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Jam Band Perpetual Groove is a 10-yearstanding band from Savannah, Ga., feeding fans a mixed genre of indie, progressive and anthemic rock with tastes of jazz and R&B. Full Story, Page 3
The Best Laid Plans
UA actors put a new spin on the classic play, “Macbeth”. Full Story, Page 5
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The Razorbacks look to clinch their first road win Thursday against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Full Story, Page 7
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Dating in Cyber Space Brings Added Dangers Pam DeRossitte Contributing Writer Practicing personal safety in the virtual world now requires more than keeping your password private; it requires greater diligence, effort and attention than ever before. After recent news of the story of Manti Te’o and his online relationship, students should protect themselves when revealing information online.
“When students reveal too much personal information, they endanger themselves,” said Lt. Gary Crain, police spokesperson. “Cases of identity theft are very difficult to investigate. The attorney general has a task force, and there are centers in Benton County, Springdale and Fayetteville funded by the federal government.” Online relationships can also lead to catfishing and fraud. Pat Walker Health Center officials encourage safety
in negotiating online dating. “Twenty-two percent of men and 20 percent of women admitted to lying about their personal stats,” according to a study by Cornell University, said Susan Rausch, health educator with Pat Walker Health Center. The lies included false information about personal appearance, financial status and type of job. “Online communication, if honest, can promote a strong
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Students can learn about study abroad opportunities during the Spring Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday. The fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Arkansas Union International Connections Lounge, according to a press release. Programs are available for many different majors. Information will be available about UA faculty-led summer programs, semester/ year exchanges, funding opportunities, UA summer campus in Rome and the Study Abroad Student Association, according to the release. Students can study in about 20 countries through UA faculty-led programs, according to the UA study abroad website. “Employers are interested in seeing international education experience on resumes and discussing this experience during interviews,” according to World Learning, a nonprofit organization working to strengthen institutions through education, exchange and development programs. The five leading destinations for students who are studying abroad include the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France and China, in that respective order, according to the Institute of International Education. One benefit of studying abroad includes gaining a new perspective on your own county. “As a tourist you don’t spend enough time just living in the host country to begin to appreciate its cultural quirks and examine your own,” said a UA student who studied in La Rochelle, France on the UA study abroad website.
Flipoff Pirates to Perform in Local Music Festival After Battle of the Bands Win Jeannette Bridoux Staff Writer
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Flipoff Pirates will perform at this year’s Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival after winning the Waka Winter Classic at George’s Majestic Lounge. Audience votes had to be submitted by 1:15 a.m., and by 1:30 a.m., Tim Nipper of Jam Street Solutions announced Flipoff Pirates as the winner. Not only do Flipoff Pirates have a slot at
“We’ve been playing together for so long, it just meshes.” Jake Weeden Bass/Vocals Flipoff Pirates
The band Flipoff Pirates won a spot in the Music Festival Wakarusa after winning the Waka Winter Classic. Wakarusa, but they also have the opportunity to compete with Waka Winter Classic regional winners to perform on the Revival Tent Stage,
the second-largest stage at the festival, Nipper said. The Revival Tent Stage always has a substantial amount of attendees, Nipper said.
The band impelled the audience with Weeden’s unique mannerisms and slight elements of funk, along with other genres. The band chose
a diverse song selection featuring genres of ska and reggae for the competition, Kearney said. Flipoff Pirates band members include Jake
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Weeden, bass/vocals; Barry Moore, bass/percussion; Jeff Kearney, guitar/vocals; Mar-
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Easy Way to Find Fake Dating Pics
Jessica Van Sack Boston Herald
If the Internet has given legions of imposters the tools they need to perpetrate a good ruse, it’s also given us the means to catch them. But as we’ve seen with the cultural phenomenon documented by MTV’s “Catfish: The TV Show,” people want to trust that the person on the other end of the computer is the world-traveled beauty queen they claim to be. One of the most effective ways to unmask someone who is pretending to be someone else is quite simple, akin to a Google image “reverse” search. Funny enough, this is mostly how frauds are discovered on Nev Schulman’s “Catfish.” The show manages to stretch the process into an hourlong show, chronicling
people who find love online and setting up in-person reveals for the couple, often to the dismay of the one party that was telling the truth. Now Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, heralded for his on-field heroics during his girlfriend’s tragic illness and death,
wants us to believe he, too, was “catfished.” He wants us to believe that after her “death,” he found out his beloved Lennay Kekua never existed. Despite his previous stories of how they locked eyes upon meeting, how after landing in a coma, her breathing would pick up when she heard his voice, Te’o now wants us to believe that he met someone pretending to be her online
— never in person — and was scammed. It turns out pictures of the fictitious Lennay were actually lifted from an unwitting 23-year-old Los Angeles woman, used in a fake
Tw i t ter profile and countless
handouts to the media. The crack reporters at the sports website Deadspin discovered this. Here’s how they (likely) did it, and how you can find out the origins of nearly any picture on the web: Step one is to download Google’s Chrome browser. It includes an enhanced version of Google’s image search. Step
two is to save the image in question to your hard drive. Do a split-screen view, with Google Chrome on one side and the image on the other. Drag and drop the image into Google’s image search. Voila. You should be able to view any other place that the picture, as well as similar-looking ones, appears on the Web. If you want to go a little deeper into identity verification, I recommend the subscription-based website Spokeo. It’s an online phone book that integrates with social media sites and their user names. It’s got a number of uses, and a few months back, I helped a friend find out that his sketchy new love interest was actually married. These days, there are few good reasons to fall for a scam — even if the perpetrator is a contender for the Heisman Trophy with a feel-good story that we wanted to believe.
