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Summer Brings Surge of Young Job-Seekers by KAREN STIGAR Staff Writer
Summer isn’t all late nights and pool parties -- many students spend the sunny months saving money for school. “I work during the semester but I work a lot more in the summer,” Blake Wilkins said. “That way when school starts back, I’ll have money saved up so I don’t have to work as much during school.” The average wage a student earns in college is $11 per hour, according to classesandcareers.com. The rate of 16- to 24-yearolds working or looking for work grows sharply between
April and July each year. During these months, large numbers of high school and college students search for summer jobs while graduates enter the labor market in search of permanent employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last summer, the youth labor force grew 11.8 percent, to a total of 22.7 million in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The restaurant industry draws large numbers of young job-seekers. One-third of all adults got their first job expe-
see JOBS on page 6
Cudi Concert Expected to Sell Out by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer
Kid Cudi will perform in Barnhill Arena Sunday with Big Boi and Chip tha Ripper as the UA spring concert organized by University Programs. Close to 7,500 people are expected to attend the concert. “Tickets went on sale to the general public, and it’s expected to be sold out,” said Nick Kapetenakis, a mem-
ber of the Headliner Concert Committee. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert will begin at 8 p.m. The concert is general admission, and there are no assigned areas aside from the floor seating distinction. The Headliner Concert Committee books musicians with funds from student fees. The Kid Cudi concert will cost around $165,000, according to a headliner concert committee advisor.
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A UA Chartwells employee was sitting atop the ledge of the Garland Avenue parking garage between the University Bookstore and TCBY ice cream shop Wednesday night. See story, page 6.
Collection of Treasures
by JON SCHLEUSS Staff Writer
One of the largest eggs ever produced by any species rests quietly in a bug-proof cabinet on the UA campus. Measuring barely longer than a foot and capable of holding about two gallons of liquid goop, it is one of the last remnants of a 10-foottall ostrich-like creature that lived in Madagascar until its extinction in the 1600s. Humans most likely ate the eggs of the elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus, which led to its extinction, said Nancy McCartney, the egg’s keeper and curator of zoology for UA Collections.
“Back in the late 1800s the British are all over the world and they’ve got nothing to do. So they start collecting things and trading them. There were little books that had the prices of these eggs,” McCartney said. A few feet from the large elephant bird egg is another cabinet with many drawers holding smaller eggs. Hawks. Pelicans. Bald eagles. Ostriches. Some eggs have a synthetic sheen. Others are white or faded yellow. Some are covered in beautiful brown specks. Most of the eggs roll around in groups of
threes or fours in small, light yellow boxes. Organizing these eggs was a long and meticulous process, McCartney said. “When you close the drawers, these things, they jump from one box to another. They do! It’s like Night at the Museum,” she said. McCartney, with the help of a work-study student, recently organized four separate collections of eggs. There are hundreds of goop-less, unhatchable shells in these cabinets. The eggs came from four main donors. McCartney list-
ed them so quickly it seemed she might know them personally. “Wheeler, Luther, Tomlinson and Miller,” she rang out. “They didn’t know when they made these collections what they would be used for.” She estimates that there are anywhere from 50 to 200 elephant bird eggs in the world. Her egg came from H.E. Wheeler’s collection. “It’s a curiosity and the ter-
see MUSEUM on page 6
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UA Students Develop Online Presence by LOGAN GILMORE Staff Writer
Like this. Tweet this. Pin this. Post this. Broadcast this to the entire human race. Take this and stick it on your virtual forehead for everyone to see. This is where we’re at, the digital age. It’s an age in which being absent from the online realm is equal to being absent from reality. Are you on Facebook? Are you on Twitter? Add me. Follow me. Networking used to be a time-consuming effort where trust had to be built from the ground up and relatable experiences took time to understand. Bob Dylan once said that the times they are a-changin’ and they most certainly have.
thing worth looking at. Add in the ability to post to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare, it is one of the best tools for mobile photo uploads. Despite these tools that unite the ever-growing list of social networks, some people prefer to keep their identity fragmented. Brian Carreno, a UA student majoring journalism advertising and public relations and an intern at Collective Bias, said that he tends to keep things separate. “Facebook, for me, is very personal. It is what I use to keep up with friendships and people I’ve met in real life, while Twitter is more strictly networking, such as professional contacts,” Carreno said. “Not that I MADDIE LOGAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“It’s just keeping work and personal life separate. I don’t feel that they should intermingle.” - Brian Carreno, Advertising/Public Relations major With the social network bubble continuing to rise, people have struggled to keep their online identities consistent across the unrelenting sea of pixelated profiles. With this rise have come numerous tools to keep it all together. Hootsuite is an iPhone/Android app that consolidates most social networks into one clean, easy to use interface. The ability to post to Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and LinkedIn all at once is its key feature, according to its website. Path is another iPhone/Android app that turns social networking into a type of journal that reaches across most of the popular networking sites. It allows you to choose which social network to post to, while giving the option to limit posts to the app itself. Supported networks include Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Tumblr, according to its website. Instagram is another tool for iPhone/Android that makes uploading pictures not only easy, but also fun. With numerous filters to choose from, your limited photography skills can be amplified into some-
have anything to hide, it’s just keeping work and personal life separate. I don’t feel that they should intermingle.” While keeping personal life separate from business is a wise trait to hold on to, some sharing of your own professional work toward friends is something others have taken on. Joe DelNero, a broadcast journalism major and UATV Station Manager, said that while he has moved further away from Facebook, he doesn’t want his profile to remain stagnant. “I use Twitter so much more, it’s easier for me to tweet something and have it go to my Facebook page and make sure that people who use Facebook more can still see what I’m doing, rather than just Twitter users,” DelNero said. DelNero uses the Facebook connect option that can be found in Twitter’s settings on its desktop page in order to automatically send tweets to his wall.
