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Elevators Still Safe Despite Permit Date Expiration Jaime Dunaway Senior Staff Writer

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On-campus elevators with expired permits have passed inspection and are safe to use as officials wait for certificates of approval to arrive from the state, officials from the department of facilities management said.

Elevator permits expired March 31, but most of the elevators on campus passed the latest inspection, which occurred in late February and

Emily Chase, a senior art major, has her thesis, a series of handmade thematic dresses, on display as a part of the Fulbright art department’s “Crafted Identities” exhibit.

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“I can’t even remember the last safety-related issues of the elevators not functioning properly.”

Diamond Hogs Take 2 of 3 from A&M

The Razorback baseball team won two out of three games against Texas A&M this weekend to win the series.

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Gym‘Backs Finish in Top 10

The Gym‘Backs finished sixth in their session of the NCAA Championships to finish the season 10th nationally.

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Today’s Forecast

Ryan Miller Staff Photographer Running back Keante Minor gets tackled by Myke Tavarres and DeMarcus Hodge during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Spring Game, Saturday, April 20. The Red team defeated the White team 34-27.

David Wilson Staff Writer In a downed economy, everyone is looking for a little more bang for their buck. Whether shopping for school books, new clothes or entertainment, people have just come to expect deals and sales to sweeten their

purchases — and that’s exactly what the Razorback Foundation is doing right now with their all-new access pass.

This year, the access pass will be $85, the same as last year, but students have the choice to pay a little more for extra benefits.

For an additional $15, premium pass purchasers will be offered the chance to

become members of the Razorback Foundation, which will give them access to priority bowl tickets, Razorback gift packs and an exclusive event with Razorback Head Coach Bret Bielema.

The coordinators of these new incentives hoped not only that fans would become excited about the events, but that purchasers of the additional features would

Bryan Stover

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become a part of the Razorback family.

“They (students) are the ones attending all of the sporting events in the nice facilities and enjoying a big Razorback win,” said Mallori Sando, director of communications for the Razorback Foundation’s student executive board. “Due to the fact

early March, said Bryan Stover, maintenance coordinator.

Some elevators failed inspections, but the failures were not due to safety-related issues, Stover said. The emergency phone and alarm bell caused some elevators to fail, and the elevator in Mullins Library also failed because of issues with its self-closing and

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Traveler Moves to Students and Alumni Recognized Weekly Publication During Business Award Banquet Jaime Dunaway Senior Staff Writer The Arkansas Traveler is moving from a daily to a weekly publication next year because of a projected $72,000 budget deficit that arose from a decrease in advertising revenues.

“It’s not optimal,” said Nick Brothers, next year’s editor-in-chief. “I think a

writers won’t be as rushed as in a daily paper.”

A longer paper will also allow Traveler staff to focus on design and the visual components of the paper, Brothers said. He said he wants to incorporate large, captivating photos and more graphics into the paper and the website, as well as more multimedia.

Although the website is still developing, the online expansion will create a

“I think a daily is the best way to have a paper, but I don’t look at it as a bad thing.”

Nick Brothers

Staff Report The Sam M. Walton College of Business had its 20th annual awards banquet where outstanding students where recognized for their accomplishments and three alumni were honored last Thursday, according to a news release.

Three alumni that were honored: Outstanding Service Award - Ann Bordelon,

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in accounting and computer information systems, 1989.

Entrepreneur of the Year Award Craig Hughes, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in marketing and transportation, 1976.

Lifetime Achievement Award - Charlie McMurtry, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in marketing, 1970.

Students who won awards: Accounting – Xi Ai, Lindsey Bolen, Kayla Kimmons Economics – Matthew Seubert Economics, Arts & Sciences – Nicholas Candido Finance – Sean Duncan, Rohit Mittal, Tanner Moore, Garrett Phelps, Jessamyn Ratcliff Information Systems – Spencer Stokes, Bradley Wilson International Business –

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daily is the best way to have a paper, but I don’t look at it as a bad thing. It opens up new opportunities.”

Next year, the paper will be published on Wednesdays, and the online website will expand its coverage, Brothers said. Additional pages will be added to the paper and will include longer, more in-depth stories, he said.

“I’m in support of a weekly publication as long as it saves money,” said Mark Cambre, sophomore computer engineering major. “The paper will probably be better quality too because

new online editor position, Brothers said. The editor will be responsible for posting content and making sure the website is clean, accessible and visually appealing, he said. The site will be updated daily and will include shorter, breaking news stories, he said.

“I didn’t even know we had a website,” Cambre said, “but I’d like to see links to other popular news sites, so instead of going to multiple websites, I can get it all at the Traveler.”

Brothers said he does not

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Caroline Potts Staff Photographer Kaylin Cripps and Lucas Wigington perform at Razorfest as a part of Spring Family Weekend, Saturday, April 20. Razorfest happened in Lot 44 and kicked of the spring football game.

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119 Kimpel Hall University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Kathleen Pait Staff Photographer Students pick up their Kip Moore tickets, Thursday, April 18, in the Union Connections Lounge. Kip Moore is the spring headliner concert, and tickets were free to UA students.

WEEKLY continued from page 1 expect the weekly publication to decrease readership, but expected it to stay the same or increase.

“Our motto is ‘About you and for you,’ and we’re working hard to find out what is relevant to students,” he said.

“Every editor will tell you they

want to produce an awardwinning paper, and we’re working more toward that every day.”

Some students, however, said easy access to the physical paper increases their likelihood of reading it.

“I would be more inclined

to pick up a paper than going online because I wouldn’t really think about reading it until I actually saw the paper,” Cambre said.