DATING continued from page 1 relationship,” Rausch said. “With the distractions of faceto-face interactions removed, the communication can make the relationship seem more soulful, like meeting a soul mate. “Look for consistency. Ask to see several photos from the person’s history, pay attention to detail, don’t get caught up in a deception.” A healthy self-esteem is a great protection and the first defense in building a healthy relationship. IT officials have specific
“Don’t get caught up in a deception.” Susan Rausch
Health Educator with Patwalker Health Center tips that students should use when working online. Keeping your browsers current, as well as using antivirus and antispyware tools, is a first line of defense, along with using strong, unique passwords. Other precautions include never accessing your
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bank or financial institution from a public computer, according to the UA IT department’s article “Real World Safety in the Virtual World.” Some Internet scams involve phishing, or using fake email messages to capture personal information.
“Pay attention to the email address in the From field,” according to the IT department. “All legitimate email coming from the University of Arkansas will be sent from an @ uark.edu address.” The UA also uses high-end software to protect students from online fraud. “After students log out of a university computer, we have a program that wipes out all their personal information,” said Roy Hatcher, IT specialist. The software is an industry standard product.
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Jam Band Perpetual Groove is a 10-year-standing band from Savannah, Ga., feeding fans a mixed genre of indie, progressive and anthemic rock with tastes of jazz and R&B. The band performs many covers ranging from Jay-Z to Fatboy Slim to Rage Against the Machine. The band has been known to dismiss the use fancyshmancy decor and promotional gimmicks, preferring to play from the heart and bring smiles to the faces of the listeners, whether at a sold-out weeknight concert or to 150 people on a Saturday. Unfortunately, Perpetual Groove has announced that they will break up at the end of their final tour. Lead vocalist Brock Butler has informed everyone with a statement on the band’s website explaining
the retirement from Perpetual Groove. In his statement, “From Brock, to You,” he explains that health is the most important thing in life, and that staying on tour with the band is keeping him from finding the
“It’s hard to stay on track going from club to club, show to show.” Brock Butler
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key balance and ultimate happiness that he needs. However, the band will work to create a side project, and Brock plans to stable his mind with his own music. “There has never been a
thought of mine of not doing music,” the lead singer stated, “and regrettably, the time needed is not really afforded to us.” Brock explains that after overcoming a dire sickness, he realized more and more that health and cleansing was the most important thing in his life at the moment. Every person he has spoken to had stories of success and of cleansing in which most evolved from having time and making time; the feeling of which he yearns for. “PGroove is always endless touring,and I’m trying to live healthier and make good decisions, but it’s hard to stay on track going from club to club, show to show,” Brock had said during a phone interview. Despite the breakup, the remainder of Perpetual Groove plans to create a side project by the name of Ghost Owl. “I hope they get the satisfaction artistically, financially, everything,” Brock wishes for the band.
PIRATES continued from page 1 lon Davis, drums; and Matt Smith, lead guitar. Kearney said Wakarusa attendees can expect new material at their upcoming performance. “Something is going to get spewed on the crowd,” Kearney said. Flipoff Pirates’ genre can be classified as progressive rock with a songwriter point of view, Kearney said. The band’s songwriting is a collaborative effort; however, Weeden is the main inspiration behind the vocals, Kearney said. The Newton County band
began playing together during high school in 1996, Kearney said. So, when the time came for the competition, the band did not require a lot of practice. “We’ve been playing together for so long, it just meshes,” Weeden said. From 2000-2003, the band traveled a lot, performing shows nationally, Weeden said. The band members, now in their 30s, practice when it’s convenient for everyone because of family and work obligations, Kearney said. The band is used to playing unpaid gigs and saw the competition
as a good opportunity to gain exposure, Weeden said. In 2004, the band came to a standstill after Rich, their drummer, died, Weeden said. The band began playing together again for fun but realized music helped them cope with the loss, Weeden said. Weeden’s desire for fame changed after Rich died, he said. He was more concerned with the feeling that playing music provided for him. Weeden, along with his bandmates, writes with the goal of relieving daily trials and tribulations of their listeners, he said.
“I was worried that I won’t have time to meet my friendship family.” Bo Ryung Geum
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“I have been studying English since I was little, but still cannot really speak good English,” Geum said. “I think studying at only the classroom and library will never help me learn my English skill. I think this program is a great idea for foreign students. It not only good for improving English skills, but also having an opportunity to experience a real American culture.” The Office of International Students and Scholars recommends that the
ten, and they invited me to their dinner. I made Korean traditional food, kimbap. They liked it a lot.” To participate in the program, students must submit a student application and attend an orientation session. “Once you have submitted your application, we will let you know when our next orientation session is scheduled,” Beitle said. “There should be another orientation scheduled in the end of January.”
