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Gearhart Outlines Plans
The Chancellor announced plans to referbish buildings into a state-of-the-art performing arts center. Full Story, Page 3
Arkansas v. Louisiana Monroe
Zack Wheeler predicts the results of Saturday’s upcoming football game. Full Story, Page 7
Casey Freeman Staff Writer The production group STOMP, which uses percussion, movement and physical comedy in their shows, will be performing at the Walton Arts Center for a week in September. The group is made up of musicians and dancers from all over America and the world. The weeklong showing of STOMP is part of the Colgate Classroom Series, which the Walton Arts Center has chosen to be a part of. This series offers live performances in many different art forms to give young people a chance to see different cultures, make connections to literature and learn about different forms of art. As a part of that series,
STOMP is a unique performance that uses everyday objects to create music and accompany dance routines. In just one week of performing, STOMP will go through 30 brooms, eight lids, five trashcans, 10 6-foot poles, 15 pounds
of sand, 12 pairs of drumsticks, nine bananas and 12 boxes of matches, according to STOMP’s website. STOMP was created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas in the U.K. in 1991. By the next year, STOMP was performing internationally, and they toured the U.S. for the first time in 1995. They produced a television show
STOMP in Imax as a kid, and I loved how they dangled from a wall and banged on trashcans and whatnot to make music. In fact, in music class, we had to come up with our own STOMP routines. It’s exciting to think that they will be right here in Fayetteville, and that I’ll have a chance
“I remember going to see STOMP in Imax as a kid... It’s exciting to think that they will be right here in Fayetteville, and that I’ll have a chance to see them live.” Allie Wright
UA Sophomore called “Stomp Out Loud” in 1997 on HBO and received four Emmy nominations for it. In 2002, STOMP created an award-winning Imax film. “I remember going to see
to see them live,” said Allie Wright, UA sophomore. STOMP is premiering Sept. 7 at the Walton Arts Center and will have performances throughout the rest of that week. Regular tickets are between $48 and $68. With a student discount, the tickets are between $24.50 and $27.50. There is more information on the Walton Arts Center website, and the box office can answer questions as well.
F-Town Longboards
Shea Higgins and his daughter run their own longboarding store in Fayetteville.
Conor Woody Staff Writer
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There are a wide array of restaurants in Fayetteville duking it out for the service of the tens of thousands of hungry, money-crunched UA students, yet the contest was over before it began; here, like many college towns, pizza reigns supreme. It’s cheap, easy, portable and you can eat it while multitasking — presuming a greasy pen/pencil/keyboard/book isn’t a problem. And while pizza rules this area — the food-rating website Urbanspoon.com counts 41 pizza joints in Fayetteville alone — the real question is: Which of these pizza places should you spend your hardearned and/or government-allotted cash on?
Network show): a plate of mushrooms stuffed with bacon, chives and garlic, then covered in parmesan and baked. I could eat those every day of the year. When it comes to pizzas, Mojo’s can get pricey. Their cheapest pizza is $17 for a large. The crust is soft and sometimes too soggy, but the cheese is gooey in all the right ways. You know that thick string of cheese that comes with some pizzas as you pull off a slice? Yeah. You want that. The cheese is so piled on that it overpowers the sauce. It’s not worth complaining about, though, because the cheese is too good to pass up.
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Situated in a popular location in the middle of Dickson Street with its own parking lot (always a plus on Dickson), U.S. Pizza has been an Arkansas staple since 1972. It’s not a Fayetteville native — its first restaurant opened in Levy, Ark. — but U.S. Pizza feels like home. It has a laid-back pizza-joint atmosphere with a few TVs and a patio. When judging pizza, I order plain cheese so that there’s no toppings to hide under, because, as Sarah Palin once poetically quipped: “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” Thankfully, U.S. Pizza’s cheese is stellar, with a firm-butnot-crunchy crust and a minimum amount of sauce, just enough for everything to stick together. It’s all business, no frills, but that business is so consistent that U.S. Pizza has skyrocketed as perhaps the preeminent Arkansas pizza place. A 13-inch cheese — barely enough for two people — will run you $10.39, but it would be a mortal sin to eat here and not get their Salad Supreme, with either ham or turkey. This isn’t a salad: It’s a behemoth of shredded cheese, turkey, dressing, olives and bacon bits — lettuce included, but you wouldn’t know it at first. It takes a while of fork-diving to find it. That’s a good thing.
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If you’ve been to Geraldi’s, you probably knew as soon as you read the name that we found our winner at the quaint little Italian place on University Avenue. It pained me, writing this article, to go there and not get the Pesto Spaghetti: a glorious, gigantic heap of the freshest pasta I’ve ever tasted for a good price ($8) that should make anyone who recently ate at Olive Garden feel a rush of deep shame. But, for the greater good, I forced myself to order their pizza. Unsurprisingly, it’s exactly how pizza should be done: a soft, browned-butdoughy crust with fresh tomatoes and spinach on top, with cheese that’s gooey but does not fall off the pizza itself. A cheese pizza is $13.50 for a large, but it tastes like you should be drinking the finest red wine and discussing the philosophical undertones of Marcel Proust while cramming it into your face — crafting a sophisticated pizza this unapologetically delicious is no easy task. They don’t deliver, but take-out orders are encouraged, by both the restaurant and me.
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Editorial Staff Cody Bennett Staff Photographer Students cross at the Dickson Street and McIlroy Avenue intersection Wednesday, Sept. 5. High volumes of student and automobile traffic create congestion issues throughout the week.
