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Every semester, the police department has crimes that are more of an issue than others. During this semester, the arrests for alcohol and drugs have been higher than usual.

UAPD officials are doing what they can to try and prevent the counts from rising.

“The UAPD is working through existing programs to educate the community,”

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said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD spokesman. “We are also applying appropriate enforcement action as required.”

Arrests happen all around campus, with no location having more crime activity than another. The main locations around campus where arrests are higher are parking lots, fraternity houses and dorms.

The total number of alcohol-related arrests on campus property in 2011 was 282,

see ARRESTS page 3

ASG Unanimously Passes Impeachment Process Bailey Deloney Staff Writer ASG voted unanimously to pass a bill to revise the current impeachment process for ASG members.

There have been complaints in the past that the current impeachment process is too vague, said Sen. Amy West, author of the bill. If a student had wanted to propose an impeachment, the current process is so confusing that the student would have no idea as to how to begin, West said.

The old process required seven stages, which was so dif-

ficult that no one ever made it that far, said Senator Grant Addison, co-author of the bill.

The new process is modeled after the American government’s national impeachment system and will make the ASG impeachment process more coherent, West said.

The new process is also based off of the impeachment system at LSU, West said.

ASG members learned about the impeachment processes at other colleges when they attended the SEC Exchange Conference earlier this year. This is an annual confer-

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ASG Receives Student Opinions for Possible Future Initiatives Staff Report About 3,600 students took the poll this year, said Tori Pohlner, ASG president.

Questions for the poll came from ASG executives, cabinet members and senators. There were 115 questions in total, but some answers determined how many questions each student answered in total. For example, if a student did not have a car, that would lower the number of questions.

“We are taking everything into account,” Pohlner said.

Selected responses include: t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they would not use a free ride from campus to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE that the road closing near Dickson Street has been beneficial. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they would use the Safe Ride program if it had a mobile app. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they were unfamiliar with the Razorback Readership Program. t QFScent of

students said they were uninformed about ASG initiatives and programs. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they feel unfavorable about Pepsi on campus.

69 percent of students said they do not feel the need for an outdoor swimming pool on campus. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they would be interested in seeing Tusk live on campus.

80 percent of students said they would like to see an increase in organic and healthy food in on-campus dining venues. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they would not change the default delivery time of Arkansas Newswire. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they like Scantrons, Blue Books and other testing materials provided for them. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE they were in favor of a twoor three-cent-per-credit-hour increase in tuition for UA officials to provide test materials. t QFSDFOU PG TUVEFOUT TBJE students would benefit from having the opportunity to minor in journalism.

Kathleen Pait Staff Photographer Students attend classes on campus amid morning snow, Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Distinguished Speaker to Discuss UK on Campus Staff Report

The British Deputy Consul General will speak as part of the International Relations Distinguished Speakers Series.

Andy Pryce will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday Feb. 28 in Old Main Room 323, according to a news release.

Pryce worked as head of public affairs in Washington D.C. at the British Embassy.

“The Fulbright College

of Arts and Sciences has had a close and continuing relationship with the British Consulate General in Houston for the past four years, with the consulate providing an exclusive internship to a University of Arkansas student each summer,” said Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, director of the international relations program and Cleveland C. Burton professor of international programs, in a news release.

British Prime Minister David Cameron recently

announced that he will be reevaluating British membership in the EU. Cameron IBT HJWFO B EFBEMJOF PG to decided whether Britain will stay in the EU, according to the guardian.

The International Relations Distinguished Speakers Series was started in 2011 by the International Relations Program and “seeks to bring prominent academics and practitioners in the field of international relations to the university for the benefit of undergraduate students,” according to a release.

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Rudy Trejo, ASG advisor, speaks at the ASG meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 26. ence where student governments across the Southeastern Conference exchange ideas and programs in use at other universities.

“This is not something we are doing because there was someone in office who we wanted to impeach,” West said.

The goal of the bill is to model the process after a more real-life experience, West said. The idea was to modify the system so that it could be applied to a real-life situation, rather than just us-

ing a process that would only work for this particular group on campus, West said.

Under this new process, a bill of impeachment must be proposed by one author and at least four additional sponsors. In addition, a simple majority must be acquired by both the Senate and the Graduate Congress for the impeachment to be “classified as New Business at a special Joint Legislative Session,” according to the bill.

The bill also mandates that an impeachment will not be

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heard by a committee. Instead, ASG Senate and Graduate Congress members will hear the case and vote, with a two-thirds majority required in order to convict.

Other ASG proposals include a bill to modify the current warning system for parking violations and a bill to lower the fine for parking in a space not authorized by a permit.

A new warning system was proposed in light of the fact that “students often pay hefty fees for first-time violations

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without knowledge of the regulation,” according to the bill.

This bill asks that the transit and parking department allow a more consistent warning system for first-time parking violations.

