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Safe Zone Allies had their next orientation session Oct. 15. Safe Zone is a national organization dedicated to making sure all students feel welcome and accepted, regardless of their sexual orientation, said Brande Flack-Armstrong, associate director for Multicultural Educational Outreach Center for Multicultural and Diversity “We believe in equality, equal services and equal rights for everyone,” said Viviana Pagán, program coordinator for Multicultural Educational Outreach Center for Multicultural and Diversity. Every third Monday of the month, Pagán coordinates an orientation for UA faculty and staff members who are interested in becoming safe allies. Judd Harbin, associate dean, leads these orientation sessions, Pagán said. These sessions help train safe allies on how to provide safe conversation and resources to students who may come to them for help, Pagán said. Following the orientation, safe allies post a rainbow hog outside their doors in order
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to show their support for gay, lesbian and bisexual students, Flack-Armstrong said. This hog serves as a comfort to students and also notifies them that they can seek counsel and support from those faculty members, Flack-Armstrong said. “Safe allies are a network of people who are open to identifying themselves as accepting of the gay, lesbian, bisexual population,” Pagán said. The more rainbow hogs students see around campus, the more students will see the university as a welcoming place, Flack-Armstrong said. Even if some do not choose to use the facility as a resource, this sign of support will mean a great deal and help make sure everyone feels welcome here, Flack-Armstrong said. Hershel Hartford, administrative support supervisor in the department of communication became a safe ally when he was the Episcopal chaplain at UA. “It is important for people to have an understanding that there are people out there that they can talk to about issues,” Hartford said. People need to be able to express themselves openly, he said.
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Her daughter’s favorite color is yellow, the car that takes her across town is yellow, the suit she wears at the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center is yellow, and the “Prison Stories” project presented Thursday by five northwest Arkansas actors at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church put the audience focus on “yellow.” “I wear the color yellow, but I am not yellow. It’s just the color I have to wear right now, because it’s all that’s given to me,” said Jordan Scott, one of the “Prison Stories” performers. “Prison Stories” is a writing project started in Memphis, Tenn., by actress Elaine Blanchard in 2009. The project offers a small group of imprisoned women an intensive writing course. They use writing to look into the lives of incarcerated women and then they transform their stories into a theatrical performance. Volunteers act in the theater adaptations to allow the inmates to “develop a deeper trust in themselves and the power of their stories,” Blanchard said on the Prison Stories Project webpage. “There are times when times are good and there are times when times are bad but time is all I’ve ever had and now it’s locked up time,” said actress Arianne Ellison from the stage, reading the poetry written by the
inmates. The writers are kept anonymous because of the sensitivity of the performance’s topics such as drugs, abuse and family. Five performers sat in chairs on a dimly lit stage in the parish hall while poetry and dialogue bantered from actor to actor without pause. The script had a unique tone for each woman it represented and it moved rapidly through an array of delicate topics ranging from “meth” to “men.”
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Students and faculty return to campus refreshed and ready for the second half of the semester after four days off from classes. “Fall break gives students a chance to rest and head into the final weeks of semester,” said Scott Flanagin, director of communications and outreach for the division of student affairs. “October becomes a very long month, and there are a lot of things happening.” Fall break was implemented last year as a result of a poll conducted by Associated Student Government in 2010. Students had made the request for a break in the fall several years prior to 2010, but they had to wait until the provost and faculty decided it was time to work on making it a reality, Flanagin said. Students said they think that Fall break is a positive experience that helps them relax and get caught up on their school work. “I am going to go crazy if I don’t have Fall break with law school and all,” said Ben Hale, first year law student. Other students agree. “With school being so stressful, it’s a little break to catch up and give you a little breather,” said Shauntell Mathis, freshman chemical engineering major. “It gives you a chance to rest and clear your mind
if you actually study.” Fall break is also another way for students to escape the drudgery of their daily routine. “Fall break is two extra days to get out of the regular flow of things and mix things up a bit,” s aid
Rachel Larios, freshman computer science major. “I get to sleep in a few extra days, and I have more free time to do stuff.” Fall break gives students the opportunity to go home to visit family and friends or opens up free time for families to visit their student at the UA. For students who are not going home, several said they would find activities around campus, such as hiking at Devil’s Den or visiting the Crystal Bridges
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Weekly Program to Help Students Learn Strengths Jaime Dunaway Staff Writer On-campus programs are offered for students to learn more about StrengthsQuest and how to proactively turn their natural talents into strengths. StrengthsQuest is a 30-minute online survey that when completed provides the user with a list of their top five talents and ways to develop them and apply them for academic, occupational and personal success, according to the StrengthsQuest website. “We look at it as a tool to help students understand their natural talents and strengths to be successful,� said Adrian Smith, director of strengths based initiatives. “It provides an opportunity to explore new possibilities and to experience success.� The Strengths of the Week program, created by the office of student activities, will continue until March. Each week, two strengths will be highlighted on the OSA Facebook page. If a student’s strength is featured, they may go to the OSA office to talk to a staff member about their strength. Students who collect five stickers will receive a Razorback beach towel. “We wanted a way to be able to engage more conversations with students about how to use their strengths and how to use those strength effectively,� said Katie Gottshalk, graduate assistant for the office of student activities. An estimated 200 students