Kayli Farris Staff Writer The Fayetteville mayor has received a request from the UA department of Facilities Management to close part of Dickson Street to traffic during school hours Monday through Friday, officials said. Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for Facilities Management, has requested that Dickson Street be closed from Harmon Avenue to Garland Avenue between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday while school is in session, said Chris Brown, Fayetteville city engineer. “Our major motivating factor is first and foremost our 24/7/365 safety focus, both pedestrian and vehicular,� Johnson said. “This safety concern is mainly focused on the McIlroy Avenue and Dickson Street intersection for this effort, where we have a huge volume of pedestrian traffic (interfering) with vehicular traffic of various types during the class day.� The city staff is evaluating the request, Brown said. Mayor Lioneld Jordan is
in general agreement with the proposition, Brown said, but there are several details and questions that need to be addressed before final approval is given. “If approved, the university would restrict traffic on this specific stretch of roadway (during the school day) only to emergency vehicles, transit buses, university and private service/delivery vehicles and university-affiliated persons with the appropriate parking stickers for the few, small parking lots located within the boundaries of the proposed re-
striction,� Johnson said. Brown said they will likely submit the request to the City Council Street Committee near the end of September. Then, if the request is sent to the city council, it could be considered in October. If the city council approves, then it would be up to the UA to implement the procedure at that time. Other intersections on campus are also being considered for operational control by the university, but the Dickson Street and McIlroy Avenue intersection is the first priority, Johnson said.
RSO to Host 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive Mandy McClendon Senior Staff Writer
The Muslims for Life Blood Drive will take place Sept. 10 to Sept. 12 in the Multicultural Center in commemoration of the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11. In remembrance of Sept. 11 and the lives lost on that day, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA launched a nationwide “Muslims for Life� campaign across the nation. “Muslims for Life� has 71 chapters in about 50 cities that will attempt to collect 10,000 units of blood to save 30,000 lives, according to official event information. The UA Al-Islam Students Association, an RSO on campus, the Multicultural Center and the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will come together to have the blood drive. Sofia Naseem, president of the Al-Islam Students Associa-
tion, said the the association is primarily in charge of organizing the event. “We asked the Community Blood Center to work with us and help us execute the event so their nurses will be doing all of the work,� Naseem said. Last year was the first year for the blood drive on the UA campus. “We had a really good turnout last year. The blood drive began after Sept. 11, because we wanted to raise awareness about Islam and educate others about us. Extreme acts by Muslims that were shown on the news do not reflect us, and now many correlate extreme actions with our religion. We want to show the community that we’re good people and we want to do good things for the community,� Naseem said. There will be a sign up sheet to give blood in the Multicultural Center. Donors may come from 10 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Times slots will be given in 15 minute intervals. Pizza, drinks and free Tshirts will be provided for donors. “We want everyone to have a positive experience and be healthy while giving blood,� Naseem said.
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Rainforest Alliance Educates Students on Sustainability
International Students Face Culture Shock
Nuri Heo Contributing Writer
Emily Rhodes Photo Editor Tensie Whelan, president of Rainforest Alliance, speaks with students about sustainability efforts dyring her lecture “So Practical it’s Radical: Mainstreaming Sustainability” Wednesday, Sept. 5 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Gearhart Outlines Plans For New Performing Arts Center Jack Suntrup Asst. News Editor
Chancellor G. David Gearhart announced plans on Wednesday that would transform the old men’s gym and planetary science building into a state-of-the-art performing arts center. The project will be funded in part by a $6 million dollar gift to the university from Jim and Joyce Faulkner, historically one of the university’s biggest donors. “This will be one of the finest facilities anywhere with the best acoustics,” Gearhart said to a crowd of more than 200. “We can’t thank the Faulkners enough,” he said, noting their support of the Razorback Marching Band, their scholarship donations and their founding of the Towers of Old Main. Gearhart noted how the new center will help not only the university, but the entire northwest Arkansas region in a knowledge-based economy. UA’s current theaters and performing arts structures are outmatched even by some high schools, he said. “You cannot have a great university without a great arts
Emily Rhodes Photo Editor Chancellor G. David Gearhart unveils plans to renovate the Field House building into a performing arts center Wednesday, Sept. 5. program,” he said. It will mean more visitors to Fayetteville and the UA, and will help the UA achieve its goal of being a top 50 research facility by the year 2021, he said. The news will mean more construction for the university in order to return the building, located between the Arkansas Union and Silas Hunt Hall, to prominence.
Gearhart said the building has a long history and has hosted acts like Chuck Berry and the Vienna Boys Choir in the past. The Faulkers also spoke and shared their experiences at UA. “Because of the education we received here, our lives are better off because of it,” Jim Faulkner said, adding that the couple’s children also at-
Architecture Students and Faculty Receive Three National Awards Nick Brothers Companion Editor
A university record number of three national American Architecture awards were given to the Fay Jones School of Architecture by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, a school official said. For their excellence in design, two awards were that announced went to the UA Community Design Center for its work on townscaping an automobile-oriented fabric in Farmington, and its design for the downtown Little Rock community of Pettaway
Pocket Neighborhood, said Michelle Parks, director of communications for Fay Jones School of Architecture. Marlon Blackwell, head of the architecture department, received an award for his Fayetteville firm’s work on the Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, which opened in June 2010 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The American Architecture awards are like the Oscars or Academy Awards for architects, said Stephen Luoni, distinguished professor and director of the UA Community Design Center. “We’re just thrilled that the ordinary problems for which
we’re providing solutions are being recognized,” Luoni said. “Our work isn’t always glamorous, and it’s often avoided by the other disciplines. We’re pleased we’ve been recognized for our work.” Both Blackwell and the Community Design Center are collaborating on a revitalization of Little Rock Main Street. It should be completed in October. Also in October, The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design will display an exhibition of all the awardwinning projects at its annual symposium, “The City and the World,” in Istanbul, Turkey.
tended the school. Joyce Faulkner said that growing up in small-town Arkansas, arts were not readily available, but they took advantage of piano lessons and the school bands, anyway. She hopes this will give current young people more opportunity to get involved. “This will help all students, all of Fayetteville and all of Arkansas,” she said.