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Associated Student Government received a check from McBride Distribution Co. Inc. yesterday in support of the Safe Ride program, according to a press release. McBride Distribution Co. Inc. donated a check worth $7,500 to the Safe Ride Program, said ASG President Tori Pohlner. University officials knew of the donation in early December, Pohlner said. Safe Ride Program is a
safe way to transport students when they need rides. It consists of two services: Night Owl Service, from 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays on campus only, and Safe Ride Service, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays inside Fayetteville city limits. “Safe Ride is one of the most meaningful programs or initiatives of ASG,” Pohlner said. “I am confident that providing this service keeps students out of countless uncomfortable situations,
and undoubtedly saves lives each and every week. This donation from McBride not only helps our students, but helps give peace of mind to our families. I can’t thank McBride enough for their generous support of our program.” McBride Distributing Co. distributes Anheuser-Busch products in northwest Arkansas. The donation from McBride is part of their Alcohol Responsibility Initiative. This is the second year McBride has supported Safe Ride.
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The Office of International Students and Scholars provides the Friendship Family Program every semester for international students who want to experience American culture. Groups of citizens volunteer for the program so that foreign students can have an opportunity to get along with Americans, visit their homes and learn about American culture, according to the Office of International Students and Scholars. These citizens are not paid for their services or expenses; however, they are rewarded with the opportunity to learn about other countries’ cultures. “The program is called iFriend,” said Karen Beitle, iFriend coordinator. “iFriend matches international students with individuals and families of all types for a social relationship through our Friendship Family Program.” The iFriend program understands both students’ and volunteers’ schedules, so it is flexible and can meet the mutual needs of the stu-
dents and host families. “I was worried that I won’t have time to meet my friendship family,” said Bo Ryung Geum, an international student from South Korea, “but I can adjust the time and everything with them easily.” The program is good for students who want to learn about more than schoolwork while on campus.
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From the Board RIC Anonymous Vote on Gun Legislation The Residents’ Interhall Congress discussed Monday night, among other legislation, a conceal and carry bill that would allow weapons onto the UA campus. The crowded room in the graduate education building was silent as arguments for and against weapons on campus were presented by hall representatives. Two concealed carry bills were presented in RIC’s Monday night meeting, one allowing concealed carry for UA students with proper registration, while the other would allow UA faculty and staff with permits to carry concealed weapons in university buildings. RIC denied passage of the first bill. The committee kept the vote anonymous because of the contentious nature of the bill. The second amendment, however, passed in a 16-14 roll-call vote. The decision to conceal the votes of senators on the first issue was a mistake. We agree, this is a contentious issue which is exactly why each student, especially those living on-campus, should have the knowledge of what their senator voted for. On the RIC website, the expectations of an RIC senator are given. One of these stuck out more than the others. “Talk to your constituents. Give a weekly report at your Hall Senate meeting and get feedback. How can you represent your fellow students if you never talk to them?” How do residents know if an RIC representative is performing that duty, reflecting their opinion, if votes are hidden from them? UA students deserve the know how they are being represented in their student governments, whether they are directly involved or not. Why keep votes — involving the people RIC represents — secret? In that case, why were results of the faculty and staff concealed carry bill made public? Further, we on The Traveler editorial board do not support the passage of the second bill, allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed weapons into university buildings; however, our opinion does not reflect the opinion of the entire Traveler staff. The UA campus is a place for learning. The introduction of weapons — of any kind — is the introduction of potential chaos in our educational system. A professor’s job is not to carry a weapon. Weapons do not, and never should, belong on our college campus. We believe weapons should be left in the hands of individuals properly trained to act in tense, violent situations. Most college professors are not trained or experienced enough to know how to properly act in a life or death situation. Despite the passage of this bill, UA administration has the final say in legislation of this kind. RIC’s bill essentially reflects UA students’ opinions, so students deserve access to bills and legislation discussed during RIC meetings. RIC does not keep record of minutes taken during meetings on its website, nor does it keep an updated list of proposed bills, amendments and resolutions available online for students and faculty to read. We do know that ASG will conduct voting in a different way. Three “gun-related resolutions” will be discussed at next week’s ASG senate meeting, according to an e-mail to senators by Chair of Senate Mike Norton. ASG votes will be made public and posted online the following day, Norton said. RIC needs to increase transparency by providing more immediate information online about its meetings and the legislation in discussion. Student government cannot properly represent its students when students don’t have access to the information they need to make informed decisions.
