February 28, 2013

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

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Vol. 107, No. 89

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ith Yonder Mountain String Band coming to George’s, a festival dedicated to local food and organic farming, and a bike race on Sunday, this might be the most Fayetteville weekend Fayetteville has ever seen. There’s also salsa, funk, cheap theater tickets and local comedy. Choices abound this weekend, so take full advantage.

Dig In Food & Farming Festival

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The local food culture is strong in northwest Arkansas, and the Dig In! Festival celebrates all of the farmers and foodies that make possible the farmers market and locally sourced food at area restaurants. The event runs Friday and Saturday at the UA Global Campus building on the square. Friday is geared toward organic farmers, but on Saturday, the festival will offer classes in organic cooking, cooking with in-season produce and backyard gardening.

All classes or films have a suggested donation of $5, or the festival sells weekend passes for $30. The festival will show films including “Truck Farm,” “King Corn,” and special Arkansas premiers of “Eating Alabama” and “To Make A Farm” on Friday night, according to diginfestival.com. The keynote speaker for the weekend is Brad Lancaster, a rainwater and desert cultivation expert. More information, including event schedules, can be found at diginfestival.com.

It’s almost springtime, with longer and warmer days. Kick off the outdoor season with the Highway 71 Classic bike race, sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks. Participants can choose from a shorter, flatter 32-mile route, a gravel road 50-mile route, and the namesake 72-mile course down old Highway 71. The race starts at 9 a.m. Sunday from the Greenhouse Grille parking lot on School Avenue.

Students receive a $5 discount on the entry fee, ranging from $20 without a T-shirt to $45 with a T-shirt. All entrants receive a Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks membership with the entry fee. For further information, visit bconwa.com.

Yonder Mountain String Band Wherever Yonder Mountain String Band brings their bluegrass/jam band sound, a good time is sure to follow. Yonder will be playing Sunday night at George’s Majestic Lounge, and tickets are $22.50 in person.

Yonder, based out of Colorado, has frequented Fayetteville for years, and even sponsors Harvest Fest, a bluegrass festival in October at Mulberry Mountain north of Ozark, Ark. Something about their music resonates with the area, and it is clearly a mutual attraction. Yonder shows tend to sell out at George’s, so act quickly.

Comedy Comedy is now a weekend on Dickson Street. UARK Bowl has local comedians on Friday night, and Teatro Scarpino has improv comedy group The Portable Zoo performing Thursday at 8 p.m. The Portable Zoo’s last show at Scarpino sold out, so the group obviously has something going for them. Local comedians Kevin Byram and

Roger Haak will perform short stand-up sets prior to the improv performance. Tickets are $10 or $8 with a student ID. For more information, search The Portable Zoo on Facebook.

Theater The UA’s drama department will continue its performance of Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” throughout the weekend. Students can get in free on Thursday night, or for $3 the rest of the weekend.

Performances start at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, and there is a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday.

This is also the last weekend to see TheatreSquared’s performance of “Sons of the Prophet” at Nadine Baum Studios on West Avenue. Students under the age of 30 can purchase tickets for only $10. Showtimes and ticket information can be found at waltonartscenter.org.

Yonder Mountain String Band

Thunder on the Mountain Throwdown Similar to the Waka Winter Classic, the Thunder on the Mountain Throwdown is a contest for area country acts to win a spot on stage for June’s Thunder on the Mountain country music festival at Mulberry Mountain. Starting at 9 p.m. on Saturday night at George’s, five bands will take the stage to win over the audience. For a $5 cover, you can see all five bands and vote for your favorite. The bands slated to play are Backroad Anthem, Strange Derangers, The Dave Bright Band, Kelly Road and Luke Williams.

Sunday night George’s Majestic Lounge $22.50 per person

More Live Music For a little spice, Teatro Scarpino has salsa night with Latin band Calle Soul on Friday

Hogs Head to Arizona for 4 Games The Diamond Hogs next travel to Surprise, Ariz., for four games at the Coca-Cola Classic against Arizona State, Gonzaga and Pacific.

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night. Also on Friday, folk singer Chuck Brodsky will be performing at the 324 Ballroom on Dickson as part of a new folk series, according to the Fayetteville Flyer.

Smoke and Barrel is bringing the funk this weekend with popular local band 1 Oz. Jig on Saturday night. Sunday night, central Arkansas’ funk rockers Don’t Stop Please will play a benefit concert for the band’s broken-down tour van. The cover is $5 for both nights.

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Student Charged With On-Campus Firearm Felony A student will be changed with a felony for bringing a firearm on school property, an official said.

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Kris Johnson Staff Photographer Visiting artist, Amos Kennedy, inks a letterpress at a printing demonstration, Wednesday Feb. 27. Along with the demonstration Kennedy gave a lecture about his work.

Food and Farming Festival Celebrates 3rd Anniversary

Stephanie Pullin Staff Writer

The Dig In! Food and Farming Festival will take place at the Arkansas Global Campus on the Fayetteville Square Feb. 28 to March 2 for the third year.

Dig In! celebrates local food and farmers and is intended to inspire and educate people about the benefits of local food.

This year, the festival will include classes on gardening, homesteading, backyard chickens, cooking, herbs, beekeeping and more. There will also be documentary films, two of which are Arkansas premieres, that explore the connection people make between the food choices they make and the impact on local economies and communities. “When you eat locally, you are more aware of the impact,� said Leigh Wilkerson, founder of Dig In!. “At the festival, we feature tastings from restaurants who use local foods,

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This year, for the first time, the festival will feature a keynote speaker at 1-4 p.m. Friday, March 1 Brad Lancaster of Arizona specializes in landscapes that harvest their own water. Wilkerson said that is useful information after a drought year like 2012. “We want to bring together people who are interested in gardening, food and farms and share knowledge and support. We want to bring together people who want to buy the freshest, tastiest local foods with the farmers who are growing it,� Wilkerson said. “It’s about making connections in our community and supporting and building a thriving and resilient food system here in northwest Arkansas.�

Admission is by donation.