Many new international students are continuously enrolling at the UA, officials said. UA has a diverse international population. There were a total of 1,191 international students from 118 countries during the fall 2011 semester, according to the Office of International Students and Scholars. The number of international students keeps increasing. The top three countries represented at the UA are China, India and South Korea, according to the ISS. The fact that the UA has many international students from different countries is good, not only for American students, but also international students. Interacting each helps them learn new things, Matthew R. Sokoloski, student development specialist. “Of course an increase in international students is a good thing. Having more international students at the university enables the university to be more diverse. Both the exchange and local students are open to new ideas and culture, which is always a plus,” Sokoloski said. However, there were some difficulties and culture shock for international students when they first came to the U.S. Most of the students have had a hard time learning English. “I had some language difficulty. I think it does not really matter how long you study on language. It is just hard to learn without actually going to the country where native speakers live. It definitely helps you to learn the language by getting involved in the society and learning not only the language but also their culture. It is not the same between learning English by only listening to audio tapes at home and learning it at the English spoken countries,” said Sangin Lee, president of the Korean Student Association. Xin Qiao, a student from China, said that language is a big difficulty for international students. “Understanding languages was one of my biggest difficulties. When I just came to the U.S., I had a hard time getting used to their accent and slangs. The accent of words was totally different from the one that I learned in China. I
learned English from Chinese teachers who went abroad to study. Their English was good enough to understand, but they cannot be as good as native Americans. It was also hard because there are many people who came from many various countries and they all have different unique accent. It would not be hard for native-speakers but it was difficult for me to understand them,” said Xin Qiao, who is from China. They also had culture shocks between the U.S. and their countries. “Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country. In my country, it is not allowed for female and male students to hang out together. They must have to be separated, which means that men cannot sit or talk with a woman. They only can interact with their families. If boys and girls interact and get caught by a police, they will be put in jail,” said Abdullah AlEissa. “I go to college in the U.S. and it is very interesting to study together with female
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Our Convention Has Slipped Away
Ruth Bradley Contributing Columnist
The original purpose of a national convention was for each party to nominate a candidate to represent their party in the general election. Delegates come from across the country to cast votes for their respective regions. This year there were 2,286 delegates at the Republican National Convention, according to their website. Mitt Romney saw support from about 90 percent of the delegation, with 2,061 votes. The closest contender was Ron Paul, who was awarded 185 votes (8 percent of the delegation). Shockingly, the Republican Party refused to announce Paul’s delegate tally during the count. The refusal was based on a new convention rule meant to discourage rogue delegates whose votes are inconsistent with their state primary election results. Although the new rule seems logical given our current primary system, it defeats the original purpose of the national convention. The nature of national conventions has drastically changed. With speakers ranging from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to celebrities like Clint Eastwood, conventions have turned into a media rally and campaign start point instead of a nominating process. Party national conventions have not always been the media spectacle that they are today. At the 1880 Republican National Convention the party nominated a man who had not even been campaigning: James A. Garfield of Ohio. Garfield was at the convention to support Ohio’s John Sherman. At the convention he gave an eloquent speech in support of Sherman, describing the nation as a sea under storm. “I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, from which all heights and depths are measured,” he said. The speech was followed by a standing ovation. When it came time for the delegates to vote the three top nominees were Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine and John Sherman, unfortunately
none of these three could garner the majority of delegate votes to win the nomination. Although many of the delegates had urged Garfield to accept their nominations after his excellent speech, he adamantly insisted that his loyalty lay with Sherman. The first day of voting there were 28 roll call votes taken and voting lasted 12 hours. When it was clear none of the three men would be awarded a majority of votes, a delegate from Pennsylvania put in the first rogue vote for Garfield. The vote went unnoticed for the most part, but when the delegates reconvened the next day it did not take long before Wisconsin made a significant impact. On the 34th ballot, of Wisconsin’s 18 total votes, 16 votes were awarded to Garfield. As the convention progressed more states joined Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. When it became clear Garfield was going to win, Sherman sent a telegram urging Ohio to cast their votes for Garfield. Garfield eventually took the nomination receiving over 20 votes more than necessary to win the nomination. Garfield did not campaign for the nomination. In fact, he tried his hardest to discourage it. He won the nomination because his peers agreed that he was the best man for the job, and he accepted it because he felt it was his duty to his country. In this case, one delegate vote ultimately gave rise to the election of the next president of the United States. The state of our country would be drastically different had that one vote not been read. Although we are in a dramatically different time and the delegate votes at the 2012 RNC were different from those at the 1880 RNC, it simply seems disrespectful to refuse to read a potential nominee’s delegate vote at the convention. The convention has turned into a media event with the nominee essentially based on the popular vote. It is important we maintain some aspect of tradition. By refusing to read a viable contender’s delegate count, the Republican party disrespected not only the candidate, but tradition as well. I truly hope they will reconsider this new rule at future conventions.
Ruth Bradley is a contributing columnist. She is a senior art and political science major.
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The ‘Lost Generation’ Coming Together
Brittany Nims Managing Editor College students: the lost generation? Hardly. Young adults, ages 18 to 29, make up 24 percent of the U.S. voting population, according to data from civicyouth.org, an organization that gathers research on civic and political turnouts of American youth. Among that group, collegeeducated individuals are nearly 30 percent more likely to vote. To say that we are a lost generation, well, that’s rather disheartening. The Romney campaign released Aug. 21, a news release categorizing college students as ‘The Obama Economy’s Lost Generation.’ The release attributes increased college costs, mounting student debt and climbing youth unemployment rates to President Obama’s economic policies and “track record,” in reference to a New Hampshire television interview in which the president said college students should support his re-election campaign based on his “track record.” So, what is President Obama’s “track record” with young Americans?
