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Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
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Student Voters Make Election Day Decisions
Jaime Dunaway Staff Writer
With the presidential election only a week away, many students have made up their minds on who to vote for, while others are still unsure. Family background and party ties were strong factors influencing students’ decisions. “I’m very strongly Republican,” said Heidi Bingenheimer, junior biomedical engineering major. “I grew up in a conservative family, and my dad is a pastor. It’s natural for me to be conservative. Many of the views conservatives have, I agree with. Many of the views of liberals I do not agree with.” Jonathan Phillips, sophomore sociology major, said he will also probably vote along party lines, but additionally for the character of the candidate. Other students are worried less about political parties and are more concerned with the amount of time a president has to implement change. “I think presidents should have a full eight years to carry out their plans,” said Cassaundra Travaille, junior computer science major. “That really influenced who I will vote for. A president doesn’t come into office thinking he’ll only have four years.” The candidates’ views on important foreign, domestic and social issues also contributed to whom students decided to vote for. “Romney’s views on women’s rights and gay rights, as a gay man, scare me,” said Jay-
The Wedington corridor, stretching from Interstate 540 to Broyles Avenue, could be redesigned to make the area more walkable and convenient for residents, city planners said. “It’s a defined area of where we are going to put in
to drawings how we want the area to look over the next 1520 years,” said Andrew Garner, senior planner in the city planning division of the City of Fayetteville. “We’re going to be doing a neighborhood plan. There is no formal plan put together at this point. We’re just brainstorming.” City officials have said that the redesigned neighborhood would be given a degree
of urban flair. The streetscape would make the neighborhood more walkable, making corner businesses more approachable. “We’ve already been talking to business owners, and we know the area probably needs to be made more walkable,” Garner said. “It’s not very safe to walk on it. A lot of people work in the neighborhoods, but there’s
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not a safe way to walk to it, especially from residential neighborhoods to business districts.” Walkable communities provide a smart, sustainable community and a pleasant environment that incorporates a variety of places to go and things to do, according to theatlanticcities.com.
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UA Student Conducts Research in Health of Caregivers Paige Johnston, social work major, seeks to aid caregivers. Full Story, Page 5
Volleyball Team Defeats Missouri in First Three Sets The Razorback volleyball team beat the Mizzou Tigers in straight sets Sunday afternoon at Barnhill Arena. Full Story, Page 7
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Aneeka Majid Staff Photographer Students participate in the Halloween costume contest at the Halloween-themed FNL, Friday, Oct. 27. University Programs hosted FNL: Woo Pig Spooky at the Arkansas Union as a pre-Halloween event.
Delta Epsilon Mu Looks to Join UA Jaime Dunaway Staff Writer Fraternity members from Delta Epsilon Mu are looking to start a chapter at the UA. Delta Epsilon Mu is a national professional fraternity geared toward students interested in careers in the health, medicine, physical therapy, dentistry, nursing or biomedical engineering fields. “I think they’re just looking to expand,” said Shane Barker, pre-professional advisor for Fulbright College. “It’s very preliminary, and I’m trying to help facilitate getting them here on campus.” A handful of students at the UA are interested in being a part of the founding chapter of DEM, said Michael Dawar, director of expansion and president of the DEM chapter at the University of Kansas. “I was contacted by students at the university over the summer stating they were interested in starting a chapter of our fraternity at their university,” Dawar said. “They requested assistance in recruiting members, so I started posting on Facebook pages and groups
to gain attention for the group and help them recruit more students.” The UA would be one of the few DEM fraternities in the Midwest, which would allow students to work with other nearby chapters and get involved on a national level, Dawar said. “Our fraternity was interested in starting a chapter of our fraternity at Arkansas because we were told there was no other organization of our kind at the school, and that it would help unite students of various health fields under one banner,” Dawar said. Dawar said he hopes a chapter can be established at the UA by the end of this semester or the beginning of the spring semester. There are already four registered student organizations on campus for predentistry, pre-medicine, pre-optometry and prepharmacy students, but Barker said there were no organizations for students in other popular medical fields such as physical therapy. “I was looking to do something for them either individually or organizationally,” Barker said. “It was
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Students and Faculty Attend Math Event Chad Woodard Editor-In-Chief
Students and faculty participated in the third annual Celebration of the Mind event 11 a.m., Saturday in the Union Ballroom to honor author Martin Gardner as well as to showcase projects and recruit local high school students, a UA professor said. This is the first year the event was expanded to be a community event.
“This is the first year we have tried to turn this into a recruiting event and not just a university event,” said James Roddy, statistics masters student. Other students thought the event was a success in its first year of expansion. “This has been a huge success because of everyone involved,” said Derick McCollum, junior math major. “We learned a lot about presenting and what everyone else is doing,” he said.
McCollum presented at the booth “How Google Works,” which explained algorithms pertaining to the search engine. Other students presented games for students, faculty and high school students to play. Professors and students want to continue to expand the event to become an annual community event. “This year is definitely our learning experience,” said math professor Janet Woodland. “We definitely generated something to use for next year.”
Chad Woodard Editor-in-Chief James Roddy, statistics masters student, presents the game Set at Celebration of the Mind event 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 27.