Aug. 31, 2011

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 Vol. 106, NO.8 UATRAV.COM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011VOL. 106, NO.58 PAGESUATRAV.COM

WEATHERFORECAST

T O D AY T H U R S D AY F R I D AY S AT U R D AY S U N D AY M O N D AY98° 97° 88° 83° 84° 83°

In This Issue:

New Walton Recycling Plan

Fest of All! e Fest of All encourages multiculturalism in Fayetteville on Sept. 1

Page 2

Walton college administrators will introduce a new recycling plan.

Page 2

Haydar Speaks atGroundbreaking CeremonyArkansas basketball guard Kikko Haydar delivers speech at Ozark Hall groundbreaking ceremony.

0

Allergy Awareness Starts the School Year O! RightStudents’ allergies act up as autumn’s allergens are in the air.

Page 5

The Experience of Undocumented StudentsUndocumented sisters work towardthe “American dream.”

Page 5

Campus Crunch Feels Like Lack of PlanningTraveler Columnist discusses how the construction across campus is a step behind current needs.

Page 4

New

sNe

ws

Feat

ures

Feat

ures

Spor

tsOp

inio

n

Chelsea Frazier, a senior nursing major, knew she would need to take out loans for her senior year.

But this year, a federal loan wasn’t enough to cover tuition costs, which have nearly doubled for nurs-ing majors since last semester, Fra-zier said. So she took out a private loan, which carries a higher risk and interest rate.

“I didn’t want to borrow that

much money, but I don’t have a choice,” Frazier said. “It’s inevitable.”

Students like Frazier have plunged deeper into debt in recent years following a sharp increase in tuition fees, which have more than doubled since 2000, according to data by the Consumer Price Index.

Tuition and fees at the UA in-creased by 10 percent for non-res-idents and six percent for residents this year, according to the O! ce of Institutional Research.

On top of that, slashed state

funding allows for fewer grants and scholarships, said Kathy Deck, the director of the Walton College Cen-ter for Business and Economic Re-search.

“Either students get fewer schol-arships, or they get the same num-ber and tuition goes up,” she said. “It has the same e" ect – leaving stu-dents with signi# cant debt loads.”

As state governments tighten spending, they limit the money available to universities for direct student aid, which is “money you

don’t have to pay back, like a schol-arship,” Deck said.

“Nothing can be o" the table at this point,” she said. “As destructive as it would ultimately be to have ed-ucation bear the brunt, there’s just no way you can say that anything’s exempt.”

And the Aug. 2 raising of the debt ceiling could degrade student aid even further.

Students Face Higher Loans and Fewer Grants

Haydar SpeaksPage 10

CampusConstruction a Distraction to Students

Record Enrollment Stresses Transit System

by BRADY TACKETTStaff Writer

UA students will have to cope with the o$ en-distracting construction on campus until at least early 2014, said a facilities management o! cial.

E" orts are being made to ensure that students receive as little disruption as possible, said Mike Johnson, the associate vice chancellor for facilities.

“We are doing our best to try and put noisy things either early in the morning, a$ er hours or on the weekend,” Johnson said. “If there are issues that day, we % ex.”

Johnson and his team understand, however, that the very idea of campus construction causes stress for some students.

“We try our best to have as little impact as possible, but even leaf blowers bother people,” Johnson said.

& e record-breaking enroll-ment at the UA has caused over-crowding on buses, a UA transit o! cial said.

& e transit department ex-pects people to stand dur-ing peak hours of use or “crush time,” said Mike Seither, Razor-back Transit manager.

& e buses have been so crowded that students have had to stand next to the bus driv-er passed the designated yellow line, said Ryan Concha, junior mechanical engineering major.

“I was pretty much sitting in his lap,” Concha said.

& e capacity on transit buses is about 65 to 70 people, and out of the 19 full-sized buses, Transit uses only 17 at peak hours of the day, Seither said.

Many stops are being skipped each morning because there’s just no more room, Concha said.

“You can only stu" so many on,” said bus driver Kari Maas.

by MEGAN HUCKABYStaff Writer

by NICK OLIVERContributing Writer

see DEBTon page 5

see CLASSROOMSon page 2

see TRANSITon page 2 ANDREW HAGOOD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Packed buses, like the afternoon Blue Route bus, have become a common sight. Fewer parking spaces mean more students relying on Razorback Transit.

BEN FLOWERS ASST. PHOTO EDITORCollege tuition continues to rise, causing students like Chelsea Frazier, nursing senior, to take out student loans. “As a nursing student, any extra time is spent studying. You almost feel guilty taking time for anything extracurricular,” she said, sharing her schedule and course load.

NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 PAGE 2

The women and men of the University of Arkansas Police Department, in partnership with the community, are committed to protecting the future of Arkansas by promot-ing a safe and secure environment.

The Transit and Parking office handles parking permits and passes and transit for students, including bus routes and GoLoco Ride Sharing. Students with parking violations can contact the office to appeal their citation.

NEED TICKETS? CALL 1-800-982-4647

NEED A RIDE AT NIGHT? CALL 575 - 7233

NEED EMERGENCY HELP? CALL UAPD 575-2222

HAVE A TICKET? CALL 575-7275 TO RESOLVE IT

Otherwise known as 575-SAFE, the mission of the Safe Ride program is to provide students with a safe means of transportation from any uncomfortable or inconvenient situation. Safe Ride brings you home safely.

Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2010-2011 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.

CAMPUS NUMBERS

The Arkansas Traveler, the student newspaper of the University of Arkansas, is published every day during the fall and spring academic sessions except during exam periods and university holidays.

Opinions expressed in signed columns are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily refl ect the opinion of The Traveler. The editor makes all fi nal content decisions.

One copy of The Arkansas Traveler is free to every member of the UA commu-nity. Additional copies can be purchased for 50 cents each. Mail subscriptions for delivery within the continental United States can be purchased for $125.00 per se-mester. Contact the Traveler Business Manager to arrange.

CONTACT

STAFF

The Arkansas Traveler strives for accuracy in its reporting and will correct all matters of fact. If you believe the paper has printed an error, please notify the editor at 575.8455 or at [email protected].

SABA NASEEMEditor [email protected]

MATTIE QUINNManaging [email protected]

LAUREN LEATHERBYFeatures [email protected]

JIMMY CARTERSports [email protected]

ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

CANNON MCNAIRSales [email protected]

JAIME HOLLANDAccount [email protected]

ZACHARY FRYAccount [email protected]

SAMANTHA WILLIAMSEnterprise Editor

575-3226

BOBBIE FOSTER News Editor

[email protected]

CHAD WOODARDAsst. News Editor

KELSI FORDAsst. Features Editor

JORDAIN CARNEYOpinion Editor

SARAH CHAMPAGNEPhoto Editor

BENJAMIN FLOWERSAssistant Photo Editor

EDITORIAL

ADVERTISING & DESIGN

CORRECTIONS

ABOUT THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

ERIK NORTHFELLLead Designer/ Web Developer

CELI BIRKEGraphic Designer

DYLAN CRAIGGraphic Designer

MICY LIUCampus Account Executive

[email protected]

AARON TANCampus Account Executive

[email protected]

SARAH COLPITTSNews Designer

LEAH YOUNG Features Designer

TAYLOR WHITESports Designer

EDITORIAL

ADVERTISING & DESIGN

119 Kimpel HallUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, AR 72701Main: 479.575.3406 Fax: [email protected]

Scan to call us! facebook.com/uatravtwitter.com/uatrav

Fest of All comes to Fayettevile’s First Thursday

Conoco Phillips Donates$80,000 to U of A

! e " rst multicultural festi-val in Fayetteville, Fest Of All, will kick o# ! ursday Sept. 1 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville town square. ! is festival will be in conjunc-tion with First ! ursday, an ar-tistic gathering that happens the " rst ! ursday of every month. ! e Fest Of All happens every year about this time in Rogers; however, for the very " rst time they have brought it closer to the students of the UA.

“! e mission statement is to o# er a free annual festival that encourages the apprecia-tion and recognition of com-munity diversity through en-tertainment, cuisine, education and artistic expression of all cultures,” said Brande Flack, as-sociate director for leadership education and development and program coordinator of the Multicultural Center.

! e goal of Fest Of All is to highlight a variety of cultural and ethnic groups, showcas-ing artistic performances such as that of traditional music and dance, so that members of the diverse community are able to see cultural performances that are familiar to them. ! is will enhance multicultural aware-ness through artistic expression to celebrate and experience a variety of traditions, Flack said.

International Students and Scholars, the Multicultural Center, Student A# airs, Gradu-ate Students O$ ce and Interna-tional Students are some of the groups that will attend the fest. ! ere will be artistic displays from city groups, local non-pro" ts will attend, international and domestic students will have table booths and the organiza-tion will be selling food.

“! ere will be a total of 15 volunteer shows at the festi-val, such as belly dancing, Af-rican drumming and Brazilian

capoeira to name a few,” Flack said. “We want to bring togeth-er students from all over the world and know it’s an event they are able to attend for free.”

International students at the UA are getting together with the International Culture Team, a special team of international student educators, to show o# their skills for the event. As a community they want to rep-resent themselves and their countries with di# erent sort of booths at the festival. Some of the many ideas shared by Jo-seph Gerke, international stu-dents and scholars employee, are face paining, henna tat-toos done by Indian students, African drumming and photo booths.

“We thought it would be a nice idea to take some tra-ditional clothing from many countries so that people can try them on and see what they look like,” Gerke said.

In order to determine how

many international students would want to participate in the festival, ICT had a “Kick O# ” event Friday, where they gath-ered together international stu-dents to socialize, recruit new members for their team and get to know each other.

“Being part of ICT is great; you learn a lot from everyone and you yourself get to share a little bit of your culture and practice your public speaking skills. Being present at the Fest Of All will be a great opportu-nity to share beliefs and correct misconceptions anyone has of your culture,” said Mohamed Boudhoum, international cul-ture team member.

! e event will be free to the public and is organized by the League of United Latin Ameri-can Citizens Council #769, the City of Fayetteville Community Services Division, the Fayette-ville Visitors Bureau and the Fayetteville Chamber of Com-merce.

by MATILDE BONIFAZContributing Writer

however, with noise in the Ar-kansas Union, which is full of students already displaced be-cause of the demolition of the Science and Engineering Audi-torium.

“We were trying to watch a video, and I just kept hearing the drills and the hammers,” said Kalene Jochems, junior nursing major. “We couldn’t hear [our teacher] talking, even with a microphone.”

! e noise issue was caused by jack hammering, Johnson said. However, he assured that the construction in the Union should be done in November, and the facilities will be ready to use at the beginning of the spring semester.

“We are going to have some noise with Vol Walker and Ozark because there will be de-molition and excavation going on,” Johnson said.

Not only does the construc-tion bring noise, it brings a maze of barricaded areas and walkways.

“Getting to class is more dif-" cult,” said Heather Blow, ju-nior psychology major.

Blow has class in Memorial Hall, which has been plagued by the construction of the Pi Phi Gate since last spring.

“I am in the basement, and we still hear some noise from the construction,” she said.

! e construction on the gate and campus walkway in front of Memorial Hall should be done in March, though students will have to deal with the challeng-

es of several other construction sites for a little longer, he said.

