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Rebekah Harvey Staff Photographer During last night’s meeting, ASG senate members discussed numerous pieces of legislation to meet their end of semester deadline. Senators who did not fullful the ASG requirement to write one bill of legislation will be kicked out of senate.

Miranda Campbell Staff Writer Five to seven senators will be forced to vacate their seats at the end of this semester for failure to adhere to a new Associated Student Government policy requiring them to write at least one piece of legislation each semester.

Mike Norton, senate chairman, has made it clear from the beginning that he would enforce this rule, he said at the ASG meeting last

week.

“Currently there are 7 senators who haven’t met the requirement, meaning they haven’t written a bill or resolution and do not have one down for first reading on tonight’s agenda,” Norton said before last night’s meeting. “They will be removed from the roster and kicked off senate. Their seat will be filled via an at-large vacancy by the fourth week of classes in the spring semester, which we always do anyways.”

The requirements ensure everyone contributes, Nor-

Students are ‘Doing Good’ For Many Reasons Whitney Green Staff Writer Volunteering — for high school and college students — has gained significance because of the variety of community service hours that are often required to gain eligibility for schools, study programs, scholarships, internships and jobs, according to interviews.

Required volunteering has encouraged students to get involved in the community, however the motives behind “doing good” range from volunteering just for the sake of giving back to volunteering for the purpose of numbers on a resume.

Many UA students admit the importance of gaining community service hours for a resume, but say that should not be the main catalyst to volunteering.

“It looks good on a resume, but that shouldn’t be your only reason to volunteer,” said Lyna Ninkham, junior, international business major at the annual Make A Difference Day. “The mentality should not just be for yourself, but for others as well.”

Make a Difference Day engaged 1,100 students and community members Oct. 20 in a national day of service to work with 35 non-profit organizations on projects ranging from building homes for Habitat

for Humanity to gardening at Leverett Elementary School, according to the UA Center for Community Engagement website.

As a Make a Difference Day project leader, Ninkham supervised beautification projects at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville.

She found students’ motives for volunteering to be “either they wanted to help out and give back to the community or they were just there for community service hours, but either way people helped and a lot was accomplished,” Ninkham said.

Ninkham tutors elementary school students every week as part of the UA Volunteer Action Center Literacy Mentor Program.

“We read to kids and just doing something little like that for an hour a week makes a big impact on a child’s life,” Ninkham said. “It’s encouraging for me and really fun.”

Volunteering is an important part of the Fayetteville culture and many UA students have donated their time, money and resources to give back to the community and help Fayetteville receive an award for volunteering efforts.

City officials were notified that Fayetteville has been named a 2012 Arkansas Volun-

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ton said.

“In past years, only 26 senators wrote or sponsored legislation,” he said. “This year that number will be above 40. I am happy with

the content. We have addressed some pretty diverse issues on campus as a body.

“A resolution illustrating the ‘voice of the students’ on a given issue is worthless if they do not take it to the appropriate administra“In past years, only tion and lobby for students’ wishes,” Norton said. “Most 26 senators wrote of them met with the administration when writing their or sponsored a resolutions or bills to make legislation.” sure that the last step will go in our favor. Most of that Mike Norton work will likely be done next Chair of Senate semester for these last few pieces of legislation simply because finals are upon us.”

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Cigarette Butt Arguments Litter Campus Mason Carr Contributing Writer Students forced off campus to relieve their nicotine cravings have been littering neighboring properties with their cigarette butts; neighbors think it’s the university that should clean up the mess.

The student residents at 508 N Lyndell Ave, a property owned by Baptist Collegiate Ministries, said they sweep and clean up litter from smokers a couple times a month, sometimes once a week.

“I don’t think it’s our burden to bear to clean up after other’s litter,” Talon Brandon, a resident of the house said.

“We just like to keep our place clean.”

The Arkansas Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009 made it illegal to smoke on any campus-owned property. As a result, students and staff have started smoking on neighboring properties, leaving their butts after they leave.

There are no cigarette disposal receptacles on campus or at popular smoking spots provided by the university, said Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor of facilities.

“We do not go off university property [to clean up cigarette litter,]” Johnson said. “If we see cigarette litter, we let the UAPD know.”

But the UAPD cannot enforce the smoking laws where students are not on university property, and littering laws are hard to enforce because a specific person has to be associated with the litter, Captain Katherine Hurdler said.

If an owner of UA-neighboring properties complained to the police about smoking and litter on their property,

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Pohlner Addresses Student Body

Kris Johnson Staff Photographer ASG President Tori Pohlner gives the State of the Students Address in front of the student senate, cabinet members and the ASG justices. See page 3 for a story about Pohlner’s students address.

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Whitney Green Staff Photographer UA sophomore Carson Leavitt is a Potter’s House volunteer and tutors David Wolf,11, every week for the mentorship program. “I just love seeing kids learn and love seeing the lights turn on,” Leavitt said. “It’s exciting thinking about what these kids will do someday.” encouraged to volunteer and have depth in their service.”

UA Homecoming queen Katie Waldrip has volunteered with many campus organizations including Diamond Dolls where she worked with the baseball team and miracle league for children with disabilities.

“Students volunteer for different motives,” Waldrip said.

“It can be for the purpose of a job or internship, but I just enjoy getting involved and giving back to the community. It’s rewarding.”

Waldrip said her volunteer service has played a big role in her college career. She thinks everyone should get involved with some form of volunteering, despite their motives, she said.

“Our campus is 25,000 and that’s a lot of potential,” Waldrip said. “Although some people’s hearts might not be in the right place, they’re still volunteering.

Regardless of if it has to be for a certain class or, whatever, any involvement is a good thing.”

Nationally, the volunteer rate rose by 0.5 percent to 26.8 percent for the last recorded year ending in Sept. 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. About 64.3 million people volunteered at least once last year.

The increase in last year’s volunteer rate followed a decline of equal size in 2010, according to the Labor Department.

Statistically, individuals who

attained higher levels of education engage volunteer at higher rates, according to the Labor Department. In 2011, among persons 25 and older, roughly 42 percent of college graduates volunteered compared with 18 percent of high school graduates and 10 percent of those without a high school diploma.