MAKING COLLEGE AFFORDABLE
Funding for Pell Grants has roughly doubled since Obama took office in 2008, and the number of recipients has increased from 6 million to more than 9 million, according to the 2013 fiscal year budget by the U.S. Department of Education. Under new investments, the maximum Pell Grant
award has increased from $4,731 in fiscal year 2008 to an estimated $5,635 in fiscal year 2013. Federal Pell Grants provide need-based grants to low-income — usually undergraduate — students. The amount a student receives depends on financial need, costs to attend school, fulltime or part-time status and plans to attend a full academic year or less. Grants do not have to be repaid. The median household income for Arkansas residents from 2006 to 2010 was $39,267; the U.S. median was $51,914, according to the most recent Census Bureau data. Because several factors are used in determining eligibility for Pell Grants, income stipulations are insubstantial. More than nine million students received Federal Pell Grants in 2011, a 52 percent increase from 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Additionally, Obama signed in 2010 a reformed income-based student loan repayment plan that capped repayments at 15 percent of the borrower’s discretionary income. In July 2014, the limit is expected to be reduced to 10 percent, according to a White House news release.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
More than 6.5 million young Americans were able to join their parent’s health insurance plans since the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2010, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit health care datagathering organization. Under the reform, young adults — who before the health care overhaul were the nation’s highest uninsured demographic — are able to stay on their parents’ health coverage plans until they turn 26. Around 17,000 UA students fell into the 18- to 26-year-old range in the fall 2011 semester, according to data from the Office of
Institutional Research. Between 2009 and April 2011, the percentage of uninsured 18- to 26-year-olds dropped 4.6 percentage points, from 28.6 percent to 24. Those aged 27 to 35 have replaced young Americans as those most likely to be uninsured.
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Under the Affordable Care Act, 47 million women have guaranteed access to preventative services with zero cost-sharing, according to a July 31 report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In Arkansas, an estimated 388,275 women ages 15 to 64 benefit from the services. Services under the plan include: well-woman visits, HIV screening and counseling for sexually transmitted diseases, HPV DNA screening, domestic violence screening and counseling, contraceptives and family-planning services, among others. Birth control pills can range from $15 to $50 a month, according to Planned Parenthood’s website; that’s anywhere from $180 to $600 a year for pregnancy prevention. For a responsible college student on the pill for four years, the cost can be equivalent to a semester’s books or even a semester’s tuition.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
More than 800,000 undocumented young people are now able to remain in the U.S. and work without fear of deportation because of an executive action administered by President Obama in early June. The policy change gives young undocumented immigrants a way to legally work and get a driver’s licenses and other important documents they would not be able to get otherwise; however, it is not a grant for permanent legal status. Though not the DREAM Act, the new policy does
mirror many components of it. Undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. before age 16, have lived here for five years, are in school, are high school graduates or are military veterans in good standing qualify under the new policy. They must also be younger than 30 and have a clean criminal record. The Pew Hispanic Center estimated that as many as 1.4 million immigrants could be eligible for the new measure. With about 65,000 undocumented students graduating from U.S. high schools every year, the policy change affects hundreds of thousands. Undoubtedly, a handful of undocumented UA students, whom the university does not keep official record of, will be eligible for this new measure.
COMING TOGETHER
“The lost generation.” Are we? Is it fair to claim that we have been overlooked during his four years in office? You can (and will) stand where you want on issues like college affordability, health care, women’s health and immigration reform. My duty is not to convince you to believe as I do. It is my duty, however, to remind you of your civic responsibility: to vote. We take for granted that voting is a privilege, a right. We forget the power of the youth vote. We overlook the impact of our generation when we rally together (think presidential election 2008). We are not forgotten and we have not been overlooked. We are young, energetic and are just now realizing our generation’s full potential. No, we are not “the lost generation”; we are newlyfound. Brittany Nims is the Managing Editor. She is a senior journalism news/editorial major.
Why Language? International Careers Editorial Board
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Kathleen Condray Letter to the Editor
I’m writing in response to Katelyn Page’s opinion column. There are advantages to learning Spanish, but other languages have a lot to offer, too. If you take four semesters of German, we can help you get an internship from the summer up to 18 months; a hospitality student studying German just landed a six
month position at a medieval German hotel, and UA students have recently worked for companies such as BMW, an architecture firm, and a marketing start-up in Berlin. In the sciences, you can apply to do paid summer research in a German doctoral lab. A UA art student just returned from a summer program in Germany, for which she received a fellowship, and a graduate student spent the summer in New York, studying Yiddish on a fellowship.
Each year, we offer international certification exams that allow you to prove your fluency in German to potential employers and graduate schools. And, there are a lot of students who are interested in international careers who take multiple languages: Spanish and German, French and German, etc. An alumnus of our program was just hired at Google International because the company was interested in his technical ability as well as
his German and Chinese language skills. So, yes, your columnist was correct that students should be concerned about taking bilingualism (and even trilingualism) in today’s job market, and they should also consider everything that studying various languages has to offer.
Kathleen Condray is a UA Associate Professor. She is the chair of the German Department.
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Aneeka Majid Staff Photographer Shea Higgins (left) and her father, Kevin Higgins (right), at their store, F-Town Longboards, Friday, Aug. 31. F-Town is a locally started longboarding shop established by Kevin Higgins.
