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UA Club Hockey Rebuilds After Post-Season Ban

by JARED LAGINESS Contributing Writer

The UA club hockey team was set to clinch its third consecutive Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference playoff title until a player was recently caught falsifying his academic transcript, the team’s head coach said.

As punishment, the American Collegiate Hockey Association banned the UA team from national post-season play.

The team voluntarily withdrew itself from the SECHC playoffs this season.

While no further punishments have been handed down, the UA may step in and further punish the offending student.

“The players have already started to put things behind them and are looking towards next year, but sometimes it’s a little harder for the coach to get over the disappointing end to a great season,” said head coach Bryan Gallini.

The team ended the season with a 13-game winning streak that brought their season record to 22-6. The team also won the SECHC West Championship for its third consecutive season.

The team only graduates two players from this year’s team and is looking forward to adding some new faces to the team, Gallini said. Four of the team’s top five scorers will return next season.

Gallini called this year’s team one of the best he has been a part of and expects to build on its success next season. Training begins after spring break.

“This year’s team was young, but these guys have all done it before, and it helps the coach when guys do what they’re supposed to do from on-ice training to off-ice,” Gallini said.

Gallini is trying to persuade officials at the Jones Center, where the team practices, to allow the team more time on the ice.

Gallini said he expects a good showing from the team next season and believes that a strong post-season run is in the team’s future.

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“Counselors in Residence” ASG, RIC Discuss Increasing Communications Grapple with Rising

Depression Rates

by JANNEE SULLIVAN Staff Writer

On-campus students, especially first-year students, face many problems throughout the year. The seven-year-old Counselors in Residence program is one of the resources provided to students who may need extra help coping with campus life, a residence education official said.

The program consists of two counselors in Maple

Hill East and Gibson Hall to make counseling services readily available to on-campus students, said Takama Statton-Brooks, assistant director for Residence Education.

The counselors, Will Heath and Aneeqa Istaiq, are employed by Housing and Counseling and Psychological Services. Both are doctoral students who counsel students with issues ranging from depression to eating disorders to homesickness.

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Clinical depression and anxiety issues are on the rise in college students, up 10 percentage points in the last decade, according to a study by the American Psychological Association.

One out of every four or five college students are diagnosed with anxiety or depression after a routine visit to a university health clinic, according to a study from Northwestern Medicine.

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The Associated Student Government and the Resident Interhall Congress members joined forces over the weekend to increase communication and to do something new for student government.

The group came together Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to increase communication and cooperation, said Tyler Priest, ASG liaison to RIC. Even though joint meetings between the two organizations is not new, the group

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ment members participated in break-out sessions. The senate members and executive branch from each group participated in team building activities to get to know each other. In the afternoon, members of UA administration, including Chancellor David G. Gearhart and Athletics Director Jeff Long made presentations, Priest said.

Then, the group had issue breakout session in which each person decided which session would be best to attend. Topics for these sessions included student life,

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partook in something not yet done before.

For the first time ever, a joint legislative session took place during the retreat. This session included a couple joint resolutions, said Priest.

The only resolution the senate discussed thanked the Arkansas Union staff for their hard work, said Michael Dodd, ASG president.

The resolution was brought forward allowing both bodies to pass it together, he said.

“This promotes the ability to consult both groups in the future,” Dodd said.

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The purpose of these sessions is that afterwards senators can make legislation and action based on these discussions “to work with administration on behalf of the student body,” said Priest.

The last time RIC and ASG had a similar retreat was

two years ago.

Priest worked with the RIC Chief of Staff Jillian Patton and ASG Chief of Staff Roxie Hazelwood since December to put together this meeting. Both ASG and RIC gave money to provide food for the event.

During the event, the groups were asked to promote voting in both local and national elections, said Dodd.

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In addition, about 2 to 3 percent of those students have either had suicidal thoughts or are considering suicide, according to the study.

Depression is not necessarily the main issue encountered by the UA Counselors in Residence, Statton-Brooks said.

“With the first-year population, they deal a lot with homesickness,” StattonBrooks said. “But it really depends on a lot of things; there’s not one particular issue they see more than another.”

Anxiety can be caused by homesickness and can cause extreme distress in some cas-

es, according to an article in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The main difference between the Counselors in Residence and the counseling services provided through Pat Walker Health Center is proximity, Statton-Brooks said.

Because the Counselors in Residence are doctoral students, they understand the residence hall population and have a good hold on what is happening within the residence halls, Statton-Brooks said.

“We work hard to make the program visible for students,” Statton-Brooks said.

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A student reported he was in a fight with an unidentified person in the east parking lot at Garland House.

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HEALTH & SAFETY Pat Walker CPR Training Sessions Hosted by UREC Officials Change Appointment Policy

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In keeping with the trend toward walk-in medical care, the Pat Walker Health Center now offers services for students on a first-come, firstserve basis through the RazorCARE clinic, the director of medical services said.

Although appointments are not needed, students are encouraged to call the clinic to make sure their medical problem is within the range of services provided by the RazorCARE clinic, said A.J. Olsen, director of medical services at the health center.