To engage students and increase readership, Brothers said he is considering sending out Traveler newsletters

to students through email, but the idea has not been officially decided on or approved.

“Right now it’s still just projections,” Brother said.

“We’re in the ‘what if ’ stages, but other than that, it’s business as usual.”

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The longtime campus newspaper at UC Irvine may be forced to cease printing in the next year if students fail to approved a quarterly fee to help sustain the weekly publication.

Like newspapers across the country, rising printing costs have forced UCI’s weekly New University to cut back, according to the paper’s student editor.

Once a robust 60-page newspaper, the paper has shrunk to 24 pages in the last six years and editors have had their compensation chopped in half, now earning between $24 and $50 a week.

Students are now voting on Measure U, which asks for a 99cent quarterly fee to support the student-run newspaper. Voting began Monday and runs through Friday. Results will be announced next week.

“What would happen is if it doesn’t pass? We think that we would be able to sustain the print [edition] for one more year. After that we would have to go all digital,” said New University Editor in Chief Jessica Pratt.

The referendum would ease that transition, hopefully sustaining the physical product for an additional five years and possibly building reserves while students discern the future of New University’s print edition, Pratt said.

“We’ll see how we are after five years because we don’t really know where it’s going,” she said.

Professional and student newspapers have been making the transition to online-only publication while struggling with lagging advertising and rising printing costs. While metropolitan newspapers like the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register have put up paywalls and charge readers for online content, others have shut their doors or gone online only.

Pratt said those options would be devastating to New University’s readership. About 8,000 free copies are printed weekly. Other options could undermine the independence of the paper, which currently takes no money from the university.

“We can’t exactly go to the administration for money because that’s a conflict of interest, so we thought that we could go to students,” Pratt said.

If Measure U passes, undergraduates would pay 99 cents a quarter except in the summer.

A third of the money would go back to funding financial aid, a campus policy requirement for new student fees.

The remaining 66% would fund printing -- which Pratt said runs more than $1,500 a week for the reduced-size issue -- and other production costs. New University would also provide an annual report to show the money is being spent properly, according to Measure U’s text.

Pratt said people she had spoken to were generally supportive of the fee when they understood the issue, but there’s a significant hurdle.

“To be completely honest, I am a little worried about our chances,” she said.

To pass, at least 25% of the student population must vote and 60% of those must approve of Measure U. In last year’s election, about 6,200 people, or 28% of undergraduate students, participated in the vote, Associated Students Election Commissioner John Delshadi said.

It’s typical to reach that needed quorum in spring elections, but it’s also common for students to turn down fee increases, he said.

Delshadi said a student government measure and a bus measure failed to be approved last year when they were on the ballot with a tuition hike.

“Those factors combined pushed it toward the ‘no’ side,” he said.

Including Measure U, there are three measures on the April ballot asking for increased student contributions, he said.

New University staffers have tried to get a student fee to support the newspaper before and failed, Pratt said. She hoped the fact that Measure U asks for just 99 cents would change the outcome.

“I think it’s just a matter of making people understand that we’re independent and this is pretty much our last resort,” she said.

that athletics as a whole — scholarships, uniforms, facilities, et cetera — is supported by the Razorback Foundation, it makes the most sense for the students attending games and buying the all-access pass to join the Razorback Foun-

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and committees for the organization. The committees’ promotions have been well received on social media sites such as Twitter, with wide appeal at informational sessions held while tailgating baseball games, as well as the Red

“They (students) are the ones attending all of the sporting events in the nice facilities and enjoying a big Razorback win.”

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Sando said the new pass was the brainchild of Razorback Foundation intern Lauren Waldrip, who helped to create and select the executive board

and White spring football game.

“The Razorback Foundation wanted a collegiate level of membership to allow students to give back to athletics and the foun-

dation while in college,” Sando said. “However, they wanted there to be a reduced price. Therefore, one can join the foundation for only $15 when purchasing the access pass.”

The foundation directors’ goal is to offer members benefits that no other sporting organization offers, with incentives that make students eager to rejoin each year.

The only limit to the amount of exclusive, special events held is the number of individuals who plan to join the foundation, Sando said, but with the growing restlessness of eager Hog fans across campus, that number is not expected be easily counted.

The access passes will be on sale May 6.

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Kathleen Pait Staff Photographer Students enter and exit elevators in Old Main, Thursday, April 18. Elevators across campus may have expired permits but have passed inspections. self-locking doors, he said.

Elevators that failed inspection will be fixed by a maintenance contractor, Stover said. Once the UA has signed off on the repairs, they can receive state certificates, he said.

“I can’t even remember the last safety-related issues of the elevators not functioning properly,” he said. “A problem cropping up in an inspection is really rare.”

There are 135-140 vertical mobility machines on campus, which include elevators, chair lifts, stair lifts and dumbwaiters, Stover

said. Passenger elevators are inspected twice a year by a third-party inspector hired by the UA, and they are licensed by the elevator safety division within the Arkansas Department of Labor, he said.

After reviewing the machines, the inspection company sends a report to the Arkansas Department of Labor. The state then sends an invoice for certificates of elevators that have no problems. The UA must authorize payment and wait for the certificates to be sent in the mail, he said.

The UA has been charged for the majority of elevators but is waiting for the certificates to arrive, Stover said.

The facilities management department has received about a dozen already, and

Stover said he expects to receive the rest by the end of April.

Once the certificates have been received, they will be distributed to the elevator owners, Stover said. The academic buildings contain the largest number of elevators, he said. The secondlargest owner is University Housing, followed by the athletics department, the Arkansas Union, and the transit and parking department.

The elevator and safety division conducts business with the UA, but the funds for the maintenance of elevators comes from each of these departments on an individual basis, Stover said.