New Longboard Shop Caters to Beginners and Pros Alike
Emily DeLong Copy Editor
You’ve surely seen it: a person riding what looks like a long skateboard on the sidewalk. Or on the road. Or along the bike trail. Longboarding is growing as both a sport and a mode of transportation in Fayetteville, and a new longboarding shop, F-Town Longboards, is riding the trend. Kevin Higgins runs the store with his daughter, Shea, who is a UA student majoring in graphic design. Higgins first discovered longboarding when he moved to Southern California for six months in May 2011. “It’s a form of transportation out there,” Higgins said. “I’d see guys with their backpack and their dress clothes, and they’d be riding their longboard to work, and I just thought, ‘What a great way to start your day.’” Higgins quickly got a longboard of his own and fell in love. He said riding his longboard provided tranquility. It also introduced him to an accepting and supportive community. “I think that community aspect is what drew me to it,” he said. “They seem to care about each other.” Higgins said that when he and his wife moved back to northwest Arkansas in November, he knew he had to open a store. This idea grew to be F-Town Longboards, a small, stylish shop located on the southwest corner of the Square. F-Town has everything a person needs
to longboard both casually and professionally. Stocked with boards of all shapes and sizes as well as longboarding helmets, gear and components, the Higgins family is prepared to assist with any longboarder’s needs. And as for what the store doesn’t carry, Higgins stressed that he is happy to order any-
etteville’s success could bring respect to the region as a longboarding destination. “This city is perfect for a competition,” Higgins said, citing the abundance of hills, which are necessary for longboarding events. Higgins stressed that this longboarding team is representative of the store and that up-
“There’s a lot of college-age students where they don’t have a bike — they have a longboard.”
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Owner of F-Town Longboards thing a person may want. In fact, most of Higgins’ inventory is influenced by his customers. Higgins runs his store by taking advice from experienced longboarders and customers as to how to improve the store. “We’re constantly looking for feedback on what we can do better,” he said. Higgins wants F-Town to be more than just a retailer. He aims to teach basic board maintenance and offer advice to both beginners and veterans. Offering more seemed natural to Higgins; he said that these things are “stuff that I think we should be doing.” F-Town also sponsors a local longboarding team. This team consists of eight members aged 14 to 25 who both practice and compete together. The team recently competed in two competitions located in Springfield and Tulsa, winning first place in almost every category. Higgins said Fay-
holding certain values — like respecting one’s parents and being courteous and obedient toward law enforcement — is essential to encouraging respect for the sport. Currently, no city ordinance has any longboard-specific designations. Higgins said that while multiple ordinances regulate bicycles, the only ordinance that that refers to longboards is one that involves a general “wheeled toys.” Higgins said that he plans to work with the city council to get longboarding recognized as a sport and a mode of transportation in Fayetteville, with its own set of traffic laws separate from that of bicycles and other vehicles. “We want to obey the traffic laws, but we do believe that if you can ride a bike, you can ride a longboard,” Higgins said. While Fayetteville does not have any ordinances prohibiting skateboards, many cities do. One of Higgins’ goals with
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A warning: I’m a little biased for Tim’s, because I like my crust crunchy, and Tim’s does crunchy crust better than any place I’ve ever eaten. It feels like a neighborhood pizza joint inside, but that illusion is hampered slightly by some employees on the waitstaff. Their cheese sticks are otherworldly. Forget your preconceptions of what a cheese stick is. These are long, freshly-baked garlic rolls, literally covered with a blanket of white mozzarella. The pizza is not flashy, but the crunch of the crust is as satisfying a bite of pizza as you can have. The cheese and sauce are peripheral: both good enough on their own, but brought to a whole other level with the crust. The cheese is Scottie Pippen. The sauce is Dennis Rodman. But that crust is Michael Jordan.
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the city council is to separate longboarding from all other sports, including skateboarding, which often has the reputation of being destructive. Unlike skateboards, longboards have a longer board and a wider variety of uses, including transportation, making them accessible to a wider variety of people. “We’re not out there causing trouble,” Higgins said. With the growing number of longboarders in Fayetteville, Higgins hopes to use the sport’s popularity to not only prompt legislation but to feed his business. Higgins said longboarding is becoming more popular among college-age people who want to get to and from classes quickly. “There’s a lot of college-age students where they don’t have a bike — they have a longboard,” Higgins said. Business has been steadily increasing at F-Town. Higgins said the store has had well over 115 customers since it opened in March. “Every month is better than the last,” Higgins said. “We’re starting to sell more and more and more.” Higgins said he plans to expand F-Town, adding space and inventory. He plans to sell a wider variety of apparel as well as more longboards. While expansion is a major step for F-Town, Higgins’ main goal is to ensure that his shop offers the same sense of community that first drew him to longboarding. “I want to give a place where people feel welcomed,” Higgins said. “I kind of want them to feel like this is their shop.”