RazorCARE provides students access to a physician or certified nurse practitioner for common issues such as coughs, colds, earaches, sinus discomfort, sore throats, allergies and skin conditions like sunburn, poison ivy, bug bites and eczema.

“In order to expedite students’ stay at the clinic, we only offer a limited number of services, but those services are the bulk of what we see at the primary care clinic,” Olsen said. “Another reason for the limited care is because we provide point-of-care testing.”

Point-of-care testing limits the time a student spends at the clinic because the student stays in one exam room and one doctor or nurse treats the student. Complex medical issues might require a student to see several practitioners at different locations around the health center.

RazorCARE is offered Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The walk-in clinic sees an average of 15 students each afternoon.

“With increasing enrollment, we are continually looking for ways to improve

our services for students.

With RazorCARE, we can increase the same-day availability for our patients and increase the number of patients seen at the primary care clinic,” Olsen said.

The health center first offered RazorCARE during the fall semester on a trial basis.

“We wanted to pilot the program and make sure we had all the kinks ironed out” before spring semester, she said.

A student might expect to wait 10 to 30 minutes for care, “but that is still nowhere near what you would encounter at other walkin clinics or the emergency room,” Olsen said.

“Eventually we plan on expanding the hours we operate the clinic,” she said.

The clinic offers afternoon times because that is when the clinic fields most appointment requests.

RazorCARE has allowed the health center to see 9 percent more patients than before the clinic opened, Olsen said.

Health care providers are able to see more students while keeping the health center budget stable, she said.

Other comparable universities are catching on to the walk-in clinic trend.

Health center officials spoke with officials at the University of Minnesota about their Gopher Quick Clinic, which is offered as part of that university’s Boynton Health Service.

“We wanted to get an idea of the pros and cons and complications, and they gave us some good suggestions,” Olsen said.

RazorCARE is a service provided only to students.

The primary care clinic continues to treat faculty and staff.

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All participants will receive an email and voice message Texts will be sent to those who have elected to receive them

University Recreation officials will present the first of two safety courses offered this semester on April 12, giving participants the opportunity to become certified in CPR, first aid and automated external defibrillator use.

UREC will host another session April 22 for those who can’t make the first one. Both courses last four hours, the first session from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and the second from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and will take place in room 323 of the HPER building. “[CPR] is one procedure that everyone should know.

First aid training covers a wide variety of emergencies and emergency scenes,” said paramedic Rod Brouhard.

CPR is a technique to induce respiration when when someone has stopped breathing and is unable to attempt to resume breathing by themselves. Adult CPR is a technique intended for those 12 and older.

First aid, often confused with CPR, is an overview of many emergency situations.

CPR is usually included in many first aid classes but it is not the only thing that is taught in them.

First aid classes are designed to give students the tools to save lives. Common

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topics covered in basic first aid classes include: emergency scene management, safety and protection from infection, initial assessment of victims and recognizing emergencies.

Everyone should be certified in CPR, said freshman Josh Degeeter.

“I first had to get certified in first aid and CPR my sophomore year of high school in order to lifeguard over the summer,” Degeeter said. “Ever since then, I just got in the habit of renewing my licence since its such a

basic and important skill to have.

First aid often includes the use of defibrillator, “a device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and, if it detects a problem that may respond to an electrical shock, that permits a shock to be delivered to restore a normal heart rhythm,” according to MedicineNet. Defibrillators are common in public places such as airports, schools and offices due to their usefulness and small size.

Students can register now at the HPER building in room 225. Students can contact Sam Fehr, graduate assistant of Special Events and Instructional Programs for UREC, at sfehr@uark. edu for more information.

Both of the safety classes will be open to the public allowing students, staff and community members alike to pre-register for these classes. The price is $65 for UA students and $75 for non-students.

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LSU-Arkansas: A Campus Thanksgiving It’s not often that UA students are happy when they hear some one say “LSU,” “tigers” or anything remotely related to the purple and gold university. We know them as one of our biggest rivalries - the fans we dislike the most and the game we look forward to all season long. Now, it’s the news we can’t keep our eyes off. Bringing the big LSU-Arkansas game to Fayetteville means less driving, more fun and one more reason for students to stay in town over the Thanksgiving break.

It’s no secret that Fayetteville loses a huge chunk of the population during holidays - most of us go home to our families and friends, spend Thanksgiving away from campus and cherish the time away from classes. However, bringing the rivalry to our state not only means a boost in our economy but a boost in campus population.

For those of us who stay in Fayetteville year-round, this is quite a bit of good news. No more sitting alone for the week of Thanksgiving. Instead, we will be surrounded with friends, family and a multitude of Razorback fans who, this year, choose to ditch the turkey and stuffing for the stadium.

It’s time to start notifying our families that plans will be much different this year. Flights will be booked, Thanksgiving will come early and most of us who are even the least bit interested in Razorback football will make our way back from break in time to see the rivalry go down.

There are only so many televised games we can handle when the football is thrown on our playing ground.

Make plans now to prepare for a campus-based break in November - book parents and siblings into hotels before they sell out, start saving for tickets, and get ready for a fall semester to remember, as our Hogs are coming home this year.

