April 9, 2012

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SPECIAL EDITION Vol. 106, NO. 98 UATRAV.COM

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

Program In Limbo

Student Opinions page 3

A Look At Inappropriate Relationships in College Sports

by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor

It’s a waiting game now.

Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino is on indefinite paid administrative leave until athletic director Jeff Long completes his review of the situation surrounding Petrino’s April 1 motorcycle acci-

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dent and the aftermath of the incident.

Long placed Petrino on administrative leave Thursday night, hours after an Arkansas State Police report revealed Petrino withheld information that Jessica Dorrell, a 25-year-old UA football department employee, was a passenger on Petrino’s motorcycle.

Petrino said in a statement that he withheld the information about Dorrell to protect “a previous inappropriate relationship from becoming public.” He also said he hoped to “remain the head coach of the Razorbacks” in the statement.

Now Long has to decide Petrino’s future at the university.

“I expect to move very expeditiously in my review of this personnel matter and hope to have a resolution soon,” Long said Thursday. “I certainly don’t have all the answers here tonight, but I have an obligation and a re-

sponsibility to obtain the information and then act appropriately on the information.”

Long and the UA have multiple factors to weigh while reviewing the situation surrounding the accident and Petrino’s “inappropriate relationship.”

Petrino’s contract runs through the 2017 season, but stipulates he can be fired or face disciplinary action for “engaging in conduct, as solely determined by the University, which is clearly contrary to the character and responsibilities of a person occupying the position of Head Football Coach or which negatively or adversely affects the reputation of the University or UAF’s athletics programs in any way.”

Disciplinary action stipulated in the contract includes suspension without pay, reduction in salary and incentive compensation and the loss or reduction of the

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National Media in Frenzy Over Petrino

by ZACH TURNER

Asst. Sports Editor

When news broke that Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino wasn’t alone in his April 1 motorcycle accident, it started a national media frenzy and became one of the hottest stories in the country.

As new details emerged and pictures of Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year-old female UA employee and passenger with Petrino, were hitting Twit-

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ter, the story surpassed the Masters and Major League Baseball’s Opening Day as trending topics.

Petrino’s name even rose to the top spot on Google News Friday.

Sports columnists from coast-to-coast began to weigh in on the Arkansas head football coach.

CBS’ Gregg Doyel wrote a column Friday morning that Petrino “has to be fired.”

Doyel wrote that Petrino had to be fired not because he lied to his boss or had a

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Greek Life Prepares RIC Names Harries, Witte as President and Vice President for Fall Rush

by BAILEY KESTNER Staff Writer

by MANDY MCCLENDON Staff Writer

Panhellenic council and Greek Life staff are preparing for another year of record numbers of rushees, although it is too early to determine definite numbers.

Sorority recruitment in fall 2011 had its largest number of enrollment with more than 1,200 women rushing, a vast increase from 952 women in 2010. The number of women seeking membership in a sorority at UA has nearly doubled in the last three years alone.

Parice Bowser, director of UA Greek Life, said she and her staff have been preparing to accommodate the large expected number of women since the end of recruitment in 2011.

This included revising daily recruitment schedules, inviting two new sororities to colonize on campus and other logistical matters that go into running day-to-day recruitment operations.

Additionally, 150 Gamma Chi’s have been selected to help counsel and mentor all of the potential new members through their recruitment experience.

In order to provide more opportunities for potential new members, Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Mu will not only be colonized on campus by fall

2012, but will also begin their own recruitment processes.

“Both groups will participate in round one of recruitment which is open house.

During the first two weeks of fall classes, they will host additional open house type events including interviews, preference and bid day. More information will be forthcoming in the near future including both new groups will be on campus during the last week of April to begin marketing and promoting their organizations,” Bowser said.

Natalie Van Pelt, vice president of Recruitment for Panhellenic Council, is excited to see the hard work and changes that have been implemented by Greek Life put to use this fall.

“Our council has worked extremely hard to plan for recruitment 2012. We are thrilled to have two new sororities on campus as well as such a large number of girls seeking membership. That says volumes about our organizations here and shows that Greek Life at our university is growing.”

The addition of Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Mu has been well received by members of the Panhellenic community.

The goal of re-colonizing both of the chapters is to reduce the

In This Issue:

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Check out various events happening around campus today.

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The Residents’ Interhall Congress Election Commission announced election results Friday, April 6, to a crowd of RIC members,

friends and family gathered at the Peace Fountain in front of Old Main.

Onnissia Harries was named RIC president. Conrad Witte, currently the president pro-tempore, was named vice president,

and Brady McLaughlin was named secretary/treasurer.

“You have all done great in the elections and I am proud of each of you,” said Adrian Ordorica, RIC Election Commission Chairman, before revealing the

winners.

Online voting for the election took place Wednesday, April 4 through Thursday, April 5.

The winners will take their new positions in the fall semester.

DREAM Big

Phi Iota Alpha President Roger Valdez presents members of Students and Educators for the DREAM with a check to create scholarships.

News

Features

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Sports

Magnolia Company Brings Character to Fayetteville

PostSecret Exhibit and Gymnastics to NCAAs Founder Coming to UA Arkansas gymnastics

Students are finding it easier to get involved in issues they find important.

A look at a barbershop that is a Fayetteville staple.

The popular website is bringing a piece of itself to campus this month.

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Internet Becomes Useful Tool for Advocacy Groups

by JANNEE SULLIVAN Staff Writer

With the ascent of social media networks, students are finding it easier to get involved with issues find important.

Junior international business major Cesar Torres is working to organize a petition to spread awareness about the 2012 Rwanda Awareness Week at the UA. “Facebook is definitely a lot easier to get information out,” he said. “It’s a great way to encourage involvement.”

Change.org, a website created in 2007 as a kind of social media network for non-profit organizations, has provided a platform for social media activists to get involved digitally by creating and circulating petitions.

The site seeks “to build an international network of people empowered to fight for what’s right locally, nationally and globally,” according to the

Change.org.

One successful petition hosted on Change.org was a petition to convince the Bank of America to drop an unexpected $5 bank fee, according to the website.

“I saw the petition about Bank of America,” said Rajvinder Kaur, a senior architecture major. “I have signed petitions.

When it’s online, it’s more accessible. If you’re concerned, you can seek it out.”

Change.org now boasts more than 10 million members, according to TechCrunch.

Among the issues represented on Change.org, the Trayvon Martin case has drawn recent attention to the site, with more than 50 petitions related to a call for justice for 17-year-old Martin, who was shot in February, according to CNN. “By far the largest is the [petition] started by Martin’s mother, and it is one of the most viral campaigns ever,” Brianna Cayo-Cotter, the site’s communications director, said to

CNN. “Our tech team is working round the clock to keep the site from crashing because of the numbers of people coming the site to sign the petition that Trayvon’s mom started.”

The petition brought in more than 2.2 million online signatures, according to TechCrunch.

The traffic on the site’s petitions was brought in mostly from other social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to Change.org. Like Torres, many students see these sites as an easy way to encourage more involvement in campus groups and events.

“I use the Internet more to promote events, like wearing blue for a girl who died last Easter in a car accident,” said freshman mechanical engineering major Ryan Barbry.

Barbry also uses Facebook as a medium to encourage involvement in on-campus groups such as Residents’ Interhall Congress and hall senate events.

The Internet is also a powerful tool in politics. While the option to actually vote in a presidential election is not yet available for Americans, the internet, and specifically social media sites, are an important part of the campaigning process.

In the 2008 election, President Obama received more than $500 million dollars in campaign donations online and that number is only expected to increase in the upcoming election, according to epolitics. com.

While all students may not delve into online activism, most recognize the impact the internet has on political and human rights issues, as clearly demonstrated by the proliferation of interest in Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign.

“I see a lot of petitions on Facebook,” said senior dietetics major Rachel Golden. “It definitely reaches a lot of people.”

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Students Weigh In On Petrino’s Fate

by SARAH DEROUEN Staff Writer

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Fans cheer on the Razorbacks at the Oxford, Mississippi game. The Hogs won 29-24.