! e construction of the new auditorium, located where the Science and Engineering Audi-torium once stood, will be com-pleted in August 2012, Johnson said.

! e auditorium will have two spaces: one seating 285 students and the other 490 stu-dents.

! e area around Vol Walker Hall will be blocked o# until the building’s addition and com-plete renovation are " nished, which is projected to be sum-mer 2013, Johnson said.

Ozark Hall, once barricades go up, will also remain fenced o# until 2013 as it undergoes renovation and as an addition is built, he said.

! ere will also be a renova-

tion of Yocum Hall and an ad-dition to Brough Commons, Johnson said.

“We will add about 300 seats to the Brough cafeteria,” John-son said.

! ere will also be retail shops and more housing featured in the addition to Brough,” John-son said. “Fire sprinklers are also being added in the build-ings as they are renovated.”

All together, the construc-tion will continue until 2014 and cost approximately $135 million to $145 million, some of which is from private donors, according to Facilities Manage-ment.

Despite those projected end dates, “we are never actually done,” Johnson said.

CLASSROOMSfrom page 1

SERGIO MALDONADO STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERWorkers building and remodeling Union Fit Out - Multicultural Center on the Union’s forth fl oor. Renovations are happening all over campus.

ConocoPhillips o$ cials do-nated $80,000 to the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the College of Engineering that will go toward enriching innovation, research, student advancement and diversity, a ConocoPhillips o$ cial said.

“We’re investing in pro-grams which encourage youth in under-represented popula-tions to consider IT as a " eld of study in college,” said Mar-ty Schoenthaler, general man-ager of corporate information technology at ConocoPhillips. “At the UA, we support the Technology Awareness Pro-gram and Engineering Career Awareness Program.”

“ECAP is a recruitment and retention program,” said Camilla Medders, director of communications at the college of Engineering. “It provides scholarships to students who are already admitted to the UA, and brings them to cam-pus early for a summer bridge program.”

“It also provides mentor-ing and other support for the

whole time they are in school, including helping them get jobs and apply to grad school,” Medders said.

“Conoco Phillips truly makes a di# erence for our stu-dents and faculty,” said David Douglas, Walton College in-terim chair of the information systems department.

“! eir " nancial generos-ity allows us to provide world-class information systems for our curriculum, scholarships, student organization support, student job opportunities and information systems research,” he said.

“Equally important [to ConocoPhillips’s " nancial gen-erosity] is the vision and guid-ance they provide on adviso-ry boards and their eagerness to work with our faculty and graduate students on research,” Douglas said.

A total of $3,000 of the $80,000 donation will go to support portions of the college of Engineering, said Susan Gauch, head of computer science and computer engineering.

by CONOR WOODYStaff Writer

Of her eight years working in transit, this is the worst it has been, Maas said.

! e last two semesters are worse than the past four years, said business major Haxhire Myrteza.

“I’ve been late to class a couple times,” Myrteza said.

In order to accommodate more students, transit o$ cials have added more buses to the higher volume routes such as the Blue, Green and Tan in the past years and most recently the Purple route, Seither said.

“We knew the Purple bus was going to be an issue,” Sei-ther said.

Although students have had issues with getting to class, only one person has contacted transit about a route not having enough buses this semester, Seither said.

“If people have issues that the buses passed them up or they’re late for class, please contact me,” Seither said.

Transit has taken a few steps toward being able to accommodate the growing number of students at the UA. In the past two years, transit has gone from 13 to 17 buses

running at one time, Seither said.

Transit will also be receiv-ing four more buses next year, but they are going to be used to replace the older, smaller vehicles, Seither said.

! e newer buses are wider and longer than the ones they will be replacing, adding a higher capacity for riders, Sei-ther said. Although ridership has increased along with en-rollment, transit has no inten-tion of adding any more bus-es, but could if needed.

! e transit system is an alternative to students un-able to a# ord a parking per-mit, but if someone is running late, misses the bus, or for-gets something, students may " nd themselves parking in the Union parking deck, said Andy Gilbride, education and instruction specialist for Ra-zorback Transit.

If students have the money to pay for a parking pass, the Garland Avenue Parking Ga-rage will remove one % oor of meters to add more student parking, Gilbride said.

“Say you pay $11 to park in the Union. If you park there seven times, you’ve already paid for a parking pass,” Gilbride said.

TRANSITfrom page 1

see PHILLIPSon page 3

Unprecedented enroll-ment, coupled with an on-slaught of new construction projects, has relocated stu-dents into unconventional classrooms like gymnasiums and theaters, a UA facilities and management o! cial said.

A recent student fee al-lowed the remodeling projects to begin, and changes could not have started soon enough, said Bob Beeler, director of design and construction.

“In order to have class and live, we have to respond to the growth,” Beeler said.

Finding “swing space” — new venues to house the dis-placed classes — was quite a

challenge and took a monu-mental e" ort from all depart-ments involved, Beeler said.

# is year, students have class in new corners of cam-pus, well outside the normal walking distance.

For Michael Clark, an ar-chitecture student, the class-room situation is an improve-ment.

“It makes it easier if you need help with something; it’s almost a better environment,” Clark said.

“However, classes being spread throughout campus could take away from [my] studio time, because walking 10 minutes to get there [takes] away the motivation. But it could go either way,” Clark said.

Students that would have had class in the recently de-molished Science and Engi-neering Auditorium are now in Baum Stadium. Eventually the classes will convene in the new Hillside Auditorium. # e complete renovation will pro-vide 160 new classrooms and 36 laboratories, Beeler said.

Sophomore Britton Wil-son, who has chemistry and biology in Baum Stadium, said that the amount of e" ort it takes to get to the stadium is a big problem. Not only that, but stadium seating does not make for easy note-taking.

“It is more challenging to learn with no desk and being within one inch from the per-son beside you,” Wilson said.

# e Walton College Green Team is joining with the De-partment of Facilities Man-agement, Razorback Recycling and the Students in Free Enter-prise team to implement a new recycling plan in the business building this year, with the in-tent of lowering the school’s carbon footprint, said the ad-ministrative support supervi-sor of the Walton College of Business.

# e overseers of the pro-gram will weigh the amount of waste collected at the end of the year and compare it to the amount from last year to assess the e" ectiveness of the program, said Suson Wheeler, Walton College administrative supply supervisor.

# e new plan consists of putting recycling bins through-out the business building, mak-ing it the “$ rst building on campus to have recycling bins placed in each classroom,” Wheeler said.

# ere will be three recy-cling bins and a wastebasket in each room. # e recycling bins will be separated into white pa-per, mixed paper and cans and bottles.

In an additional e" ort to improve the recycling habits of students, faculty and sta" and to decrease the amount of ma-terials brought into the build-ing, the administrators of the program showed an education-al video on waste management in some classrooms during the $ rst two weeks of classes, Wheeler said.

“Paper will most likely be the heaviest material recycled,” Wheeler said, “ [from] students printing things out and throw-ing them in the trash.”

# e recycling plan began a% er the Walton College Green Team met in the 2010-2011 se-mesters and made three goals: to “reduce waste, increase re-cycling and try to reduce the amount of waste from plastic bottles by reusing more water bottles,” said Michelle Halsell, director of the applied sustain-ability center.

SIFE joined this project be-cause “it’s the responsible thing to do,” said Susan Bristow, fac-ulty adviser for the group.

SIFE is a sustainability ambassadors team that goes around and talks about the im-portance of recycling, Wheeler said.

Our team will work with all of the faculty, sta" and students to “help them be more mind-ful of what they do with their waste,” Bristow said. Catering services will also be o" ered “to help them [students, faculty and sta" ] be more sustainable with their supplies.”

# e plan will not force any additional costs on the Walton College of Business. Wheeler said. # e custodians will take out the recycling bins like they do the trash.

Facilities Management and their recycling services “work together as a team. Custodians get the recycling bins to a pick-

up point, so we can pick them up and get them to the recy-cling center,” said Gary Enzor, Razorback Recycling coordina-tor.

Walton College also has a drop-o" box outside of the building where students can drop o" recyclable materials.

“We are a part of a big loop, and we get the materials to re-cycling brokers who then get it to a mill,” Enzor said.

It will be possible to tell by the end of the fall semester if the program has the potential to succeed, Halsell said.

“We think it’s going to be a tremendous success,” Bristow said. “[We hope to] help change mind sets on being more re-sponsible for our resources as well as keep unneeded waste out of our land$ lls.”

NEWSPAGE 3 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

Students Cope With Unconventional Classrooms

Walton College HasNew Recycling Plan

by BRITNEY CRAIGContributing Writer

by SERENA WRENContributing Writer

PHILLIPSfrom page 2

“Our side of the joint gi% will go toward supporting things with students and will be used to strengthen the depart-ment, speci$ cally with under-grads,” she said. “Our college needs more donations like this one.”

# e money will be going to two main things in the depart-ment, Gauch said.

“# e $ rst portion will be used for a welcome event for incoming sophomores,” Gauch said. “In the College of Engi-neering students have a com-mon freshmen year, so they usually don’t directly associate with the college. # is event will help familiarize students with the building and their classes.”

# e second portion will go to the RSO Association for Computing Machinery, she said.

# is money will allow stu-dents, funded partially by Con-ocoPhillips, to invite speakers to come talk to members of the chapter, she said.

A portion of the money will also help student professional organizations and Beta Alpha Psi, a student honor society.

Moez Limayem, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Walton College, described the college’s relationship with Conoco Phillips as “simply exemplary,” and said that the money will help enhance curriculum. “And just as important is how it allows us to attract better and more diverse students to our programs,” Limayem said.

Schoenthaler, general man-ager of corporate information technology at ConocoPhillips, and a graduate from the Walton College M.B.A. program, pre-sented the gi% to the colleges July 11.

AD SPACEAD: Good Eats

Good Eats Good Eats

CHANDLER CARCRAFT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERLoraine Brewer instructs an early morning chemistry class inside Barnhill Arena. Barnhill is the UA’s newest auditorium classroom.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 EDITOR: SABA NASEEM MANAGING EDITOR : MATTIE QUINN

Scan here to go tothe Opinion section

on uatrav.com

CONTACT US! e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student clas-si" cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri" cation. Letters

should be sent to [email protected].

EDITORIAL BOARD

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

OPINION

EDITORMANAGING EDITOR

OPINION EDITORENTERPRISE EDITOR

Saba NaseemMattie QuinnJordain CarneySamantha Williams

FROM THE BOARD

ANNA JACOBS STAFF CARTOONIST

Cars Everywhere, Not a Spot to Spare

The population explo-sion on campus is not quite what was expected before the hallowed halls of the UA officially opened for the start of the fall semester. I’ve heard several words used to describe the current state of personal space—or lack thereof—with my favorite being an (admittedly slightly unoriginal) analogy between students and sardines in a tin can.

I personally have a hard time criticizing much on this campus. My educa-tion here so far has been of a great quality, I loved liv-ing in Pomfret my first year (where I’ve met some of my best friends) and now at the Northwest Quads, and I re-ally can’t complain about the entertainment opportunities on campus. As far as a col-lege experience goes, I feel like I’ve truly been blessed to be a student at the UA.