Mardi Gras Celebration Brought to Fayetteville Mardi Gras - unless you’re from New Orleans, you probably don’t actively celebrate the big day. However, we can make the most of our Mardi Gras Tuesday right on campus, through celebrations with friends or an early-in-the-week night on Dickson Street, there is likely to be something going on in town.

If you made it to the Fat Saturday parade or the local Funkytown ball over the weekend, you’ve not finished your fun for the New Orleans celebration. If you skipped out Saturday, not to worry - there are a few more events going on today that we can take part in.

Head to local New Orleans-style restaurants for what is sure to be a tasty feast to start the festivities - Cafe Rue Orleans, Lyn D’s Cajun Cafe and even Boar’s Nest Barbecue offer some great Mardi Gras favorites like Po’Boys, gumbo and crawfish to start the celebration at lunch. When evening comes, Dickson street has a mass celebration starting at 7 p.m., complete with parades, food and royalty crowning.

Although many of our friends are in New Orleans celebrating in style this week, we don’t have to be shut out of the party simply because we’re staying in Fayetteville.

However you choose to celebrate this Mardi Gras, whether it’s at Mullins library studying for end of the week tests, going out for a drink or two with friends on Dickson Street or simply staying at home and making some beignets, make sure to take the time to celebrate the different cultural events and celebrations that come to town. Grab your favorite cajun or creole cookbook, rally together some friends and take a break from the hectic schedule to immerse yourself in the fun culture that comes only once a year.

Traveler Quote of the Day “With increasing enrollment, we are continually looking for ways to improve our services for students. With RazorCARE, we can increase the same-day availability for our patients and increase the number of patients seen at the primary care clinic,” -A.J. Olsen, director of medical services at the health center,“Pat Walker Loosens Appointment Policy,” page 3.

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Inevitable Legalization: An Age Division

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by CHRIS SONNTAG

Traveler Columnist

In 1972, the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, created by President Nixon, released a report claiming “neither the marijuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety.”

Nixon refused to read the report.

Forty years later, marijuana legalization is still a controversial issue, though it has become much more balanced, as recent polls show 50 percent of Americans now support full legalization, while 70 percent support medicinal use. The breakdown of these numbers shows a generational gap as the source of division—those over 65 have a 69 percent opposition rate, while 62 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 suppor t it.

To put it bluntly, after seeing these numbers, I think it’s clear that full marijuana legalization in the near future is inevitable, especially once a Midwestern or Southern state starts the domino chain.

However, there’s still a large fight over the process of legalization. The DEA still has marijuana classified at the same level as heroin. And though in 2008, President Obama insisted that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue,” and later both Attorney General Eric Holder, drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, and Deputy Attorney General David made it clear that marijuana growers who complied with state and local laws would not be targeted, there have been more than 100 federal raids on dispensaries in the Obama Administration’s first three years.

Much of this has been stepped up in the last year specifically. I don’t know about you, but this seems a little hypocritical to me.

The federal government has seized property from landlords leasing to dispensaries and threatened state regulatory workers with imprisonment. This seems to be a response to the growth of the legal marijuana sales in the southwestern states over the last few years. In California alone, medicinal marijuana has become a $1.3 billion industry It’s a terrible reaction, though.

By doing this, the government will only push the legal marijuana trade underground and back into a more dangerous place. I’m not going to argue the morality of marijuana use, but I’m seeing clear links to the historical pro-

hibition of alcohol. Prohibition became increasingly less popular as people realized legalization would raise a large amount of tax revenue and make organized crime take a major hit financially.

Recently, Oakland, Calif., faced federal threats from plans to open up indoor growing with taxation, having to shut down its developments, though it could have filled the $31 million deficit in its budget. The California State Board of Equalization estimated that a tax of $50 per ounce would create over $1.3 billion in tax revenue for the state, which has faced huge shortfalls.

And we’ve all heard the stories of Mexican drug lords who thanked the U.S. Government for providing them a source of income - the black market in the United States - which keeps them in business.

Sometimes, it’s possible that a law can have a more negative effect than what it tries to address.

Case in point, Portugal has over the last several years legalized all drugs, and overdoses and cases of HIV dropped while the amount of users seeking treatment for drug addiction increased. Less money had to be wasted imprisoning people and overall criminality associated with drug use dropped. Maybe this would have helped the over 200,000 students who lost federal financial aid eligibility because of a drug conviction, or the 7,043 arrested for marijuana offenses in

Arkansas in 2007.

Even more recently, you may have seen that several players on the TCU football team were arrested for buying marijuana and other drugs. This isn’t really a surprise, in all honesty, as the NCAA released results saying that 22.6 percent of student-athletes in 2009 admitted to using marijuana in the previous year.

When 102 million Americans have smoked marijuana at least once in their life, and Washington D.C. as well as 16 states have legalized some form of marijuana use, it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the country legalizes and starts to regulate and tax it.

In fact, 17 states have pending legislation for legalization, and Colorado and Washington will likely see ballot measures this fall. Arkansas itself may see a ballot proposal in the 2012 election if Arkansans for Compassionate Care receive 62,507 signatures from registered voters before July 6, 2012.

