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Razorback Invitational to Feature Six Ranked Teams After a meet at Texas A&M filled with tough competition that the Razorbacks will see again in the championships, the men’s track and field team retained their No. 1 ranking. Full Story, Page 7
Alex March Staff Writer our months and the spring semester stand between this weekend and Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. Friday night at George’s Majestic Lounge, the Waka Winter Classic will bring a little Mulberry Mountain to Fayetteville. Five local bands will battle for a spot on the festival lineup, and tickets to the action are only five dollars. Elsewhere in Fayetteville, Teatro Scarpino has a salsa night, The Stolen Glass will host a hip-hop night, and Rogue has dance music put on by Cool Shoes. Live music will be pouring out of the bars in Fayetteville, so tango, grind, or groove to whichever style you choose.
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Athletic Staff, Fans Connect Using Twitter UA Athletic Director Jeff Long and Razorback football head coach Bret Bielema use Twitter to connect to their fans — and even their non-fans — and for this reason, many students admire the two. Full Story, Page 7
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With the last of the three lineup announcements occurring last week, fans of Wakarusa can feel the excitement building for this year’s festival. Widespread Panic, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg), STS9, and The Black Crowes are headlining the 2013 installment. Other big name acts include Umphrey’s McGee, Of Monsters and Men, and Dispatch. The headliners are well and good, but anyone who has been to Wakarusa knows some of the most memorable shows are the ones you never intended to see. With that same spirit, Wakarusa hosts the Waka Winter Classic to allow regional bands the chance to share the playbill with the likes of Widespread or Snoop. Sure, it might be a 3:30 p.m. show on the Backwoods Stage, but it is still a major music festival. Waka Winter Classic travels all over, from Denver to Memphis, and the tour will be stopping in Fayetteville. The Fayetteville bands slated for the contest are Groovement, Spacecamp, Cadillac Jackson, Flipoff Pirates, and Revolution Butterfly. The festivities begin at 9:30, and all the bands keep Facebook pages with music available to stream. Groovement is a funk-rock group with a sound that is “like Robert Randolph and Stevie Wonder ate some New Orleans Red Hot Chili Peppers,” according to the band’s website. Cadillac Jackson brings the funk, too. Cadillac Jackson frequented to now-defunct Legacy Blues. Fellow funk band Flipoff Pirates brings a diverse musical background, which shows
up in their music. Spacecamp, a trance group, is the lone electronic act of the night. Certainly the most unique group competing is Revolution Butterfly. The hip-hop/ funk group has high-energy, politically charged lyrics, which is a break from more traditional jam groups at Wakarusa. At $5 a ticket, this is one of the cheapest shows in Fayetteville all year. It works out to just a dollar per band, and everyone could use a little sunny Mulberry Mountain on a cold December night.
OTHER HAPPENINGS Teatro Scarpino, located on West Street, has a full calendar this weekend. Friday night, local favorites Boom Kinetic will be playing a benefit 80’s-themed show for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Tickets are $20, and all proceeds from the door will be donated to the hospital. On Saturday, Scarpino has Salsa Night with Calle Soul. There is a $10 cover, with salsa and bachata lessons startings at 9:00, and the show following at 10:00. More information on either event can be found at Teatro Scarpino’s Facebook page. There will be a free Hip Hop show on Saturday
Night at The Stolen Glass on Center Street. Kansas City rappers Huey P. Nuisance, iR neKo, and DJ Dulo will be joining local talent T Jay, Bloka, and DJ E-YO. There is no cover charge, and the bar will have drink specials all night. The show begins at 9:00. After a busy Friday night, George’s will host an evening of electronic music with The Floozies headling. Montu, Manic Focus, and Bizar will be accompanying. If you didn’t get enough Wakarusa in on Friday night, catch Saturday night’s action and spend some time with the dreadlock crowd. Tickets are only $8. Cool Shoes, the popular dance music events, will be promoting Austin, TX DJ Psymbionic at Rogue. Tickets are $8 for people 18-20 years old, and $5 for those over 21. Wolf-e-wolf and Jason D will also be contributing to the vibes. Cool Shoes is a monthly series, which recently moved from Little Rock to Fayetteville. If you aren’t looking to rage, Smoke and Barrel has Georgia-based roots group Delta Soul with a $3 cover. Saturday night, Fayetteville’s Perpetual Werewolf! will be playing for a $3 cover.