And yet, the general feeling I’ve heard about what the UA is doing to deal with the high student popula-tion is not one of thought-ful and considerate planning but of one delayed reactions. I feel like the UA adminis-tration kind of dropped the ball with the handling of

the boom in its population, mostly because it simply did not do enough before being hit. From having kicked o# -campus almost all students who reapplied for housing, leaving only roughly 1,000 up-perclassmen living on campus (with housing not be up to par for even many freshmen, as those living in the study rooms at Yocum would attest), to not expanding either parking or student tickets for Razorback football games, to having class-es in places like Futrall Hall, the Global Campus in Rog-ers, Ark. and Barnhill Arena, the UA administration comes across as not having been en-tirely prepared for the in$ ux of new students.

During the last five years, the student popula-tion has grown from roughly 18,000 students to more than 23,000, an increase of about 7,000 students, with about 1,700 students compris-ing the last year of growth. This kind of increase—with the benefit of hindsight, in any case—makes sense, with both the current state of the economy and the thousands of dollars made available to Arkansas residents funded by the Arkansas State Lot-tery fueling higher enroll-ment rates and encouraging students to stay in-state.

But with 4,400 freshmen enrolled, the UA administra-tion’s growth plan from only a year ago—which set a goal of only 3,350 enrolled fresh-men for the 2015 scholastic year—has been completely blown out of the water and seems a bit shortsighted.

This isn’t to say that UA officials aren’t working hard to meet the demands of the growth—anybody who has spoken to the chancel-lor would acknowledge that they are—especially with the new faculty. More than sixty faculty members were added in the last two years to keep class sizes as small as pos-sible, which is a great thing to find at a large-sized uni-versity. And with the reno-vations of existing build-ings, the planned conver-sion of Hotz Hall back into a dorm, the construction of a new (and frankly, much bet-ter) hillside auditorium, the new nursing facilities under construction and the Ozark and Vol Walker Hall expan-sions, there’s constant and vigilant work being done to make this campus better for all students.

As far as these new fa-cilities may go, it seems like a game of catch-up is being played. If the next few years’ rounds of enrollment grow as much as the current fresh-man class has, I simply don’t see how even the steps the UA administration has tak-en or is planning to take will be enough. The current con-struction seems like it would have been more useful even a year ago. If we are to be plan-ning for the future, it does not make sense to be build-ing to fit last year’s needs.

It almost seems like the UA has become the guy who gets excited and invites all his buddies to a party, and even when he realizes he doesn’t have enough space or

food, he keeps inviting more because he wants to include everyone. Except now, “he” is still planning on increas-ing the party to a full 25,000 individuals.

Space is limited around the campus, which explains some of the mad scramble to deal with the extra 1,700 stu-dents added in the last year, but I think that the very na-ture of the limit to growth is a sign that the UA needs to take a step back and assess whether they can comfort-ably do so. By far the best way the UA could control its growth and be able to deal with it responsibly would be to cap admission, as is being planned in the future, and raise its requirements for ad-mission. This isn’t exactly an attractive step, as the UA clearly wants to educate all who are willing to come and is dedicated in its position as the Arkansas flagship school. However, while having an even larger university can be great, providing for even more opportunities, adding even more students onto a campus that’s already feeling cramped is just not Universi-ty-level thinking.

Chris Sontagg is a columist for The Traveler. His column will appear bi-monthly every other Wednesday.

Campus Crunch Feels Like Lack of Planning

by Chris SonntagStaff Columnist

Every year students have to make decisions about how to pay for college tuition — whether that’s by your par-ents, yourself, scholarships, financial aid or taking out loans. While we can control the decisions on our end, we can’t always control what the Federal Government does to higher education spending.

Unless you managed to stay away from a newspaper or television screen, you prob-ably remember the debt ceil-ing battle that led up to an August 2 deal that averted a shutdown, but didn’t keep us from getting a lower Standard and Poor ranking.

Unfortunately, higher ed-ucation funding didn’t come out of the deal unscathed. In fact, if the “super Congress” that the August 2 decision started doesn’t come up with

a deal for another $1.5 trillion in cuts, and a bill isn’t passed by December 23, it could get a lot worse not only for higher education, but for education funding across the board.

If another deal can’t be reached, $1.2 trillion in cuts will automatically be taken from areas like defense, edu-cation and social programs. As President Barack Obama has said, the trigger is there to incentivize (or in reality — force) a compromise.

Partisanship has become so extreme that party politics is now more important than the good of the country. Though as Dr. Janine Parry said in a recent Traveler article, noth-ing is ever new in politics.

So what has been given up so far? If you’re an under-graduate, the long debt ceil-ing debate didn’t result in any-thing too extreme. Federal Pell Grant spending remained constant. But, it will be in-teresting to see if Pell Grant funding takes a cut in the next

round. It seems counter-intu-itive to think that Pell Grant funding will stay constant while cuts are being made from education funding — especially when it was high-lighted for cuts in a White House budget released during the spring 2011 semester.

If you’re a graduate stu-dent or considering graduate school, you might be aware that the deal did eliminate an in-school subsidy on fed-eral loans to graduate stu-dents (You’ll have to pay in-terest while you’re in graduate school.)

The average graduate stu-dent borrows anywhere from $30,000 to $120,000 with more than half of all students taking out loans, according to finaid.org. The Average Ar-kansas undergraduate student incurs and average of $20,000 in debt, according to project-sonstudentdebt.org.

Some have argued that the cutting of the in-school sub-sidy will cause potential ap-

plicants to rethink graduate school and its cost in more re-alistic terms. And to be fair, many of us have heard people say that they were going to graduate school so they could avoid the tough job market.

But these arguments also ignore that graduate degrees have become more common-place (and in many cases re-quired) in the workplace

But, as students, it seems unfair that we too should have to participate in what Representative Nancy Pelosi termed, “an age of austerity”. Is it not counter-productive to penalize the next generation?

Sadly, this don’t-blame-me form of governing is idiotic. If this is in fact an age of austeri-ty, and a good argument could be made that it isn’t, everyone should have to partake in it.

Jordain Carney is the 2011-2012 opinion editor.

by Jordain CarneyOpinion Editor

[email protected]

The “Age of Austerity” Should Include Students Too

Quote Of The Day“Nothing can be o# the ta-

ble at this point. As destruc-tive as it would ultimately be to have education bear the brunt, there’s just no way you can say that anything’s exempt.”

-Kathy Deck, the director of the Walton College Center for Business and Economic Research, “Walton College Has New Recycling Plan” The Fourth Estate

We were surprised last week when we gathered around the Traveler TV to watch the 10 p.m. news and heard Parking and Transit officials say that they sold, on average, more than 23,000 parking stickers for the less than 13,000 parking spots on campus.

Parking is something that we deal with on a daily basis during the workweek, and it’s a problem that try as we might we can’t ignore. What has become apparent during the first (al-most) two weeks of school is that the parking system that we have now (whether that be the number of cars allowed on cam-pus, the number of parking lots or the number of stickers sold) is no longer working.

Here are a few ideas on how to forward:

1. No Longer Allow Freshmen to Bring Their CarsWe know if you’re a freshman you probably just got re-

ally mad about how unfair the Traveler editorial board is being. And yes, it is a little unfair, but it’s also something a lot of other, large universities do. Also, Fayetteville has a thorough Transit system (through the UA Transit system) so it’s not like students would be stranded on campus if they couldn’t bring their cars.

2. Not Allow Students That Live in Fayetteville to Bring Their CarsAgain, maybe not fair, but with the Transit system it might

be easier for those who live in Fayetteville to get around with-out a car, than freshmen that might live out of state.

3. Set Up A Raffle System to Determine if a Student Gets to Park on Campus

This could be complicated. It could be something similar to Housing where students indicate during the spring semester that they’ll want to park on campus the next year, where (green lots or in a garage) and either in order of the date you applied or in a raffle style. Either way it’s fairer than across-the-board kicking a group of students (whether it’s freshmen or off-cam-pus students that lived in Fayetteville), though ironing it out and making sure it’s timely could take time to work out.

4. Build More Surface Lots or Another GarageThis might be the most expensive in terms of funding re-

quired. (Obviously kicking a portion of students off campus will cost Parking and Transit money, because it won’t be able to sell as many stickers.) It also combines a need for increased funding (at a time when maintain federal and state funding for higher education at its current level isn’t guaranteed) with hav-ing to find a spot to build more surface lots or to build a garage. It’s unlikely and it begs the question of where would in the mid-dle of this campus crunch this lot or garage go?

Not to mention building another garage, while perhaps the most space efficient, ignores the fact that many students can’t afford a $500 to $600 garage pass.

Either way, it’s obvious to us that something has to give and we hope that the Parking staff and UA administration responds accordingly.

In! uenza season is com-ing and UA students are ex-ceptionally liable to being contaminated by the viral in-fection. College students are especially vulnerable to infec-tion because of close interac-tions with large numbers of people, said a Pat Walker of-" cial.

“One very important thing to do is to get a ! u shot,” said Mary Alice Sera" ni, director of the Pat Walker Health Cen-ter. “We also advise students to get enough sleep, have a balanced diet, exercise and to maintain an overall high state of health.”

“Flu spreads easily wher-ever people congregate; in childcare centers, schools, of-" ce buildings, auditoriums and through public transpor-tation,” according to the Mayo Clinic’s website.

# ere are some precaution-ary actions to prevent being contaminated by the ! u. Hand washing, using tissues and not touching someone who has the ! u all help with the pre-vention process. However, the best way to reduce the risk of getting the ! u is to get the ! u vaccine each year, before the ! u season begins, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website:

“Your best defense against in! uenza is to receive an an-nual vaccination.”

# e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend annual ! u vacci-nation for all Americans over the age of 6 months, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website.

“If a student is feeling sick then they should give us a call at Pat Walker,” Sera" ni said.

“We’ll try to take care if them and if they’re feeling really sick that day we’ll have them seen by a nurse.”

“# e ! u shot is absolutely the best way to prepare for ! u season,” said Lyn Edington, a registered nurse and the nurse manager at the Pat Walker Health Center. “# ere are an awful lot of students bumping elbows this year and the ! u shot is a great way to prepare for the ! u season.”

“Students should get a ! u shot even if they got one just last year,” Edington said. “We will start advertising ! u shots for students toward the mid-dle of September.”

Flu vaccines are typical-ly available by shot or by na-sal spray. # e vaccines work by exposing your immune system to the ! u virus. # e body will build up antibodies against the virus to protect the body from getting in! uenza.

“We have both the live na-sal spray and the regular shot,” Edington said. “Some people aren’t eligible for the nasal spray, like people with asth-ma.”

“# e ! u shot will cost 10 dollars for students, and is covered if they have purchased student health insurance, or they can put it on their student account,” Edington said.

A ! u shot will cost 20 dol-lars for everyone else in the UA community, Sere" ni said.

“Initially, the ! u may seem like a common cold with a runny nose, sneezing and sore throat. But colds usually de-velop slowly, whereas the ! u tends to come on suddenly. And although a cold can be a nuisance, you usually feel much worse with the ! u,” ac-

cording to the Mayo Clinic’s website.