see ONLINE on page 3
Charly’s Taqueria a Delicious Hole-in-the-Wall by KIMBERLY McGUIRE Staff Writer
Something you won’t hear people in Fayetteville say: There aren’t nearly enough Mexican restaurants here. Although it may be true that Fayetteville has an excess of Mexican dining options, what we may lack is a source for original and authentic cuisine. Problem solved, Fayetteville. A short drive north to our neighboring town, Springdale, and you’ll be experiencing a very different taste of Mexico. Charly’s Taqueria is as much of a hole-in-the-wall as restaurants can get. Sharing a building with a garage, it would be easy to overlook the restaurant and miss out on a tasty adventure. Walking in, it’s almost surprising that Charly’s looks so put together compared to its exterior. The restaurant consists of three rooms of booths, tables and chairs. There is a bar to sit at where you can watch them prepare your food. At the counter at which you place your order, I had to ask for some assistance when ordering. The wall is your menu here, and it completely overwhelmed me. The man behind the counter suggested I try the torta, a sort of Mexican sandwich. I didn’t even ask what was on it. For all I know it could have been tongue, a meat option that was featured on the menu. Although it might be a delicacy to some, I don’t think I have enough mind-over-matter strength to ingest such a thing as tongue. Luckily, that wasn’t the case with
the torta. A little bird told me that their horchata is some of the best around. Anytime someone says, “best in etc., etc.” I’m just going to have to give it a go. I take a seat and am momentarily distracted by Heath Ledger as “The Joker” on the television that is perched in two corners of the dining area. Never having seen this movie, I attempted to play catch-up, but alas, the movie was in Español. I should have known better. My horchata made its way to my table. The cinnamon-y, milky concoction stole my heart. I was determined to make it last the entire meal instead of guzzling it down before I even had the chance to try anything substantial. In the nick of time, my torta arrived, a heaping sandwich filled with beef, and, if I’m not mistaken, ham, avocado, tomato and cheese. I experimented with the two sauces that were brought to the table and found that a 50/50 combination of both the vinegary-yet-spicy green sauce and the chipotle spicy red sauce suited my taste buds best. Once my torta performed a rather mysterious disappearing act (into my mouth, then stomach), I decided that was about as much damage as I could do for one trip. I returned to the counter to pay. The bill rang up to be five dollars even, amazingly enough. Delicious and thrifty, is this real life? As I autographed my debit card receipt, the same handsome, I mean helpful,
see CHARLY’S on page 5
The Striped Pig: Selling Some Stripes, No Pigs and Lots of Vintage by EMILY DELONG Staff Writer
Where in the world can you find a Belgian chest of drawers, pewter teapot bookends and vintage slinkies? All this and more have found their home at Fayetteville’s newest antiques and vintage store, The Striped Pig. Located at the intersection of the bike trail and Center Street, The Striped Pig aims to be more than the typical antique store. “I want it to be so that someone can come in and find something in their price range,” said Denise Dearien, owner of the store. The store’s furniture, imported from England and Belgium, is priced in the hundreds of dollars, but smaller items such as artwork and housewares run anywhere from $5 to $80. The Striped Pig, which opened on Feb. 15, has the vibe of an antique store. Every glance finds new price tags, even after the third or fourth look. Along with ornate (and unbelievably cute) furniture, the store offers vintage knickknacks which could easily spruce up an apartment or dorm room. “I want to attract all age groups,” she said. “The vintage with the younger people, antiques with the older people.” The Striped Pig is located in what formerly housed Trailside Cafe and Tea Room before it closed last fall. Before that, the building was used as a concert space for local bands. “It’s been a little bit of everything,” Dearien said of the building. Dearien is very happy with her location, mentioning that rent is a lot cheaper than on the Square. Additionally, the store’s prime location on the bike trail allows for lots of business. “There have been more walkin customers than there probably would have been on the square,” Dearien said. Dearien, a Springdale native, has had a lifelong passion for antiques. “I’ve always been a collector,” she said. “I was wanting to start my own business selling vintage and antiques.” Antique stores acquire their wares in a process known as “picking,” during which they drive around the area looking for items to sell. “We basically get in a vehicle and drive,” Dearien said. “We go to Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, wherever. We go to swap-meetings, junk stores, auctions.” Pickers tend to avoid places like flea markets, preferring sellers who don’t know the value of what they have. “We try to find places where you can buy something to resell it at a higher price,” Dearien said. One of the problems with antiquing is that when collectors find
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The Striped Pig is a cute little shop on Center Street that’s filled with refurbished antiques
that special something, it becomes hard to part with it. “I would like to keep some things I find,” Dearien said. “But now, I think more about how I could sell them.” However, that doesn’t mean that she can’t enjoy the occasional indulgence. “The beauty of it is,” she confesses, “Is that I can keep an item I like and resell it later.” The store is open only Wednesday through Sunday, primarily because the picking process necessitates large expanses of time devoted to driving. Dearien mentioned that
she may have to close up shop for a week just to have the time to drive a farther distance to restock. And how did Dearien come up with a name like “The Striped Pig” for her store? “My daughters and I brainstormed on the name together,” she said. “We wanted it to be so that anyone walking by would think ‘What is that?’ and come in.” “And it works! Many people are coming in just because of the name. They tell me, ‘I saw the sign and I just have to know what exactly The Striped Pig is!’”