BREAK continued from page 1 Museum, to keep them busy. Many students said they wish that Fall break would be even longer. “If they’re going to call it a break, it needs to be at least a week,� said Nick Lamb, freshman business major. Faculty also note the benefit of having Fall Break. “I think students get refreshed from being able to step away from their classes and not have to think about it for a while,� Flanagin said. “If we give them a break, they come back ready to go.� There is no data available to see if Fall Break correlates with improved grades since it has only been in effect one year, Flanagin said. The university was still open, and faculty and staff had to work although classes were not in session, but it was still an opportunity for faculty to relax and catch up on work, Flanagin said. “I think it’s the same thing for faculty,� Flanagin said. “There are a lot of students on campus. I think this was an opportunity for them to relax themselves without having classes, or they could get caught up on grading papers or reading. I think everyone needed a break.�
are participating, she said. Staff members might ask a few basic questions and then provide resources for students, Gottshalk said. Strengths conversations take no more than five minutes and most of the staff members have completed strengthsbased training. Residence Education has also implemented a program of its own. StrengthsQuest 101 will consist of sessions and workshops to educate residents about StrengthsQuest. Sessions will be offered throughout the semester at various locations to accommodate students’ schedules. Students seemed interested in the programs, but many said that a lack of time would prevent them from attending. “If I know myself I can think about my future,� said Aminta Castillo, electrical engineering major, “but I’m really busy with classes right now.� COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK Breckenridge Keystone
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“I contacted Suzanne Stoner. Little did I know her passion and her love is being in the prison, so they jumped on the opportunity,� McGregor said. Five actors took the stage Thursday and read the words that the nine imprisoned women spent four months writing. Their poetry, personal testimonies, letters, essays and array of literature reflected their lives before and while-in prison, McGregor said. McGregor followed Blanchard’s prototype of
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these enormous emotions,� Wilhite said. “Something happens when you understand and you ‘get’ a poem. To have so many ‘ah ha’s’ with the literature was part of the project.� Wilhite came to work at the prison a month after the project started, she said. “I thought I was going to meet a bunch of hoodlums but I met a bunch of moms,� Wilhite said. “This facility is doing something very wonderful to their minds because they were so loving. My stereotypes were definitely broken down.� The play was performed for the women involved with the “Prison Stories� project as well as the entire community at the Northwest Arkansas Community Correctional Center Thursday afternoon, McGregor said. “These words on their own are so brilliant and so powerful. This is the best gift an actor could ask for, you just read it and it speaks for itself,� Scott said. While writing the play, Wilhite paid special attention to punctuation to create identities through the writing. The play itself didn’t involve
any action, but rather just the spoken word from the “Prison Stories� project, she said. “I was so concerned about whether I needed a dash or a comma or a period,� she said. “It was like writing Shakespeare. I’m a professional actor and I never get nervous, but I hardly slept the night before. I wanted to do this right for the women.� The actors also felt pressure to perform the play to the best of their ability, Ellison said. “I really didn’t know what I was getting involved in when I said ‘yes.’ She just handed out the script a couple days ago; I realized how important it was, and I feel very lucky to be a part of it,� Ellison said. This was the first implementation of “Prison Stories,� and McGregor plans to continue it with a different group of women every four months. The long-term goals of the project are to reduce recidivism and to build a halfway house in northwest Arkansas for the women in the project, McGregor said. “I don’t want to help these women; I want to empower them,� McGregor said.
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Joe Kieklak Opinion Editor I know, I know, every break is too short. At least we had one. Fall Break started last year to give let students “reboot” for the rest of the semester, university officials said. “The idea is that students will be refreshed, we saw in past years that about this time, students are just humming through,”said Sharon Gaber, provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs. Many of us want more of a break after we “taste the fruit,” but we need to remember that we are so close to the end of this semester. Go ahead and start the countdown, there are only 34 more class days left in this semester. Moreover, there are only 25 class days left until Thanksgiving Break for students. After we return, there will only nine class days left until Dead Day. This semester has flown by, but it is not too late to leave our marks on the campus for the fall. There are huge initiatives that students need to take over on campus. SCANTRONS I recently wrote a column that discussed the implications of a student fee created to fund scantrons and blue books. This may not be the best way to tackle this problem (right now, it seems to be), but the mindset that we can wait to solve this problem is a bad one. Here is the challenge: funding. It can be done, folks. Last year, ASG Chair Mike Norton helped secure funding for the Full Circle Food Pantry that has put the pantry in a position to be able to help many UA students. We need a group of students to step up, now, to secure funding. They ought to check UA development, this should be on the department’s agenda. Save this program and get the word out. There shouldn’t be anybody on campus that does not know about this program.