# e common signs and symptoms of the ! u include: fever, aching muscles, chills, headache, dry cough, fatigue, and nasal congestion, accord-ing to the website.

“If you have ! u symptoms, you should see your doctor right away,” according to the website.

“Taking antiviral drugs within the " rst 48 hours a$ er you " rst notice symptoms may reduce the length of your ill-ness and help prevent more-serious problems.”

Once diagnosed with in! u-enza, students can take steps to ride the wave of sickness as smoothly as possible.

“You should drink plenty of liquids. Choose water, juice and warm soups to prevent dehydration,” according to the website. “Rest. Get more sleep to help your immune system " ght infection.”

Older adults, pregnant women, people with weak-ened immune systems and people who have chronic ill-nesses are all more susceptible to being infected by the ! u, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website.

“If you're young and healthy, seasonal in! uenza usually isn't serious. Although you may feel miserable while you have it, the ! u usually goes away with no lasting ef-fects,” according to the web-site.

“Usually, at the beginning of each new semester we’ll get a lot of calls from people new to Northwest Arkansas, with runny noses and irritated eyes,” Sere" ni said. “It’s usually allergies.”

NEWSPAGE 5 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

# e Budget Control Act of 2011 added $17 billion for federal Pell Grants, which can provide up to $5,550 per year to undergraduate students. But the debt-ceiling bill also cuts total spending by $7 bil-lion next year, which could further erode the value of the grants, Deck said.

Without federal and state support, more students are reluctantly taking out private loans, which can carry an in-terest rate of up to 18 percent, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion.

# e percentage of under-graduates with private loans rose dramatically between 2003-2004 and 2007-2008, from " ve percent to 14 per-cent, according to the study.

Even as more students take out risky loans, they keep quiet about it.

“# at’s something you don’t really talk about,” said senior Jonathon LeGuen. “I have 10 close friends and I couldn’t tell you how badly loans a% ected each person.”

LeGuen said the coun-try’s precarious debt standing — underscored by the Aug. 5 credit-rating downgrade by Standard & Poor’s — has made for cautious hiring by businesses.

When LeGuen completed a 10-week internship at an in-vestment bank this summer, he was hoping for a job o% er. But he didn’t get one, and he said one reason was the weak economy.

“It’s really hard when someone says, ‘Hey, you sound like a really good can-didate, but I’m not sure what

our company’s doing because everyone here is uncertain about the future,’” he said.

LeGuen said this year he will try to keep his grades at “a respectable level,” but job interviews are forefront on his mind.

Frazier urged incoming freshmen to seek advice from the Financial Aid O& ce and save diligently.

“I would tell somebody that they really need to jump on the ball when it comes to getting a job and budgeting and saving,” she said.

Frazier said she underesti-mated the price of college un-til she started classes.

“As a high school student, everyone tells you that you need to start saving for col-lege, and it doesn’t hit you un-til you move out and you have to start paying those bills.”

DEBTfrom page 1

CHANDLER CARCRAFT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA student talks about student loans to a loan o! cer. The O! ce of Financial Aid o" ers advice to fi nd the best way to pay for college.

# e HIV Awareness Walk, sponsored by HIV Arkansas, hits the outdoor track at the Jones Center for Families on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. # e walk is slot-ted to become an annual event.

HIV Arkansas, formerly Northwest Arkansas Positive Links, is a “local non-pro" t organization whose mission is to provide support and ad-vocacy for people living with and a% ected by HIV and

AIDS,” said Michael Burks, vice president of HIV Ar-kansas.

# e Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality is also working in conjunction with HIV Arkansas to promote the walk. Facebook and the HIV Arkansas website, hi-varkansas.org, are being used to publicize the walk, Burks said.

To register, a form can be downloaded from their website and mailed in to the organization. # e registra-tion fee is $25 and includes a t-shirt. # ose who wish may also choose to opt for

free registration and forgo the free t-shirt. # e option is also available to send in a donation without participat-ing in the run, which is listed on the registration form.

All proceeds will go to-wards HIV Arkansas, the Regional HIV Clinic in Fay-etteville and the Foundation for AIDS Research, Burks said.

# ere are 50 to 100 peo-ple expected to participate in the walk, and organizers anticipate further growth in the coming years, Burks said.

# ose participating will

“be a mix of advocates and people living with HIV,” said James Rector, vice presi-dent of the NWA Center for Equality.

“I chose to walk because I wanted to show support for those in the HIV/AIDS community,” said Jason Rog-ers, board member of the NWA Center for Equality. “For other people to par-ticipate, it raise awareness. It doesn’t only a% ect the GLBTQ [Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer] community. HIV/AIDS doesn’t know race or gender or orientation.”

# ere are 5,178 reported cases of HIV in Arkansas, and HIV Arkansas aims to help through regular sup-port groups for those infect-ed and a% ected by HIV and through providing food bas-kets during the holidays. # e food baskets are delivered to clinics and then to the recip-ients to maintain con" denti-ality, Burks said.

# e NWA Center for Equality also provides help for those with HIV, includ-ing free and con" dential HIV testing provided every Monday by appointment at 179 N Church Ave, Suite

101, Rector said. # ose in-terested in making an ap-pointment should send an email to [email protected].

# e reach of HIV spreads throughout the world and across NWA, and although a cure has yet to be identi" ed there is one thing that the community can give - sup-port.

“A lot of people that are walking are not positive, but we walk on behalf of those with HIV/AIDS,” Rogers said. “I walk for my friend to hop there’s one day a cure.”

N WA G ro u ps P ro m o te H I V Awa re n ess w i t h Wa l k

Pat Walker Health Center Prepares for Flu

by KRISTEN COPPOLAStaff Writer

by LEIGH JACKSONStaff Writer


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

Scan here to go tothe Features section

on uatrav.com:

Scan here to go tothe Features

on uatrav.com:

Scan here to go toFeatures section

on uatrav.com:

FEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORDFEATURES EDITOR: LAUREN LEATHERBY ASST. FEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORDFEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORD PAGE 6 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

! e transition from summer to fall in Fayetteville means weekly trips to the farmers’ market, long walks around Wilson Park and the perfect camping trip. But for many students, it also means both-ersome allergies that not only re-sult in daily doses of nasal decon-gestants and Claritin, but that also a" ect classroom performance.

Haziness, inability to focus and constantly feeling tired can ac-count for bad grades and low classroom attendance, and for many students, over-the-counter medication doesn’t cover the high pollen counts. More than 40 mil-lion Americans are a" ected each year, and allergies account for four million missed or lost workdays, or $700 million in lost productiv-ity, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

“Allergies (hay fever) are the # $ h leading chronic disease and a major cause of ‘absenteeism’ and ‘presenteeism’ in the work-place,” according to the Asth-ma and Allergy Facts and Fig-ures report on their website.

“Presenteeism” is the oppo-site of “absenteeism” — when employees go to work while feeling ill, which can have equally bad repercussions.

For allergy-su" ering students, feeling tired, unfocused and grog-gy can become a daily occurrence along with treating blocked sinus-es, itchy hives, coughing, sneez-ing and asthma. While that test review is an important reason to attend class, a bad case of allergies can feel awful enough to pull the blanket over your head, grab the

box of tissues and go back to sleep. “I su" er from both indoor

and outdoor allergies,” said Garrett Park, business man-agement major. “I not only get bad indoor allergies from animals, dust and mold but also from outdoor pollen and smoke that causes me to sneeze, cough and break out in rashes.”

In Arkansas, the past spring and summer seasons have brought some of the high-est allergy counts on record. ! roughout the month of August, AccuWeather.com forecasts reported very high to extreme allergy levels in Fay-etteville, scoring 10 out of 12 on the pollen level meter. Out of the four major pollens, rag-weed and mold were extreme while tree and grass pollens were reported as low to none.

Mold is the worst allergen for Northwest Arkansas during early autumn, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, while the spring season in Fayette-ville is characterized by extreme amounts of tree pollen, spe-ci# cally cedar pol-len. Ragweed is one of the pre-dominant aller-gens during fall. Ragweed sea-son begins in late July or ear-ly August, and ends at the # rst frost, accord-ing to Reuters.

For students coming from other major cities in the

area, allergens in Fayetteville are consistently higher than they are in Little Rock, Dallas and Tulsa, according to pollen.com.

While outside allergies might be what you think is making you sneeze, it’s important to take the steps inside your home to keep allergen levels low. Simple tricks found on websites like everyday-health.com suggest dusting on a daily basis, washing bedding in hot water weekly, keeping in-

door pets brushed and keep-ing carpets vacuumed to vastly reduce the amount of indoor allergens. Allergen-proof bedding covers will

keep you sneeze-free at night. To take care of mold aller-

gies, keeping humidity levels low can stop the growth of mold in-side. Using a dehumidi# er is a relatively inexpensive way to keep humidity levels in damp areas such as bathrooms controlled.

! ough allergies may not be keeping you from attending class-es, the medications you take to treat that itchy cough have the potential of killing your GPA. Many allergy medicines cause

drowsiness and inability to concentrate, so be

sure to purchase the non-drowsy medicine. Tak-ing an allergy medication with side e" ects that cause sedation can be just as destructive to having a suc-cessful semester as the allergens t h e m s e l v e s .

! ough med-

ication can be a quick # x, natu-ral remedies are becoming more popular. For those looking for a natural cure, a Neti Pot is a sim-ple way to get rid of congestion by % ushing the sinuses with salt-water. ! ough a little messy, they are inexpensive and keep sinuses clear throughout the day. Cer-tain Omega-3 rich foods can help # ght in% ammation from allergies, according to Mother Earth News. Eating a diet of # sh, walnuts and eggs can assist, while “adding a dash of horseradish, chili peppers or hot mustard to food can act as a natural, temporary decongestant.”

With approximately three more months of warm weather, the fall semester will see its fair share of extreme allergy levels, so be sure to stay hydrated, keep a clean house and stock up on the best therapy for your worst symptoms to ensure a successful semester.

by EMILY RHODESStaff Writer

MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERGrace Grubb, freshman, experiences allergies first hand. Across campus, freshmen are being forced to adjust to the Fayetteville allergens.

FayettevillePollen Forecast

Aug.31

Sept.1

HIGH

Sept.2

SOURCE: WEATHER.COM

D.C. Internships Give Real World Experience

In 1790, Washington D.C. was founded as the United States’ capital. Today, Capitol Hill still remains America’s central point of operation, and for college students, it serves as the Mecca of internships.

“The thing about these in-

ternships is that you will learn more in one week about politics, economics, law, etc. than you will learn in a whole semester of a class,” said Nick Candido, a student who in-terned in D.C. at the National Association of Manufactur-ers. “It's learning by immer-sion, which is the most effec-tive way to learn anything.”

Internships provide a “real world” look into working life. Rather than only learn-ing how a company oper-ates, students are thrust into performing the actual tasks.

“I was able to partake in a six-week internship on

COURTESY PHOTOWill Hansen, junior, poses with a statue of Former President Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Capitol. Hansen was an intern for U.S. Senator John Boozman over the summer.

by SHELBY GILLStaff Writer

Breakfast: To Eat or Not to Eat?