The second bill proposes to lower the unauthorized permit parking fee from $50 to $30. The bill states that since “the penalty for ‘parking on U of A property without permit’ is a $40 penalty,” it is not fair that a driver without a permit should pay a lower fee than a driver with a permit.

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The preliminary design for the parking deck includes approximately 250 parking spots that are separated between four levels, Jurgens said. The city plans to begin the construction process by the fall of this year. Construction of the parking deck should take between 12 and 18 months to complete, Jurgens said.

“We’ve got a team led

by Garver Engineers, a local engineer here in town, they’ve also got local architects and significant parking deck architects,” Jurgens said.

The Fayetteville city council originally approved the production of this four-story parking deck in June 2010.

But the need for this structure has existed for the past 15 years, said Lindsley Smith, communications director for the City of Fayetteville.

The new parking deck will

that this was unacceptable; it’s in their best interest that these businesses should succeed.”

The construction site, which the city council approved in December 2012, will be located on Spring Street just behind Grub’s and the Walton Arts Center.

“The entertainment district is very compact,” Smith said. “Therefore, the city council was required to put a lot of time into planning the location of the parking deck.”

“The project will be funded entirely by the city’s parking program for the Dickson Street entertainment district.

We will not be using tax dollars to build the parking deck,” Jurgens said. “This means that all of the funds will be generated from user fees that will be drawn in from the parking deck after it is completed.”

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ARRESTS continued from page 1 and the number of drugrelated arrests was 85, according to the 2011 Clery Report. Since the beginning of the 2013 spring semester, there have been 28 alcoholrelated arrests and 31 drugrelated arrests, according to UAPD crime logs.

Just this past week, from Feb. 18-24, there were six arrests for alcohol and five arrests for possession of a controlled substance, according to UAPD crime logs. Also this weekend, a male student was sent to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. This in addition to the high counts are causing UAPD officials to create more enforcements around campus to prevent the counts from rising.

As of now, the counts for this semester are already higher compared to previous semesters. The arrests for possession of a controlled substance and public intoxication are at the top of the list.

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Construction will begin for the parking deck that will be located on the corner of Spring Street and School Avenue after city officials create a final design for the project, Fayetteville city council officials said.

In December of 2012, the city council made a decision on where to construct a parking deck that will provide sufficient parking for businesses in the Dickson Street entertainment district. That month, the city council also approved a $6.6 million budget for the project, said David Jurgens, Fayetteville utilities director.

ultimately benefit the business within the entertainment district, Smith said.

“Not only will the deck provide adequate parking for customers, but the employees of the businesses will get a 90 percent discount so that they will have a place to park while they are on the clock,” Smith said.

The UA’s student population has had the biggest impact on that area.

“Students would take up all of the free parking spots during the school days, which would leave nothing open for customers trying to reach the businesses and shops in that area,” Smith said. “I have even seen cars parked on sidewalks and in yards, once those free spots had run out. The city decided

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Letter to the Editor UAPD Didn’t Answer the Call

I’m writing this letter to the editor so maybe people will take the time to stop and read a few lines. My mission: To remind people of the diminishing concept of compassion. Some of the words used to define compassion are “understanding” and “empathy.” It is regarded as a fundamental part of human love and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism.

Lately I’ve seen quite a bit of capriciousness take precedence over what could have been more thoughtful human action.

The apex of my personal experiences with a lack of compassion happened last night when I placed a phone call to UAPD. I couldn’t gain access to a building late last night when I was trying to finish some of the unending amounts of work I always seem to have. The only entrance to the building was located in a back alley. A dark alley that is a “tow zone at all times,” so I couldn’t park nearby. After walking all the way to this alley and then not being able to get in, I was feeling nervous.

I called UAPD and informed them I am a journalism student and couldn’t get into my building to work. I also said “I’m in this back alley and I really don’t want to be by myself back here.” The operator, however, only seemed to hear I was trying to get to and being denied access to a building.

She only informed me she didn’t know if I had access, so she couldn’t help. After I ended the call I thought of three things.

First, why didn’t she at least offer to send an officer around to make sure that I was okay?

Second, couldn’t she have checked somehow to see if I had access? My ID normally works, so I should be in the computer system.

Finally, if I was trying to break into the building, why would I call the police? I was so frustrated at the thought of having to tell a police operator how to react to a girl being alone in an alley!

In the end I walked around the building and found, thankfully, another door was still unlocked. I almost called back and told her not to worry because I had found another way in and I was sure I could manage to carry the computers out on my own. However, I decided to put aside snide comments and take this experience as a lesson for myself and hopefully for readers as well.

I don’t expect this to create a harmonious society but hopefully it will help at least a few people. Slow down in tense situations and think about the other person. Adversely, if you’re simply sitting around think about someone you know for a moment. What’s something you could do for them as an act of kindness? And one step further, what’s something you could do for a complete stranger as an act of kindness? It doesn’t have to be anything involving money or a large amount of time.