GENDER NEUTRAL HOUSING Students on campus are gearing up now to explore the options of sustainable, gender neutral housing. This was a major topic of my writing last year and I ultimately advocate certain situations that gender neutral housing would be an advantage to campus housing. People will hide behind straw men and tear this issue down in the beginning, but the issue is worth exploration on campus. Anyone that knows anything about modern bullying ought to remember the Tyler Clementi case, where prolonged bullying about Clementi’s homosexual acts led to his suicide. Students need not shove this fact or other bullying facts in the face of administrators as a reason for gender neutral housing right now, though. No, students simply need to continue to convene on this issue and create mature, responsible discourse about this possibility on campus. Residents’ Interhall Congress is working hard to promote this idea as a possibility on campus, all they need now are more student leaders and continued organization on this new housing committee. CLASS GIFT The initiative of giving as an undergraduate is a great idea by UA development and Annual Fund Assistant Director Blake Rickman has, once again, shown his commitment to empowering UA students to be able to accomplish more. Any giving will draw cynicism, but we ought to remember that starting our class giving now will help us budget further donations and increase our interest to UA. The election of officers is a little silly, but hopefully meetings will stay infrequent and action will be the paradigm. Step up to represent your class on campus and get involved. Election paperwork is due today. YOU of A The only way to make this slogan work is for all of us to make individual contributions to campus. It is time to step it up. The countdown has started and it is ticking faster than many realize.
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Kelsey Cline Staff Columnist Medical marijuana has been an incredibly controversial topic for years. Many government officials believe that because marijuana is perceived as addictive, it should stay illegal in the U.S. On Nov. 6, Arkansans will be able to vote on Issue Five, otherwise known as the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Question, to ultimately decide if Arkansas should legalize marijuana for medical use. Whether or not you personally would benefit from medical marijuana, it is an important decision to make nonetheless. If Arkansas legalizes marijuana, the national government would be one step closer
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per companies would lose millions of dollars if medical marijuana were legalized because of the use of hemp instead of trees. One acre of hemp can produce as much raw fiber as roughly 4.1 acres of trees, according to earthfirst.org. Hemp not only produces a much stronger paper, but is also much more economically efficient. Trees must grow for 20 to 50 years before they are ready to be harvested, while hemp can grow 10 to 20 feet tall within four months of being planted and is therefore, ready to harvest much sooner than trees. Hemp makes better paper as well as better, longer-lasting clothing. Not only would it be an economic advantage to use hemp instead of paper, it would be an advantage to swap cotton for hemp as well. Clothing that lasts many years reduces the need for replacing garments frequently. In 2010, Americans discarded 13.1 million tons of textiles while only recycling 15 percent of the 13.1 million, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Because cotton isn’t as durable as hemp-made clothing, it
doesn’t last as long nor is it as durable as hemp. Industrial hemp fibers are the longest natural fibers and are proven to be four times more durable than cotton fibers. Hemp is also naturally UV resistant, so the fabric keeps its color without fading. Just because hemp is more environmentally friendly and economically sound doesn’t mean the U.S. will decide to vote pro-marijuana. The U.S. alone produces 12.4 million bales of cotton per year, which rounds us off at the world’s third largest cotton producer. The reasons behind antilegalization of medical marijuana in Arkansas revolve around money and not the drug. Arkansas, along with other Southern states, produce much of the world’s cotton, according to the EPA; therefore keeping marijuana illegal would keep these cotton factories running. Medical marijuana will stay controversial for many years to come regardless of the outcome of this year’s voting. Kelsey Cline is a staff columnist. She is a freshman European studies and international relations major.
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to saving up to $13.7 billion per year by not having to enforce the current prohibition on the drug and adding a tax at the rates similar to alcohol and tobacco, according to the Huffington Post. More than 300 economists have signed the petition to call these startling facts to attention. The economic benefits of medical marijuana legalization have pushed the government and the citizens alike to take another look at the problem. Last year, more than 850,000 people in the U.S. were arrested for marijuanarelated crimes. If marijuana was legalized in Arkansas, and eventually nationally, not only would money be made from taxing, but overcrowding of prisons and county jails would dramatically decrease, which would leave room for more serious offenders. Private prison corporations are one of the top five interest groups lobbying against medical marijuana, according to republicreport.org. These groups make millions of dollars each year by incarcerating people due to marijuana related arrests. Moreover, many large pa-
It’s not breaking news that drugs have been a recreation for college students for decades, however, drug users and dealers have advanced their way of business using Silk Road, the online drug trade of the 21st century. Silk Road is an international anonymous user drug market made possible by strong encryption and Bitcoin. The strong encryption comes from a browser separate from your essential browsers Google, Yahoo, etc. Tor browser protects users against “traffic analysis.” Traffic analysis is used to track your behavior online which can be potentially harmful to your reputation or for a Silk Road user’s case, illegal drug business. Tor, short for “the onion browser,” is
a network of volunteer-run computer systems (nodes) that send Internet traffic to other nodes until your Internet data reaches its destination and is transferred to the Internet by an exit node, according to The Austin Cut. While Internet data is being transferred system to system, Tor encrypts Internet traffic in layers, like an onion, making it harder to trace back to a specific computer, according to The Austin Cut. Masking IP addresses, which are specific numerical sequences that correspond to fixed geographical locations, make it difficult for third parties to track users, according to Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. However, users wanting their drug transactions to remain anonymous could charge an ounce of marijuana on a credit card, even with their Internet trail covered. Silk Road’s Bitcoins allow users to purchase credits that they may use to purchase their drugs of choice, almost like an eBay for drugs. However, Bitcoin allows all users to view histories of all transactions made on the site while still protecting identities by using cryptographic aliases, according to The Austin Cut. Because everyone using Bitcoin is “the bank,” this makes banks and credit companies
unnecessary, according to The Austin Cut. With your Bitcoins, Silk Road’s user market offers users endless amounts of pharmaceuticals, marijuana, psychedelics and “hard drugs” like heroin and methamphetamine. Even though products on Silk Road are primarily drugs, users can buy anything from GPS tracking devices to downloads of popular pornography websites, according to The Austin Cut. Silk Road makes it easy to navigate through products with drugs divided into sections such as “marijuana,” and “opioids.” Once you have added your drug of choice to “your cart” Silk Road asks for your address which you would want your drugs to be delivered. Most vendors urge you to encrypt your address before sending it to them for added precaution, according to The Austin Cut. Silk Road’s user products are priced in a way that is considered “overpriced” to account for a percentage that goes to site administrators, according to the Austin Cut. Soon after your order, you receive the drugs in the mail: a virtual drug market. While Silk Road uses a familiar online business format, it does not make the drugs legal. It is still drug trafficking.
