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There are several of Halloween events going on campus. The UA bookstore will be holding a pumpkin carving contest all day. Students should bring their pre-carved pumpkins. No carving will be allowed in the store. The first prize winner will win a $50 gift card, according to the university website. There will also be a costume contest at 2 p.m. We are always looking for new ways to have fun, and for the past several years, we have held a Halloween event at the Bookstore. We have found that by opening out location up on Halloween, it creates an event that not only the campus looks
Lioneld Jordan ran against Dan Coody, the incumbent, in 2008, unseating Coody who was mayor from 2001 to 2008. “I can say from personal observation that a lot of folks feel quite torn and there are strong partisans on both sides,” said Janine Parry, a UA political science professor. “I think most folks don’t really have strong feelings about it other than mildly positive about the direction of Fayetteville over the last 10 years. I think that leads them to feel conflicted.” Coody, an advocate for sustainability, lead the city in its efforts to protect the environment, he said. “I’m a very strong believer in sustainability and working against climate change and trying to reverse that as best we can,” Coody said. “Besides recycling and food security and getting local food production going on, sustainability is the most important thing that we as a city need to worry about.” He said he won’t just provide “lip service” like he said Mayor Jordan has. Mayor Jordan said that he
has put every effort into sustainability since he has been in office. “I am very involved in the sustainability movement,” Jordan said. “I am very green. I have not just talked about it I have done it. If you will look at our record, my record as a mayor, we’ve been leading the state in sustainability.” The university is important to the city, Coody said. “If it were not for the UA, Fayetteville would not be the city it is today. The UA and I had a great relationship when I was mayor, to the point that we would go to D.C. together to ask for support for things that would help the university and the city at the same time,” Coody said. Jordan believes the city and the university have a special relationship, he said. “I attended the university as an undergraduate, and I worked for UA Facilities Management for 27 years before being elected Mayor in 2008. I love the University and the Razorbacks,” Jordan said. “Chancellor Gearhart and I have a close working relationship, and we recently initiated a new town and gown committee to assure even better coordination of
Coody also wants to address parking on Dickson Street. “Of course, if I get elected, I also want to fix the crazy parking situation down on Dickson because it hurts businesses, it hurts the patrons, it hurts people who want to go down there for a
Jordan beer or just enjoy themselves in the evenings,” Coody said. “It’s a disaster and it has got to be fixed.” Jordan does not regret any parking decisions that were made while he was in office, he said. “It was 2009 when we were looking to build a parking deck and if you will look at the price that we charge in city lots it is much lower than what the university charges,”
“I can say from personal observation that a lot of folks feel quite torn and there are strong partisans on both sides.” Dr. Janine Parry
UA Political Science Professor our plans and goals. “In addition, when I became mayor, I promised to hold a mayor’s town hall meeting on the UA campus, bringing city government to the students and staff to present programs and answer questions, and I have held one on campus every year,” Jordan said.
Jordan said. “I supported the plan, which passed with a unanimous vote, because I think we needed a deck, which we had been talking about for 20 years. We feel that the parking plan is justified because at the end of the day we are going to create
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Facebook has declared since its launch that it’s “free and always will be.” And that remains true — unless users want to guarantee their posts are being seen. New fees may pose a problem for non-profit organizations that “rely heavily” on the site to create awareness for their cause. The days of free marketing on Facebook Inc., are ending as the world-wide social media site has begun a campaign to “promote posts” and increase advertising revenue by attaching a price tag to characteristics of the site that were once free, according to Facebook’s news site. Some non-profit organizations are “worried” about how a Facebook fee could affect one of their largest forms of marketing. At least two Fayetteville non-profits will not pay to promote posts, their founders said. Local non-profit, Forgottensong, uses a consistent social media presence to create awareness towards their cause of improving the lives of women and children in war-torn countries, founder Charles Davidson said. “Our [social media] audience is not large, but growing,” Davidson said. “We urge followers to invite friends and communicate regularly via Facebook.” Facebook has served as a platform for businesses, artists, and non-profits to create an easily accessible page that anyone can see and “like” to become a subscriber. Many nonprofits use their page to gain an audience and attach links to the organization’s website to provide more information. Forgottensong has 371 “likes” on their growing Facebook page, meaning 371 “friends” are regularly updated with videos, photos and information about what they’re doing and how to get involved.