In Fayetteville, high school students are encouraged to volunteer to “learn more about themselves and what really get’s them motivated to be a part of a community — whether it’s high school, city or even internationally,” said Dawn Norman, Fayetteville High lead counselor.

“Volunteering at the high school level is part of life. These kids are just flat out impressive when it comes to their drive,” Norman said. “They will get behind a cause and give it every-

thing. There’s nothing like the energy of a teenager.”

In the past two decades, a growing body of research has indicated that volunteering provides individual health and social benefits, according to the Corporation for National & Community Service at nationalservice.gov.

Research has established a strong relationship between volunteering and health: those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability and lower rates of depression than those who do not.

“People who volunteer are happier and a lot of people are looking for meaning in life,” Oxford said. “They’re looking for ways to increase their happiness and create change in a world that sometimes has a lot of issues.”

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Student government president, Tori Pohlner, addressed the student body last night during her State of the Students address, which was streamed live on the ASG website.

“The state of the students is strong,” Pohlner said. “It seems we are all on the hunt for the perfect parking spot.

We love the hill, but we wish the walk to class was a little flatter. Sad, but perhaps relieved the football season is over, we are waiting on the edge of our seats to find out who our next head coach will be.”

Pohlner reminded students to appreciate the time they have here at the UA. “It is about that time of the year that we are reminded just how much we love this place,” Pohnler said. “Freshman have returned from Thanksgiving, their first big break, thankful for it, but finding themselves anxious to return to a campus they have come to call home.

Older students realize a quickly approaching graduation is looming over the horizon.”

Pohlner praised every facet of the university, highlighting everything from the presence of the Flaming Lips and Jane Goodall, to a booming greek life and student athletes.

She especially commended the work of student government in all branches, the “Be Part of It,” campaign and the new RSO Financial Affairs committee.

“I’m proud of what ASG has accomplished this year,”

Pohnler said “We hope to continue to have innovative ideas that reflect who we are and what we are doing for the student body at large. Quite often, I think students feel the only way they can be heard is to let us know and have us take their issues to the administration.”

It is a great time to be a student leader, Pohlner said.

“I am beyond thrilled with the progress we have made this semester and I look forward to the future of student government progress,” Pohlner said. “We are able to give student input through dozens of facets of campus, and students can make their own voices be heard.”

Pohlner encouraged students to make the most of their time here on campus.

“UA students have the unique opportunity to leave a mark on our campus. When each of us graduates, a space on senior walk is reserved for our names,” Pohlner said. “ We have 22 characters to leave our impression in the concrete, but often you will find that students leave lasting impressions in the people around them, so two, even three years after they graduate, their names and contributions to campus are still brought up in conversation.”

Pohlner’s parting words were dedicated to fostering camaraderie among students.

“Embrace your UA family. As the UA continues to be the flagship for the state and a leader in the SEC, ASG will continue to be the voice of all students, and continue to do everything in our power to speak for and act on behalf of the students.”

the Fayetteville police department would be responsible to take action, she said.

“I don’t recall there being this much cigarette litter when I was a freshman and there were places to dispose of your cigarettes,” said Ryan Conrow, a senior. “When I was a freshman, there was a place to dispose of them outside the dorm.”

There are 5,514 students that live on campus. Several studies have shown that nicotine, the addictive ingredient in cigarettes, is as physically addictive as heroin or cocaine. About 28 percent of 18 to 24 year olds in Arkansas smoke, according to 2008 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prior to the 2009 law, students still could not smoke indoors, students could still smoke outside.

“There are people who smoke that live here and pay enough money to have a place where they can smoke,” said Grant D’Aubin, a freshman that lives on campus.

“You can’t stop people from smoking.”

Prohibiting smoking on campus has directly led to the litter on neighboring properties, Brandon said.

“It would be nice,” he said, if the university took responsibility for the litter, cleaned it up and provided receptacles for smokers.

“Cigarette butts don’t automatically incorporate themselves into the soil, so they stay on the surface,” said Kris Brye, UA associate professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences. “They’re lightweight so when it rains,

they can be transported as water runs off. Sometimes it makes it to nearby surface water, and then it is a pollutant.”

Cigarettes are the most common form of litter in the world and take 18 months to 25 years to decompose depending on the type of cigarette, environment, and study, according to several antilitter organizations online.

Once butts reach water, chemicals leach out and poison ecosystems. Studies have shown that smoked cigarette butt litter is toxic to species that are at the bottom of the food chain in aqueous ecosystems.

Half the sample size of a freshwater plankton used in scientific studies, Daphnia magna, died within 48 hours when a fourth of a smoked cigarette butt was present for every liter of water, according to 2011 study published by peer-reviewed journal, Tobacco Control.

The study found that fish, often used as indicators of healthy aquatic systems, were less sensitive than the plankton, but still susceptible. Half the sample size of the fish studied, fathead minnow and topsmelt, would die when there was approximately one smoked cigarette butt per liter of water (The study followed Environmental Protection Agency guidelines that required a 90 percent survival rate).

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teer Community of the year for the fourth consecutive year.

More than 30,000 Fayetteville volunteers contributed approximately 600,000 hours of volunteer community service in 2012, according to the news release. The Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Awards are co-sponsored by the state Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support, the Arkansas Municipal League and the Office of the Governor.

Awards are designed to thank the community, rather than individuals, for their volunteer efforts in serving neighbors, according to humanservices.arkansas.gov.

Freshman Sophia Waller volunteers weekly at Potter’s House tutoring program in Fayetteville. Potter’s House uses a one-on-one tutoring method to give participants individual attention.

Waller has worked with Leverett Elementary kindergartener Tra-Darius Cambell since beginning the tutoring program and has seen dramatic improvement in his reading and writing skills, she said.

“He’s improved a lot,” Waller said. “It’s really gratifying to serve the community and contribute to Tra-Darius’s life. He might not be getting attention or help with school at home.”

The growth in volunteering among students has led to increased interest in the UA Volunteer Action Center.

The center has expanded from 800 students volunteering 2,000 hours of service in 2008 to 6,000 students volunteering 23,000 hours of service in the last year, said Angela Oxford, director of the Center for Community Engagement.