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2 large baking potatoes Seasoning salt Olive oil 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 4 tablespoons all purpose flour 1 ½ cups milk 1 ½ cups Cheddar cheese, shredded (I used Kraft Triple Cheddar blend) 1 head broccoli Salt and pepper, to taste Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the potatoes on a baking tray and poke the skin with a fork. Drizzle the po-
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from page 3 “It splits my life into two, but it keeps everybody informed,� DelNero said. There are definitely benefits to keeping all social networking unified in order to maintain one voice across multiple sites, but maintaining a level of privacy is key in this digital age. More recently, some employers have been asking potential employees to give up
tatoes with olive oil and rub the oil over the skins until covered. Season with seasoning salt and place in the oven. Bake for 45 minutes to one hour, or until the center of the potatoes are soft. To make the sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan on medium heat. When the butter has completely melted, add the flour and whisk until you have what looks like golden, soft breadcrumbs. Add the milk, and whisk until smooth. The sauce should then come to the boil and thicken considerably. Remove from the heat and set aside. Add the shredded cheese and stir until smooth and creamy (at this point you can add more cheese, if desired). Add salt and pepper to taste and set aside. To quickly steam broccoli, cut the head into smaller pieces and place in a large Ziploc bag. Add 2 tablespoons of water and almost seal the plastic completely, leaving one corner open to let air in. Cook in the microwave for 2 minutes, or until the broccoli has softened. Add the broccoli to the cheese sauce and mix well. Take the potatoes out of the oven and allow them to cool. Cut
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It’s the week before Dead Day, and all I can think about is the stack of final exam study guides, the long list of projects to finish, forms to fill out and summer classes to enroll in, and the overwhelming mountain of dishes in my kitchen from late-night study snacks. It’s the end of the semester, and like most of us, I too feel like I am going crazy. I admit, it’s 10 times harder to eat somewhat healthy during the last few weeks of the semester. An after class margaritas-by-the-pool date with friends, a quick dash to Late Night after that evening study session in Mullins and the frozen pizza aisle are all looking like more promising sources of nutrition as Dead Day creeps up on us. Yet, I’m trying to keep a weekly menu together, and this recipe is one that is quick, simple and takes very little preparation. Baked potatoes are filling, easy to make and can be dressed with anything to create a delicious meal. Just pop them in the oven and one hour later, dinner is served. The possibilities are endless when it comes to toppings, but broccoli cheddar is one of my all-time favorites, and this sauce is simply delicious. Serves 2.
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open, dress with butter and then cover with the broccoli-cheese sauce. Add other toppings such as sour cream, bacon bits or chives. Baked potatoes are a simple, fast and hearty dinner that can be enjoyed year round. Inexpensive to make, this meal is perfect for those last few days of school when bank account balances are low and stress levels are high. Invite friends over for a study night and get each person to bring a topping, or make this dish for a quick dinner break between library visits. However you choose to spend your last few days before summer, remember to eat well, sleep and keep those stress levels in check.
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FROM THE BOARD
Students: Enjoy The Last Weekend of the Semester The final week of school is here, and while we are busy preparing our flash cards, writing out study guides and putting the finishing touches on our last class projects, it’s important that we remember to enjoy the final weekend of our spring semester. Before we move out of our dorms, head across the nation for an internship or enter the job market, diploma in hand, it’s important to cherish the last weekend of the academic year and celebrate with friends. Whether you head outdoors for a weekend of camping and hiking or stay in town to study, remember to take a break from the finals preparation and enjoy everything that Fayetteville has to offer. For many of us, it’s the last opportunity we have before heading out of town for the summer months.
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by JORDAIN CARNEY Traveler Columnist
It’s that time of year. No, not the time for a lot of stress and little sleep, though sadly it is that too. It’s the time when we at the Traveler who are graduating gather around the metaphorical campfire known as the opinion page and discuss what we’ve learned during our time at the UA and the paper. It’s a chance for us to relate. It’s a chance for us to share, no, not our wisdom—speaking for myself, if attaining wisdom is like finishing a long crosscountry race I’m not sure I’ve even gotten out bed—but at least our experience. To try to contribute to some sort of greater common knowledge. Before I left my last internship, a couple of the guys decided they were going to scratch their name and a short message in the bottom side of the coffee table in the apartment. I
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RSO you’re a part of, often what you want to write a paper about. Looking back, I got spoiled during my time as an editor at the Traveler. Even as a columnist I get to decide what I want to write about within reason. Once I graduate much of that decision-making power will be gone. It’s part of growing up. It’s part of having to prove yourself all over again. It’s even a challenge we should all welcome, but I think taking advantage of flexibility in college can provide puts you in a better position once you leave. Two: Remember the small things. In other words, pay attention to the details. Even enjoy the details. I’m not saying don’t have big goals. Big goals are great. They are fantastic. I have no doubt that some of us have the drive and the ambition to change the world. Maybe it stems from the same area that made us want to be superheroes and save the world when we were children. But while you’re busy learning how to fly, fulfilling some larger quest or trying to figure out how to swing between skyscrapers via spider web, don’t forget we can do good things every day. Saving the world is a noble goal, but don’t forget in the meantime we can
save each other. We can do good things every day with our kindness, our willingness to help others and simply being polite. In a world where we are pushed to be competitive from a young ago, it’s easy to overlook these things. As cliche as it is, we often don’t know what the people around us are going through. We forget how small things, how these overlooked details of our behavior, can impact even a complete stranger. Three: ‘The time to make up your mind about people is never.’ So that isn’t completely true. There are probably some people, maybe the social outliers, that you can make up your mind about. But it’s easy to forget, especially at our age, that people change. We grow. We can get better, or worse. It’s hard to know in what ways we’ll change. It’s even harder to know how others will. I hope if college has taught you anything, it’s taught you to keep an open mind, to accept differing points of view and not think less of them and, as Steve Jobs famously said, to stay curious. Jordain Carney is a Traveler columnist. Her column appears every other Thursday.