If you see someone drop a notebook or keys, pick them up.

Hold a door for someone now and then. Compliment someone. Always remember to say “Please” and “Thank You” because whether you realize it or not people appreciate that.

Your one random act of kindness might inspire a chain of compassion and who knows what will happen. Everyone appreciates kindness, and sometimes compassion and understanding for others is the most sincere form of love for others.

Sincerely, Sarah Mize Journalism Student

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Rumors Fly As Fast As Meteors

TJ Stallbaumer Staff Columnist Some of you may have heard about a large meteor that fell in Russia last week, injuring about 1,200 people and causing considerable property damage. Scientists have studied the gigantic space rock and determined it’s composed of rock and iron, not an unusual makeup for space debris.

But even despite the fact the scientific community has claimed the rock as coming from space, many Russians aren’t convinced. It would seem there are some individuals who are under a much more sinister impression: The United States of America is testing weapons

above their home soil!

As with any event that comes unexpectedly, theories of strange things will abound. I have heard that the meteor could have been a U.F.O., a deadly space virus or even a message from God to the people of Russia.

I find it incredibly telling that any time an event of such national interest happens, people will inevitably find a way to make it something so much worse than it is. After September 11, 2001, there were theories the U.S. Government had some hand in destroying the towers. Obviously, this is a ridiculous assertion with no ground in truth. I don’t care how many YouTube videos you have watched that say otherwise. Perhaps I am just a lowly sheep.

Now, in relation to campus, it would seem like this isn’t too big of a deal. We are here; Russia is there, whatever. But, the conspiracy theory model is a perfect example of how ideas of varying levels of validity can be perpetuated by a few people who will never have

the true story.

I am talking about every person on campus who has ever been the victim of some ridiculous string of stories that end up with something much larger than any version of the event that actually transpired. It can be a total drag to come away from a situation with a negative image all because everyone talks about everyone else. Of course, you could come away with a better image too but I consider this much less likely.

This can happen to anybody here in the same way that it happens to huge events like the meteor: there are people who believe anything they read and there are people who write anything they hear. There have always been people like this.

But now, these people are armed with smart phones.

Smart phones make dumb people dangerous. They take the role of citizen journalist, transferring gossip to their Twitter, Facebook and personal blog. It’s not on the same scale as a conspiracy theory, but in the same way,

this kind of communication has the ability to ruin a reputation overnight.

I am not asking you to never have fun. I am simply asking you to have fun with people you trust and not to do anything you wouldn’t want everyone to know about. Unlike a Russian meteor, you can decide where you land. Make sure it’s somewhere reasonable.

My point today is this: some things happen and are completely explicable. They don’t require a deep, supernatural explanation. You don’t need to dig into Internet message boards, or watch YouTube, or check everyone’s Twitter until you find something to make fun of or speculate on.

Don’t seek some way to be subversive simply to make yourself subversive. I understand that being contrarian is “cool,” but when the answer is in front of your face, just accept it.

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

A Great Nation Brought Low by Its Dysfunctional Politics Milwaukee Journal MCT Campus Congress and the Obama administration are likely to give the nation a self-inflicted wound known as the “sequester” later this week, a calculated decision that will lead to mindless budget-cutting and harm to the U.S. economy.

President Barack Obama continues to rail against the cuts, and some in Congress are worried about pet programs ranging from national defense to food stamps, but the two sides are not negotiating and both seem content to see how the political fallout rains down before acting.

The sharp across-theboard cuts that are coming are nonsensical; the failure of Obama and congressional leadership to negotiate a better deal speaks poorly of both sides. But it might shake members of Congress -- and even the public -- out of what some have called the nation’s “both/ and” mentality.

Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake of The Washington Post wrote in “The Fix” column Monday that “just because the sequester is a manufactured crisis doesn’t mean it can’t have the same effect as a non-manufactured crisis in waking up

the body politic to the “have cake/eat it too” mentality that dominates not just Washington but the public at large.”

They cite a recent Pew Research Center poll earlier this month that showed a public that wants it all.

The Pew poll found broad support for cutting federal spending -- until respondents had to decide what actually would be cut. In none of the 19 specific areas polled did a majority of people support reducing federal spending. In fact, in 16 of the 19, people favored increasing spending.

In short: Cutting federal spending sounds great -- as long as it’s the other guy who gets cut.

What such a finding calls for, of course, is political courage. And perhaps the threat of curtailed government services could eventually provide it.

The administration released state-by-state statistics showing what it said would happen if the sequester takes effect as scheduled on Friday.

The White House said Wisconsin would lose about $8.5 million in aid for classroom teachers, would have fewer work-study jobs, fewer Head Start services, less money for preventing air and water pollution and less money for job training and public health --

among other things. The entire list is at the White House website: www.whitehouse.gov.

Is this simply hyperbole, as Republicans claim? There’s certainly an element of that in the White House numbers.