Students are volunteering for many different reasons and while some are “volunteering for the good of the community,” others might have different motives.

“I think there are a couple things at play,” Oxford said.

“Generationally, college students feel they can do something to make a difference, but I also think they have the realism that they have to be able to tell the story of their service to give them the edge when looking for a job.”

As college students graduate in a time when jobs are scarce, community service hours help set applicants apart when competing for jobs.

“Having service hours on your resume is helpful because right now during this time that’s considered a recession, it takes everything you can to set yourself apart on your resume,” Oxford said. “Students are being

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Saba Naseem Opinion Editor I’ve never been a fan of energy drinks—they’ve always left me jittery and the irregular heart rate doesn’t really help when trying to complete an assignment. In fact, what happens when I drink an energy drink is that I end up staying up all night with a very bad stomach ache, unable to concentrate on my work.

I learned very quickly that I’m better off without energy drinks. I’ve tried Red Bull, Monster drinks and the 5-hour energy drinks and they’ve all had the same effects. It wasn’t worth it.

Is it worth it for you?

Federal officials have received reports of 13 deaths in the last four years that “cited the possible involvement of 5-Hour Energy,” according to a recent article in The New York Times.

The Food and Drug Administration also acknowledged that in October, it had received five fatality filings mentioning Monster Energy.

“Since 2009, 5-Hour Energy has been mentioned in some 90 filings with the F.D.A., including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening injuries like heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, a spontaneous abortion,” according to the article.

In another article in the

New York Times, written nearly a year earlier, they reported that side effects of energy

drinks include heart palpitations, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and death. It’s especially dangerous to people who already take medicine

or have chronic illnesses.

“An average energy drink contains 70 to 80 milligrams of caffeine p e r e i g ht ounce serving , ab out three times t h e concentration of cola drinks,” according to the article.

The 5-Hour Energy drink is reported to possibly contain 215 milligrams of caffeine.

An eight-ounce cup of coffee usually contains from 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine.

As finals week approaches, many of us are going to

turn to energy drinks in our last desperate hours. During those late nights at the library, where we are struggling to stay awake to finish that 10-page paper, an energy drink, or two, sounds like a pretty good deal if it will help us wake up.

Just be cautious. I think we’re all old enough to know what is good for us and what negatively affects our health.

The risk is not just the energy drink. It’s piling up on caffeine when your body is already stressed. As college students, most of us start the day with a cup of coffee and need another cup during the day.

Even down in the Traveler newsroom, the soft grumble of the coffee maker has become a constant sound accompanying production.

Coffee seems to be a necessity in our lives.

For most healthy adults, “moderate doses of caffeine – 200 to 300 milligrams, or

about two to four cups of brewed coffee a day – aren’t harmful,” according to the Mayo Clinic.

However, if that’s your normal intake and you pile energy drinks on top of that, it could put your health at risk.

I think the people that have to worry most are the ones who already suffer from an illness. If you have any sort of heart condition or diabetes, it’s probably safe to just stay way from these drinks.

As for other students, be sure to read the side effects and caffeine amounts before you drink your next energy drink.

Saba Naseem is the opinion editor. She is a journalism, French, and Middle Eastern studies major.

From the Board

We at the Traveler are disappointed in the Associated Student Government this semester. After seeing ASG President Tori Pohlner’s long platform when she ran for president, we haven’t seen many changes or many of her promises fulfilled.

We understand that it’s a hard job. Many of us here came into our jobs with big ideas, but once reality set in, we realized there was only so much that we can do.

However, we still believe that more could have been done.

This year Mike Norton, chair of Senate, required all senators to come up with one piece of legislation for the semester. While we think this was a good idea, it is sad that this had to be a requirement. ASG Senators should be eager to propose legislation, as it is a part of their jobs.

It is shameful that many senators waited until the last meeting to propose their legislation. This resulted in 23 pieces of proposed legislation at last night’s meeting. How does this allow for adequate time to debate issues like merging Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break, changing ISIS hours, offering Survey of Calculus supplemental instruction or expanding seats on ASG senate for graduate students?

We do commend ASG for passing important legislation on busing students to the polls for early voting and their proposal that visitors to the Islamic Center would not have to pay for parking on Fridays.

Pohlner was right saying in her State of the Student address that one of the only outlets for students to voice their concerns is through ASG. However, like many students, ASG has waited until the last minute to finish their work. As we all know, the more effort that goes into something, the better the product. ASG needs to get down to business next semester, this time from day one.

Traveler Quote of the Day I don’t think it’s our burden to bear to clean up after other’s litter.

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Do you trust the government with your computer?

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Do you trust the federal government to keep your personal data safe? What about your business’s records and trade secrets?

If you answered “no,” you have good reason — the federal government has had 13 breaches and failures of its own cybersecurity just in the last six months.

Yet President Obama and his allies in the Senate are pushing forward to regulate America’s cyberdoings, without any clues about how much this will cost us or how it will work.

It’s become the norm with this president — if Congress fails to accomplish his objectives, he goes around it with executive orders and federal regulations. He’s doing it again.

Congress did not pass the Cyber-security Act of 2012 before the election, so the president has issued a draft of an executive order to put much of that legislation in

place without lawmakers voting.

Not to be left behind, though, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, may try to get another vote on the bill before the end of the year — some are saying as soon as this week.

If the idea of cyber-security — trying to secure all of the country’s sensitive computer networks and data — sounds abstract, that’s because it is.

It’s so abstract, in fact, that the legislation and executive order our leaders are pushing offer few details about what they would actually do, other than piling more confusing regulations onto businesses.

When you think about it, the idea of the federal government trying to be on the cutting edge of technological security is pretty laughable. As The Heritage Foundation’s David Inserra notes: “Simply put, government regulations usually take 24–36 month to complete, but the power

of computers doubles every 18–24 months. This means that any standards developed will be written for threats that are two or three computer generations old.”

A federal government that stays hopelessly behind the curve and can’t even secure its own networks doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. But oh, it can regulate!

President Obama’s executive order would give multiple federal agencies new power to regulate businesses. It would work much like Obamacare, which passed with few details but gave agencies like Health and Human Services a blank check to write regulations. One of the incentives it may use to keep businesses in line is favoritism in awarding federal contracts — businesses that met the government’s cyber-security standards could be moved to the head of the line.