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Elders Hold Crystal Wisdom: Listen
Clara Spann Contributing Columnist I watched Jack roam the village. He was short and a muscled sort of skinny that had come from decades of physical work. He saw me and smiled — his teeth were yellowed and crooked, and some were missing. They stood in sharp contrast to his spotted, dark skin. Cataracts coated his eyes and squeezed from them a constant stream of tears. Objectively speaking, he wasn’t a very appealing figure, but affection made me smile back, with a slight duck of my head — he was the region’s chief and deserved my deference. While on a medical mission trip in Vanuatu, an island nestled near Australia in the South Pacific, the way I saw people treat Chief Jack and other chiefs was very different from the way a man of his
age would be treated in our Western world. The village listened to him, obeyed him and respected him. His word was final. He was the central figure in the village. Chief Jack’s sons were stronger, more handsome and able to work harder to adapt to the shifting society on the island, yet he was still the head. It strikes me the respect for Chief Jack would be upsidedown here in America. We would focus on his stable sons rather than him. We would let those with smoother skin and fuller smiles lead our village. We would relegate Chief Jack to a corner hut, where he could rest — and be useless. That’s what we expect the elderly to do, is it not? I don’t think the picture I painted of the village in Vanuatu is entirely foreign to us. We all know elders are the most respected members of the family in many parts of the world, yet we have no concept of this in our own society. Our respect for those older than us — not just those who are truly capital-O Old, but parents and bosses and teachers as well — has vanished. This is no sudden, unexplainable phenomenon. Over the past few decades, our nation has grown an obsession with being, and looking,
young. We have every form of plastic surgery conceivable to remove all traces of aging. The aisles of Wal-Mart are thick with women dressing like their daughters, while magazines are shouting at shoppers that “20 is the new 60.” In movies and on television — particularly shows aimed at preteens and teens — parents are ridiculed and treated as foolish, the elderly are used as comedic props and the abnormally attractive young star is portrayed as the pinnacle of brilliance. The West kneels at the feet of youth to worship, and those who are no longer young (or no longer look it) are cast aside. Why do other cultures honor the aged? It is, of course, for their greater knowledge. They have felt life’s smiles and stings far more than we have. Their insight is, therefore, far better than ours. Philosopher Amadou Hampate Ba wrote, “When an elder person dies in Africa, it is as though a whole library had burned down.” Their people acknowledge and respect their elders’ wealth of wisdom. We ought to honor our elders for the same reason. Even dismissing tradition, we have scientific reasons to do so. According to the Cattell-Horn theory of intelligence, there
are two kinds of intelligence, fluid and crystallized. Fluid intelligence is abstract thinking and problem solving; it is the young man’s innovation. However, crystallized intelligence is knowledge and skills gained purely from experience; it is the old man’s wisdom. Those of us still in school, half-baked adults that we are, simply cannot have the same understanding of life that those with more years under their belts. We have begun to value beauty over wisdom; we are treading dangerous ground. Consider the future course of our businesses, educational systems and government if all becomes a pageant. We can see clearly neither the present nor the future, but we can see the past in 20/20. Let’s sit at the feet of those who see further back than us and learn. If we cannot do that, then let us at least try to show our elders that we honor them. They will benefit from the encouragement while we benefit from the humility. Finally, consider this: How will you want to be treated by the next generation? Clara Spann is a sophomore English and creative writing major and a contributing columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.
Business Move Shows Nationalism Chad Harcourt Campus Crossfire Wal-Mart hosted its National Retail Federation Big Show Jan. 15 and made a forward-thinking announcement to invest $50 billion in the United States over 10 years. As a Wal-Mart shopper and believer in the greater good of the U.S. gross domestic product, this is great news. The move was initiated by president and CEO, Bill Simmons, to hit the one major issue in our country: joblessness. “We are meeting with our suppliers on domestic manufacturing and are making a strong commitment to move this forward,” Simmons said in a press release on news. walmart.com. Wal-Mart also had another big announcement: They are opening thousands of jobs for veterans to have a greater opportunity to find work. Veterans basically have to
walk in a store and say, “I’m a veteran” to receive, at minimum, a part-time job. This is an amazing opportunity for those who have been struggling for work. Wal-Mart is looking to benefit the ones who aided our country. Wal-Mart has historically been ostracized by people around the world. It has been painted as a company out to rule the world by closing one mom-and-pop shop at a time. My feelings for WalMart have varied over the years. I have seen a dramatic improvement and desire for the company not to be solely invested in itself. One particular case that touched me with Wal-Mart was in 2011 when the company donated $20,000 to a race I co-founded. The money helped build an orphanage in India. I know the heart of the company is forward-thinking and progressing the nation as a unit. Wal-Mart will be increasing onshore production of
sporting goods, apparel basics, storage products, games and paper products. They will also help industries like textiles, furniture and highend appliances, according to the Wal-Mart Manufacturing Commitment fact sheet on Walmart.com. Truly, the only negative aspect of this move is a decrease in overall initial income for Wal-Mart. With this move, industries across the nation will flourish with multimillion dollar contracts and thousands of jobs outside of Wal-Mart opening. The plan is to have a team within WalMart — again, more jobs added within Wal-Mart — getting contracts with suppliers providing assurance this is a long-term investment in U.S. products. There is nothing more American than an American company bringing American jobs to the American people for the American government. It really is impressive to see this large-scale change
in how Wal-Mart will conduct business. This hopefully is a leading example for other large companies to invest within ourselves to see an improved America for our future generations. Wal-Mart has done an excellent job in the veteran job market, giving a veteran a job immediately within a year of being honorably discharged. “My challenge is simple: for every business in America to follow Wal-Mart’s lead by finding innovative solutions that both make sense for their workplaces and make a difference for our veterans and their families,” First Lady Michelle Obama said on news.walmart.com. When the White House backs your business plan, you can bet it is based on a solid foundation. Chad Harcourt is a political correspondent on UATV’s Campus Crossfire, live Wednesday at 7. Follow campus, state and national politics on Twitter @UACrossfire.