But such deep automatic cuts will hurt the economy. A number of government and private economic forecasters surveyed

by The New York Times last week found that the cuts probably would reduce growth by about one-half of a percentage point this year.

The threat of sequestration was supposed to scare the White House and congressional leaders into a more comprehensive approach to deficit reduction. The sequester became law in 2011 during the fight to raise the federal debt ceiling. The original deal had the automatic cuts beginning on Jan. 1 of this year, but that date was pushed back two months in the deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” If it takes effect, there would be $85 billion in spending cuts during the rest of this fiscal year, with $1.2 trillion in cuts over 10 years.

The idea was this: The prospect of such deep cuts to programs that both Republicans and Democrats hold dear would force both sides to the bargaining table. But it hasn’t happened.

A smarter approach would be a combination of spending cuts over a period of years combined with tax reform that closed loopholes and raised more revenue while lowering rates, particularly for corporations. Obama continues to call for a “balanced” approach including more taxes on the wealthy. He has indicated that Democrats will have to compromise on changes to entitlement programs. We hope he means it.

The sequester is a blunt instrument that helps no one and will hurt both the economy and thousands of individuals across the country. And here’s the irony: If it remains in effect, it isn’t likely to do that much to reduce the deficit because of the negative effects on the economy. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that defense cuts alone would reduce gross domestic product by 0.4% and result in nearly a half-million lost jobs by the end of this fiscal year.

Maybe that’s the sort of pain it will take to get political leaders in both parties to reach a smarter deal.

This editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Retrieved from MCT Campus.

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Madelynne Jones Staff Writer Refurbishing furniture is an incredibly resourceful skill: it’s a relatively cheap, temporary facelift for any living space, and it requires staple guns. The best projects require power tools and staple guns.

You will need a screwdriver, staple gun (or Gorilla super glue), a thrifted or old piece of furniture (basic table chairs are easiest), a yard of fabric, and paint or spray paint.

Hunting for furniture to remodel is different from regular furniture shopping. You’ll be recovering the seat of the chair, so look for a chair frame that you like and ignore the distracting, faded yellow, ’70s floral seat cushions. Look for incomplete dining sets — chairs belonging to them will be cheaper and can probably be bought individually because they’re not in a complete set.

A new paint job can change anything, so look out for wooden chairs since they are easy to paint. Metal chairs can be spray-painted. Furniture paint jobs require a couple coats, so get a pint of paint rather than small bottles of craft paint.

Check out the Flying Dog thrift shop on College Avenue. The store is full of old furniture perfect for reupholstering. Potter’s House Thrift or Salvation Army have a wide selection of furniture, too. Bigger thrift stores are more likely to have used furniture. Yard sales are also a big hit; they may not have as big of a selection as thrift stores, but there’s a good chance they will have old furniture.

Next stop on the shopping list: fabric. For a typical chair seat, you’ll probably just need a yard of fabric or less.

Measure your seat dimensions first to avoid overspending.

Canvas and other thick upholstering fabrics (there should be an “upholstering fabrics” section) are best.

Thicker fabrics will hold up better than a cotton blend and are easy to manipulate. Upholstering fabrics, because they’re thicker, will cost more — about $7-10 a yard.

Before you get too anxious with the staple gun or

screwdriver, clean your chair, wiping the dust or scrubbing stains off. Wash your fabric, too.

Flip over the chair so it faces down, showing the underside of the seat. Some seats are wedged into the frame of the chair and are easy to just pop out. If that’s not the case, you’ll need to unscrew the seat from the frame of the chair using a screwdriver.

Remember to keep all of the screws together. Vintage chairs may have screws that are no longer made, resulting in a dysfunctional chair if you lose the screws.

If you’re painting your chair, now’s the time to do it.

Don’t ever paint the chair with the seat in it — you could risk getting paint on the cushion.

Next, line up your fabric square with the seat of your chair, so that it is even on all sides.

Fold over the fabric to the underside of the seat. Staple gun the heck out of it. It’s best to staple the edges first, doing the corners last. When stapling, make sure that you are stapling securely into the wood of the underside of the seat. Keep the fabric taut, stretched over the top of the seat, covering it without wrinkles. Don’t staple too close to the edge of the fabric, or it may tear. Leave about half an inch between the staple and the end of the fabric.

A staple gun will guarantee the sturdiest, most polished piece. But if you don’t have one, Gorilla super glue could do the trick. Just follow the same procedure, but with super glue. You will have to hold the fabric in place to make sure it dries well, tightly gluing the fabric to the wooden underside of the chair.

Fold the corners of the fabric into triangles, like wrapping a present, when fastening them to the chair. The goal is the least amount of bulk possible, which will make for an easier fit into the frame of the chair.

When the seat cover is done, put it back into the frame of the chair. Flip the chair upside down, showing the underside of the seat. Screw all the bolts back into the frame, binding the seat to the frame. This will probably be the most difficult part, requiring the a lot of pulling and tugging. Screw in all the bolts, reassembling the chair.