INTERNINGon page 8

As classes and activities be-gin again, students often find themselves falling back into the same routine of sacrific-ing the most important meal of the day in ex-change for 15 extra minutes of sleep. Although this may seem logical af-ter a late night of studying, students may be doing more dam-age to their body by skipping breakfast than they think.

“Typically when people wake, they have been fasting for eight to 10 hours. They will wake up with low blood sugar and low glycogen lev-

els which are very impor-tant to refuel,” said Deborah Pitts, the nutritionist for the Pat Walker Heath Center.

When a student’s sugar and glycogen levels are not re-plenished within the first two hours of waking it can lead

to poor concentration, dif-ficultly in problem solving and lack of hand-eye coordi-nation, according to research done by the Mayo Clinic.

“I find it very difficult to concentrate in class when I skip breakfast,” said Kiley

Faulkner, a sophomore education major. “All I can think about is how hungry I am, and it makes it very difficult to focus on what is being said in class.”

Poor concentration during class greatly affects a student’s

p e r f o r m a n c e on tests and participation in the classroom. In a study done at Blinn College, 1,259

students participated in an 11-year study to test the importance of breakfast based on the their grade on a General Biology

by CAITLIN MURADStaff Writer

“Typically when people wake, they have been fasting for eight to 10 hours.”

- Deborah Pitts, Nutritionist for Pat Walker Health Center

BREAKFASTon page 8

Undocumented Sisters Work Toward the American Dream

BRITTNIE SIMON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSisters Elizabeth and Claudia Aguayo walk outside the Union. The girls have struggled to attain certain privileges other students may take for granted.

Traveling through the des-ert under a hot, August night sky, a then 6-year-old Elizabeth Aguayo re-members leaving her home in Guadalajara, Mexico

in search of a better life.“I can still remember

the night when my parents made the decision to immi-grate to the United States,” she said. “I remember hear-ing my grandma, along with my mom and aunt pray for our well being, having to

duck down and stay quiet so we wouldn't get caught.”

Aguayo, who is now 21 years old, is the youngest of eight children — six brothers and a 22-year-old sister named

by SAMANTHA WILLIAMSEnterprise Editor

SISTERSon page 7

FEATURESPAGE 7 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

O! en viewed as a child-ish print, polka dots become entirely sophisticated for fall.

Skirts, blouses and dresses accentuated with all-over pol-ka dots of various sizes cre-ate a dramatic look. Small-er polka dots are subtle, but still chic. " ey look equally

great when worn head-to-toe or just on a top or scarf. " is fall, they will be trendy no matter how they’re worn.

Elsie Larson, the blogger be-hind A Beautiful Mess, proves that a dress covered in subtle red polka dots is pretty, grown-up and not at all precious.

Many things are synonymous with fall: crisp air, the beginning of a new school year, leaves that change from green to orange and, of course, fall fashion. While many fall trends seen over and over on runways this year

were impractical — like see-through skirts and slit-up-to-there dresses — there were plenty of wearable, sensible choices, too. When the temperatures finally begin to cool down, these trends inspired by high-fashion pieces seen on runways worldwide during Fashion Week this spring will keep you looking stylish all season long.

" ere are three words that de-scribe the trend for skirts this fall: long, longer and longest.

A maxi skirt is an easy piece to style, and it looks chic and put-together while still being incred-ibly comfortable. Worn with a casual skirt and # ats or boots, it’s school and o$ ce-appropriate, but paired with a fancy blouse and heels, it becomes a trendy eve-ning look. Either way, the maxi skirt is feminine, bohemian and casually glamorous, as made evi-dent by Emily Schuman, the blog-ger behind the popular fashion blog Cupcakes and Cashmere, in a red % gure-hugging maxi skirt.

While the maxi skirt is comfort-able and an easy look to wear, its length may be annoying for the woman on the go. Luckily, midi-length skirts, which hit mid-calf, are also big for fall. Paired with a simple blouse and heels or boots, midi skirts look retro and unique.

by KELSI FORDAsst. Features Editor

Bright colors are usu-ally reserved for summer months and aren’t typi-cally on-trend during fall and winter. This year will be different. Mustard yel-low is a rich, sophisti-cated alternative to the lemony, in-your-face yel-lows that are popular dur-ing warmer months. The darker, almost brown tint of mustard yellow is an easy way to add color to a fall outfit. It looks great

paired with other bright colors, silver and neutrals.

Unfortunately, not ev-eryone looks good in this condiment-colored hue. If you weren’t blessed with the right skin tone to pull off a mustard skirt, dress or cardigan, there is always the option of shoes, jewelry or a hat in this golden yel-low, as seen on Stacey Sar-gent, the writer of the Love and Photographs blog.

No fabric is more feminine than lace. This season’s lace pieces are polished, flirty and romantic, but not over-ly girly. They are delicate, classic and vintage-inspired, but they still manage to be powerful. They are equal-ly stylish when dressed up with heels and a body-skim-ming skirt or dressed down with boots and a woven belt.

Whether it’s just a touch of lace sewn onto a simple blouse, lace tights or an en-tire dress made of lace, you’re guaranteed to look like a lady while wearing it. Rachel Denbow of the blog Smile and Wave, wearing a belted vintage lace dress, shows that lace is ladylike and pretty, but not too dressy or girlish.

This fall’s graph-ic prints are loud. Really loud. But they are still re-markably wearable when paired with simple pieces.

Graphic prints also look dramatic and exciting when worn together. Pair-ing graphic prints with other patterns, like stripes or florals, makes for a unique, very current look.

Mixing graphic prints is certainly daring, and it isn’t

a look for the faint of heart. A dynamic print is easiest to wear when the silhouette is structured and simple.

Emma Chapman, a food and fashion blogger at Food Coma, shows that a graphic printed skirt in an easy shape is exciting without being too over-the-top when styled with a simple chambray but-ton-down and moccasins.

COURTESY PHOTOS

Claudia. After leaving Mexi-co in 1997 and initially resid-ing in California for a short time, she and her siblings relocated to Arkansas to be closer to her mother’s family.

Both Elizabeth and Clau-dia attended elementary and high school in Springdale, Ark., which boasts one of the highest foreign-born popu-lations in Arkansas, accord-ing to the Urban Institute.

“It wasn’t until later on in high school that I realized I don’t belong here,” Clau-dia said. “It’s something that eats away at you. It takes away sleep worrying about wheth-er or not you can stay here.”

The sisters are undocu-mented immigrants, mean-ing they came to the Unit-ed States illegally, without proper documentation. Of the eight siblings, only one of their brother’s is docu-mented, as he became a U.S. citizen through marriage.

When the girls were 13 and 14 years old, their brother at-tempted to adopt them so that they could become legal residents. However, the law-yer they hired to take on their case took their money and ran, leaving them confused and unsure of how to proceed.

As time went on and the sisters approached their high school graduations, they were faced with the harsh reality of being an undocu-mented student in the U.S.

“I knew that I had what most universities were look-ing for,” Elizabeth said. “I felt like I had everything ex-cept that nine-digit number that I was unable to provide. Not having a social security number really hindered me in my college applications.”

Jazmin Rivas, a junior fi-nance major at the UA, met Elizabeth in 2004 through a pre-college program called

Upward Bound at the UA. Ri-vas said she knew they would one day go to college together.

“I found out about Eliza-beth’s legal status back in high school but I always knew that wasn't going to stop her,” Rivas said. “She worked hard…[and] deserves every-thing that a normal citizen of the United States deserves.”

Rivas, Elizabeth and Clau-dia were eventually accept-ed to the UA but accep-tance was only half the bat-tle for the Aguayo sisters.

In 2008, Governor Mike Beebe signed legislation that requires state univer-sities to obtain a social se-curity number from all ap-plicants, and if an applicant is unable to provide prop-er identification, they must pay out-of-state tuition rates.

Arkansas had the fourth-fastest-growing immigrant population nationwide be-tween 1990 and 2000, with an overall growth rate of 196 percent, according to the Urban Institute. About half of Arkansas immi-grants are undocumented.

The number of undocu-mented students attending school at the UA is less than 10, but official figures can-not be released in order to protect the identity of these students, said Suzanne Mc-Cray, vice provost for en-rollment management and the dean of admissions.

McCray said students who cannot provide a so-cial security number must pay their tuition in full by the start of classes, which is yet another obstacle for the undocumented student population to overcome.

Despite graduating high school with honors and be-ing actively involved in their high school and community, neither Elizabeth nor Claudia was eligible for any federal aid.

Elizabeth, a junior ac-counting major, was award-

ed a few private scholar-ships, but she needed addi-tional funding and decided to work at a local restaurant.

“I didn't mind work-ing as a waitress,” she said. “The only thing that both-ered me was that my em-ployers were refusing to pay my coworkers and I.”

The Workers Justice Center helped Elizabeth claim her wages and later she began to volunteer for the organiza-tion to “create awareness of wage theft in the state of Ar-kansas.” She also currently holds an unpaid internship with a local accounting firm.

Claudia, a journal-ism and international re-lations major, walked last spring and is now complet-ing her last course online.

She received a scholarship from the National Hispan-ic Journalism Association as well as a private scholarship from the UA journalism de-partment, which she said helped her cover the addition-al tuition costs she must pay as an undocumented student.

“It helped me feel that I had something to contrib-ute,” Claudia said. “Imagine not being able to work or take out loans to get through col-lege. For us, it’s a blessing to have someone understand our situation and help us out.”

Claudia became active while at the UA, with the United Latin American Citi-zens, lobbying in Washing-ton D.C. for various immi-gration issues, namely the DREAM Act, which would grant undocumented stu-dents a path to citizenship.

Claudia is continuing to pursue her adoption case but is prepared to relocate back to her native Mexico, Europe or Canada if she is deported.

“It’s been a journey,” she said. “It’s been tough, but when you’re in pursuit of your dreams, you do whatever you can to keep that dream alive.”

SISTERSfrom page 6

Razorback Fan Code of ConductRazorback fans are the best of the best. They model this by loudly supporting the Razorbacks and

displaying respect and good sportsmanship toward the visiting team and visiting fans. However, the

NCAA, SEC, and UA have assigned a high priority to assuring athletic events are conducted in a

safe and enjoyable atmosphere which promotes good sportsmanship by spectators, student-athletes,

agement staff in a positive manner.

Prohibited Behavior: Spectators are reminded that security personal have authority to remove from

the stadium, anyone engaged in unsafe or inappropriate conduct including: profanity, racial, sexist,

cials, event management staff,

student-athletes, coaches, team representatives or other fans. Fighting, smoking in public areas and

drunkenness will not be tolerated. Throwing of any objects in the stadium is forbidden. UA policy

Enforcement: Violations of any UA athletic event policies are subject to removal from the site of

competition, or arrest and/or loss of ticket privileges. The University of Arkansas reserves the right

to remove the ticket holder from the premises if, in the sole opinion of the security personnel, the

ticket holder’s conduct endangers or disrupts the environment.

ACCESS TO COMPETITION AREA

In all sports, access to the competition area shall be limited to participating student-athletes, coach-

participants and spectators alike, at no time before, during or after a contest shall spectators be per-

mitted to enter the competition area. It is the responsibility of each member institution to implement

procedures to ensure compliance with this policy.