Mother Starts First NWA Angels Pageant for Special Needs Kids Sara Osuna Contributing Writer
Everything was ready. The tiaras and crowns, the sashes and the roses. It was all on stage. The emcees and the escorts were getting in place. The participants were getting primed in hair and makeup. The audience was seated. Just five more minutes. A volunteer walked up to Daphne England. “The wheelchair lift isn’t working.” England had a moment of panic. They are supposed to be on stage with the rest of the participants, she thought. They are supposed to feel like everyone else. England was out of options. The
participants in wheelchairs had to be wheeled to the center below the stage, where the audience had a harder time seeing them. England sighed. My daughter is in a wheelchair too. That day, Nov. 3., England had coordinated the first Northwest Arkansas Angels Pageant for kids with special needs at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. The 50 participants varied in age and had a wide range of disabilities. The youngest Angel was a seven month old and the oldest was 70 years old. Some participants, like England’s daughter, Morgan, had cerebral palsy. Other participants had autism, some Down syndrome, many kids had hydrocephalus (fluid in the brain),
and some had disabilities England had never heard of. “This has to be a unique experience,” England says. “These kids need to feel like the most important person in the world for at least five minutes. I’m a mom of one of these kids.” England’s involvement in the pageant began in February. One of her friends told her about an Angels Pageant being hosted in Beebe and encouraged her to sign up her 14-year old daughter, Morgan. Morgan watches all the beauty shows and had asked many times to join one. “I would be scared of the ridicule she might face in a pageant like that,” England said about regular pageants. “I don’t want to put her in a position
where she is judged with everything she has going on.” Cerebral palsy is a disorder that can involve brain or nervous system dysfunctions. Morgan has a nervous system dysfunction. Morgan is in a wheelchair, can’t hold her head up all the way, can’t talk clearly, is dependent on a feeding tube and wears a diaper. Morgan was born in Hope Ark. on Jan. 5, 1998, almost two weeks late. England had a normal pregnancy. Morgan was active; she moved and kicked inside her mother. Everything seemed to be on track. Her December due date came and went. Her doctor scheduled her for a
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Spring Rush Begins for New Sororities
Jaime Dunaway Staff Writer
Spring rush has begun for sororities with numbers lower than campus total, Greek Life officials said. While the National PanHellenic Council does not participate in formal recruitment in the spring, a few chapters participate in open recruitment in the spring semester because their chapter size is below the UA’s campus total of 300, said Parice Bowser, Greek Life director. The NPHC does not regulate the activities of open recruitment to the degree that regulation occurs in the fall semester, so the process is much more relaxed, she said. Open recruitment occurs to give chapters every opportunity to have members numbering at the campus total. Alpha Chi Omega has set
up information tables outside the Union for women who are interested or have questions about the organization. The new sororities have also organized meet-and-greet recruitment events, including Snowed In with Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Mu’s Percentage Night at Chick-Fil-A, which will benefit their philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network. Transfer students and women not involved in a sorority have shown interest in rushing during the spring semester, said Kristen Smith, Alpha Chi Omega member. Nearly 40 girls have shown interest, and more than half have signed up for an interview. In addition to attending organizational interviews and events, all students interested in going Greek must attend an intake seminar held by the Office of Greek Life, where they are informed about haz-
ing policies and are able to ask general questions about the intake process, Bowser said. Despite numbers below the campus total, the new sororities are settling in to campus life, and many members said they feel very welcome at the UA. “I feel like Alpha Chi Omega is getting off to a really great start,” said Shawnya Wethington, sophomore journalism major. “Being a member of the founding class is such a unique and truly incredible experience. We are able to get to know each other on a more personal level, which has allowed us to become such a supportive and tight-knit group of sisters.” In its first semester, Alpha Chi Omega participated in several Greek-wide events such as the Watermelon Bust and Carol of the Greeks, Wethington said. Members have participated in intra-
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mural sports teams and have partnered with Peace at Home Family Shelter in Fayetteville, whose mission is to end domestic violence. “Greek Life has been extremely welcoming,” Wethington said. “I know we’ve enjoyed our activities with all the fraternities and sororities on campus.” Women from other sororities have helped in the recruitment process by recommending the organization to non-Greek-affiliated students and offering words of encouragement as they walk by the recruitment tables, Smith said. “We definitely mesh well with the other sororities and fraternities on campus,” said Kerbie Merrill, Alpha Chi Omega member. “We have multiple social events with each fraternity and sorority. We’re being accepted very well, and we’re very appreciative of what they do for us.”
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Reality TV Show ‘American Arkansas Artist Memorial Enhances Fayetteville Square Pickers’ to Visit Arkansas Megan Smith Contributing Writer
Popular television series “American Pickers” is coming to Arkansas and could even end up right here in Fayetteville. “American Pickers” is a reality television show on the History Channel. The show follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz around the Midwest as they hunt for antiques, an activity known as “picking.” Danielle ColbyCushman generates leads to areas the pickers may want to investigate. She doesn’t travel with the men, but instead runs their business, Antique Archaeology, in Le Claire, Iowa. There are many reasons why pickers may want to visit Fayetteville. Forbes lists Fayetteville as No. 19 on their Best Places for Business and Careers list. Hitting the top 20 in this list could cause any number of pickers to want to visit the area and see what they can find. Sperling’s Best Places has even called Fayetteville “one of the country’s best-kept secrets with its thriving economy.” If any area has been able to keep its economy going fairly well in the face of the 2008 recession, then more
residents are likely to keep hold of their heirlooms rather than sell them. However, most pickers like to find a house or person worth looking into for a particular artifact. In the case of Wolfe and Fritz, they will chase down leads to barns full of what appears to be junk, check the trash or even knock on the door of a hoarder. Be-
Wolfe and Fritz cause of this, they are able to fill their store with antiques and stay in business. “Fayetteville has a ton of small-time collectors and hoarders,” said Stephanie White, a longtime resident of Fayetteville. “You could look out on my dad’s carport and find something of value in all the rubble. If they could sift through the college junk, then I’m sure they would find a gem.” Although northwest Arkansas has plenty of rural areas, scenic Mount Sequoyah and nearby Bentonville,
Fayetteville is still a college town. There is a good chance of finding antique Walmart or even older Razorback memorabilia, but there’s also a strong possibility of finding a large collection of cheap college material. Fayetteville could be very hit or miss, but that thrill could also make the pickers choose this area over any other in Arkansas. While important, it’s not all about getting money in the end. The owners revel in the history of the artifacts they find. Amateur collectors and historians are likely to know much more about the heirlooms they own than anyone else. With this, a story can go along with the item, which can make it much more desirable. “American Pickers” is essentially bringing “Antiques Roadshow” to the people and instead buying the artifact from the owner. In the end, it would certainly be exciting for “American Pickers” to visit Fayetteville. It’s inevitable that many will attempt to bring the team to areas they feel would contain a knickknack worth some value, and it’s likely they would find one with the right lead. There is still time to submit ideas, so if “American Pickers” should come to Fayetteville, either send them an email at americanpickers@cineflix. com or call 646-493-2184.