In 2009, Animal Collective released “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” which many listeners considered to be one of the landmark American albums of the century. Alex Tatusian of Stereogum.com writes, “Following up a masterpiece like ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ is a thankless task: there’s almost no way you can create a better album, and even if you do, don’t expect anyone listening to think so.” Such is the environment in which Animal Collective prepares to release their ninth studio album, “Centipede Hz.” Though the album won’t drop until Sept. 4 on the band’s website, radio.myanimalhome.net, the entirety of the new album is streaming, coupled with a 53-minute, psychedelic, disorienting and sometimes-uncomfortable montage video. The video, much like the music on this album, is almost never just doing one thing. But what sometimes feels like a sonic overload is, more often than not, simply a handful of very unique sounds played together; these then contrast, clash and blend to create an even stranger listening experience, and that in a positive way. Taking in so many musically eccentric ideas at the same time can, at first, seem overwhelming. From the hard, rubbery synth that rises up between chorus lines on “Applesauce,” to the glowing chrome drumballs rolling ever-forward on “Wide Eyed,” to the exhilaratingly wild-eyed stomp choruses ending the album’s first and last songs, this album does an excellent job of coupling pop sensibilities with an increasingly wide buffet of avantgarde sonic indulgence. “There isn’t, like, a mission to me, to take weird sounds and slip them into someone’s consciousness,” said multiinstrumentalist Brian “Geologist” Weitz in an interview for The Creator Project. “I think it’s cool if that happens, though. By having the sort of pop side of Animal Collective, it’s cool that we get people to maybe hear ideas we have that come from more experimental or avant-garde music that they wouldn’t hear otherwise. The pop stuff is there because we just like pop music. We like melody, we like rhythm; to us, we just kind of like to throw all those things together, but it’s not really to get one thing in people’s consciousness in like a subversive way, or anything like that.” The wild, exuberantly triumphant first song, “Moonjock,” with its maniacally joy-
ful, thrashing chant, “We’re gonna get there, we’re gonna get there / Let it out, let it out” makes it known that this album aims to take the listener to a place of manic release. Though no one could say what “getting there” would look like, the search is invigorating; like the beatniks, Sal and Moriarty, their clamoring always to find “it” pushes them on their journey, so “Moonjock” pushes the listener into the rest of the album. The album makes much of vocalist Avey Tare’s liberating screeches, the ones which populated the best moments of 2007’s “Strawberry Jam” and were wholly absent from “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” as well as some of the gasping non-lexical tongue-instrumentals of “Sung Tongs.” But, mostly, this album stakes out new territory for the band. “Centipede Hz” is nothing like “Merriweather,” which is definitely a good thing; though “Merriweather” was certainly a masterpiece, the album’s sonic palette brought a color that nothing else could hope to emulate. It’s best that they didn’t try to recreate it, but it’s interesting that they chose to approach “Centipede Hz” as differently as they did. All the smoothness and sleekness of “Merriweather” is traded for a much harder, often much more assertive collection of songs. Gone are the lyrics about securing “Four walls and adobe slabs for my girls,” but the theme of introspection found on some of “Merriweather”’s songs (“Am I really all the things that are outside of me?”) carries over into the lyrical content for “Centipede Hz.” On the album’s first single, “Today’s Supernatural,” the band explores human motivation: “It’s not a question for your head / You find something you believe that you should do / Sometimes it won’t come so easy / Sometimes you’ve gotta go get mad.” Sound effects and distorted radio broadcasts maintain a sense of limbo and otherworldliness between songs. With track titles like “Moonjock” and “Mercury Man” and lyrics like, “Every time I look up at that blurry sun / All I think about are bodies floating up,” the album couches an exploration of the heavenly bodies and outer space with an exploration of the inner spaces within ourselves. All of this is simply accessory to the real gem of listening to Animal Collective, which is harder to articulate. The best thing about Animal Collective is their feel; their music is something to revel in; their music is, first and foremost, a celebration of life, and they are one of the only bands around right now who makes music that is this unabashedly and rambunctiously joyous. For doing all of this, and for doing it well, the album receives a 9 out of 10.
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Arkansas vs. Louisiana Monroe Predictions
Zack Wheeler Staff Writer
Passing Offense: Tyler Wilson looked very sharp in last week’s victory over Jacksonville State. He finished the game 19-27, with 367 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Chris Gragg stepped up with seven receptions for 110 yards and two touchdown catches. Louisiana-Monroe returns leading passer Kolton Browning along with senior receiver Brent Leonard and will look to spread the ball around. With the return of senior Cobi Hamilton and emerging playmakers, the Hog’s passing offense is still too much to handle. Advantage: Arkansas Running Offense: Knile Davis looked very healthy, quick and strong in last week’s performance. I look for Davis to only get better every week. ULM will put forth returning leading rusher Jyruss Edwards, as well as their versatile quarterback Browning, who can run. Arkansas also has depth with Ronnie Wingo, Dennis Johnson and goal-line specialist Kody Walker. With Wilson spreading the ball down the field, the running backs should have plenty of lanes to run. Advantage: Arkansas
particularly in the first half. Arkansas seemed to shore up some things in the second half, only allowing a 49-yard field goal. ULM is relatively young in the secondary with only one senior on the depth chart for the game. Despite some of the Hog’s secondary struggles, Arkansas’ offense puts the Warhawks at a huge disadvantage. Advantage: Arkansas
yards records with another strong performance in kickoff returns. Coach smith would like for the special teams to be better, but so far the Hogs have done what they needed to do. ULM returns their kicker who had a 95 percent field goal conversion last season, but Arkansas has more playmakers and a little more size than ULM as a whole. Advantage: Arkansas
Running Defense: Arkansas was very effective against the run last week. Led by Southeastern Conference co-Defensive Linemen of the Week Chris Smith, the Hogs held Jacksonville State to 95 yards rushing on 44 attempts. ULM has not played a game yet this season, but they will field a primarily young defensive front. ULM is looking to see where they stand, while Arkansas looks to continue stopping opponents running game. Advantage: Arkansas
Coaching Staff: Interim head coach John L. Smith stayed true to his word and let the coordinators coach. Smith kept his thumb on some fourth down calls, but coaches Paul Haynes and Paul Petrino orchestrated both sides of the ball. ULM is led by head coach Todd Berry, offensive coordinator Steve Farmer and defensive coordinator Troy Reffett. I look for Arkansas’ coaches in Little Rock to be very sharp and precise. Advantage: Arkansas