The UA Global Campus is located at 2 E. Center St. on the northwest corner of the Fayetteville Square. More information can be found at diginfestival.com.

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Student Charged With On-Campus Firearm Felony Staff Report A student will be changed with a felony for bringing a firearm on school property, an official said.

Matthew Williamson, 37, accidentally shot himself in the hand at the KUAF building with a Taurus Judge pistol, which shoots .45 long colt bullet and shotgun round, said Lt. Matt Mills in a previous interview. KUAF is considered UA property since it is owned by the UA, said Matt Durrett, Washington County prosecutor.

Williamson will be charged with a Class D felony, meaning he could face up to six years in the department of corrections and/or up to $10,000 in fines, Durrett said.

A felony warrant for his arrest has been issued. After he is arrested and booked,

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he will received a court day, which will be about a month later, Durrett said.

Williamson was booked to the Washington County Jail at 11:19 a.m. Wednesday but was release at noon, according to Washington County website. He has a bail of $2,500 and his hearing with be on March 1, according the website.

Williamson could not be reached to comment.

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Ashley Swindell Staff Photographer Student, Hollis Nix, puts up fliers for Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Tuesday, Feb. 26. Students came together throughout the week to create flyers and write messages in sidewalk chalk to create awareness across campus.

Local Company, Gnarkansas Notices an Increase of Skaters Amanda Mazili Staff Writer

Gnarkansas is a DIY local skateboard company designed and run by local skateboarders throughout the state.

Brandon Herbert founded Gnarkansas which was originally developed to create a fundamental way for skaters to build a significant camaraderie around the idea of a foundation, “by the skaters, for the skaters,” in Arkansas.

“Compared to a few years back, I’ve seen a lot more kids out there skating all around town since we’ve started Gnarkansas,” Herbert said.

The Gnarkansas crew said they are looking forward to new projects coming this year, including massive art-

work and park lights at the Walker skate park, as well as adding multi-use functions to the bike trail in south Fayetteville.

Gnarkansas has been spread by word of mouth, stimulating a considerable growth in skateboarding.

The given name “Gnarkansas” represents skateboarders of Arkansas and is developed to focus on the happenings, fun and updated news that all skaters can look forward to.

The Gnarkansas crew said they are looking forward to new projects coming this year, including massive artwork and park lights at the Walker skate park, as well as adding multi-use functions to the bike trail in south Fayetteville.

“Naturally Gnar” is the company’s creates a meaning-

ful slogan representing what it’s all about.

“The name is us, and we are the name,” Herbert said.

Gnarkansas has fundamentally grown in profit, contributors and a massive entourage. Herbert said Gnarkansas has made an impact on young skaters that look up to locals promoted in their videos and photographs as an inspiration. The company has recently been premiered on a national skateboard website based in L.A. called The Berrics, in which Gnarkansas is described as showing that there is, in fact, skating actually something culture happening here in the Midwest.

The company also creates merchandise such as exclusive skateboard decks, T-shirts and stickers galore. Aside from the videos and pictures,

the website includes articles on recent news and sessions, information about skate parks all throughout Arkansas, and as well as information on skate shops that promote Gnarkansas.

Gnarkansas merchandise is dispersed and promoted throughout three skate shops in Arkansas: The pAth Outfitters in Fayetteville, Hero’s Clothing and Skateboards in Cabot and Boardertown in Fort Smith. Gnarkansas skateboarder and Boardertown General Manager Nicholas Gibson is widely involved with the company as well.

“Gnarkansas has made a huge impact on our shop with the help of the site’s videos and photo posts that hype up skaters to want to come skate and buy merchandise,” Gibson said.

Caroline Potts Staff Photographer Skateboard designer Brandon Herbert shows off one of his designs at the Fayetteville Square, Monday, Feb. 25th. Gnarkansas has many skateboard designs and also does filming and photography of local skaters.

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Joe DelNero Opinion Editor

I have made a decision about college senioritis. In high school, I experienced it in maximum quantities. In college, I have made the startling realization senioritis is not increased laziness and wearing sweatpants to work, but an intensive reshuffling of priorities.

In this past week, I felt I was losing my sense of responsibility. I wasn’t sure where it was vanishing to, but it was definitely leaving.

Perhaps, I thought, it is because I’m an arrogant senior, maybe I am getting a big head and am starting to feel I have accomplished college merely halfway through my final semester or possibly it is because I wouldn’t mind taking a few forget-me-nots so I never have to worry about my honors thesis again; however, I did know that I was neglecting my overall student duties in order to succeed in my job responsibilities, my new top priority.

In my mind, I have three jobs. I have my work four days a week at the Traveler. I meet my deadlines, write and edit stories and I ensure my page gets printed on time with appropriate content. I have my role in my advanced television class, currently producer.

I meet those class deadlines, ensure my reporters are doing their best work and make sure the final product of the On the Hill show airs online and on UATV. Finally, I have my job getting a job upon graduation. My dad reminds me the economy is not headhunting student journalists on a pretty regular basis. Applications and networking is more time consuming than I realized.

In years past, before I began this big-headed senior, I was able to manage similar jobs at UATV and as an RA

with maintaining a high GPA, maintaining good standing with the honors college, kept decent progress on my thesis and followed a decently healthy lifestyle playing with the club ultimate frisbee team.

Where have those extra responsibilities gone? Where is my GPA going this semester?

Will I finish my thesis in time for my April defense? These are the unanswerable questions taking a backseat to my major job priorities and the ultimate necessity of me getting a job after I get my diploma.