Colby More Than a Pretty Face on ‘American Pickers’ Susan Pierce Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
What are the odds of turning a chance encounter at a yard sale into a national TV gig? That’s just how Danielle Colby says she met Mike Wolfe more than 10 years ago. They were both eyeing the same “find” and struck up a conversation. Wolfe and his buddy, Frank Fritz, are the popular pair who star in the History Channel’s top-rated “American Pickers.” The Laurel and Hardy-like duo travel the country, scouring basements and barns for collectibles and treasures, then explaining to viewers the value of their finds before driving on to the next pick -- rather like a drive-by “Antiques Roadshow.” Their discoveries are resold either to collectors or through their store, Antique Archeology, which Colby manages. “There are rumors as to whether the business is real or if it’s just for TV. It is real, we actually do work there, we do depend on it for our livelihood,” Colby says in a phone interview earlier this week from Chicago. Colby says that, three to four days a week, she makes the two-hour trip from her home in Chicago to work at Antique Archaeology in LeClaire, Iowa. Viewers know she was also the driving force behind opening the pickers’ second store in Nashville, which she says she frequently visits. She also owns her own store, 4 Miles to Memphis in Chicago, which her husband and niece run. Colby says it’s not unusual for fans at meet-and-greets -- like the one she’s doing tonight in Chattanooga -- to bring in items for her inspection, but she’s quick to add “the boys know so much more about antiques than I do as far as value goes. “I do the best that I can. I am really awesome with
Google.” While Wolfe and Fritz are the stars of “American Pickers,” fans will readily say that Colby is the brains behind the operation. “They may go out and find the stuff, but she runs the company,” says viewer Thomas Rayburn, an East Brainerd resident. “The thing I like about her is the way she takes a lot of mess off Frank and Mike all the time. Like the time she needed a car or a raise and they bought her that little mini car.” (Colby called it a clown car in the episode.) “Mike and Frank are average guys, and she’s anything but average-looking,” says Rayburn.
carry these people and moments with me the rest of my life. All of them are about my loved ones.” Lala Hartline, owner of Evermore Galleries on Shallowford Road, says Colby’s two most prominent tattoos are called a chest piece. They include a turquoise and rose design resembling a necklace around her collarbone with a cheetah pattern beneath. “My sister and I used to do Roller Derby together,” explains Colby. “She is crazy about flowers so my tattoo artist designed it to bring the two of us together.” The cheetah-skin tattoo, meanwhile, represents the close affinity she feels for the
“I do the best that I can. I am really awesome with Google.” Danielle Colby Indeed, her cat-eye makeup, boho fashion style and tattoos give Colby an edgy look that sets her apart in television. Wolfe has said in interviews that Colby’s unique look is one reason he hired her for the show, not to mention her business savvy. Although her body is a palette for more than 30 tattoos -- so many even Colby says she has lost count -- she’s adamant that it’s not just gratuitous ink. “I’m not one of those tattoo collectors out to collect as many as possible. I have certain people I like to collect work from and, when the moment hits me just right, I will have a piece done,” she says. Jack Pendergrass, of Rite of Passage on North Market Street, recognized Colby’s tats as custom work designed exclusively for her. “Every last one has special meaning,” Colby concurs. “A lot of them, unfortunately, are about death and love and people I’ve lost. A lot of my body is a memorium of sorts. I just want to make sure to
wild animal. Viewers frequently hear Wolfe call Colby “Dannie D” on the show and she explains that the nickname is one that her “dad’s best friend gave me growing up because my dad drove an old diesel Mercedes.” “That name has stuck my entire life,” she says, noting that it was her name when she was in Roller Derby and is now the name she uses in her act as a burlesque dancer, aka stripper. “When I get onstage, the performance matches that name; it’s not a frilly and delicate show,” she jokes. Her burlesque career is a startling pursuit for a girl who grew up in the strict household of Jehovah’s Witness parents. But Colby is passionate about the performance art, even though she says it has caused an irreparable separation from her family. She says she spends countless hours studying the moves and techniques of burlesque legends in old video because she wants a “classic, vintage, vaudeville take on stripping.”
Jeannette Bridoux Contributing Writer
Fundraising has begun for the Arkansas Entertainers Walk of Fame, the newest addition to the Fayetteville arts district that will be placed along Center Street on the Square. Butch Stone, music manager, music promoter and Arkansas native, created the induction board and will select the entertainers for the Walk of Fame. Featured artists will be chosen because they have established themselves in the areas of literacy, music, film or visual arts, Stone said. Mayor Jordan and other city officials, including Dede Peters, community outreach coordinator, saw Stone’s idea as a great opportunity to support the arts in a meaningful way, Peters said. It’s a great place for the monument because of the public access, Peters said. The city will pay for the installation and maintenance costs, Peters said. The induction board will collaborate and
select the first set of names to be engraved in the Arkansas Entertainers Walk of Fame. The induction board includes members from the Arkansas Film Commission, Bigbee Enterprises, Cumulus Broadcasting and other organizations. Entertainers will be added annually with a public concert and reception, Stone said. Construction for the plaque is expected to begin July of this year, he said. During the reception, the public will have the opportunity to meet members of the Walk of Fame induction board as well as the inductees. Each selected entertainer will receive their own twoby-two bronze diamond with the entertainer’s name, their distinguished field and their sponsors. Stone and others established the 501C3 group to raise funds for the Walk of Fame through individual and corporation donations, Stone said. All donors are listed in the brochure and participate in the annual reception, Stone said. Projected costs for the Walk of Fame, including the con-
Crystal Bridges Offers Ambassador Program Nuri Heo Staff Writer
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is offering a college ambassador program for students who are passionate about the arts. Participants will experience many facets of the museum and be part of a group working together to obtain professional practice and research, according to the Crystal Bridges website. The program’s goal is to develop collegiate learning through networking opportunities, vivid museum programs and engagement for college students. Other organizations will help plan the museum’s college programming, including a culminating event or community project for the spring of 2013, according to the website. The applications are due Jan. 31, 2013, and up to 25 participants will be selected. All registered college and university students who are interested in art are eligible to apply. Applicants should fill out the online application with a brief essay of 500 to 1000 words on why they would like to be a
college ambassador. Applicants will be informed of the results by Feb. 7, and the program’s first meeting will be during the last week of February. Jeannie Hulen, chair associate professor, said the program sounds interesting and has a lot of potential for students. Hulen said that students will see the benefit from the program and students’ access will be great. The program encourages students to be more active in the arts and to participate in artistic and educational activities. “I think it is a good opportunity for students to learn more details about arts,” said Youjin Kim, UA student. “I have always been interested in arts but could not find enough opportunities in my community. Now I am so happy that there is the program like this for students who have interests with arts, and we can have a chance to work with professionals from the museum. I will definitely apply for the program, although the participants are limited. I hope to get selected.”