Students have voiced differing opinions about Bobby Petrino’s “inappropriate relationship” with co-worker Jessica Dorrell.

Some said Petrino’s personal life shouldn’t affect his business life.

“I understand that we all make mistakes,” said journalism major Julissa Bello.

Personal lives should never interfere with business life, she said.

Petrino is an important figure on the UA campus, and he represents many things to different students, some said.

“He did represent tough work and honor,” said sophomore Zack Wheeler. “He let down that sense of honor that he holds his players to.”

Petrino represents the university. The coaches train their players to be good representatives on and off the field, so the coaches should set an example, Bello said.

Students disagree about Petrino’s future as the Razorbacks head coach.

“I bet he will stay. The Razorbacks have been strong over the last couple of years,” said Shawn Morris, a freshman business management and investment major.

Wheeler said he agrees with athletic director Jeff Long’s decision to place Petrino on administrative leave. If Petrino isn’t fired, he should take a paycut and be heavily penalized, Wheeler said.

The media has already blown the incident up. Until people know the faces, everyone will speculate, Wheeler said.

“Inappropriate Relationships” Nothing New In College Sports

by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer

Bobby Petrino certainly wasn’t the first coach to have an inappropriate relationship with another woman, however, like some other coaches, Petrino’s contract contains a morality clause defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.

The contract states that Petrino may be dismissed for “engaging in conduct, as solely determined by the university, which is clearly contrary to the character and responsibilities of a person occupying the position of head football coach or which negatively or adversely affects the reputation of the (university’s) athletics programs in any way.”

Petrino admitted April 5 to having a passenger when he wrecked his motorcycle April 1, contradicting former statements released by his family, the UA and himself stating that he was alone. The passenger was 25-year-old Jennifer Dorrell, with whom Petrino admitted to having a “previous inappropriate relationship.”

The extent of the relationship has yet to be revealed. Other coaches involved in forms of inappropriate relationships have been able to keep their jobs.

Louisville University basketball coach Rick Pitino, who was also involved in an inappropriate relationship, admitted to having an affair with Karen Cunagin Sypher after she attempted to extort him for money and accused him of rape.

News of Pitino’s infidelity broke in 2009, two years after Petrino left Louisville for a brief stint as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons before moving to the UA. Pitino had a similar morality contract stating reasons for dismissal, including “Employee’s dishonesty with Employer or University; or acts of moral depravity” and “disparaging media publicity of a material nature that damages the good name and reputation of Employer or University, if such publicity is caused by Employee’s willful misconduct that could objectively be anticipated to bring Employee into public disrepute or scandal.”

“If the coach wasn’t forthcoming about the scandal with his employer, the consequences could be more severe than negative headlines,” wrote ESPN concerning Pitino.

During the accusations, Louisville’s athletic director rallied around Pitino in support.

“Coach Pitino has been truthful with us about this matter all along and we stand by him and his family during this process,” said Tom Jurich in a statement quoted by ESPN. com.

The reaction of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long was quite different.

“I’m disappointed that coach Petrino did not share to me when he had the opportunity to the full extent of the accident and who was involved,” Long said in a press conference Thursday night.

Pitino continued coaching at Louisville during the scandal and recently brought the Cardinals to the Final Four, nearly three years later.

Petrino, however, is on paid administrative leave with a review underway; his future at the UA is unclear.

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Bobby Petrino led the Hogs to the Cotton Bowl this year where they won against Kansas State, 29-16.

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from page 1 “previous inappropriate relationship” but because Petrino announced Dorrell’s hire four days prior to the accident.

“That woman on the back of Petrino’s bike? He hired her last week. Gave her a paid position in the Arkansas football offices,” Doyel wrote. “Arkansas can’t overlook that.”

Fox Sports’ Thayer Evans took a different approach, but, like Doyel, wrote that Petrino should be fired.

Evans referenced multiple times in which Petrino acted in a “selfish” manner and that this time around it should cost Coach Petrino his job.

“It was fitting that Bobby Petrino’s recent motorcycle crash left him with red abrasions all over his face,” Evans wrote. “After all, the Arkansas football coach’s selfishness has left plenty others red-faced over

the years.”

In his column, “Will Arkansas fans back a sinning winner, or roast Bobby Petrino like they did Houston Nutt?”, Yahoo Sports national columnist Pat Forde targeted the past character concerns of Petrino.

From Petrino covering up job interviews with college and pro teams while coaching at Louisville, to him quitting the Atlanta Falcons late in the season and now the dilemma facing the Arkansas administration on its decision about Petrino’s future, Forde challenged Razorback fans in his Friday column.

Other national media membership such as Sporting News’ Matt Hayes, have already made up their mind on whether Petrino should be fired.

Hayes wrote Arkansas should already be looking for its next coach and the Hogs should look no further than five hours east in the state and go after Arkansas State coach

Gus Malzahn, a former Razorbacks assistant.

“There’s only one way out of this mess at Arkansas, only one fix, only one road that leads to what must be done,” Hayes wrote in his Friday column on SportingNews.com. “Understand this: it will get uglier before it gets all nice and shiny and Cardinal red pretty.”

Hayes continued that, “what happens when you fire one coach for lying, and replace him with the coach of your state neighbor — and to an extent, rival — hired four months ago to lead its program.”

What comes next in the Petrino saga has yet to be determined. Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has had more than three days to conduct his review of the situation.

Long did not give a time able for his decision, but most of the nation’s most well-known sports columnists have already made theirs.

Bobby Petrino in Tuscaloosa before the Alabama game. The Hogs lost, 14-38.

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OPINION THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

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EDITOR: SABA NASEEM MANAGING EDITOR: MATTIE QUINN

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

FROM THE BOARD

Editorial Board to Stand

By Long in Petrino Decision UA Head Coach Bobby Petrino has been placed on indefinite administrative leave. After news broke Thursday that a female passenger had been involved in the motorcycle crash last Sunday, athletic director Jeff Long informed the public in a press conference Thursday night that Petrino would be placed on paid leave until he could review the situation.

In the press conference, Long discussed the situation in which Petrino failed to inform him of the additional passenger, student-athlete development coordinator Jessica Dorrell, who was involved in the crash, as well as what Petrino called “a previous inappropriate relationship” in his statement.

The publicity that the Petrino news received was overwhelming, from being a top trending topic on Twitter Thursday night to making breaking news on CNN Friday morning. Facebook and Twitter updates focused on the updated news and UA students spent their weekend waiting for additional news to break.

By Sunday, the news had made top stories on websites from ESPN to USA Today, and was one of the top trending categories on Google News over the weekend. Seeing our school news make national headlines was surprising, especially with how fast the news spread across social media and news websites.

Living in a digital society, we are used to how quickly news can break and spread across the Internet, yet it’s important not to speculate about the updates. We need to wait for the university to release information.

With Petrino on indefinite leave, it is only a matter of time until we will hear Long’s decision regarding the situation. We will stand behind whatever decision Long makes and look forward for the news to come in the following days.

Rollin’ With The Razorbacks Gets Students Involved Many of us took part in the Rollin’ with the Razorbacks trip to watch our away-football-games our freshman and sophomore years at the UA. Now, we have the opportunity to take part in another trip with the program Tuesday, as a group of students will head to the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. to watch the Hogs vs. Sooners baseball game.

Students can fill out an application in the Office of Student Activities in the Arkansas Union room A665, or at osa.uark. edu. For only $10, students receive transportation, a T-shirt and a ticket to the baseball game, as well as an afternoon with friends at the big game.

Rollin’ with the Razorbacks is just one of the programs that our Associated Student Government supports and offers to us, and one that we can all take part in no matter what year we are. An inexpensive way to spend an afternoon cheering on the Hogs, this is one trip we shouldn’t miss.

There are only a few weeks remaining in the semester, so take the time to make a few plans outside of class and finals preparation. Space is limited for the trip, so remember to pay a visit to the Union today and fill out an application for the baseball classic.

Traveler Quote of the Day “I’m disappointed that coach Petrino did not share to me when he had the opportunity to the full extent of the accident and who was involved. Certainly when someone isn’t as forthcoming as they should have been, certainly it puts the relationship in a different place.”