While Facebook is not the only way Forgottensong creates awareness, it serves as a platform for a bigger picture. Word of mouth promotion, hosting events, getting people involved in various ways and sponsorships from other organizations help to promote their cause, Davidson said. “My take is, social media along with email is cheap, but also passive,” Davison said. “It takes a lot to get someone to even see a post, much less re-
“I don’t think that paying is a route we’ll go right now.” Charles Davidson
Forgottensong Founder spond to it. So we [post] often.” Another local non-profit organization, 3 Bags in 2 Days, uses Facebook to create awareness for their cause of restoring dignity and respect to Fayetteville people who are homeless or living in poverty by providing a bag of basic necessities — including a water bottle, deodorant, toothbrush, and socks — among other things, and hosting free events such as Art in the Park and Laundry Love, according to their website. “I utilize social media to build up an audience That has been a huge platform for people to share the story,” said Chloe Seal, 3 Bags in 2 Days Founder and UA senior. With almost 2,000 “likes” the organization has been successful in gaining an audience. “Friends” can view their page for updates such as bag packing and distribution days, special events like Art in the Park and volunteers and resources needed to make it happen. Seal does a lot of public speaking to promote 3 Bags in 2 Days, but “Facebook has been pretty handy and super useful for spreading the word
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FACE OFF continued from page 1 more parking for the downtown area and address some of the growth not only at the university but at the apartment complexes that went in down there.� Coody is running again this election because he does not like the direction Fayetteville is headed, he said. “I think if we elect leaders who don’t really understand [climate change] and who aren’t passionate about it that it is just going to get worse,� Coody said. “My number one
job is to try and protect the world for future generations and to create equal opportunities for everybody. Every student at the university needs to have equal rights and equal opportunities and that’s a big part of a sustainable economy. It is a very broad issue but I’m very serious about this. Lip service just is not going to get it done.� Jordan said he has strived to create a local government focused on partnership and will continue to do so.
“I love this city. I have 5 town hall meetings a year because I believe in a partnership-based government,� Jordan said. “There are two types of government, a consumer based government that says ‘what is in if for me? What do I get out of it?’ or you can have a partnership-based government, which I have tried to create. No matter who we are, where we come from or our background we are all a part of this city and we work together to make this city better.�
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– especially when it comes to needs,� she said. The social media giant, boasting one billion monthly active users as of Oct., 2012, has launched a new feature that lets users pay to promote their posts to friends, similar to advertisers. After testing the service in New Zealand, it has been gradually introduced in more than 20 countries, making its way to the U.S. this month, according Facebook’s news site. Facebook has explained that promoting a post — such as Forgottensong announcing they need used laptops for their school in Iraq — will bump it higher in your friends’ news feed. “Every day, news feed delivers your posts to your friends. Sometimes a particular friend might not notice your post, especially if a lot of their friends have been
posting recently and your story isn’t near the top of their feed,� wrote Abhishek Doshi, a software engineer at Facebook, on the Facebook news site. While paying to promote posts may be useful for businesses with money to spare, non-profit organizations rely on people seeing their posts to help those who are in need – and many non-profits cannot afford to pay. “I don’t think that paying is a route we’ll go right now,� Davidson said. “The true measure of success on Facebook is how many people are following you. If lots of people are following you and sharing, then paid advertising won’t be necessary.� As an administrator for the non-profit page, Seal has access to the amount of people her posts reach. Before the promoting posts launch, 3
Bags in 2 Days posts were on the newsfeed for upwards of 800 people, she said, but now consistently reaching only about 100 people. “I won’t pay to have our statuses promoted,� Seal said. “I can’t justify spending money to promote via Facebook when that money could be used to directly help people.� Facebook didn’t say how much it will cost to promote the posts, only that it’s considering a range of prices as part of the test, but some users have seen $7 as a cost per each update to promote, according to the Facebook news site. Because 3 Bags in 2 Days news will no longer be reaching a large audience on Facebook, Seal plans to utilize and “vamp up� other free forms of social media and “tap into different, creative ways to engage people.�
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Whitney Green Contributing Photographer UA student Charles Davidson checks the forgottensong Facebook page at Arsagas on Oct. 19. Davidson began the non-profit organization to “be a voice for the voiceless by improving the lives of women and children in war-torn countries.�
Whitney Green Contributing Photographer Rev. Tom Brown holds a sign on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Futrall Dr. Monday to advocate voting yes on Issue 5 to legalize medical marijuana. “Student votes are really important because they will be paying the Medicare from prescription drugs years from now,� Brown said. “It only takes one dose of marijuana for every 10 pills.�
CONTEST continued from page 1 forward to but we do as well.� “We are offering a $100 gift card to our costume winner, $50 gift card to the 2nd place winner, and a $25 gift card to the 3rd place winner,� said Emmy Barr, an employee at the bookstore. “For our pumpkin carving contest, the winner will receive a $50 gift card. We know that our gift cards are highly sought after and since they can be used for anything in our store.� “We are always looking for new ways to have fun, and for the past several years, we have held a Halloween event at the Bookstore,� she said. “We have found that by opening out location up on Halloween, it creates an event that not only the campus looks forward to but we do as well.� Many students have engaged in the age-old traditions of dressing up, walking through desolate corn fields and carving pumpkins this Halloween. For
most students here, that’s nothing new. For some, though, this Halloween marks the first time they have celebrated. “I am very excited about Halloween because I have never had this experience before,� said Boryung Gum. “I am from South Korea and Halloween is not a holiday there, so I have never dressed up. It is going to be my first experience of Halloween in my life. I will be a flight attendant. I want to have a good memory in the United States before I go back home.� Some students spent time making their own costumes with their friends. “Halloween has been my favorite holiday and I enjoyed crafting my own unique costume,� said Kenny Cason. “Halloween is always fun because I get to dress up as my favorite characters and just have fun with friends, including acting out relevant scenes, role playing,
costume contests and letting loose. “Also, it is fun to kind of show the world what I represent, so I only do costumes that have some sort of sentimental value to me,� Carson said. “This year I and six other good friends decided to go as seven of the ninja’s from Mortal Kombat,� Carson said. “I have been a gladiator with armor, shield, sword, and helmet that are made from metal and wood. We discussed gathering in big groups of people so this year is especially exciting.� There are students who are planning on carving and painting pumpkins. “My roommate and I talked about carving pumpkins for Halloween and decorating our house with them,� said Iseulle Kim. “We’ve already chosen Halloween-related images to carve into the face of the pumpkin. We are excited about it.�
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It is no surprise that Fayetteville is torn between its two mayoral candidates. Dan Coody, who served as mayor from 2001 to 2008, faces off against Mayor Lioneld Jordan, who is seeking his second term. It is a great opportunity to examine a race that features candidates that both have a public service background, especially when they share background in the same job as mayor. We have framed our discussion thinking only about how the mayor candidates would affect UA students. It is easy to find reasons that would make Dan Coody a strong choice for mayor, especially when considering the boons he brought to students in his two terms. The trail program, which many Fayettevillians would consider an integral part of our city, is a great amenity for students. Now, it literally connects the city together. As UA student culture is shifting to care less about cars and more about more sustainable methods of transportation, the trail program offers students a safe route of travel. Yet, the trail program and other advantages of another Coody administration were not enough for us. We urge students to cast their ballot for Mayor Jordan because of his strong commitment to student issues that we understand will dominate municipal discourse during a rapid UA expansion. On Oct. 16, Mayor Jordan advocated for a university zoning overlay district. This would mean, very basically, that development in areas that surround the university would be considered in a different way than most zones. It seems Chancellor G. David Gearhart would advocate for a similar solution. An overlay district could control aspects of off-campus student housing like location, size and design. This district is important because it mediates the needs of a growing, but historic Fayetteville and a growing UA. It would best suit all residents, both permanent and temporary.
For students, this may not mean more or less places to live, but it would almost certainly mean that development would be done more efficiently than it is now. No longer might expansive student resources, such as housing, be an enemy of our city. Construction is a necessary evil, we are growing, but it should not affect a city poorly. Fayetteville is the city, not UA. We understand residential concerns and grievances about UA construction and the expansion of student resources, we have concerns of our own. It is because of these concerns that we find Mayor Jordan to be the best fit for our students. We find without resource expansion to the north and west, we will cease to adequately serve our student population. We don’t mean specifically UA expansion, but an expansion of student resources. As we have seen, not only do more students, but also smarter students on campus strengthen our degrees. As our academic strength grows, an expansion in student resources will complement UA. Jordan and his administration will continue to work with UA officials and those who want to expand student resources to make sure our campus reaches its full potential, but will also protect Fayetteville. We are clear: we do not see the forest for the trees when it comes to UA expansion. The city must be protected and Jordan has been able to do that in our historic expansion. Jordan’s personality is something to discuss; Jordan has a reputation of being extremely friendly and helpful, as mayors should be. City staff have told stories that Jordan makes a point to know everyone’s name and to be personable in all situations. He seemingly doesn’t have a bad thing to say to anyone. We agree; Jordan was the confident, friendly leader that led Fayetteville through a rough economy in the beginning of his term and will be the leader that UA students need in the record-breaking future. Mayor Lioneld Jordan really does have “experience you can trust;” we sure do.
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Correction: In the Monday Oct. 25 issue of The Arkansas Traveler, Miranda Campbell’s story, “ASG Helps UA Voters,” contained incorrect schedule information. Safe ride will transport students to the county courthouse between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today and Thursday.