According to Heritage Visiting Fellow Paul Rosenzweig, “this order

will likely be very significant and very costly while not providing important cyber-security solutions, such as effective information sharing.”

How much will it cost businesses to comply with all these new (yet perpetually outdated) regulations?

We don’t know.

Will the standards be voluntary or mandatory?

Also unknown.

Can companies share information about cyberthreats they have detected, with confidence that their sensitive information will be protected? No guarantees.

With so many unanswered questions, the executive order — or the legislation — would create massive headaches for businesses and could hinder innovation. Just what the economy needs.

Amy Payne is Assistant Director for Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation.

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John Mullins Staff Writer Workers go about their business harvesting resources and constructing buildings to help their community prosper, all this under the watchful eye of Terran marines and other militarized units. The ground beneath the workers begins to shift, and in the blink of an eye a contingent of Zerg Roaches bursts through the earth and decimates the workforce, while a horde of Zerglings assaults the main gate, keeping the military units busy. This is the work of the hive mind; this is what many players may fall prey to in Blizzard’s new expansion, “Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.”

Blizzard has finally announced a definitive release date for the long-awaited expansion for the popular RTS “Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty.”

Along with this release date, Blizzard has also given some information on what players can expect with the new expansion, with hopes of delivering a needed home run.

The expansion will feature all of the aspects that made the original a great game: an engrossing single-player story line, bracketed competitive multiplayer matches, co-op campaign modes and “near-limitless” mods in the arcade, according to battle.net.

The story focuses on the happenings immediately after “Wings of Liberty.” Kerrigan has been taken to a high-security research laboratory to be studied by the Terrans. Kerrigan must plot her escape and reclaim her living empire at the Heart of the Swarm before the Terran Dominion finishes her off, according to blizzard. com.

Players will assume the role of Sarah Kerri-

Gareth Patterson Staff Photographer Arsaga’s barista Bekah Stuck makes an Ellen’s Delight latte at the Arsaga’s on Gregg St Tuesday November 27, 2012. Ellen’s Delight is one of many speciality drinks Arsaga’s is selling over the holiday season. ple syrup coffee beans and pumpkin pie coffee beans.

You can easily cut calories on any of these holiday beverages by substituting skim milk for whole milk and asking for no whipped cream, choices that can easily cut 100 calories.

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gan and will lead the swarm on a path of “furious vengeance,” according to blizzard.com.

Players will be able to evolve their brood as they move from planet to planet. There will be missions on new planets as well as old. The planet Char that hosted the final battles between Terran and Zerg will be featured in the story-driven campaign. Kerrigan returns to Char to reunite her Swarm by recovering hidden caches of eggs and returning them to spawning pools to grow her numbers; however, one rogue Zerg queen threatens Kerrigan’s plans and is spawning the eggs as her own. Players are tasked with hatching as many eggs as possible and using superior numbers to subdue the rogue queen.

In addition to the gameplay that players saw in “Wings of Liberty,” there will be some new aspects to enrich gameplay. Sarah Kerrigan will be featured as a playable unit in most “Heart of the Swarm” missions. “When the former Queen of Blades takes the field, she has multiple roles to choose from. Each role is called a Battle Focus and comes with a unique set of abilities,” according to battle.net.

As players progress through the campaign, new roles will become unlocked for Kerrigan and new abilities will be attained for existing roles. “The Battle Focus (players) choose for Kerrigan in any given mission and the way you use her powers will have a major impact on how each mission plays out,” according to battle.net.

To supplement the evolution of Kerrigan, the swarm will also be constantly evolving. Between missions, players will be able to mutate the different Zerg species and eventually evolve them into one of the two different strains available.

The popular RTS will also bring back the mod maps and competitive brackets for the

tumn blend coffee just in time for fall. They also have a frozen pumpkin latte and a regular pumpkin latte on their menu.

For brewing holiday drinks at home, Dunkin Donuts offers gingerbread, pumpkin spice and mocha mint flavored coffee grounds, all of which are available at Walmart.

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You know the holiday season is approaching when the infamous holiday Starbucks cups begin appearing in everyone’s hands on their way to class. The red holiday cups mean more than just the holiday season; they also mean that holiday drinks are back on the menu at coffee shops.

From November through January, coffee shops such as Starbucks, Arsaga’s, The Perk and Einstein Bros greet the holiday season with a line of specialty drinks and coffee blends.

When the cheer of the holiday season begins, students are more tempted to spend a little extra money at the coffee shop, trading their regular lattes for limited holiday beverages.

“I rarely go to Starbucks, but during the holidays, it makes it more special,” said Maggie Thompson, junior biology major. “I only buy one or two over the course of the holiday season. It’s typically a way to treat myself for finishing finals or for the holidays!”

Starbucks began the tradition of holiday specialty drinks 25 years ago with their Eggnog Latte. In addition to their Eggnog Latte, they now offer a Pumpkin Spice Latte, Caramel Brulee Latte, Peppermint Mocha Latte, Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha and Gingerbread Latte.

Starbucks also offers holiday drinks for non-coffee drinkers, including Peppermint Hot Chocolate, White Hot Chocolate and Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate.

“I like the festive flavors,” said Meg Strobel, junior nursing major. “I like buying (holiday drinks) because they are only available once a year. To be honest, I didn’t even notice that the holiday drinks are more expensive than a regular drink, but it’s worth it!”

This year, Starbucks is offering a skinny version of their Peppermint Mocha Latte. The skinny version is 100 calories for a tall compared to a 250-calorie regular tall Peppermint Mocha Latte.

Arsaga’s also offers a specialty latte for the season: the pumpkin spice latte. They also have several new syrups such as winter berry syrup and winter spice syrup that you can add to your drink for some winter cheer.

The Perk on Wedington is also following the trend of holiday drinks with a s’mores mocha and a maple nut latte. They have a number of holiday ground coffee blends, like their ma-

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multiplayer mode. The mod maps will allow innovative players to create their own maps and make custom games with their own rules in them. To help players in the multiplayer round out their army, each race will get access to all-new units in “Heart of the Swarm.” As of the recent announcement, the Zerg gets access to the Swarm Host and the Viper; Protoss gets access to the Mothership Core, the Oracle and the Tempest; and the Terrans get access to Hellbats and the Widow Mine.