The next inspection will be in August or September, he said.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

We are Talking About My Sister’s Age

Joe DelNero

Opinion Editor

I’ve been peppered with love and affection, by peers, teachers, friends and my family. I’ve been told hundreds of times my generation will go on to do incredible things.

With smartphones, cheap travel options and the incredible creativity we bring to the table, the next 15 years are limitless.

We are the Millennials.

The go-getters. Generation Y. We are linked in. We are part of a social network. We are in constant communication with each other. I know when my older brother is in a foul mood before he does. Which makes the events in Boston even harder to believe.

Two brothers, 26 and 19, lived in the U.S. for about a decade. From many of the interviews of friends and acquaintances, these two brothers were just normal students, for the most part. They are a part of our generation of active, involved, connected students.

And while many of us put our Millennial power into social work, ministry, community service or various extracurricular activities, these two brothers put their time into making bombs and terrorizing the city of Boston, as well as the U.S. The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was captured last week, is the same age as my sister. While my sister enjoys her involvement in sororities on K-State’s campus, Tsarnaev was involved in a shooting of a bystanding MIT

campus police officer. While my sister left her car at home because navigating classes is easy as a freshman on campus, Tsarvaev was involved in hijacking a getaway car.

I have so much trouble comprehending the series of events. No one knew. In an age where it seems I have too much information on too many friends’ personal lives, no one was following these two brothers. It’s frightening that their minds and desires went to terrorizing with explosives.

I am as anxious as everyone else to see what this younger brother has to say.

According to USA Today, the brother’s uncle, Rusilan Tsarni, said Tsarnaev was “used” by his older brother. I cannot fathom using my younger sister to such an end. I first know that Rosie would know better despite her unwavering trust in me. I know Rosie cannot keep a secret and would send out smoke signals asking for help. And I know Rosie would never follow through on a plan to hurt others.

This 19-year-old boy made conscious decisions with his 26-year-old brother, which resulted in four deaths and hundreds of injuries, including amputees, whose lives will never be the same.

Now, what are we supposed to do? Say this child was young. He made a mistake? Remember all the stupid things we did in college. Did he have a bad role model? I don’t think so. We Millennials need to come up with a creative solution to this problem, though. How can we combat someone who may be in class with us one day, but a terrorist the next? What do we change to prevent this from happening again?

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

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Boston Pauses Daily Lives

TJ Stallbaumer

Staff Columnist In the days following a national tragedy, a strange thing sometimes happens in America: We stop. For just a moment, everyone isn’t always on the move or with his or her face in a cellphone.

For a small period of time, we look around us. We become thankful for what we have.

We live in the present. We don’t allow what was so terrible to ruin us. We allow it to shape us.

It would be naive to assume that “stopping” means

the same thing for every one of us. I prefer to sit outside a little longer in the evenings.

I sing just a little louder with my windows down. For you, perhaps it’s solace in your favorite song. Perhaps it’s the wind in the trees. Perhaps it’s nothing more than a feeling, thought or prayer.

But we’re here. We lost some great people that day.

Other’s had their lives ruined. Their sacrifice shouldn’t go unmentioned, and their names shouldn’t be soon forgotten. And yet, we can’t imagine it that way, their names alone remembered. We need to imagine it this way.

We need to imagine that for this cause, we are finally one. There’s no Democrat, and there’s no Republican.

There are simply men and women and Washington.

And in the days following something like this, they become united.

Whether or not you subscribe to a destination for

those affected, you can’t help to ignore others have been affected. Sympathy is in all of us. And in the wake of this tragedy, we become one.

In the days following the Boston bombings, there is a seemingly groggy atmosphere. We feel something just barely wrong, tugging at our heartstrings. And at some point during the day, we remember. The photos come back when the news comes on. People, thousands of people — people who ran because they were patriots, if only for a day — are still struggling with the cruel realities.

In the midst of such events, a lot of stories become “news.” Your friends have opinions, as do the political pundits. Everyone decides it’s their turn to talk. So they take to the Internet and the TV and they speak on things they may know very little about.

I think we have a good opportunity to ask some ques-

tions of ourselves in a time like this. When you heard, where did you turn? Did you log into Twitter? Did you go to Fox or CNN? Did you call your mom or dad? Sister or brother? Were you still mad about impending finals or an assignment? Maybe, another time, another place, it could have been me in the blast.

Maybe, another time, another place, these two brothers wouldn’t have become the Boston Bombers.

Maybe, we can all come together. We can forget our differences and our disagreements. We can forget our sadness and our sorrows. We can forget the way the world sees us. We can stand together, and be silent. All of us. Yes, we can all become one.

TJ Stallbaumer is a sophomore journalism major in the Advertising/ PR sequence and a staff columnist for the Traveler.

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Bad Journalism Fuels Terrorism Hysteria Robin Abcarian

Los Angelos Times

What is wrong with the New York Post?

Thursday morning, the tabloid newspaper’s front page featured a huge photo of two young men with backpacks, with the giant headline: “Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.”

In the online story, the pair’s faces had big red circles around them. Yes, sort of like targets. Turns out, the young men had nothing to do with the blasts.

Thursday afternoon, the Post backpedaled: “Investigators have now cleared the two men whose pictures were circulated last night in an email among law enforcement officials, sources told The Post today. Authorities determined neither had any information or role in Monday’s attacks at the Boston Marathon.”

After an appropriate hail of criticism, Post Editor Col Allan, incredibly, defended

his decision to smear two innocent men. And yes, that was a smear.

“We stand by our story,” Allan said in a statement sent to several news organizations. “The image was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects.”

