve always been really introverted, so (art) was a place to do whatever I wanted,” she said. The exhibition also incorporates doilies from Dixon’s own bedroom that actually belonged to her great-grandmother. “They’re these artifacts that personified this person that I don’t know,” Dixon said. Dixon strives to make her art give a voice to survivors and their offspring because they cannot always put into words what they want to say, she said. “This history is really heavy. I feel like I’m responsible for communicating these stories ... If I quit for a month, I get super guilty,” she said. Dixon has done research on the emotional effects of Holocaust survivors and their families. She said that a lot of the coldness her grandmother experienced spilled over into her relationship with her daughter and that lack of knowing how to communicate is still obvious within her family. Some of Dixon’s earlier work included more obvious Holocaust imagery, but she is now taking a more subtle approach. “I try to create a more human connection with the work that goes beyond shock. I think there’s something really universal about discussing death,” she said. “I’m trying to build communication for something that is difficult to put into words.” Dixon’s great grandfather spent much of his life trying to track down any other survivors in his family. They had been split up, and he was never able to find any. “When I hear stories like that, it makes me want to be part of that ... A lot of what motivates me is trying to connect to my personal history,” Dixon said.

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Comics Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Calvin and Hobbes

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sudoku Stephan Pastis

Scott Adams

Bill Watterson

Crossword

Doonesbury

Non Sequitur

Garry Trudeau

Wiley Miller

By John Verel and Jeff Chen

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

ACROSS 1 Pink drink, briefly 6 Arson aftermath 9 Hutt crime lord of sci-fi 14 According to 15 Grazing area 16 Light purple 17 O’Neill drama set in Harry Hope’s saloon 20 Tailor’s target 21 Many a Beethoven sonata ender 22 Popeye’s __’ Pea 23 Jabber on and on 24 __ in November 25 Likable prez 27 More than feasts (on) 28 With 30-Across, drama based on ‘70s presidential interviews 30 See 28-Across 32 Aspiring doc’s course 33 Walked alongside one’s master 35 On the Pacific 36 Fertilizable cells 38 “Just __!”: “Be right there!” 40 Drama about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine 45 “Friendly skies” co. 46 Greatly feared 47 Comstock Lode find

48 Fred of “My Cousin Vinny” 50 Oozed 52 With 54-Across, “Viva La Vida” rock group, and what 17-, 28-/30- and 40-Across each is? 54 See 52-Across 55 Pottery “pet” 58 Smooth transition 60 Pastoral poem 64 Invisible vibes 65 More than most 66 Wine tasting criterion 67 Quilting parties 68 Corrida cheer 69 Neuter, horsewise DOWN 1 Slyly spiteful 2 Irish actor Milo 3 Say what you will 4 Golda of Israel 5 “The Lord of the Rings” baddie 6 Answering the penultimate exam question, say 7 Actor Connery 8 How lovers walk 9 “Jersey Girl” actress, to fans 10 Goals 11 Emulated Mt. St. Helens?

12 With __ breath: expectantly 13 Pains’ partner 18 Answering machine button 19 Journalist Roberts 24 Name, in Nîmes 26 Program file suffix 29 Not counterfeit 31 “The Good Earth” mother 32 “Nonsense!” 34 Tractor manufacturer 35 Give __: yank 37 By way of 39 Believability on the street, slangily 41 Driver’s license fig. 42 Threat words 43 Actor Snipes 44 Thought 49 “March Madness” games, informally 51 Sizing up 53 “Whip It” band 54 Like the driven snow 55 Red wine choice, for short 56 Tint 57 Wrath 59 Salon goop 61 Mommy deer 62 Initials on L’Homme fragrance 63 Took the reins

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TRACK & FIELD

Razorbacks Beat Ducks in Dual Meet Ben Enyart Staff Writer

The No. 2 Arkansas men’s track and field team came away with the 86-77 victory over the Oregon Ducks in a dual meet in Eugene, Ore., this weekend. The meet had a crowd of 7,334 at the Duck’s home track at Hayward Field, and it was the first dual meet loss for Oregon since their 2000 season. “It was great for all of our guys to be in this atmosphere and compete at Hayward Field,” head coach Chris Bucknam said. “It feels great to get a win today. The one thing about a meet like this is there’s no place to hide. It’s us against them. No matter what adversities you face, you have to step up to them.” The Hogs narrowly won with first-place finishes in 10 of the 19 events scored. Akheem Gauntlett won the 200-meter with a time of 20.55 seconds, which, put up against rankings going into the weekend, would tie him for the third best time of the season nationally. Gauntlett would also take first in the 4x100-meter relay along with teammates Caleb Cross, Jarrion Lawson and Neil Braddy with a time of 39.79. He also won in the 4x400-meter relay, the last race of the meet. Cross won with a time of 51.50 in the 400-meter hurdles, which, put up against rankings going into the

Van Horn to Manage Team USA

Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor

Razorback baseball head coach Dave Van Horn was selected by USA baseball to manage the 2014 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. “I couldn’t be more excited and honored to be selected as manager for the 2014 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team,” Van Horn said. “Anytime you have the opportunity to wear the Team USA jersey, it’s an honor and a privilege.” Van Horn served as an assistant coach for Team USA