cert and reception, are roughly $100,000, Stone said. By creating the plaque, Stone said he wants to establish a tradition that will continue on to future generations. “It’s something the state can be proud of,” Stone said. Stone said he thought of the idea when working with Jim Ladd, a disc jockey legend, whose father is also from Arkansas. Stone realized the significant amount of predominant Arkansans when the three were talking one day. Stone said wanted to create a monument similar to the one on Hollywood Boulevard, where Ladd’s name is featured. Stone’s professional career began when he became manager of Black Oak, a rock band from the late 1960s and 1970s who were the first group from Arkansas to reach national charts, according to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Stone produced over 400 arts at the Riverfest Amphitheatre and now manages the Maumelle Family Fest in Little Rock, according to the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
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Happy Now or Happy Later?
Clara Spann Contributing Columnist
To eat the cookie, or to go for a run? To stay up until 2 a.m. watching Downton Abbey, or to watch it this weekend after I’ve finished my homework? To throw all my FlexDollars at Starbucks the first two weeks of school, or to save some for finals? You know what I’m talking about. We all stare down decisions like these several times an hour, and, if you’re like me, you usually go for whatever feels best in the moment. In 1969, a now-famous experiment was conducted at Stanford University: preschoolers were placed alone with a tray of sweet goodies such as marshmallows and Oreos. A nice researcher with a measured voice and a secret smile told them that they could eat one right then if they wanted, but if they waited until he got back then they could have two. We, in all our grown-up wisdom, can see quite clearly that waiting for two was the better option. However, it was not so clear to the preschoolers: merely 30% of the tested children were able to wait the fifteen minutes until the researcher returned to give them their well-earned double spoil. The snazzy academic term for ignoring cravings and waiting for a better reward later is “delayed gratification.” However, I prefer to simply think of it as happy now vs. happy later. Choosing happy now means fulfilling immediate desires; choosing happy later means putting off those desires in favor of a higher happiness in two hours, two weeks, or two years. Though on the face of it these decisions don’t seem too significant, they can shape every part of your life and mine. For example, the happy now choices of what I eat and whether or not I exercise today affects my health not just today, but down the road, when arteries are plugged with Baconators and a middle-aged metabolism strikes. The happy now decision to buy another Fayettechill shirt or a daily cup of coffee from Arsaga’s hurts a bit when I don’t have the money for gas or to buy my little sister a nice birthday gift. The happy now decision to
shrug off deadlines means that two days before the papers are due my nerves are stretched so tightly that a sneeze might unravel me entirely. The Stanford study tied a child’s ability to wait for their treat to their later success in school and in careers—the ones who waited had more success in life. A writer for the Wall Street Journal pointed out (in an article unrelated to the study) that “Remarkably… self-control is a better predictor of students’ college grades than IQ or SAT scores.” No small potatoes here. Disciplining ourselves to hold off on what sounds good now for what will certainly be good later provides a sturdy foundation for success—both in the long run and here in school. Self-control isn’t a skill to be learned in a couple of years, when we brandish our fresh degrees and land our first “real job,” or when we put a ring on it, or when the pounds start to stack up. The prime time for learning self-discipline is now, while we can practice on comparatively small things like managing time between classes and budgeting our doubledigit checking accounts. How can we do this? The psychologist that created the Stanford marshmallow test, Walter Mischel, gives his opinion as follows: “If you’re thinking about the marshmallow and how delicious it is, then you’re going to eat it. The key is to avoid thinking about it in the first place.” If we learn to hide the object of desire or distract ourselves in some way—taking a walk, brushing our teeth, forcing ourselves to think of the words of our favorite song—when decisions between happy now and later pop up, we can more successfully save our satisfaction for later. Personally, I have found that another good way to bypass impulsive decisions is to force myself to think of the long-term results of my actions. So now you know. The question is, what will you do? Will you keep settling for the often thin, piddly happy now, or start mustering up the strength to say no and be happy later? Clara Spann is a contributing columnist.