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imagine for some people these types of columns are a longer version of that. If you’re hoping that my pseudo-philosophical opening means this isn’t that sort of column, I’ll go ahead and tell you it is. It’s also my last column. I’m sure some are cheering or breathing a sigh of relief the way we do after watching a bad performance. So, without further ado: One: Try something new. No, I don’t mean when you head to Starbucks or RZ’s or Common Grounds this afternoon to order something different, though feel free to. I mean get out of your comfort zone. Take risks. Go after things even if you think it’s a long shot. It’s hard and sometimes it’s scary. More often than not, we have the tendency to do it once, feel proud for a few days or a week and then retreat back to our safety net. Study abroad. Take internships. Take a class you’re interested in even if it’s outside your major. Something I heard a lot at the Traveler, and it applies outside of maze the first floor of Kimpel can sometimes be, is that college is the time to experiment. During college you have a lot of flexibility and control over your decisions— what classes you take, what
by EMILY RHODES Opinion Editor
It’s was a Friday night, and unlike the majority of UA students who were out partying the night away with friends, I was sat on the couch with a glass of chocolate milk, a bag of popcorn and my laptop. It all seemed a little pathetic, but last weekend was spent battling with ISIS for a spot in a summer journalism class. As the clock ticked away, 11 p.m. came around along with a red “X” next to my enrollment shopping cart. 11:30 p.m. came and went with another, and by 11:45 p.m., the green check mark was nowhere to be found. Error after error
popped up, whether it was too many hours enrolled, a class schedule conflict or not enough prerequisites. I hurried to make it into the class before ISIS went to sleep, but as 11:59 p.m. rolled around, my screen turned an ugly shade of beige and the enrollment system hit the hay. As I sat there in disbelief, I thought to myself, “It’s okay, I’ll get online tomorrow morning before work and get into the class.” But no, ISIS was destined to sleep in for another weekend, and with a noon alarm set, I would have to wait until Saturday night to try again. ISIS is a hot topic among student complaints, with the main question being “why does ISIS shut down every night?” Blackboard access is available 24/7, along with UA email and the UA website, so why is the service most needed by students closed in the hours that many need to access it? Tell me if I’m wrong, but I’m going to guess that most students aren’t wanting to complete
Blackboard homework at one in the morning. Yet, when a class comes up that we need to enroll in, any time of day is a good time of day to ensure that we make it before the other hundred students do so. I feel as if I’m speaking for the student body when I say that ISIS needs to be a 24 hour service. There really isn’t a reason for it not to be, and it would benefit every student, especially at this time of year when we are rapidly attempting to get our fall schedules together. With more students heading to the UA in the upcoming year, ISIS needs to be a service available any time of day because of the volume of people trying to access at one time. I don’t know if you have ever tried, but attempting to log on to ISIS in the daytime can sometimes end in typing your password in what seems like a hundred times before the system will allow you access. The university is all for bringing more students in to call the Hogs, but with
higher numbers brings a need for advanced access and assistance for students. Without it, we are going to continuously be caught up in a dead-end cycle of attempted log-ins and sitting in the ISIS waiting room. The UA is advancing so quickly in big operations that it’s easy to forget that small services like ISIS need an upgrade, but they are sometimes the most important to students. The Internet gives us opportunities to skip standing in line to complete enrollment - we’re just holding ourselves back still treating it like a real office where we stand in line and wait to speak with the receptionist. With the influx of students coming to Fayetteville in the next few months, we can only hope, for our own sanity, that ISIS will become a 24 hour service so that we can move through our degree plans on time. Emily Rhodes is a journalism major, and the opinion editor.