Full legalization will come. It’s a generational issue, a taxation issue, and a regulation issue. Fear has no place in the discussion, and perhaps soon Americans won’t be paying for both sides of a civil Drug War. Chris Sonntag is a Biochemistry major, and a Traveler columnist.

His column appears every other Wednesday.

Comments From the Traveler Website Re: Officials Will Expand Safe Ride Program Ruby Star Jones:

I have worked as a Safe Ride operator/ dispatcher for the last 2.5 years. Believe me, I understand that Safe Ride has some problems, but making it available to the entire city? That idea is just downright preposterous. Has anyone on this “committee” ever bothered to come in and see how hectic things get on a normal weekend night when we are taking home students only? I dare one of them to come do my job for weekend night, say during Rush Week, and I guarantee that they would change their mind. We work hard every night to ensure that students, who made the decision to come to college and devote their time and money to this University, have a safe ride home. Why should other people get to use the services that we as students pay for? They made the decision not be enrolled, so why should they get to reap our benefits? By choosing to attend this university, we are given certain rights and privileges that others are not. If we start sharing those with everyone, what makes being a University of Arkansas Razorback so special?

Re: More Than $40: Obama’s Tax Cut Gain Jeremy:

The payroll tax cut is the only funding mechanism for social security. The cuts in the payroll tax do not decrease the benefit payout, which means that social security will run out of money faster. People who collect social security or are

due to start in the next few years will be aware of this. That age bracket is also more likely to vote than youth voters, who would likely not care about social security.

Re: Kimpel Crosswalk: A Transportation Crisis Kat

:As a staff member who has to drive that route daily, I can say the need here is more overwhelming than anyone can imagine... I’ve now learned unless I want to sit for half an hour, I must push my way through the pedestrian traffic.... I basically force the pedestrians to stop or walk right into my vehicle. I hope the campus powers that be finally take notice before its too late.

Re: Muslim Youth: The Importance of Voting Arrafat:

As it concerns voting...where do Muslims experience democracy? And I mean democracy and not just voting at a stuffed ballott box. I mean freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion and all that democracy incldues - not just voting at a stuffed ballot box.

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Music Piracy: To Steal or Not To Steal

by NICK BROTHERS Staff Writer

Mark Eaton, an Arkansas-based beekeeper, shows bee hives to people interested in buying equipment.

by YANI KO Staff Writer

The Pauline Whitaker Equine Center was all abuzz during a beginner’s beekeeping class starting on Jan. 30. The series of classes was hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Beekeepers Association and featured speakers Jon Zawislak of the UA Cooperative Extension Service and Program Associate of Apiculture, and Ed Levi, a queen bee breeder and former state bee inspector.

Over the course of three classes, prospective beekeepers learned about equipment, basic bee behavior, and setting up their first hives.

“When I teach these beginning classes, I try to break it down to the important basic concepts and show how they all work together,” said Jon Zawislak, who taught the first two classes on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6.

Zawislak said it was important to him to inform the public about the gentle nature of honey bees.

“Honey bees are not dangerous, aggressive creatures,” Zawislak said.

“While they may defend themselves if they feel threatened, they are more likely to ignore you and go about their business as long as you leave them alone.”

Amongst talk of honey, queen

candy, and royal jelly, the classes, which have been running for almost 10 years, also provided the chance for new beekeepers to purchase equipment and order their first bee colonies. New bee hives must also be registered with the Arkansas State Plant Board.

It is important for beginning beekeepers to consider whether they have a dependable source of nectar and fresh water for their bees, and also to be considerate of their neighbors.

“If your neighbors are a little concerned with your new hobby,” Zawislak said during his lecture, “they’ll forget all about it the first time you bring them a jar of fresh honey.”

The local beekeeping community is diverse, according to Zawislak. “[Local beekeepers] may be farmers, or business professionals, or anywhere in between. Quite a few professors and students at the UA keep bees, too,” he said.

Ken Fielding, president of the Northwest Arkansas Beekeepers Association, said the bee population took a hit last year because of combinations of extreme weather, from an unusually cold winter to an unusually hot summer.

“We had a lot of hives die off, but my guess is that this year will be more of a rebounding year,” Fielding said.

by STEPHANIE EHRLER Staff Writer

As Ashton Kutcher famously answers in the movie Valentine’s Day, “110 million red roses” are sold on the infamous holiday.

While Ashton won the hearts of many viewers in the theater, there were actually 198 million roses sold on Valentine’s Day in 2010 according to the ProFlowers website. Unfortunately a bouquet of roses only lasts about a week, but heaps of petals in the garbage can be avoided by using them to make various decor.

Rose petals are great for making crafts and decorating, but first they must be dried. There are several different methods to drying out petals as found online, such as placing petals between newspapers.

After roses are selected they can be tied at the stem and hung upside down on a coat hanger and placed in a dark dry area. After about a week the gravitational pull on the petals causes them to dry out but still keep their shape. The final step into drying the petals is to mist some hair spray on the dried flowers to protect the color and shape.

Waiting a week might not be the most ideal method, so using a microwave to dry the petals can speed up the process considerably.

