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ance, music, art and paint will be fused into the “worlds largest paint party”, the high-energy Life In Color concert, at the AMP Thursday, Oct. 18.

Tickets for the Life In Color concert cost $42, although they were previously $36 to $38, said Beth Goodwin, public relations manager for Walton Arts Center.

“I heard about this event on Facebook and got my tickets soon after I heard about it. The concert seems like it is going to be a great experience, have great music, a lot of music and colorful paint splashed on you,” said Israel Reyes, freshman business major.

Life In Color, formerly DayGlow, began as a college campus tradition in 2006 on campuses in Florida, according to dayglowtour. com.

DJs Savoy & David Solano will be performing.

Gates will open at 7 p.m. at the AMP at the Washington County Fairgrounds and participants must be at least 18–years-old to attend the event and identification will be checked at the gate. Glow sticks and backpacks will not be allowed and participants are advised to wear white, according to the Walton Arts Center website.

Life In Color has grown each year in attendance, line-up and production. Life In Color, Orlando at the UCF Arena set a record for U.S. performances with over 5,500 fans in attendance and sold out days before the performance. Starting off their international tour, Life In Color in Cancun 2010 sold out its first show outside the U.S. with over 4,300 people, according to dayglowtour.com.

The entertainment company Committee Entertainment founded Life In Color.

“Committee Entertainment transformed the “worlds largest paint party” from a small college tradition into one of the worlds premiere live concerts. Life In Color is now in over 30 cities in the U.S. and five countries,” according to the committeeEnt.com

Evan Barber Staff Writer On Thursday, Oct. 18, Life in Color (formerly Dayglow), the “world’s largest paint party,” will be at the Arkansas Music Pavilion as part of their 2012: The E.N.D. (Electronic Never Dies) tour. Starting as a college tradition in Florida back in 2006, Life in Color has since evolved into a world-renowned live concert. Having sold out over 70 shows last year, the show now features DJs, soaring aerial acts, stilt-walkers, contortion acts, fire shows and paintblasting cannons, bringing the best of the rave world and the circus world together into one wildly eccentric evening.

The epic psych-up on the official flyer, which might have been written by one of Tyler Durden’s Trance-head understudies, riffs on Mayan-borne apocalypse superstition: “While this may mark the end of an era, we believe as the year draws to a close, the world is only gearing up for a new day … To every beginning there is an end, and

a chance for rebirth. Because in the E.N.D., we are not our jobs, our failures, or our fears, we are every note of every song that made us close our eyes, reach for the sky and know we were home.”

Life in Color also asserts they are “taking a unified stance and upholding their beliefs” that “love, expression, music, creativity, and most of all, paint, will be the only force that will survive into the next generation of a life in color.” The exact meanings of these phrases are certainly open to interpretation, but for the casual or professional raver, the message is clear: There will be wild electronic music, wild electronic paint and wild electronic dancing, a haven for rave freaks flavored by the freaks of the circus.

Alongside the Caravanserai ensemble and Tokyo String Quartet mentioned in last week’s weekender, several Texas-based country and singer/songwriter musicians are playing at George’s Majestic Lounge this weekend, starting with Pat Green on Friday, Oct. 19. Known for the Billboardtopping single “Wave on Wave,” Pat Green

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The next night, Oct. 20, Texas-based James McMurtry, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor, will be playing George’s with opening act Joe Pug. McMurtry has played with John Mellencamp, Joe Ely, John Prine and Dwight Yoakam and has received the highest praise from Mellencamp, as well as from Michael Nesmith, numerous news networks and entertainment publications.

But, most interestingly, McMurtry’s music has been highly acclaimed by American

horror novelist Stephen King, who included McMurtry’s song “Talkin’ at the Texaco” in his 2009 novel “Under the Dome.” King said to Entertainment Weekly, “The simple fact is that James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation.”

Bridging from King, the semi-anticipated “Paranormal Activity 4” premieres in theaters this weekend. As of Oct. 16, rottentomatoes.com has landed the movie with a 44 percent approval rating and a big green splat. Scott Weinberg, writing for FEARnet, remarks that in “PA4,” “There’s some fun to be had, but we’ve officially reached the ‘for fans only’ stage of this particular horror franchise.” This is, of course, one of the more polite reviews offered of the film; however, to gear up for Halloween, maybe a string of spooks like this is exactly what the (witch) doctor ordered. And, after all, according to the film tagline, “All the activity has led to this.”

Think about all of the activity that has occurred — if it really has all led up to this film, watching it has to at least offer some sort of catharsis, right?

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Despite Violence in Countries Students Still Study Abroad

Parts of the world might be on the brink of calamity, but that is not stopping students from studying abroad.

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Violence in Countries Not Stopping Studying Abroad

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Courtesy Photo A group of students pose while studying abroad in Spain. Megan Putney (second from right) is president of the Study Abroad Student Association.

Hunter Hawk Staff Writer Parts of the world might be on the brink of calamity, but that is not stopping students from studying abroad.

An incident that received attention worldwide was the violent protests in Cairo, Egypt LQ ODWH -DQXDU\ 3DQLF LQĂ€OWUDWHG residents of dorms in Cairo as students were ordered to remain in their rooms. Several study abroad students of Georgetown University recall the hostility of the community, said Jenna Johnson, a writer for the Washington Post.

Two days later, the students who were to attend American University in Cairo were evacuated, according to the Washington Post.

Even so, study abroad and international exchange is more popular than ever before with more than 200,000 participants in the U.S. alone, according to the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.