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man suggested I try their raw oysters next time. To that, I grimaced and laughed. Definitely not brave enough for that. I turned to leave, and then something caught my eye. How is it that every time I’m in a Mexican restaurant that have ice cream cases, I miss the ice cream case? I was standing next to it the entire time, facing it. I promised myself that, next time, I would allow myself such an indulgence. My next visit came sooner than I had expected. I realized I hadn’t tried enough of the menu to thoroughly enjoy Charly’s Taqueria. I brought the troops with me, partly so I could be sure that Charly’s wasn’t a figment of my imagination, partly so they could also enjoy the authentic cuisine. It was something different than our usual Mexico Viejo/La Huerta trip. Something I thought they’d appreciate, and I was right. One ordered tacos, the other fajitas. Hoping no one would recognize me, I disguised myself with the only thing I had glasses. I asked for assistance again and ended up ordering two sopes, which are basically flat tacos with a fried tortilla, and two tacos - one beef and one pork. I noticed they offer cheese dip, and I just couldn’t pass it up. Colombia Mex, take note. We sat and conversed while waiting on our food. Once our drinks made it to our table, we were informed of the little refrigerated stations that house toppings for our meals - cilantro, lime, pico de gallo, onion and more. Our feasts arrived. Mumbling between bites, we were all doting on our meals. The fajitas, the tacos, the sopes— all wonderful. I have to admit, the pork taco was definitely
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Little Charly’s Taqueria, located at 1830 S. Pleasant Street in Springdale, serves authentic Mexican cuisine from 9 a.m.-11 p.m. every day.
my favorite. The sopes, are a hazard for someone like me who can’t keep food off their clothes due to clumsy eating. I even asked if I was eating it right, apparently there is no clean trick to eating a sope. Apart from the fact that I have the motor skills of a toddler, the sope was outstanding. By the time I lost sensation in my lips due to over-saucing everything on my plate with the increasingly spicy picante that was at our table, I knew this was a place we would be returning to on a weekly basis. The staff is nice, pleasant and seems to enjoy their customers as much as their customers enjoy their food. The drive isn’t an issue at all when such a destination awaits.
We paid our bill, and I pulled out an extra dollar to purchase a guava-flavored ice cream bar, which quickly restored my lips to their natural state, killing the numbing effect the picante sauce had on me. Driving back home, we knew that Charly’s Taqueria was a place that would haunt our cravings from now on. Luckily, if those cravings happen to be nocturnal, Charly’s is open until 11 p.m. everyday. I highly recommend it over Taco Bell, higher quality food for about the same price. You can’t beat that. Charly’s Taqueria is located at 1830 South Pleasant St., in Springdale.
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from page 1 rience in a restaurant. Half of all adults have worked in a restaurant at some point, according to restaurants.org. Restaurants in Arkansas are a driving force in the state’s economy. Their sales generate tremendous tax revenues and provide jobs and build careers for thousands of people, according to restaurants.org. Every $1 spent in Arkansas restaurants generates an additional 88 cents in sales for the state economy. Every additional $1 million spent in Arkansas restaurants generates an additional 30.5 jobs in the state, according to restaurants.org. In 2011, Arkansas restaurants employed 115,100 people, making up 10 percent of state employment. In a decade, the industry will grow to 132,500 people, according to restaurants.org “I work in retail and it is a lot better than food but you have to work more to make as much money as you would as a waitress,” said sophomore French major Kelsey Shumate. The median hourly wage of retail salespersons was $9.94 in May 2010. The median hourly wage of parts salespersons was $13.88 in
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rible thing is, if we keep going like we’re going , then all these things will be curiosities and we’ll have nothing except cockroaches and grackles outside.” The value of egg collections in museums was realized in the 1960s when they revealed a link between diminished bird populations and use of the insecticide DDT. According to a 2004 BioScience article, researchers used museum egg collections to study eggshell thickness through time and compared shells before and after the widespread use of DDT. Government agencies used this information to ban DDT and likely saved species like the bald eagle from extinction. McCartney curates the zoology portion of the collection in the Biomass Building, which is part of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey Building off Garland Avenue near Interstate 540. The secured, temperature-controlled room has high ceilings and incandescent lights. It’s enormous, with rows upon rows of artifacts and cabinets containing all types of dead species. A brown pelican lies flat in a drawer near other bird species and the eggs. Another drawer houses small rodents inflated with cotton that now leaks from their eye sockets. Beyond the animals there is an assortment of furniture. Beyond that are rows of Native American pottery. There are the remains of Caddo Indians who once lived in Arkansas and Louisiana. There are Greek vessels and copper plates. The fields of archeology, ethnography, geology, history and zoology contain some 7 million objects, according to the department website. This massive collection of objects is maintained by just two full-time staff. They
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Chartwells Employee Atop Garland Garage For Hours, UAPD Officers Say by JACK SUNTRIP and MATTIE QUINN Traveler Staff
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Georgia Carter, a sophomore History major, as well as an avid cat, kid, and nature lover, works at Harps during the school year; however, during the summer she works as a youth counselor at Camp Couchdale for the Disciples of Christ Greater River Region.