True. The story didn’t identify the pair by name, and did not call them “suspects.” But by making a lame pun about their backpacks, the Post leaped past any kind of journalistic restraint and implied the men were suspects in the case. How could you read the photo and the giant headline any other way?

ABC News tracked down one of the young men, actually, a teenager, slimed by the Post: “Salah Barhoun, 17, said he went to the police yesterday to clear his name after he found himself tagged in

pictures online. He had just gone to watch the race, he said, but soon after the explosions, he was singled out

by Internet sleuths as looking suspicious. Federal authorities passed around images of Barhoun, attempting to learn more information about him, sources told ABC News.”

When the FBI did release photographs of two men it is seeking in connection with the attacks Thursday afternoon, they didn’t look anything like the two young men whose lives the Post tried to ruin.

News organizations have performed spectacularly this week, but it is their unfortunate lapses that will be remembered, and probably taught as cautionary tales.

On Wednesday, CNN, Fox News and the Associated Press erroneously reported that an arrest had been made in the case.

Other outlets, including The Times, then reported what those other news outlets

were saying. NBC and the New York Times did not report the faux arrest, nor did they report what others were saying.

But CNN had a double dose of egg on its face when veteran reporter John King said his sources told him that the arrestee was a “darkskinned male.” King qualified the statement as much as possible, and cautioned not to leap to conclusions, but once he uttered the phrase, the damage was done.

Claims feed into stereotypes and affirm our worst prejudices. A Saudi Arabian kid running from the blast must be the suspect. A couple of swarthy backpacktoting kids watching the race must be the suspects. The New York Post promulgated both those stories.

This is how hysteria starts.

Robin Abcarian is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

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Ashley Swindell Staff Photographer Art student, Emily Chase, prepares to defend her honors thesis in the UA Art Department this semester. For her honors thesis, Chase created three life-size dresses for the “Crafted Identities” exhibition.

Preparing to Defend a Fitting Thesis

Alex Golden Staff Writer

After years of maintaining a 3.5 grade point average and taking honors courses, honors students are now preparing to defend their theses.

For her honors thesis, senior art major Emily Chase made three life-size three-dimensional dresses as a part of an exhibition, “Crafted Identities,” which also displays the work of two other honors art students, Melissa Love and Jean Vockroth.

Chase is actually a painting major with little experience in sculpture, but it was her thesis director who encouraged her to tackle the large paper dresses. When Chase was throwing around ideas to come up with her thesis, she expressed interest in fairy tales. Each dress is based on emotional processes, but uses fairy tales as a springboard, she said.

For example, one of the dresses, Husk, looks very worn, as if it may fall apart, and is based off of the “Sleeping Beauty” narrative.

“I was trying to talk about the experience of exhaustion ... what happens to people if left for a hundred years,” Chase said.

Another is based off of Little Red Riding Hood, which is about guilt, she said.

“You make a mistake, and it eats away at you. It’s about losing your way and having consequences that you don’t forsee,” she said. The cape and hood symbolize shame and the want to hide something, she said.

Chase had to write a five to six page thesis proposal, an outline for what she was planning to do that described her art background. Then, she met with her thesis director about once a week to discuss the designs for her dresses and the writing that went along with the project.

“I’ve always really loved to make things, and I don’t think I could ever stop making things ... Art is a really powerful thing that can really transform people, help people make sense of their complex lives. That’s what it helps me do,” she said.

For Chase, the honors thesis has been a learning experience. She spent three months

constructing the first dress until it was complete, a month and a half on the second and a month on the third.

“Part of the reason I decided to go to school here was for the honors college,” Chase said.

She also chose painting as her major above the other arts because she wanted to work with the professor who she chose to be her thesis director, she said.

Chase said she had to choose her director and someone from her department to be on her thesis committee, and a third member outside of her department was chosen for her. The three will ask her various questions about her work, and in order to graduate with honors, she will have to show that she is knowledgeable about her project and be able to justify her reasoning. Chase is used to having her work critiqued, which she said makes her less nervous about defending her thesis.

“Picking people on your committee that you trust, doing work that you’re confident in and definitely knowing your work is important,” Chase said.

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Multicultural Choir Inspires Academic Performance Stephanie Ehrler Staff Writer

“Joy to the World”, “Oh Happy Day” and “Amazing Grace” are all common gospel songs, but an organization on campus goes outside the worship singing box as they combine African culture with modern styles of music.

Inspirational Chorale began in 1977, when black students sought a way to express themselves through their culture and the Inspirational Singers was an excellent vehicle for that purpose, according to the Inspirational Chorale website.

Inspirational Chorale tries its best to preserve culture through music, said Nicole Paschal, sophomore psychology major. IC not only sings gospel songs, but they incorporate different languages too, such as Swahili and other African languages. The advisor, Eddie Jones, always connects the songs with historic ideas making IC a class and a choir.

When people think of choirs, the typical idea of a group of people singing is not always exciting, but IC comprises of UA students who have fun with their hobby of gospel.

“Inspirational Chorale performances encompass several styles of music,” said Jim Curry, junior career and technology education major. “While our main focuses are traditional and contemporary hymn and gospel, we've also sung spirituals and even an African chant or two. It is very different from a high school choir, where you are taught to stand still and be solemn. At Inspirational Chorale singers are exuberant as they clap their hands and move their body to praise the Lord.”

Inspirational Chorale is also a class, MUEN 3421/5421, that emphasizes performance on African American literature along with spiritual and contemporary gospel music, according to the IC website.

“I joined Inspirational Chorale because I love music and people and singing praises,” Paschal said. “I actually stumbled into my first choir rehearsal last fall when Dr. Jones let me sit in to check it out. I was so warmly welcomed by everyone and I felt so at home with the songs and general atmosphere that I have been a member ever since.”