Because of the precautionary steps that Silk Road’s customers take to remain anonymous, efforts to take down the website have proven difficult for U.S. agencies, according to the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. While it is a drug users dream, a concern ought to be the availability of Silk Road’s network. This easy access to buying drugs is harmful to youth who are becoming more tech-savvy at younger ages. Their technological ability makes it more likely for them to access sites such as Silk Road. Just because a 14-year-old can use the Internet doesn’t mean he or she understands the severity of the drugs or the consequences of them. Not only does online drug trafficking promote drug use, but it also increases addiction, which leads to the increase of HIV/AIDS among intravenous drug users and rising number in drug related crimes, according to a Upsala University study. While yes, it might score you some ecstasy for “this weekend’s show;” this market is affecting future generations negatively. Jeanette Bridoux is a staff columnist. She is a senior broadcast journalism major.
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Woman Saves Exotic Pets from Their Owners Landon Reeves Contributing Writer
Whitney Green Contributing Photographer Slam poet from Little Rock, Greer “Mango” Joplin, shared a spoken word at The Jam Slam on Friday where poets and musicians gave impromptu performances at Rogue on Dickson during the Individual World Poetry Slam festival. Visiting poets were “shocked” that Fayetteville presented the competition and “did not expect to find a community full of arts and culture,” a competitor said. The festival created awareness for the growing Ozark Slam Poetry community in Fayetteville that meets at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month at Rogue on Dickson Street.
Aw, Snap: Performance Poetry on Campus Georgia Carter Staff Writer
The three minutes begin. Original words are read by their writer with a rhythm that moves the room. Instead of clapping, the sound dominating the room after the performance is the quiet rustle of snaps from the audience. This is a poetry slam. Poetry slams are essentially poetry competitions. Instead of just the actual poem being judged, though, the whole performance is taken into account. Judges are chosen by the host or organizer and give numerical scores to each competitor. The rules are fairly simple. Each poem must be of the poet’s own construction. All competitors are given three minutes to read their work. Going over time will cause points to be deducted from the overall score. The poets can only use themselves and their words as the performance; no props, costumes or instruments are permitted. Each judge gives a score, and the lowest and highest scores are dropped. The final score is the average of the remaining scores. Unlike open-mic nights, poetry slams are designed for audience interaction and reaction. The judges are part of the audience, so the reaction of the audience can often play into their judgments. University Programs,
which organizes campus events, is hosting a poetry slam Nov. 7 with guest poet Derrick C. Brown. Brown is an award-winning poet who has traveled all around the world performing his poetry. This event is open to all student poets interested in competing in a slam. This event will take place in Au Bon Pain in the Union. There will also be events next semester, but they have not yet been planned. Details can be found on the University Programs website, http:// uark.e du/~univinfo/UP/, which has a calendar displaying upcoming events. Fayetteville recently played host to the Individual World Poetry Slam, which hosted over 70 poets from all across the world competing for the title for World Poetry Champion. The Coffeehouse Committee of University Programs, which plans poetry slams and other events on campus, helped out at the event, which gave them an opportunity to see championship poets perform. These poets spoke on many different issues and themes, including sex, politics and women’s issues. “Some (poems) were funny, some were poignant, some were absurd,” said Trista McVey, head of the University Programs Coffeehouse Committee. “Most of them stemmed from personal pain or experience with disappointment. What’s great about
poetry is that it is an honest platform to explore some serious, dark issues, but mostly they were in an expressive, positive way. This event, which was the first poetry slam attended by many committee members, allowed attendees to get the feel of a professional, extremely competitive poetry slam. “The environment that I experienced at the (Individual World Poetry Slam) event was very encouraging,” McVey said. “The great thing about poetry slams, because the judges are part of the audience and there are no real set rules as to what constitutes as ‘good,’ is that everyone can get involved. I am generally a reserved person when it comes to audience participation, but I found myself snapping my fingers — yes, that actually happens — and cheering on the poets with everyone else.” Campus poetry slams are relatively simple events for the committee to plan. What they mostly need is willing competitors. Student poets are encouraged to attend. These events are a great way for students to improve their writing. Students not interested in writing poetry are still welcome to participate as judges. Attending a poetry slam is all about getting into the performance. Poetry slams are a departure from the standard evening for a college student and can introduce students to a whole new world of poetry.