- Jeff Long, Arkansas athletic director, “Program in Limbo” Page 1

EDITORIAL EDITOR Saba Naseem MANAGING EDITOR Mattie Quinn OPINION EDITOR Emily Rhodes The Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student classification and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for verification.

Letters should be sent to traveler@uark.edu.

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A Minute Too Late: Kid Cudi Floor Tickets Gone From the Editor

by SABA NASEEM Editor

I was one minute too late. Initially, I had thought about setting my alarm, waking up and reserving my ticket, and then going back to sleep. But, it was Saturday night, and I fell asleep watching a movie, so the alarm was never set.

I did wake up before 10 a.m. I could have gotten my ticket in time. However, I didn’t remember until 10:05 and by then it was too late.

Had I remembered just sixty seconds earlier, I could be on the floor for the Kid Cudi concert.

Students could reserve tickets for the concert starting 10 a.m. Saturday. I had no idea the floor seats would go so quickly. I was sure as I went to reserve my ticket at 10:05 that I would be on the floor.

I was disappointed, but it’s my own fault. I knew that students were excited and I should have realized that there really aren’t that many floor spots available.

This year, the Headliner Concert Committee reserved 1,000 tickets for the floor, and 6,000 for stadium seats, said Austin Reid, ASG treasurer and a member of the HCC committee.

So, 1,000 students in four minutes. Wow. Regardless, I’m happy with this system of reserving tickets. I remember my freshman year when T.I. was the headliner concert. Back then, if you wanted a floor ticket, you had to camp out.

While that is an experience in itself, this is a lot easier for those who don’t have the time to camp out. It’s also less of a hassle, for both the

students and the committee members in charge.

This system was also good in that it didn’t crash, even though hundreds of students were on it at one time. You’d think that something was bound to happen, but it all went smoothly.

This was a big improvement in comparison to reserving Dalai Lama tickets last year. There was an online option and I remember having difficulty reserving it through the website. I ended up calling to make that reservation, but that took way too long, being constantly put on hold because there were too many people on the line.

I think the Headliner Concert Committee did a great job this year, with their well-organized system and for getting the student body involved. They gave us a good three choices to choose from and had us vote on who we would like to see at the UA. I’m not sure if they’ve done this in the past or how they did it,

but this year, many people cast their vote through Facebook. It was quick and easy and gave us as students the satisfaction that we really are involved in the process and that our money is going to someone we want to bring.

Kid Cudi was who I voted for and I’m glad he’s coming. He’s a well-known artist and although I may not be a die-hard Kid Cudi fan, I do enjoy some of his music.

In fact, I have his entire “Man on the Moon: The End of the Day” album, but I haven’t really listened to all of the songs. I suppose I’m going to take the next few weeks and update myself on his old and new hits, so I won’t be the person who stands there and only sings along to “Day ‘n’ Nite.”

Saba Naseem is the 2011-2012 editor of the Traveler.

Her column appears every other Monday.

It’s Time to Hop Back on the Motorcycle Rocket Science

by JOE KIEKLAK

Traveler Columnist

One tradition in my family is that without fail, we show up fashionably late to any religious service. We’re usually the ones that have to cut in front of the procession of three priests, a deacon and an army of alter servers wielding a crucifix, Roman Missal and their most deadly weapon - incense, seemingly used to punish latecomers.

If you remember last week, I wrote of the sheer torture that was, “getting kids ready for Church.” Well, the torture came back in full swing yesterday as I, along with my four siblings, were hustled into my Dad’s “ride,” a silver Honda Odyssey, which has earned the name the “Silver Bullet.”

Being late to Easter Mass is worse, however, because the least committed Catholics who only attend on Christmas and Easter clog up the parking lot as if it’s Black Friday. So, my Dad asked me to situate our siblings, dropping us off in front of

the steps of St. Joseph’s.

At that point, something hit me about this past Easter, as it was the first that was totally spent with split parents. My parents divorced during my junior year of high school, but have slowly waxed off major holidays and started to celebrate them without the other one.

I was fortunate enough to have parents that didn’t go “cold turkey,” with the playing the family game.

This was a difficult transition to get used to, but there comes a time where stepping up is more than necessary.

It won’t be the last transition, either. It’s just one of the thousands of transitions that I, among others, have had to adapt to. Change is all over the campus.

I think I’ve heard more about our head football coach in the last week than I have in the last three years he’s been here. It’s understandable though, as the situation on the hands of Razorback Athletics could drastically change our upcoming football season.

I’ve been thinking about my angle since the day it was publicly released that Petrino had Jessica Dorrell on his motorcycle when he crashed last week. Yet, after some careful contemplation, I’m holding back and biting the bullet and warning that any continued speculation can only hurt the program.

Yes, it’s possible that the “inappropriate relationship” Petrino mentioned in his recently released statement was exactly what the media thinks it was, but the media isn’t our Athletic Director and we’re lucky to have one of the best at Arkansas in Jeff Long. His careful investigation will yield the final verdict. Speculation won’t cease from national media, but as students, we need to rally together behind our coach and team, not make things worse with “ideas” of what may have happened.

Whatever news the media releases, it is important to note that as UA students, we must rally on and take control of the transitions that could come our way in the upcoming days, months and years.

This is the last semester for thousands of Razorback students. Not only will our newest alumni have to get used to being finished with school, but they will also have to morph into the next stage of their life. Many will be heading off to graduate school, yet many more will be heading into the workforce to represent their alma mater.

The zinger on transitions is something most of us know very well; they are not always easy.

There were times during my parents’ divorce where I felt like it was going to be too much. There will be times for

our graduating seniors where it will appear impossible.

Our Razorback football team could lose its best coach since the Broyles-Holtz era.

All three of these transitions demand one character trait out of all involved: perseverance.

For our graduating seniors, there will be job struggles, student loans and all kinds of hardships to surpass and hurdles to jump. Persevere.

For our football team and Razorback Nation, there could be a tough season ahead, but as Razorbacks, we must persevere. We have strong talent this season.

One thing we all have to remember is who helped get us to this point, coach Bobby Petrino. Since 2008, Petrino has lead Razorback football to one of its strongest points in history.

One mistake cannot sweep all of this under the rug. As students, we shouldn’t let it.

The pain that Petrino is experiencing is both physical and emotional. While we’re critical of his actions, he’s still part of Razorback Nation (a pretty integral part). We can’t forget it.

Jeff Long will make his decision soon. Regardless of what he decides, we must rally behind our Razorbacks; we must always persevere.

Joe Kieklak is a Traveler columnist.

His column appears every Monday.

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FEATURES EDITOR: LAUREN LEATHERBY ASST. FEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORD

by MIKE MAHARDY Staff Writer

But poverty isn’t something that threatens the Lloyds anymore. The pair owns a lot of property downtown – about a dozen houses in all – and Lloyd claims he has been offered millions of dollars to turn the property into sleek bars and apartment complexes. Lloyd has refused every offer.

“I said no. You know why I said no? Because no means no,” Lloyd said. “A million dollars. What would it do to me? Nothing.”

Hunter Pryor, a former Fayetteville resident, lived in one of Lloyd’s properties on Lafayette Street for a year.

“The place was fine. It was just kind of held together as best it could be,” Pryor said. “They’re cheap, good houses to live in.”

For Fayetteville men who tire of wearing Polo and North Face six days out of the week, there’s a new clothing store that brings something fresh to a town so proud of its style.

Brits and Turks is a recently opened clothing store on the corner of College Avenue and Maple Street.

The hardwood floors, artsy photographs and trendy clothes invite customers to find just what they never knew they were looking for.

The mother and father of owner Barry Ozturk are British and Turkish, respectively, resulting in the curious name of this growing fashion hotspot.

Ozturk is no stranger to the Fayetteville scene. Although he grew up in England, he is a UA alumnus. His accent is long gone, but his fashion taste has remained with him.

“Brits and Turks is a lot less preppy than what you see recently,” Ozturk said. “We have more trendy clothes. There’s a more European style to what we carry.”