and the collection are all that remains of what was once called the University Museum. A June 2003 article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette said it all: “On Monday, officials announced the University Museum would suspend operations and lay off eight employees.” The museum closed to the public Oct. 31, 2003, ending a 150-year run. State budget cuts were the reason for the closing, according to newspaper articles published at the time. Don Bobbitt, then dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that cutting the museum’s costs from his budget preserved classroom seats for 1,500 students for the 20032004 school year. He felt really bad about closing the museum, said Mary Suter, collections curator since 1995. “They told us that they were supposed to close the museum June 30, at the end of the fiscal year,” she said. “That was like two weeks notice that we were all going to lose our jobs.” Suter said the dean found the money to keep the museum open long enough to dismantle the exhibits, which were on display in the University Museum building north of the Arkansas Union. “We couldn’t just walk away,” she said. “There were all these exhibits over there that needed to come out.” Staff moved the exhibits to the collection storage space in the Arkansas Archaeological Survey Building, which opened in 1999. At that time, Suter said, the administration planned to put everything in storage and close the door. Academic departments raised enough of a fuss that the administration revisited the decision and decided to keep Suter and McCartney on as staff, Suter said. “They didn’t have any idea of how busy we actual-
ly could be,” Suter said. She said she receives several calls from researchers and other museums requesting information or objects from the collection. Some researchers may come to the collection and take photos of objects, she said. She said she also sends items out. Suter said she’ll get requests from people who found the museum mentioned in a footnote about seeds and they’ll request 10 of the museum’s seeds for DNA analysis. Some of these seeds can be up to 10,000 years old. The collection is busy in other ways. Suter said she gets requests to loan objects to museums for display. Recently, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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After more than seven hours, the UA Chartwells employee came down from atop the ledge of the Garland Avenue parking garage, UAPD officials said. A UA Chartwells employee, named Jack, was sitting atop the ledge of the Garland Ave. parking garage between the University Bookstore and TCBY ice cream shop Wednesday night, UAPD officials said. At nearly 8 p.m., Jack was still atop the garage and had not spoken with authorities. UAPD got the call at 4:42 p.m. after bookstore employees saw him sitting on the ledge, said UAPD Lt. Gary Crain, spokesperson for UAPD. “We’ve got negotiators up there trying to get him to talk,” Crain said. There was no identification available for the individual wearing a Razorback polo shirt and khaki pants, except that he was a Chart-
borrowed some artifacts from bluff shelters, which are hollowed-out shelters near creeks and rivers. An effigy pipe found in a Native American mound complex is one of the collection’s most well known pieces, Suter said. It recently went on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Some archeologists consider him the best example of Mississippian art,” she said. The Mississippian period lasted from about 800 A.D. to about 1500 A.D. Suter said the Los Angeles museum planned to put the piece in one of their upcoming exhibits. Suter’s office is down the hall from the large room with most of the collection. She exists in two worlds,
wells employee, because of his refusal, Crain said. Crain said that authorities are “pretty sure” the individual is not a student. Paramedics, UAPD, the Fayetteville Police, representatives from the Pat Walker Health Center and CAPS are all present, Crain said. “We’ve got about everyone you can think of,” he said. Dozens of students gathered around the scene by the garage. More crammed into the Quads computer lab before staff shut the blinds and
told students to leave. At approximately 12:06 a.m., Jack was finally able to be coaxed down from the parking garage, from about 60 feet up in the air.. “This is the best possible end for this situaiton,” said Lt. Gary Crain for the UAPD. “We are now just focused on getting him to the hospital, and to get him help.” Crain would not comment on whether or not they would press charges against Jack.
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER As students pass by the Garland parking garage on Wednesday, shocked faces were abundant.
working in the collection ware and working in her office at her desk. The busy work of replying to researchers and museums can conflict with organizing objects in the warehouse. Last summer Robin Roberts was named the new dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, which administers over the collection. Suter said Roberts toured the collection with a group of associate deans. Nancy mentioned to Roberts that it would be nice to have graduate students helping with the collection, Suter said. The collection hadn’t had any graduate assistants since the museum closed in 2003. One of the students came from zoology and the other from anthropology,
she said. McCartney said that the work study students over the years have been a wonderful help, but they weren’t necessarily biologists. “It’s good to have Cam, who comes pre-charged with this knowledge,” she said. Cameron Chesbro is the graduate assistant who works with McCartney. Previous graduate assistants went on to successful careers in biology and museums, McCartney said. Working in the collection is good experience for them, she said. “And besides, they’re big strong, young guys and they can lift stuff up,” she said. “And I’ve got a bunch of dead animals.”
WEEKEND ON THE HILL
Thursday, April 26, 2012 A Lecture by Sister Helen Prejean Sister Helen Prejean will address a public audience on her long opposition to the death penalty in the United States. Old Main. 7 - 9 p.m. Giffels Auditorium
Friday, April 27, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Star Party The University of ArkansasStudent Astronomical Society will be hosting a Star Party on the roof of Kimpel.
Free Movie Night Garland Center on Saturday, April 28th at 7:00pm for Free Movie Night Event. We will be showing the movie, The Help.
8:45 - 11 p.m. Kimpel
7 p.m. Garland Center Arkansas Union
Kid Cudi Concert Hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi will take the stage at Barnhill Arena for the Spring 2012 Headliner Concert. Doors will open at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Barnhill Arena
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FOOTBALL
GYMNASTICS
Gymnastics Ends on Strong Note by HARRISON STANFILL Staff Writer
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Former Arkansas receivers Jarius Wright (left) and Joe Adams are projected as second-day selections in the NFL Draft. The draft begins Thursday night and ends Saturday. Both receivers participated in the NFL Combine back in February with Wright running a 4.42 time in the 40-yard dash, while Adams clocked in at a 4.55.
