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RIC and ASG Tackle Controversial Topic BOTH GROUPS ADD CONCEALED CARRY BILLS TO THEIR AGENDA

Drama Grad Student Takes Role Seriously

Shannon Webber is now a third-year graduate student who will play Blanche DuBois in University Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

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Miranda Campbell Staff Writer Associated Student Government and RIC senators will soon propose legislation to support concealed carry of firearms on the UA campus.

In response, another senator

has planned to propose a resolution to support the UA’s current policy that makes the UA campus a gun-free zone.

Joe Youngblood, RIC senator and author of two pro concealed carry bills that have been presented to both RIC and ASG, said that he hopes this legislation will contribute to the growing

momentum of the campus carry movement at the UA. The first proposed bill is a resolution of support for Ark. State Representative Charlie Collin’s bill that seeks to change state law to allow faculty and staff with an Ark. concealed handgun license to carry their weapon on and inside university buildings,

which is currently against state law, Youngblood said.

The second bill requests that the UA allow licensed concealed carry holders to carry their weapons on university property and within parking garages, which is currently banned by univer-

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Razorback Go ‘Red Tie’ for Dinner, Awards Banquet

Must-Have Apps for Every College Student With first tests and papers impending, study apps are becoming more and more necessary for the 21st century student.

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Logan Webster Staff Photographer UA athlete Patience Beard speaks at the annual Razorback Red Tie Dinner, Auction and Salute to Excellence Awards banquet, Saturday, Jan. 26 in Rogers, Ark.

Hogs Defeat Panthers, Fall to No. 1 Cavaliers

The UA women’s tennis team recovered from a tough loss during the first day of the ITA Kickoff Weekend by beating Washington State Saturday.

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Today’s Forecast

UA Officials Plan to Increase Graduate School Enrollment

Travis Pence Staff Writer

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not keep up with the number of new undergraduate students,” Gearhart said. “The current graduate school enrollment rate is at about 15 percent of the total enrollment.”

The UA has established an advisory board for the two programs that will develop strategies for recruit-

“The number of graduate school students could not keep up with the number of new undergraduate students.”

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UA Students Can Vote For Game Ads Staff Report UA Students can participate in the Super Bowl Doritos Contest.

During the contest, students vote for which commercial is their favorite. The school with the most votes wins $25,000 for the Headliner Concerts Committee to have a free concert on campus for students, according to a press release.

It does not matter what commercial the students vote for, and all SEC schools are competing.

“This is such an easy way to earn $25,000. I hope everyone will take 30 seconds to vote and vote often so we can have an even more amazing concert this semester from Headliners Concert Committee. Anyone affiliated with the university can vote—students, alumni, parents, etc,” said ASG President Tori Pohlner in a press release.

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Author Visited Campus to Speak About His Past Connor Malone Contributing Writer

An author visited the UA Thursday to present a lecture about his life as a writer. Matt de la Pena is the author of the

novels “Balls Don’t Lie” and i.FYJDBO 8IJUFCPZw IBE POF of his books banned in the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona. Raised in San Diego, Calif., Pena, the son of a Latino father and a white mother, was locked in a constant internal struggle to find

his own personal identity.

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After high school, Pena went to the University of the

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Working for the Summer

G. David Gearhart Chancellor

Beginning this year, the UA will increase enrollment for the programs each year GPS UIF OFYU UISFF ZFBST TBJE Chancellor G. David Gearhart. By doing so, the UA hopes to have 20 percent of the total student population enrolled in those programs, Gearhart said.

The recent increase in undergraduate student enrollment at the UA has caused a decline in the percentage of graduate students, Gearhart said.

“The number of graduate school students could

ment and retention of both domestic and international graduate students, said Todd G. Shields, dean of the Graduate School and International Education. The board will also make recommendations for new programs. i8F BSF NFFUJOH XJUI every academic college on campus, as well as many individual departments and programs, to learn how they would like to grow their graduate student programs,” Shields said.

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Caroline Potts Contributing Photographer Students attend the summer jobs and involvement fair at the Union Connections Lounge, Friday, Jan. 25. Representatives from Summer Conferences, R.O.C.K. Camp and University Housing attended the event to speak with students about summer jobs on campus.

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Sustainability Office Offers Perks to Increase Recycling on Campus Megan Smith Contributing Writer

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This competition will be held as part of RecycleMania

“We want to encourage faculty to clean out their office and properly recycle old papers and other recyclables.�

Carlos Ochoa Jr.

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2013, which strives to “motivate students and staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation, generate attention and support for campus recycling programs, encourage colleges to measure and benchmark recycling activity in their effort to improve their programs over time, and have a fair and friendly competition,� according to the RecycleMania website.

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Ochoa “It’s a general call to action,� he said.

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pounds of recyclables were collected per student, and the UA was deemed to have a QFSDFOU SFDZDMJOH SBUF To put this in more concrete terms, recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours, according to the Can Central website. By recycling a can of soda that was

consumed during the course of a movie, the energy consumed by the television has essentially been negated.