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The Truth About Vitamins and Supplements Georgia Carter Staff Writer
College students are hardly known for having wellbalanced lives, and this includes their diets. Many people try to make up for the nutrients that they are missing in their daily diets with vitamins and supplements. Some people believe that vitamins are the key to any health problem or nutrient deficiency, while others think that they do more harm than good. Many medical professionals believe that Americans overdo their vitamin consumption. Vitamin B is one of the most popular supplements people take. It is supposed to keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and make DNA. Another vitamin many people take is fish oil. Fish oil is said to have cardiovascular and brain-functioning benefits, along with arthritis prevention. Melatonin is taken by a lot of people to help get a good night’s sleep. It can also balance a disrupted sleep cycle. Vitamin D can help the absorption of calcium, fortifying bone health. Calcium is another supplement that supports bone health. Multivitamins pack in multiple vitamins into one pill. The best way to take a multivitamin is to look for one that is targeted to your gender and age. If you’re 20 years old, you need different vitamins than a 50-year-old. Even though a great deal of people do not often eat the suggested serving of vegetables and fruits each day, vitamin deficiencies are not a huge problem in America. Doctors are more concerned about vitamin excess. Vitamins are better for people experiencing some kind of deficiency as opposed to those who are trying to make up for the vitamins they do not eat during the day. Anemic people benefit greatly from iron supplements, and when people are battling sickness, an extra dose of vitamin C in pill form can help heal the immune system. These are not necessary for everyday life, though. There have been many conflicting reports about multivitamins and cancer. After a decade of following 15,000 older male doctors, it was found that those taking multivitamins experienced 8 percent fewer cancers than those taking placebos, according to the New York Times. This is all quite subjective, though, because cancer is never a guarantee. The study’s lead author, Dr. Gaziano, published that people should not use multivitamins to make up for their lack of eating well, smoking, not using sunscreen or exercising. The multivitamin can just help enhance the benefits of living a healthy life. The American Cancer Society suggests that those taking supplements should be taking a balanced multivitamin that contains no more than 100 percent of the daily value of any of the nutrients. The University of Maryland Medical Center also stresses the daily intake of vegetables and fruits over multivitamins. When buying vitamins, brand names make a difference, according to steadyhealth.com. The higher the quality of the vitamin company, the better the ingredients. Buying a higher quality vitamin also ensures that the ingredients have been put through tests, safeguarding the safety and effectiveness of the ingredient. The best brands of vitamin to buy are the store brands (such as the Target or Wal-Mart brand) or big-name vitamin companies (like One A Day or Centrum), according to Fitness Magazine. Consult your doctor to find what kind of vitamin might help you be your most healthy self. This way, your physician can identify what vitamins you may be needing every day and what dosage will be most effective. Although vitamins may be beneficial to some, they are not completely necessary for every individual. If you maintain a fairly healthy lifestyle, you shouldn’t need vitamins. They are called supplements, and not replacements, for a reason. But, when experiencing some kind of illness or deficiency, vitamins can be very useful.
Gareth Patterson Staff Photographer Travis Deal and Connor Weeks rehearse for the University Production of Macbeth, Tuesday, Jan. 29. The undergraduate student performed show will take place in Kimpel 404 on Feb. 6.
The Best Laid Plans
Mike Mahardy Staff Writer
Lady Macbeth guides her husband across the room. Pausing near a lone black box, she removes a dagger from a sheath on his belt. It’s a grisly omen of things to come. Macbeth, inches away, listens in rapt attention as his wife recites her monologue. His eyes, focused on her, reflect the reds and blues of the stage lights shining from the fixtures overhead. His white V-neck shirt rests on a pair of jeans, which rests on a pair of Converse All-Stars. This is rehearsal. Whitney Masters and Travis Deal are ironing out the intimate scenes between the star-crossed couple, weeks before the room will be filled with strangers. It’s a decidedly minimalist stage, consisting of a black box — which acts as a chair in the current scene under scrutiny — a black platform, black curtains and the aforementioned colored lights. In show business, it’s appropriately called a “black box.” Surrounding this stage are three black, raised platforms, complete with several rows of chairs that can be moved on a whim, should the show require it. On the center platform, in the sixth chair of the second row, like an architect poring over his blueprints, is Director Kris Stoker. He’s examining every second of the scene playing out between Masters and Deal. They have four hours tonight with which to perfect every subtle nuance of the couple’s doomed relationship. Rehearsals began in November, which gave the cast — 21 members — all of winter break to
memorize their lines. Stoker is more concerned with minutiae at this point. “Macbeth” is full of “funny lines, dirty jokes and elegant poetry,” Stoker said. “These two have a few intimate, more vulnerable scenes, though. Tonight is all about them. “I want to see them together, without the rest of the cast. Their relationship is a central piece in the play … I want them to feel vulnerable, to show it, too.” The duo continues, seemingly unaware of the surroundings in Kimpel 404, or the few people present to watch the proceedings. Right now, they’re not Travis or Whitney; they’re in character. “(Lady Macbeth) doesn’t even have a name,” Masters, a UA theater major, said before the rehearsal unfolded. “I had to come up with a whole person underneath.” She’s been working on that subtle characterization, molding Lady Macbeth to suit her own personality and, in turn, shaping her own. “There’s a lot of room to interpret,” she said. “A lot of it is up to me to portray.” Assuming the role of Lady Macbeth means being persuasive, controlling, even cunning. At this point, Masters is examining the fine print, crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s as show time approaches. She isn’t alone in this, though. Deal, the Scottish general facing her, is moving from scene to scene, more focused on how things work as a whole, rather than the individual parts he’s been studying for months now. “Memorizing a Shakespeare script isn’t all that different from memorizing any other script,” Deal, also a theater major, said. “In fact, it’s a little easier. There’s an inherent rhythm to the poetry.”