As a student, I am responsible for grades and assignments. As a graduating senior, I am in charge of ensuring I will succeed upon graduation, and that means building my résumé with the practical, hands-on experience I get in the Traveler and in my portfolio building advanced, senior classes.

Senioritis is hitting me hard, and it is not from a lack of work. It is because school is becoming less pertinent and the “real world” becomes more important.

“The second semester of the last year... is a kind of waiting room for the next stage of life,” wrote Rebecca Winters Keegan in Time Magazine.

Rather than a waiting room, I see this second semester playing roulette in Las Vegas.

I’ve put a few bets on my lucky numbers. I pay soft attention to the others, not from laziness but because I am so incredibly focused on the numbers I hope will pay out.

I’m hoping my current jobs and responsibilities that I’m going all in on will get me the needed experience, recommendations and interviews for my graduation.

Like anything in Vegas, it’s a risk. I may regret it tomorrow morning if it doesn’t pay out. Some students will lose job offers or graduate school opportunities if they let the GPA drop too far in this last semester. I realize now, I am experiencing senioritis but I am not becoming lazy. I am prioritizing for my future career three months from now.

Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast major and the opinion editor of the Traveler.

Traveler Quote of the Day “When you eat locally, you are more aware of the impact.”

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Student Status is Second, Third, Fourth

Shawnya Wethington Staff Columnist When you meet someone new on campus, you cycle through a generic set of questions. Topping the list are name, hometown, classification, organizations, jobs and Greek affiliation. If you keep talking, your major will probably come up, eventually. Even though education is the reason we’re all on campus, the status of students tends to get overlooked.

It seems the educational aspect of college is diminishing. In the back of our minds, we all know we’re students; however, that fact tends to get buried under all the other titles we hold.

We are UATV anchors, RSO presidents, co-captains of the soccer team, lab assistants, RIC senators, student ambassadors, RAs, Bible study leaders, Greek treasurers — you name it, there’s a student on campus involved.

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lar activities, leadership experience and simply who you know can have you signing a contract with hardly a glance at your GPA. Sixty-two percent of employers don’t have a minimum GPA for hiring college graduates, according to statistics in a Careerbuilder.com article. Of those who do, the most common cutoff was a 3.0, with 31 percent of employers using that as a baseline.

Scholarship applications also weight leadership and extracurricular participation along with your overall and major GPAs. Even the most elite and selective careers industries still prefer applicants with campus involvement and internships, said Jody Queen-Hubert, Pace University executive director of cooperative education and career services.

If someone has a less-thanimpressive GPA, a stellar list of campus involvement can offset it.

Knowing that, it’s tough to convince someone that studying simply for the sake of knowledge is important.

This makes us put the role of being a student on the backburner. It’s not that students don’t care about how they do in school. Obviously, the ultimate goal is to pass. However, excelling is optional. That little voice singing “D’s get degrees” plays much too frequently.

Many clubs and organiza-

tions tout the “student first” philosophy, meaning that schoolwork is the most important. In actuality, the working definition is something a bit different. Students’ schoolwork is first only after they finish their jobs within the organization.

Rarely will you be encouraged to skip an event because you need to study for a test.

Most jobs won’t allow you to ignore your work because you have a video project due the next day. Get your work done first, then you’re fully encouraged study.

Nobody can deny leadership and other activities are extremely beneficial to students.

However, why should that elevate their importance over that of actual schoolwork itself? Education shouldn’t be something to skimp and wiggle your way through, learning the least amount possible.

Make your education a priority. Some of the things that you learn in the classroom are the things that you’ll be doing throughout your life. When it comes to your future, it pays to understand the material, as opposed to squeaking by with a barely passing grade. Keep in mind that somewhere between all your other titles, you are a student. Be one.

Shawnya Wethington is a sophomore journalism, English major and a staff columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

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be involved in, studies get pushed to the side.

Many students forget why we are at college. College is not a social club. It’s not a job. It’s also not an extracurricular or community service exhibition.

You are paying money to receive an education.

It seems like less emphasis is put on academic interest. If you have a conflict between school and another organization, which do you focus on first?

Naturally, when studying is marginalized, grades are too.

Consequently, your GPA can really take a hit.

Then, we’re left with the task of reassuring ourselves a failed class isn’t that big of a deal. This is easily done because students are stocked with an arsenal of excuses, saying it’s okay if you screw up academically.

If you are busy working and can’t study for a test and do poorly on it, no worries. If you continue to do poorly in the class … well … it’s just one class. It probably doesn’t matter much anyway. The professor was terrible, it’s nothing that you’re going to use after college, the list just goes on.

What’s the takeaway lesson? As long as you pass, the specifics of your grade aren’t important. You still passed.

Society doesn’t condemn this attitude, either. When you head into the workforce, your GPA alone probably won’t net you a job. Your extracurricu-

These last few weeks have been busy for everyone as tests from all classes hit us at the same time. We tend to let the stress of these first tests, papers and midterms overwhelm us, and we forget how important it is to do things for ourselves during this time. One thing we overlook, because it would seem to get in the way of our busy schedules, is taking small vacations or going on adventures.

Taking a little time to go on a road trip for a weekend or to see your favorite band play in the next state over is actually very important, according to research done by young adult writer Elizabeth Scott. There are several key

things these mini adventures can help or improve, which is especially important during these busy weeks of school.

First, adventures can enhance our creativity. It gives us a break from the stress of our daily schedule, allowing time to reconnect with ourselves. It also allows time for self-discovery and helps us to get back to feeling like our best selves. It is at this period we are at our most creative and able to come up with more ideas.

Second, these vacations can help to keep us from burning out. If we give ourselves regular time to relax, we are less likely to experience burnout, which makes us more productive than if we try to force ourselves to keep working.