Silica gel - found in those little white packets that often come in shoe boxes - is essential for this method. The gel is a a porous sand that is designed to absorb and hold moisture, and executes its duties perfectly in this instance.

In a large microwave-safe bowl, bury the petals in silica gel and then microwave for two minutes on the lowest heat setting. Next, pour about a cup of water into the bowl and microwave again for the same time, then remove the bowl and allow it to sit for a few hours.

The roses can then be brushed free of the gel and hung upside down.

The process speeds the drying, as the petals only have to dry upside down for a few days after they are combined with the silica gel.

Red roses are considered the most romantic flower, but they can also prolong their sentimental meaning by being used to make crafts.

While card stores have many creative greetings, homemade cards add a more personal touch that the receiver can appreciate more. Flowers can be used as embellishments to the card by painting them on paper, and petals can also be used to decorate a photo album, journal, or even folders and binders for school.

As found on allcrafts.net, roses can be a great foundation for

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Grady McCoy, a senior poultry science major, hopes to contribute to that rebound this spring. He attended the beekeeping classes for the first time this year.

“I have an interest in cultivating my own foods,” McCoy said, “and beekeeping seemed like a... productive way to get my feet wet in backyard agriculture.”

Fielding encourages veteran beekeepers and newcomers alike to attend the classes.

“I think it’s very good to have new people that will become responsible with beekeeping because that’s very important,” Fielding said. “The format here is to train people to be successful in beekeeping and help the area and overall local economy.”

Bee products certainly contribute to the local economy, but bees and bee products have larger implications in our area and in the world.

“Honey bees provide a vital role in our food chain,” Zawislak said.

“Beyond the obvious fruits and vegetables, bees pollinate many types of nuts, herbs and spices, and important oilseed crops.”

“More beekeepers means more bees in our community,” he said, “which benefits all our area gardens as well as local wildlife that depends on wild berries and seeds to survive.”

potpourri because of the subtle perfume stored in their petals. To make potpourri, about six cups of petals are needed along with two cups of dried lavender, one cup of rose leaves, rose oil, and Fiberfix, which is a constituent that keeps the oil fragrance from fading. Mix the dried petals with the oils and place in a sealed bag to shake vigorously. The potpourri can then be stored for four to six weeks.

Once the potpourri is finished it can be used to make a potpourri pie by putting the flower mix into a pie tin with baked dough. It can be a unique decoration that smells and looks delicious.

Flowers may not seem like the ideal thing to use as a facial cleanser, but with one cup each of rose petals, lavender flowers, whole oatmeal, and a half cup of chopped almonds, a scrub used in the Victorian era can add old-world charm to your daily beauty routine.

Allcrafts.net also gives insightful instructions on how to make flower petals glow by pressing the flowers. As they become thinner, they become permeable to light, giving what was once something old an invigorated shine.

Valentine’s Day only lasts twenty four hours but the romantic gift of flowers can last through out the year by using them as adornments.

At some point in time, odds are most UA students have been exposed to or partaken in downloading music from the Internet, and not through a legal music store such as iTunes, Amazon, or a local record store. That act is called piracy. What’s stranger, a vast majority of people in the world do this, even though it’s been labeled an illegal act. Why? In recent events, piracy of copyrighted material has gained a lot of attention from such U.S. house-proposed bills as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

Jack Schmandt, sophomore computer engineering major, said you can’t target those who download the music, there are just too many people.

“SOPA or PIPA weren’t the way to go. If you want to stop piracy, you have to track down the people who upload it—the source,” he said. “I think how it starts is when somebody thinks that Kanye West or Jay-Z don’t need their $10 for an album. The big name artists won’t feel it. However, given the example of an indie band, they’re going to feel that stolen $10 a lot more than Kanye will. I think that’s how it starts, but it’s inaccurate.”

Lauren Struzik, a freshman English literature major, said that no matter who you’re stealing from, it’s still stealing.

“I think that’s like saying since Gap is making money like crazy, I’m going to steal a shirt because screw them. I think you should always pay back the artist for what they’ve made.”

Struzik also has bought 100 percent of her music she has in her library.

“I feel like if the artist goes through the entire process of what they did to make the music, you should pay them back for what they’re doing,” Struzik said. “I can’t control what people who pirate do. It’s something I could easily do as well, but I choose not to.”

Surprisingly, people like Struzik are in the majority worldwide. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) estimated that only 28 percent of Internet users worldwide accessed pirated music online in 2011, according to the online database of black market activities at havocscope.com.

For a lot of reasons, people will get what they want. One of the main things about a mixed market economy is that consumers have the choice of finding that product priced at the

lowest common denominator. In other words, why pay for music if it’s easily found for free somewhere else?

An example of this scenario comes from the CEO and Co-founder of Valve software company, Gabe Newell.