Study abroad staff and students with experience stress the importance of preparation and caution on trips. Doing simple things such as discussing what to expect with staff members and reviewing the Study Abroad Handbook — available on studyabroad.uark.edu — can make a difference, said Jinny /RZH 2IĂ€FH 0DQDJHU ZKR studied abroad in Italy and the Netherlands. “Open Doors is an annual report on international education published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, with support from the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. DeSDUWPHQW RI 6WDWH Âľ VDLG 0RUJDQ &ODUN LQIRUPDWLRQ RIĂ€FLDO with the Institute of International Education. “The report provides statistics on study abroad participation by U.S. students and international student enrollment at U.S. institutions.â€?

With 12 staff members dedicated to study abroad, UA ofĂ€FLDOV PDNH LW D SRLQW WR OD\ RXW WKH EHQHĂ€WV DQG RSSRUWXQLWLHV the program can provide. “Not only did it open my

mind to a more global perspective, it also gave me a deeper understanding of the different kinds of people and cultures that exist outside of America,�

John Tucker a UA student studying in Vaxjo, Sweden said on the study abroad website. “I can say without a doubt that my semester abroad has been a truly enriching and inspiring part of my life.�

One RSO, the Study Abroad 6WXGHQW $VVRFLDWLRQ LV VSHFLĂ€cally designed for students interested in studying abroad or for students who have already studied abroad. “We want to provide a resource for students that are studying abroad and be a community for students who already studied abroad,â€? said 0HJDQ 3XWQH\ VWXG\ DEURDG student association president.

Putney studied in Spain last semester. “It taught you to be more independent and to see cultures from a different perspective,� she said. “You see so much in so little time.�

Study abroad also gives participants the opportunity to sharpen their skills on a new language and effectively develop and enhance students learning experience, while gaining new insights and outlooks through new relationships, Haley Herrington, a UA student said on the study abroad website. “If you spend your time in a foreign country watching TV or keeping to yourself, you won’t maximize this unique opportunity. If and when you study abroad, go into the country with an open mind and appreciate the rich diversity the world has to offer,� said Herrington, who studied in Germany.

Perceptions over a particular region can change if students dive into the culture, students said. “I did not know what to expect when we arrived in Jordan. Americans hear of the 0LGGOH (DVW DQG WKLQN RI LW GLIferently than other travel destinations,� said Chris White, anthropology graduate student with the UA Field School in Jordan, according to the UA study abroad website. “Our perception of that area is more

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Hopping on a jet and enrolling in some foreign university ZLOO QRW VXIĂ€FH EXW WKH SURSHU preparation can lead to an “amazingâ€? new worldliness, Jared Park, a UA student said. “During the course of the trip, I found myself doing incredible things that I had never done before. Studying abroad in Greece was an amazing experience, but it would have never had happen without preparation,â€? Park said on the study abroad website.

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Study Abroad Student Association (SASA) is having a photo contest in celebration of International Education Week.

Photos submitted should be photos taken abroad and the deadline to turn in photos is Friday, Nov. 2, said Megan Putney, SASA president.

To submit photos, email them to sasaphotocontest@ gmail.com, she said. Voting for the photos will be done online on the group’s Facebook page.

Winners will be announced during an event on Nov. 12 in the Connections Lounge in the Union for International Education Week, Putney said.

Photos will be displayed throughout that week.

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Mary McKay Staff Photographer Ernie Dumas discusses his book, “Dearest Letty: The World War II Love Letters of Sgt. Leland Duvall,� at the Special Collections event, Wednesday, Oct. 17.

RZ’s Has Grand Opening Bailey Deloney Staff Writer Chartwells will be offering students coupons, halfprice deals and free T-shirts this week as part of the official grand opening of the Union Au Bon Pain and Freshens.

Although it has been open for business before fall break, Chartwells officials decided to use this event as a way of promoting the additions and celebrating the reopening of RZ’s, said Kim Johnson, marketing director for Chartwells. “Everyone has been really excited about it,� Johnson said.

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dents so far, Johnson said.

During fall break, there were students who came to Freshens and ate frozen yogurt on the patio, Johnson said. “I have also seen faculty and staff stop by Au Bon Pain and get a sandwich or soup to take home,� she said.

Although there were many other coffee options available on campus while RZ’s was closed for renovations, students said they especially missed the atmosphere this particular venue had provided. “I missed RZ’s because it was just so big and open, compared to Starbucks,� said Page Summers, sophomore English major.

Junior Courtney Parlin said RZ’s was her spot last year to study and hang out

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With the expansion of the location, there are now two areas available for seating. The extra seating is nice because there is more space to hang out, and it is less crowded and not as loud, Summers said.

It is still a great place to come and study between classes, Parlin said. She likes to go to the Freshens side to study because that side still has the original RZ’s furniture, Parlin said.

Students said the opening of Au Bon Pain and Freshens are a nice addition to the university because they also offer healthy lunch options outside the cafeterias.

A vegetarian selection at Au Bon Pain is a plus, said Keleigh Hibbard, junior biology major. “I saw a lot of people filing into the cafĂŠ after class and when I saw the three or four different vegetarian sandwiches on the menu, I decided to try it,â€? Hibbard said.

The reopening of RZ’s has not had an effect on the business of the Union Market, Johnson said. The Union Market is still a very popular option for students to eat lunch, and RZ’s seems to be a popular spot for students to relax in the mornings and afternoons between classes, Johnson said.