Hogs on Deck Former Razorbacks ready for NFL Draft
by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor
Arkansas likely won’t have a player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. There are more Razorbacks projected to have their name called this year than in any draft since 2008, though. Defensive end Jake Bequette and receivers Jarius Wright, Joe Adams and Greg Childs are widely projected to be drafted, a draft class that would be the program’s largest since six Hogs were selected four years ago. Linebacker Jerry Franklin –– the second-leading tackler in UA history is listed by some draft analysts as a late-round pick and projected as undrafted by others. Three Arkansas players were
selected in the draft last season, but just five have been taken the last three years combined. No Razorback player is projected to be taken in the first round Thursday, but several could go Friday during the second and third rounds. Adams is the consensus highest-rated Hog prospect despite his draft status slipping after he ran a 4.55 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine in February and repeated it at Arkansas’ Pro Day in March. “I’ve never seen Joe Adams get caught from behind, so obviously speed has never been that much of a problem,” Wright said. He caught three touchdowns, returned four punts for scores and had a 92-yard touchdown run, displaying enough versatility to meet with all 32
NFL teams at the combine. Wright broke the UA career receiving yardage record after having a team-high 1,117 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns last season. His 4.42 40 at the combine tied for ninth out of 47 receivers present, but he’s just 5-foot-10. He’s listed as a consensus third day pick by analysts after his big senior season. “I can’t explain how much it has really helped me, coming back here my senior year and putting up the numbers I did,” Wright said. “Nothing can tell you more about a player than his film, and I put up a lot of good film this year.” Bequette is being looked at as a defensive end and a linebacker. He didn’t participate in pro day after a solid combine showing.
“Once teams find out that I’m healthy and 100 percent, they have no choice but to go back to when I was 100 percent and look at the film from my freshman, sophomore and junior year,” Childs said. Childs had better numbers than Adams and Wright entering last season, but his production dipped as he struggled to recover from a torn patella tendon suffered late in 2010. Listed as a late-round pick by most draft analysts, a strong pro day could have played a role in NFLDraftScout.com projecting him as a third-round pick. Regardless of where he goes, he doesn’t plan to wait around watching TV. “I might be out fishing
see FOOTBALL on page 9
BASEBALL
Arkansas Headed East Razorbacks taking on No. 2 Florida
by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer
Fresh off a 6-1 win Tuesday against Oral Roberts, No. 21 Arkansas will face No. 2 Florida on the road this weekend. The Razorbacks (29-12, 9-9 Southeastern Conference) have won two consecutive games, but have lost two consecutive SEC series. Arkansas dropped to No. 21 this week after losing a series at Ole Miss over the weekend. The Razorbacks 8-2 and 1-0 Friday and Saturday, but won the third game 11-3. Arkansas was trailing 6-1 in the fourth inning Friday when the game had to be postponed to due rain. The game resumed with a doubleheader on Saturday. “We played an outstanding game (Sunday),” coach Dave Van Horn said. “It started with the pitching. Offense, we jumped out into a big lead. We got to run our offense, move some guys around.” The Gators (31-10, 11-7) enter the weekend series with the Razorbacks after falling 5-3 to in-state rival South Florida on Tuesday night. Sophomore right-hander Jonathon Crawford (4-1, 3.86 ERA) will start Friday for the Gators, junior lefthander Brian Johnson (5-2, 4.04) start Saturday and junior right-hander Hudson Randall (3-1, 3.52) will start Sunday. “They have so much experience,” Van Horn said. “Basically they have seven or eight starting positions back, and basically
In a season filled with ups and downs, Arkansas No. 6 gymnastics team finished on a high note by making the Super Six. The Razorbacks placed third in Session II of the NCAA Championship to advance to the Super Six, scoring a 197.15, the second-best score in school history and only the third time the Razorbacks have scored a 197. Arkansas fought through injuries and late-season struggles before rallying to advance to the NCAA Championships. “After the ups and downs this year, towards the end you could just feel the momentum build through the meet,” co-coach Rene Cook said. “The level of excitement and anticipation of achieving that goal was completely overwhelming.” With the third place finish behind Alabama and Florida, Arkansas advanced
out of Session II and into its second Super Six appearance in program history. “That was one of the major focal points at the beginning of the season or at the end of last season,” cocoach Mark Cook said. “Everything we did within our powers was to make it back there this year.” With the Razorbacks’ second Super Six trip in four years, Mark Cook said he thinks the team has set a precedent for the program. “We are a player, people look at us now as a contender,” Cook said. “We’re not just a flash in the pan and being able to make (the Super Six) twice is a real testament to that.” Along with the No. 6 finish in the final rankings, four Razorbacks gymnasts received eight All-American honors. Sophomore Bailee Zumwalde and freshman Stepha-
see GYMNASTICS on page 9
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore Bailee Zumwalde earned her first All-American honors this season on floor and is expected to be one of the Razorbacks’ key contributors next season with the graduation of Arkansas multiple record holder Jaime Pisani.