8JUI UIJT JO NJOE JU JT not difficult to imagine the environmental impact that students could make by putting newspapers and other recyclables where they belong instead of tossing them into a dumpster. i8F SF BMTP TUBSUJOH B QSPKFDU DBMMFE 0Ä?DF $MFBO 0VU w 0DIPB TBJE i8F XBOU to encourage faculty to clean out their office and properly recycle old papers and other SFDZDMBCMFT 8F SF BMTP QMBOning to pair volunteers with staff who want help with this mission.â€? More information on this project will become available during the month of 'FCSVBSZ All students are encouraged to sign the RecycleMania 2013 pledge. The pledge asks each signee to pick three basic ways that they will help in recycling efforts, like creating a compost pile or recycling batteries, ink cartridges and cell phones at the UA Bookstore. To sign the pledge, visit tinyurl.com/recyclemaniapledge. ćFSF JT TUJMM UJNF GPS 340T to sign up for the recycling competition. Those interested should sign up at sustainability.uark.edu by Jan. 31.

AUTHOR continued from page 1 Pacific on a basketball scholarship and obtained a bachelor’s degree. He then went on to FBSO B .BTUFS PG 'JOF "SUT JO creative writing from San Diego State University.

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Because of Pena’s past struggles to find a group to which he could fully belong, his novels are aimed toward young adults and feature characters who are stuck between two groups or are isolated in some way. Pena believes that it is important for kids to see that others have been through what they are going through and to CF HJWFO UIF DIBODF UP FYQFSJence anything that could help them, particularly books.

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Pena wasn’t so much concerned about the fact that his book had been banned, but when he discovered that “Drownâ€? was also on the list, he became quite upset. Pena was disappointed that a book that heavily influenced his life and gave him the drive to succeed wound up alongside his own work on a banned list. “Books did that for me ‌ and books can do that for kids,â€? Pena said.

In response to these bans, the students of the district rose over $1000 through various fundraisers and were able to bring Matt de la Pena to their school as a guest lecturer.

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sity policy, and the bill also requests that state legislature introduce a bill that would change state law to allow students to carry inside of university buildings as well, Youngblood said. “Though it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon inside a university building, state law currently permits licensed concealed carry holders to carry their weapons on campus and in parking garages,� Youngblood said. “However, universities can enact policies that ban

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“As a student who comes from a family of hunters, I think it is important to recognize that many students who oppose concealed carry are not against guns.�

Autumn Lewis ASG Senator

lawful concealed carry on all of their property, and so the bill asks the UA to rescind this ban because it is misguided and creates an unenforced ‘gun free’ zone that only disarms law abiding citizens.�

ASG Sen. Autumn Lewis is currently writing a resolution in support of the current UA policy that prohibits concealed carry on campus, she said. “Upon hearing about the legislation introduced

by Representative Collins, I knew that the issue would immediately begin being discussed more on our campus,� Lewis said. “I decided to write this legislation to FYQSFTT UIF PQJOJPOT PG UIF many students, faculty, staff and administrators who do not support concealed carry on our campus.�

Lewis supports Chancellor G. David Gearhart and other administrator’s decision to have a gun free campus, she said. “Their leadership on our campus is incredible and I firmly believe that they have the best interest of all students in mind. If the Chancellor does not support such a policy I have difficulty believing it would be beneficial for students,�

Lewis said. “Also, both the faculty and staff senates are in the process of writing resolutions in support of the current policy. The two groups on campus who this

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shown that concealed carry has helped in this and statistics continue to show that concealed carriers are some of the safest and most law abiding citizens.�

In contrast, the presence of groups such as Razorbacks Against Concealed Carry have seen huge surges of support as more students FYQSFTTFE UIFJS DPODFSO about guns being allowed on campus, Sen. Lewis said. “As a student who comes from a family of hunters, I think it is important to recognize that many students who oppose concealed carry BSF OPU BHBJOTU HVOT 8F simply believe that they should not be allowed on our campus in order to promote a safe learning environment,� Lewis said. “If Ark. were to pass such legislation, we would be joining only five other states in the nation who mandate that campuses must allow concealed carry. The majority of states have recognized that this policy will not lead to safer students.�

As evidenced in his legislation, Youngblood supports that licensed students, not just faculty and staff, also be allowed to conceal carry on campus, he said. “It is utterly ridiculous that only faculty and staff would be allowed to carry inside of university buildings when they receive the FYBDU TBNF USBJOJOH BOE DFStification from the state of

Ark. as any other person licensed to carry a concealed weapon,� Youngblood said. i8IZ TIPVME B ZFBS PME professional be allowed to carry a weapon and not his ZFBS PME TUVEFOU XIP JT B combat veteran of two wars?

I can tell you right now, if something bad was going on, I’d be getting behind the student and not the teacher, and I believe that the vast majority of people feel the same way once the argument is framed in this perspective.�

4IBFMZO 7JOTPO BO "4( senator sponsoring Youngblood’s legislation, agreed that she would feel safer with more concealed carriers on campus. “Not being a concealed carrier myself, I would like knowing that there are trained people surrounding me that if need be, could QSPUFDU NF w 7JOTPO TBJE “Police, no matter how effective and great they are, are not always there when a crime is being committed. In a situation that could mean life or death, every second counts.�

Youngblood stressed that this proposal would not affect just any student, he said. “I want to make it eminently clear that these bills do not allow just any student to carry,� Youngblood said. “The only persons this bill would affect are those persons with a concealed handgun license from the state of Ark.�

Arkansas’ concealed handgun license holders unEFSHP BO FYUFOTJWF TDSFFOing process, including state and federal background checks for both criminal and psychiatric records, attending an 8 hour training DPVSTF EFBMJOH FYUFOTJWFMZ with topics such as conflict resolution and handgun safety, passing a firearm qualification test, demonstrating proficiency with their weapon and being over 21 years of age, among many other requirements, according to Ark. code.