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have to be like a racehorse, you have to have blinders on, don’t be focusing on the things that are peripheral be focused on one goal.�

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The UAPD received 10 reports of missing items from rooms in the Quads; the items were subsequently found in Peterson’s Northwest Quad suite, according to the report.

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UAPD officials have received the rape kit back from the state crime lab in Little Rock concerning the rape that occurred on campus in September, police spokesman said.

UAPD officials will take the results from DNA and try to match it with their database, said Lt. Matt Mills. “If there is a match, that will help us,� Mills said.

There is still not suspect in the case, he said.

The individual responsible was described as a white male with dark complexion, 5’10�, muscular build, in his mid 20’s, with short brown hair, wearing tan/khaki shorts and a dark gray shirt, according to the UAPD website.

The rape took place between 12:10 a.m. and 12:20 a.m. Sept. 2 in Lot 14 near Gregg Avenue.

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Who Wins a Tied Debate?

Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times

When two presidential candidates battle roughly to a tie in a debate, is there a winner?

Did President Obama win on Tuesday simply because he was able to hold his own this time on the debate stage with Mitt Romney? Did Romney win because the momentum he had built during the last two weeks wasn’t completely reversed?

A second loss would have been disastrous for the president’s campaign. But this time, a different Obama showed up. The president was feisty, assertive and energized.

He questioned Romney’s arithmetic; he attacked his opponent’s honesty; he reminded voters of the severely conservative positions Romney took during his long quest for the GOP nomination, and he rebutted Republican attacks on his record. “Governor Romney doesn’t have a five-point plan,” Obama charged. “He has a one-point plan — and that plan is to make sure folks at the top play by a different set of rules.”

And yet, for all that, the Long Island town meeting wasn’t a knockout for Obama.

The relentlessly on-message Romney who surprised Obama in Denver showed up again on Tuesday, and scored plenty of the same points.

“The president’s policies haven’t put people back to work,” he said. “We don’t have to live like this. ... My priority is jobs. I know how to make that happen.

“If you elect President Obama, you know what you’re going to get. You’re going to get a repeat of the last four years,” he said.

The central exchanges of the debate played out like a slugfest between two boxers with very different styles but roughly equal strength.

Romney attacked Obama’s record, especially on the economy; Obama responded by attacking Romney’s credibility.

So where does that leave us? The candidates’ second debate confirmed what polls were already telling us: The campaign has returned to its pre-convention deadlock, a race that’s within a single percentage point nationwide and too close to call in battleground states such as Ohio and Virginia.

For that reason, if I had to

call the debate, I’d give it to Obama — not on substance but on what it did for his prospects. For a week or so, it appeared that Romney was gaining momentum above and beyond the bump he got from his upset victory in the first debate. Enthusiasm was leaching out of Democratic ranks at the very moment they needed to rally volunteers to hector their voters to the polls.

That erosion has probably now been stopped. And Obama had good moments on at least two important issues.

The president largely won an exchange over equal pay for women — the quintessential swing voters in this election — noting that he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law over the opposition of many Republicans. Romney argued that his record as governor of Massachusetts, when he took pains to include women in his Cabinet and get them home in time for dinner, was female-friendly, but it sounded distinctly second-best.

And Obama used a tough question about inadequate security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to man up.

“I’m the president and I’m always responsible,” he said, adding that the suggestion that his administration was playing politics with the issue “when we lost four of our own ... (was) offensive.”

The president capitalized, as well, on a rash decision

by Romney to volunteer that contrary to popular belief, “I care about 100 percent of the American people.” That gave Obama the opening he needed, in the final moments of the debate, to remind voters of Romney’s disastrous assertion that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on the government and short on personal responsibility.

“Think about who he was talking about,” Obama said.

“Folks on Social Security.

Veterans who have sacrificed for their country. ... I want to fight for them.”

An ancient rule of politics holds that it is better to be lucky than smart. In Tuesday’s debate, both candidates turned in smart performances – but Obama was also lucky.

His campaign can only hope that was an omen for the remaining three weeks of the campaign.

Doyle McManus is a staff columnist for the Los Angeles Times. This is an excerpt of his column.

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Shawnya Wethington Staff Columnist Even before flipping their tassels during high school graduation, students are asked what they want to do with their life. What will be your major? Career? Then, their college paths are customized accordingly.

The UA has certain core requirements for graduation.

Science, English, math, fine arts/humanities, U.S. history and social sciences are the areas that have a mandatory number of hours, with a grand total of 35.

In each subject area, there is a list of courses for students to choose from, which allows students to further tailor their educational plans.

Aside from Composition one and two for English, there are options in every subject.

The classes which fill requirements but aren’t neces-

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conceivable field has a specialist.

As students progress through their educational career, their courses become more and more specified, with the number of general courses they take slowly dwindling.

By the time graduation rolls around, students will have forgotten most of the general information that they needed to know to get through their core requirements.

In their general courses, students memorize the information long enough to pass and then promptly forget it. It’s lost in the oblivion of things you used to know.

Why is this a problem?

Just watch a segment of Jaywalking off of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In these clips, Jay Leno takes to the street and asks Americans general knowledge questions, such as “Which country would you find the Panama Canal in?”

Or “What countries border the United States?” And finally, my favorite, “Who was the first president of the United States?”

Surprisingly, China isn’t home to the Panama Canal.

If you answered Australia and Hawaii as the countries making up the U.S. borders,

you’d be zero for two. President Ben Franklin is a bit off the mark.