Third, this can keep us healthy and enhance our overall well-being. The break from our schedule gives us an opportunity to “recharge our batteries.”

Also, our quality of sleep and mood improves without the constant battering of our daily stress.

Next, if we take these adventures with friends, it gives us special memories

with these specific people.

This can strengthen bonds, allowing us to enjoy the good times together more and help us get through the stress of hard times later.

These experiences also can help with our overall performance on schoolwork. The psychological benefits of these fun breaks lead to an increased quality of life, which then promotes the quality of our work.

Finally, a good vacation can relieve stress for a lasting amount of time. Relaxation over the course of a few days can create fewer stressful days weeks later. It is the gift you keep on giving yourself.

Although it may seem like a weekend away from your schoolwork would only make stress worse, it is not the case. I can actually speak from experience on this topic. This past week was when I had my first test in most of my classes, and I had other things going on in my life that created a thoroughly overwhelming week.

However, my friend turned 21 this past weekend, so we road-tripped to Austin for the weekend to celebrate with her. We were able to re-

connect with an old friend, meet new ones and explore the city of Austin, which is an extremely cool place.

I had tests this week as well, and online assignments due that weekend, but I was able to still take time to get those done during our stay and the overall trip allowed me to just focus on having fun with my friends.

This reduced my stress by a huge amount, and I know I would have regretted it if I had not gone. This is the time to take advantage of trips like this. We do have the responsibilities of school and perhaps jobs as well, but some of us are not paying our own bills and are not dealing with the “real world” just yet.

This is the perfect time in our lives to drop everything for a weekend and drive to Memphis, Austin or Saint Louis with our friends, see the city, go to a concert and just enjoy ourselves, so I suggest we all take advantage.

Katherine Kortebein is a junior English, creative writing major and a staff writer for the Arkansas Traveler.

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ith Yonder Mountain String Band coming to George’s, a festival dedicated to local food and organic farming, and a bike race on Sunday, this might be the most Fayetteville weekend Fayetteville has ever seen. There’s also salsa, funk, cheap theater tickets and local comedy. Choices abound this weekend, so take full advantage.

Dig In Food & Farming Festival

Highway 71 Classic

The local food culture is strong in northwest Arkansas, and the Dig In! Festival celebrates all of the farmers and foodies that make possible the farmers market and locally sourced food at area restaurants. The event runs Friday and Saturday at the UA Global Campus building on the square. Friday is geared toward organic farmers, but on Saturday, the festival will offer classes in organic cooking, cooking with in-season produce and backyard gardening.

All classes or films have a suggested donation of $5, or the festival sells weekend passes for $30. The festival will show films including “Truck Farm,” “King Corn,” and special Arkansas premiers of “Eating Alabama” and “To Make A Farm” on Friday night, according to diginfestival.com. The keynote speaker for the weekend is Brad Lancaster, a rainwater and desert cultivation expert. More information, including event schedules, can be found at diginfestival.com.

It’s almost springtime, with longer and warmer days. Kick off the outdoor season with the Highway 71 Classic bike race, sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks. Participants can choose from a shorter, flatter 32-mile route, a gravel road 50-mile route, and the namesake 72-mile course down old Highway 71. The race starts at 9 a.m. Sunday from the Greenhouse Grille parking lot on School Avenue.

Students receive a $5 discount on the entry fee, ranging from $20 without a T-shirt to $45 with a T-shirt. All entrants receive a Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks membership with the entry fee. For further information, visit bconwa.com.

Yonder Mountain String Band Wherever Yonder Mountain String Band brings their bluegrass/jam band sound, a good time is sure to follow. Yonder will be playing Sunday night at George’s Majestic Lounge, and tickets are $22.50 in person.

Yonder, based out of Colorado, has frequented Fayetteville for years, and even sponsors Harvest Fest, a bluegrass festival in October at Mulberry Mountain north of Ozark, Ark. Something about their music resonates with the area, and it is clearly a mutual attraction. Yonder shows tend to sell out at George’s, so act quickly.

Comedy Comedy is now a weekend on Dickson Street. UARK Bowl has local comedians on Friday night, and Teatro Scarpino has improv comedy group The Portable Zoo performing Thursday at 8 p.m. The Portable Zoo’s last show at Scarpino sold out, so the group obviously has something going for them. Local comedians Kevin Byram and

Roger Haak will perform short stand-up sets prior to the improv performance. Tickets are $10 or $8 with a student ID. For more information, search The Portable Zoo on Facebook.

Theater The UA’s drama department will continue its performance of Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” throughout the weekend. Students can get in free on Thursday night, or for $3 the rest of the weekend.

Performances start at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, and there is a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday.

This is also the last weekend to see TheatreSquared’s performance of “Sons of the Prophet” at Nadine Baum Studios on West Avenue. Students under the age of 30 can purchase tickets for only $10. Showtimes and ticket information can be found at waltonartscenter.org.

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Thunder on the Mountain Throwdown Similar to the Waka Winter Classic, the Thunder on the Mountain Throwdown is a contest for area country acts to win a spot on stage for June’s Thunder on the Mountain country music festival at Mulberry Mountain. Starting at 9 p.m. on Saturday night at George’s, five bands will take the stage to win over the audience. For a $5 cover, you can see all five bands and vote for your favorite. The bands slated to play are Backroad Anthem, Strange Derangers, The Dave Bright Band, Kelly Road and Luke Williams.

Sunday night George’s Majestic Lounge $22.50 per person

More Live Music For a little spice, Teatro Scarpino has salsa night with Latin band Calle Soul on Friday

Hogs Head to Arizona for 4 Games The Diamond Hogs next travel to Surprise, Ariz., for four games at the Coca-Cola Classic against Arizona State, Gonzaga and Pacific.