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Study Abroad Should be Required
Joe DelNero Contributing Columnist College is presented as the place to try new things and meet new people. After freshman year, however, most students form regular schedules drifting into a college comfort zone doing the same activities in the same clubs with the same people. After my freshman year, I had the club ultimate frisbee team and the university television station without any desire to look for other social clubs. My classes became journalism focused and the next two years, I was in classes with the same 30 students. It took me two years to figure out I was stuck in my comfort zone, within which, there was nothing new. There was only the expansion of previous clubs, jobs and assignments. Finally, I decided to break out and traveled abroad. I directly enrolled in the University of Auckland in New Zealand for their spring semester. Despite the fact New Zealand is a first world, English speaking country, the people, the clubs, the city and the academics were extremely different. I was introduced to extremely intensive overnight hiking and camping with the university tramping club. I
was taught to drive on the left side of the road and walk on the left side of the sidewalk. And professors quickly taught me to ignore the letter ‘z’ to make room for British spelling in essays, along with an “-ou” in words like “colour” or “flavour.” Even more unique was the reiteration of APA styles with longer essays including pictures, footnotes, diagrams, and even charts embedded in the paper to make a point. Simply living on a college campus planted in a city of half a million residents boggled my mind. At the end of my six month stay, I emerged more versatile in foreign situations and people from extremely different backgrounds. Managers in the global workplace are looking for “cross-cultural competency” and the ability to work in multicultural environments abroad, according to Cheryl Matherly, the assistant dean of student affairs from Rice University. In order to ensure every student graduates with that leg up, Arkansas should require students to spend at least three weeks in a study abroad program. The main deterrent for students not studying abroad is cost. However, there are re-
ciprocal programs that have you pay the normal Arkansas tuition, while a student abroad pays their college tuition and you trade places, with only room and board costs varying. If the UA extended the reciprocal program and formed partnerships with more universities around the world, especially focusing on summer programs, while the majority of students are out of school, there is little reason each of the 25,000 students could spend at least a month experiencing a foreign country. Even working with mission trips and rebuilding efforts abroad deserves university credit because it proves vital cross-cultural competency. In addition to the financially reasonable reciprocal programs, there are massive scholarships along with state and federal grants for students traveling abroad. There are also hundreds of opportunities to get involved in work-study programs where most of the expenses are paid for because you work for the school. Over time, the study abroad costs are proven to help students more than the short term costs. According to the 2012 Institute of Educational Sciences survey, study abroad alumni have a starting salary about $7,000 more than general college graduates.
Also, more than 97 percent of study abroad alumni secure jobs within a year of graduation, compared to 49 percent of general graduates. I am certain there would be exceptions to a mandatory study abroad including medical necessity, but that should be determined by advisors and circumstances. Besides that exception, every student should prove competency abroad. With the help of my professors and my inspirational older brother and sister, I talked with the right people in the study abroad office, did extensive scholarship and university research and had the incredibly opportunity to spend six unforgettable months in New Zealand’s Middle Earth. This should not be an opportunity for the students who put forth this effort. The university should ensure every student has worldly experiences while furthering their education by making it a requirement for graduating students. More money should expand the study abroad office so all 25,000 students can experience a foreign country for at least a month out of their four or five year college stay. Joe DelNero is a contributing columnist. Joe is a senior journalism major.
Universities need to do more to control expenses, help students Peter Morici MCT Campus
Colleges and universities charge too much, deliver too little and channel too many students into a lifetime of debt. Genuine reform must be instigated to curb those abuses. College graduates still earn more and are unemployed less often. However, with so many recent graduates serving cappuccino and treading water in unpaid internships, a fouryear diploma is not the solid investment it once was, and it should not be so often viewed as such a necessity by society. Since 2007-2008, the average pay for recent four-year graduates has fallen nearly 5 percent, while the average earnings of a typical American worker, as tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is up 10 percent. Graduates in high-demand disciplines can still earn strong starting salaries and expect rising earnings as experience grows, but in many majors they face market conditions that have bedeviled skilled manufacturing workers for decades: too many folks chasing too few jobs. Academics tend to see a university education ideal-
istically — cultivating critical thinking and facilitating a satisfying life — but most middle-class families view the situation in more practical terms. For them, a diploma is a capital investment often purchased at extortive prices. Over several decades, Americans have become convinced jobs require a college education which, when evaluated in terms of their objective skill requirements, shouldn’t. Convenience restaurant managers and cellphone salespeople don’t need an diploma in business. Yet, employers often press for several years of college or a degree — because college graduates are cheap and plentiful. The result is that too many young people are pressured into a costly education they don’t need. Universities, enjoying such a captive market, have over-expanded, acceded to faculty demands for light teaching loads, layered on costly bureaucracies, and unconscionably raised the cost of college to beyond what it is worth to students. Outstanding student loans now exceed $1 trillion, with 1 in 6 in default — a ratio that will likely grow. Unlike loans taken to capitalize a small business or buy
a house, student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy, and stories abound of folks in their 40s and 50s still saddled with onerous debt and the elderly with garnisheed Social Security benefits. Colleges often fail to furnish families with all the information necessary to make sound choices — including the probability a student will complete a degree in four years; the full cost of completing a degree; and likely salaries and prospects for repaying loans, especially according to major and for students who attend but do not complete a degree. Too often, university presidents are like bankers who wrote bad mortgages during the housing boom: They admit students, facilitate lots of borrowing, and pay themselves well but don’t have much skin in the game. For their students to qualify for both governmentsponsored and private bank loans, universities should be compelled to provide audited information about the likely time required and cost of obtaining degrees in various majors; salaries graduates earn the first years after graduation, and the resulting repayment burdens; and similar
data for those who attend less than four years. Like CEOs of corporations who must attest to the accuracy of financial statements, college presidents should be required to do the same, and be subject to similar legal penalties for failure. Student loans should be dischargeable in bankruptcy when investments don’t work out; otherwise, we will continue to create debtors for life. Universities should be on the hook for a significant share of defaulted loans — perhaps, 25 percent to 50 percent. Well-run institutions would get their costs under control, seriously evaluate and become transparent about the prospects for a decent-paying job after majoring in art history as opposed to mechanical engineering, and have little problem lining up private investors to insure their share of prospective default liabilities. Schools that take students’ money and deliver too little for it would go the way of Circuit City or the St. Louis Browns, and stop blighting the futures of young people. Peter Morici is an economist and professor at the University of Maryland. This was published in the Baltimore Sun.
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Photo Courtesy of Daphne England Daphne England (right) coordinated the first Northwest Arkansas Angels Pageant for kids with special needs at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale, Ark. Her daughter, Morgan England (left), participated in the pageant among 50 other participants.