Anyone can join Inspirational Chorale by contacting Dr. Jones at edjones@uark.edu

Caroline Potts Staff Photographer The Inspirational Chorale RSO sings at a rehearsal in the Music Building, Thursday, April 11. The Inspirational Chorale is also a class through the music department. and setting up an audition.

Many people join Inspire because they love to sing, Curry said. “The most important reason for people to join is for the spiritual experience. Whether people have had a long relationship with Christ or are just starting to know him better, Inspire is the RSO to join.”

The choir has shown a positive impact on those who were not fully committed to college. Research found that students who participate in UA Inspirational Singers for one or two semesters graduated college at a 64% rate. Students participating for more than two semesters graduated college at a 78% rate according to their website.

“IC is brought together by choir, but it is more of a family,” Paschal said. “All of the members joke around and genuinely care about each other’s lives. Each person brings some important to the group that the choir can notice specific absences because things sound or feel off. It is a really fun break in the middle of my classes throughout the day.”

Inspire performs a benefit concert every year for a different non-profit organization.

They also collect canned goods to help assist students who are single parents for their program called Project Care.

“IC is for anyone who loves music, and it gives people an opportunity to experience and broaden their horizon in college,” Paschal said. “Some performances offer members the chance to travel to new places. In August Inspire will be singing in Ireland, for the Kilkenny Music Festival, and right now Inspire is recording a CD. Choirs are always a good experience to meet new people and improve your voice, but Inspire adds an extra support system and general blessing to your week.”

Being on stage singing may not seem like the ideal situation to some people, but IC allows members to sing without judgment as they form or strengthen their spiritual relationships.

“There are several things I love about IC,” Curry said. “First of all the people, we are more than classmates, we are a family that laughs together, cries together, and lifts one another up in prayer. I have met some of my best friends in IC. Inspire is also a safe place for everyone. When the choir is rehearsing or performing on stage, people are free to praise God openly and honestly. Everyone is accepted and loved by the group no matter where they stand in their walk with Christ.”

For students staying in Fayetteville for the summer, the options of entertainment and community may seem bleak; usual friend groups are gone and the town may feel emptier than usual.

This is a perfect opportunity to join a book club at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street. The independently-owned local bookstore offers a few options for bookworms looking to make new friends through the enlightened discussions of character analysis.

Nightbird currently offers science-fiction, poetry, fiction, staff favorites and book-to-movie book clubs. Book club books are discounted 10 percent for members. Anyone can start a book club at Nightbird, too.

“If you’re staying in town and you have to work over the summer, it would be fun and a good way to be involved in the community and meet people that live here,” Kara Brick, Nightbird book clerk, said.

Brick said that book clubs range from 5-15 people and members are very welcoming of newcomers.

This month’s selection for the Sci-Fi book club is “Osama” by Lavie Tidhar. Club members will be reading “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. The club meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month.

The poetry book club meets at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Members read from an assigned anthology.

Fiction book club members are reading “The Human Stain: A Novel American Trilogy” by Philip Roth this month. May’s selection is “A Tale For the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki. They meet at 5:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month.

The staff favorites book club is currently reading “The Illumination” by Kevin Brockmeier. Store owner Lisa Sharp picked out the staff favorite for this month. The group meets the at 6:30 p.m. on third Monday of every month at Nightbird.

The book-to-movie club is one of the more popular choices at Nightbird. Members pick books that have been adapted to the screen, reading the book and then watching the movie adaption. Members this month will watch the film “Adaption,” which stars Nicholas Cage, Chris Cooper, and Meryl Streep and is adapted from “The Orchard Thief ” by Susan Orlean. In collaboration with The Big Picture House, Nightbird will show a screening of “Adaption” at 7:30 p.m. April 25. Members discuss books at the movie screenings.

The Big Picture House is an independent movie theater, which shows movies in the Breezeway at Nightbird. Its mission is to bring inviting and intimate experience to the movies, according to the theater’s website. They host independent movie screenings in the Breezeway at Nightbird.

“The goal is to start an independent movie theater here in Fayetteville,” Rachna Muldoon, founder of the BPH said. Muldoon wants to eventually grow into a full art house featuring local films, poetry nights and storytelling.

Why indie films? “Because they’re not here,” Muldoon said. “I like a good underdog story. I like when someone makes something not using much money. Mostly I like movies for the story and I think you can tell a story with very little money.

Some of the best movies, like Winter’s Bone were done on nothing. The challenge of it adds a little more excitement to the movie.”

The BPH is starting small with monthly screenings in the Breezeway at Nightbird. Every month Muldoon and bookstore owner Lisa Sharp pick out books for the Read-It-And-Watch-It club. “She’s read everything and I’ve watched everything so it works out really well,” Muldoon said.

Muldoon announces the book choice at beginning of each month and then at end of the month people gather to watch the movie and discuss it.

The theater began in January. The first book was “Winter’s Bone.” Lauren Sweetser, a Bentonville native and co-star with Jennifer Lawrence, came to the book club discussion and talked about working with the author behind the scenes.

Screenings usually have 15-20 people in attendance, Muldoon said. “Some haven’t read the book, some have, and some read it that week or after the movie,” Muldoon said holding the free events at Nightbird has allowed her to do market research, finding out people’s tastes and what days work best and what they’re willing to pay.

Muldoon is still in the first phases of her master plan, looking for places to house the theater permanently, but scheduling movies through September in the meantime. Movie times are posted on Nightbird’s event calendar or the BPH Facebook page: facebook.com/bigpicturehouse. There are usually two screenings each month, and there will be screenings every Thursday throughout the summer.