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Shawnya Wethington Staff Columnist At times, it’s hard to find the drive necessary to juggle priorities and finish all the mandatory things that college students must get done. It can be even harder to accept extra tasks purely of your own accord. Time is precious, so why give it away for free? The warm, fuzzy feelings that volunteers are paid in aren’t exactly the preferred currency of broke college kids. It can be especially hard to be motivated when the prime time for volunteering is 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Perhaps such volunteering would cut through the glamour of Friday festivities, however, volunteer opportunities aren’t confined to this. There are a myriad of
opportunities available to willing volunteers. There are on-campus options and also ones that might require a bit of a scenic drive; the nighttime lovers have possibilities just as the early birds do. There are options to become a regularly scheduled volunteer, or you could volunteer only on sporadic occasions. No matter what you do, the organizations you’re helping out are thrilled to have the extra set of hands. You can also volunteer in virtually every area that may interest you. Love sports? Be a volunteer scorekeeper for local basketball games. Charity 5K races are another great option, and many are scattered through northwest Arkansas. If running doesn’t suit your fancy, volunteers are also needed to help orchestrate the event. There are environmental cleanups at Lake Fayetteville and the surrounding parks for the eco-conscious, and the Fayetteville Animal Shelter has volunteers doing everything from pet photography to cat socialization. On campus, different campus departments need volunteers to run events. The Full Circle Campus Food Pantry is an on-campus option for volunteering or
gathering donations. Many local churches sponsor volunteer events, as do several of the RSOs on campus. Greek organizations have specific philanthropies they try to benefit by raising money, spreading awareness and physically supporting. The UA Greek Life website lists that $560,000 was raised for charity, and Greeks volunteered over 24,000 hours of community service during the last academic year. Often, sorority and fraternity members encourage campus-wide involvement, either through donations or participation in events. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities throughout the school year. The UA is home to several student service organizations that are based on volunteering. Members of these organizations are required to volunteer a minimum number of hours per semester. These organizations are also a great way to meet new people and to become more involved in campus life. The service organization Alpha Phi Omega has three cardinal principles: foster friendship, develop leaders and do service, said Matt Meyers, senior psychology major and pledge trainer for APO.
“Volunteering is amazing, everyone should do it,” he said. APO members must log 25 volunteer hours per semester. Volunteering is a fantastic résumé builder. It is a way to show others that you care about the bigger picture, and are interested in giving back to others. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to bask in the record of your altruism as a future interviewer peruses the volunteering section on your résumé? One of the easiest ways to start volunteering is by creating a free profile with the Volunteer Action Center. Everything is optional, and individuals are free to give as much or as little time they wish. After detailing personal interests, skills and time constraints, the VAC generates a list of volunteer opportunities that may be of interest. An hour here or there, can really make a difference to the school, community and to others. Opportunities to make a positive impact for others abound — all you have to do is accept them. Shawnya Wethington is a staff columnist. She is an English/ journalism- news/editorial major.
A Romney-Biden White House? It Could Happen John Klotsche Los Angeles Times
“Congress to pick the president.” — headline, Nov. 7, 2012. Sound ridiculous? Daft? Not at all. The magic number is 270 — electoral college votes that is — to win the big prize. According to 270towin. com, there are now 11 “battleground” states and, statistically, 32 permutations from these up-for-grab states that could produce a 269-vote Electoral College tie in the presidential election. Based on the site’s simulated polls, the mathematical probability of a tie increased almost fourfold in recent weeks — from 0.3 percent to 1.1 percent. And both political camps concede the race is tightening each day. Is there more gridlock ahead? It’s a small but scary possibility. So what if one of these 32 combos comes to pass? No, unlike Gore vs. Bush in 2000, the issue doesn’t go to the Supreme Court for resolution, at least not right away. It turns out the Constitution has a nifty, two-step solution. First, the 435 House members convene to elect the president. But only 50 votes
are cast, one per state, so the delegates from each state first vote to determine how their state will cast its one vote. The current House GOP majority (240 to 190) has Romney likely getting the nod. But that could quickly change because it’s the newly elected House that casts the critical vote. Next, the 100 senators convene to elect the vice president. The current Senate makeup favors the Democrats 51 to 47, with two independents, so Joe Biden would keep his No. 2 gig. Again, that razor-thin margin could move on election day. And if there’s a tie vote in either the Senate or House? We’ll get to that. Instinctively, a 269vote tie would be an urgent call to action to amend the Constitution to scrap the archaic procedure and stipulate that a simple majority of the total popular vote takes the prize. Surely we’ll never get a tie with 132 million or so votes being cast. But there are a few more bumps on this presidential road. Could electors cast their vote for someone other than the popular vote winner in their state? Twenty-six states have feckless laws prohibiting that, and in most states, it
doesn’t usually happen. Yet there are always the “faithless” electors — those who flip their vote. It has happened 156 times in our history, though about half of those were votes involving candidates who died between the election and the Electoral College vote. But 82 votes did involve a change of allegiance. And it has been reported that three GOP electors who support libertarian Ron Paul are making noise about refusing to vote for Mitt Romney. Remember, it may take only one switcheroo. Let’s assume the college affirms the 269-tie vote so the gridlocked issue moves to Congress. In the House, what happens if the states deadlock at 25-25? The vice president takes charge as acting president until the House breaks the stalemate. But wait, that’s true only if the veep “qualifies,” which Biden wouldn’t until the Senate elects him. So the House speaker — currently John A. Boehner, R-Ohio — would serve as acting president. But wait again. Boehner is required to resign as both speaker and House member to serve in his new role, something he may not fancy. If Boehner declines to serve, the acting president gig defaults to none other than the venerable Sen. Daniel
K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, the 88-year-old Senate president pro tempore. Then there is the tricky political dynamic of House members’ loyalties to their party versus their constituents. It often happens that a House member wins the congressional election but the same district goes for the other party’s presidential candidate. The conundrum for the House member: Should party loyalty trump a clear electoral mandate of the district’s voters, and, by the by, how will my shameless partisanship affect my reelection in two years? In the Senate, the Constitution generally provides that a 50-50 vote allows the vice president in his capacity as president of the Senate to break the stalemate. That means Joe Biden would vote for Joe Biden and, voila, elect Joe Biden — surely a troublesome result. But wait one final time. What’s wrong with a White House served by both parties? Isn’t it time for our politicians to lead by example and kick-start genuine bipartisanship right from the top? John Klotsche wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. This is an excerpt of his column.