On May 14, 1996, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office received several complaints about strange noises and odors emanating from a trailer. The police could smell the scene before they could see it. When they arrived, low, deep growls of lions and higher-pitched, faster snarls of leopards and cougars greeted them. The police didn’t know what animals were making this racket. They were smart enough to keep a safe distance from the trailer and its contents. Upon investigation, the police discovered a horrifying example of animal cruelty. The evidence suggested animals were neglected for possibly three weeks, according to reports from neighbors and officials. The police called Tanya Smith, president and a founder of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, to bail them out of this potentially deadly situation. The refuge provides a permanent home to abandoned, abused and neglected exotic animals with an emphasis on large cats. The refuge houses a variety of dogs, donkeys, ducks, more than 100 big cats, seven black bears and one monkey named Goober. Most of the animals are from private owners, people who purchase a pet and then discover the responsibilities and costs are too great. Smith estimates that 90 percent of the animals come from private owners and would have been euthanized if not for the refuge. This refuge prevents the senseless killing of dangerous predatory animals. Ostentatious purchases of exotic pets by eccentric owners have created a need for places like Turpentine Creek. Each rescue has its own story, just as each cat has its own personality. Some animals are rescued from breeding companies, such as Zeus, the vocal Siberian tiger. Others animals belonged to private owners, like Thor the lion, who is trained for TV and public appearances.
Twist had eight large cats in a 20-foot horse trailer. Two others were in small cages, and one, the cougar, was in a 3-foot-tall cargo drum. The refuge covers approximately 500 acres; fewer than 90 of these have been developed for natural habitats. Smith is required to have permits from United States Department of Agriculture and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to conduct her nonprofit business. Turpentine Creek is a nonbreeding facility, which means animals are not bought or sold, according to the refuge website. Some of the cats are kept in a maze of cages on the walking tour. The thin steel bars are welded in cross patterns and reinforced with thicker frames. The heights are rarely constant, and most of the cages are connected. Any cats with behavioral problems live in solitary confinement, but socially successful cats like Zeus can share cells and travel through multiple cages. Zeus is one of the refuge’s largest cats. His white color is a result of inbreeding, and his growl reverberates deep within the rib cage of anyone close. The large cat was laid out on the warm concrete stretching in the sun. He is the nearly the same size as the refuge’s grizzly bear, but his cat nap resembled a kittens or normal pet cat. This behavior dwarfed his stature only for the duration of the nap.
“You would be amazed if you knew how much they have in common with normal house cats,” said Ivy Cooper, full-time staff and volunteer coordinator for Turpentine Creek. When Cooper approached the cage, she chuffed, or made a sound big cats use to communicate in a friendly or peaceful manner. Zeus slowly rose from his resting position and begin to pace while growling at Cooper. His deep voice sounded like the engine of a small plane. Zeus was rescued from a private breeding facility in Missouri. Cooper was one of the crew that rescued Zeus. “Seventy-two percent of our population is in natural habitats that are up to a third of an acre in size,” Cooper said. “The rest are the units you see in the walking tour, our goal is to have all of them in natural habitats. The next to get a large habitat is our only grizzly bear, Bam Bam.” The refuge offers stimulation, food and a clean place to stay. Some of the rescues may have one of these things but often lacks another, Cooper said. Private owners often lack the time, training or space to house an exotic animal. Turpentine Creek employs more than 20 interns in biology and zoology, who monitor feed and clean the animals daily. Help was on the way “It takes a good team,” Smith said. “Every day you have 200 eyes looking at you, and all wondering, ‘How am I going to get food?’ It has been hard, and I didn’t start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel until we got the interns.” The interns come from all over the world to help and study the animals at the refuge. Some of the students from the UA have developed heating pads to help the animals adjust to the changes in climate. Others have helped to develop crash courses for exotic animal veterinary classes. Some interns have helped shape legislation to help exotic animals. A former intern of Turpentine Creek helped create the Arkansas code that prohibits personal possession of an exotic animal unless they obtain the proper permit. “There is nothing like working with tigers and big cats,” said John Chavez, intern. “We do the husbandry, the food prep, feeding, tours and keeper talks — you name it, and we do it. The only bad part about it is the anticipation, waiting to see the animals in their larger natural habitats.” All of the more than 300 interns who have worked the refuge love animals and live on the land while working there. This love drives them to help creatures that would brutally maim or kill them if it ever got the chance. It drives them to go to horrible scenes to help rescue these animals. The events in Boone County serve as an example of one of these horrible scenes. Eleven large cats were imprisoned and abandoned by their owner, Katherine Gordon Twist. The sounds and smells of the animals’ cramped enclosure kept the police at bay until Smith and her team arrived. Twist had eight large cats in a 20-foot horse trailer. Two others were in small cages, and one, whose name was Spitty Smitty the cougar, was in a 3-foot-tall cargo drum. This story is repeated often on the tour of the compound. It is an example to Smith and her employees; it is one of their reasons they do what they do. One cat of the 11 is still with the refuge today. Some died of complications from the conditions in which they were found. Others died of old age on the refuge, in a permanent home that provided a clean and warm place to sleep as well as food. “I believe that the animals that we save deserve to live free of pain and suffering,” Smith said. “It is this that keeps me eager to learn and to educate others about our mission.”