Senators Lewis, YoungCMPPE BOE 7JOTPO BSF QSFpared to argue their cases in senate meetings during the OFYU DPVQMF PG XFFLT BOE encourage students to become more involved in the debate.

“Graduate school programs are not ‘one size fits all,’� Shields TBJE i8F GFFM XF IBWF BO BEvantage in that we allow departments to employ their preferred methods when developing programs for their field.� *O 0DUPCFS UIF $ISPOJDMF of Higher Education reported that graduate student enrollment rates had dropped nationBMMZ (FBSIBSU TBJE 'PSUVOBUFMZ the UA saw a slight increase in graduate school student enrollment during last year, he said.

Along with slight growth in graduate student enrollment, the UA saw an increase in the retention of graduate students over the previous year, Gearhart said. “This retention can be attributed to the hard work of students and faculty involved in the program,� Gearhart said. “This also includes the many programs that the graduate school has established to support its students.�

Koski The graduate school staff is directly responsible for the success of the program, said Patricia Koski, associate dean of the Graduate School and International Education. i0VS HSBEVBUF GBDVMUZ JT UIF first line of defense for retaining our graduate students, and they do a tremendous job of mentoring and educating them,� she said.

8JUI UIF IFMQ PG JUT HSBEVBUF school program, the UA hopes to become one of the top 50 public research universities, Gearhart said. “The graduate student population is crucial if we want to reach that goal, since they will be assisting faculty with their reTFBSDI w IF TBJE i8F XBOU BDIJFWF the 20 percent enrollment rate in PSEFS UP BUUBJO UIBU SBOLJOH 8JUI Dean Shields’ strong leadership and the graduate school’s new faculty advisory board, this goal seems much more attainable.�

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-A student reported someone stole his bicycle from the bicycle rack on the south side of Pomfret Hall.

-A student reported someone stole cash from his locker in the men’s locker room in the HPER Building -A student reported someone stole cash from his locker in the men’s locker room in the HPER Building.

Friday, January 18

Theft Of Motor Vehicle -A staff member reported someone stole his vehicle while the vehicle was parked in Lot 44.

Update: Friday Springdale Police

Department notified UAPD that one of their officers stopped and arrested a reckless driver who was operating the stolen vehicle.

Theft Of Property -A student reported someone stole items from a locker she used at the UREC Fitness Center in the Arkansas Union.

-A student reported someone stole his jacket while it was unattended in a gymnasium in the HPER Building. Update: Friday -The student reported he found his jacket when he returned to his residence and he did not bring it to the HPER Building after all.

Public Intoxication; Minor In Possession Of Alcohol; Fleeing -Two students were arrested in a stairwell at Sunshine Place Apartments.

Saturday, January 19

Minor In Possession Of Alcohol -Two students were arrested at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House.

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Youngblood supports concealed carry on campus because it has been proven to be a safe and effective measure throughout the US, he said. i0WFS UIF MBTU ZFBST state laws have changed dramatically on the issue BOE OPX PVU PG UIF states allow some form of concealed carry,� Youngblood said. “In that time, crime has continued to drop dramatically, studies have

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Theft Of Property -A student reported someone stole her watch while it was unattended on the bumper of her car while the car was parked in Lot 55.

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Possession Of A Controlled Substance (Marijuana); Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia; Possession Of Fraudulent Or Altered Personal Identification Document -A student was arrested in Holcombe Hall.

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Students Need to Watch Legislators Will Watson Contributing Writer The first day of classes this semester coincided with the first day of the 89th General Assembly of the Arkansas Legislature. For the first time since Reconstruction, Republicans control both the House and the Senate in Arkansas, and all four U.S. congressional seats.

There has already been tons of drama that really only interests politicos and party insiders, but it is sufficient to say the state legislature will be acting on issues of great significance to UA students this year. Paying attention to what happens in the legislature is critical for students on campus, as a number of issues could affect the quality of life here in Fayetteville.

A number of legislative pieces relating to firearms on campus have been considered, ranging from allowing conceal-and-carry permit holders to bring guns to campus, to allowing professors to carry firearms. House Bill 1035 has already been filed

by Rep. Denny Altes of Fort Smith to allow licensed staff and faculty to conceal handguns on campus. Rep. Charlie Collins from Fayetteville is expected to file other legislation allowing guns on campus.

This issue has already drawn the attention of many students, with groups formed both in support of and opposition to the allowance handguns on campus. A Facebook group I noticed over the weekend — Razorbacks Against Concealed Carry — had garnered over 300 likes

by Saturday night.

In the past, you may have had to crack open the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette or listened to talk radio to keep up with the workings of the legislature, but new media has made our elected leaders much more accessible.

I’m an avid Twitter user, and the vast majority of our elected officials use the social media platform. The legislature even has its own hashtag — #arleg — and many of the legislators post daily, hourly or even minute-by-minute

updates on committee activity and bills that have been filed. You can also find your elected leaders on Facebook, and both houses maintain websites at www.arkansashouse.org and www.arkansas. gov/senate.