"There is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country three months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

As easy as it is to go ahead and claim piracy to be an evil, it’s actually been shown to promote more in the entertainment industry than hurting it. The data essentially implies that in a study released by the Swiss government, and it also suggests censorship bills such as SOPA and PIPA won’t get the job done. Despite governments’ best efforts and spending to control piracy, it causes more harm and spending than needed. “[Those who pirate] don’t spend less money as a result because the budgets they reserve for entertainment are fairly constant. This means that downloading is mostly complementary. Downloaders are reported to be more frequent visitors to concerts, and game downloaders actually bought more games than those who didn’t download games illegally. And in the music industry, lesser-known bands profit most from the sampling effect of file-sharing,” according to the press release on the Swiss confederation website, www.ejpd.admin.ch.

Also, with the rise of music streaming sources such as Spotify, Grooveshark and Rhapsody, it seems the industry is slowly but surely evolving.

“Something like Spotify does a lot to prevent piracy,” said Schmandt.

“For less than the cost of a new album from iTunes for the premium service, you have at your fingertips the majority of music, from ever. I think that does a lot to draw people away from music piracy.”

No matter the argument, downloading of copyrighted material on the internet is illegal. Whether there are reasons to justify it or not remain to be disputed. Looking towards the future, this debate is here to stay until a solid policy is established and theft disappears.

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An easy way to re-use your Valentine’s day roses is to tie them to shirt ties and scarves and hang them from the ceiling to add decor to your home.

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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior right fielder Sam Bates had more RBIs in the Razorback’s three-game sweep of Villanova, nine, than the seven he had in 2011.

Van Horn Facing Old Team

by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas women’s basketball coach Tom Collen is 89-63 overall during his six seasons at Arkansas. The Razorbacks’ win over Mississippi State gave the team its second consecutive season with at least 20 wins. Although Arkansas has won nine of its last 10 games, the Razorbacks have still not cracked the Associated Press top 25 poll, receiving 29 votes this week.

On the Cusp of Madness Collen on brink of NCAA Tourney in year six

by MONICA CHAPMAN Staff Writer

It didn’t happen overnight, but Arkansas women’s basketball coach Tom Collen is on the brink of leading the Razorbacks back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.

Arkansas’ 67-53 win at home against Mississippi State on Sunday gave the Razorbacks 20 regular season wins since the 2003 team.

After inheriting a tough rebuilding task when he replaced former coach Susie Gardner –– Arkansas won just 29 percent of its SEC games in Gardner’s four seasons –– Collen has steadily built the program up.

His first team only won two games in conference play, but the wins have continued to grow every season since. The current Razorbacks have a program-best nine SEC wins with two conference games remaining.

Arkansas’ five seniors, which are the first class Collen ever recruited, have a large part to do with it. The group averages a combined 29 points per game, almost half of the Razorbacks’ 62.2 average.

“I think it’s special for this class knowing we were his first recruiting class here and making history year after year after year and to finally get that bid for the NCAA Tournament is big for us,”

senior forward Ashley Daniels said. “Our first step is to get this SEC Tournament win because since we’ve been here we’ve never clinched that first win so I think that’s something we’re looking forward to now.”

On top of already clinching a winning season, Collen earned his 300th win earlier this season at LSU. Arkansas has a better shot to make the NCAA Tournament going down the stretch than Collen’s first five teams.

The Razorbacks went to the NIT last season and won two games before losing to Illinois State.

“It just feels like, Coach Collen, when he recruited us he trusted us and I feel like

we’ve done what he’s asked,” senior guard Lyndsay Harris said. “I feel like we’ve helped him fulfill what he wanted for this program and we’ve kind of jump started it.

Whether it’s us doing good and recruits wanting to come here now and I think that’s really special and it makes us feel like we’ve done our job.”

Collen knows what it takes to get to the tournament after being on the staff as a recruiting coordinator for Arkansas from 1993-97.

He helped assemble the team that made the program’s only Final Four appearance in 1998.

see COLLEN on page 8

Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn is no stranger to the Razorbacks’ next opponent.

Van Horn went 106-65 and won two regular season conference championships in three seasons as coach of Northwestern State, the Hogs’ opponent today and Wednesday in a two-game midweek series.

He coached the Demons from 1995-97 before taking the Nebraska job, his stop before coming to Arkansas.

“I spent three and a half years there,” Van Horn said.

We had a lot of success in my three seasons there. It’s

been a real good school to attract coaches that have gone on. It’s been a good place for young coaches to go and develop and recruit. They have a nice ballpark and I’d kind of call it a baseball school.”

Both games against Northwestern State will start at 3:05 p.m. The Razorbacks (30) will try to remain undefeated after outscoring Villanova 41-7 in a season-opening sweep.

“They’ll be a big challenge, Van Horn said. “It’ll be different than what we just saw.”

Sophomore right-hander

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Hogs Stuck In the Middle Two-game losing streak drops Razorbacks in SEC Standings

by ZACH TURNER

Asst. Sports Editor

After blowout losses last week to Tennessee and Florida, Arkansas is back in the middle of the pack in the Southeastern Conference.

The Razorbacks (17-10, 5-7) dropped to less than .500 in Southeastern Conference play and are tied for eighth with Ole Miss (15-11, 5-7).

However, there are four teams just one game ahead of the Hogs in the standings with a 6-6 record.

“It just tells you the state of the basketball in our league,” coach Mike Anderson said.