Slim fit jeans are designed inhouse, with a new line of swimming trunks coming sometime toward the end of April. These “Turktrunks” are another step toward Ozturk’s ultimate goal.

“Business has been doing well since we opened, but the ultimate goal of the store is to have our own clothing line,” Ozturk said.

Brits and Turks boasts a casual line of clothes that are both trendy and versatile. “A lot of our shirts are crossovers, so you can wear them tucked in with dress pants, or hanging out with jeans,” Ozturk said.

While the jeans and shirts are the main attraction for customers, the store stocks its shelves with more than that. Shoes, hats, belts, bowties, suspenders and scarves all complement the fresh assortment of casual wear.

The age demographic ranges from college students to men in their fifties looking for something new to wear. However, men are not the only customers the store has seen.

“Girlfriends and wives come in all the time looking for something that their boyfriends or husbands can look good in,” Ozturk said. “We see it a lot, girls wanting their guys to look trendier.”

Since its opening in December, Brits and Turks has had positive feedback from the community as a whole. Despite is inviting atmosphere, the store is not a spur-of-themoment shopping session. When customers shop there, they come with a purpose.

“We’re more of a destination store,” Ozturk said. “People come here on purpose, they don’t usually

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LAUREN LEATHERBY FEATURES EDITOR

by LAUREN LEATHERBY Features Editor

The haircuts at Magnolia Company are good, great actually, but customers come back for more than a haircut. Eric Lloyd, the owner of the Magnolia Company, spends his days with customers – mostly cutting hair, but sometimes just talking. He wears his trademark white cowboy boots and aviator sunglasses, his own white hair and thick white beard a stark contrast to the neat haircuts he gives patrons.

Lloyd talks about anything and everything in town. He seems to know every person, every location and every recent happening. He alternates between quizzing customers on stories in the latest New York Times and slipping into a separate reality, speaking to imagined crowds and following tangent lines of thought.

Lloyd is forever unafraid to insult his customers and step on their toes, doling out opinions in his loud Southern accent to everyone in town.

A local pastor dropped by to say hello on a recent Tuesday afternoon.

After a quick greeting, he turned and headed out.

“You know what I said to that pastor that just came in? I told him I couldn’t do what he does. I couldn’t stand up in front of all those people and tell a lie,” Lloyd said, referencing a previous afternoon.

Despite Lloyd’s sharp tongue,

by EMILY DELONG Staff Writer

“I only dated you because I know one day you will be famous,” one person wrote.

“I still check my missed call list to see if you ever called and I just didn’t get it,” another admitted.

“I use the things my roommate says in her sleep against her,” a third confessed.

All of the above so-called “secrets” were submitted anonymously to the community organization PostSecret. Since its inception in 2005, the organization has accepted postcards on which confessors write a secret and decorate it appropriately. PostSecret only has two rules: the person’s secret must be truthful, and it must have never been previously spoken. The open community of PostSecret hopes to create an environment of healing, hope and an in-

customers keep coming back. There was never a moment Tuesday afternoon that customers weren’t waiting for a haircut. A former city council member and prominent businessmen, among several others, passed through the shop.

“People go back there because of Eric. It’s like in business, people will buy one product over another if it stands out as different,” said Victor Lum, a UA senior. “At his place, it’s like listening to a stand-up storyteller. He’s a weird guy. It draws people in.”

Lloyd gains patrons often through word of mouth – not necessarily about the quality of the haircuts, but about Lloyd himself.

“I went because my coworker told me about it. He goes all the time, and he told me I had to meet the guy,” said Andy Brown, a UA senior.

Not everybody enjoys Lloyd’s biting wit, though.

“There was one guy that came in at 8 o’clock in the morning and, after listening for a bit, suddenly said, ‘I’ll be back. I have to buy a hamburger,’ and he never came back,” said Charlene Lloyd, Eric Lloyd’s wife. “Imagine that. A hamburger at 8 o’clock in the morning.”

A businessman got a haircut Tuesday afternoon, and on his way out, handed me a dollar.

“Buy yourself a drink after you get out of here,” he said. “You’re going to need it after dealing with this guy.”

spiration to both secret-writers and secret-readers.

On April 16, the founder of PostSecret, Frank Warren, will come to the University of Arkansas. He will

Lloyd gave a wily smile.

“Start your piece, ‘Today I met a mad man,’” Lloyd said. “Just try to put me down into print. It don’t work.”

The shop’s exterior and interior alike give off the atmosphere of a classic Southern establishment. Relics cover the walls, with everything

moved to Fayetteville from Boulder, Colo., in the 1970s. Lloyd started the Magnolia Company in 1972 and has owned it since then.

“Why did I choose hairdressing? Poverty,” Lloyd said. “I was told I should be a lawyer. Not smart enough. I was told I should be a doctor. Not smart enough.”

“You know the risk I run every day?

Insulting somebody. Impuning their integrity. But I speak the truth. ” - Eric Lloyd, owner of the Magnolia Company from Lloyd’s own teddy bears from the 1940s, 1960s-era campaign buttons and concert posters, and photos of everyone from Paris Hilton to Orval Faubus.

Haircuts are cheap, going for about $15 for a standard trim, and the daily prices of a haircut are written on dry-erase boards outside of the Magnolia Company.

The shop’s owner, Eric Lloyd, is a living encyclopedia of local knowledge. Tuesday afternoon, customers talked with Lloyd about prominent local city and school officials. Talk comprised of everything from a school superintendent’s taste in cars to a comparison of the chimneys on Mock Avenue.

Lloyd has been cutting hair for 50 years. He was born in Connecticut, grew up in Independence, Mo., and met his wife, Charlene, when he was working in Idaho. The two

give a lecture from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Verizon Ballroom.

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come in after a walk-by.”

The store’s Facebook photo albums feature the Brits and Turks clothing line, plus other products and sales promotions. The “Turktrunks” are a huge topic of conversation on the page, with photos of new fedoras, shirts and boots to add to the mix.

Ozturk hopes to incorporate the classic styles of McQueen, Redford and Newman with the modern-day Clooney, Cassell and Hamm. Smart men with a desire to be classically edgy will find their niche at Brits and Turks, looking both fresh and casual.

While Brits and Turks is relatively new, Ozturk has been an entrepreneur before this adventure. After several managing and directing jobs at Walmart and AT&T, he founded Imperial Doors, a company that builds high-end luxury iron doors for homeowners and architects. Ozturk set up a retail location for Imperial Doors in New York and manages that in addition to Brits and Turks.

This testament to his business savvy is all the more impressive considering the state of the economy and the relative lack of opportunities for entreprenuers.

Brits and Turks is already well on its way to success in Fayetteville, establishing a niche that hasn’t been touched much in a town that values fashion so highly. Ozturk is very happy with progress so far.

“Community feedback has been great, and the clothing line is coming along well, and so is business,” he said.

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Every month, Pryor would walk down the street to the Magnolia Company to pay his rent.

“I’d always stay and talk to him and Charlene,” Pryor said. “He always had a new story or opinion to share, but normally he’d just tell me I looked like a pile of s***. They’re really kind people. He’s really passionate about things and open to share his opinion.

As far as he’s concerned, if you’re willing to walk into his shop, you’re wiling to hear what he has to say.”

With the millions Lloyd could likely make in revenue from selling his properties, he wouldn’t need to cut hair anymore, but he has chosen to continue cutting hair, still wearing his trademark white cowboy boots and aviator sunglasses day in and day out.

After 50 years, cutting hair has become a part of his fiber. Lloyd is a storyteller, and his barbershop is his venue. Hair cutting has evolved for Lloyd from an escape from poverty into a way of life. In a sense, Lloyd needs to cut hair because he needs an audience.

One of the repeating visions Lloyd had this Tuesday afternoon was that of standing on a bar, telling stories in Kansas. He lost himself in his daydreams, setting down his scissors for a moment and speaking to the attentive ears of the Kansas audience that wasn’t actually before him, insulting and rebuking his imaginary audience, then giving them life advice.

“I’d go to every bar, every restaurant, every juke joint,” Lloyd said.

