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PAGE 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 Vol. 105, NO. 6 UATRAV.COM WEATHER FORECAST TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND 87° 86° 77° 81 ° WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 VOL. 105, NO.6 UATRAV.COM Arkansas vs. Alabama Sept. 25 Kickoff 2:30 UA Tailgate 11:30-2 on Union Mall First 5,000 Students get a Free Rally Towel Don’t Forget to Bring a Scantron for Ryan Mallett Every morning, Amber Mendez wakes up wondering whether the day is worth the long hours of hard work that might amount to nothing and wonders what her future holds, if anything at all. Mendez, a senior at Springdale High School, is an undocumented student, a child of an illegal immigrant and has almost no opportunities in this country. In a week, the 17-year-old girl will have to face one of the toughest decisions of her life: to stay here in hopes that the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act passes or to move to Canada, where she has the choice of going to college and receiving scholarships and aid. e DREAM Act is proposed legislation that allows illegal immigrant children the opportunity to earn a pathway to become American citizens, as long as they meet certain conditions. e children must graduate from a U.S. high school or obtain a GED, have arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16 and be less than 35 years of age, have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least ve years, have good moral character and have no criminal charges. e immigrants are allotted a six-year conditional period where they must graduate from a 2-year community college, fulll two years toward a four -year program or serve in the military for at least two years. If, aer six years, the student meets these conditions, he or she will be granted permanent residency. is would be a dream come true for the thousands of undocumented students who graduate high school every year, uncertain of their future. As illegal immigrants, they cannot apply for jobs, obtain any sorts of benets or receive in-state college tuition. “It feels great to know that this legislation might pass,” Mendez said. “To know that I can nally stop hiding from everybody and be able to try my hardest at things, because right now I feel that even if I try my hardest, where is it going to get me?” Undocumented students who want to attend the UA are not eligible to receive any They Have a DREAM UA Air Force Cadets Honor Service Members At the UA, cheating is a more serious matter than a glimpse o of a neighbor’s test, and in order to implement the policies in a more concise matter, university ocials have begun a series of meetings to revise the current academic integrity policies this fall. An ad hoc task force was recently launched by Ro DiBrezzo, chair of the Faculty senate to review and revise the university’s Student Academic Honesty Code. e academic honesty policies are kind of like building a house, DiBrezzo said. Ocials kept building on the existing policies, but then realized some of it didn’t ow as well as it Every year, men and women of the United States Armed Forces leave their friends and families to ght in defense of their country. Every year, many of these same men and women never return. Every year, in their honor, cadets from the Air Force Reserve Ocer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 030 at the University of Arkansas stand a 24-hour vigil in front of the Fulbright Peace Fountain to pay homage to all who have been killed in the line of duty, who are prisoners of war, and who remain missing-in-action. Junior Adam Brown, cadet in charge of organizing this year’s event, has strong feelings about the purpose of the vigil. “As a junior running this, it means a lot to me,” said Brown. “is vigil gives back to the men and women who have served and to those who were not able to come back.” Sept. 16 at 5:30 PM, two cadets took their positions in front of the small memorial, ries in hand, uniforms crisp. roughout the night and all across the following morning and aernoon, cadets rotated in to stand guard, at attention, in the courtyard of Old Main. ey were motionless, silent, save for the cadenced sound of rie drill movements. “Pre-sent. Arms.” e command reverberated across the moonlit campus. e ries snapped to shoulders, and all was silent once more. It was a somber display, wrought with symbolism. A small white table, set for one, represented the frailty of one prisoner alone against his captors. e chair sat empty and the drinking glass inverted out of respect for those who were not able to join their comrades for the occasion. A bread plate atop the table held a slice of lemon and a pinch of salt, symbolic of the bitter fate of POWs and their long-suering families’ tears as they wait. e lit candle, which was tended to throughout the evening, symbolized the unconquerable spirit of those detained far from home. is year was sophomore cadet Aaron McLarty’s second time to participate in the annual vigil. “It’s a great thing to be a part of when you pay your respects to those who have given their lives for a cause greater than themselves,” he said. Sophomore cadet Taylor Belote also shared his thoughts on being a part of the ceremony while returning from his post Friday evening. “I feel like I am honoring UA Officials to