“The league is better than it was last year and we have kind of beaten up on each other. A lot of teams are holding serve at home so now we get to see how this things finishes up.”

One of the 6-6 teams ahead of Arkansas is Alabama. The Hogs host the Crimson Tide on Thursday night and in an ef-

fort to break a two-game losing streak.

“I think the urgency goes to another level now,” Anderson said. “They are one of the teams in that pile and we are trying to get some separation.”

Arkansas lost its first meeting with the Crimson Tide, dropping a 72-66 game on the road.

Alabama is a revamped team since when the Hogs last saw them. Junior forward Tony Mitchell has missed the Tide’s last four games and Grant announced Monday he would be suspended for the remainder of the season. “I don’t anticipate them being available (Thursday),” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said.

The Crimson Tide are just 1-2 in games without Green, who leads Alabama with 14.1 points and 7.2 rebounds.

Freshman Rodney Cooper

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Surprised by the Hogs’ Struggles? Don’t Be Extra Points

JIMMY CARTER

jicarter@uark.edu In one week Arkansas went from needing a strong finish to make the NCAA Tournament to needing a strong finish to make the NIT. That’s what two blowout losses does.

The 77-58 loss at Tennessee on Wednesday was a somewhat shocking margin, but road woes have become

the norm this season.

The 98-68 loss to Florida on Saturday might have been shocking to some, but it shouldn’t have.

Mike Anderson has just eight healthy scholarship players and is relying on a 6-foot-4 quarterback to provide post depth. The Gators are better than the Razorbacks at at least four positions.

That was evident at any point one of Florida’s 13 3-pointers were ripping through the nets at Bud Walton Arena, quieting a big crowd.

The loss to the Gators might have been the low point of the season because it was the Hogs’ loss in 18 games at Bud Walton this season. If nothing else, though, it gave Anderson an-

other glimpse of the areas he needs to shore up on his roster.

1. Point guard Anderson has four players that have played point this season and none of them have taken hold of the position and claimed it.

Julysses Nobles averages 29 minutes per game and can be solid. He struggles with consistency and has a hard time creating for others.

Rickey Scott has been more inconsistent than Nobles. He has great physical gifts, but is raw from a skill and basketball IQ standpoint.

Ky Madden has shown the best point guard instincts on the team, but could be hitting a freshman wall. He is just 2 of 18 from the field and 1 of 8 from 3-point range with eight assists and 11 turnovers

the last four games.

BJ Young has played point guard sparingly and is much better operating on the wing.

He is averaging 23 points the last four games and is easily Arkansas’ most skilled player.

Solution moving ahead: Madden’s development.

None of the three signess in the 2012 class are point guards and Nobles and Scott haven’t shown the instincts to run the team effectively.

Madden’s progression will be key.

2. Lack of an inside scoring threat This is one of Arkansas’ key flaws. The lack of an inside threat puts all the pressure on the guards to score.

The Razorbacks lost their inside threat when Marshawn Powell tore his ACL before

the third game of the season.

The 6-foot-7, 220-pounder was in great shape and looked like he had returned to his freshman form when he was an athletic big that could score in a variety of ways.

Hunter Mickelson has potential and a smooth offensive game, but doesn’t get a lot of touches and is inconsistent at times. He averages just 6.2 points the game after a scoring in double figures.

Devonta Abron and Michael Sanchez are often offensive liabilities in the post.

Solution moving ahead: Hope Powell returns healthy next season.

This is where missing on Jarnell Stokes hurt. If Powell makes a full recovery and Mickelson develops, the duo could provide a solid scoring

punch inside.

3. Lack of shooting/scoring ability in the backcourt Arkansas’ only consistent 3-point shooter, Mardracus Wade, can’t get his own shot.

Young is a gifted scorer and while his outside shot is inconsistent, he is the only guard that can consistently finish in the lane and create his own offense.

Scott, Nobles and Madden can get to the rim, but struggle to finish consistently and are streaky-at-best 3-point shooters. When you watch a good team, they have players that can consistently knock down shots and finish around the basket.

Solution moving ahead: Recruiting.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 from BASEBALL on page 7

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas coach Mike Anderson is trying to help his team snap out of a two-game losing streak and a skid that includes four losses in five games.

The Razorbacks dropped from a tie for third place in the Southeastern Conference before the streak to a tie for eighth now. from BASKETBALL on page 7 has picked up some of the scoring in Green’s absence, averaging 13.0 points over the Tide’s last three games, including a 28-point outburst against LSU. “In my mind we are going to prepare for the team we played up there previously,” Anderson said. “With guys not being around it really gives other guys an opportunity to step up. I have really been impressed with Cooper. Who has had an op-

from COLLEN on page 7 The Razorbacks made just three NCAA Tournament appearances after that season, settling for five NITs and missing the postseason five times.

Arkansas is in a fourway tie for third place in the SEC with road games remaining at No. Tennessee

portunity to really step up and really shine.”

Alabama sophomore center Moussa Gueye, who has played in just eight games, made the first start of his career in the Crimson Tide’s 62-50 win over Tennessee on Saturday. Gueye played in just 16 minutes, but registered six blocks and two points.