Courtesy Photo / Eric Evans Akheem Gauntlett anchored the Razorbacks’ 4x400-meter relay to a dual-clinching win Saturday in Eugene, Ore. weekend, would place him as No. 3 in the nation. Stanley Kebenei won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:43.67, which would have also given him a No. 3 spot nationally when put up against times going into the weekend. In the high jump, the Hogs swept the event with Noah Kittelson taking first, Brede Ellingsen taking second and Anthony May taking third. Andrew Irwin took first

in the pole vault with a vault of 5.50 meters and Devin Randall threw a distance of 16.43 meters to win in the shot put. Tarik Batchelor had a first-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 7.73 meters and took first in the triple jump with a distance of 15.93 meters. The final race of the meet was the 4x400-meter relay and the Hogs barely had the lead with a score of 81-77. If the Ducks had won this

race they would have come away with a win of 81-82 over Arkansas, but Arkansas’ team of Cross, Braddy, Anton Kokorin and Gauntlett ran a 3:07.14 to beat the Ducks by .25 seconds. Gauntlett was the anchor for the 4x400-meter relay and held off Oregon’s Mike Berry down the final stretch to give the Hogs the win for that event and the final points needed to win the meet. “When I got the baton, all

GOLF

Hogs Finish 6th at SEC Tourney

Zack Wheeler Staff Writer

The No. 14 Arkansas men’s golf team earned a sixth-place finish at the Southeastern Conference Tournament in St. Simons Island, Ga., this weekend. The Razorbacks were led by junior Sebastian Cappelen, who won the individual title with a 4-under-par 66 in the final round. “I have never seen a player play as well as Sebastian did in all my years of coaching over the final 36 holes,” head coach Brad McMakin said. “To shoot 66 today, in these conditions, is a credit to Sebastian’s ability. His hands are great and he was able to keep the ball from getting caught up in the winds. I am very happy for him and proud of the way this team rebounded after a tough first day.” Cappelen’s victory is just the second by a Razorback in 22 SEC Championship tournaments and the first since Bud Still won the individual

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I’m thinking is ‘what’s going to happen?’” Gauntlett said. “Is he going to kick? When am I going to kick? I was just focused on not taking myself out of the race because (Berry) is a great competitor. The crowd was great. They were yelling and just adding to the competitiveness of it being the last event. This was it and I knew I had to take it home.” The next meet for the Hogs will be at home for the Arkansas Invitational Saturday, April 27.

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title in 1995. On a day when winds were blowing 20-30 miles per hour, Cappelen hit every green, 16 of 18 fairways and was one of just two players to shoot under par. His final round of 66 matches Arkansas’ third lowest in school history at an SEC Championship and his 54-hole

total of 202 was four strokes better than any other Razorback in 21 previous events. Cappelen was 8-underpar in his final 40 holes of the tournament. Caleb Sturgeon of South Carolina began the day with the individual lead. Sturgeon entered Sunday with a four-stroke lead on the competition, and tied with

COMMENTARY

Cappelen at even par through 12 holes. A bogey on hole 13 gave Cappelen a one-stroke lead and Sturgeon triple bogeyed hole 16 to give Cappelen the lead that he wouldn’t relinquish. Cappelen played steadily most of the day but made a lot

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in 2011 when they earned an 11-2-1 record, including three wins against the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars. In 10 seasons at Arkansas, Van Horn has led the Razorbacks to three College World Series appearances, 10 NCAA Tournament selections, three Southeastern Conference

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Razorbacks Use Strong Ending to Finish 7th

Zack Wheeler Staff Writer

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Sebastian Cappelen competes at the Southeastern Conference Tournament in St. Simons Island, Ga.

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The No. 6 Arkansas women’s golf team finished strong to earn a tie for seventh place at the Southeastern Conference Championship over the weekend. The Razorbacks shot a total of 923 (313-308-302) with their best round coming Sunday. “We didn’t have our A game this week, but like I told the team, we’ve been doing things right all year long but it just didn’t fall our way,” head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor said. “I think we take a lot of valuable things away as we head into the NCAA Regionals in a couple of weeks.” Junior Emily Tubert led the way for Arkansas in a tie for third place overall with a final round of 76 Sunday. After a birdie on the first hole, Tubert quickly dropped two shots back on the third hole with a double bogey. Tubert settled

in after that, playing par the final 13 holes which included a birdie on hole 18. Senior Victoria Vela opened her final round with eight straight pars before bogeying the ninth hole. The Mansfield, Texas, native recovered with a birdie on 10, but later dropped two strokes, bogeying holes 13 and 18. Arkansas finished strong on the final five holes with a 1-under-par to wrap up their final score. “We talk about it all the time – your attitude equals altitude and they did a good job of staying positive, and that is good for a couple shots on the golf course,” Estes-Taylor said. “When you get into the championship part of the season the golf courses get tougher and we talk about winning one shot at a time and you just really focus on the moment. We did a better job of that today. I’m really proud of the team and how they finished

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NFL Draft’s Flaw: Many First Year Players Falter