Muldoon was sitting in a room in the cancer hospital she used to work at in Houston, telling her co-worker about her dreams for an indie movie theater. “It’s kind of the big picture of your life,” her friend said, and that’s how the theater got its name.

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Comics Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Calvin and Hobbes

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sudoku Stephan Pastis

Scott Adams

Bill Watterson

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Crossword

Doonesbury

Non Sequitur

Garry Trudeau

Wiley Miller

By Drew Banneman

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

ACROSS 1 Switchblade 5 French revolutionary who was murdered in a tub 10 Hard to outwit 14 Trumpet muffler 15 Rolled out of bed 16 One-named Gaelic folk singer 17 Bear in two constellations 18 Pro cager 19 Folksy Joan 20 Behavior of a community 23 Martini liquor 24 AOL chat components 25 Turkish __: spas 28 24-hour auto race city 30 “Star Trek” catchphrase 33 Standing straight 34 Aim for pins 35 “How come?”

36 Storage items near outdoor faucets 40 Satisfied sigh 43 Sox player, e.g.

44 Preface, briefly 48 Military officer’s ride 51 Attempt to cool, as steaming hot soup 52 Prefix with foam 53 Maglie or Mineo

54 Unlock, poetically 55 Nurturing network of family and friends, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 30-, 36- and 48-Across 60 Corncob pipe part 62 “The First Time __ Saw Your Face” 63 Speech problem 64 Stay fresh 65 Dig artifact 66 Send out, as rays 67 500-mile race, familiarly 68 Phones on stage, e.g.

69 Contradict DOWN 1 Bring across the border illegally 2 One in a rush 3 “Your money’s no good here!”

4 Calf meat, in Provence 5 Coated buttonlike candies 6 “Slicing Up Freshness” fast-food chain 7 Reddish horse 8 On the ocean 9 __ paper: school composition 10 Device for a Skype chat 11 Very agitated 12 Soap ingredient 13 ‘60s-’80s Red Sox

legend, familiarly 21 Ford named for a horse 22 Selectric maker 26 “Whadja say?”

27 Double agent 29 “Oh” de Cologne?

30 Drilling tool 31 Potter’s pitcher 32 Tavern brew 34 Lugosi who played Dracula 37 Cul-de-__ 38 Pharmaceutical giant Eli 39 __-Globe: shakable collectible 40 Balaam’s mount 41 Lawyer: Abbr.

42 Country bumpkin 45 Double-cross 46 Lures by phishing, say 47 Afraid of running out, gas gauge-wise 49 Drably unattractive 50 Ascot wearer 51 Fundamentals 53 Word after comic or landing 56 Cop’s suspect 57 Eggs __ easy 58 Move, in brokerese 59 Winter toy 60 Tackle a slope 61 Olympic diver’s perfection

Sports Editor: Kristen Coppola Assistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle Monday, April 22, 2013

GYMNASTICS

Gym‘Backs Finish in Top 10

Liz Beadle Staff Writer

The No. 11 Razorback gymnastics team finished sixth at the Session II Semifinal of the NCAA Championships with a score of 196.150 to finish their season 10th in the nation. The meet took place Friday in Los Angeles.

“We had a pretty good meet tonight,” co-head coach Mark Cook said. “We started out a little slow on the vault and the bars, but we did not have to count any falls or mistakes.

Then to finish on the floor as strong as we did is really good for our team.”

Junior Katherine Grable was the star for the Razorbacks. She tied for first-place overall on the floor, a feat that earned her first team All-American honors. Grable also received first team All-American honors for her overall competition score of 39.475.

“We had a really good meet and I’m really proud of our seniors,” Grable said. “I didn’t start out the meet as well as I would have liked to, but I really settled in and hit my floor routine to finish off the meet.”

Grable stayed in Los Angeles to participate in the individual finals Sunday afternoon when she finished sixth.

Seniors Amy Borsellino,

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BASEBALL

Diamond Hogs Take 2 of 3 from A&M Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

Arkansas clinched a pivotal series by winning the last two games of the three-game series against Texas A&M. The series win puts the Hogs firmly in second place in the Southeastern Conference west division with an 11-7 conference record.

The Hogs got off to a good start in the series behind Barrett Astin’s 5.1 shutout innings that allowed Arkansas to build a 3-0 lead, but the bullpen struggled.

After Jalen Beeks loaded the bases in the eighth inning, Chris Oliver came on and gave up a pinch-hit grand slam to left fielder Jonathan Moroney.

Oliver went on to strike out the next two batters in the inning, but the damage was already done. A&M closer Jason Jester retired the last six batters to end game one, 5-3.

“Our bullpen just didn’t get it done,” head coach Dave Van Horn said. “What I saw after the home run and before the home run were two different pitchers,” he added of Oliver.

Game two of the series took place in front of a season high crowd of 11,145 at Baum Stadium, and the Diamond Hogs didn’t disappoint.

Arkansas displayed an offensive onslaught against A&M’s first time starter Matt Kent. Kent surrendered four

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Ryne Stanek pitches at the Arkansas vs. Texas A&M baseball game, Saturday, April 20. Stanek was credited with the win in the 12-2 Razorback victory. earned runs off six hits in only two innings pitched.

Texas A&M’s bullpen didn’t fare any better en route to a 12-2 Arkansas victory.

The Hogs had 15 hits as a team, their best hitting effort in SEC play this season.

Freshman infielder Jordan Farris was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, with a two run home run and five RBIs. Farris has been on fire at the

plate recently, and is tied for the team lead in home runs despite only having 12 starts and 50 plate appearances.

“He brings energy to the team everyday, I like his mentality. He’s tough,” Van Horn said.