On Friday, several local legislators attended a forum held by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce at their office right off the Fayetteville Square. They answered questions and made comments on a wide variety of issues, from healthcare to eminent domain to abortion to partisan control of each chamber. I saw several students at the gathering and encourage more to attend the bimonthly meetings. The next one will take place Feb. 8 at the same location.

This is an exciting time for Arkansas politics. With new control of the legislature, bills are constantly evolving, and new issues emerge each day that affect student life and the overall economic environment we will emerge into upon graduating. Following the legislature and letting your legislators know what matters to you is an important part of being an engaged citizen.

We are lucky to have responsive and available state legislators who represent us in northwest Arkansas. In the state House, Rep. Collins, Rep. David Whitaker and Rep. Greg Leding have a very open dialogue with students on many issues. Veteran legislator Sen. Uvalde Lindsey and freshman Sen. Jon Woods have also made themselves available to students. I encourage you to find out which district you live in and let your legislators know when there is an issue that you feel strongly about.

Government isn’t a passive activity, even when you are a student. As young adults, we have a responsibility to become engaged and hold our legislators accountable. The very least we can do is pay attention to the issues and voice our opinions when they matter.

Will Watson is a contributing columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

Traveler Quote of the Day I was too white around my Mexican friends, and too Mexican around my white friends.

Matt de la Pena, Guest Lecturer

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Dream or Reality: Immigration Reform Off to a Start with DREAM Act

Juan Holmes Staff Writer

Immigration reform stands as a large legislative priority for the Obama administration and Republicans hoping to better the party’s relationship with Hispanic voters.

The Obama administration approved more than 150,000 DREAM Act applications from undocumented youth seeking permission to live and work legally in the United States, according to the Latino organization Univision.

It would seem the administration is following through on its pledge for comprehensive immigration reform in the country. They argue the “solution for illegal immigrants is not an amnesty, as many critics insist, because it would include fines, the payment of back taxes and other hurdles for illegal immigrants who would obtain legal status,” according to New York Times sources.

The Department of Homeland Security announced a new process aimed at making the nation’s immigration

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students as well since their agenda is gaining more and more attention in the national spotlight.

National passage of the DREAM Act would add around $329 billion to the U.S. economy and create more jobs by 2030, according to the Center for American Progress. This idea of additional money to add to the economy is a great incentive for citizens who want to see the nation pull itself out of debt and move forward.

Many proponents of the DREAM Act stress that the act will open more doors for these students, writes Alexandria Camarella of the University of California at Riverside.

“Our immigrant families, like many struggling in these trying economic times, need financial help to achieve their educational goals,” said New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, according to Businessweek sources.

More than three million students graduate from U.S. high schools every year. Most get the opportunity to test their dreams and live their American story. However, a group of approximately 65,000 youth do not get this opportunity, according to the DREAM Act Portal.

“These youth have lived in the United States for most of their lives and want nothing more than to be recognized for what they are, Americans,” according to the DREAM Act

Portal.

In this economic climate where federal funds are under more and more scrutiny, there are those who feel the act encourages illegal immigration.

The fear, according to former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, is immigrants “take a piece” of the financial pie away from American students who could have received the federal aid. If the concern is a limited amount of funds, perhaps the spotlight should be more focused on where the funds are actually being spent instead of scapegoating specific groups of people.

One of the provisions of the DREAM ACT gives a path to citizenship through military service.

Are we to leave the border as it is and just grant blanket amnesty every 20-30 years to the millions who cross? Is this a way to get boots, eager for their legal place in this nation?

Why is our border security lax compared to nations such as Russia, China, and even Mexico?

Starting with the DREAM Act, I hope the Obama administration can provide a clear path that would outline true reform in a fiscally responsible manner while maintaining national security along the border.

Juan Holmes is a senior staff writer for the Arkansas Traveler.

Up in Arms: Pentagon Lifts Ban on Woman in Combat Roles Joe DelNero Opinion Editor

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policy more fair and more efficient by focusing its resources on the removal of individuals who pose a threat to national security or public safety — “by removing the threat of deportation for young people who came to the U.S. as children and are low enforcement priorities. But we cannot solve the problems with our broken immigration system through enforcement alone,” according to the White House official website.

Outside of Washington, Laurene Powell, widow of the late Steve Jobs, publicly announced her support for the DREAM Act by advocating the creation of a documentary made by DREAMers who upload their stories. Powell envisions the videos to be strung together and shown on the site www.thedreamisnow.org, created by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.

“The documentary becomes a living, breathing petition,” Guggenheim said in an interview with Yahoo News.

“These DREAMers are putting everything on the line. When they come out like this, they are saying, ‘I’m ready to risk it all for what I believe.’”

Jobs believed the project to be an “effort to harness the momentum around the issue and give visibility to the young people who would benefit from the Dream Act,” Powell said in the same interview.

Things seem to have gotten brighter for undocumented

Last week, the Pentagon lifted the age-old ban on woman serving combat positions in the military. This is a huge step for gender equality in the armed forces.

Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, said woman were vital in the military and have proven their desire to fight alongside men in combat.

I believe this is a great step in total equality for men and women both in business and in the military. In 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows men outnumbering woman two to one in executive and senior management positions as well as mid level officials.

However, women outnumber men as the number of professionals employed.

According to the United States Department of Labor, in 2010, woman made up of just under 50 percent of the private workforce. But those numbers are not at all reflected in the number of management positions.