Special Teams: Zach Hocker was a perfect 7-7 on field goals last week, and was also very strong on kickoffs. Dennis Johnson continues to climb on the allpurpose
Overall: Arkansas is hoping to be better with their ball control, and impose their will defensively to make a statement before facing Alabama Sept. 15. ULM will be playing their first game of the season, and will use this game as a measuring stick for where they stand so far. I look for Arkansas to start fast and make a statement before they begin their rigorous SEC schedule. I predict the final score to be 56-10. Advantage: Arkansas
Passing Defense: Arkansas was a little susceptible to the pass against Jacksonville State,
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Logan Webster Staff Photographer The Razorback volleyball team has lost two straight games and looks to rebound with a strong showing in the Razorback Invitational
Razorback Volleyball Prepares for Tournament Liz Beadle Staff Writer
The Razorback Volleyball team is coming off two consecutive losses after losing to Michigan in five sets Saturday and Oklahoma in four sets Tuesday night. This weekend the Razorback Invitational will be played in Barnhill Arena, in which the Razorbacks face Houston Baptist on Friday night before facing Louisiana-Monroe and Texas-El Paso on Saturday. These three games will be Arkansas’ last nonconference games before they begin conference play Sept. 14. The Razorbacks’ first two Southeastern Conference opponents — Florida and Tennessee — are currently ranked No. 15 and No. 16 respectively. Razorback head coach Robert Pulliza says there are a lot of things he wants to see out of his team this weekend before they enter SEC play. “I want to see fight, hard work, and commitment to being great,” Pulliza said. “You
can’t teach that; at some point you just have to know you want to be great and go at it everyday.” Looking ahead to Arkansas’ opponents for the weekend, Houston Baptist currently has a 6-2 record with losses coming at the hands of North Texas and Louisiana Lafayette. The Huskies are on a three-game winning streak. Louisiana-Monroe is 3-2 with their losses coming to Mississippi State and Kennesaw State, but the Warhawks have won their last three matches. Texas-El Paso’s record on the season thus far is 2-4 with their only wins coming against Belmont and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Razorbacks have plenty of talent that has already been showcased throughout this season. Junior libero Emily Helm was named SEC Defensive Player of the week last week after two games in which she accounted for 20 plus digs. Senior Jasmine Norton is on track to become one of the leaders on Arkansas’ all-time
kills list. “This is the first time we feel we have a group that understands what they need to do and what needs to happen for them to be successful,” Pulliza said. “They get to make that choice of how good they want to be.” This Arkansas team set long-term goals before the season started and truly believes they can accomplish them. It will be up to them to prepare themselves for their tough conference schedule during the tournament this weekend. “Our team expectation is to win the SEC. I’m confident that we’re going to be able to do that with our training,” senior Amanda Anderson said Earlier this week, Arkansas received votes in the NCAA volleyball rankings for the first time since 2004, before losing to Oklahoma on Tuesday. “We want to get better every day,” Norton said of her team. “We really are one of the best teams in the nation and we just have to go out and prove that everyday.”
War Memorial Sold Me On the Razorbacks Liz Beadle Guest Columnist
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in the sixth grade and there were 17 seconds on the clock. Matt Jones threw a perfect ball to the back corner of War Memorial stadium right through the hands of the LSU secondary and into the hands of DeCori Birmingham. It was not my first memory of a Little Rock game, but to this day, it is my most cherished. Of course, I’m talking about the original Miracle on Markham in which Arkansas defeated LSU to win the Southeastern Conference West in 2002. I was a 12 year old girl and I
was sitting at the top (the very top) of the opposite end zone from the one that pass was thrown into. I remember not being able to really see what happened but just hearing the crowd and knowing in my heart that we had won. My dad looked down at me and was more elated than I had ever seen him in my entire life. I looked back at him with something resembling agreement as sincere tears of joy just started streaming down my face. Yeah, I wasn’t normal — think little girl from “Remember the Titans.” I think this might have been the day that I truly fell in love with this sport. If you watch the replay of this (which I recommend by the way), after that touchdown the camera immediately pans over to a sign that reads, “Can’t
Beat Hogs in the Rock.” At that point, that was pretty darn near true. Since then, Arkansas has lost a few games down in the Rock but nonetheless there is an undeniable magic about that tiny little stadium. It only holds a mere 53,955 people but it gets as loud as anywhere in the SEC. As many Little Rock kids will tell you, we fell in love with the Razorbacks at War Memorial. It was our home town, a normal city on most days, transformed just a few times a year into a wonderland of college football. It felt like the circus was in town — a wonderful circus where our parents and teachers were just people in red who wanted to have fun. Where the cars all had magnets and flags and no one sat at home in their
living rooms. I had my first beer on that golf course, and if you’re from Little Rock, I bet you did too. The tailgating down there is one thing that everyone — from Little Rock native to foreign exchange student — can appreciate. It’s centralized, it’s accessible and it surely rivals any tailgating I’ve seen across this great conference. I swear at least double the amount of people who can fit in War Memorial hit the golf course every time for some pre-gamming. But for me the true magic of a Little Rock game is only experienced once you make it inside (well if you make it inside, I guess I should say). There is no huge jumbotron; there is nothing but football and the people who love it. It is extremely unique to
have two home fields in two cities three hours away from each other. It makes the point that this is the flagship institution in this state and that is not going to change anytime soon. If that makes you angry, Howl at me, please. Around here, we don’t have big time professional sports or interstate rivalries. In this state, if you’re talking about sports — you’re talking about the Hogs. For example, a sportscaster from a Little Rock news station once told me that they rank the level of importance for sports stories as follows: (1) the Razorbacks (2) past Razorbacks in professional sports (3) high school sports (4) other Arkansas colleges. It’s that simple: one state, one school, one team. And being given the unique ability to
watch our team not only on our campus but in our state’s capital is not something that should ever be taken for granted. There’s been talk of ending Little Rock games before, and believe me, there will be talk of it again — especially when the contract that requires two Little Rock games a year is up in 2016. I fell in love with college football at War Memorial Stadium and I’ve seen the atmosphere of that historic little place capture the hearts of many since then. So celebrate Arkansas, celebrate the Hogs and go have yourself a good time down in my hometown. Oh and one last thing. You do know who the coach was for LSU during that 2002 game, don’t you? Nick Saban. See you in nine days, old friend.