Throughout conversation, Lloyd connected subjects back to literature – to John Steinbeck, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

“You have to be like Clemens [Mark Twain] or Dickens. They were storytellers,” Lloyd said. “They got out and practiced as stand-up comedians, and as they spoke, they recognized

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MADDIE LOGAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Brits and Turks, a new men’s clothing store located on College Avenue, is stocked with the latest trends for guys this season.

the reactions of their audience – what was good, what was bad, what was up, what was down. And they got off stage, went back, and wrote it down.

Sooner or later, those guys knew exactly what made you tick.”

But Lloyd himself never writes his ideas and stories down.

“I can’t spell,” Lloyd said.

But he’s a lot more intelligent than he gives himself credit for. His speech is rife with literary and cultural allusions, and his vocabulary is expansive. He remembers miniscule details about his customers, and reads newspapers cover to cover every day.

He comes across both as sharp as a tack and as hazy, his mind intermittently on another plane.

“You cannot change me. I am impervious to words,” Lloyd said. “I am a labocateur. You know the risk I run every day? Insulting somebody. Impuning their integrity. But I speak the truth. At the end of this interview, you’ll say, ‘I believe him. He is a true labocateur.’ Do you know what labocateur means? No? That’s because I made it up. I love it – make up a word people have never heard before.”

As Lloyd continues on, his wife, Charlene, tidies up the shop and stands at the cash register. For every insult Lloyd hurls and every outlandish story he tells, his wife always offers a kind glance, the perfect antidote to Lloyd’s sharp tongue.

“Now you see what my wife has put up with for all these years,” Eric Lloyd said.

On this recent Tuesday afternoon, he continually said his vision of traveling through Kansas – of telling stories from town to town and angering rural crowds – is not something he actually desires to do. The frequency and the passion with which he repeated the vision, though, made it seem otherwise.

The vision is a telling look at what motivates him to continue cutting

hair every day, even when he could easily retire with the money he would make from selling his properties. If he sold his properties and shut down the Magnolia Company, he wouldn’t have listeners.

“He always has a fresh story,” said David Justiniano, a repeat customer.

“It’s never something you’ve heard before.”

Lloyd hassles his patrons, but they continue to come back. He claims he doesn’t like people, but there is no doubt that he needs his customers.

Not only does the Magnolia Company need customers to keep its doors open, but Lloyd needs an audience for his one-man show.

“I’m an introvert. I’m a loner,” Lloyd said. “I don’t like to socialize.”

Enjoying socializing he may not, but Lloyd undoubtedly gains a certain energy from people. Every new customer through the doors of the Magnolia Company elicits a response, often a snarky one, from Lloyd. A new listener.

Until Lloyd hits the road to Kansas – and he doesn’t seem to be packing up anytime soon – Lloyd has his own venue and a captive audience, an audience that keeps coming back for more, whether for the enjoyment of being hassled, to absorb Lloyd’s eccentricities, or merely for a good cut.

“It’s a reasonable cut at a reasonable price,” Justiniano said. “You don’t have to tell him much, he just knows what to do.”

In the past decades, Lloyd has become a fixture of Fayetteville’s downtown area, often sitting outside of his shop in the morning – aviator glasses, cowboy boots, and white beard in full effect – before opening for a day of business. His eccentric character and local knowledge keep patrons coming back, and there are no plans to stop anytime soon.

“You can’t kill me,” Lloyd said. “I’m bulletproof. And I’m not a Christian.”

In addition, Warren will be collecting secrets created by UA students and faculty.

“All the secrets will actually be sent to PostSecret,” explained Lana Hackler, coordinator of University Programs’ Anne Kittrell Art Gallery. This means that the secrets submitted by UA students have the chance to wind up on the PostSecret website, in one of the organization’s books, or in one of their museum exhibits.

Before they’re handed off to PostSecret, however, the secrets will be on display in the Anne Kittrell Art Gallery. The exhibit will be open from now until April 16, when Warren arrives.

University Programs, the sponsor of the PostSecret event, anticipates the lecture as well as the gallery to be popular with students.

“I think there will be a high turnout because the Anne Kittrell Gallery is located near where many classes are held in the Union,” Hackler said. “People walking to or from class will be able to stop by.”

Students are encouraged to submit their own postcards to University Programs for the event.

“You can submit postcards at boxes located in the Union, in the art gallery, or mail them to University Programs,” Hackler said.

The address to send postcards to is PostSecret: UofA, Union A665, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Students can also pick up pre-addressed postcards in the University Programs office (on the 6th floor of the Union) or in the Anne Kittrell Gallery.

While viewing our peers’ deepest secrets is enjoyable in itself, the PostSecret exhibit hopes to strike a more serious tone as well.

“This is an important event because it will help people realize that people are suffering nearby, especially people that we may know,” Hackler said.

Warren’s lectures to universities generally focus on the impact of secrets on today’s society, as well as promoting the general aims of personal expression and empowerment associated with his project.

University Programs urges students to continue submitting their secrets until the April 16 deadline.

They also suggest that students come to the lecture early, as seating will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis. More information about the PostSecret event can be found at the University Programs website, up.uark.edu.

Even if it’s impossible to come to Warren’s lecture, it still may be worth it to stop by the gallery to look at students’ secrets, as they are bound to fascinate.

However, they may also cause worry regarding roommates.

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Comics, Games, & Much Much More!

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

LAUGH IT UP

SUDOKU

Q: What do hard-working grocery store clerks get every year?

A: A celery increase.

Q: Why do marble statues look so mean?

A: They have hearts of stone.

Did you hear about the human cannonball? First day on the job, he was fired.

Difficulty:

Q: Why was the archaeologist upset?

A: His career was in ruins.

TODAY’S SOLUTION

Q: What do you get when you cross a lawyer with the Godfather?

A: An offer you can’t understand.

WELCOME TO FALLING ROCK

Josh Shalek

THAT MONKEY TUNE

Michael A. Kandalaft

BREWSTER ROCKIT

Tim Rickard

BLISS

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CALAMITIES OF NATURE

CROSSWORD ACROSS

DOWN

1 Doctrine suffix 4 Predatory cat 8 Swiss bread?

13 ABBA’s home country: Abbr.

14 Sewing cases 16 Defamatory text 17 Live __: 1985 charity concert 18 *Hangman drawing 20 Pisces follower 22 Centuries on end 23 Excessively 24 *Layered lunch 28 Cabbage 29 Resident of a city at nearly 12,000 feet 33 Chance in a game 35 “__-dokey!”

38 Overplay a part 39 Words with price or premium 40 *Actor’s prompt 42 Endearing tattoo word 43 Slowly, in scores 45 “Dumb” girl of old comics 46 Message from the boss 47 Inferior and inexpensive 49 Deduce 51 *Colleague of Wyatt Earp 56 Karate belt 59 Inside info 60 Rental agreement 61 *Feature of Fulton’s Clermont 65 Strings in Hawaii 66 École enrollee 67 Baker’s device 68 Address at a Scottish pub 69 First American Red Cross president Barton 70 Venison source 71 Effort

1 “I, Robot” author Asimov 2 Artistic ice cream blend 3 Filet mignon order 4 Not as much 5 Derby-sporting Addams 6 “Yes, mon ami” 7 Rechargeable battery 8 Shrank in fear 9 Oil-drilling equipment 10 Be up against 11 “Quo Vadis” emperor 12 Mark’s love, casually 15 Distort, as facts 19 Microwave no-no 21 Black, to Blake 25 Six-time baseball All-Star Moises 26 Like a newborn 27 Holiday entrée 30 Trampoline maneuver 31 Physics particle 32 Jules Verne captain 33 Powder on a puff 34 Sundance Film Festival state 36 Green prefix 37 Toyota subcompact 40 Compromise with the district attorney 41 Tirade 44 Chew the fat 46 For a __ pittance 48 Plains native 50 Gal’s guy 52 Trims the lawn 53 Green-bellied sap sucker 54 Schindler of “Schindler’s List” 55 Clingy, in a way 56 Oil acronym 57 Object that may be struck by the starts of the answers to starred clues 58 Thought 62 TiVo, for one 63 Wide shoe letters 64 Morn’s opposite

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SOLUTION

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SPORTS EDITOR: JIMMY CARTER ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: ZACH TURNER

FOOTBALL

Spring Scrimmage Storylines Da v i s He l d Ou t A g a i n

by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor

Arkansas junior running back Knile Davis did not participate in the Friday scrimmage and has still not been tackled since breaking his ankle in August.