In the military, there were almost 237,000 jobs turned down to woman previously, limiting the ability of the 1.4 million woman serving opportunities to move up in ranks.

With these jobs opening, there will be equal opportunities for advancement.

Arguments against letting woman serve included the psychological effects woman may potentially have on men

serving in the same unit and the physical limitations of some women, which also inhibit many men, preventing them from being able to carry a 200 lb counterpart out of a hostile situation.

As the military expands the opportunity for woman to advance in the ranks, I hope this will lead to more equality within the private sector.

Statistics continue to show America trusting major corporations and CEO positions to men, instead of equal opportunity.

I believe this step towards woman serving in the military will lead to more women leading on the boards of larger private corporations. The ability for women to fight for their country will expound to their

ability to fight for higher executive positions. In history, 33 of the 44 Presidents of the United States served in the arms forces, so with this initiative, we may see higher ranking, combat serving woman emerging in the political arena.

Gender equality and opportunity in both the military and private companies is vital for the spread of new ideas. I am pleased with the expansion of woman equality in the military and anxious to see how this reformation affects our armed forces in the next five years.

Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major, and current Opinion Editor of the Arkansas Traveler.

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MOBILE APPS

Must-Have Apps for Every College Student Casey Freeman Staff Writer

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new semester means a fresh start, which means every student has the opportunity to get more organized and make life easier and less stressful. One of the best ways to do this is to download some simple apps onto a smartphone or tablet that can help keep students sane and even raise grades.

“I don’t think people realize how helpful apps can be,” said Jillian Brenner, UA freshman. “I have several I use for school, and I would hate going back to life without them. They definitely make school easier, and just life in general, too.”

Here are some of the best and most-talked-about apps that can make college that much better:

Apps for Organization

Evernote Peek (Free):

Kris Johnson Staff Photographer Shannon Webber takes a break from rehearsal for the University Theater production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Webber will play Blanche DuBois in the production that will run Feb. 22 through March 3.

Drama Grad Student Takes Role Seriously

Alex Golden Staff Writer

When a UA drama student told her high school guidance counselor she wanted to be an actress, the response she got was, “Oh, so you want to be a waitress?”

Shannon Webber is now a thirdyear graduate student who will play Blanche DuBois in University Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” DuBois is a teacher who has recently received a leave of absence due to her nerves and whose ancestral home has been lost due to a foreclosed mortgage. DuBois goes to stay with her sister and, after a series of events, is put in an insane asylum.

“She’s a very complicated character,” Webber said. “A lot of shows have portrayed her as insane from beginning to end.”

If she starts out completely insane, there is nowhere to go from there, she said.

“I wanted her to have a journey …

My image of her is a wall that’s crumbling that she’s working to fix,” Webber said.

Portraying a character who “takes the cake when it comes to complication” forces Webber to go to dark places, which can be hard to come out of offstage, she said.

“There are places that you have to, as an actress, visualize, that are disturbing,” she said. She noted that Vivien Leigh, who played Blanche DuBois, was put in an insane asylum, like her character. Some scenes are harder than others, she said, like the one where Stanley, Blanche’s brother-in-law, rapes her.

“At the end, I was still stuck in this state of fear, frozen, and Justin (Walker, who plays Stanley) had this look of panic and regret,” Webber said. “If you’re doing it right, you will feel what the character feels, and that’s the hardest part.”

Webber’s acting career sparked when she was 5 or 6 years old and saw “The Miracle Worker,” a movie about Helen Keller. She walked around pretending to be blind for the next two days.

“My parents just said, ‘Huh, maybe she’d be good at acting,’ and put me in community theater,” Webber said.

“When I was little, I was very ADD,” she said. “Doing theater was the only place I could concentrate.” Theater fulfilled her and was something that she could do from start to finish, a rarity for Webber, she said.

Webber continued to do community theater in her hometown of 5,000 people in Dahlonega, Ga., and was one of the 11 students in the theater de-

partment at her high school. She went on to do her undergrad at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. She considered several graduate programs, but set her mind on the UA when she got a callback from Professor Amy Herzberg, director of Performance Program, Acting and Musical Theatre. She called her 15-30 minute audition the most rewarding and fulfilling experience in her acting career.

Webber said she was shocked by how much emotion Herzberg got out of her in a short time through acting exercises.

“I thought, ‘If this woman wants me to come to her school, there is no way I could say no,’” Webber said. “Everyone in this department pushes you to the extreme because they know you can do it.”

Associate Professor Michael Landman, director of the Master of Fine Arts Directing Program, is the director of the play. Webber loves that Landman requires the actors to memorize quickly because ideas are allowed to flourish when the script is no longer in their hands, she said.

“Michael forces you to be extremely collaborative and put your thoughts out there, so it’s not just him,” she said.

The cast rehearses for four hours each day, except for Saturdays.

Webber stressed the importance of actors taking breaks and being themselves, not their characters.

This is not the only work Webber has done where she has had to reach outside herself to get into character. Webber once had to play a mother, which was difficult for her because she had to put herself in the shoes of someone with unconditional love for her children, who would quickly sacrifice herself for them.

When she played a diseased, dying woman in “33 Variations,” she spoke with people who had the disease themselves so she could portray it accurately, and had to train her body, she said.