The stage is set, the lines are memorized and, like Stoker, Deal is examining how things can coalesce more seamlessly. “The scene work is laid,” Deal said. “Now we’re just working on patching it together.” “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, to cry ‘Hold! Hold!’” Masters finishes her soliloquy. Sitting on the black box at the center of the stage, her zip-up purple hoodie falling over the dark wooden sides of her makeshift chair, she commands the attention of the onlookers in the room. Stoker, still leaning forward, head resting in his hand, watches as Deal enters stage right. His eyes don’t so much zero in on the scene as they do pull back, absorbing everything as the titular general crosses the scuffed black floor. He only interrupts when absolutely necessary. “We want to give these two the attention tonight,” Stoker said. “They can focus on the poetry and acting … I can help, but I also want to make sure that things go smoothly on a broader scale.” Tonight, Deal and Masters are sporting fashion of 2013, rehearsing with stomachs full of Quiznos and enchiladas. In a few weeks, they’ll don traditional wardrobes — Macbeth, a full black outfit; Lady Macbeth, a long, red dress. Nineteen other cast members will make their way in and out of the limelight, supporting the roles of the couple as they make their way toward the tragic, bloody ending of “Macbeth.” Stoker presides over the process now. He’s drawn up the plans and made changes where they need to be made. Come Feb. 6, though, at 8 p.m. in Kimpel 404, the story is in the hands of Lady Macbeth and her puppet of a husband.
UA Startup Gets Designated Driver Service Alex March Staff Writer
When Friday night rolls around, most UA seniors can be found somewhere along Dickson Street, drinking the week’s stress away. Brian Oller and his business partner Jacob Grigg spend theirs sitting in an office above Center Street, waiting for calls from customers. Last semester, Oller and Grigg started Northwest Arkansas Designated Driver, or NWADD. NWADD allows people to get home safely with their own cars. When a customer calls, Oller and Grigg meet them at the desired location with a chase car. One of them drives the customer’s car back to their house, and then they both leave in the chase car. Customer and car are back at home, safe and sound. Oller and Grigg first saw the idea on the BBC show “Top Gear,” and similar services are available in other parts of the country. “The idea is out there, and we thought the bar scene in Fayetteville could use it,” Oller said. To use the service, people must first sign up on the company’s website, myNWADD.com. There is a $12 base charge per ride, plus an additional $2.90 per mile. Oller said the service is cheaper than a two-way cab ride and easier than trying to getting back to Dickson Street to find a car the next morning. NWADD operates Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. “It rarely gets backed up,” Oller said, “but most people want to go
Ashley Swindell Staff Photographer UA student Brian Oller works at his Fayetteville office, Tuesday, Jan. 29. Oller owns the small business NWADD, a designated driver service that offers Fayetteville residents a safe ride home throughout the week. home between 1:30 and 2.” Operating the business means Oller and Grigg have to pass on weekend drinking. “It’s somewhat of a burden, but we knew we would use (the service),” Oller said. Last semester, NWADD usually had a handful of calls per night. They would see new registrants for the service throughout the day, as people started planning for a night out. Oller said there were one or two calls early, and then more around 1 or 2 a.m. Even though the calls can stack up at times, like on New Year’s Eve, Oller said NWADD always gets everybody home safely. “We just start doing what we need to do,” Oller said. Starting a business means sac-
rifice, especially for student entrepreneurs. Oller and Grigg financed NWADD with their own savings, split 50/50. The business had low startup costs, and the operating hours fit well with a college schedule. Oller said balancing the business with school has been easier than expected. “School is during the week, and the business is Thursday through Saturday,” Oller said. NWADD was on the books as of last August, but operations only began in November. Oller said he knew there would be a market for the service because it is a unique business. He said he and Grigg rarely felt in over their heads, except when looking at legal issues for the business. There is inherent risk when people
drive other people’s cars, hence the sign-up process beforehand with terms and conditions. Oller said the Internet provided plenty of information and advice from people who had started businesses of all kinds. Both partners are students in the Walton College, so they knew good business practices beforehand. “The first thing everyone wants to think about is profit and revenue, but we knew the importance of accounting and other little things,” Oller said. There were difficult decisions to be made for NWADD, Oller said. For a student business, he said, every choice is important. “When you’re a small business, every single decision is a big decision,” Oller said. “You’ve got to really, really, truly meditate on highexpense decisions.” The business has begun to adapt to the market and has seen a few surprising results. Oller said NWADD has taken home more young professionals than first anticipated. He said they often have more to lose by driving drunk and usually live farther away from Dickson Street. They use Facebook to reach the student audience, but Oller said they needed to find a way to reach older people. The primary motive for any business is to make money, but NWADD is more than a job for Oller and Grigg. Oller said the business is an example of how a market system solves problems for society. They sometimes see the business as a service to Fayetteville.