Voila! You can now add reupholstering to your list of domestic life skills.

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Spruce up Cold-Weather Cuisine with February Produce Georgia Carter Staff Writer

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ebruary is not known for having an abundance of produce, or even plants. It is a rather gray and bleak time of the year, even in temperate Arkansas. Some produce, though, is quite good in February; it just takes a little research to find out what is best to eat. Finding ways to incorporate fresh produce in all three meals during the day is not as difficult as it seems in February.

Breakfast Grapefruit, which is high in nutrients and very low in fat, is a great fruit to eat to start off your day. It’s great for building your immune system and helping to energize you. This recipe has other fruits in it, giving you quite a lot of nutrients from different fruits.

Grapefruit Breakfast Spread Servings: 1 cup

½ cup chopped grapefruit 1 8-ounce package cream cheese ¼ cup crushed pineapple 2 tablespoons finely chopped dried apricots ½ of a small, mashed banana ½ teaspoon sugar ¼ teaspoon vanilla Raisin bread slices (or any other kind of bread, like a bagel, English muffin or whole-grain toast) Chop grapefruit into bite sized pieces. Drain well.

Combine cream cheese, pineapple, apricots, banana, sugar, and vanilla, and blend until smooth. Fold in grapefruit pieces. Cover and chill overnight, and spread onto toast the next day.

Lunch This soup can help warm your bones on a cold or rainy day. It features onions and mushrooms, which are both in season. Pair this with some wheat crackers, toast or pita bread, and you have a delicious, warm lunch.

Hungarian Mushroom Soup 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 pound fresh, sliced mushrooms 2 cups chopped onions 2 teaspoons dried dill weed 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon paprika 2 cups chicken broth

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons lemon juice ¼ cup chopped parsley ½ cup sour cream Black pepper (to taste) Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat.

Saute onions in butter for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes.

Stir in dill, paprika, soy sauce and broth. Reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer for 15 minutes.

In a separate small bowl, whisk flour and milk together. Pour mixture into the soup, and stir well to blend. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Mix together and heat on low for 3-5 minutes.

Dinner Quiche is a great option for a hearty dinner.

This quiche recipe has asparagus in it. Asparagus is low in calories and is rich in nutrients, like folates and vitamin C.

Asparagus Quiche

Crust

1 ½ cups instant flour ½ cup unsalted cold butter, cut into pieces 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening 1/3 cup ice water ½ teaspoon salt All-purpose flour for dusting

Filling 1 ½ cups heavy cream 3 large eggs ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup chopped parsley leaves ½ teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons butter 8 stalks asparagus, bottoms trimmed ½ cup grated Gruyere cheese

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For the crust:

Put flour in a large bowl. Cut butter and vegetable shortening into the flour until it resembles coarse meal. Add ice water and salt until the dough comes together.

Form dough into a ball, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Roll out the pastry on a floured surface about ¼ inch thick.

Place flour into a 9-inch pan. Poke a few holes into the bottom of the dough, and press edges to pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 425 F. Pierce the bottom of the pie shell liberally with a fork, and place another small pan inside the pan to help set the sides while baking.

Bake for 7-8 minutes until the pie shell begins to firm.

For the filling:

Mix eggs, cream, salt, pepper and parsley in a medium-size bowl, and chill for 30 minutes.

Pour 1/3 of egg mixture into the partially baked quiche crust, and bake until filling begins to set, about 10 minutes.

Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Add asparagus and cook until tender, about 4-6 minutes.

In the quiche pan, arrange the asparagus like spokes, and pour the rest of the egg mixture over the asparagus. Sprinkle with cheese, and bake for about 30 minutes.

With these recipes, cooking with February produce can be both easy and delicious.

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21 Athos, to Porthos 22 Word with dark or gray 24 *Warrior’s cry 27 Hersey novel setting 30 Rob Roy’s refusal 31 Four-time Grammy winner Lovett 32 *Picnic side dish 35 23-Down’s div.

37 As found 38 Pupil surrounder 41 Ft. Worth campus 42 *Knocking sound 46 Australian sixfooters 49 Punching tool 50 “SNL” alum Mike 51 *Delighted 54 Animals who like to float on their back 55 Female hare

56 “Hardly!”

59 Violin holder 60 *Island nation in the Indian Ocean 64 A sweatshirt may have one 65 Rocker Rose 66 Sedative 67 Overnight lodging choices 68 Low grade 69 Incursions ... or, phonetically, what the answers to starred clues contain DOWN 1 With 2-Down, “Rio Lobo” actor 2 See 1-Down 3 __ stick: incense 4 Hagen often mentioned on “Inside the Actors Studio” 5 Head, slangily 6 Key of Beethoven’s “Emperor” concerto 7 Funnel-shaped 8 Compass-aided curve 9 Pulitzer category 10 Like a spoiled kid, often 11 Unwritten reminder 12 Cab storage site 13 Hunted Carroll

creature 18 Microwave maker 23 Braves, on scoreboards 24 Against 25 Exactly 26 Mauna __ 27 “Whoso diggeth __ shall fall therein”: Proverbs 28 Fundraiser with steps?