Davis has gone through every drill in spring practices, but has set out the two scrimmages.

“Whether he gets any contact or not, we’re going to make that decision just weekly,” coach Bobby Petrino said following the March 30 scrimmage.

Davis earned All-Southeastern Conference honors after rushing for 1,322 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2010. He broke the ankle Aug. 11 in the first scrimmage of fall camp.

Passing game lights up defense Senior quarterback Tyler Wilson unofficially completed 23 of 26 passes for 366 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions in the Friday scrimmage.

Sophomore receiver Marquel Wade had eight catches for 187 yards and four touchdowns, continuing his impressive play in scrimmages this spring. He had seven catches for 153 yards and three touchdowns in the March 30 scrimmage.

Senior receiver Cobi Hamilton also had a big day, catching 10 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns.

McKinney gets more first-team work Redshirt freshman Davyon McKinney worked with the first-team defense

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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas associate head coach Taver Johnson is in charge of administrative duties during coach Bobby Petrino’s indefinite paid administrative leave. Johnson was hired in January as associate head coach and linebackers coach. The Razorbacks coaching staff will “do it all together” during Petrino’s absence, Johnson said.

Coaches, Players Press On Johnson in charge as Hogs continue spring practice

by JIMMY CARTER Sports Editor

Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino wasn’t on the Reynolds Razorback Stadium field for the Razorbacks’ Friday practice.

He wasn’t in the press box, either, the locatin he watched practice Tuesday and Wednesday because of injuries suffered in his April 1 motorcycle accident.

Hogs associate head coach Taver Johnson assumed administrative responsibilities

and Arkansas continued spring practice with Petrino on indefinite paid administrative leave while athletic director Jeff Long reviews the situation surrounding Petrino’s accident and the involvement of a 25-year-old UA female employee.

“Since Coach Petrino’s accident, our main focus has been our football team,” Johnson said. “Throughout spring, our main focus has been our football team and nothing has changed in that regard. I am extremely proud of our guys’ effort and proud of the lead-

ership we have in the locker room.”

The Razorbacks went through a more-than 120-play scrimmage Friday, but not before a team meeting earlier in the day.

“It was very quick, very brief and our players really did most of that,” Johnson said.

“The leadership we have in this locker room is tremendous.

Our guys have done a great job of getting together and making sure that we unite.”

When Johnson found out Petrino withheld information

about Jessica Dorrell being a passenger on his motorcycle to protect from “a previous inappropriate relationship from becoming public”, he said he had “a human” reaction.

“It is something that happened and all of us have questions and things like that,” Johnson said. “I think the human element came out, but right now we don’t have any facts and you can’t place any blame. You are not sure exactly

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GYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

Hogs Blank Bulldogs

by MARTHA SWEARINGEN Staff Writer

No. 13 Arkansas claimed the conference series win against Georgia (19-13, 5-7 Southeastern Conference) after an 8-0 shutout Sunday in front of 4,167 at Baum Stadium.

Sophomore first baseman Dominic Ficociello led the Razorbacks (24-7, 7-5SEC) with two hits, three RBIs and a home run. Redshirt-sophomore outfielder Jimmy Bosco also added two hits and an RBI. “We told them after the game yesterday that this is the biggest game of the year,” coach Dave Van Horn said. “Put a loss on this and it’s not a week.”

Bulldog freshman righthander Pete Nagel started on

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas associate head coach Taver Johnson instructs a player during the Razorbacks’ Friday practice. The Hogs went through their second full-contact scrimmage of spring practice.

the mound for Georgia, but threw nine straight balls in the bottom of the second inning to fill the bases before sending Bosco home, giving Arkansas a 1-0 lead.

Arkansas kept the momentum in the third inning to bring in four more runs.

Junior infielder Jacob Mahan opened the inning with a walk before Ficociello hit a home run to stretch the Hogs lead to 3-0. The home run is Ficociello’s fourth of the season.

“He threw a curve ball, so I figured there was probably a pretty good chance that he’d come back with a fast ball in because that’s what he beat me with on the first at bat,” Ficoci-

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Best of the NBA Going for it on 4th

HARRISON STANFILL hstanfill@uark.edu

zorbacks ended with a total of 49.225 after their first rotation.

“We practiced this at SEC’s, we started on floor there, too,” senior Jamie Pisani said. “So we had practiced this rotation, and we knew what to expect of it. We have also practiced having the bye rotations and activities to do during those byes.

“It was good for us to start on floor and we managed it

As the NBA season draws to a close at the end of this month, the time has come for the annual awards to be passed out among the usual players.

You know, the 6th Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and MVP. For a league that has given us Metta World Peace, these awards seem a little mundane.

The NBA needs to embrace its weirdness and the first step is embracing a more….untraditional awards system.

So join me as we embark on our mission of crowing the winners of the 2012 NBA Awards.

Trade of the Year –– Golden State Warriors Congratulations!

Not only did they give up a promising big man in Ekpe Udoh, but they also threw in Monta Ellis, a guy who can drop 40 points any night.

What do they get in return?

How about perpetually-injured

see GYMNASTICS on page 10

see COMMENTARY on page 10

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas gymnastics placed second at the NCAA South Central Regional on Saturday at Barnhill Arena qualifying for the its fifth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.

Razorbacks Place Second, Advance to NCAA Championship

by HARRISON STARNFILL Staff Writer

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas first baseman Dominic Ficociello had six hits and three RBIs and the Razorbacks 2-1 Southeastern Conference series win over Georgia, including a homerun in the Hogs’ 8-0 shutout on Sunday afternoon against the Bulldogs.

COMMENTARY

No. 10 Arkansas’ gymnastics team finished second in the NCAA South Central Regional to earn its fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship.

No. 3 UCLA won the meet with a 197.225, but the Razorbacks posted a 196.825 — their second-highest score this season — to top No. 15 Boise State and three other teams.

“We competed better to-

night than we have all season and that is the time to do it,” Arkansas co-coach Mark Cook said. “SECs are bragging rights, but this is making it to nationals. This is the big one.”

The Razorbacks opened the competition on the floor where they started off strong when Bailee Zumwalde got things going with a 9.825.

Arkansas didn’t stop there. Amy Borsellino delivered a 9.9 and was followed up by Jamie Pisani, who scored 9.925. The Ra-

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SPORTS

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

Petrino Timeline Sunday, April 1 — Saturday, April 7 Sunday, 6:45 p.m.

Arkansas State Police responded to the scene of Petrino’s crash, about 20 miles southeast of Fayette-­ ville. Petrino had already left the site.

Monday, 9:46 a.m.

The Petrino family re-­ leased a statement through WKH 8$ FRQ¿ UPLQJ 3HWULQR was “in stable condition and expected to make a full re-­ covery” after a motorcycle accident “that involved no other individuals.”

Monday, 4:38 p.m.

Athletic director Jeff Long released a statement following a hospital visit saying Petrino is “resting comfortably and is encour-­ aged by the progress of his recovery.”

Tuesday, 11:20 a.m.

Petrino released from the Physician’s Specialty Hospi-­ tal in Fayetteville.

Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.

Petrino addressed the media before watching foot-­ ball practice from the Reyn-­ olds Razorback Stadium press box. He said he “ab-­ solutely” had no alcoholic drinks before the accident.

Following the press confer-­ ence, he responded “Yeah” that he was alone during the accident when asked by KFSM Channel 5.

Thursday, 3:12 p.m.

Petrino called Long to tell him that he previously withheld information that Jessica Dorrell, a 25-­year-­ old UA football department employee, was a passenger on his motorcycle during the crash.

Thursday, 3:36 p.m.

The Arkansas State Po-­ lice report about the crash is released and news about Dorrell’s involvement breaks to the public.

from PROGRAM on page 1 amount of any special allowances for unusual expenses.