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Halloween is the one holiday a year where it is completely acceptable to break all dietary limitations and stuff your face with candy, sweets and really anything that contains large quantities of sugar. Decorations are hung, our neighborhoods and apartment complexes are overrun with trick-or-treaters, and Fayetteville turns into a ghoulish paradise. This year, however, I decided that the “fun size” bags of candy were not going to be written down on my shopping list. I decided to skip out on the store bought treats, and treat my family to something much more delicious, homemade and just a little healthier than that giant bag of Now and Laters found on every aisle at the grocery store. Healthier, in this case, is a marginal term only because homemade generally equates less preservatives and less processed food - who doesn’t want to know what goes into the food we eat each day? Making Halloween treats is, by far, less expensive than buying the $8 bags of candy at the store, and much better for you. So, in an attempt to enjoy the sweet Halloween holiday while keeping it homemade and inexpensive, I researched and came up with a completely delicious cookie recipe that is simply irresistible. Finding a simple butterscotch recipe online, I adapted this to add some warm, fall flavors and make it perfect for the season. Cinnamon butterscotch cookies - sweet, chewy and melt-in-your-mouth, this recipe is one you will want to keep on hand. Butterscotch is one of those tastes that remind me of the holiday season. Like caramel or pecans, there is just something about the sweet and buttery taste of butterscotch that I just can't resist when the winter weather is rolling in. Using less than 10 ingredients that are easy to find and inexpensive to buy, these cookies are the perfect treat to indulge in this October holiday. Makes 20 large cookies. Ingredients 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 1 stick margarine 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 ½ cups dark brown sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¾ tsp ground cinnamon Cream the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl or stand alone mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla extract. Add the flour, ½ cup at a time, until well incorporated. Add the baking soda, salt and spices. When no flour dust remains in the bowl, take a piece of cling wrap and lay it flat on a counter top or other surface. Using a rubber spatula, scrape the dough from the mixing bowl (it will be incredibly sticky) and place it on one side of the cling wrap. Then, roll the dough into a long log-shape so that the cling wrap covers the
Too Old for Trick-or-Treating, But Not for Fun Caitlin Murad Staff Writer Childhood memories of Halloween tend to involve dressing up like iconic characters and going door to door around the neighborhood. In college, Halloween traditions change from a fun night of trick-or-treating to a week of costume-themed parties. “When I was younger, my favorite part of Halloween was getting dressed up and going trick-or-treating in my neighborhood with brothers and friends,” said Kelly Bowen, junior broadcast journalism major. “We would come back and sort through the candy and trade our favorite candies.” As a child, Bowen’s costume choice was based purely on her favorite character of the time. “I was Eeyore from ‘Winnie the Pooh’ for three years in a row,” Bowen said. “I had to be him. He was my favorite character.” In college, Bowen’s costume selection is based on more than just her favorite character. She said that costumes have to be creative but also something that you can easily pair with a date for a party or function.
“I still carve pumpkins every year and pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters. It’s fun to see the costumes from the younger generations of trick-or-treaters.” Kelly Bowen
Junior broadcast journalism major
dough completely. Tuck the ends, and place in the freezer for 2 hours to harden. When the dough has stiffened, take out of the freezer and cut into thin pieces (1/4 inch thick). place on a cookie sheet and bake at 375F for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow the cookies to cool for 2-3 minutes before removing from the cookie sheet with a spatula. The cookies will crisp up as they cool, so remove promptly. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, and packed full of the warm flavors of dark brown sugar, these cookies are the perfect addition to whatever you decide to do this Halloween. Whether it’s a party with friends or a night in studying, make-ahead and quick-bake cookies are a quick and easy way to whip up a homemade treat in the middle of the week. Enjoy with pumpkin spiced coffee, milk or any other wintery treat for the perfect Halloween dessert. Happy Halloween!
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Artist Explains Her Method of Painting to Students
Kris Johnson Staff Photographer
Artist Emily Gherard speaks to UA and Missouri Southern State University art students about her painting in the UA Fine Arts gallery Oct. 26. “My work explores the idea that painting and drawing have the ability to present inanimate objects in ways that allow the viewer to empathize with them,” Gherard said on her online portfolio.