Ryne Stanek struck out a season high nine batters in six solid innings of pitching, only giving up one run and five hits in the process.

FOOTBALL

Red Succeeds in Front of 51,000

Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

First-year head coach Bret Bielema hoped for 50,000 fans to be in attendance at the Arkansas Razorback spring football game, and he got his wish. More than 51,000 fans attended the game, breaking the Arkansas spring game record of 45,250 set in 2012.

“It’s a great statement, and it doesn’t surprise me,” Bielema said.

The first play from scrimmage was a long pass attempt from Brandon Allen that just missed the intended target in Demetrius Wilson. The snaps at quarterback were distributed equally between Allen and Brandon Mitchell.

Allen played exclusively in the first half, and was a steady 11-16 with 158 yards and a touchdown against Arkansas’ first team defense.

Although the coaching staff has yet to reveal the full-time starter heading into the 2013 season, all signs point to Allen as the first team signal caller going forward.

“He played very well

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Stanek has continued to grow more comfortably on the mound as the season has progressed, and showed why he is such a highly touted pro prospect.

The rubber match Sunday was a closer game than game two, but once again saw dominant starting pitching from the Razorbacks.

Senior Randall Fant reached his career high in strikeouts

SOFTBALL

Arkansas Wins Series Against No. 7 Kentucky

Liz Beadle Staff Writer

Ryan Miller Staff Photographer Running back Nate Holmes stiff arms Brandon Lewis during the fouth quarter of the Spring Game, Saturday, April 20. The Red team defeated the White team 34-27. with the group around him,” Bielema said regarding Allen.

Brandon Mitchell finished 12-17 with 138 yards as well as an interception and a touchdown. Junior college transfer AJ Derby also had a

nice 35-yard touchdown pass to D’Arthur Cowan in his first action as a Razorback signal-caller.

The Hogs collectively threw 27-41 for 355 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions on the day.

COMMENTARY

While the Hogs did take chances downfield, they also displayed some power running between the tackles as well. Junior fullback Patrick Arinze ran for 66 yards

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with eight by only the fourth inning, and only gave up one run off a Troy Stein home run in six innings pitched.

Infielder Brian Anderson had two RBIs for the Razorbacks, and finished the series an impressive 5-9 from the plate with four runs scored.

The Arkansas Razorbacks take on the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Baum Stadium.

The Razorback softball team (30-17, 8-10 Southeastern Conference) hosted the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats (3416, 10-8 SEC) this weekend and won the series, including a no-hitter Saturday.

Friday, the Hogs beat the Wildcats 4-1 as pitcher Kimmy Beasley tallied 11 strikeouts and gave up just one run on four hits.

“It all starts in the circle,” head coach Mike Larabee said.

“Kimmy was phenomenal again. She had zero walks in the game, to not have any free runners is great.”

On offense, Sierra Bronkey went 2-for-3 with a home run and a single. Jennifer Rambo also had a home run in the fourth inning to put the Hogs up 2-1; the Razorbacks never looked back.

“Rambo had a great week swinging the bat in practice,” Larabee said. “She had a really good series against Kentucky

last year and got a bomb today.

Bronkey also ripped one out of the park.”

Saturday, Hope McLemore threw 6.1 innings without a hit. Chelsea Cohen took over in the circle and finished out the no-hitter for the Hogs to get the 4-0 victory. This was the first time Kentucky had been no-hit since a 2009 game against Alabama.

“I am really pleased with Hope McLemore,” Larabee said of the senior captain. “I thought she was in command.

She did a great job keeping batters off-balance. Cohen came in with the bases loaded and she stayed tough and got the job done. McLemore gave a talk to our team last night and today she walked the talk.”

The Razorbacks hit three home runs Saturday, improving the Arkansas home run total for the weekend to five.

Clarisa Navarro, Nicole Schroeder and Rambo all hit home runs Saturday. This was Rambo’s second home run of

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The Orioles Need Home Field as Much as the Ravens

Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor NFL schedules were released last week and because an agreement couldn’t be worked out with the Balti-

more Orioles, the defending Super Bowl Champion Ravens will start the season on the road Sept. 5 against the Denver Broncos.

Kick off for the Thursday night season opener is set for 7:30 p.m. while the Orioles game against the Chicago White Sox will begin at 6:05 p.m.

Since the two teams share a parking lot that cannot accommodate the combined crowd the events would draw, that leads to a bit of a problem.

Much of the football world has been in an uproar over this and it seems with

good reason. Major League Baseball teams play 81 home games every season while NFL teams only play eight home games.

Therefore, it seems like the baseball team should have the ability to be more flexible with scheduling.

Plus, think of the Ravens fans that were excited to celebrate their Super Bowl win at the season opener that will now have to wait until the second week of the season when last year’s success has already been lost in the shuffle of story lines of the new year.

It also seems that the first game of the season is more

important for postseason implications than some fans might think.

In the last 10 years, the team that went on to win the Super Bowl has only lost the season opener three times.

However, it was right of the Orioles and MLB to stand their ground.

When the O’s open the series against the White Sox, they will be in the final month of the season when every game seems to matter a little bit more.

Last season, the race for the AL East title came down to the final day of the season when the Orioles lost the

game to the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1. That game was on the road.

Of the last 24 games of the season, the O’s get to play two more at home this season than they did at the end of last season.

For a team that hopes to be in the thick of the postseason discussion at the end of the season, those two games could prove to be huge.

Professional baseball teams play almost every day while football teams play once a week. Of course football is a more grueling sport and it would be dangerous to play more often and ridicu-

lous to compare the scheduling of the two sports.

However, when it comes to travel, football teams have no room to complain.