Sadly, Americans actually gave these answers.

There’s a growing trend to forget the things you struggled with during school and then make excuses when incompetencies come to light down the line.

Should it be alright to say “Well I never claimed to be a math genius” when you have to whip out your phone to multiply six and three? Or to shrug when the grammatical difference between “your” and “you’re” continues to elude you?

Nobody can be expected to be an expert at everything, however, that shouldn’t be an excuse to forget information that’s nonessential to your major. Learning for its own sake isn’t a bad thing.

There is a list of core classes for a reason – this is some of the basic information that students need to know. You may never use it in your profession, but perhaps remembering these classes will keep you from winding up as a Jaywalking all-star.

Shawnya Wethington is a staff columnist. She is a sophomore English/ journalism- news/editorial major.

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sary for students’ majors are usually piled into the first few semesters. They’re taken, and then forgotten to make room for “more important” things.

Americans tend to subscribe to the attitude that they don’t need to learn something unless it will be important in everyday life.

General trivia isn’t held in especially high esteem.

It’s not that the knowledge isn’t important; rather, there will be somebody else who knows it. If those people aren’t around, there’s always Google. We treat knowledge with cavalier indifference.

Hundreds of years ago, scholars learned things in every field of study. They dabbled in history, math, science, philosophy and then wrote books on what they learned. Since there was a limited amount of knowledge available in the world, it was actually possible to know everything.

Today, with the advance in technology and the new information available, this isn’t an option. Specialization has become a necessity.

People must choose their area of expertise whether it’s financial advisement to the real estate market, or knowledge of the mating dance of African dwarf frogs. Every

When I think of capital punishment, I think of Cillian Murphy’s role in the latest Batman movie: “Death or exile…? Death by exile it is.” While we do not live in an apocalyptic Gotham that Bane rules, what are some of the issues with the death penalty in our society?

Some arguments for the death penalty are that it is cheaper than life in prison, it upholds the law system and the consoles the family.

Arguments for abolishing capital punishment say that it gives power to government that it should not have. It actually costs more than life in prison. It is also classist (for

people that cannot afford a good attorney) and racist.

You can find more information relating to both sides at www.procon.org.

A couple weeks ago, a man named Ray Krone gave a lecture at Giffels Auditorium. Krone is the 100th death row inmate to be set free after being found innocent since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976. When I went to Krone’s lecture, he scared me a little bit with what he said. In Arizona, 1991, a woman’s body was found in a bar where she worked. The only evidence the prosecution had to go off was bite marks, and a witness saying that Ray Krone had helped her close the bar up the night before.

A bite-mark “expert” determined that the bite marks were Krone’s, matching Styrofoam that he had willingly bit, knowing of his innocence. (This was before DNA testing.) He was sentenced to death in 1992. Later revealed, is that the prosecution paid the bite mark expert $50,000 to testify after their first choice declared the

marks a mismatch. Cases like these are “make-or-break” for prosecuting attorneys.

Fortunately, he had a cousin who was able to get him a good lawyer (that cost a ridiculous amount of money — his cousin personally spent $100,000 to pay for the attorney) to appeal his case in 1994. Thinking for sure he would be freed, once again the prosecution was able to convince the jury to convict him, however the judge reduced his sentence to life, doubting his involvement in the crime.

It was not until 2002, that DNA evidence exonerated him from the crime.

Not surprisingly, the DNA matched the woman’s exhusband who was in jail at the time for sexual assault.

He had not been considered as a suspect in 1991.

A few issues stuck out to me in this whole situation.

Throughout the trials, the prosecuting attorney never turned away from his stance, regardless of the facts.

As Krone’s charges were being dropped, the prosecution was already trying to cut a deal with the actual crimi-

nal to say that Krone aided him.

Krone was never reimbursed for his money nor did the prosecution ever issue an apology.

What kind of justice system has prosecutors that will do anything for themselves?

Ray Krone was lucky, too.

Not everyone could afford an attorney or have access to DNA evidence. Only about 15 percent of cases of access to DNA, according to Witness to Innocence.

Something needs to be done in our judicial system.

Otherwise, any one of us could be on death row tomorrow.

The story Krone told does not match the motto we hear: “innocent until proven guilty.” It is hard to fathom that at this point in the judicial system.

Things are never black and white, and I do not know that there is any piece of logic that will ever offer us the rightful opportunity to take someone else’s life.

Blake Mertens is a staff columnist. He is a junior biochemistry major.

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Dress for Every Occasion to Get What You Want Justin Bryant Staff Writer follow him on Twitter @Just_InStyle

Growing up we always hear, “there’s a time and place for everything.” Well, in fashion, there is as well.

The theory of dressing for every occasion, whether it’s casual, business or formal attire, may not be new to you, but the idea of making it your own may be quite foreign.

For every setting, there is a different category of dress and set of expectations that accompany it. With the resources and knowledge on how to appear in any environment, you will surely stand out amongst the crowd.

The simplest form of dress is casual and requires little to no explanation at all. All it takes is being yourself. The only suggestion or tip that would be helpful is that although wearing sweats every day is more comfortable, you’d be surprised how much more attentive you will be in class when you are fully dressed.

Semi-casual is a little more technical but has gray area as far as the rules that apply. For

women, the main staple pieces that are useful are blouses and trousers. Since it is just semi-casual dress, you have a wide range of freedoms when it comes to colors, textures and lengths to express yourself.