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PAGEANT continued from page 1 nonstress test for Jan. 2. The doctor tested the baby’s heart rate for normalcy and had good results. The doctor decided to wait 48 more hours to let England go into labor when her body was ready. If not, he would induce labor on Jan. 4. On Jan. 4, England returned to the hospital at around 10:30 a.m. with irregular contractions. She was only one centimeter dilated and was hooked up to a fetal monitor again. The baby’s heartbeat was normal. Her doctor
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then left. Things started to go bad. Morgan’s heartbeat decelerated while he was away and the nurse did not let the doctor know when he returned later that day. By 6:00 p.m., Daphne was having contractions but she was not dilated so the doctor decided to push the cesarean section to the next day. The nurses did not notice England was dilated nine centimeters until 2:40 a.m. and did not inform England’s doctor until 2:51 a.m., when Morgan’s heartbeat dropped and did not come back up. By the time the doctor returned to perform an emergency C-section. The room had not been prepped and there was no surgical staff available, just one other nurse. England remembers being wheeled into the delivery room, knowing Morgan’s heartbeat was gone. “Please don’t let my baby die,” England said to the nurse as she was being put to sleep. Morgan was born at 3:24 a.m. There was no amniotic fluid left in the amniotic sac, meaning Morgan was dying inside of England. When Morgan was delivered, she was clinically dead for 11 minutes. As a result, she suffered a traumatic brain injury that resulted in cerebral palsy, a condition that England and her husband, Larry, would not know about until four months later, when Morgan started to experience seizures. A doctor at Children’s Hospital in Little Rock told them that Morgan would never have a normal life. “You know,” England said to Larry. “I’m not willing to accept that. That’s not OK with me. These doctors don’t know. They’re not God and they don’t know what she is capable of. There’s just too much potential, I see it in those little eyes.” Morgan started therapy at 6 months old and always got praise from her doctors on her progress. “There is nothing cognitively wrong with my daughter,” England said. “It’s all physical. A doctor put in better than I ever can: Morgan is a normal person trapped inside a body that does not work. Had she been born just 30 minutes before she was, Morgan would be a normal girl.” The England’s eventually settled with the hospital and the doctor. “There is no doubt they [the hospital and doctor] were at fault.” England says. “They did not hold up to the standard of care and as a result of their negligence, she suffers. All of the warning sign were there. The only voice she had was her heartbeat and she was crying out for help. Nobody listened to her.” Fourteen years later, as a student for the UA and pursuing a major in Community Health Promotion, England sits at a table for two at the UA Union food court. With tears falling down her red face, England says she would do things differently if she could. “It’s really hard you know?” She clears her throat. “You think back as a mom and ask, why did I go to that hospital? Why did I choose that doctor?” “Every day,” England’s voice cracks as she wipes the tears from her cheeks. “I feel guilty every day of my life. I don’t think there will ever be a time when I do not cry for my daughter.” On the day of the Springdale pageant, Morgan was dressed in a sleeveless black ball gown with silver sparkles. Her name was called and an escort wheeled her to the center below the stage, while England watched from the sides with her hand on her mouth. Morgan was presented with a rose and a sash as someone put on her crown, which would slide to the right. Morgan was all smiles as she returned to her place beside her mother, while England was
all tears. After staring at her daughter for a few moments, England wiped the tears from her eyes, put her hands on each side of Morgan’s face, and kissed her. “We come from a town that had nothing for kids with special needs,” England says. “My daughter had to sit and watch other kids play and take parts in other activities. She has spent her entire life watching from the sidelines. The pageant was one of the first things she’s ever done that made her feel like she was a part of something special. As a mom, I can’t express what that does for my heart.” Morgan was just one of the many participants who was celebrated. In 1984, Bill Hartley, was in a car crash that left him with a catastrophic brain injury. He was in a coma for three months. When he woke, he had to learn everything again, how to walk, how to read, how to talk. Ten months of intensive therapy put him back on track. He graduated college with a degree in psychology. He was one of two emcees at the pageant that day. “The firs. The firs. The firs. The first,” Hartley struggled to get the sentence out, repeating the first two words over and over. Pastor Darell Watts, the second emcee smiled patiently and whispered encouraging words to Hartley. “The first contestant is Harper Gillespie,” he said in a rush as if afraid he would have to start his sentence again. Wearing a green tunic, a green and gold cape with purple tights, 19-year-old Lisa Smith looked like she stepped out of a Shakespearean play for her presentation, making her stand out from the ball gown wearing participants. “She is a very androgynous young lady,” said Joy Illumine, mother of Smith. With her short hair, Illumine said her daughter can look like a woman one moment and a man the next. Smith’s favorite part of the day was her coronation. “I’m just gonna pretend this is a crown, not a tiara,” she said to a friend. Smith would rather be a prince or a king. Smith has Asperger’s syndrome, so social communication is difficult. People with Asperger’s tend to have fixated interest. Smith lives in her own fantasy world. She collects swords and daggers and dragons. She likes adventure. “I wrote each and every one of the bios being read that day,” England said. “So I felt connected to these kids and their parents.” England likes to call the kids with disabilities, “differently abled.” She uses her daughter as an example. “She might not do things normal kids do or do things the way you or I would do them,” she says. “But she does it her own way.” England remembers the last day of her trial against the doctor who delivered Morgan. Her husband and she were outside the courthouse. She remembers seeing him walk across the parking lot to his car. She remembers telling her husband, “You know, it’s just not fair. He gets to walk away and he gets to live the rest of his life like nothing ever happened. He took her life away from her. When he didn’t take her in time, her took her life away.” But the England’s have ensured Morgan has a full life. Morgan behaves just like a teenage girl does. She blushes because she thinks boys are cute and gets excited when she sees people she knows. She also has dreams to attend the UA and be a Razorback, just like her mother. “That is something she is so adamant about,” England laughs. “And that makes me so proud. If she wants to go to college, we will make it happen.”