Baseball teams are constantly on the road and throwing in an extra road game and the travel that goes along with it wouldn’t be fair to a team that could be fighting for a chance to play in October.

Haley Markle is the assistant sports editor for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every Monday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @ UATravSports.

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Cappelen Wins SEC Tournament, Hogs Finish 6th

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Junior Sebastian Cappelen won the SEC men’s golf tournament Sunday, April 21, in St. Simon’s Island, Ga. Cappelen was four-under par during his final round. As a team, the Razorbacks finished in 6th place.

51,000 continued from page 7 on nine carries, including a tough 21-yard run in the second quarter.

Bielema hinted that the 5-foot, 10-inch, 254-pound former walk-on Arinze could be paired with 5-foot, 10-inch, 246-pound fullback Kiero Small in the backfield.

“He’s been a nice surprise.

He’s very powerful and pretty solid as a blocker as well,” Bielema said about Arinze.

Sophomore Kody Walker, who missed most of 2012 with a leg injury, also displayed good speed and power en route to 40 yards on seven carries.

First team running back Jonathan Williams also ran hard for 29 yards on nine carries. The Razorbacks ran for 185 Yards on 56 carries as a team.

Senior Javontee Herndon established himself as one of the Hogs’ top options at receiver, catching six balls for 85 yards, including a 32-yard reception.

Demetrius Wilson, the other starting receiver for the Hogs, also showed some of his strengths by catching four balls for 70 yards and a touchdown.

“He’s had the best spring

overall among the wide receivers,” Bielema said about Wilson.

The first team defense was able to establish a solid pass rush early on, as they were able to get to Allen twice in the first half and also forced Mitchell into throwing an interception at the goal line late in the second quarter.

Starting defensive end Chris Smith only played one quarter because of sickness, but he and Trey Flowers were able to make an impact by applying pressure to the first team offense.

“They’re NFL-caliber players that are gifted athletically but also well-coached,” Bielema said about Flowers and Smith.

The Razorbacks were able to play mistake-free football for the most part, which is a good indication of discipline in the spring for a team that only allowed two penalties on both sides of the ball.

But according to Bielema and the coaching staff, there is still much room for improvement heading for the start of the 2013 season.

“It’s going to be a steady process to get to where we need to be,” Bielema said.

TOP 10 continued from page 7 Kelci Lewis and Jordan Salsberg participated in their last meet as Razorbacks Friday in the NCAA Championship, which they have been to every year they’ve been at Arkansas.

Alabama won the Session II Semifinal with a score of 197.350. Also ahead of Arkansas were Oklahoma, UCLA, Michigan and Utah.

Alabama, Oklahoma and UCLA went on to the Super Six to face Florida, LSU and Georgia Saturday. Florida became the overall national champion by the end of the day.

The first rotation for Arkansas Friday was a rough performance on the vault. The Hogs’ team score was a 48.975 with individual scores of 9.85 for Grable and Heather Elswick, 9.80 for Borsellino, 9.775 for Bailee Zumwalde and 9.70 for Kelci Lewis and Erin Freier.

Next up, the Razorbacks competed on the bars, finishing that rotation with a less-

than-perfect 48.900. Individually, Grable led the way with an 9.875.

Arkansas’ next test was on the beam where the team earned a 49.00. Sydnie Dillard led the way with a 9.825. Grable, Keara Glover and Borsellino all scored a 9.80 in this event. Freier and Shelby Salmon followed with a 9.775 and a 9.75 respectively.

On the floor, the Razorbacks had their best rotation of the day, but their overall score of 49.275 was still lower than the other five teams competing. However, Grable’s 9.95 did tie for first place overall on the floor. Lewis, Borsellino and Zumwalde all posted a 9.825 on the event. Dillard posted a 9.75 and Elswick a 9.625 to round out the meet.

This ends the 2013 season for Arkansas; this was the sixth season in a row in which the Razorbacks have been a part of the NCAA Championship meets.

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Katherine Grable competes at the NCAA Championship in Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, April 19.

NO. 7 continued from page 7 the weekend. Larabee referred to Rambo as “Jennifer Rambo, the wildcat killer.”

The homer from Navarro put the Hogs up 2-0 in the third. Rambo’s home run in the fourth – her fourth home run in her last four games against Kentucky – put the Hogs up 3-0 and Schroeder’s in the sixth sealed the deal and gave the Hogs their final 4-0 advantage.

Sunday, Kentucky started strong offensively in an attempt to save themselves from being swept. Pitcher Lauren Cumbess hit a home run in the first that also scored Griffin Joiner to make the score 2-0 in favor of the Wildcats.

Kentucky hit their second home run of the day in the fourth inning to improve the Wildcats’ lead to 5-0.

The Razorbacks answered in the bottom of the fourth.

Schroeder walked with the bases loaded to score Chloe Oprzedek, then Jayme Gee hit a fly ball to score Ashley Martindale with the bases still loaded. The fourth inning ended with the score 5-2 in fa-

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Sierra Bronkey bats at the Arkansas vs. Kentucky softball game, Saturday, April 20. vor of Kentucky.

Arkansas then loaded the bases again in the bottom of the fifth with the score still the same. Rambo walked to score Stephanie Canfield and re-load the bases but the Hogs couldn’t get anything else done

and ended the inning losing 5-3.

Canfield hit a single to start off the seventh in the Hogs’ last attempt at the sweep, but the rally fell short and the game ended with a score of 5-3.

Next on the calendar for the

Razorbacks is a trip to Knoxville, Tenn., to take on the No. 8 Volunteers in a three-game series April 26-28. Only one more regular season series remains after the trip to Tennessee – a home series against Auburn starting May 3.