For men, semi-casual allows you to wear polo shirts, button-downs and khaki pants, and, most importantly, you don’t have to wear a tie.

When going out for a parttime job, semi-casual dress is always the way to go. Although the part-time job may just be retail or food service, looking presentable can make a difference in you standing out from the other applicants.

Many have heard the saying, “dress for the job you need, not the job you want,” but I suggest dressing for the job you do want.

This may seem like an unorthodox suggestion, but dressing for the job you ultimately want to have will motivate you to be more ambitious. Business attire consists mostly of neutral and navy pieces with mild accent colors thrown in from time to time. Pinstripe suits, blazers and ties are the traditional pieces worn by men. To bring some life to business dress, I would suggest a tie or dress shirt in a vibrant color worn separately, not together. These simple choices in dress you make can show your individuality to employers.

Blazers, knee-length skirts and closed-toe

heels may seem basic, but there are definite ways women can spice up an outfit for an interview.

Blazers in colors such as red, royal blue or green are great ways to make an outfit stand out from the crowd. Also, pops of color in clutches or heels can give an individual flair to an otherwise subdued outfit.

Formal dress is the most elegant of all clothing categories and allows its wearers to transform and be almost anyone they could imagine. There are only a few parameters you have to stick within when attending formal or “black-tie” affairs. The basic requirements are a tuxedo for males and a full-length gown for ladies, unless a cocktail dress is allowed.

Now that you know the requirements, you pretty much have all the freedom you want in personalizing your attire. Although you have creative freedom when choosing your dress, ladies, remember to find a color that compliments your skin and hair.

Furthermore, choose an appropriate fit and length that will not drown or take away from your figure. In addition, if your dress has been hemmed and is still too long, opt in for a higher heel to lift you up and avoid that embarrassing possibility of snag-

ging your dress.

Guys, we don’t have much wiggle room with our formal wear as far as color, but we have tons of options in the area of fit. For a more slender male, Italian-cut tuxes are the total way to go.

They will create shape, provide definition and give the appearance of muscle tone that standard tuxes normally don’t provide.

European straight-cut tuxes are a great choice for the muscular guy with a large upper body.

These provide comfort in the arms and shoulders while also showing off the physique that you work so hard for. Even though most formal events are strictly black-tie, take advantage of those chances to wear a funky-colored bow tie to an event when possible to grab a little bit more attention.

Casual, business and formal attire are three different yet equal aspects of dress that allow you to be the most versatile member you can be in the land of fashion.

And even if you don’t care about living in the land of fashion, just trying something new with your normal routine may make all the difference in how your event turns out.

Once you know the basics about the categories of dress, everything else is a piece of cake. Just remember your body is your canvas and your clothes are your paint, so the only thing left to do is create.

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Comics Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Calvin and Hobbes

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012

Sudoku Stephan Pastis

Scott Adams

Bill Watterson

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Crossword

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Doonesbury

Garry Trudeau

Chad Woodard Editor-in-Chief

Dead Poets Society

Every time I think of the phrase “Oh captain, my captain,” I start to get chills and that is all I will say to avoid spoiling the ending of this film. This is a wonderful story of upper-class private school students standing up to their parents and their school in order to live a life they want to live.

Good Will Hunting

I suppose you could say that I love stories about workingclass kids rising to the top of their peers. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck composed a wonderful story about a young man named Will Hunting who is brilliant beyond belief and grew up on the rough side of Boston. His struggle to overcome his personal demons while balancing his love life provides a wonderful conclusion.

The Breakfast Club

This is a film that takes you back to being a teenager and look longingly at a much more simple time where the biggest problem in your life might have been pulling a fire alarm.

Beyond the simple problems these characters face the idea of breaking down barriers and accepting people regardless of what group he or she might belong to is always an important message and this film does it best.

Honorable Mentions

Homeward Bound

The Pagemaster

Rudy

I am usually not a fan of sports films considering how many of these films use a similar formula to tell a story. However, this true story of a young working-class kid, who wants to attend Notre Dame and play football regardless of his setbacks, has always transcended the sport to me.

Hannah and Her Sisters

Out of this list, this film falls most closely under the genre of Romantic Comedy. Woody Allen’s films are usually a bit too cynical for my taste, but this film feels more like a lighthearted Nora Ephron comedy than Allen’s previous films such as Annie Hall.

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Non Sequitur

Wiley Miller

Ferristrations

Marcus Ferreira

By Rich Mausser

ACROSS 1 Browns’ org.

4 Twine material 9 Come-ons 14 SS supplement, for some 15 Golfer who was #1 when she retired in 2010 16 Missouri’s __ Mountains 17 TUMS target 18 Congregational divide 20 Modern address starter 22 Spirited mount 23 Do a hatchet job 24 “Inside the NBA” analyst Barkley, familiarly 28 Burning rubber sound 30 Decorous 34 Green hole 35 Wings it, musically 39 Heavenly bear 40 Fix-it guide 44 Like many eBay items 45 Tuscany city 46 Hum attachment?

47 Fable messages 50 Manually 52 Woolly garment 56 He voiced Elmer 59 Sweethearts maker 60 Leap in a tutu

63 Office purchase, and in a way, what can be seen in this puzzle’s sequence of circles 67 Fish lacking pelvic fins 68 Aptly named bug spray 69 New product div.

70 Holiday tuber 71 Surrogate 72 Out of port 73 “Strange Magic” rock gp.

DOWN 1 Soon to happen 2 Its name usually has only two or three letters 3 Da Vinci masterpiece, with “The” 4 Humanities maj.