When Webber has a new role, she gets to know her character by making collages of images that represent aspects of the character, creating a playlist that describes her and wearing clothes throughout the process of the play that resemble things the character might wear.

“I find images of my past to mirror hers to where they’re similar, but not the same, and that’s the important part,” she said.

This app takes all of the notes, images and audio files a student has from classes and organizes them into folders. It automatically generates questions from the notes to make studying effortless. It also has a cloud service, which means it syncs to all of a student’s devices so that the files can be looked at from any of them.

fort it takes to use traditional note cards. After a study set is created, others are allowed access to them, so it’s likely that whatever test materials need to be learned, there will already be hundreds of flashcards made and ready to go.

“This is my favorite app to use for studying because I always want to use note cards but never have the time to make my own,” said Karla Mendez, sophomore. “Even when I do make them myself, I’d much rather it be on my iPad so that I can study them wherever I go instead of trying to carry around a stack of them.”

WolframAlpha ($1.99):

This app will prove more knowledgeable than any other website or app out there. It can answer almost any question, including complex math, physics and chemistry problems, along with questions on linguistics, current events and basically anything that comes up in class. It’s a huge time-saver and can definitely help you get that A.

Graphing Calculator ($1.99):

iHomework ($1.99):

This is the ultimate organizer for keeping track of all things schoolrelated. It will organize class schedules, teacher information, homework assignments and any other tasks a student wants to add. It will also configure students’ grades so there never has to be a question of what they are making.

Apps for Classes

Instead of paying $100 for a graphing calculator, why not just download the app? It’s only $1.99, and most classes provide actual calculators on test days, anyway.

Dictionary.com (Free), Google Search (Free), and Wikipanion (Free):

All three of these widely used websites come conveniently in app form to make them that much easier to use. When on a mobile phone, the app format is significantly easier to deal with.

Lifestyle Apps Google Translate (Free):

This translator app is simple and easy to use. Type text in over 40 languages and get an immediate translation. For 17 of those languages, just record the text vocally and it will translate what was spoken.

MotionX Sleep ($0.99): StudyBlue Flashcards (Free):

This app allows students to create flash cards so they can learn the material faster and without the ef-

EZRead (Free):

The entire collection of SparkNotes.com is accessible through this app. While teachers might not approve of such a shortcut, it can be a huge burden-reliever and help make any text easier to understand.

This is the perfect way to ensure that a student gets the right amount of sleep. After downloading the app, students can put their phone under their pillow, and it will analyze their sleep patterns and wake them up with a built-in alarm at the right time. This way, the user is woken up during light sleep instead of deep sleep, making them feel more awake and ready to take on the day.

Websites in App Form

MyFitnessPal (Free):

Chegg (Free): This site is perfect for students looking for a cheap alternative to buying books from a store. The app allows students to rent or buy textbooks directly from their mobile device. Shipping is free and so is the app.

This is one of many apps that count calories and track exercise. It can be helpful to have a tool to keep accountability in health and fitness as well as to help lose that weight that doesn’t want to come off.

Mint (Free):

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Creating a budget is essential to making it through college without getting into too much debt. This app helps create the perfect budget and track all the money you spend every month.

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Comics Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Calvin and Hobbes

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Sudoku Stephan Pastis

Scott Adams

Bill Watterson

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Crossword

Doonesbury

Non Sequitur

Garry Trudeau

Wiley Miller

By Gareth Bain

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

ACROSS 1 Paper used for envelopes 7 Teensy kitchen invader 10 Thick-bodied river fish 14 Lessened 15 Critical hosp. area 16 Take down with a wrecking ball 17 Trade for cash 18 Musical based on ABBA songs 20 Golfer Snead’s nickname 22 “I don’t care which” 23 Naval petty officer 27 Lasting mark 30 __ and gown 33 John, Paul, George or Ringo 34 Go without food 36 “True __”: Wayne film 39 CFO’s degree 40 One on a board 43 Swiss peak 44 Gas in a sign 45 Knocks for a loop 46 Scallion relative 48 Space-saving abbr.

50 Team statistic 51 Finale 54 Selling fast 56 Whale or dolphin 63 Campbell’s soup

slogan, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in 18-, 20-, 40- and 56-Across 66 “Seinfeld” woman 67 Albany’s canal 68 Actress Hagen 69 Sticky-toed lizards 70 Tadpole’s breathing organ 71 LPGA star Se Ri __ 72 Be agreeable DOWN 1 Red planet 2 Ill-fated Biblical brother 3 Diddly, to Dalí 4 To-do list entry 5 Oscar winner for “Cat Ballou” 6 Part of FDA: Abbr.

7 Gets in one’s sights, with “at” 8 Campus sports org.

9 Tot’s belly 10 Tot’s drawing tool 11 Clumsy actor 12 Special forces weapon 13 Arthur who played Maude 19 Marseille Mrs. 21 The Big Apple, initially 24 Latin ballroom dances

25 Orange-yellow gemstones 26 Gets warmer, in a game 27 Taken in a break-in 28 Slept next to the trail, say 29 Upper limb 31 Sales rep 32 Opposite of post34 Weighing device 35 Somme summer 37 Global currency org.

38 Stretch the truth 41 Bathwater tester 42 Dairy farm sound 47 Late-night host Jimmy 49 Revolutionary Guevara 52 Inveterate faultfinder 53 Word with hug or therapy 55 Alpha’s opposite 57 Teensy amount 58 Fargo’s st.