Institutional penalties against individuals who improperly enter the competition area shall include,

but not be limited to, expulsion from the facility, arrest for trespassing, and the loss of future ticket

privileges. In addition to these three penalties, violators who are students shall be subject to institu-

tional student disciplinary measures.

Each institution is responsible for publicizing this policy, as well as the penalties associated with

violations, through appropriate means, such as ticket back statements, public address announce-

ments, video/matrix announcements, facility signage and other means available. It is likewise the

responsibility of each head coach to publicly discourage spectators from entering the playing area at

any time.

Penalties for institutional violations – In the sports of football, men’s basketball and wom-

a period of three years (from the date of the violation), that subsequent violation shall be considered

a 2nd offense.

LANGUAGE/SIGNAGE/CHANTS

The use by any coach, student-athlete, support personnel or spectator of vulgar, racist, or sexist lan-

guage or signage is strictly prohibited at all conference competition facilities. Orchestrated verbal

chants or foul language directed at visiting student-athletes, coaches, team personnel, or fans are

also prohibited. It is the responsibility of each institution to institute procedures to prevent such oc-

currences, including ticket back statements, public address announcement, video/matrix announce-

ments, facility signage and other means available. Institutional penalties against spectators engag-

ing in such behavior shall include, but not be limited to, expulsion from the facility and the loss of

future ticket privileges. Penalties against coaches, student-athletes or support personnel are outlined

Penalties for institutional violations – On a yearly (by school year) basis and at the discre-

SEC Policy Regarding Fan Behavior

FEATURES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 PAGE 8

UA Student Chosen to Represnt US in Taiwan

A UA student has been se-lected to represent the United States at the Republic of Chi-na’s Elite International Youth Week this August. Jeny Ancer, a UA student studying violin performance and internation-al relations, was chosen from thousands of students to join 250 delegates from 125 coun-tries for the program, accord-ing to the event’s press release.

Ancer le! for a trip to the Re-public of China, also known as Taiwan, earlier this month to stay with a Taiwanese family and learn about Taiwanese culture.

“" e government is promot-ing Taiwanese culture because people o! en don’t know a lot about Taiwan, but it has a re-ally rich culture,” Ancer said. “It is very in# uenced by the Chinese, but it’s also mixed with native groups. Because of this, Taiwan has a lot of vibrant customs and di$ erent tradi-tions than mainland China.”

" e selected delegates from around the world — including an Olympic medalist, national beauty pageant winners, and students at Harvard, Yale and Cambridge — will be assigned a host family with which they will experience the country.

“" ey’ve organized tours that are happening throughout the entire trip that are free for our host family and us to go on. Some are day trips; some are longer,” Ancer said. “" ere’s one where you get to be the manager of a tea company for a day. " ere’s a tour of a wine distillery and a tour of a fa-mous dumpling shop in Tai-pei – a lot of di$ erent things.”

In addition to seeing tourist sights, there will be a lot to learn from the host families themselves.

“My host family lives in the south, and I’ve read that the speci% c county I’m staying in is really rural. I’m excited about that,” Ancer said. “I’m # y-ing into Taipei, and I know I’ll get to see big cities during the tours, but I’ll also get to experi-ence life in a rural farming town that’s smaller than Fayetteville.”

Ancer will have the chance to meet the president of Tai-wan and will be an hon-ored guest in Kinmen during the unveiling ceremony of a new national monument — a peace bell forged from artil-lery shells from the time Kin-men was attacked by Chinese Communist forces in 1958.

" e trip to Taiwan is not the % rst time she has spent time abroad. " e year a! er she graduated high school, she did a one-year exchange in Mu-nich, Germany with the Ro-

tary Youth Exchange Program.“It was an unbeliev-

able, life-changing experi-ence. I would do it again in a heartbeat,” Ancer said.

Ancer, a musician all her life, studied violin in Germany, which then brought her to her next move abroad — Canada. Her violin professor in Ger-many suggested that she study in Vancouver with his con-tact, Robert Rozek, a world-renowned violin professor.

“[Rozek] had heard me play one time before when I vis-ited Vancouver. I applied, they accepted me, they gave me a full ride, and I said, ‘sure!’ I mean, you don’t pass those kinds of things up.”

Ancer learned about the Tai-wan program through the Ro-tary Club, which she has been very involved with for the last few years, and she gives a lot of credit to the Rotary Club for her opportunities.

To become a member of Ro-tary International, one must be 30 years old, so Ancer became involved with the Rotaract club, a Rotary-sponsored organiza-tion for men and women be-tween the ages of 18 and 29. " rough the Rotaract club in Vancouver, she began working at a soup kitchen, played violin for refugee children and soon became the event organizer.

“One of Rotary Interna-tional’s big goals is the eradi-cation of polio,” Ancer said. “" ere was a very famous vi-olinist that had polio, so I thought we should have a ben-e% t concert. I got my orches-tra and professor on board, and we ended up raising more than $5,000 that we donated completely to curing polio.”

Not only a world traveler, an avid volunteer and an ac-complished violinist, Ancer is also a master of multitasking.

“At the concert, I was the MC, played in the show and also was the main organiz-er of the event, so I was kind of all over the place. It was a really amazing thing to get to coordinate,” she said.

She also helped organize an event that donated more than $2,000 to build a clean water cistern in Costa Rica.

Because of her great expe-rience with the Rotaract club in Vancouver, Ancer aims to bring a Rotaract club to the UA.

“" e plans are in the works right now, and we’re in the pro-cess of becoming a registered student organization,” she said. “It could be a pretty big deal because the UA does not have a Rotaract club, and we could do projects like that here.”

Ancer hopes the club can be up and running in the fall.

While her extensive trav-els have given her unforget-table memories and new per-spectives, she is looking for-ward to spending time on the UA campus in the coming year — a! er her trip to Tai-wan, she plans to stick around Fayetteville for a while, some-thing she hasn’t done very much in the past few years.

“A lot of people probably think I’m crazy because I’ve moved around a lot, but at the same time, I’ve had a lot of doors opened that I just can’t pass up,” Ancer said.

by LAUREN LEATHERBYFeatures Editor

COURTESY PHOTO

exam. The study found that out of the students who scored a B or above, 55.9 percent of them had eaten breakfast before the exam.

The results of the Blinn study fell in line with ear-lier studies, confirm-ing that breakfast plays a crucial role in perfor-mance in the classroom.

In addition to inhib-iting classroom perfor-mance, skipping breakfast can cause students to make unhealthy food choices throughout the day, which in turn causes them to miss

out on essential nutrients.“Breakfast helps regulate

your appetite. People who tend to skip breakfast tend to skip other meals,” Pitts said. “They tend to not get other nutrients like vita-min C and calcium because of their selection of foods.”

Research done at the Mayo Clinic confirms that adults who eat breakfast eat more vitamins and minerals and less fat and cholesterol and are able to better con-trol their weight than those who do not eat breakfast.

“People who eat break-fast usually make healthi-er food choices throughout the day,” said Elizabeth Mc-

Crary, sophomore dietet-ics major. “They also tend to eat less during the day than people who skip breakfast.”

It is often difficult for busy students to find time to eat breakfast in the morning.

“[Losing sleep over break-fast] doesn’t even have to be considered as a loss,” Pitts said. “There are so many things that you can prep for breakfast, like smoothies, that you can eat on the run.”

The Mayo Clinic suggests several quick and healthy options to prep in order to make breakfast manage-able for busy schedules. They recommend fruit, yo-gurt, whole wheat bread with

peanut butter, crackers and cheese, or even leftover piz-za. All of these options are accessible in a dorm room and easy to take on the go.

“It is important to keep breakfast interesting,” Pitts said. “Trying a variety of foods, not necessarily just breakfast foods, makes break-fast manageable for everyone.”

Start the year off right and stop by Brough before class for a quick breakfast, or take a simple breakfast on the go. The benefits of this quick meal will be enough to en-ergize you and help you con-centrate throughout the day, even if it means losing a couple minutes of sleep.

COURTESY PHOTO

BREAKFASTfrom page 6

Capitol Hill,” said Jeremy Page, who interned in the legislative branch in D.C.

“Besides doing busy work like listening to constitu-ent phone messages or fil-ing tour requests or help-ing out in the mail room, the other interns and I did lots of meaningful policy work. We often did research for the different legislative as-sistants on topics ranging from the Gulf Oil Spill to the economy to Agent Orange.”

Internships prepare stu-dents for their future jobs and allow them to have prerequi-site experience before gradu-ating. The special thing about interning in D.C. is the prox-

imity to the central governing system of the United States and the people who run it.

“We were also fortunate enough to be able to go to the Congressional Intern Lecture Series that featured speakers ranging from Attorney Gen-eral Eric Holder to politi-cal commentator Dr. Charles Krauthammer,” Page said.

“What I learned during my internship was how complex the legislative process truly is, and how it involves the work from hundreds of different staffers to get things done.”

In turn, being this close to the political system can in-fluence the way one thinks about the government.

This proves to be one of the major advantages be-hind interning in D.C. This

type of up-close-and-per-sonal shadowing can be overwhelming and even surprising for students.

“I was amazed by some of the ignorance of politi-cians when we were lob-bying them, and it kind of scared me more than any-thing to realize that these are the people who are running our country,” Candido said.

“I also learned that most Republican and Democrat congressmen are really the same—they generally want more fame and more power and don't mind selling it to the highest bidder. I guess you can say I got a little more cynical being in D.C.”

Even though cynicism may indeed be something that the experience imparts,

it also gives insight into the real process of politics.

“By no means am I say-ing that the political pro-cess isn't an honorable goal to participate in—I still want to work for the government as an economist—but what I'm saying is that I realized that the ones making the real difference and the real prog-ress aren't the legislators, but those behind the scenes —lobbyists, think-tanks, multi-national organizations and in-terest groups,” Candido said.

In addition to the fact that D.C. is the center of poli-tics, it is a city full of history. It houses some of our coun-try’s precious artifacts and is the location of some of the most important architecture.

“There is lots to do there

with many of the muse-ums and monuments free of charge,” Page said. “Even though I was there for six weeks, I still wasn't able to see all of the sights because there was just so much to do.”

This history does come at a price, evident by the expensive real estate around the area.

“I would recommend D.C. internships for anyone who has the funds to do so as living in D.C. for an extended peri-od of time can get expensive especially since most intern-ships are unpaid,” Page said.

“I think, however, the cost is definitely worth it because it allows you to test the wa-ters in whatever you might be interested in as D.C. is the home to many think-tanks and lobbying groups in

a variety of different fields.”The concentration of in-

ternships in D.C. is a direct result of the rewarding ex-perience it can provide and the information ripe for the taking. They can serve as a basis for future employ-ment or simply a distin-guishing detail for a resume.

“I would definitely recom-mend internships in D.C. to other students. Honestly, it's such a youthful city and it def-initely panders to the young-er generations because it rec-ognizes how many interns are in D.C.,” Candido said.

“[The city] is seriously run by interns. For me it was a life-changing experience and helped me grow in every way.”