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013
Crossword
Doonesbury
Non Sequitur
Garry Trudeau
Wiley Miller
By Michael Sharp
The Argyle Sweater
Scott Hilburn
ACROSS 1 Polynesian tongue 6 Early Democrat’s foe 10 Diary closer 14 Pump name 15 Premoistened cloth 16 Still-life subject 17 Luminous Spanish king? 19 Practitioner of meditation 20 Lassie’s “In a pig’s eye!” 21 Monopolize 22 Seed source of omega-3 23 Back-of-the-book items 27 Bloodhound’s 48-Across 29 Chart containing only threes? 31 Salt’s “Halt!” 35 Flat hat 36 Like a comics Pea? 37 Close tightly, as one’s hand 38 Groggy response 40 “Welcome to Maui!” 42 Seldom seen, to Seneca 43 Grinch portrayer 45 Myrna’s “Thin Man” role 47 KoKo or Yum-Yum,
in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries 48 Plus 49 Turkish sty leader? 51 Bulldogs’ home 53 Seven-time MLB AllStar Soriano 54 Fair 57 Sighing sounds 59 Consume 60 Bee’s charge 61 Rock in actress Susan’s path, perhaps? 66 Hon 67 Lang of Smallville 68 “Monster” (2003) co-star 69 Like many LAX flights 70 First place? 71 Trap DOWN 1 Large body of eau 2 Dismiss 3 Acne treatment brand 4 Longtime “60 Minutes” pundit 5 Babies 6 Teens conflict, briefly 7 Up in the air 8 Droid alternative 9 Day one, informally 10 Casual greeting craze? 11 One who might get caught off base
12 Company with a hedgehog mascot 13 __ fixe 18 Took out in handcuffs, say 23 1971 prison riot site 24 Works on stage 25 Expresses doubts 26 Biblical brother 28 ESPN reporter Paolantonio 30 Sierra __ 32 Analgesic brand 33 Skinny types 34 “Oh, really?” 37 Itinerant Yuletide singer 39 How owls know when mice are bluffing? 41 Georgetown player 44 LAX posting 46 Business matters 49 Execute, in old France 50 Deep-dish comfort food 52 Soup dispenser 54 Author Picoult 55 Supported by 56 Bank deposit 58 Last word on New Year’s Eve? 62 Brown in a bed 63 Loan no. 64 Old French coin 65 Upholsterer’s target
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Athletic Staff, Fans Connect Using Twitter Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer
Twitter is used for various purposes: advertising, making people laugh, rallying people for a cause or even just to keep an internet log of someone’s activity. UA Athletic Director Jeff Long and Razorback football head coach Bret Bielema use Twitter to connect to their fans — and even their nonfans — and for this reason, many students admire the two. Bielema spends most of his Twitter time replying to tweets, especially to his “haters.” A fair chunk of his tweets end in #1-0, which represents his mantra to take things one at a time: one game at a time, one play at a time or even one drill at a time. Tweets demeaning Bielema and his coaching ability are regularly sent from various accounts, some of which he quotes or retweets, then adds a short quip responding to it. Bielema has told people “why hate. Life is too short,” and “weak minds get weak dreams,” — his words of wisdom when comments get nasty from Wisconsin fans excited about Bielema getting
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No. 5 Hogs Ready for Home Meet
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knocked down by Alabama in the 2013 season. “I really like how Bielema responds to people,” said Tyler Moudy, sophomore electrical engineering student. “He’s kind of in-your-face, a definite change from what we had before. He responds to criticism really well, which is a good character trait.” Not everyone is a fan of Bielema’s twitter antics, though. In fact, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said that Bielema needed to just move on to Arkansas and stop talking about Wisconsin, as he does not appreciate the “swipes” Bielema is taking at the Badger’s expense. Long is equally involved with Twitter. Retweets are more up Long’s lane, whether they be from various Razorback sports’ twitter accounts, fans who want a retweet for a birthday or even people who just want to interact with Long. Following Long’s Twitter call for a red-out against Alabama after the football team’s loss to ULM, the Arkansas athletic director caught some flack, and again when he agreed with a fan that Arkan-
After a tough meet in College Station, the schedule doesn’t let up any for the women’s track team. The Hogs opened the indoor season with a meet against two of their top Southeastern Conference foes, LSU and the home team, Texas A&M. The meet was hotly contested as the Razorbacks finished behind both teams but scored 103 points, only 4.5 behind winners Texas A&M. “We are elated with the meet,” said head coach Lance Harter, “We told our individuals to wear the jersey with pride and they did that.” Twelve Razorbacks put up personal bests during the meet as well as three 1-2 finishes on the day. Despite not finishing at the top of the team scoring, many Hogs had successful events. Seven Razorbacks won their events and three set national marks for their events. Regina George had a time of 53.30 seconds in the 400-meter, Sandi Morris went over 14 feet in the pole vault and the 4x400 meter relay team recorded the best mark in the NCAA so far this season.