5 Einstein’s “I” 6 Complaint about a library volume?

7 Primary artery 8 One working on a punch, perhaps 9 Dump truck adjunct 10 Israeli arms expert __ Gal 11 Diaper woe 12 Gardner who invented cases 13 Depict unfairly 19 Common menu

option 21 À la mode serving 25 Sitarist Shankar 26 Woodwind instr.

27 Franklin’s genre 28 Rugby tussle 29 Mexican cheese 31 Magnum, for one 32 Krupp Works city 33 Did Ebert’s job 36 Roast hosts, for short 37 Part of PBK 38 Understand 41 First family member?

42 “Mad Money” channel 43 Put on the canvas 48 Desolate 49 Poet Silverstein 51 Pilgrimage to Mecca 53 Ghana’s capital 54 Apple messaging tool 55 Horses with interspersed colored and white hairs 56 Amt. you don’t expect to pay 57 Wide-mouthed pourer 58 Slimming choice, briefly 61 Marsh duck 62 Sailor’s patron 64 Plague 65 Ending with fluor66 Nutritional stat

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FOOTBALL

ATHLETICS

Scholarship to Honor Uekman

Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer

Junior linebacker Jarrett Lake tackles Kentucky tailback Raymond Sanders III during Saturday’s 49-7 win over the Wildcats.

the Razorbacks for the first time since 2005 and the first time in Fayetteville since 1966.

The Razorbacks then suffered a home loss to Rutgers in a close game, 35-26. The Hogs then went on the road

The Garrett Uekman Foundation announced Monday an agreement with the UA to fund a $100,000 endowed memorial scholarship for Arkansas Razorback Athletics.

UA Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long attended the signing ceremony in Little Rock, along with Uekman’s parents, Danny and Michelle, and sister, Meagan.

One Razorback athlete will be honored with the scholarship each year when it is completely funded. Football players, specifically tight ends and former walk-ons, will receive extra consideration, but all UA student-athletes are eligible for the scholarship.

“We are grateful to Danny, Michelle, Meagan and the Uekman Foundation for helping Razorback Athletics further meet its mission of developing student-athletes to their fullest potential through intercollegiate athletics,” Long said Monday.

Before coming to Arkansas, Uekman attended Little Rock Catholic High School, where he excelled in baseball, basketball and football. In the spring of 2010, he signed to play football for the Razorbacks.

With the Razorbacks, he

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Logan Webster Staff Photographer

Hogs Paving Way for Better Season Jessie McMullen Staff Writer

The Razorback’s football season hasn’t gone quite as well as was expected. Things have not been going right for the Hogs dating all the way back to Bobby Petrino’s

motorcycle accident, but the Hogs are beginning to overcome that adversity with a Southeastern Conference two-game winning streak.

The Hogs started off the season with a 49-24 win over Jacksonville State. Little did the team know, that would be their last win for a while.

The team then went on to lose in overtime to Louisiana Monroe, 34-31 in a loss that stunned the nation. The Razorbacks went on to take one of the worst falls in the polls ever, dropping completely out of the poll from No. 8.

Quarterback Tyler Wilson suffered a concussion against

Louisiana Monroe and would not play in the following week’s game against Alabama.

After the tough loss to Louisiana Monroe, the team then went on to lose the next three games. The next loss came from the No.1 Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama came to Fayetteville and shut out

BASEBALL

2013 Razorback Baseball Schedule Announced Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor

The 2013 Razorback baseball schedule was announced Wednesday. The schedule features 34 regular season home games, including 17 of the first 21 games of the season.

The Hogs will play 22 games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2012, including matchups with New Mexico, Oklahoma and Missouri State.

“I think it’s a very competitive schedule,” head coach Dave Van Horn said.

The Razorbacks open the season with an eight-game homestand beginning Friday, Feb. 15. The Hogs host Western Illinois for a three-game weekend series to open the season.

Arkansas will then host the University of New Orleans for a midweek series followed by a weekend series against Evansville.

The Razorbacks will travel to Surprise, Ariz., to compete

in the Coca-Cola Classic, hosted by Arizona State. Arkansas will play four games in the tournament between Feb. 28 and March 3.

The Hogs return home for a four-game series March 7-10 against San Diego State, which is coached by Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.

“We have a tough earlyseason tournament at Arizona State where we’ll face some quality competition, and the next week we come home and play a good San Diego State team for four games,” Van Horn said. “We’ll know a lot more about where we stand after those eight games.”

The Razorbacks will play a midweek series against Alabama A&M March 12 and 13 before opening Southeastern Conference play at home against the Ole Miss Rebels.

In addition to Ole Miss, Arkansas will face conference foes Mississippi State, LSU, Texas A&M and Tennessee at Baum Stadium.

“I think our home conference schedule is about as good as it gets,” Van Horn

said. “All five teams coming to Baum Stadium are quality opponents. As far as the fans are concerned, this should be a real popular home conference schedule.”

The Razorback’s road SEC schedule includes South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Auburn.

Arkansas will play one game in Central Arkansas at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. The game is part of a two-game midweek series against Mississippi Valley State, the first of which will be played at Baum Stadium.

“I’m glad it worked out for us to be able to play a game in Central Arkansas this season,” Van Horn said. “It gives the fans in that area of the state a chance to see us play without having to drive too far. There’s been a great response with a packed stadium each of the last three years.”