INTERNINGfrom page 6

by LEAH YOUNGFeatures Designer

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Skinny Dippin’by Whitney Duncan

In For the Kill(Skrillex Remixby La Roux

Moves Like Jaggerby Adam Levine &Christina Aguilera

Here I Amby Al Green

Brighter Than Sunshine by Aqualung

Your Loveby The Outfield

Super Bassby Nicki Minaj

Leah is a senior studio art major. She enjoys singing (o! -key) and red wine.

COURTESY PHOTOS

8The Wopby J. Dash

CROSSWORD

THAT MONKEY TUNE Michael A. Kandalaft

BREWSTER ROCKIT Tim Rickard

SUDOKU

TODAY’S SOLUTION

SOLUTION

Q: What did one lawyer say to the other lawyer?A: We are both lawyers.

“A man walked up to me and said he hadn’t had a bite in days, so I bought him a sandwich.”

Q: What was the pirate movie rated?A: PG-13 for Violence and Partial Nudity

Q: What’s red and bad for your teeth?A: A brick.

CALAMITIES OF NATURE Tony Piro

ACROSS1 “We know drama” channel2 Gu! aw syllable3 Customarily4 Moderator of a panel in-cluding Joy, Elisabeth and Sherri5 Best successor of 19626 Actress Lotte7 Wharton’s sch.8 Fix, as a green9 Sykora of the NHL10 “" e Ego and the Id” au-thor11 Included in12 “Dog the Bounty Hunter” airer15 Oven, so to speak20 NFL ball carriers21 Revered # gure22 Plants23 Hops drier26 Newton fruit28 Farm denizen29 Bottom line30 Rebs’ gp.31 Ended up33 Feature of some extreme diets34 Pipe cleaner35 Atop, poetically36 High time?37 Safe document41 Obama’s secretary of en-ergy42 Doubleday and Yokum43 Syrian president44 Tarnish45 Steaming46 Hägar’s dog47 More eccentric48 Linguist’s concern49 " us far51 Mail letters55 Gp. whose insignia consists of a bald eagle holding a key56 Bashful

DOWN

Crossword provided by MCT Campus

1 Winter break?5 Drink noisily10 Agcy. that established rules for kite $ ying13 Poet known for inventing words14 Prairie home15 “__ la Douce”16 " e Dixie Chicks, e.g.17 “__ of robins in her hair”: Kilmer18 Strip light19 “Afraid you can’t have your money back”22 Progresso or Lipton24 Climber’s toehold25 Fertile desert spot26 New Deal inits.27 Sch. with a Spokane cam-pus28 Like the Parthenon32 Refuse to budge38 Young in # lms39 Sushi topping40 Lincoln or Ford41 Rapids transit43 Chinese, e.g.46 Home of Notre Dame50 Home theater feature, and a hint to the puzzle theme in 19-, 22-, 32-, 46-Across and both 50-Across and its # rst word52 Cement piece53 Auto buyer’s choice54 Ages and ages57 Hgts.58 Ragú rival59 Hurry60 Food additive61 Scatter62 Hang around

Di! culty:

PAGE 9 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 Comics, Games, & Much Much More!

You can check outthe Traveler online at

uatrav.com or byscanning here:


DOWNTIMELAUGH IT UP

WELCOME TO FALLING ROCK Josh Shalek BLISS Harry Bliss

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

Scan here to go tothe Sports section

on uatrav.com:THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

SPORTSPAGE 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

COMMENTARY FOOTBALL

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Offensive cooridnator Garrick McGee said senior Joe Adams is one player who will have to be cautious about celebration penalties.

Emphasis On New Celebration RuleArkansas’ coaching staff has

drilled the team on a new rule en-acted by the NCAA regarding ex-cessive celebration.

The new rule states that if an il-legal celebration begins before the player crosses the goal line, the touchdown won’t count and the penalty will be walked off from the place the infraction began.!

This is in addition to the existing rule that celebration penalties in the end zone are enforced on the follow-ing kickoff.

“We spent a lot of time with it because it’s critical,” Arkansas of-fensive coordinator Garrick McGee

said. “That call is going to decide a game at some point during the sea-son.”

McGee referenced a play last year against Georgia in which ju-nior tight end Chris Gragg raised his hand on the 10-yard line after catch-

ing a pass that he ran in for a touch-down.

“I believe that would be a pen-alty nowadays,” McGee said. “That

Missouri StateSATURDAY, SEPT. 3

6 PM

PPV

ARKANSAS

0-0, 0-0 SEC

NO. 15 AP, NO. 14 USA

MISSOURI STATE

0-0, 0-0 MVC

LAST MEETING

MISSOURI STATE 48-10

(2009)

SERIES

ARKANSAS 6-0-0

BASKETBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

UA MEDIA RELATIONSKristen Gillespie and Arkansas will open the 2011 cross country season Saturday in the Arkansas Invitational.

Old Fashioned3-Point Play

ZACH [email protected]

Who’s got next for Arkansas?

As the college football schedule is now upon us, players, coaches and teams across the country come from nowhere to steal head-lines.

Best example from 2011 was Cam Newton, Gene Chizik and the entire Au-burn team. Starting the sea-son ranked No. 22 isn’t out of nowhere, but the Tigers were ranked behind three others in its own division and wind up going unde-feated and win the BCS Championship.

Now, that is on the na-tional stage. What about Ar-kansas last year when the Razorbacks went 10-3?

For starters, Knile Davis seemed to come from no-where. Starting the season No. 4 on the depth chart and only getting 20 carries through the first four games, Davis had 10 carries against Texas A&M in the fifth game of the season and then implemented himself as Ar-kansas’ feature back.

Another example comes in the form of special teams contributors. Last season, the Razorbacks returned se-nior Alex Tejada, who had played since his freshman season. After struggling in the big moments in 2009, coach Bobby Petrino turned to freshman Zach Hocker in 2010.

It paid off. Hocker went 16-for-19 on field goals with a 51-yarder, while also con-necting on all 56 PAT at-tempts.

As if you didn’t know al-ready, Davis is out for the season with an ankle inju-ry, but Hocker looks to add onto a successful freshman campaign.

Who has next for Arkan-sas this season?

Who will become Ar-kansas’ fifth receiver?

Arkansas’ big four re-ceivers of seniors Joe Ad-ams, Greg Childs and Jari-us Wright along with junior Cobi Hamilton have earned acclaim across the nation. The group ranks among the nation’s elite at the wide re-ceiver position and are the strongest position on the Razorback football team, but who falls in line after the four mainstays this year and for the future?

Is it sophomore Julian Horton, who caught four passes for 85 yards in 2010 and seems to have polished his route running ability since last season?

Could it be Javontee Her-don, who had two catch-es for 32 yards? Maudre-cus Humphrey, who played sparingly, mostly on special teams?

My pick is none of the above, because the fifth re-ceiver role will be taken over by freshman Marquel Wade. Most don’t remember, but Wade was originally part of the 2010 recruiting class and went through summer and fall practices before having to attend prep school af-ter not qualifying with the NCAA.

Wade has shown Joe Adams-type attributes and will get strong looks at both kick and punt returner this

Arkansas basketball walk-on Kikko Haydar took his talents to the podium Tuesday as part of the groundbreaking ceremonies for Ozark Hall.

" e sophomore from Fayetteville was one of three keynote speakers, along with Chancellor G. David Gearhart and Ph.D. student of Envi-ronmental Dynamics and Geosciences Kath-erine Knierim, at the event which was held to begin the $27.1 million renovation. " e Wal-ton Family Charitable Support Foundation and

a bond supported by student’s facility fees are funding the renovations.

“At # rst I agreed to do it, but when it got closer and closer I got a little more nervous,” Haydar said. “I put together the speech while feeling con# dent about it and was very honored to be here.”

Haydar was approached by the university during the summer to be one of the speakers because he is a student in the Honors College, which will be housed in Ozark Hall upon its com-pletion.

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

see KIKKOon page 11

SOCCER

Tough Schedule Brings Out Leadership

Cross Country Opens Season Saturday

Arkansas’ cross country teams will welcome Missouri Southern Friday for the season-opening Arkansas Invitational.

" e women’s team was picked second in the regional polls as well as in the SEC coaches’ poll.

“I think those two are fairly

accurate,” women’s coach Lance Harter said. “" e national poll, I think that’s something that should be earned.”

" e team # nished second in the 2010 SEC Cross Country Championship and third in the

by MONICA CHAPMANStaff Writer

UA MEDIA RELATIONSSenior Chelsea Tidwell has played in 20 games at Arkansas since transferring from Winthrop after her freshman season.

On Sunday, Arkansas’ soc-cer team celebrated its annu-al senior night much earlier in the year than season’s past. Mid-# elder Chelsea Tidwell is one of those seniors.

“Being on this team has meant a lot,” Tidwell said. “We’re all really close and ev-eryone gets along really well, especially this year; the team chemistry is great. We’re so close-knit.”

Tidwell, a mid# elder from Oxford, Miss., has played in 20 games as a Razorback a$ er transferring from Winthrop University.

In addition to Tidwell, there are four other seniors on Arkansas roster this season. Forward Kailey Anders, goal-keepers Kendal Winston and Brittany Hudson as well as for-ward Daniella O’Shea.

“All of these seniors just do an unbelievable job behind the scenes,” coach Erin Aubry said. “You cannot coach the kind of leadership they have.”

Now in her third year as a Razorback, Tidwell has played in 20 games including an ap-pearance in Arkansas’ loss to Oklahoma State on Sunday. She has scored one goal at Ar-kansas and was named to the 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

“Even in a tough loss like

this, we all just have each oth-er’s backs,” Tidwell said of the Oklahoma State game.

While Tidwell was at Win-throp during her freshman sea-son she tied for the team lead in goals with four. Tidwell also had a successful high school career at Oxford High School where she helped her team win four district titles and was a two-sport athlete, lettering in both soccer and tennis.

“We call Chelsea ‘lil guy’—she’s very cra$ y. She will tell you she’s 5-foot but really she’s 4-foot-11,” Aubry said. “She brings a little spark and is tak-ing our training sessions and

by LIZ BEADLEStaff Writer

see SOCCERon page 11

see COMMENTARYon page 11

by RUMIL BAUTISTAStaff Writer

see FOOTBALLon page 11

see CROSS COUNTRYon page 11

MARY McKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Breaking GroundOn and Off the Court

SPORTS

would be first and 10 at the 25 yard line; that would not have been a touchdown.”

The new rule will be something Gragg will have to adjust to, he said.

“Playing football, I’ve always done that, even when I was in pee-wee,” Gragg said. “So it’s something you really have to think about. You never want to cost your team and take points off the board.”

Offense Starting To Find IdentityThe season-ending injury to ju-

nior running back Knile Davis and the departure of former quarterback Ryan Mallett left holes for the other players to fill, but the Razorbacks are starting to develop an identity on of-fense, McGee said.

“It’s definitely going to be about being fast, because our fast people are our older players,” McGee said. “With those receivers and Wingo, those guys are pretty much the lead-

ers of what’s going on and they’re the fastest guys we have. So I think speed will be a big factor in who we are.”

Two more factors contributing to the development of the offense are the improvement of the offensive line and the advantages of having mobile quarterbacks, McGee said.

Hogs Prepping For Opening Game

The Razorbacks will kick off the new season with a home opener against Missouri State on Saturday.