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UA Student Receives and Gives Back Through Boys and Girls Club Alex Golden Staff Writer
It is possible, but doubtful, that many students on any college campus know a celebrity like Denzel Washington on a first-name basis. However, if that college campus is home to the 2012-2013 Boys and Girls Club National Youth of the Year, it is more than just a possibility. Freshman Trei Dudley recently received the highest honor given to Boys and Girls Club members nationwide. Ashanti Washington announced her as the winner in Washington, D.C. The night before the announcement, Dudley sat at a table with Ashanti and Denzel Washington. Michael Phelps was also at the ceremony. “They’re people you hear about in the media,” she said. “It was amazing to actually be there hugging them and sitting there with them.” She said Washington talked to her and gave her advice. He told her that what matters is what can be done for other people, rather than how much money can be made and what can be bought. Dudley has been involved with
Boys and Girls Club since kindergarten. It began because she needed a place to go as a result of her mother working two jobs, she said. Dudley said she grew up in problematic home where her mother was physically abused by her father. “Once my mom finally found her voice and her guts, she became a single mom,” she said. “In fourth grade, I took on a lot of responsibility to help my mom out and take some stress off of her.” Dudley had two younger siblings whom she helped take care of. Dudley said she had two amazing group members in Boys and Girls Club whom she took comfort in talking to about her problems at home. “They allowed me to open up to them and helped me find my voice,” she said. As Dudley got older, she wanted to be a mentor to other kids going through similar situations to what she went through. At 16, she began working with second- and third-graders in Boys and Girls Club and did an empowerment program for young girls. Once she gave a speech, and afterward a few third-grade girls in the group came to
talk with her. She said it reminded her that young children continuously go through hardships at home and need to see a positive role model in front of them, one who has lived in a similar environment. “I was empowering other people,” she said. Dudley also volunteered in her hometown of Lawrence, Kan., at Family Promise, an organization associated with local churches dedicated to assisting homeless families. It provides shelter, day care for small children and resources for adults to find employment. Dudley said she felt an immediate connection with three kids the first time she volunteered at Family Promise. Because of this, she went on to become a certified volunteer with the organization. “They’re just looking for someone to latch onto and to have fun with,” she said of the homeless children. Dudley also participated in a program affiliated with her high school called Can We Talk in which students counseled one another and listened to guest speakers for inspiration. “It was about bettering ourselves and finding resources to go to college,”
she said. Dudley said the group often discussed current issues that applied to them and how to stay on the right track. One guest speaker sticks out in Dudley’s mind; he was on the right track in life and made one bad decision that landed him in jail for 10 years, she said. Dudley would like to own a nonprofit organization for troubled teens because there should be more positive places for teens to go who need help, she said. She is a member of the Walton College of Business and chose to attend the UA after hearing about its business program and falling in love with the campus. “Everything seemed to come together to make it home,” she said. Dudley received a $1,000 scholarship for winning the state competition for Youth of the Year and a $10,000 scholarship for regionals, both from Tupperware Brands. For nationals, she received a $50,000 scholarship from the Rick and Susan Goings Foundation and a new Toyota car of her choice. “(Boys and Girls Club) means the world to me,” she said. “It shaped me into who I am.”
Aneeka Majid Staff Photographer Freshman Trei Dudley recently received the highest honor given to Boys and Girls Club members nationwide, the 2012-2013 National Youth of the Year, for her extensive volunteer work.
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Men’s Soccer Plays at High Level Tubert Adds Talent to UA Women’s Golf Cameron McCauley Staff Writer
Aneeka Majid Staff Photographer The men’s soccer club provides an opportunity for soccer players to continue playing competitively at the collegiate level.
Cameron McCauley Staff Writer When you see them in action, you can just tell. The Arkansas men’s club soccer team plays at the highest competitive level offered by the university. The team-oriented style of play brings back recent memories of what team members were familiar with growing up playing soccer. Most of the players on the team have played on club select teams and their high school teams - enough to get valuable experience to play at a higher level. They weren’t going to let attending college keep them from continuing their personal soccer legacies.
“There are some men that come here who weren’t ready to quit soccer and didn’t want to play at a small school, so it still gives us the chance to play competitively but still have fun,” said junior Shawn Hohendorf, the team president. “There is structure to it, and everyone wants to be here.” While most played in high school, some of the team members played at other schools and transferred to Arkansas, where they were able to find solace in the club team style. To have a few players who have played elsewhere gives the club even more credibility. “We have a couple collegiate players who played either NAIA or Division III schools. One of them played for the
Ozarks. Our goalie Weston Clegg was also a collegiate player for one year,” sophomore Christian Buechel said. Club soccer started at Arkansas in 2006 by the nowhead coach David Yanniello. The team plays in the Oklahoma Club Collegiate Soccer League, where they play regional schools such as Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The teams with the most wins from the OCCSL advance to the NIRSA Regionals, where they would play teams from their region, IV, which is made up of teams from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Nebraska. Last fall, the team finished third in the OCCSL, which was good enough to advance to regionals in Columbia, Mo.