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night. Also on Friday, folk singer Chuck Brodsky will be performing at the 324 Ballroom on Dickson as part of a new folk series, according to the Fayetteville Flyer.

Smoke and Barrel is bringing the funk this weekend with popular local band 1 Oz. Jig on Saturday night. Sunday night, central Arkansas’ funk rockers Don’t Stop Please will play a benefit concert for the band’s broken-down tour van. The cover is $5 for both nights.

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Student Charged With On-Campus Firearm Felony A student will be changed with a felony for bringing a firearm on school property, an official said.

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League of Legends Tournament Planned for March John Mullins Staff Writer Top summoners from colleges all over Arkansas and Oklahoma will gather on March 2 to test their mettle in the arena.

League of Legends is an online multiplayer battle arena game, according to the game website. In the game, two teams of even numbers go head to head in various fields of justice, or arenas. The arena is divided into lanes, and occasionally, waves of minions, or AI opponents, run down the lanes to be killed by players or opposing AI. The lanes are lined with turrets that will engage any opposing force, AI or otherwise, according to the game website. In addition to turrets, lanes also feature buildings called inhibitors that prevent opposing teams from training a bolstered AI minion.

The aim of the game is to destroy the opposing team's nexus, or base. Nexuses are located at either end of the arena, and to reach the other end players must either sneak through bushes and remain unseen by enemies, or carve a swath through opposition, according to the game website. After one team reaches the end of a lane and succeeds in destroying the opposing team's nexus, the battle is concluded, and currency called influence points is given in quantities based on winning or losing the game.

After featuring over 100 registered summoners and 16 teams from the UA alone in their first League of Legends tournament in November 2012, the Razorback Gaming RSO is bringing the showdown back.

The Razorback Gaming RSO will be opening the competition up to 32 collegiate teams from both Arkansas and Oklahoma. Teams will be pitted against each other online on Feb. 23 to see who is most worthy to take part in the finals, scheduled for March 2 at the computer store in the Garland Shopping Center.

After the dust settles on Feb. 23, only eight teams will be eligible to compete in the LANstyle tournament at the computer store. The finals will be conducted on March 2, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Quarterfinals will begin at 11 a.m., semi-finals will begin at 2 p.m. and the

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Crossword Courtesy Photo The Razorback Gaming RSO will be opening the competition up to 32 collegiate teams from both Arkansas and Oklahoma March 2 at the computer store in the Garland Shopping Center. final battle will begin at 5 p.m.

The top two teams of summoners will split $150 in riot points, which is the currency used in League of Legends to purchase different champions and master different ways to play. The Razorback Gaming RSO encourages anyone to come down to watch the fireworks of the UARK Summoner Showdown II on March 2. There will be a watch party taking place alongside the tournament with ample seating for spectators, said Kurt Deininger, president of the Razorback Gaming RSO. The watch party will have match commen-

Top summoners from colleges all over Arkansas and Oklahoma will gather on March 2 to test their mettle in the arena. tators, or “shoutcasters,” who will be broadcasting the tournament over a projector, Deininger said. The RSO also hopes to have food for attendees, he said.

For those unable to attend the tourna-

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II

Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth

Iceage - You’re Nothing

ten to "So Good at Being in Trouble" and you'll see what I mean.

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ebruary is traditionally not a big month for music releases, as many acts wait to release their records during the annual late-spring/earlysummer onslaught (Phoenix, The Knife and James Blake all have big ones coming then, along with many more to be announced). This February, however, caught many of us by surprise with an album 20 years in the making, a new album by an almost-celebrity supergroup and a number of solid sophomore releases, among others. Here's what is worth listening to from a surprisingly prolific February:

My Bloody Valentine

isn't dead; rather, it has evolved, just as the band has, into something similar and equally good.

Perhaps the biggest release of this month, this year or, for some, even this decade, My Bloody Valentine's sophomore release has been a long time coming. When it was unexpectedly released on the band's website Saturday, Feb. 2, the site was so overridden with visitors that anyone wishing to buy the album was greeted with an error message. "mbv" is distinctively My Bloody Valentine, but it does not attempt to recreate "Loveless"; instead, it updates their fuzzy-yet-ethereal sound into the 21st century. Shoegaze, a genre characterized by hazy noise and a lack of movement onstage, a genre that My Bloody Valentine arguably invented,

Unknown Mortal Orchestra II

My personal favorite album of the month, "II" is a much more mature version of Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 2011 self-titled debut. Darker, deeper and ultimately more rewarding, "II" shows frontman Ruban Nelson's ability to balance complex, psychedelic-influenced pop melodies with his wicked guitar skills. Rather than getting caught up in how many key changes occur in some of the songs (answer: a lot), the album's main takeaway are songs that stay stuck in your head for days — just lis-

Beach Fossils

Clash the Truth Of all the bands riding the reverbed-out, Captured Tracks-esque trend of surfy indie pop a few years ago, Beach Fossils may have been the best with their 2010 self-titled debut.

Many bands have moved away from that trend recently, but Beach Fossils continues on with "Clash the Truth," a similar affair but with higher production value. What they sacrifice for slickness, however, is the intimacy present on their first album; Beach Fossils are grown up and professional now, and while still breezy, reverby and introspective, are a little less fun.

Iceage

You're Nothing Iceage's music is not for everybody: Steeped in a tradition of hard, brash punk first popularized by bands in the '70s and '80s, the Danish band's songs are both immediate and aggressive. While they've toned it down a bit on their second album, "You're Nothing," their music still maintains

its status as hardcore punk, but does it with a level of introspection and gravitas uncommon in punk music.

"You're Nothing" is still fierce and urgent, but repeated listens reveal nuanced song structures and lyrics, creating an overall record that is more complex than it first appears.