59 Apples with screens 60 Karaoke prop 61 Many a folk song, composer-wise: Abbr.

62 “__ we forget” 63 Ryan of “Sleepless in Seattle” 64 Hosp. scan 65 1,000 G’s

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Razorbacks Falter on the Road Again Zack Wheeler Staff Writer

Mary McKay Staff Photographer The Razorbacks handily defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs Thursday before falling on the road to the South Carolina Gamecocks.

The road woes continued for the Hogs Saturday, as they fell 75-54 to the South Carolina Gamecocks at Colonial Life Arena.

“It was a tough day at the office today,” head coach Mike Anderson said. “South Carolina did what they had to do. We didn’t shoot well and didn’t rebound well and they were a little bit tougher. You have to score on the road and you have to have good ball movement, and I thought that we settled for jump shots.”

Junior Marshawn Powell led the team with a gamehigh 22 points and a careerhigh 13 rebounds in the losing effort. Powell also recorded another game-high three blocked shots and one steal to assist Arkansas’ defensive effort.

Junior guard Rickey Scott also finished the game with nine points off a 3-of9 shooting effort. Arkansas went into the game winning three of its last four games, although it had dropped both league contests on the road.

Arkansas forced South Carolina into 18 turnovers, while only committing nine of their own and was able to score 26 points off the 18 forced turnovers. Arkansas also picked up 10 steals in the loss.

Arkansas’ leading scorer coming, BJ Young, was held

TENNIS

to seven points, nine fewer than his average, on 3 of 12 shooting.

The Hogs got off to a quick start jumping out to a 15-3 lead by the 15:29 mark.

Scott hit a deep 3-pointer to push the Arkansas lead to 12. The Gamecocks roared back in a big way scoring 40 points in the latter portion of the first half.

Arkansas only managed 11 points during the same stretch, and entered the locker room with a 17-point deficit. The Gamecocks were 7-of-10 behind the three point line and also shot 58.6 percent from the floor. Arkansas struggled mightily from three, only managing a 2-of-16 afternoon.

In the second half, the Razorbacks were unable to convert a 4-point run

by Powell into momentum against the Gamecocks who were shooting 57 percent from the field. The Gamecocks advanced their 14-point lead to close out the game by a margin of 21.

South Carolina was led

by Brian Richardson, who finished with 20 points, six rebounds and two assists.

The Gamecocks ended up 7-of-12 from three, 57.7 percent from the field, and pulled down 36 boards to the Hogs 26.

It was South Carolina’s first 20-point SEC victory since beating Mississippi State 83-61 on Feb. 11, 2006.

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TENNIS

Razorbacks Bounce Back to Get Win Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer With a loss to No. 14 Northwestern behind them, the UA women’s tennis team came back to defeat Washington State 5-2 in the ITA Kickoff Weekend Saturday.

The win over Washington State also improved head coach Michael Hegarty’s record to 125 wins, the most of any women’s tennis coach in UA history.

Arkansas’ first match of the weekend featured Claudine Paulson and Segou Jonker in doubles, who tied at 7-7 with Northwestern’s Linda Mushrefova and Nida Hamilton before Arkansas dropped their two other doubles matches, ending Paulson’s and Jonker’s game unfinished.

Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez and Paulson earned Arkansas’ two three-set victories. The Wildcats had upped their score to 5-0 before the Razorback wins. A win over Yang Pang sealed the victory for Northwestern as they defeated UA 5-2 and dropped Arkansas’ record to 3-1.

“Full credit to Northwestern for the victory,” Hegarty said. “I thought we showed

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Hogs Defeat Panthers, Fall to No. 1 Cavaliers Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer

The Arkansas men’s tennis team went 1-1 Friday and Saturday at the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Charlottesville, Va. They defeated No. 62 Georgia State 4-2 before falling to No. 1 Virginia 6-1.

After dropping the doubles point, the Razorbacks won four of the five singles matches to move to the second round of the ITA Indoor Team Championship.

“I was very proud of our guys and how they rebounded after doubles,” head coach Robert Cox said. “All six of our guys came out in singles with the winning mindset and got the job done.”

Sophomore Jovan Parlic defeated Georgia State senior Lucas Santa Ana with back-toback 7-6, 7-6 sets to clinch the victory for Arkansas.

Before the match was called, senior Gregoire Lehmann was tied 5-5 in the deciding third set with Georgia State senior Victor Valente, the No. 55 singles player in the country. He lost the first set 4-6, but came back with a 6-4 victory in the second set.

Arkansas lost the doubles point by dropping two of the three doubles matches. Lehmann and fellow senior Mike Ward picked up the lone doubles victory.

The next day, the Razorbacks faced No. 1 Virginia in the second round. The Cavaliers dominated No. 55 Arkansas, winning 6-1.

In doubles play, Arkansas continued to struggle. Virginia won two of the three matches and was leading the third when it was stopped, led by three duos ranked in the top 10 in the country, to pick up the doubles point.

They then won five of the six doubles matches.

Arkansas’ lone point of the day came when junior Mike Nott defeated Virginia senior Julen Uriguen. Nott dropped the first set 1-6, then won the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to pick up the win.

“The highlight of the day was Mike’s great three-setter,” Cox said. “He played a quality opponent and came out with a huge win.”