TRACK
Freshman Hogs Receive Honors by ZACH LIGI Staff Writer
Arkansas track had two freshmen earn conference accolades for their performance last weekend. On the men’s side, Gunnar Nixon made his debut in the pentathlon. Nixon placed third at the Mt. SAC relays with a score of 7,660 on his way to earning Southeastern Conference Co-Field Athlete of the Week. His score became the highest in the SEC this season and ranks 9th nationally. “Gunnar is a great athlete and continues to be a steady performer for us,” men’s coach Chris Bucknam said. “We think there’s a lot more in the tank for Gunnar. The main objective is to qualify for the first round of the NCAA championships and he got that done.” In the women’s program, Dominique Scott placed sixth in the 5,000 meters at Mt. SAC
with a time of 16:12.69. Scott ran the fastest time by an Arkansas freshman in school history, and is ranked third in the SEC. Scott earned SEC Freshman of the Week, her second in three weeks. Razorbacks All Over the Nation Arkansas men’s and women’s programs are splitting this week’s competition amongst three meets. Thursday thru Saturday both teams will split up between Des Moines, Iowa for the Drake Relays and Philadelphia for the Penn Relays. On Sunday both teams will send athletes to compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. For Arkansas the 103-year old Drake Relays are a familiar meet. Arkansas’ womens team
see TRACK on page 9
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore pitcher Ryne Stanek will start Friday in the Razorbacks’ series at No. 2 Florida. Coach Dave Van Horn has not announced who will start for the Hogs in the second game of the series, but will go with junior DJ Baxendale in the final game against the Gators. the whole pitching staff and they added a few high draft choices.” The Gators are led at the plate by senior outfielder Daniel Pigott, who has a .348 batting average, five home runs and 28 RBIs.
Junior catcher Mike Zunino is hitting .338 with has 12 home and 43 RBI. “They are still probably the team to beat as far as winning a national championship,” Van Horn said. On the mound, Arkan-
sas will start sophomore right-hander Ryne Stanek (6-2, 2.30) Friday and junior right-hander DJ Baxendale (6-2, 3.78) Sunday. The Saturday starter will be determined after the Friday game.
FILE PHOTO Arkansas freshman Gunnar Nixon was named Southeastern Conference Co-Field Athlete of the Week after his performance in his first career outdoor pentathlon.
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from FOOTBALL on page 8 somewhere,” Childs said. “I
might be on the boat just fishing. This is what I do. I’m real, real country …I’ll have my cell phone on me, my draft day
phone. If I start getting calls and they’re going to pick me I might have to get off the boat, get up in the house and go watch TV.”
Razorbacks NFL Draft Profiles JOE ADAMS – WR 5-11 188 4.55
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No. 17 WR No. 17 WR No. 8 WR
2011 54 rec., 652 yds, 3 rec TDs, 4 PR TDs Career 164 rec., 2,410 yds, 17 rec TDs, 5 PR TDs JAKE BEQUETTE – DE 6-5 274 4.82
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2011 28 tackles, 10 sacks, 10.5 TFL, 5 QBH, 5 FF Career 140 tackles, 23.5 sacks, 31.5 TFL, 24 QBH, 8 FF GREG CHILDS – WR 6-3 212 4.41
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2011 21 rec., 240 yds Career 133 rec., 2,066 yds, 15 rec TDs JERRY FRANKLIN – LB 6-1 242 4.6
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2011 101 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 10 TFL, 4 PBU, 2 FR Career 382 tackles, 10 sacks, 31.5 TFL, 14 PBU, 6 FR, 5 INT JARIUS WRIGHT – WR 5-10 189 4.42
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No. 18 WR No. 22 WR No. 16 WR
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from TRACK on page 8 holds the record at the meet for the 4X400 meter relay set last year. The field in Des Moines is also very important for Arkansas since it will also be the host for the outdoor NCAA Championships this season. Splitting up the team could seem to be a problem and is a concern for some coaches, but women’s coach Lance Harter knows his team can handle it “We’ve promised the kids from the very get-go that we’re gonna take you to wherever is optimal for you in your event,” Harter said “There’s very few sites in the United States where it’s a great sprint and distance track and great place to jump. So we try to find the best of each one of those. They’re constantly in contact with each other and wishing each other good luck.” Season Close Gets Closer With the Southeastern Conference Championships just two weeks away, the Razorbacks have minimal time left to improve. Both teams have made great strides and progress throughout the season, and are confident in where they want to be in time for SECs. “I think we’re in really good shape,” Harter said. “The sprint jump crew is probably a week behind schedule strictly because of Mother Nature’s vengeance. But I think in the next couple of weeks with Drake having good weather and then our home Twilight meet I think we’ll really start to round into form and carry that momentum into the SEC meet. We’re doing fine and a good job across the board.” “I think we might have hit something like 11 personal bests this weekend,” Bucknam said. “But the main thing is winning events. What counts is what we’re going to start running into this weekend. (We’re) progressing well, but still remains to be seen. The jury is still out on us.”
ni Canizzaro each earned their first All-America honors by making secondteam for floor. “That was astounding, the first two up in the (NCAA) meet earn second-team All-America honors and those scores held throughout the competition,” Rene Cook said. “They obviously did the best routines of the year.” SEC Gymnast of the Year Jaime Pisani added to her school-record total by nabbing four All-American honors. Pisani earned first-team in all-around, floor and beam, while she was named second-team on bars. She finished her career with a school record 13 All-American honors Sophomore Katherine
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Grable also earned firstteam honors on beam, along with second-team on vault. “There are so many things you can say about Jamie, but when you do something that no one expects you to do, I think that is definitely a statement,” Rene Cook said. “I think those accomplishments were definitely that for her.” Arkansas will have to try to replace Pisani next season, a task Grable, Canizzaro, Zumwalde and junior Kelci Lewis will take on as the program tries to take the next step. “With making the Super Six twice in the last four years, people are definitely respecting our program as a program that can contend for the national championship,” Cook said. “We are only going to get better.”
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