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CLUB SPORT

Cricket Club Proves Lifelong Devotion

Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

A lifelong love for a sport never stops. Attending college certainly doesn’t mean having to give up that sport.

Because of this, cricket has emerged as one of UA’s most popular club sports.

Many of the club’s 20 or so members are international students, and most of them have had prior experience with the sport before coming to Arkansas. Some of the members have spent their whole life playing cricket.

“I am 25 now, so I have been playing for 23 years,” club president Sandeep Singh Rana said.

In India and Bangladesh, cricket is almost more of a lifestyle than a sport. Rana said that, much like football in the U.S., cricket is something you can just grow up playing if you feel a desire to.

“When you grow up you start just hitting balls, but as you get older you can continue playing at the school level and district level,” Rana said.

The most common sport to compare cricket to is baseball. There is a pitcher (bowler) and hitter (batsman) and an infield and outfield, but the similarities between the two sports end there.

Cricket is played on an oval field instead of a baseball-style diamond, and the role of the batsman is not only offensive but defensive.

A batsman can have unlim-

ited hits, but also has to keep the bowler from hitting three wooden sticks behind the batsman, known as wickets.

“It’s like baseball, but with 10 outs and unlimited hits in an inning,” said Ashfaqur Rahman, the team’s secretary who’s played cricket since he was 4 years old.

The cricket games the club participates in last about three hours, but the maximum length for a cricket game is five days, but is played in similar fashion to a baseball series. Sometimes matches last from sunup to sundown.

Fielders don’t wear gloves, making great catches look all the more spectacular. The wicket keeper wears two padded gloves, and may arguably be the most important position on the field.

Everyone wears leg pads because of the higher likeliness fielders will get hit with the ball. The batsman, much like a Barry Bonds or Mark McGuire, are usually the sport’s most popular position, and the game’s excitement usually depends on how well a batsman can hit.

“The batsman is the entertainer on the field,” Rana said.

The team has been active the past year, participating in a Northwest Arkansas tournament against recreational teams put together by local corporations such as Walmart and JB Hunt. It was a world cup style tournament, in which teams start out in group play and go on

GYMNASTICS

Gym‘Backs to Face Trio of Teams

Ben Enyart Staff Writer

teams, officially joining the American College Cricket association.

The Razorback gymnastics team will be competing at home 7 p.m. Friday in Barnhill Arena against Missouri, Centenary and Lindenwood.

The Hogs will be coming off their tie against No. 4 Alabama, where they posted their highest team score of the season with a 197.100.

Their highest score before this was a 196.175 against Florida in early February.

“We have the rest of our season with one meet left at home and three away meets to pick up some more good scores,” co-head coach René Lyst said. “And this meet really boosts our confidence looking on down the road.”

Going into the meet with a season-high score of 197.100 and their lowest score of 193.075 against Kentucky in mid-January, Arkansas has the highest marks out of the four teams competing this weekend.

Centenary produced their highest score of the season last weekend with a 191.625 against the Pioneers of Texas Women’s University.

Lindenwood’s best score of the season is a 192.050 against Bowling Green State University back in early Feb-

see CRICKET page 8

see TRIO page 8

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Members of the Razorback Cricket Club enjoy practicing for potential tournaments against competitor schools such as Arkansas State and the University of Memphis at the HPER, Monday, Feb. 25. to elimination rounds.

The team also played in the South Central cricket tournament in Jonesboro against Arkansas State and

University of Memphis’ club teams. This tournament was the first time since forming in 2011 that the club was able to play against other college

BASKETBALL

Hogs Need to Be ‘Aggressive,’ Play ‘Solid Defense’ Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

After a tough loss at Florida Saturday, Arkansas faces another road test against LSU Wednesday.

With only four games left before the Southeastern Conference tournament begins, Arkansas (17-10, 8-6 SEC) sits tied for fifth in the conference. A key road win at LSU would keep the Hogs in contention for the fourth-place spot, giving them a first round bye in the SEC tournament.

Road wins have clearly been sparse for the Razorbacks as they continue to struggle in hostile road environments.

COMMENTARY

Head coach Mike Anderson is hoping to see his squad play a consistent 40 minutes of basketball against LSU to come out of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with a win.

The Razorbacks need to play aggressive and smart defense on the road to be successful. Starting forwards Coty Clarke and Marshawn Powell were once again in early foul trouble on the road at Florida.

Anderson stresses that good positioning is the key to playing defense well, and finding that perfect balance of smartness and aggression will pay off.

“You want to be aggressive, but at the same time you want to play good solid defense as

see AGGRESSIVE page 8

Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Mike Anderson speaks at a press conference, Monday, Feb. 26. Anderson commented on how pleased he is about the consistency the team’s younger players have been showing.