Although dressing up may require more thought and effort, Bowen still celebrates the Halloween traditions from her childhood. “I still carve pumpkins every year and pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters,” Bowen said. “It’s fun to see the costumes from the younger generations of trick-ortreaters.” Erin Moody, a senior history major, said Halloween is still one of her favorite holidays. “I love everything about it,” she explained. “I love fall, watching all the ‘Halloweentown’ movies, carving pumpkins, scarves and the colder weather.” A native to Fayetteville, Moody and her family have several Halloween traditions that they still carry out every year. “We always go to the pumpkin patch and got to pick out our own pumpkins,” Moody said. “Then we would carve the pumpkins and make caramel apples.” Growing up, all of Moody’s costumes were sewn by her grandmother. Her costumes reflected her latest “obsession” of anything from a character in a book to her favorite food. “One year I was Laura Ingalls Wilder from ‘Little House on the Prairie,’” Moody said. “I was Buddy the Elf, Simba from ‘(The) Lion King’ and even a baked potato.” Moody said her Halloween costumes always got plenty of compliments on their uniqueness, especially the baked potato, which was complete with foil and a hat shaped like a pat of butter. In college, Moody’s costumes have been more subdued. This year, she was the Great Pumpkin, and her date went as Charlie Brown. The year before, she was Hermione from the Harry Potter series. Samantha Corral, a junior Spanish major, said her favorite part of Halloween growing up was after trick-or-treating when she was able to sort through her candy and trade the kinds she didn’t like with her brother. She and her family would also carve pumpkins together and bake the pumpkin seeds. Corral has carried over some of these traditions to college. “This year, my boyfriend and I carved an awesome pumpkin face that looked like it was eating an apple,” Corral said. “We even brought out the power tools to get the details just right.” In addition to carving pumpkins, Corral still enjoys dressing up for Halloween. She feels that college has made Halloween a palette for more creative and clever costumes. “It’s not like everyone is a witch or a ghost anymore,” Corral said. “My favorite costume idea this year was a group of like 50 girls who dressed up as dalmatians and Cruella de Vil.” Although Halloween activities may change in college, students still find a way to celebrate the holiday while incorporating their childhood traditions.
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Comics Pearls Before Swine
Dilbert
Calvin and Hobbes
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Scott Adams
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Garry Trudeau
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The Argyle Sweater
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ACROSS 1 Mythological fire-breather 8 Man-horse creature 15 Tangled or disentangled 16 Employee’s security pass 17 Like Napoleon on Elba 18 Nonsense 19 Elementary 20 Teacher’s answer book 21 Guitarist Barrett 22 About, in dates 25 AEC successor 28 Labyrinth dweller 31 Elusive loch dweller, familiarly 35 Powerful health care lobbying gp. 36 Internet letters 38 Singer Ronstadt 39 Massage style 42 Champs-__: Paris boulevard 44 __-face: smooching 45 Law office hire 47 Not in the clergy 48 Riddler foiled by Oedipus 50 Fictional destroyer of Tokyo 53 Match part
54 Erased 55 Leader of the pitching staff 58 Nipper’s org. 60 Godliness 64 Brahe contemporary 67 Temples with up curved roofs 69 Paper-folding art 70 No help 71 Beowulf ’s victim 72 What each of seven answers in this puzzle is DOWN 1 Final exam no-no 2 ‘80s tennis star Mandlikova 3 Folk singer Burl 4 Arizona neighbor 5 Draw forth 6 Cath. or Prot. 7 Juice drink suffix 8 Name as a source 9 Keenan’s actor father 10 Bulls org. 11 Smidgen 12 Puts in 13 Like Cinderella’s stepsisters 14 Bassoon, e.g. 20 Small racer 23 Cheers from tiers 24 Prankster
26 Count (on) 27 Forensic detectives, briefly 28 Trick-or-treaters’ costume items 29 Beatnik’s “Got it” 30 J. Carrol __: TV’s Charlie Chan 32 Fishhook-to-line connection 33 Perfect 34 Cinch course 37 Big name in Argentine politics 40 With no warranties 41 Emmy winner Daly 43 “Shane” star Alan 46 Océano filler 49 The “X” in XFL, so some thought 51 Homemade pistol 52 Imbeciles 55 Awestruck 56 “The Alienist” author Caleb 57 Nobelist Wiesel 59 Slinky’s shape 61 Cut and paste, e.g. 62 Story 63 River of Flanders 65 Car starter: Abbr. 66 Young fellow 67 Milne’s absent-minded Mr. 68 It begins with enero
Sports Editor: Kristen Coppola Assistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012
The Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
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CLUB SPORT
Arkansas Bowling Club Strives for Perfection It is a methodical approach, rolling a bowling ball down a lane over and over until perfection is reached. The Arkansas bowling team does it over and over again in practice, not even worrying about the potential spare opportunity. A strike is the only thing that matters. If there are pins remaining, the machine sweeps them away to start fresh. This exercise is why watching the bowling team is quite different than your average trip to the bowling alley. The bowling team at Arkansas has only been around for five years or so, making it one of the newest and more rapidly growing club sports the University has to offer. The team is sitting at 12 members with plenty of room for growth. With most of the team having prior experience in the sport, the bowling team at Arkansas is the next logical step for students who want to pursue bowling glory. The team practices at Fast Lane in Lowell every weekend on a few lanes in the back, tucked away from all the noise and distractions you tend to see at a bowling alley. The team attends all of the meet and greet type events that club sports host around campus. Many of these events are the most viable ways for the team to spread the word
and persuade students to choose bowling. “Every year at the beginning of the year, club sports throw the UREC Bash, which we mainly use for our recruiting tool because we don’t give scholarships,” said Kail Wilkes, the team president.