The focus seems to be on the story-driven campaign in “Heart of the Swarm,” with the multiplayer section providing an endless replay value for the game. There is something for both multiplayer fans and story fans in this new addition to “Starcraft II.” Mark the date — Kerrigan returns on March 12, 2013.

It is no surprise to graduating seniors that the job market is the stiffest it has been in years, but what most forget is the other part of the problem: how to make a resume stand out to employers. From internships to getting involved on campus, many students are having to find ways to create job experience in a market with few jobs to provide real exposure to the realities of the outside world.

In 2010-2011, 52 percent of UA graduates responded to postgraduate placement surveys, and 81 percent of them said they found a job after graduation, according to the University Career Development Center. While these numbers are relatively positive, they do not exempt students from early preparation for a difficult job market outside of Arkansas.

“Students should begin preparing as early as their freshman year,” said Angela Williams of the Career Development Center.

But this begs the question: What and how does a student prepare for the job market? It does not hurt to decide early what sort of job is most desirable. In fact, most counselors urge students to figure out what their eventual goal is early into their undergraduate career — to get only a degree, or a job? Most students would agree a job is the preferable outcome.

“You won’t be able to get a job out of school without more than an undergrad degree,” said Blake Dixon, a 2011 UA graduate in biology.

“Non-oriented degrees like biology are useless unless you plan to do something with it.”

Dixon is currently at UAMS getting his medical degree. To increase his chances of getting into a good school, Dixon applied to numerous schools all around the country. He did research on their respective acceptance rates and interned during his undergrad at a hospice for a year and then with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Dixon’s method is essentially the plan that the Career Development Center has advocated in past years. By attending career fairs, doing personal research, sending out applications to various schools and participating in internships, a student can land a job much more easily. More importantly, it is of utmost importance to be committed to a certain degree program.

Switching gears later on down the line can have detrimental effects on your future as well as your wallet.

For students outside of degrees like biology or psychology, it is imperative to attend and participate in the job fairs that are available on campus every semester. According to the University Career Development Center, most students who attend job fairs have a much higher chance of landing a job out of school than a student who does not. Job fairs provide up-to-date information on available internships and job opportunities to prospective workers.

“For students, relevant experience is typically gained through internships,” Williams said. This is especially true as they are a great way to get a “foot in the door” to a permanent seat with an employer. Most internships require a 2.75 GPA or higher, so while it may seem like the importance of maintaining a high GPA is heard ad nauseum, it really can make or break a resume.

If it seems like internships or any of the offers at the career fair are not applicable to your major, bear in mind there are still other options to consider. Beau Barnard, a senior English and French major, plans on studying abroad in France for all of the Spring 2013 semester. He hopes to get into grad school the following year, but he has kept in mind the possibility that his future decisions may change.

“With my major, if you don’t want to teach, you should definitely look into internships or other opportunities around campus to make yourself more marketable,” Barnard said.

“That’s the goal of an undergrad — to show that you are a valuable asset to future employers.”

Though the UA has many opportunities for students to improve their chances for future employment, there are still hundreds of people on campus who do not make use of the Career Development Center. Many forget that even though the economy is getting better, the job market is still difficult terrain.

“If you graduate into a bad economy, then your starting point is going to be permanently lower in some ways than if you graduate into a good economy,” said Scott Winship, a research manager on economic mobility at the Pew Charitable Trusts, in an interview with NPR. The point is that this economy requires students to be more flexible than past generations.

Be prepared to deal with lesser salaries than previous years as well as moving to less desirable parts of the country. To make the best out of less-than-favorable conditions, be sure to take advantage of the many opportunities the UA offers to its students. After all, it is in the university’s best interest to make sure its students find jobs after school because it reflects back onto them.

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ACROSS 1 Blue toon 6 Stats at Anaheim’s “Big A” 10 Thyme rackmate 14 Garbage can insert 15 Vane point 16 Supermodel Heidi who inspired a 2009 Barbie doll 17 Wonderland wanderer 18 Arctic obstacle 19 Words before a conclusion 20 *Darth Vader, e.g.

23 Educ. support org.

24 Place to see long lines, briefly 25 Copier tray abbr.

28 *City near Sacramento 33 Luciano’s love 35 Common bill 36 Never, in Munich 37 Workplace in many crime shows 38 *Weekly newspaper with three Pulitzers 42 It’s ground in a Southern side dish 43 Desperate letters 44 __ Aviv 45 Calvin of couture 46 *Bottom-feeding fish 49 Weird 50 Developer of the

one-named “Jeopardy!” contestant Watson 52 “You don’t say!”

53 Horror video game/ film franchise, and a literal feature of the answers to the starred clues 59 Composer Bartók 62 Privy to 63 Pizzeria order 64 Folk singer associated with Dylan 65 As is proper 66 Chromosome components 67 Student’s surprise 68 This, in Havana 69 Bouquets DOWN 1 Sound of an angry exit 2 Actor O’Shea 3 Deg. issuer 4 Rachael Ray offering 5 Motel come-on 6 Mtge. paymentlowering option 7 Musket projectile 8 Lover of Tristan 9 Mirror obscurer 10 Shallot covering 11 TV E.T. 12 Mercury Seven astronaut Grissom

13 Mopey music genre 21 For naught 22 Joint tsar with Peter I 25 Nabokov nymphet 26 Actress Gold of “Growing Pains” 27 Rejects authority 28 “Orange, Red, Yellow” painter Mark 29 In phone limbo 30 Came off as 31 Hip-hop’s __ Kim 32 Car shopper’s option 34 1972 host to Nixon 37 Decorator’s study 39 Final article of the Constitution 40 Navel variety 41 URL ending for many agencies 46 It’s usually barely passing 47 “Time to split!”