Petrino’s family released a statement through the university Monday morning that said the accident involved “no other individuals.” Petrino also said “Yeah,” when asked if he was alone on the motorcycle by KFSM Channel 5 News following his Tuesday press conference.

During the press conference, he referred to Dorrell as “a lady” who was at the scene and flagged down a vehicle, but didn’t reveal her name or that she was a passenger on the motorcycle. Dorrell didn’t report any injuries suffered from the crash in the police report.

Petrino and Dorrell told a man passing by not to call 911 and then got in a car and left, it was revealed when the 911 call made after they left was released Friday.

“I’m disappointed that coach Petrino did not share to me when he had the opportunity to the full extent of the accident and who was involved,” Long said. “Certainly when someone isn’t as forthcoming as they should have been, certainly it puts the relationship in a different place.

“Can we overcome that?

That’s something we’ve got to work through and see if we can do through the course of this process.”

The state doesn’t have a law prohibiting a state employee from hiring a romantic partner or having a romantic relationship with a subordinate, said Kay Terry, administrator of the state Office of Personnel Management, to the Arkansas News Bureau on Friday.

Petrino could be in violation of the university’s sexual harassment policy outlined in Section 3.6 of the UA staff handbook.

The section states “Consensual sexual relationships between faculty and their students or between supervisors and their employees in some instances may result in charges of sexual harassment.”

The section further states

that, “Even when both parties have consented to a relationship, it is the faculty member, administrator or supervisor who may be held accountable for unprofessional behavior.”

Dorrell was announced as the new student-athlete development coordinator May 29, just four days before the accident. Her salary is $55,735, the same as Dann Kabala, who had the position prior to Dorrell and left for a job at the University of Pittsburgh.

Prior to working on the football staff, Dorrell served as Razorback Foundation Assistant Director. She played for Arkansas’ women’s volleyball team from 2004-07, earning All-Southeastern Conference honors as a senior. One factor Long could be waiting to weigh is what is included in Arkansas State Police Capt. Lance King’s summary of his involvement following Petrino’s crash. King was required to write the summary by state police officials and it is expected to be finished in time for it to be “shared with the public early next week”, according to an ASP statement released Friday afternoon.

King and the vehicle that stopped to pick up Petrino and Dorrell at the site of the accident met at a Fayetteville intersection shortly after the accident. King then took Petrino to the Physician’s Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville while Dorrell departed in her own vehicle.

“Captain King has been asked by his supervisor to provide a detailed summary of his involvement with Coach Petrino and other individuals who’ve been identified within the crash investigation,” the ASP statement said.

King’s summary coupled with Long’s interpretation of the UA handbook and input from other university officials could all play roles in his decision on Petrino’s future.

“I don’t know what I’m looking for until I find it,” Long said Thursday. “I don’t know what I’m going to find in the review.

Certainly if I found things in the review that would leave me to make a determination, then I’m going to act upon that.”

Thursday, 8:49 p.m.

Long called a 9:45 p.m. press conference to update the Petrino situation.

Thursday, 9:55 p.m.

Petrino released a state-­ ment saying he withheld information about Dorrell to protect “a previous inap-­ propriate relationship from becoming public.” He also said he “hoped to remain the head coach of the Razor-­ backs.”

Thursday, 10:05 p.m.

Long announced he SODFHG 3HWULQR RQ LQGH¿ QLWH paid administrative leave while he reviews the situa-­ tion surrounding the acci-­ dent.

Friday, 3:12 p.m.

Arkansas State Police releases a statement saying it will require Capt. Lance King to provide a detailed summary of his involvement after the wreck. King met the vehicle carrying Petrino and Dorrell at a Fayetteville intersection and took Petrino to the Physician’s Specialty Hospital while Dorrell left in her own car.

Friday, 4:08 p.m.

A 911 call is released re-­ vealing Petrino and Dorrell asked a man not to call 911, then left the scene in anoth-­ er car.

Saturday, 2:14 p.m.

Long said through a UA spokesperson that his “re-­ view is ongoing and will continue throughout the weekend.”

Saturday, 4:11 p.m.

An Associated Press re-­ port quotes one of Dorrell’s former volleyball teammates saying Dorrell is in “safe mode” and hadn’t returned calls from friends since the report was released.

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino (right) and Arkansas State Police Capt. Lance King stand together before taking the field for a Razorbacks football game. The ASP is requiring King to provide a detailed summary of his involvement following Petrino’s April 1 motorcycle accident.

UA Staff Handbook Section 3.6 The following is the subsection of the UA sexual harrassment policy dealing with consensual relationships.

Consensual Relationships Consensual sexual relationships between faculty and their students or between supervisors and their employees in some instances may result in charges of sexual harassment.

Consensual relationships may lead other faculty and students or supervisors and coworkers to question the validity of grades, evaluations, and other interactions between the people involved in such a relationship. The integrity of the work of both people in the relationship may be compromised.

University faculty, administrators, and other supervisory staff should be aware that any sexual involvement with their students or employees could subject them to formal action if a sexual harassment complaint is subsequently made and substantiated, and that they bear the greater burden of responsibility should it be proven that the

power differential between them made the relationship other than fully consensual.

Even when both parties have consented to a relationship, it is the faculty member, administrator, or supervisor who may be held accountable for unprofessional behavior. Other students or employees may allege that the relationship creates a hostile or abusive environment affecting them. Graduate assistants, residence hall staff, tutors, and undergraduate course assistants who are professionally responsible for students will be held to the same standards of accountability as faculty in their relationships with students whom they instruct or evaluate.

When a consensual relationship exists between a student and a faculty member who has control over the student’s academic work or status or between an employee and his or her supervisor, the resulting conflict of interest should be addressed in accordance with university policies concerning conflict of interest.

from FOOTBALL on page 8 what’s going on so we have to let our administration who has done a great job in gathering all the information take control of that.”

Johnson was an assistant at Ohio State when head coach Jim Tressel resigned in May 2010 because of NCAA violations and sanctions.

“I don’t know if you can ever get prepared when you are going through tough situations, but any adversity

you go through in your life definitely prepares you in terms of making sure you are mentally strong and making sure you are ready to step up for a leadership role like all of our coaches are for our players,” Johnson said.

The coaching staff hadn’t talked about the possibility of Petrino being let go, Johnson said.

“That’s something that you really can’t delve into until Long and the administration takes care of that,” Johnson said. “You really can’t go about business that

way when you are in the football world. You have to attack the moment.”

The moment now is the remaining seven spring practices, including the April 21 Red-White game.

Petrino can still contact assistant coaches, Johnson said. He can’t be involved in coaching, though, Long said.

Offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, Bobby’s younger brother, has helped lead practice since the accident.

“All the other coaches, we do it all together,” Johnson said.

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has been on indefinite paid administrative leave since Thursday night and could be in violation of the university’s sexual harrassment policy, outlined in Section 3.6 of the UA Staff Handbook.

from SPRING PRACTICE on page 9 at times in the scrimmage, the second consecutive week he has gotten substantial reps with the starters.

McKinney worked with the first-team defense last week after sophomore start-

er Tevin Mitchel tweaked his hamstring.

Redshirt freshman Kelvin Fisher and senior Darius Winston also worked with the first-team defense at corner Friday. Mitchel worked with the reserves.

Junior All-SEC offensive guard Alvin Bailey and senior

offensive tackle Jason Peacock — starters last season — continued to work with the second-team offensive line Friday.

Sophomore Luke Charpentier worked with the firstteam offense at guard, while junior David Hurd worked with the first-team at tackle.

SPORTS from BASEBALL on page 8 ello said. “So I was cheating on that pitch and he threw it, so I connected.”

Up next, senior third baseman Matt Reynolds walked and then stole second base while Bosco was at bat. Bosco singled to right field and scoring Reynolds, giving the Hogs a 4-0 lead.

Bosco advanced to second on a balk, and scored Arkansas’ fourth run of the inning after freshman infielder Joe Serrano singled up the middle.