Bowling teams tend to be pretty common at the high school level, so being able to see local players in action gives the Arkansas team a leg up on bringing in new people with experience. “Our coach has ties with the high schools around here, so we spread knowledge by word of mouth to those high school students,” Wilkes said. It may be enticing to students to get on the bowling bandwagon, especially when there are many opportunities to travel around the country and compete in tournaments. The bowling team competes in the SWIBC, which fields teams from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. The team was able to send seven players
to the Mid States Tournament in Wichita, Kan., Oct. 13, where they placed 20th. They also have tournaments scheduled this season in Indianapolis and Dallas. Some teams have significant advantages in these tournaments because of their ability to offer scholarships to players. Because of the club sport status, it makes it harder for the team to compete at the highest possible level. “Some of the teams we play in tournaments have players on scholarships. Three students from my high school played on bowling scholarships at another school,” Wilkes said. To be able to compete at the tournaments they enter, Wilkes said the team has been working not so much on the bowling games, but more on the fundamentals of the game. They work on lining, approach and ball placement on the lane among many other things.
Even though the team is looking to compete to the best of its ability, they are quick to remind that in the end, it is all about having fun and growing in the sport. Students can choose if they want to attend tournaments or not, and the club dues reflect accordingly. It is $150 for the year if you want to go to tournaments and $100 if you only want to be in the club and work on your bowling game. “Our coach is here all the time and definitely works one on one with all of the players. Everyone that has been here at least a year has already gotten so much better than the year before,” Wilkes said. The team had fundraisers i n
the past, including working events at the Fast Lane and having a raffle. They plan on creating a shirt and possibly a holiday card for this year to increase awareness about the team. The club members carpool to every tournament, which may be good for team bonding but also hard on the finances. The bowling team at Arkansas may be young, but you can tell just by their practicing regiment that they mean business. The future of the team is very bright as it continues to grow and prosper. If someone is interested in improving their bowling game in any way, the team has open spots. Courtesy Photos, Graphic by Carson Smith
Cameron McCauley Staff Writer
SWIMMING
Drolc Earns Weekly SEC Freshman Honors Cameron McCauley Staff Writer
The season for the Arkansas swimming and diving team began in October, but a freshman swimmer is already making waves. Nina Drolc has already been a part of 12 winning races and continues to blossom into one of the team’s best and brightest young stars. Drolc was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week for her performance in a triple dual meet against Missouri, Kentucky and Southern Illinois Friday. Drolc swam the final leg of the 200 medley relay to pick up her first win of the day. The Razorbacks were behind when Drolc entered the race, but she swam the fastest split of her career and out-touched the Missouri relay team by three hundredths of a second to get the win. Drolc’s time of 22.76 made her the only swimmer to post a time under 23 seconds.
Drolc swam a personal best time of 50.89 in the 100 freestyle to pick up her second win of the day for the Razorbacks. Drolc picked up her third win in the 400 freestyle relay. Drolc posted the fastest leadoff leg with a time of 50.97, and Arkansas won the race with a time of 3:25.02. Drolc is originally from Velenje, Slovenia, and is still growing accustomed to swimming stateside. She participated in the 2009 World Championships as well as the 2008 and 2010 European Championships representing Slovenia, and hopes to continue her pursuit of international swimming glory, possibly at the Olympics. Even though things have been different here than in Slovenia, Drolc has found comfort by building new friendships with her teammates. “Back home it is more like an individual sport and here it is more like a team sport and
we all cheer for each other and are there for each other,” Drolc said. “We even cheer each other on in practice and things like that,” she added. It sure makes it easier to have strong bonds with your teammates when you perform as well as Drolc has. In her first collegiate race Oct. 6 at Arkansas, Drolc participated in the 3x100 butterfly, a stroke she hasn’t had much experience with in the past. As the first leg, Drolc set the pace for an easy defeat of the competition, grabbing first place and beating the second place team by nearly seven seconds. “I am a sprinter, so I swim the 50 and 100 free, and this year I started swimming the 100 fly,” Drolc said of her style. Drolc has shown she is no novice at the butterfly, setting the team-best time of 56.56 in the 100 fly on Oct. 26 in her first solo swim in that event, showing that no stroke is too hard to conquer.