The 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament will be played May 21-26 at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., and the NCAA Tournament begins May 30.

Shelby Gill Asst. Companion Editor Junior outfielder Jacob Morris watches the ball during game four of the Cardinal-White series Wednesday. White leads the series 3-1, and game five will be played today at 3 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Is Doping the Cause of Degrading Sports Integrity?

Kristen Coppola Sports Editor Over fall break, I went to talk to my former high school English teacher to share stories about classes and hear about his daughter’s third birthday.

His classroom is painted

bright blue, and magazine spreads, novel sleeves and posters adorn each wall. An avid bicyclist, he also has an apparatus in the corner to hang his racing bike.

Beneath an excerpt from “The Tyger” by William Blake painted on the wall, hangs a four-page fold-out magazine featuring Lance Armstrong next to bold type that reads “VICTORY.” I remember the numerous allusions he would make to Armstrong about being successful and working hard, which he somehow always related back to whichever book we were reading that week.

With the release of the U.S.

Anti-Doping Agency’s report that cited the evidence it used to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him from the sport, the conversation quickly turned to the use of performance enhancing drugs.

My teacher said that he thought it was over the top, and though that could be attributed to his adoration of Armstrong, cycling and the Livestrong foundation, I have to agree.

Since the evidence was released, Nike, AnheuserBusch, Honey Stinger and RadioShack have all ended their relationships with Armstrong, who also stepped down as

chairman of Livestrong.

Armstrong had been retired from cycling for years before the events of this summer. The remaining question is: What message does taking away the awards and banning a man who had already finished send?

I think that USADA was trying to make an example of Armstrong. USADA wanted to show that no player is above the rules and that punishment will always follow, even if there is a delay.

However, by making a villain of the sport’s greatest hero, the USADA has only increased morale for Armstrong’s foundation, Livestrong, which saw

an increase in donations in August.

The sad fact is that doping, whether it be the use of steroids, blood transfusions or another type of drug, has proliferated sports for a long time, and most fans realize this, regardless of the sport.

Science is trying to catch up with the techniques of those who choose to defy nature and equip their bodies with superhuman abilities, but a drug or method cannot be banned until the scientists know the precise composition.

That’s why it took so long to catch the violators during the steroid age of baseball; that’s why doping can never be truly

eliminated unless the integrity of sports is brought into question.

The essence of sports is based on competition, and unless you take away the very nature of the game, then human beings will always try to get the upper edge - whether that be Gatorade to rehydrate during halftime or transfusing their own blood back into their bodies in the middle of a race.

Kristen Coppola is the sports editor for The Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every Thursday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

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TENNIS

Razorbacks to Compete Against Familiar Faces

Eric Harris Staff Writer

The Razorback women’s tennis team will see some familiar faces as they look ahead to their next meet, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals in Tulsa, Okla.

This meet has a huge importance to head coach Michael Hegarty because a successful meet can lead to qualification for the ITA Nationals later in the season.

The Razorbacks are in the middle of their fall season and look to continue to build on their performances, including the recent Razorback Invitational.

Arkansas got six singles wins over the weekend against a few nationally-ranked opponents, some of which they will face again.

Tulsa and Missouri, who is the only other Southeastern Conference team in the region, also played in the Razorback Invitational.

Tulsa finished last season ranked No. 23 in the country, but the Razorbacks fought hard, going 3-4 in singles against the Golden Hurri-

canes.

Yang Pang got two wins against Tulsa, beating Saana Saarteinen 6-0, 6-1, and Samantha Vickers 6-3, 6-1.

Arkansas went 2-1 against Missouri. Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez and KimberleyAnn Surin each earned wins over the Tigers.

The highest ranked team that the Hogs will face the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The Huskers are led by a group of four seniors including Patricia Veresova.

Veresova, a senior from Piestany, Slovakia, was named second team All-Big 10 and racked up a total of 52 singles and doubles wins last season.

A large group of Big 12 teams will be competing as well. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State, will all be in Tulsa.

Oklahoma State finished last season the highest-ranked of those teams. They are led by third-year head coach Chris Young.

The Sooners are another familiar foe for the Razorbacks. They went 3-3 in singles matches at the Country Club of Little Rock Invita-

tional, the season’s inaugural event for both teams.

Pang got her first win as a Razorback over Oklahoma junior Whitney Ritchie, 6-2, 6-2.

Sarah McLean and Claudine Paulson also earned wins over Hermon Bhrane , 6-2, 6-2, and Mia Lancaster 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

Arkansas won’t be the only team from the Natural State competing — both the Red Wolves of Arkansas State and the Central Arkansas Bears will be competing as well.

Arkansas State will be led by lone senior Ioana Teu, who has 21 singles wins in her career.

UCA has sisters Kristina and Simona Horsikyan leading them. They lead the Bears’ squad, making their second away trip.

South Dakota State, Minnesota, Iowa and Wichita State will also be competing in the invitational.

Arkansas will be looking for a well-rounded performance with all members of the team making a contribution, much like the events earlier in the Razorbacks’ fall season.

SOCCER

Hogs to Face a Pair of Tigers to Close Season

Raya Clay Staff Writer

The Arkansas Razorbacks soccer team is 7-8-1 overall with a few more games left to focus on.

Friday, Oct. 12, the women’s soccer team competed against Texas A&M. Texas A&M got a pair of first-half goals from Kelley Monogue and a second half tally from Meghan Streight to capture a road win over the Razorbacks.