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Women’s Golf Team Hopes to Have Productive Season Cameron McCauley Staff Writer
After an impressive 20112012 campaign, the Arkansas Razorbacks women’s golf team has set the expectations even higher this season. The team starts the year off No. 23 in the GolfWorld/National Golf Coaches Association Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The Razorbacks are also ranked No. 20 in the Golfweek.com preseason poll. Coach Shauna Estes-Taylor is more than pleased with her team’s ranking, which has been given based on the team’s top returning players. Emily Tubert, Emma Lavy and Victoria Vela were among the talented group’s best finishers last season. The junior Tubert is a first team all-american, all Southeastern Conference performer who has also received allscholar team honors. Lavy, a Fayetteville native, was a consistent finisher who qualified in all 11 tournaments last year. But with all the older talent and leadership comes a great incoming freshman class to add to the firepower. Arkansas nabbed one of the best recruiting classes in the country. Gabriela Lopez, Regina Plasencia and Kayli Quinton have already seen extensive time at the amateur level, and should make an immediate impact to start the season. Lopez and Plasencia, both freshmen from Mexico, com-
peted at the international amateur level this summer. Lopez participated in the U.S. Women’s Open and played in the Spirit International event with Tubert. Quinton is a three time Greater Houston City Junior Championship winner, who was ranked as the No. 13 recruit by Golfweek.com. This incoming group may be the reason the Razorbacks are so highly ranked to start the season. The team has increased in size from seven last season to 11 this year in order to compensate for all the new talent the team has coming in this season. “We had a pretty solid summer, most of our kids competed at a very high level,” Estes-Taylor said. Many of the players were able to play in tournaments that tested their ability, which is why they have garnered such a high ranking to start the season. “Overall our kids did a fantastic job of staying sharp competitively, and I think some of their great performances warranted our ranking,” Estes-Taylor added. First up on the agenda for this season: the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational in West Point, Miss. on Sept. 10, the first of three tournaments the team will participate in this fall. The Razorbacks are not as familiar with this course as previous opening tournaments, but expect to make a strong showing regardless. The fall schedule concludes with the Lady Tar Heel Invitational in North Carolina
“We had a pretty solid summer, most of our kids competed at a very high level.” Shauna Estes-Taylor Women’s Golf Coach
starting Oct. 12, and following that the Betsy Rawls Invitational in Austin, Texas beginning Oct. 28. The Razorbacks are looking to build on the success of making it to the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, where last season they finished 23rd overall. In the spring, the Razorbacks were able to host the NCAA Regional at the team’s home club, The Blessings. The women’s team finished eighth in the Regional and went on to perform well at the NCAA Championships. To know just how tough the Razorbacks’ region is, the SEC is usually in the talks to be the best conference in the country. Ten of the 14 teams from the conference are ranked in the top 25 in preseason polls. Aside from the competitive events the Razorbacks play in the fall, the main goal will once again be to make a strong showing in the NCAA Championship in Athens, Ga. The team knows this year it could be conquerable.
Five Keys: Razorbacks vs. Lousiania Monroe Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer
Improve Special Teams The Hogs did block a field goal early in last Saturday’s game against Jacksonville State, but there were still rough spots in the special teams. A booming punt by Dylan Breeding was brought back with a penalty for misalignment and the next punt only went 17 yards. On kickoff return, Dennis Johnson was swarmed before he could reach the 20-yard line. He had one 42-yard return, but his other three returns totaled only 54 yards (an 18.0 yard/ return average). Arkansas also muffed a punt return; however, it was called back due to a Jacksonville State penalty. These special teams mistakes must be fixed if Arkansas expects to have success against Louisiana-Monroe. Stop the Pass Against Jacksonville State, the Razorback defense gave up 322 yards, 227 of which were passing yards. Early in the game, senior cornerback
Darius Winston gave up several big plays and was replaced by senior Kaelon Kelleybrew. Senior safety Ross Rasner turned in a solid game in the secondary, gaining 11 tackles and breaking up one deep pass. Starting at quarterback for ULM is junior Kolton Browning, who has thrown for over 5,000 yards in two years. It is crucial that Arkansas stops the pass against the Warhawks and gains some confidence heading into the Alabama game. Stay Healthy Senior wide receiver Cobi Hamilton had two receptions for 13 yards before coming out of last week’s game with an injury. He is expected to play this week, but it is key that he stays healthy. If Arkansas intends to have success against ULM and have a chance against Alabama the following week, they must keep Hamilton and the rest of the team healthy. Protect Tyler Wilson The offensive line only gave up one sack against the Gamecocks last week, but
interim head coach John L. Smith still expects improvement. Senior Jason Peacock will be back with the Hogs this week after sitting out last week due to disciplinary reasons and will add competition that will improve the offensive line as a whole, Smith said. Junior David Hurd, senior Tyler Deacon and sophomore Brey Cook made their first starts as Razorbacks last week and need to continue to improve. Don’t Look Ahead With No. 1 Alabama around the corner, Arkansas must not overlook the Warhawks. Just four years ago, ULM almost upset the Hogs, leading 27-14 with 12:56 remaining in the game. A late rally eventually won the game 28-27 for the Hogs, but it was much closer than it should have been. If the players don’t come out swinging at the beginning of the game because their minds are already on next week’s game, ULM could pull off the upset. John L. Smith must make sure his players are focused on this week’s game.