Rebekah Harvey Staff Photographer Freshman swimmer Nina Drolc has already made a huge impact for the Razorback swimming and diving team.
COMMENTARY
Athletes Should Use Status to Create Awareness
Tamzen Tumlison Staff Writer Surely you’ve noticed every NFL team with their cute – I mean, handsome – pink cleats, armbands and pink ribbon
stickers on their helmets. October is breast cancer awareness month, and the NFL has supported awareness by selling pink merchandise and using pink gear during October since 2009. It’s nice to see the league raising awareness for a good cause. They even set up a merchandise store on the NFL website to raise money for breast cancer research. But did you know that the University of Arkansas’ sports teams also support good causes? In fact, as many of you know just from attending
sporting events this semester, all of the women’s athletic teams at the University of Arkansas have been and will be putting on one “Pink” sports event in the 2012-2013 season. Soccer, swimming and diving, cross country and volleyball have already had their pink games. The “Pink” program involves a pink shirt being sold specifically for these events, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen-Ozark Affiliate. With these shirts, sports fans can get in to each “Pink” event for free. Not only do the teams raise awareness, they also hand out
information about prevention and screening. The intent is to not only get more people to know about the cause, but to do something about it. Although breast cancer awareness has a special place in my heart, it isn’t the only cause that deserves attention from sports teams. And, at Arkansas, it isn’t. The Razorback swimming and diving team spent some time recently volunteering with the Miracle League in Springdale. They spent their time helping disabled children play baseball at the Miracle League ballpark.
Student-athletes have a great opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives, and hearing that my own college’s athletes are doing something to better other people’s lives makes me feel like I’m surrounded by wonderful people. I get to support these teams, whether winning or losing, while they play and while they do good work for our community. Perhaps I am too concerned with the humanity of our student-athletes here. But if you don’t feel a tiny bit of pride thinking of how our classmates who represent us throughout
the country and on TV during games work to also help people, then maybe your heart needs to grow a little bit. Any way you go about it – raising money, volunteering or raising awareness – it benefits the school’s reputation, it benefits the student-athletes’ lives and most importantly, it benefits the people who need help the most. 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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GOLF
Lopez Finishes Fifth in Texas, Razorbacks Third
Hogs Give Fans Preview of Exciting Season
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Haley Markle Asst. Sports Editor The No. 19 Razorback women’s golf team finished third at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas. After the first round, the Razorbacks were in second place, just three strokes off the lead held by No. 10 Alabama. The 288 the Hogs scored on the first day was the lowest round of the year for Arkansas. Junior Emily Tubert led the team with a one-under par 71 and finished the day tied for sixth overall. Freshmen Gabriela Lopez and Regina Plasencia were tied for 11th at the end of the first day with even par 72s. Junior Emma Lavy and senior Victoria Vela finished the first round tied for 18th after shooting rounds of one-over par. “Overall this was a very solid performance,” head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor said of the first round of play. On the second day of play, the Razorbacks fell into a tie for third after posting a 288, matching their score from the first day.
The Razorbacks were jumped by No. 4 Florida who scored a 280 in the second round and finished day two tied with Alabama for the lead. The team was led on the second day by Lopez who moved into a tie for fifth overall with a second-round score of 69. Plasencia also finished the day under par with a score of 71 and was tied for 11th overall. Tubert and Vela each finished the day with a score of 74 and are in 17th and 24th, respectively. Lavy was tied for 37th at the end of the second day after posting a 77. “Obviously this was a great job by our freshmen today,” Estes-Taylor said after the second round. The Razorbacks finished the tournament in third place after shooting a final round of 288 for a three day score of 864, just behind Florida and Alabama, who each finished with scores of 863. Lopez finished fifth individually with a three-day score of 212. “Gaby has all of the tools to be a great player,” Estes-Taylor said. “I love her style of play, she is super aggressive. Gaby can play with the best players in
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college golf and she showed that this week.” Plasencia shot a 76 on the final day, bringing her total to 219 and moving her into a tie for 15th overall. “(Plasencia) is also really fun to watch,” Estes-Taylor said. “She is very tactical in how she attacks the golf course.” Tubert finished the tournament in a tie for 11th with a score of 217. Vela and Lavy tied for 21st overall with scores of 221. “Our veterans have done a great job of setting the example and standard for this year’s team,” Estes-Taylor said. “They work hard and know what it takes to be successful at this level and have been great players and mentors for the whole team.” This was the last event of the fall for the Razorbacks. They will compete again Feb. 12-14 at the Puerto Rico Golf Classic.
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