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BASKETBALL
Hogs Prepare for Tough Travel
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BASEBALL
Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team is winless outside the state of Arkansas, but head coach Mike Anderson said he thinks his team can get their first road win tomorrow night in his home state. Anderson, a graduate of Jackson Olin High in Alabama, will lead Arkansas against the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa for a rare Thursday night game. The Crimson Tide have the same overall record as the Razorbacks, 12-7, but are one game ahead in SEC play, with a 4-2 record. “Alabama is a team that’s playing pretty good basketball right now,” Anderson said. “It’s going to be a big challenge for our basketball team.” They are led by a pair of guards, junior Trevor Releford and sophomore Trevor Lacey. Releford is averaging 16.1 points per game and Lacey is averaging 12.1 points per game. “(Releford) is a real key to their basketball team, as well as a guy like Lacey, who has really hit some incredible shots for them,” Anderson said. In order to have success against them, Arkansas must keep Releford out of the lane, Anderson said. “He’s a real clever bas-
Mary McKay Staff Photographer Men’s basketball head coach Mike Anderson met with the media Tuesday to discuss Thursday’s matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide. ketball player and he’s like a little coach out on the floor,” Anderson said. “It seems like when he’s playing well, they play well.” Despite early struggles, Alabama has started to “find their niche” offensively, Anderson said. In SEC play, they are shooting 40.2 percent from three-point range. Last season, senior guard Andrew Steele accumulated
26 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists in two games against Arkansas, proving to be an “x-factor,” Anderson said. For the Razorbacks, junior forward Marshawn Powell is averaging 16.7 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game, but Anderson said the rest of the team needs to step up. “Powell has been a one-
man wrecking force for us,” Anderson said. “He’s had career highs in scoring and in rebounds, so he’s showing that leadership we talk about. Now it’s important for other guys to help him. He can’t do it by himself.” Junior Coty Clarke and freshman Jacorey Williams will also be returning to their
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TENNIS
Razorbacks Host UAB Blazers
Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer
The men’s tennis team has a busy week ahead of them after their 1-1 weekend at the ITA Kickoff, beginning with the No. 75 UAB Blazers Wednesday to open the Razorbacks’ home season. “UAB is going to be very similar to Georgia State,” head coach Robert Cox said. “There’s a lot of good teams out here.” The Razorbacks triumphed over No. 62 Georgia State in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, before falling against No. 1 Virginia Sunday, which boosted Arkansas one spot in the rankings to No. 55 and moved their record to 3-1. “From the weekend, we took away a lot of lessons that we’ll learn from. It was really good. We’re coming out of there a better team,” Cox said. UAB has had ample time to rest and prepare for their visit to Arkansas, as their last
Gareth Patterson Staff Photographer Men’s tennis head coach Robert Cox speaks about the upcoming match against UAB at the Olympic Press Conference in Barnhill Arena, Tuesday, Jan. 29. match was Jan. 20. UAB has achieved a record of 2-1 so far in their season, their only loss being a blowout against Florida State 7-0. Florida A&M and Florida
Gulf Coast University lost to UAB 4-2 and 5-2, respectively. The Blazers’ win over FGCU featured the duos of Lucas Dirube/Chris Helliar and Rafael Rondino/Luiz
Felipe Pinto to earn the doubles point. However, FGCU defeated Dirube and Helliar in singles, with Helliar’s match go-
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COMMENTARY
True Razorback Fans Show Pride in Any Situation
Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer Well, readers, a crazy thing happened to me last week. I became an aunt. I know this sounds as if it has nothing to do with sports, but I promise, I will find a way to relate it to
the right topic. I got to see my niece eight hours after she was born prematurely. My brother took me back to the room where she stayed. As I took picture after picture of his tiny daughter, my brother started singing to her. He sang the Razorback Fight Song, the same song he’s been singing to his wife’s belly while she was pregnant. I think that moment really exemplified Razorback pride. Razorback pride isn’t just something you have during a winning football season. If it is, then you may not have had lots of Razorback pride pouring out of your soul this year.
It’s something you’ve got to have all the time, a feeling that you get every time you watch a game, read about the teams or listen to a press conference. You know those moments when the Razorbacks let you down in a game – for instance, think of the ULM football game – and someone who isn’t a Hog fan tells you how bad your team is? And right after they do, you think about kicking them but instead you simply say, “Don’t talk to me,” or variations thereupon? That’s a little snippet of Razorback pride. Another prime example of Razorback pride came last year when my brother and I
brought my dad to his firstever basketball game over Christmas break. The Hogs won the game, and as we walked around the arena to leave, I looked back and noticed my dad was not with us anymore. He had wandered off to the top of the stairs at one of the sections gates and was looking in as event staff cleaned off the court and the bleachers. He didn’t particularly want to leave, and that was because my dad has an immense sense of Razorback pride. So much that the building alone can instill that within him. Remember last year when athletic director Jeff Long got
up in front of the state – via the television – to tell everyone that he fired Bobby Petrino? That decision took a lot of pride to make. Long had enough pride in his program that he knew he had to get rid of someone that could drain the state of their pride in the Razorbacks. Of course, the most obvious way to feel this pride is to just be at a game, match or meet where the Razorbacks earn a win after working hard. Getting to sing “It’s Hard to Be Humble” with the rest of the student section and the team gets that feeling knocked into your heart real fast. This whole topic could
sound really cheesy if you don’t understand the feeling I’m describing. If you don’t, go to a game, pay attention – yes, I mean stay off your phone – and get into the sport. I don’t understand everything I watch, but I sure can figure out a way to be proud of the team, and so can you. Don’t be a fair-weather fan. Don’t berate the Hogs during play. Get into the game, and find your Razorback pride. Tamzen Tumlison is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other Wednesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @ UATravSports.