The Fall of the Age of Athletes as Good Role Models

Tamzen Tumlison Senior Staff Writer As more and more athletes are put in the international spotlight, more and more athletes are showcasing inspirational talent and victories.

An increasing number of inspirational stories lead to increasing disappointment from those who looked up to the athletes when they fall

from grace, and this past year has proved to be a prime example.

Last year, at the Olympics, a runner from South Africa named Oscar Pistorius competed in the Olympics. Pistorius, the “Blade Runner,” offered hope to all disabled athletes as he became the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics.

Though he couldn’t pull out an outright win, Pistorius amazed the world with his triumph of qualifying for the Olympics with both legs amputated. At the 2012 Paralympics, Pistorius set a world record in a semifinal heat of the 200-meter, in which he earned a silver medal during the final heat.

However, in the past two weeks, Pistorius was charged

in the death of his girlfriend, who was shot and killed the morning of Feb. 14.

If that doesn’t make a person lose all their hard-earned respect, what does?

It doesn’t even have to officially be the athlete’s fault when it comes to lost credibility. Take Manti Te’o, for instance. The passion of a man who played to honor his deceased grandmother and girlfriend — well, truly only his grandmother — gained the attention of the country amidst a hot season for Notre Dame.

After his fall into a long and elaborate hoax, Te’o showcased his vulnerability to audiences who cared. Sure, Te’o may not have known it was a hoax, but his lies to not only the media but to his

parents who thought they were speaking the truth to the media about Te’o’s girlfriend lowered the fondness the nation had grown to have for the linebacker.

Of course, a column can’t be written about falls from grace without at least mentioning the formerly great Lance Armstrong.

In what was possibly the worst case of the how-themighty-have-fallen fever, Armstrong fervently denied use of steroids until that fateful Oprah interview, in which he finally admitted doping.

A man hailed for being an Olympic bronze medalwinning athlete and multipletimes Tour de France winner after surviving testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs, Armstrong

surely had one of the most inspiring and uplifting stories in the athletic world.

Even the movie “Dodgeball” included a cameo appearance from Armstrong, who talked about his impressive career after his bout with cancer in order to convince the captain of the dodgeball team to not give up.

Everything but Armstrong’s imdb.com credits have been stripped from the cyclist after confirmation of the doping in his career, and to rub it in farther, Armstrong is never allowed to race again.

Unfortunately, Armstrong’s own actions forced him into this position, and Armstrong became the master of his own demise.

Prominent athletes are in a situation in which they must

start paying attention to every person that looks up to them.

Children stricken with cancer that aspire to be athletes someday no longer have a role model in Armstrong.

Handicapped children that use prosthetics won’t want to look up to Pistorius, and those who aspire to be able to overcome unfortunate events likely won’t find their hero in Te’o.

So perhaps it is best for fans to not put all their eggs in one basket and not aspire to be like a majority of the athletes that permeate the media.

Tamzen Tumlison is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other Wednesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

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GOLF

Freshman Leads Hogs to Finish 2nd in Arizona Zack Wheeler Staff Writer

The No. 7 Arkansas women’s golf team earned a second place finish at the Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, Ariz., Sunday and Monday.

The Razorbacks were led by freshman Gabriela Lopez, who shot a Westbrook Invitational course record 66 in the final round to earn the individual victory.

Lopez got off to a quick start Monday, carding two birdies on her first five holes. The first came at the 411-yard par four third hole, followed shortly by a birdie on the par five, 487 yard hole.

Lopez recorded her second eagle of the tournament on the eighth hole. After two more birdies on holes nine and 10, she played nearly flawless par golf to finish her round at the record six-under par.

Lopez won the second tournament of the spring by two strokes. She shot 72, 70 and 66 in rounds one, two and three, respectively, in the two-day event.

Her round of 66 ties for second best in program history and is the second-best score versus par at six-under. Lopez’s three-round score of 208 ties for fourth best in Razorback history.

“I can’t say enough about Gaby’s 66,” head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor said. “It was just flawless and that’s super impressive.”

Junior Emma Lavy and freshman Regina Plasencia were very strong for the Razorbacks, tying for sixth overall with a score of 219. Lavy carded three rounds of 71-75-73, while Plasencia improved each round with scores of 74-73-72.

The Razorbacks were rounded out by a 17th overall finish from senior Victoria Vela, and a 22nd overall performance from junior Emily Tubert. Vela carded her three rounds at 71-70-73 for a total score of 224. Tubert followed that performance by carding three scores of 79-74-73 to bring her total to 226.

All these performances led the Hogs to a second-place finish, finishing five strokes behind the No. 15 Texas Tech Red Raiders. Tech posted a team score of 862, while Arkansas finished with a score of 867.

Arkansas’ rounds included 296287-284, which happened to be the team’s second-lowest total of the season.