48 Aroused the patrolman’s suspicion 51 Hit back?

53 Make fun of 54 Blockhead 55 Gaelic music star 56 Ristorante beverage 57 Éclair finisher 58 Reduced by 59 Jul. 4th party, often 60 __ Claire 61 Ring of blooms

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CLUB SPORT

Step Into the Ring with the Boxing Club

Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

There may not be a better way to get in shape and let out aggression at the same time than in a boxing ring. Working out has proven to be stress relieving, but boxing takes it to another level by actually allowing you to hit the mitts of your opponent.

The boxing club has been around for a couple years at Arkansas, and president Danny Huynh has been in charge since the beginning of the semester. The club hosts two sessions in the HPER; one practice on Monday that focuses on cardio, and another on Friday when the club spars with each other.

Most of the club’s members attend the Monday meeting, since it mainly emphasizes getting a good workout. Walk-ins are welcome, so students can get a more regimented workout instead of doing it on their own at the HPER. While the club is not specifically based on self defense practices, there are a few things members can pick up in that department.

“A lot of the workouts are

specific for boxing, so we need to build a good foundation for your cardio and legs. Those are what give out the fastest during a fight.”

Huynh said.

“When you are swinging around, you’re going to get real tired.

When you get tired your hands will drop and that’s when you

make a lot of mistakes. These are things we work on Mondays,” he said.

The club stresses the technique put into every aspect of the sport. Any gap-toothed

bum off the street may think he can win a boxing match, but the reality is, it takes more than swinging your fists at the opponent. Boxers have to be in the right place physically and

mentally to be a successful boxer.

Many of the workouts are very intense.

Huynh said it definitely helps to have 15-20 people pushing you to do your best, as most of the workouts may be difficult to complete on your own. One specific ab workout they do is almost impossible if tried alone, Huynh said “You become so much

more focused with the team than when you’re by yourself,” Huynh said.

Being focused is crucial to success in the ring. By the time Friday rolls around, the soreness from Monday’s

workouts will be gone just enough to practice sparring.

Whether they have no prior experience or have boxed in the past, everyone participates in the practices to improve their craft.

The club is coached by Bernard Oliver and used to get help from a former member who was the Arkansas 20112012 golden gloves champion and his coach. The team practices hitting mitts and uses full face protection, gloves and mouth guards. When they spar, it is more focused on speed in their hits instead of power.

For the future, the club is hoping to start up some type

of tournament that the members can get involved in on campus, but that idea hasn’t quite came to fruition yet. As for now, the club is strictly intent on making its members better boxers.

“I’ve never boxed before

joini n g , ” Huynh said.

“When I came into the club about a year and a half ago I was pretty surprised how many mechanics went into boxing. I didn’t know how to hold my hands up right and all the little tweaks I could have done that I know now,” he said.

Depending on what you want to get out of it, the boxing club has plenty to offer.

What better way is there to learn self defense, relieve stress and get a great workout than in boxing?

It seems like an obvious choice for any active student.

Check out the club’s Facebook page, Arkansas Razorback Boxing Club for more information.

FOOTBALL

SEC Titans Clash to Face Notre Dame Cameron McCauley Staff Writer

This Saturday, the BCS No. 2 and No. 3 teams will battle to the end and the winner will punch their ticket to the BCS Championship to face Notre Dame.

Alabama and Georgia will face off in the Georgia Dome for the Southeastern Conference Championship in a “win and you’re in” scenario. The winner goes on to the BCS Championship in Miami; the loser most likely won’t even make a BCS Bowl.

It is the perfect “playoff ” in the imperfect BCS system.

Not since 2009 has the SEC Championship held similar implications, when Alabama and Florida played with the chance to take on Texas for the BCS Championship.

Alabama is back, and Georgia will try their best to spoil the party. These teams play similar styles of football. They both run pro-style offenses, and have punishing 3-4 defenses.

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray and Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron have been considered game managers and won’t wow you with their stats, yet they are the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2-rated passers, respectively.

When teams can establish the run like Alabama and

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VOLLEYBALL

Hogs’ Invitation to NCAA Tournament Pulliza’s First Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor

After finishing the regular season 22-9 overall and 13-7 in the Southeastern Conference, the Razorback volleyball team received a bid into the NCAA tournament.

Arkansas finished last season with a record of 18-13 and were on the bubble of making the tournament at the end of the season, but did not get a bid.

Last year’s team was tournament caliber, but they couldn’t get a marquee win down the stretch, head coach Robert Pulliza said.

“The fact that we were so close, I think it gave great fuel to these athletes to make sure when we were in the room this year we were going to be on the celebration side instead of the burst bubble,” Pulliza said.

The team stayed in Fayetteville over the summer to make sure that when it came time for tournament teams to be announced this season, they were

not left out.

Their hard work has paid off, and the team leaves Wednesday night for Lawrence, Kan., where they will play their first-round match against Wichita State Friday at 4 p.m.

The Shockers finished the regular season 20-8 and won two games in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament before losing in the finals to Creighton.

Arkansas and Wichita State have three common opponents this season: Oklahoma, Auburn and Tennessee.

The Shockers defeated the Sooners 3-1 in Norman, Okla., but Oklahoma defeated Arkansas 3-1 in Fayetteville.

Wichita State beat Auburn 3-1 at the SMU Doubletree Classic in Dallas. Arkansas beat Auburn in straight sets in Fayetteville, but fell to the Tigers 3-2 in Auburn.

The Shockers pushed a match against the Tennessee Volunteers to five sets, but lost 3-2. The Razorbacks beat the Vols 3-1 in Knoxville, Tenn.,

but were swept by Tennessee in Fayetteville.

Wichita State is a physical, competitive team, but Arkansas matches up well with them, Pulliza said.

This trip to the NCAA tournament will be the first for Arkansas since 2006 as well as the first time ever for Pulliza.

“It’s a great feeling, a feeling of accomplishment, a feeling of excitement,” Pulliza said.

The team features a group of six seniors. Roslandy Acosta, Kasey Heckelman and Marci King all transferred to Arkansas before their junior seasons.

Those athletes along with Pulliza’s first recruiting class made up of Jasmine Norton, Janeliss Torres-Lopez and Pulliza’s first commitment at Arkansas, Amanda Anderson have helped get the Arkansas volleyball program to where it is.