Despite the loss, Cox is pleased with his team’s performance against very tough competition. As well as the three top-10 duos, Virginia also had the No. 2, No. 4, No. 7 and No. 55 singles players in the country.

“We will come away from this with a lot of lessons learned and will become a better team,” Cox said. “We now have to look to the future and focus our energy on getting better every day and prepare for UAB.” Arkansas returns home to face No. 75 UAB Wednesday.

COMMENTARY

Logan Webster Staff Photographer Junior Mike Nott won his match for Arkansas’ only point of the day against Virginia Saturday.

Conference Dominance Reaches Further Than Football

Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor Compared to most other conferences, the Southeastern Conference is regarded as a different kind of animal.

The passionate, live-anddie with their team fans often

feel a sense of pride for their conference when a team that is normally a bitter rival wins a bowl game. Few, if any, other schools take this kind of pride in the conference they belong to.

Of course football is the driving force behind this conference pride, and with good reason. Seven consecutive national titles is something that no other conference has ever accomplished and something that likely won’t be accomplished again for a long time, if ever.

Last season, members of the SEC enjoyed postseason success in a variety of sports.

Unless they were living under a rock, most fans know that Kentucky won the men’s basketball

national title last season. Most of them probably don’t know that eight SEC teams, as well as Texas A&M, made the women’s NCAA tournament.

At the indoor track championships last season, three men’s SEC teams finished in the top five, including the top two.

Three women’s teams finished in the top 10.

At the men’s outdoor championships, the SEC scored 177.5, 52.5 points higher than the Big Ten and Pac 12.

Three of the six teams that made the gymnastics Super Six last season came from the SEC, including winner Alabama and runner up Florida.

Eight SEC softball teams made the NCAA tournament as well as the two teams that

would become SEC teams, Texas A&M and Missouri. Alabama went on to win the tournament over Oklahoma.

Despite all of this success in so many different sports, most fans still see football as the sport that the SEC is the most dominant in. Seven consecutive national titles is a big accomplishment, but when it comes to football, the conference is top-heavy.

The teams that are good in the SEC are really good, but the teams that are bad are really bad. Arkansas lost to both the University of Louisiana-Monroe and Rutgers and barely beat Tulsa 19-15, but the Razorbacks still defeated Kentucky and Auburn a combined 73-14.

The sport that the SEC is

really good at top to bottom is baseball. Part of this has to do with being in the South and getting warmer weather sooner than the rest of the country.

Another big part of it is fan support.

Baseball games barely draw fraction of the attendance that a football game does, but in comparison to other conferences, SEC fans love baseball.

According to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, four SEC schools, LSU, Arkansas, South Carolina and Ole Miss, draw more fans than any other school. LSU averaged over 10,000 fans at each game last season, which is more than they average for basketball.

Seven SEC teams qualified

for regionals last year along with future members Texas A&M and Missouri. Three SEC teams made College World Series appearances, including Arkansas and South Carolina, who played each other in the semifinals.

If preseason polls are any indication, this year could be just as good for the conference.

Perfect Game has eight SEC teams in their top 25, including three of the top five. Collegiate Baseball ranked 10 SEC schools in the top 30.

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

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Gym‘Backs Beat No. 11 Denver Pioneers

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Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations Senior Claudine Paulson lost her doubles match with partner freshman Segou Jonker against Northwestern Friday, but won Saturday against Washington State. a good amount of toughness out there today and more than enough ability.”

Northwestern showcased more experience in the matches, though, but the UA team is still taking positives from their loss, Hegarty said.

The Razorbacks used the lessons they learned in Friday’s loss the next day against the Washington State Cougars.

Arkansas clinched the doubles point as Paulson and Jonker, as well as Pang and Brittany Huxley, opened the match with wins.

The Razorbacks earned four wins in their six singles

ROAD continued from page 7 The Gamecocks were 2-14 in the SEC last year, leading to the dismissal of coach Darrin Horn and the hiring of Martin from Kansas State. Martin displayed his intense nature on the sidelines of the court Saturday, guiding his team to a relatively easy victory over the Hogs.

The Razorbacks will look to end their road woes as they continue play Thursday against the Alabama Crimson Tide. The game will be carried on ESPN2 at 8 p.m.

matches.

Sarah McLean won the first singles match over Elizaveta Luzina 6-0, 6-2.

Belmar Hernandez took the next match 6-0, 7-5, followed

by Paulson and Pang, who won 7-5, 7-6, and 6-4, 6-3, respectively.

The only two losses for Arkansas Saturday came from Kimberley-Ann Surin, who also played an unfinished doubles match with Belmar Hernandez, and Huxley.

“First of all, congratulations to our young squad for a very impressive performance today against a qual-

ity opponent,” Hegarty said.

“This victory, I hope, will propel our group forward in a very positive way as we gain experience against one of the nation’s toughest schedules.”

Hegarty was very grateful for the Razorbacks’ recordbreaking coaching win.

“I would be remiss on this occasion if I did not thank Bev Lewis, who gave me this opportunity 10 years ago, and also Jeff Long and his entire staff that make it possible for us to compete at an elite level,” Hegarty said.

The Razorbacks will be on the road again to face Yale Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

Mary McKay Staff Photographer Junior Katherine Grable grasped the titles in the floor and vault events Friday in the 195.475-195.125 upset of Denver Friday.