Bilal

A Love Surreal Bilal's third full-length release deserves the title Smoothest Album of the Year. Infusing his jazz roots with funk and soul, Bilal is more comfortable than ever in his own skin, and his music speaks volumes of it. Bilal's first asset has always been his voice — he's classically trained in opera — but everything else on "A Love Surreal" — the composition, the instrumentation, the production done mostly himself — is equally as strong. Bilal is at the top of his game on this album; here's to hoping it's only upward from here.

Other releases worth checking out:

Previously reviewed electronic album "Amok" by supergroup Atoms of Peace; Nick Cave & the Bad

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ment and view it in person, the RSO will be live streaming the event over the Internet at twitch.tv/razorbackgamingtv, Deininger said.

Summoners wage war on March 2, so don't miss out on the mayhem.

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Bill Watterson

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MUSIC

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Seeds' surprisingly un-grungy "Push the Sky Away"; Chapel Hill-area country-folk duo Mount Moriah's sophomore release, "Miracle Temple"; Electronic wizard Jamie Lidell's bouncy high-fi self-titled album; Jim James of My Morning Jacket's soulful and introspective "Regions of Light and Sound of God"; Thao & the Get Down Stay Down's fun, upbeat, folk-pop record "We the Common"; Foals' slicked-back and tightened-up major-label debut "Holy Fire"; Veronica Falls' parttwee, part-goth indie pop sophomore album "Waiting for Something to Happen"; "Honeys," the aggressive, high-energy release from hardcore punk-rockers Pissed Jeans; "No Elephants," the soft and melodic album by longtime femme singersongwriter Lisa Germano; Jacco Gardner's "Cabinet of Curiosities," a fantastical, whimsical recreation of '60s baroque pop; Shout Out Louds' polished, Cure-esque indie pop release, "Optica"; electro-rock band STRFKR's retro-inspired, super danceable third album "Miracle Mile"; Eat Skull's lo-fi, fuzzed-out yet melodic release, "III"; Doldrums' disjoint, glitchy and mesmerizing indie electronic album, "Lesser Evil"; and Autre Ne Veut's highly polished '80s-influenced hipster R&B triumph, "Anxiety."

Scott Hilburn

ACROSS 1 Send with an email 7 With 22-, 37- or 48-Across, familiar line 14 It has its charms 15 Password accompaniment 17 Mail for King Arthur 18 “Pull it together” 19 Fed. management and support agency 21 Fabric 22 See 7-Across 29 Ken and Lena of Hollywood 30 Tell-all account 31 Mosquito-borne fever 33 Islet 34 Preschool downtime 37 See 7-Across 41 Disapproving sound 42 Ballpark fig.

43 Two-__ 44 Shrill laugh 47 Bookkeeper’s deduction 48 See 7-Across 50 Literature Nobelist __ Bashevis Singer 52 __ Lanka 53 Words often said with a fist pump 57 Easy pill to swallow

62 Where a shopping list may be jotted down 63 Word of exasperation 64 Probable response to 7-/22-, 7-/37- or 7-/48-Across 65 Saved DOWN 1 Gardner of “The Killers” 2 NYY opponent, on scoreboards 3 Cat on the prowl 4 Excitement 5 Forks over reluctantly 6 __ trade 7 An O may symbolize one 8 Odessa-to-Austin dir.

9 To this point 10 Leaflike parts 11 “Life of Pi” director 12 Unseen “Red” character in “Peanuts” 13 Give off 16 N.T. book 20 “All bets __ off ” 22 Buffalo Bill and the Wyoming city named for him 23 Kitchen spreads 24 Frigid forecast word

25 Tech sch. grad 26 “Bingo!”

27 Andy’s TV son 28 Pics 32 To-be, in politics 34 Capone associate 35 Words after crack or fry 36 1996 role for Madonna or Jonathan Pryce 38 Sets a price of 39 Adjust, as to a new situation 40 Prey for a Hauskatze 44 Alpine dwelling 45 Battery not included, perhaps 46 Aurora, to the Greeks 48 Refrain from claiming 49 Prods 50 Like Vivaldi’s “Spring” 51 Joined the choir 54 Scooby-__ 55 Tape speed unit: Abbr.

56 Hanoi holiday 58 John of London 59 Nasty mutt 60 Birthday candle number 61 Prof ’s deg.

Sports Editor: Kristen Coppola Assistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

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BASEBALL

Hogs Head to Arizona for 4 Games Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

The Arkansas baseball team has continued its hot start to the season, sweeping Evansville at Baum Stadium over the weekend.

The Diamond Hogs next travel to Surprise, Ariz., for four games at the Coca-Cola Classic against Arizona State, Gonzaga and Pacific. This will be the Hogs’ first power conference level of competition, with Arizona State ranked No. 24 in the country by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.

“I think its a great test. The quality of competition is really good,” head coach Dave Van Horn said.

Senior left-handed pitcher Randall Fant will get his first start of the season Sunday against Pacific. Fant has missed the first two weeks of the season with a hamstring injury, but Van Horn expects to get 40-45 pitches and three or so innings out of him before working in some other pitchers.

“He’s about ready to go, we’re going to let him go through the whole starter routine,” Van Horn said.

In other injury news, infielder Dominic Ficociello will also make his first appearance of the season after suffering a strained oblique. The switchhitting Ficociello has been fine from the right side of the plate and taking ground balls in practice, and will start against left handed pitchers in Arizona

BASKETBALL

Seniors to Play Final Hog Games Liz Beadle Staff Writer

The Razorback women’s basketball team closes out its regular season this week with games against Florida and Ole Miss.

The Hogs are 17-10 and 5-9 in the Southeastern Conference this season. They take on Florida in Gainesville Thursday then close out the regular season at home Sunday against Ole Miss.