Four scoreless innings followed, but the Razorbacks scored three more runs in the eighth.

Freshman infielder Brian Anderson made it home on a single from Fiociello and Reynolds grounded out to short, scoring Carver while advancing Ficociello to second. The Hogs scored their final run when junior infielder Jacob Morris hit a single to shortstop to run in Ficociello.

After allowing 17 hits and 12 runs in his last 5.1 innings pitched, right-hander DJ Baxendale started the series finale. The junior threw for eight innings and struck out seven while allowing no runs. Baxendale improved to 6-1 this season.

“What I saw is a guy who can locate his fast ball; put the breaking ball where he wanted it,” Van Horn said. “He threw the breaking ball when it was a full count; he used them all. He kept them off balance and just did a tremendous job. It’s good to have him back.”

The appearance is Baxendale’s career-long outing.

Right-handed sophomore Nolan Sanburn replaced Baxendale to close the game for the Hogs in the ninth inning.

Sanburn struck out one and allowed no runs or hits.

Hogs take over in game two The start of game two was delayed until 2:10 p.m. due to rain, but the Razorbacks still managed an 8-3 victory.

“It seems like it has been a long time since we won a game,” Van Horn said. “We’re not used to that.”

The Hogs were trailing the Bulldogs 1-0 until the bottom of the third inning.

Brian Anderson singled through the left side before advancing to third on a Tim Carver double down the left field line. Jacob Mahan also singled through the left side, sending Anderson home to tie the score 1-1.

Following Mahan, the Hogs loaded the bases before a grand

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012 slam by redshirt-sophomore outfielder Jimmy Bosco propelled the Hogs to a 5-1 lead.

Arkansas scored a pair of runs in the sixth inning before their final run in the seventh to end the game.

Hogs fall to Georgia in opener No. 13 Arkansas dropped the weekend series opener against Georgia 4-2 on Friday night in front of 7,552 fans at Baum Stadium.

Sophomore first baseman Dominic Ficociello led the Razorbacks at the plate with two hits and one run while senior third baseman Matt Reynolds and sophomore catcher Jake Wise each added one hit and an RBI for the Razorbacks.

After battling for the lead most of the game, the Hogs trailed 2-1 in the eighth. Arkansas had an opportunity to retake the lead, but did not manage to put up any runs the rest of the game.

The six through nine-hole batters for the Razorbacks combined to go 1 for 15, with the only hit a bunt single.

“It’s tough down there,” Van Horn said about the bottom of the order. “We did hit a couple of balls hard, but not a lot from down on that part of the batting order.”

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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior Hall Fess and the Razorbacks dropped weekend home matches against No. 9 Florida and No. 38 South Carolina, dropping the Hogs to 1-9 in the Southeastern Conference.

Tennis Closes Out at Home

by ZACH LIGI Staff Writer

Arkansas’ men’s tennis had two home losses this weekend.

The Razorbacks lost matches Friday against No. 9 Florida and Sunday against No. 38 South Carolina.

In the match against the Gators, the No. 41 Razorbacks (14-11, 1-9 Southeastern Conference) were overwhelmed in a 7-0 loss.

“It was a tough weekend,” Arkansas coach Robert Cox said. “Florida whipped us pretty good and we weren’t in that kind of class. They

from COMMENTARY on page 8 Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson, you know the guy who was Ron Artest’s P.I.C. in the Malice in the Palace.

Regardless of past indiscretions, Captain Jack is a good player and this trade halfway makes sense, that is until the Warriors flipped Captain Jack for the corpse of Richard Jefferson, who was past his prime in 2003.

Congrats Warriors you earned this!

Best Hair –– Joakim Noah As if there was another option?? Noah, from his college years, has embraced the hair.

Unlike much of his competition, Noah hasn’t changed his style from year to year, even

jumped on us, and to beat the number nine team in the country we came out flat and they jumped all over us.”

The Sunday match against the Gamecocks went better for Arkansas, but the Razorbacks lost 4-1.

“Today was a very good match,” Cox said. “Great doubles point. I think south Carolina came up big, we got a little tight when it got even and South Carolina stepped up there and stole that doubles point away from us but they played good tennis.

“Then they came out smoking. We put up a pretty good fight on a couple of

these courts. We could have lasted a little bit longer you never know.”

Arkansas managed one singles win against South Carolina, but little else.

“It wasn’t the best (weekend) we’ve had,” Fess said.

“We had a couple of rough matches. Today was a fight. It was close. We had our chances in doubles but we couldn’t finish it same in singles.

There’s always next weekend.”

Arkansas’ last meet of the regular season is Saturday against LSU. The Tigers aren’t ranked and entered the weekend with just two SEC wins.

month to month. He has let those long natural locks flow from the time we was drafted wearing a suit that would make Elton John blush.

Noah has been nothing but himself ever since he stepped on an NBA court, blocking shots, pulling down boards and never backing down from a fight –– all the while displaying that beautiful head of hair.

Best Nickname –– DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins Sorry Linsanity. Take one look at Cousins and you will know why they call him Boogie.

The 6-foot-11 270-pound 21 year old looks like a seasoned veteran this year, averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds while also displaying great touch from the free throw line, shooting almost 75 percent.

Boogie has been a beast this year, but this award isn’t given for good performance. It is given for a good nickname.

Boogie just happens to have both.

Best White Guy –– Kevin Love My man! Kevin Love is making a serious argument for best big man in the NBA. Love is averaging a quiet 26 points and 14 rebounds this season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. I know this might come as a shock to some of you but yes, Minnesota does have a NBA team.

The point is that most people wouldn’t think of Kevin Love as one of the top five guys in the league, but his

numbers don’t lie.

Best Poster –– Blake Griffin Griffin just doesn’t care.

He doesn’t care what the score is, who is guarding him, who is open, when he gets the ball. There is only one goal: to dunk the ball as violently has humanly possible.

Every time I see a Blake Griffin highlight on ESPN I can’t imagine how he is going to top himself, but he somehow finds a way to do every time.

Coach of the Year –– Gregg Popovich If I had any say Pops would win this award every year because every year he takes a San Antonio team that has no business in the playoffs and he puts them there.

Tim Duncan is one of the 15 greatest players of all-time, but it takes more than one player to win a championship and some of his help was nowhere near good enough to win that many games. This season Pop has led the Spurs to one of the better records in the NBA with a past-his-prime Duncan and an injured Manu Ginobali.

Much more impressive than winning the same amount of games with Durant or LeBron.

Well there you have it.

I hope you all have that great feeling of accomplishment like I do. It feels good doing something you know has made a huge impact like this.

Harrison Stanfill is a staff writer for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.

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that she competed in. The Razorbacks also welcomed back Kelci Lewis to the lineup as she competed on vault and floor for Arkansas.

“It calmed down the whole group and it got us re-centered,” Cook said “We were the team we had been in preseason, we had lost that identity a little bit the last three meets but we regained it tonight.”

Led by the duo of Grable and Pisani, the Razorbacks finished the meet on beam where they delivered a team score of 49.175 to solidify their spot in the NCAA Championship. Grable delivered her highest score of the meet with a 9.90 and Pisani delivered again with a 9.925.

Pisani won the all-round title with a 39.625 and helped carry the Razorbacks to the NCAA berth.

“This just shows how determined and confident we are,” Pisani said. ”We are definitely a threat and really want to make it to the Super Six, and that is still our goal.”

As Arkansas took its turn on vault, the Razorbacks continued to post consistent scores, with every competitor posting a 9.8 or better.

Arkansas’ vault rotation was highlighted by all-arounders Amy Borsellino and Pisani scoring a 9.875 and 9.9, respectively.

“Amy Borsellino did a phenomenal job in the all around tonight, she was really a rock star,” Cook said.

Arkansas continued to post consistent scores as it took to the bars, its third event of the day.

For the second straight event, every player posted a score of 9.800 or better.

Pisani led Arkansas on bars with a 9.875, followed by fellow All-American Katherine Grable’s 9.85 and Shelby Salmon’s 9.85.

Grable has been out the past three meets with an ankle injury, but returned to action scoring a 9.8 or better in each of the three events