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The regionals this season start Oct. 26 and nationals follow on Nov. 15, where Hohendorf and the team expect to be this year. “The Oklahoma league is in the spring too, and we are planning on playing in it this year depending on funds for travel,” Hohendorf said. This year, the team is trying new ways to gain awareness around campus. They are hosting a fund raiser at the Chick-fil-a Oct. 17 on Martin Luther King Boulevard to help team members lessen the costs of dues for traveling and also get the word out about the team. “In the past we really haven’t done much, but this
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As one of the best golfers in the country, Emily Tubert has set simple goals for herself: play the best you can play and the success will come. Now a junior at Arkansas, Tubert is one of the many gems on the women’s golf roster, a team talented enough to rank No. 23 in the NCAA coaches’ poll. In her first two seasons at Arkansas, Tubert established herself as a superstar on the tournament circuit. As a freshman she won three tournaments, including the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, where she shot an 11-under par in three rounds as well as first-round score of 63, both school records. That was only her third tournament as a Razorback. Tubert went on to finish tied for 19th at the 2011 NCAA Championship, the highest finish ever for an Arkansas freshman. She deservedly garnered AllSoutheastern Conference and All-American honors for her performance as well as earning a selection for the National Golf Coaches
Association All-Scholar team. She wasn’t done there. Tubert was the best-scoring player on the team again as a sophomore. She averaged a score of 72.5 during her sophomore season and finished 33rd at the NCAA Championship. Once again, she earned All-American and All-SEC honors. Between college seasons, Tubert has participated in amateur events featuring many fellow top collegiate players from around the world. She was on the U.S. team at the Curtis Cup, a Ryder Cup-style event pitting the best amateurs in the world against each other. Such events bring valuable experience. “The events I got to compete in this past summer, just to continue to see the highest level and the best players around the world,” said Tubert about the events improving her game. Despite being one of the best players in the NCAA, there is always room for improvement, as any golfer would know. “I’ve focused on getting my swing more consis-
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Club Team Gives Players Razorbacks to Face the Next Level Opportunity Dominant Bulldogs
Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer
Since 2009, the UA women’s club soccer team has given high school and competitive soccer players an opportunity to play at a higher level. Freshman right back Haley Reynebeau played at Har-Ber High School in Springdale for four years before coming to Arkansas. While she didn’t attract any Division 1 schools, she had the chance to play small college soccer. “I was going to play at a tiny college in Kansas, but I wanted a big school,” Reynebeau said. “I’m from a 7A school, so I wanted football games on TV and stuff like that.” Once on campus, Reynebeau sought out information on the club team and try-
outs. She finally got the dates on the last day of tryouts. “My friend and I were kind of worried, but all of the girls were really sweet,” Reynebeau said. When the final cuts were made and the team started playing together, none of the girls really knew each other and they formed separate “cliques,” Reynebeau said. However, these divisions disappeared after a road trip to Texas to play three games. “After we drove to Texas, we bonded and everyone gets along with everyone now,” Reynebeau said. “It’s kind of like a high school team.” Unlike a high school team, though, the team only practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays for two hours each day. Depending on classes and studying, some girls can only make it to one practice per week and sometimes miss
games. “We take it seriously, but we don’t practice every day,” Reynebeau said. “Our coaches realize that school comes first and they understand that we have to miss sometimes.” The coaches’ understanding comes from the fact that they are also students and players on the team. Seniors Nora Farrell and Megan Johnson share the coaching duties. “Playing as well as coaching is very rewarding because I not only get to know so many wonderful athletic women, but I get to constructively coach them,” Johnson said. “It’s a wonderful experience and I look forward to doing it in the future.” This season, the Razorbacks have played five games and will play their sixth and final game this Saturday
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The Arkansas women’s swimming and diving team will be taking part in their first Southeastern Conference
meet against the Georgia Bulldogs Friday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks had their first meet Saturday at the first Razorback Relays in Fayetteville, which is slotted to become an annual event. The Hogs took first place out of
five teams and received 526 points. The team defeated Vanderbilt, North Texas, Southern Methodist and Missouri State. The Hogs won nine of the 12 events. The meet marked
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Gareth Patterson Staff Photographer Arkansas Swimming and Diving team took first place in the Razorback Relays last weekend with 526 points, and plan to compete again October 26.
COMMENTARY
Avoid Sports Complacency in the Middle of the Season
Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer Well, we’re halfway through football season and it seems like there is a feeling of limbo settling in all of the fans. Will we rise again? Will we make a bowl game? What will we all do over Christmas break if
there isn’t a bowl game to look forward to? Perhaps there is a slight feeling of regret – maybe you should have gone to a soccer game seeing as the team played their last home games of the season Friday and Saturday. Maybe you shouldn’t have skipped that one football game and lost your chance to get the early bird student tickets for the LSU game, especially after LSU took a hard loss to Florida. And maybe you shouldn’t have told all your non-University of Arkansas friends that your team could beat their team to a pulp, and maybe, just maybe, you shouldn’t have bought that “BMFP” shirt last year.