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BASKETBALL
Hogs to Play Two in Mississippi Liz Beadle Staff Writer
The Razorback women’s basketball team will go on the road for their next two games at Ole Miss and Mississippi State on Thursday and Sunday, respectively. The Hogs lost their fifth conference game of the season Sunday to South Carolina. “Being 2-5 and going out on the road for back to back games is a tough situation,” head coach Tom Collen said. “Winning road games in a major conference is pretty
tough.” The players are looking forward to the bonding time that will come from spending six days away from Fayetteville, as they will not return between the two games in Mississippi. “It’s kind of nice; it feels like a day off,” senior Sarah Watkins said. “We will have a whole lot of time to spend with the team.” After the trip to Mississippi, the Hogs face No. 8 Kentucky in Fayetteville on Feb. 7. “You have to go one game at a time,” Collen said. “If we go down there and beat
Ole Miss, that could propel us into a win against Mississippi State and then if you win both of those games, we come home and get another shot at a top 25 team.” Three of the Razorbacks’ losses have been by a combined total of ten points, losing by three to Auburn, by four to Georgia, and by three to South Carolina. “We all know that we’re a good team,” Watkins said. “But every night is a battle, and we’ve fallen short a couple times, but we know we have the potential to get wins.” “I keep reminding them
Photo Courtesy Athletic Media Relations Senior Sarah Watkins dribbles to the basket in the loss to South Carolina Sunday. The Razorbacks have dropped five of their conference games this season.
that we’re one or two baskets away in three games from being 5-2 and ranked in the top 20,” Collen said. “We’ve proven we can play with top 25 teams.” Both Mississippi schools are 1-6 in SEC play and rank at the very bottom of the SEC standings. “We have a couple of soft games coming up,” Collen said. “That is, if there is any such thing as a soft game in the SEC; but unfortunately for us, those games are on the road.” Arkansas is 6-3 away from Bud Walton this season, including two SEC road losses. “We’ve had some success on the road before and you have to get some of those wins if you want to give yourself a chance in March,” Collen said. “I think our team even plays better on the road, because they’re away from the classroom and all that pressure.” The Razorbacks have averaged only 52 total points in their last four games, including putting up just 40 on South Carolina on Sunday. “We have to learn how to score, but right now I’m trying not to panic since we’ve played against some of the best defenses in the country,” Collen said. “I’m trying to remain calm and not feel like we need to ditch what we’ve been doing altogether.” The Razorbacks will have the chance to improve the season by traveling down to Mississippi this weekend to hopefully regain some confidence before facing Kentucky at home. “I like my team; they’re pretty resilient,” Collen said. “I don’t think they’re ready to lay down and quit just yet.”
TRAVEL continued from page 7 home state. Both forwards played high school basketball in Birmingham. “They’re going to be excited,” Anderson said. “The key is to make sure we funnel that energy in the right way.” Anderson said he thinks Williams will play a lot more during this six-day stretch in which the Razorbacks travel to Alabama and play at home against Tennessee and No. 4 Florida. “I think he’s a tough
matchup,” Anderson said. “His versatility can cause problems for people.” Arkansas must be prepared to face Alabama’s “midtempo” style of play, as well as their pressure defense, Anderson said. “We have to make plays and make shots,” Anderson said. “If we do that and play for 40 minutes, we’ll be in a good position.” The game is set to tip-off at 8 p.m. and will air on ESPN2.
BLAZERS continued from page 7 ing into three sets. The Blazers are a solid team that will be a challenge to defeat, Cox said. The Hogs have yet to face a blowout in the season, in large part thanks to junior Mike Nott, who is undefeated in singles matches in the season. His three-match win against Virginia was the Razorbacks only win against the Cavaliers. “We’re not going to overlook anybody, nor are we a team that’s going to blow anybody away, so I expect a very tough, difficult match,” Cox said. The match against UAB will be the Hogs first time to play at home for the spring season and is the first of four total matches for the week at home. “We’ve got to get off to a good start playing at home,”
Cox said. “We’re excited to play in front of our home crowd, and it should be good tennis.” The Hogs are not taking the rest of the week lightly either. Both Army and Minnesota are well-coached, and since Minnesota is also a regional team, the Hogs had the chance to see some play from the team, Cox said. Cox isn’t letting the team get ahead of themselves, though, and is keeping the Hogs focused on UAB. The Blazers and Razorbacks begin play at 3 p.m. in the Dills Indoor Tennis Facility. The Razorbacks continue their week with a doubleheader against Army Friday at 11 a.m and 4:30 p.m., followed by their match against No. 34 Minnesota at 12 p.m. Sunday.