“I don’t want to see us make a lot of penalties and be sloppy with the football,” McGee said. “I want to see them do what they’ve done ev-ery single day and what they’ve been coached to do .”

Junior running back Ronnie Wingo is the starter after Davis’ sea-son-ending injury.

“We’re still working on it,” Wingo said. “It’s coming together. I feel like we have to play a game first to see how everything goes.”

New Starters Learning Offense

Quarterback and running back weren’t the only starting positions the coaches needed to fill.

Tight end D.J. Williams graduat-ed and is a current Green Bay Packer and Arkansas’ offensive line has also needed to rebuild after the loss of three starters.

Juniors Colton Miles-Nash and Chris Gragg, the two tight ends vy-ing for the starting spot, have come to their own and are working together well, offensive coordinator Garrick McGee said.

“They’re a good combination,” McGee said. “They work well to-gether. They need each other.”

Senior Grant Freeman will start at one offensive tackle, but true fresh-man Mitch Smothers and junior col-lege transfer Jason Peacock are still competing to start at another tackle.

“We’re ready to go out there and show everybody,” Bailey said. “Peo-ple have doubts, but we’ve never doubted our talent and we feel like we’re going to be dominant.”

A slew of new construction projects at the UA, including Vol Walker Hall and the new Science Engineering auditori-um, make getting around cam-pus inconvenient, Haydar said.

“With the Ozark comple-tion, we will get to see each oth-er all in one place,” Haydar said. “We are all tired of walking in a circle to get to a building that is seemingly right in front of us.”

Haydar’s parents, Adnan and Paula Haydar, are both UA pro-fessors. ! is semester, Haydar, a pre-med major, is enrolled in his father’s Arabic class.

“I have always known how to speak Arabic, but never read or write,” Haydar said. “He ex-pects a lot out of me. My dad is a great teacher and it is a lot of fun.”

His father has high expecta-tions for his son.

“My son in my class is not my son,” Adnan Haydar said. “He is my student, so he is treat-ed exactly like any one of the other students. In fact, I expect much more out of him than I do other students.”

During his speech, Hay-dar used an Arabic phrase he thought appropriate for a groundbreaking. “Zara’uu fa akalna wa nazra’u fa ya’kuluun,” or, “they planted the " elds so we

could eat, and now we plant the " elds so others can eat.”

“He said it very very well,” Adnan Haydar said.

! e 5-foot-10 Haydar will be a sophomore for the basket-ball team this fall. Haydar came to Arkansas a# er a success-ful career at Fayetteville High School, where he was named to the all-state team in his junior and senior seasons.

He joined the Razorbacks last summer, under the direc-tion of former coach John Pel-phrey.

! e 165-pound guard led Fayetteville to three straight state championships and was the point guard of the 2008-2009 team that went unde-feated (30-0) and was ranked No. 8 in the nation. In 2010-2011, his " rst season as a Ra-zorback, Haydar saw action in nine games, while averaging 1.8 points.

“He is a guy that is always a worker,” coach Mike Anderson said. “He competes in the class-room just as hard as he does on the court, even as a walk on. I am happy and excited for him and wouldn’t have missed this for the world.”

Coach Anderson, along with director of basketball op-erations Je$ Daniels and direc-tor of student-athlete develop-ment Scotty ! urman, were on hand to hear Hayden’s speech.

“Coach Anderson and the

rest of the sta$ have really in-stilled a strong work ethic,” Haydar said. “! at is on the basketball court and in the classroom, as well as life in gen-eral.”

Haydar is only the third ath-lete in Arkansas history to re-ceive a Bodenhamer Fellow-ship, which goes to students based on academic perfor-mance, demonstrated leader-ship skills and standardized tests scores. ! e Fellowship was created in 1998 and is awarded to freshmen in the fall of their " rst year at the university.

“He spoke pretty eloquent-ly and it is certain he is a great addition to our team, but more important a great addition to this university,” Anderson said.

Arkansas gets the 2011-2012 season underway Nov. 11 against USC-Upstate. ! e Ra-zorbacks are coming o$ an 18-13 record and the game will be Anderson’s " rst as Hogs head coach

“I can vouch for the entire team that everyone is work-ing hard,” Haydar said. “We are working toward being very good and doing the best we can.”

! e Arkansas recruiting class was ranked No. 9 ranked this season, according to ESPN.com. ! e group is expected to com-pete for major playing time im-mediately.

“! e freshmen are very tal-

PAGE 11 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

season. Look for Wade to be Arkansas’ fifth-leading receiver barring any injury from the first four.

Who will make the big-gest impact defensively?

Jake Bequette is the most recognizable name on the Ra-zorback defense, while Jerry Franklin has been the best player on the defense the

past three seasons. Tramain Thomas has shown flash-es of greatness in spring and fall thus far, while the rest of the secondary has shown im-provement.

In 2011, expect Franklin to lead the team in tackles for the fourth straight season and for Bequette to garner plenty of attention from opposing offensive lines, but don’t be surprised if sophomore ju-nior college transfer Robert Thomas has the biggest im-pact on the defense.

The defensive tackle has

been a monster against an inexperienced Arkansas of-fensive line in practice and has the size – 6-foot-3, 310 pounds – to succeed in the Southeastern Conference against big, experienced of-fensive lines.

The SEC has had some of the best defensive tackles in the country in recent seasons such as LSU’s Glenn Dors-ey and last season, Auburn’s Nick Fairley. Not ready to anoint Thomas next in line, but this season could be a step toward becoming one of

the conference’s elite on the defensive side of the ball.

Most improved player?

When looking at Arkan-sas’ roster, the main thing to jump out is the amount of ex-perience the team has. Petri-no’s first recruiting class is in its final season and most have played major roles since they were freshman. Now in year four, many have what it takes to make another leap.

Looking outside of the first recruiting class, I move

to the 2009 class that Petri-no signed and find the can-didate I believe will be most improved. Cornerback Darius Winston.

Winston is the only five-star defensive recruit on the Arkansas roster and has got-ten progressively better. In a league with strong wide re-ceiver corps, the secondary is among the most vital units on any successful team. Arkansas has struggled against the pass in the Petrino era, but Win-ston will be the main player improving that stat in 2011.

Having to face South Car-olina’s Alshon Jeffrey, Texas A&M’s Jeff Fuller and Mis-sissippi State’s Chad Bumphis this season, expect Winston to show consistent flashes of that 5-star grade against the Hogs’ biggest opponents and help slow down the efforts of the opposition’s wide receiv-ers in 2011.

Zach Turner is the assistant sports editor for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Wednesday. Follow him on Twitter @zwturner.

from FOOTBALLon page 10

from KIKKOon page 10

MARY McKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ( f r o m l e f t t o r i g h t ) D i r e c t o r o f B a s k e t b a l l O p e r a t i o n s J e f f D a n i e l s , h e a d c o a c h M i k e A n d e r s o n , K i k k o H a y -d a r , D i r e c t i o n o f S t u d e n t - A t h l e t e D e v e l o p m e n t a n d f o r m e r R a z o r b a c k m e n ’ s b a s k e t b a l l p l a y e r S c o t t y T h u r m a n .

from COMMENTARYon page 10

our game element to a whole new level.”

“Each person has something they contribute as a leadership quality, whether it be age, expe-rience, or just being motivating,” Tidwell said. “For me I think my leadership role has been really helping out some of the younger girls. I’m really close to them—they all have great personalities and they all work hard.”

! e Razorbacks fell to 1-2 on the season a# er a loss to No. 6 Oklahoma State.

“! e scoreboard de" nitely didn’t re% ect what we wanted,”

Tidwell said. “We are a young team, but each game we are get-

ting better and better.”! e next match for Arkansas

is Friday against Nebraska (0-2-1). ! e Cornhuskers are coming o$ of a tough loss to Denver on ! ursday. ! e game was decid-ed in the last 20 seconds when the Pioneers betted the go ahead goal.

“It’s going to be very simi-lar to playing ourselves. ! ey’re also a team that’s frustrated right now by not getting the re-sults are striving for,” Aubry said of the Cornhuskers.

“We’ve had some very e& -cient training sessions in the last week and that is a testament to how hard our non-conference schedule is.”

from SOCCERon page 10

regional meet.Returning runners include

Stephanie Brown, Kristin Gillip-sie and Grace Hems" eld, but 12 new runners join them in 2011. Harter isn’t planning n having all the newcomers run, but is hoping those that do work together as a team.

“I think this weekend is going to be a total team e$ ort. I hope it is " ve people running side-by-side,” Harter said. “De" nitely the em-phasis is on team this week so I think that there will be some peo-ple with less than 100 percent ef-fort and some doing everything to stay in that group.”

In the 2010 Arkansas Invita-tional, nine Razorbacks " nished in the top 14.

While the women’s team is us-

ing this as a preview for the sea-son, men’s coach Chris Bucknam is treating this like any other regu-lar season meet.

Arkansas’ men’s team was picked " rst in the preseason coaches’ poll and regional poll a# er winning both the 2010 SEC Cross Country Championship and the South Central Regional meet.

“We only have six meets on the schedule so you have to take advantage of every learning op-portunity to teach these kids that every time we step on the line we want a season’s best performance,” Bucknam said.

! e whole team will be racing with the exception of newcomer Anthony Lieghio and junior Solo-mon Haile, who is still recovering from a knee surgery to repair his meniscus.

! e 2011 team is a veter-

an loaded squad outside of true freshman Patrick Rono.

Rono is a New Jersey state champion and competed in the 2010 Foot Locker National Meet. Lieghio is the NCJAA winner in the 800 and 1,000 meters and re-cently competed in the U-23 Eu-ropean championships.

! e big question for the team is who is going to take Dorian Ul-rey’s role as team leader.

“We’ll " nd out,” Bucknam said. “We don’t know. ! ere might be a newcomer in there that might step up and be that leader. ! at leader has to be someone that loves to compete, loves to test themselves, loves to be evaluated and does something every single day in practice that exempli" es being a trophy winner like Dorian was.”

! e women begin their com-petition " rst at 6 pm, followed by the men starting at 6:30.

from CROSS COUNTRYon page 10

Chelsea Tidwell

SeniorMid" elder5-foot-3Oxford, Miss.

ented and work hard,” Haydar said. “! ey want to play every second and are still getting their feet wet, but they are going to be real good.”

Even though Haydar has just begun his second school year on campus, he is looking forward to the day when Ozark Hall is complete. ! e renovations in-clude a 275-seat auditorium and a 21-square-foot addition to the south side of the building, which will house the Honors College.

! e project is set for com-pletion in August 2013 – just in time for Haydar’s senior year.

“It is going to be nice to have a place where [Honors stu-

dents] can all come,” Haydar said. “I have been told there is going to be a sitting area and re-laxation room, so it should be good.”

Haydar is working toward having a bigger role on the court this season. ! ree players grad-uated last year and three more transferred a# er Coach Ander-son’s arrival. Haydar hopes his work will earn him more play-ing time, he said.

“Hopefully this year I will have a di$ erent role. In the words of Coach Anderson – the harder you work, the luckier you get.”

SPORTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 PAGE 12

Aug. 31, 2011

Documents

Transcript of Aug. 31, 2011