“I got to see him play in junior college,” Anderson said. “I know he has had some injuries, but his presence in the last game having six block shots. Now the

young guys get a chance to really show a lot of the burden there.”

Arkansas is coming off its worst loss of the season –– a 30-point beat down by Florida in its first loss in Bud Walton this season.

“Obviously we are going to their place, one of the toughest places in our league to play,” Grant said. “They have played really well at home but are coming off a tough loss. I know coach Anderson will have his guys really excited to play.”

and South Carolina.

The Lady Vols beat the Razorbacks 69-38 in early January, while Arkansas topped then-No. 24 South Carolina 68-47 in early February.

The Razorbacks received 29 votes in the Associated Press poll released Monday and have won nine of 10 games, making a strong case for earning the March Madness bid.

“I mean I feel pretty good about it,” Collen said. “I said the other day, I’ve learned over my career you can never totally depend on other people to say whether you are, you aren’t good enough. At the same time I feel like I’ve been around this long enough to know what a good résumé looks like and I think we have the résumé in place already. I feel good about that.”

Brandon Moore will start today for the Hogs, while freshman right-hander Greg Milhorn will make his collegiate debut Wednesday, Van Horn said.

“Then you’ll see a little bit of everybody,” Van Horn said. “We’re going to try to win them all.”

Bates’ starts big Right fielder Sam Bates had just seven RBIs in 2011.

The senior hit two home runs and had nine RBIs in Arkansas’ season-opening three-game series against Villanova.

“It feels great to start out the season in such a high note,” Bates said. “That will give me confidence throughout the season now. Just being in there and getting those first three starts was big. I feel like I have something to build on now.”

Bates hit just .237 last

season and missed several games late in the year. His offensive performance helped spark the Razorbacks’ highest-scoring season-opening series since 1986.

“He’s a definite threat and if you make a mistake he can put a charge into it,” Van Horn said. “He’s a good hitter and he’s worked extremely hard to get where he is and he deserves what he’s getting.”

Catchers get their feet wet Sophomore Jake Wise started Friday and Sunday against Villanova, while freshman John Clay Reeves played in all three games.

Wise finished the weekend 3 of 5 at the plate, while Reeves went 2 of 5.

“I thought both guys did a great job receiving,” Van Horn said. “You look at (Saturday’s) game, Wise blocked 3 or 4 nice sliders in the dirt with runners on base and they weren’t able to advance.

Reeves did a tremendous job

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blocking and throwing.”

Wise ended the Sunday game with a 2-run home run to left field, the final swing in a game called by a 4:15 p.m. travel curfew for the Wildcats.

“Wise kind of showed you what he can do with that last at bat,” Van Horn said. “He had some power, and that was a no-doubter. He’s hit a lot of balls like that in batting practice and scrimmages.”

Reeves excelled in his first career start Saturday afternoon when he threw out a runner on second base and had two RBIs. “I’m very blessed to just get the opportunity to come out and get to start today,” Reeves said, “but I was pretty nervous and just thankful I got my first hit, first at bat and got to throw out a runner to get the nerves out of the way.”

Jimmy Carter contributed to this story.

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore catcher Jake Wise started two games for the Razorbacks against Villanova batting .600 with three hits, including a 2-run homerun in the Hogs 17-1 win over the Wildcats on Sunday. Wise is splitting time with freshman John Clay Reeves, who started and had two RBI’s saturday and played in all three games against Villanova.

from COMMENTARY on page 7 Young can get his own shot whenever. Anderson needs to add more shooters and players that can Anthlon Bell, a 2012 signee from Memphis, is one of the best high school shooters in the nation and will factor in an area where Arkansas desperately needs help.

Jacorey Williams, a signee from Alabama, is a 6-foot-8 combo forward that can handle and finish. His 3-point shot might not be amazing, but he has the skill and size to finish around the rim and will give Anderson a versatile player.

4. Lack of rebounding Arkansas has been outrebounded in 10 of 12 Southeastern Conference games and its minus-ST rebounding margin in conference play would easily rank last in the

nation for the season.

Mickelson struggles to rebound. Abron is a good rebounder with good hands, but has trouble getting up to get tough boards.

Sanchez is Arkansas’ most physical rebounder, but struggles with positioning and securing the rebound.

Solution moving forward: Progression plus Powell Arkansas still has two scholarships available in the 2012 class. Anderson could sign another big or two to contribute.

Mickelson and Abron have the potential to be imposing, but are being asked to contribute as freshmen because of the Razorbacks’ lack of depth. An offseason adding good weight and developing will help both.

Still, the Hogs need Powell to come back healthy and having another big body with

athleticism would help. Williams and 2012 wing signee Michael Qualls have the athleticism and size to contribute on the glass.

Arkansas will likely need a four-wins-in-four-days run through the SEC Tournament to make March Madness. That seems unlikely.

The Razorbacks might struggle down the stretch and miss the postseason altogether. It won’t be because of lack of effort, if the Hogs continue to play as hard as they have.

Anderson missed the postseason his first two years at Missouri. Then he went to the Elite Eight in his third with his players.

He doesn’t have his players yet.

Jimmy Carter is the sports editor of The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.