Monogue is a sophomore from McKinney, Texas. She is a four-time Big 12 Newcomer of the week, Big 12 Offensive player of the week, and was a part of Our Game Magazine College “Players to Watch List.”

Texas A&M is ranked No. 9 and holds a record of 14-21. Their Southeastern Conference record is 8-1-1. Their goal average so far this season is 2, and their point average is 7. In 2011, they were the Big 12 Conference tournament champions.

Sunday, Arkansas got its first soccer victory over Auburn since 2000. A goal from Sam Wolf in the 62nd minute held off several late attacks by Auburn for a 1-0 SEC victory over the Tigers at Razorback Field. Wolf is a sophomore from Plano, Texas. Last year, she started all 18 games at defender and led the club with 1,581 minutes played.

With 11 minutes left in

the period, a Tiger foul gave Arkansas a free kick above the left corner of the 18. Allie Tripp played the kick into the six, and Ashleigh Ellenwood was just short of getting to the ball for a close header attempt. Tripp later had a header inside the six, but Howard made another save.

Auburn had three corners in the period, but Ellenwood headed two of those out of the box for easy clears by the Razorbacks.

“It wasn’t pretty, but we got the result,” head coach Colby Hale said. “We want to be a team that grinds out wins, and that’s what we did today.”

The game was also Senior Day with Andrea Carlson and Allie Chandler closing their home careers.

“Those kids have a special place in our hearts,” Hale said.

“They will be sorely missed, but I’m really excited about the successes we’re having this year for them.”

The next game the Razorbacks will compete in is against Missouri. Missouri holds a record of 13-3-0 so far this season.

Missouri averages 2 goals per game and 22 assists.

Before the SEC Tournament, the Razorbacks will compete against LSU in their last scheduled game. LSU’s record is 6-7-4 so far and their goal average is 1.

Sophomore, Alex Arlitt, from Houston leads in goals for LSU. Last year, she started 22 matches for the Tigers while playing as an attacking

UEKMAN continued from page 7 redshirted during the 2010 season and played in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2011.

Last year on Nov. 20, a day after Arkansas defeated Mississippi State in his hometown of Little Rock, Uekman was found unconscious and unresponsive in his dorm room at 11:15 a.m. and pronounced dead an hour later.

An autopsy revealed that he passed away due to complications from cardiomyopathy as a result of an enlarged heart.

He was just 19 years old. “(Uekman) was a special young man who made an impact on the lives of his team-

mates and students around the University of Arkansas campus. He was an extraordinary person and a true Razorback,” Long said.

“We are deeply honored that the Uekman family and the Uekman Foundation have chosen to make this commitment to celebrate Garrett’s legacy in this way.”

Following his death, the Garrett Uekman Foundation was created to “continue his legacy by raising funds to support heart disease research and education and to provide scholarships to deserving student athletes,” according to the foundation’s website, gu88.org.

midfielder, defensive midfielder and right back.

She scored two goals and dished out three assists for seven points on the season.

Arlitt attempted 11 shots with five shots on goal on the offensive end and scored her first career goal and recorded her first career assist to lead to a 3-0 shutout of LouisianaLafayette on Aug. 21.

SEASON continued from page 7 to take a huge loss to Texas A&M in College Station, 5810.

At that point in the season, Razorback fans were feeling as though nothing, absolutely nothing, could go right for the team.

But the team never gave up. The Hogs were on a fourgame losing streak going to Auburn to play the Tigers.

The team came out and played like a whole new team that no one had seen yet this season.

This was a huge road win for the Hogs. The Razorbacks caused five turnovers along with five sacks and had their best defensive performance of the year to lead the team to a 24-7 victory. This marked the first SEC win for the Razorbacks.

The Razorbacks then welcomed the Kentucky Wildcats to Fayetteville. The Hogs started out with two unanswered touchdowns when the game was delayed in the first quarter due to lightning. Play was resumed around an hour later and the Hogs kept the pace going.

The game was called with

five minutes remaining in the third quarter and the Hogs took home a 49-7 victory.

This accounted for the second SEC win of the season for the Razorbacks.

The last two SEC games against Auburn and Kentucky have become a turning point for the Razorbacks. The Razorbacks are now showing why they were ranked preseason No. 8.

The Razorbacks’ bye week is this weekend so they will be taking the week off from play and using it to hopefully improve for their upcoming schedule.

After their bye week, the Hogs will face Ole Miss in Little Rock. Ole Miss is standing in the middle of the pack in the conference with a current winning record of 4-3 with losses coming from Texas, Alabama and Texas A&M. If the Hogs can pick up a win against the Rebels, it will be huge.

The next week the Razorbacks are hosting a nonconference game against Tulsa in Fayetteville for homecoming.

The Golden Hurricanes are

currently 6-1 with a loss coming from Iowa State. Although Tulsa’s competition is a lot different than that of the Hogs, it will still be a good win for the Hogs if they can pull out the victory.

The last three games of the regular season are big games for the Razorbacks. If Arkansas can pick up at least two wins out of the three games, it is much more likely that they will be bowl-eligible at the end of the season.

First, the Hogs will take on South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. The next weekend the Hogs will travel to Mississippi State to take on the Bulldogs and then finally back to Fayetteville to take on the LSU Tigers.

All three of these teams are currently ranked and will be tough competition for the Hogs. But if the Hogs can pull out a few wins and end the season with a winning record, there might be some hope for the Razorbacks to be eligible for a bowl game, which did not seem remotely possibly after the four-game losing streak.