“Winning is a process and each week our goal is to put ourselves in contention and learn and grow from the experiences,” Estes-Taylor said. “I’m really proud of the team and Texas Tech just played a tremendous round of golf today.”

The top five was rounded out by No. 9 Washington with a 874 and Mississippi State and Indiana tied for fourth with a 903.

The women’s golf team will continue their season next week at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate March 8-10, in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

TRIO continued from page 7 ruary.

Next to Arkansas, Missouri has the most competitive record this season with a high score of 194.625, which was earned in early January against Florida.

The Tigers have a consistent floor performance where they often post upper 48s and lower 49s as a team.

“In reality, with our sport and the way we score, we’re competing against every team in the country, you know, for your score,” co-head coach Mark Cook said. “We can’t be distracted by a team that might be struggling a little bit. We just have to focus on what we do and you have to keep it so that the objective isn’t just to beat those opponents but to score high so your rankings continue to go up against all the teams

in the country.”

The Hogs had consistently been performing highest on the beam and floor until last weekend when they had their highest team score on the vault with a 49.425. It will take high performances on all rotations, and not just dominantly on beam and floor, in order to keep marks up in the 196s and 197s, where the coaches feel they should be competing.

All-arounders Amy Borsellino and Katherine Grable have continued to hit high personal marks week by week, with last week’s meet seeing Borsellino hit a season-high 39.375, and Grable following close behind with a 39.275. Both will look to outscore themselves in order to keep the team’s high scores from the Alabama meet.

The gymnastics team has a record of 1-5-1, but this hasn’t been a reflection of the team’s performances and how they have continued to grow.

“It’s building the confidence of your other teammates to know that those guys are going to hit,” Cook said. “There’s all this chemistry that goes on; even though it is an individual performance, there is a very strong chemistry that happens between those young ladies when they are competing.”

This upcoming meet will be Arkansas’ last home meet of the 2013 season.

The Hogs will travel to Minneapolis to face off against Minnesota, Nebraska and Centenary, and then they will travel to Los Angeles to compete against UCLA before the postseason begins.

CRICKET continued from page 7 The club has hosted two cricket clinics to help increase awareness of the club and draw interest to the sport.

They have also cooked dinners at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry to help sponsor the club, and have participated in community activism as a group around Fayetteville.

Rahman also said the club draws a lot of interest from students attending the UREC Bash.

Dues for the club are $20 a semester, and the team has bought all of the equipment they currently use. Practices are held at the Gary Hampton softball complex, which is normal, since softball fields are where cricket is generally played in the U.S., Rahman said.

AGGRESSIVE continued from page 7 well,” Anderson said.

There’s no questioning Powell’s leadership role on the team. When he has to sit early because of foul trouble, the Razorback’s confidence as a team takes a huge hit.

Powell finished with only seven points against Florida after picking up his fourth foul with 17 minutes to play, becoming a non-factor after that. Powell has to be smarter on the defensive side to give the Razorbacks the best chance at a win.

“When he’s on the floor we’re a different type of team.

He’s the most experienced guy we’ve got,” Anderson said.

Freshman Anthlon Bell has shone the past two games, making nine 3-pointers and averaging 15.5 points per game over the last two games.

Anderson is confident in Bell’s shot selection, and said

that he’s been showing more consistency and confidence in his game.

“He’s a guy that can spread the floor, and he’s a guy that can knock some shots down for us. You’ll see him out on the floor quite a bit,” Anderson said.

Bell provides a much needed spark from behind the three-point line, and should keep Arkansas flowing against LSU with an outside attack that accompanies Powell and Clarke’s inside games.

Under first-year head coach Johnny Jones, LSU started the season off 9-2 before dropping their first four SEC games. They have since gone 7-3 in conference play and sit at 16-9. Jones, a former standout guard at LSU, is back coaching at his alma mater, and fields a talented squad that has four players

averaging double figures in scoring in this season.

LSU’s Johnny O’Bryant III has been a force on the boards all season, averaging 8.7 rebounds per game, good for fifth-best in the SEC. O’Bryant’s strong 6-foot 9-inch, 260-pound frame will cause trouble for the Hogs inside, but outside of the forward the Tigers don’t have much help down low.

“He’s a double-double waiting to happen,” Anderson said.

The Tigers are in the top half of the SEC in three-point shooting, with guards Anthony Hickey and Charles Carmouche shooting very well from beyond the arc this season. The Hogs rank last in the SEC in three-point defense, and will need to work better on the perimeter than they did against Florida.

EVENT

University of Arkansas Computer Store

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

Where: University of Arkansas Bookstore 616 N. Garland Ave, across from the NW Quad In the Café area beside the Computer Store When: Saturday February 23rd, 2013 1:00-2:00 Saturday March 9th, 2013 1:00-2:00 Register: computers.uofastore.com/classes Free-seating is limited and is available by reservation.

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