But there are other things you should be worrying about, and there are things you should be looking ahead to. For instance, the Razorback softball team’s fall season ended not too long ago, and boy, they already started showing out. With a few shutouts and a perfect game under their belt, the Razorbacks boosted their confidence for the spring softball season. But that is still far away. Then why don’t you make it a point to visit the men’s and women’s basketball teams in November? If you were lucky, you got a nice preview of the teams at Prime time at the Palace, and in the near future you can see those teams in action. The men’s and women’s
teams begin their play in Fayetteville Nov. 2 and Nov. 4, respectively. Most college football fans tend to dribble over to college basketball when they have no more football to watch. Let’s not forget that the women need some fan presence too. The women have a wide variety of years of experience behind them to make them a well-rounded team. Also, they outperformed the men’s basketball team and made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament last year. Sometimes we act like their games aren’t as exciting or they aren’t as good as the men’s team. How rude is that? The women’s basketball team needs
just as much enthusiasm in the crowd as any other team in order to encourage them to show out for their crowd. We can’t leave out the volleyball team and their winning season. They will be continuing play until Nov. 23, and then their season will be over. Be sure to go to a game and see them shine before time is up. Of course, there are still multiple football games to look forward to - but only two home games. It may feel like we are in the doldrums, just trying to sail through game weekend to game weekend, never seeing the end and never really seeing the possibility of a spectacular finish. There are still so many factors up in the air for our team
– the amount of injured players as the season progresses, how many more wins we will have and, of course, absolutely no one has forgotten the fact that we need to hire our next head coach. Just think – we’ve made it halfway through our season, which wasn’t quite as fantastic as we had hoped, and soon, we’ll have the opportunity to look toward a brand new coach, season and football team, and maybe we can finally put the past behind us. Tamzen Tumlison 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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year club sports is really pushing for social media. We use Facebook and we have a Twitter,� Hohendorf said. “On the Fridays before home games we will pass out about 100 flyers on the corner of Dickson and McElroy to get people to come out.� The competitiveness of the club has progressed since its inauguration. Around 80 students attend the three-day tryouts for the team the first week of school. The second day they try to cut that number in half, and by the third day the team has selected its 18-member travel team, along with around 10 other players who are on
the practice squad. The team practices two nights, two hours per week, and has games every weekend in the fall. The players caravan to the away games and come back to Fayetteville after the game ends, unless they are competing in regionals or nationals. In those cases, players stay overnight, some of the elements the members remember from when they were on club teams in high school. “A lot of the kids played club soccer - Missouri and Texas kids who played club soccer around there,� Buechel said.
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not ever playing with each other,� Reynebeau said. Reynebeau said their play has improved steadily over the season as they started “figuring everyone out.� Their lone victory of the season came against Texas Tech. Reynebeau stresses that their conference is very tough. Texas Christian, which beat Arkansas 6-0, featured
SWIMMING continued from page 7 Sean Schimmel’s first meet as head coach of the Razorbacks. Arkansas took home first place in the 3x100 butterfly, the 3x100 backstroke relay, the 3x100 breaststroke relay, the three meter dive, the 3x500 freestyle relay, the 400 medley individual relay and the 400 freestyle relay. The Razorbacks took second in the 800 freestyle relay, the three meter dive, the 500 freestyle, the 200 freestyle relay and the 3x500 freestyle relay. The Hogs also took home third in the 200 freestyle relay. Top swimmers for the Razorbacks included Nina Drolc, Shana Lim and Susanna White, who took home three first place finishes. Aubrey Golbek took home two first places and one second place. Liz Braun earned a first, second and fifth-place finish. Nikki Daniels took home two first-place finishes along with a fourth-place finish. Taylor Temple also had two first-place finishes along with a third-place finish. Julia Banach had two first-place finishes as well as one fifth-place finish. Nicole Menzel had one first-place finish along with Chelsea Franklin, Lauren Jordan, Tera Bradham and Maddie Monroe. Razorback divers Kesha Naylor and Shelby Barltett
several players that had quit the NCAA team and joined the club team. If any girls that have played high school or travel soccer are thinking about joining, they should “definitely try out,� Reynebeau said. The club’s fee is $75 and covers all of the costs of traveling, such as transportation, lodging and food.
took first and second in the three meter dive, respectively. Naylor also took first and Bartlett took third in the one meter dive. The Georgia Bulldog women’s swimming and diving team will take part in their first meet on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Georgia Tech. Georgia’s women’s swimming and diving team have an excellent history under head coach Jack Bauerle. Bauerle has been head coach of the Bulldog swim team for 30 years. He has lead the team to 242 victoires along with SEC and national titles. Bauerle has also coached at the Olympic level. Last season, the Bulldogs won the Women’s Swimming and Diving SEC Championship with a team total of 720 points. The Razorbacks placed eighth with 210 points. The Bulldogs then went on to place second in the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Championships with 366 points. Within the last 10 years, Georgia has won the NCAA Championships once and received runner-up six times. The Razorbacks will be facing a tough, experienced Georgia Bulldog team. But the Razorbacks are hoping that their improvement shown during the offseason and at the Razorback Relays will play to their advantage and help them upset Georgia.
Even if soccer isn’t your sport, Johnson still advises students to get involved in other club sports. “I love getting to know the girls, the athletic department personnel and the other club teams,� Johnson said. “I encourage others to get involved in club sports so they can hopefully gain similar wonderful experiences.