Sunday’s game will also be the venue for senior day for the four seniors on this team.

Kelsey Hatcher, Sarah Watkins, Quistelle Williams and Erin Gatling will all play their last game as a Razorback in Bud Walton on Sunday.

“For me it has kind of sunk in. I realize that college basketball is ending; it’s making me very sentimental,” Watkins said.

“It’s real motivation for these

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GOLF

Razorbacks Finish 4th in Florida

Zack Wheeler Staff Writer

Logan Webster Staff Photographer Trey Killian delivers a pitch during a game against Evansville Sunday. Killian will start Saturday against No. 24 Arizona State. if everything goes according to plan.

Ryne Stanek, Barrett Astin and Trey Killian will start the Thursday, Friday and Saturday games at the Coca-Cola classic, respectively.

Stanek has had some minor issues with control in his first two starts of the season, throwing 76 pitches in three innings in his last appearance against Evansville. In his first two starts, Stanek threw 25 pitches in the first inning of each game.

“Hopefully this weekend

he’ll get off to a good start,” Van Horn said.

The right-handed Astin is in for a pitchers duel Friday against Gonzaga left-hander Marco Gonzales, who was awarded numerous All-American selections a season ago.

Killian, a freshman righthander, is off to a fantastic start to the season with a 0.00 ERA in 7.2 innings pitched to start the season. He’ll see his first stiff competition against Arizona State Saturday, but Van Horn made it clear that plenty

of pitchers on the roster will be throwing this weekend.

Arkansas has started the season hot at the plate, hitting .312 as a team while averaging nearly eight runs per game.

Catcher Jake Wise and outfielders Tyler Spoon and Joe Serrano had big weekends at the plate against Evansville.

Wise hit .545 with a home run and six RBIs against the Aces, while Spoon had seven RBIs, four of those coming off a grand slam in game two of the three games in the series.

Serrano has been getting the most out of his plate appearances, having a knack for getting on base and scoring four runs over the weekend against Evansville.

“He’s been a really tough out. He will either DH or play left field, and we need his bat in the lineup,” Van Horn said about Serrano.

The Coca-Cola classic will close Sunday against Pacific, after which the Hogs return to Fayetteville for a four-game series against San Diego State.

SWIMMING

The final round of the John Hayt Invitational, held at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., was rained out Tuesday, leaving the No. 14 Arkansas men’s golf team in fourth place after only 36 holes of play.

The Razorbacks only made it to the third and fourth hole before play was suspended due to the inclement weather. The Razorbacks had made their move on day two, getting their score to 11over par for their tie at fourth place. The tournament host, No. 25 North Florida, secured the win.

Day one of the invitational, the Hogs were led by junior William Meason, who carded a one-under par 71.

He led the Razorbacks to a team total of five-over par that tied for ninth place after the first day.

Junior Sebastian Cappelen started day one with two bogeys, but got back to evenpar and wound up finishing his round the same. Senior Austin Cook and sophomore Thomas Sorensen finished with rounds of three-over par to put down the final two scores for the Razorbacks.

Competing as an indi-

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8 Records Fall to Razorbacks Eric Harris Staff Writer

The Arkansas swimming and diving squad is looking ahead to a strong showing at the NCAA National meet after a record breaking performance at the Southeastern Conference Championship last weekend.

The Razorbacks capped one of the top seasons in school history with a sixthplace finish at the SEC Championships, a performance that included eight new school records.

“There were a lot of great swims and personal bests,” head coach Sean Schimmel said.

Leading the Razorbacks was sophomore Nikki Daniels, who played a part in two school records.

Her first record came in

the 100-meter breaststroke.

With a time of 59.26 seconds Daniels shattered her old school record.

Daniels received an ‘A’ cut for the swim. It is the first individual ‘A’ cut for the Razorbacks since Yi-Ting Siow earned one in 2010 in the 400 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.

Her second school record came as a part of the 400 medley relay.

Shana Lim, Daniels, Susanna White and Nina Drolc teamed up for a time of 3:36.63 to record a NCAA ‘B’ cut time and a sixth-place finish in the finals.

The other ‘A’ cut time came in the 200 medley relay.

The relay team of Shana Lim, Daniels, White and Drolc recorded the first NCAA ‘A’ cut time on a relay in school history as they went on to swim a school record 1:37.79.

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Addison Morgan Staff Photographer Swimming and diving coach head coach Sean Schimmel discussed his team’s record breaking performances and the upcoming NCAA championship meet.

COMMENTARY

A Few Good Reasons Why the NCAA Isn’t So Bad

Liz Beadle Staff Writer The National Collegiate Athletic Association does not have the best reputation in the national media. Within the last month, the hairy situation and botched enforcement job at the University of Miami has caused

a firestorm of criticism to be thrown at the NCAA — especially its head honcho, Mark Emmert.

The NCAA’s role as a governing body over most collegiate sports in this country is largely ignored. It’s a logo you see in the corner of the screen during March Madness, but they actually do serve a purpose.

What?! They do things?!

I would venture to argue that they do a lot, and that they do a lot of good. They fail from time to time as all human institutions do, but people in the national sports media seem very quick to throw stones at an organization whose purpose they do not fully grasp.

The situation at Miami is bad. You cannot have your enforcement staff go down there and start paying lawyers for depositions and expect to get away with it. NCAA rules are not United States law.

The thing is, the NCAA recognized the wrong done in a big way. They fired their VP of Enforcement over the debacle and President Emmert had this to say: (amongst other things) “This is something that’s an embarrassment to our association and our staff — this is not a good situation at all.”

And now people are saying firing the VP of Enforcement was like firing your defensive coordinator and expecting to suddenly have a good defense.

There are surely still those calling for President Emmert’s head on a stake.