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Razorback Invitational to Feature Six Ranked Teams Eric Harris Staff Writer
After a meet at Texas A&M filled with tough competition that the Razorbacks will see again in the championships, the men’s track and field team retained their No. 1 ranking. Arkansas finished second in the Texas A&M Triangular, but competed strong enough to hold their top ranking. Despite finishing second in the team scoring, head coach Chris Bucknam was happy with his team’s individual performances. “We had some great individual performances,” Bucknam said. “Its great to see Tarik [Batchelor] back on the runway. It was an emotional lift for all of us to see him compete.” Tarik Batchelor jumped 51-4 1/4 to win the triple jump for the Hogs in his first meet in over a year as a Razorback. A ruptured patella tendon kept him sidelined all of last year’s indoor and outdoor season. “We shortened up his ap-
proach so we could gradually get him to full speed somewhere along the season,” Bucknam said. The Hogs had many other noteworthy performances, including Raymond Higgs in the long jump. His jump of more than 26 feet is currently the top mark in the NCAA. Possibly the top performance of the week, though, came from freshman Cale Wallace. For the second time in two weeks, the Cyprus Hill, Texas, native was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week. Wallace was at the top of a 1-2 finish along with Cameron Efurd in the 3000-meter run. “Caleb has worked tremendously hard all fall, and he is reaping the benefits of that right now,” Bucknam said. Both runners set personal bests, and Wallace’s time of 8 minutes, 21.27 seconds, is the fourth fastest time in the SEC. Wallace also leads the conference in the mile. Looking ahead to the Hogs’ next meet, Arkansas will face
some stiff competition in the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks are one of six teams ranked in the top 25 nationally. “Its going to be an outstanding meet,” Bucknam said. “Looking at the entries, we should see many national marks and performances.” Florida and LSU are the other SEC teams that will be at the invitational and both come in highly ranked. Florida is ranked third in the country and LSU is sixth despite being the fourth-highest ranked team in a tough SEC. Florida State comes in ranked No. 21 in the country, and features some excellent sprinters. “Marvin Bracy, the football player from Florida State is a freshman and an excellent athlete,” Bucknam said. Other ranked teams taking part include Texas and Arizona. “It’s going to be a great meet this weekend,” Bucknam said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
COMMENTARY
Logan Webster Staff Photographer Junior Anton Kokorin won two events in the first meet of the season against Texas. The Razorbacks return to Fayetteville for the Razorback Invitational this weekend after finishing second at the Texas A&M Triangular.
The Question of Clutch: Performing Under Pressure
Kristen Coppola Sports Editor It is said that Peyton Manning doesn’t have it but that his little brother Eli does. It
was debated about LeBron James until last year. It was immediately stamped on St. Louis’ hometown hero David Freese after the 2011 World Series. This is the enigmatic theory of clutch. I’ve been in many a debate with my two best friends about whether or not clutch, or an athlete’s ability to rise up and deliver under pressure and in elimination scenarios, exists. My friends, both very passionate baseball fans, are of the opinion that clutch is only a figment of the imagination,
a misinterpretation of talent and twisting of stats. I believe the contrary, but not in the magical way that many speak of clutch. I believe in scientific studies that support my claim that some people perform better under pressure, while others maintain and still others falter. What is comes down to is self awareness. An athlete is just a person like the rest of us, except his or her job is put on display in front of an audience. According to a study by
Scientific American, “We choke under pressure because such conditions thwart the normal brain processing of tasks that are so well learned they have become ‘automatic.’ Trying to concentrate on monitoring the quality of your performance is counterproductive because the cerebellum, which controls complex motor tasks, is not consciously accessible.” See, athletes have practiced and refined their game to the point that it is second nature. It’s automatic, the way Kevin Durant shoots free
throws or the way Justin Verlander releases his fastball. When an athlete becomes too self aware, then he isn’t able to force himself to do what has become a mechanical task. Some things can be done to help augment performance under pressure as shown by a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, which said that athletes performed better under pressure when they made a fist with their left hand. “‘He m i s p h e re - s p e c i f i c priming’ appears to discour-
age over-thinking in highpressure situations,” according to an article about the study in the Atlantic. “Activating the right hemisphere of the brain by doing a simple action with the left side of the body (making a fist, in this case) appears to negate context-related declines in complex motor performance.” So take that, non-believers! Remember clutch isn’t a supernatural phenomenon but rather how the person’s brain reacts during those situations, and there are steps to improve the performance.
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TWITTER continued from page 7 sas is “Hog country” and not Red Wolf territory. Soon after, Long sent a tweet supporting the Arkansas State Red Wolves in their bowl-win pursuit and explaining he was only showing full support for the Hogs. Apart from those two flare-ups this year, Long has kept himself respectable and professional on his Twitter while still engaging Hog fans. Few days go by without seeing a tweet from Long,
and he often does the job of live-tweeting about sporting events that he attends. “I like how they are both active tweeters,” freshman Drew Viguet said. “They respond to quite a lot of fans’ questions and comments, even the absurd ones.” It’s difficult to constantly maintain a Twitter account without losing the respect of most fans, but so far in Arkansas, these two men have managed to do just that.
MEET continued from page 7 Arkansas will turn their attention to the Razorback Team Invitational this weekend, which is filled with tough competition. “No one can accuse us of dodging competition,” Harter said, “We’re seeing a lot of nationally ranked competition coming in.” Seven other teams in the top 25 will face off against the fifth-ranked Razorbacks in the upcoming Invitational. Among those teams are SEC rivals Georgia, Florida and LSU. The Hogs will also see familiar foes in Texas and Baylor. Just like last week, Harter says that the coaching staff will be more focused on the individual results than the team scoring. “We’re not going to focus on team scoring as much as trying to get individuals to have quality performances,” Harter said. Fans going to the meet this weekend will get to see plenty of talent, and not just from the Razorbacks. “Any of the sprints are go-
ing to be blistering,” Harter said. “There are going to be a sprinkling of Olympians throughout this week.” Many of the meets, especially the sprints, will feature plenty of Olympians from schools like Arizona and Texas. George, Arkansas’ own Olympian, will have a busy meet competing in three events this weekend: the 200-meter, 400-meter and the mile. Despite the tough competition coming into the meet, Arkansas is the highest ranked team taking part in the Invitational. LSU and Florida closely follow the Hogs, ranked sixth and seventh, respectively. The Hogs will get another look at LSU’s top runners like junior Natoya Goule, who won the 400-meter, as well as senior Kimberlyn Duncan. Arizona and Texas enter this week ranked No. 12 and No. 13, respectively, followed by No. 16 Georgia and No. 17 Baylor. No. 23 Nebraska rounds out the list of ranked teams.