“A lot of emotions involved in the first time around for athletes, especially the senior class. Three of them were the

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Rebekah Harvey Staff Photographer Head coach Robert Pulliza spoke to the press Tuesday about the Razorbacks’ invitation to the NCAA tournament, which is the first since 2006.

COMMENTARY

It’s Over When It’s Over: Hogs’ Season In Review

Liz Beadle Staff Writer Here are a few life lessons I learned over the course of this Razorback football season:

Count On Nothing

Bobby Petrino was not our coach. John L. Smith was not

a competent coach. Knile Davis was not even a factor in the Hogs’ offense for much of the season. Tyler Wilson was not a Heisman candidate. Injuries can change everything.

Louisiana Monroe went to overtime with two Southeastern Conference teams and defeated one in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas State got five votes in the latest AP poll; Arkansas has not had a single one since early September. Notre Dame will play in a National Championship game.

These are all facts about which I believed the exact opposite at some point during the off season. All of these are things no one could have pre-

dicted.

Adaptation and adjustment are the keys to human survival.

They in turn are keys to survival in college football and not something the Razorbacks did well at any point — whether it be halftime adjustments or coaching adjustments, they just never happened for the Hogs.

Make the Best of the Situation You’re In

This applies to coaching staff, players, students and fans alike. Of course, there are always things coaches and players can improve upon from week to week to change the outcome of games, but the bottom line is that everyone was put into a

very tough situation this season and making the most of it was all you could really do.

It was an easy season to become content with losing quickly, and that is not at all what I mean here. Cheer for those Hogs, cheer for them with all your heart, but make the decision that you can still go out on Dickson after a loss and that you won’t just go to your room and cry yourself to sleep.

Yes, yours truly is guilty of both and worse in previous seasons and at the beginning of this one. Complaining and moping and being a bad sport does no one any good.

I recall tweeting soon after

the Alabama loss that “oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.” So the point is that John L. had it right early on — smile.

Smile and celebrate the sport we love and the college football culture that makes us who we are.

It’s Over When It’s Over

Dwelling on the past eight months is something no Arkansas fan is really trying to do right now, but the point here is to start looking towards the future and to see this season as an anomaly.

Think of it as something that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, the bad that sneaks

in the middle of the good, just an aberration never to be repeated.

I vote we never speak of 2012 ever again. Deal?

Friday marked my final football game as a student at this school. A moment that I had always thought would be bittersweet was more sweet than bitter even in its outcome.

It meant that 2012 was over, and that is something for which we can all be thankful.

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

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BASKETBALL

FOOTBALL COMMENTARY

Razorbacks Face TSU’s The Nominees are In: Tigers After Hawaii Trip Texas Tech’s Tuberville Eric Harris Staff Writer

The Arkansas women’s basketball team returns to Bud Walton Arena Thursday after their trip to Hawaii.

After a tough stretch of games far from home, the Razorbacks get a break against the Texas Southern Lady Tigers.

This game for the Lady Tigers will also be the first game back on the mainland as they return from the Grand Bahamas Junkanoo Jam against Texas El-Paso and Arizona in Grand Lucayan, Bahamas.

The Razorbacks have shown a strong offense this season, averaging nearly 79 points per game, with a season high of 97 against Jackson State.

Arkansas has had three players averaging double figures so far this season, led by Junior Keira Peak with 16.5 points per game.

Calli Berna, a sophomore from Fayetteville, and senior Quistelle Williams are also in double figures averaging 13.5 and 12.5 points per game, respectively.

The Razorbacks also got a recent scoring spark from Sarah Watkins, who scored 25 points in her first game off the bench this season in an 83-68 victory over Hawaii.

The Lady Tigers have had much less scoring this season and have relied much more on their defense.

Texas Southern has only averaged 53.3 points per game with a season high of 68 in their lone win over Norfolk State.

No player for them is averaging over 10 points. They are led by fifth-year senior Bri-

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jan Turner with 9.7 points per game.

Teera Williams and Janelle McQueen also average 9.0 points a game for the Lady Tigers.

One aspect where the Lady Tigers are statistically close to the Hogs is rebounding. The Tigers average 36.7 rebounds while the Hogs average 39.8.

Arkansas has three prolific rebounders. Q. Williams leads the team with 7.4 and Peak and Jhasmin Bowen average 6.4 rebounds per game.

The Lady Tigers are led by T. Williams in rebounding with 8.7 rebounds, while Gianne Fleming and Morgan Simmons average 6.0 and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Arkansas also distributes the ball better than the Tigers. The Hogs average over 15 assists

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Defensively, Texas Southern has allowed less points per game with 59.3 compared to the Razorbacks’ 61 points per game.

The Tigers have also had 16 blocks on the season compared to Arkansas’ 13.

For Arkansas, this is the beginning of the final stretch of the nonconference schedule with six of the next seven games at home.

They include a game at home against the Kansas Jayhawks and a trip to face the Furman Paladins.

For Texas Southern, this is the beginning of a four-game road trip with a trip to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State following the game against the Hogs.

Tommy Tuberville was born 58 years ago in Camden, Ark. He’s one of the few native Arkansans in the conversation when it comes to the next head coach at Arkansas.

Tuberville is the head coach at Texas Tech where he is being paid $2 million per year.

He is most known for spending 10 years as the head coach at Auburn before resigning in 2008. He then took the Texas Tech job before the 2010 season and is now in his third season there.

Tuberville is also vice president of the American Football Coaches Association.

Tuberville started his coaching career in 1980 at Arkansas State as a defensive ends and linebackers coach.

He then spent time as an assistant at Miami and as a defensive coordinator at Texas A&M before taking a job as the head coach at Ole Miss.

He spent three years in Oxford, Miss., before departing for Auburn.

While at Auburn, Tuberville won five Southeastern Conference Western Division titles and played in eight consecutive bowl games.

He left Auburn after going 5-7 in the 2008 season, even though he had gone undefeated in 2004. That 2004 team was left out of the BCS National Champion-

ship game.

In 2004, Auburn won the SEC and Tuberville won the Walter Camp and Bear Bryant Coach of the Year awards. Tuberville has been named SEC coach of the year twice, once during the 2004 season at Auburn and once during the 1997 season at Ole Miss.