The good news about the NCAA is that it is just that, an association. It is an association of 1,281 institutions from across the United States and Canada.

Associations are governed by their members. If member institutions want change at the executive level, change will happen.

So often this is misunderstood and the NCAA is seen as “them” and your personal member institution is seen as “us” and they are pitted against each other.

Call me naïve, but the idea that the NCAA does everything in its power to carry out its mis-

sion of protecting student athletes is not an unbelievable one to me. Sure it has its problems both externally and internally, but at the end of the day, the hatred for an institution that tries to get everyone to play by the rules is insane.

Please don’t think I am just blindly defending an institution that admittedly leaves much to be desired in certain areas. I do feel that a deeper grasp of how governance works at the NCAA is necessary for everyone from casual football fan to university chancellor. No one understands it, not even long-time staff members of the NCAA. The big, bad NCAA is faced with more openly brutal scrutiny than I can remember in my

lifetime. And yet it is the institution that makes the college sports world go round and for that we are eternally grateful.

If they do what they say they’re doing and continue to make sure they play by the rules as they enforce the rules back on their members, there is no reason not to entertain the idea of trusting them again.

After all, the NCAA is a nonprofit association of institutions of higher education. That really doesn’t sound so scary, does it?

Liz Beadle is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other week. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

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RECORDS continued from page 7

The 400 freestyle relay was another record-breaking performance for Arkansas.

“We’ve been working on relays all year. It’s been a major priority for us.”

Sean Schimmel

Head Swimming Coach

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Senior Austin Cook drives his ball down the fairway at the John Hayt Invitational Monday. Cook recorded the best individual round of the tournament Monday. vidual, freshman Nicholas Echavarria had a strong outing when he shot two-under par to tie for 10th individually. Freshman Taylor Moore struggled on day one, carding a five-over par with 8 bogeys.

Day two was more of a struggle for golfers all across the course. Cook led the Razorbacks with a score of two-under par.

Cappelen carded his second straight round of evenpar with three birdies and three bogeys. Cappelen maneuvered his way to one of the better rounds of the day

by any player and moved from 25th into a tie for 12th individually.

Cook’s two-under par score, the fourth-best individual round of the day, allowed the Razorbacks to move from sixth into a tie for fourth at the tournament which featured six top 25 teams.

North Florida posted a second consecutive round of under par as a team to hold a 12-stroke lead that wound up winning the event.

Arkansas had to count two scores of over par on day two, as Moore, Sorensen

and Meason all struggled to reach par on the day. No. 11 Duke finished in second at five-under par and was followed by Central Florida (+9) and Arkansas, North Texas and No. 7 Florida who all tied with totals of 11-over par.

Arkansas will return to the course when they resume play March 11-12 at the General Hackler Invitational being held at TPC of Myrtle Beach at Murrells Inlet, S.C. The competition field includes teams such as Florida State, Kansas State, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Drolc, Anna Mayfield, Monroe, and White swam for a time of 3:18.47, seventh in the finals and a NCAA ‘B’ cut swim.

The emergence of the relays has been something Schimmel has been focused on all season.

“We have been working on relays all year. It’s been a major priority for us,” Schimmel said.

In the 100 freestyle, the Razorbacks recorded the top two times in school history. White and Drolc posted times of 49.51 and 49.55 to set the new records.

The Razorbacks closed out the meet with eight school records. They re-broke six records and added two more, which puts the total count of new school records in Schimmel’s season at 10.

The Hogs have been preparing for the upcoming NCAA national meet, where Schimmel is excited to possibly have the largest group of swimmers there in his time as the Hogs’ head coach.

“It’s something I’m very passionate about,” Schimmel said. “ I am excited about the opportunity.”

However, before the NCAA meet, is the last chance meet for swimmers in Athens, Ga. The Hogs must wait and see the results in other conference championships before knowing what swimmers will compete for a chance at the National Championships in Indianapolis.

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Head coach Tom Collen was sure to point out that he tries to avoid putting pressure on the team and does not want them to feel like their college careers are ending on a low note.

“They have to prove they can step up yet again,” Collen said of the Razorbacks who have lost their last two games in a row at Georgia and against Tennessee. “Not laying down and quitting or feeling their season is over with — that’s an important lesson for them.”

In order for Arkansas to pull off an NCAA tournament bid, it is all but imperative that they win their last two regular season games and make a run in the SEC Tournament.

“I want to start the run in Florida,” Williams said of the Hogs’ matchup with the Gators Thursday.

Arkansas is tied with Florida for the No. 8/9 seed in the SEC Tournament. Last year, the Hogs defeated the Gators 73-72 in double overtime in Fayetteville.

“It’s kind of scary how similar to us they are,” Collen said. “I bet they’re glad we’re coming to their place this time.”

Although Collen said he is trying to keep the pressure off, there is obviously a lot of pressure on his team as the regular season comes to

a close.

“I finally expressed to them that I feel like our backs are against the wall. We have to go down there and get a big road win,” Collen said.

“We know that these games are must-wins essentially, but we need to just go into those games relaxed and be confident,” Gatling said.

“The pressure is tough but we know we’re an NCAA team, whether everybody else knows it or not yet.”

Collen added that it is mature of Gatling to know her team well enough to know that they play so much better when they’re loose and relaxed. “Women are much more resilient that way,” he said. “They put value on things other than winning and losing sometimes.”

The two games this week could very well be some of the last basketball games these seniors ever play.

“It’s bittersweet,” Gatling said of the end of her senior year. “Well, right now it’s just bitter but hopefully the sweet part will come.”

“They’ve all been difference makers for us,” Collen said of his seniors. “We owe them a lot. It always gets sad when you start thinking about the fact that you’re really going to miss them as people. I like this team a lot.”

Arkansas continues play Thursday at 6 p.m. in Gainsville, Fla.