Zack Wheeler Staff Writer The NFL draft is coming up this week and will bring a lot of excitement to fans across the country. I have been keeping up with the draft, especially Arkansas players, and how that plays

out in the long run. One trend I continue to notice is the alarming amount of players that bust after being taken very high in the draft. Everyone is talking about quarterbacks Matt Barkley and Geno Smith, but nobody has even seen them take an NFL snap. How crazy is it to evaluate who will have a better career before the career has even started? I guess fans are hungry for any kind of intrigue no matter how bizarre it may be. The NFL is victim to such a short life-span for players, so back off the evaluations of who will have a better ca-

reer and just hope they have a healthy career. Players have come under the greatest amount of scrutiny, with every detail of their game being dissected in recent years. Whether this leads to the amount of players who struggle after being taken high in the draft is open for discussion. Players have so much pressure before they even take their first snap of the offseason drills. The draft has become a primetime event on ESPN, millions of dollars are signed over, all before a rookie’s first NFL game is played. I know contracts must be signed before they can play,

but all the pressure that is put on some guys by the team and fans is absurd. Special players such as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were talented enough to live up to all the hype that came behind their name. However, for all the players like that, there are plenty of players like Jamarcus Russell who never lived up to the number one pick expectations thrown his way. The NFL draft is a very risky business. Not only do many firstround players disappoint “expert” expectations, many late-round players come to be some of the most dominant

players in the league. Bo Jackson, Joe Flacco and even Tom Brady were all players taken late in the draft who flourished in the NFL. Was this due to the lack of pressure associated with top picks? No one can say they know for sure, but I have a strong feeling that may be part of the problem. This year Arkansas has a few players with hopes of fulfilling their dreams in the NFL. Chris Gragg, Knile Davis, Dennis Johnson and Tyler Wilson are a few of these guys. Wilson is mentioned every now and then by draft

analysts, but many write him off because of the season Arkansas experienced last year. These guys being selected a little later in the draft may not be a bad thing. They can learn and develop without having to live up to the skewed expectations of others. One of these guys definitely has the ability to become one of the draft steals every team hopes to have to counteract the investment that could flop early in the draft. Zack Wheeler is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

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VAN HORN continued from page 7 Western Division championships and one overall SEC title. Under Van Horn, Arkansas has averaged more than 40 wins per season. Van Horn is one of only 11 coaches to lead multiple programs to the College World Series. “Dave’s success at the University of Arkansas speaks for itself, and we are thrilled to have him in place as we prepare for next summer,” said Eric Campbell, USA Baseball General Manager, National Teams.

“Dave’s selection to lead Team USA is a credit not only to his coaching accomplishments, but also is a reflection of the respect he has earned throughout the baseball community,” said Jeff Long, vice chancellor and director of athletics. “It is a tribute to Coach Van Horn, our program and the University of Arkansas that he has been chosen to represent our country in such a meaningful role,” Long said.

SEC continued from page 7 of noise on holes 16 and 17. On 16, he stuck his approach shot from the middle of the fairway to eight feet, where he would birdie the hole. His tee shot on 17 landed on the green 35-40 feet from the hole. Cappelen snuck in that birdie putt to get back-to-back birdies before par on the 18th to finish his round. Arkansas finished as a team collectively 28-over-par for the tournament. No. 2 Alabama claimed the SEC team crown with a team total of 8-over-par followed by South Carolina at 10-over-par. No. 19 Auburn (+20), No. 21 Texas A&M (+24) and No. 25 Mississippi State (+26) were the top five to finish in front of the Hogs. Freshman Taylor Moore fin-

ished strong posting a 2-overpar 72 Sunday to finish for a tie in 27th place individually. Senior Austin Cook tied for 31st after shooting a 5-over-par 75 Sunday. Junior Joe Doramus rounded out the final score for Arkansas with an 8-over 78, which was one of the two rounds used towards the overall team score. Arkansas’ final player, Thomas Sorensen struggled with the high winds at times and fought his way to a final round score of 80. Eight bogeys and a double over his final 18 holes contributed to his score. The Razorbacks return to the course May 16-18 when they compete in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional at Blessings Golf Course.

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Emily Tubert competes at the 2013 Southeastern Conference Championship in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, April 20. up.” Freshman Gabriela Lopez had a strong start to her round. She shot even par on the first four holes and the last four holes before the turn. The lone blemish was a bogey on the long par-5 fifth hole. Lopez finished her round 4-over with four bogeys in the first six holes on the back nine. She had a birdie on the 18th hole to post a 76 for the

round. Freshman Regina Plasencia turned at 2-over for Arkansas. She birdied her first hole but struggled with three consecutive bogeys on five, six and seven. She gained a stroke back on the par-4 eighth with a birdie. Three quick bogeys on the back nine gave way to four pars and a birdie on the 18th as she also finished with

a 4-over 76. Junior Emma Lavy bogeyed the second and sixth holes, but got one back on the eighth and was in good position heading into the turn before the ninth hole to move to 4-over for the day. She also played the final nine holes even for a 76 Sunday. The Razorbacks will find out next week about NCAA Regional selection.

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