Tuberville’s Auburn Tigers dominated cross-state rival Alabama during his tenure, beating them six times in a row in his last six years.

He has been known for aggressive play calling and excellent decision making in big-game situations, but has also been known for losing the games he has no business losing. Tuberville had a 5-2 record versus top five teams at Auburn.

Bobby Petrino, Gene Chizik and Will Muschamp all coached under Tommy Tuberville at one time or another.

Tuberville is also doing some good things at Texas Tech. He won a bowl game in his first season in Lubbock, something that has not been done by a first-year coach there since 1951.

TUBERVILLE

During his tenure at Texas Tech, season ticket sales have increased by more than 50 percent. He is also responsible for bringing in the highest-ranked recruiting class in Texas Tech history.

However, the 2011 Red Raiders went 5-7 and missed the bowl season. This year the Red Raiders are 7-5.

Some negative press has been swirling around Tuberville lately as he allegedly hit one of his assistants during the Kansas game this season.

Tuberville is married to Suzanne Tuberville and they have two sons, Tucker and Troy.

The thing about Tommy Tuberville is that he actually wants this job and it would take little to no convincing to get him to Fayetteville. Plus, unlike most of our other candidates, he has experience winning in the SEC. And as an added bonus he has Arkansas ties.

Sounds like a great deal right? Wrong, in my opinion at least.

This is the hire that would make me think “eh, OK.” And the Arkansas fan base is absolutely not looking for “eh, OK.” To move on as a program, Arkansas needs someone who is on the rise in his career and it is pretty obvious that Tuberville is not.

I like his style and his record is hard to argue with, but he is not the young, innovative, exciting force that Arkansas so clearly needs.

I honestly think he is Jeff Long’s last resort, but it could be a whole lot worse than Tommy Tuberville.

TITANS continued from page 7 Georgia can, it makes it much easier for quarterbacks to set up the play-action. Both teams have arguably two of the best running back tandems in the country and will run the ball early and often in the SEC Championship game.

The clear-cut frontrunner to repeat as national champions, it seemed nothing would stop Alabama from hoisting the crystal football once again.

Then Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M pulled off the massive upset in Tuscaloosa, Ala., that left many SEC fans wondering if the conference might miss out on a seventh-straight National Championship, despite multiple teams finishing the season with only one loss.

But Oregon and Kansas State lost the very next week, which gave the conference and Alabama a lifeline. The window of opportunity opened once again for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama is loaded in nearly every aspect, and it will require a near-perfect game to take them down. McCarron is the leader on offense and Nick Saban trusts his ability. McCarron was a Heisman candidate at one point, throwing zero interceptions until two costly ones dropped him out of contention in the loss to Texas A&M.

Running backs Eddie Lacy and TJ Yeldon are having good seasons, with huge running lanes open regularly behind one of the nation’s best offensive lines. Freshman Amari Cooper has shined as McCarron’s deep threat, the best the Crimson Tide have had since Julio Jones. The defense is as talented as always, led by CJ Mosley and Dee Milliner, but was exposed by LSU and Texas A&M later in the season. A collaborative effort will be needed to shut down the Georgia offense.

Georgia has dominated most of their foes this season en route to an 11-1 record, and would have a case as the nation’s best team if not for a puzzling 35-7 blowout loss to South Carolina.

Aside from that one slip-up, the Bulldogs have had a dazzling season. They have beaten 11 teams by an average of 22 points per game. Their most important victory was the 17-9 win over then-No. 2 Florida, ruining their perfect season and eventually leading Georgia to clinch the eastern division despite both teams finishing with only one loss.

Murray is the heart and soul of the Bulldogs’ offense, as he has thrown for over 3,200 yards

and 30 touchdowns in 2012. He became the first player in SEC history to pass for over 3,000 yards in three straight seasons.

But the difference-makers for Georgia could be their two true-freshmen running backs, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall. When last year’s freshman sensation Isaiah Crowell was dismissed from the team in June, there was an abundance of question marks about Georgia’s offense.

Gurley and Marshall have surprised the nation to the tune of over 1,800 combined rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.

Running against Alabama is no easy task, so one of the two rushers needs to have a big day for Georgia to pull it off.

You can’t forget that talented Georgia defense either, spearheaded by one of the best linebackers in the country, Jarvis Jones. Jones has 10.5 sacks and 72 tackles in an All-American-worthy 2012 campaign.

It will be key for Jones and the Georgia defense to get pressure on AJ McCarron often.

Expect a typical smashmouth SEC game, as whoever is able to manage the clock without committing turnovers will come out with the victory and a trip to the BCS National Championship.

NCAA continued from page 7 first recruiting class and helped us build this place from the ground up,” Pulliza said.

The Razorbacks got lucky in being selected to play in Lawrence, Kan., which is only a four and a half hour drive. For comparison, the University of Central Arkansas volleyball team will travel to Seattle, a trip that takes 35 hours in a car.

“I love the location because we get to drive and you get to kind of control your hours and control your travel and that is significant at this time of year where everyone is kind of fatigued from the travel and the go,” Pulliza said.

In addition to their success as a team, the Razorbacks are receiving individual recognition. Four Hogs received SEC

honors.

Anderson was named the SEC scholar athlete of the year, the first time in program history this award has been given to a Razorback. Anderson earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in three years with a 3.839 GPA. As a graduate student, she has a GPA of 3.75 in her pursuit of a master’s degree in recreation/sport management.

“It doesn’t get anymore, in my mind, prestigious than that.

You get it done on the court and you get it done off the court,” Pulliza said.

Acosta was named to the All-SEC First Team. Acosta played in the Olympics as a right side setter, but transformed herself into an outside

hitter to help the team.

“She’s going to have a great career in her sport for a long time,” Pulliza said.

Norton was named to the All-SEC Second Team, becoming only the second player in program history to earn a spot on the All-SEC team each of their four years on the team.

“She’s made an impact and every year she has made it count,” Pulliza said.

Freshman Liz Fortado was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. Fortado played in every set this season, an amazing accomplishment for a freshman.

“She was a big stabilizing force for us and she’s certainly a big part of our success,” Pulliza said.

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