Review Academic Dishonesty Policy RIC President Arrested should, she said. “I think what (the committee) will do is look at our policy and suggest signicant changes,” DiBrezzo said. “Or they may start over.” To revisit, review and rewrite our academic integrity is the overall aim of the meetings that will take place throughout this semester, she said. e committee will examine the process of what happens from the time when a faculty member believes there may have been an incident and what they should do, she said. “e students felt like due process took too long,” she said. “Faculty (members) felt like cases were unresolved and sanctions have been inconsistent,” DiBrezzo said, adding to the list of reasons for the needed policy changes. DiBrezzo said Teddi Fishman, director of International Center of Academic Integrity from Clemson University recently visited the university as an outside consultant. Fishman met with students and university ocials to take in a sense of the existing academic code. “She was very impressed with the consistency across the board,” DiBrezzo said. “We (aim) to make our policies clear and Saba Naseem Staff Writer Amber Mendez, a senior at Springdale High School, rallies at the corner of Dickson Street and College Avenue in support of the DREAM Act, legislation that will give her and thousands of other undocumented students in the United States the chance to become American citizens. Benjamin Flowers Contributing Photographer Cadet Justin Collins, front, and Cadet Logan White of the Air Force ROTC stand guard in front of the Peace Fountain. The AFROTC honored war prisoners and missing soldiers with a 24-hour vigil on Sept. 16 and 17. by SABA NASEEM Staff Writer see DREAM on page 3 by ANDREW VAN GENDEREN Staff Writer see AFROTC on page 3 see DISHONESTY on page 3 by SARAH GUINN Staff Writer by JORDAIN CARNEY Asst. News Editor TOP 10 Match-Up Page 10 Resident’s Interhall Con- gress President William Ho- gan was arrested in Yocum Hall for public intoxication ear- lier this month, according to the University of Arkansas Po- lice Department incident report. UAPD ocers found Hogan in the rst-oor bathroom Sept. 4 at 3:40 a.m. when responding to a report. When ocers found Hogan he said that he had been drinking and had hit his head on the sink, according to the report. Public intoxication is a Class C misdemeanor. UAPD de- termines the degree to which someone is intoxicated and if they are a danger to themselves when deciding their course of action, according to the 2010- 2011 Resident Hall Handbook. Hogan will not have to resign as RIC President. Least restrictive sanctions for alcohol vary, with level one include an alcohol education class, cen- sure and education fund payment. Sanctions for level two viola- tions include suspended park- ing privileges for one year, one year probation and submitting to a prescribed course of treatment. Calls to the Oce of Commu- nity Standards and Student Ethics to clarify where public intoxica- tion ts within the level of alco- hol sanctions were not returned. Students were divided with their reactions to Hogan’s arrest. “I mean you can’t really help where you end up when you are that drunk,” said senior Mary Smith. “Plus he’s over age.” “Yes people deserve a second chance,” said sophomore Lauren Aday. “But he broke the rules.” “He’ll probably be judged a little bit for being arrest- ed,” Aday said, “but, not enough to really aect his job.” It happens so much on cam- pus hearing about it doesn’t re- ally aect me,” said sopho- more Heather Hawkins said. “It’s just another drunk person,” Aday said. Hogan was un- available for comment.
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PAGE 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 Vol. 105, NO. 6 UATRAV.COM
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T O D AY T H U R S D AY F R I D AY W E E K E N D87° 86° 77° 81 °
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010VOL. 105, NO.6
UATRAV.COM
Arkansasvs.
AlabamaSept. 25
Kickoff 2:30
UA Tailgate 11:30-2 on Union Mall
First 5,000 Students get
a Free Rally Towel
Don’t Forget to Bring a
Scantron for Ryan Mallett
Every morning, Amber Mendez wakes up wondering whether the day is worth the long hours of hard work that might amount to nothing and wonders what her future holds, if anything at all.
Mendez, a senior at Springdale High School, is an undocumented student, a child of an illegal immigrant and has almost no opportunities in this country.
In a week, the 17-year-old girl will have to face one of the toughest decisions of her life: to stay here in hopes that the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act passes or to move to Canada, where she has the choice of going to college and receiving scholarships and aid.
! e DREAM Act is proposed legislation that allows illegal immigrant children the opportunity to earn a pathway to become American citizens, as long as they meet certain conditions. ! e children must graduate from a U.S. high school or obtain a GED, have arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16 and
be less than 35 years of age, have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least " ve years, have good moral character and have no criminal charges. ! e immigrants are allotted a six-year conditional period where they must graduate from a 2-year community college, ful" ll two years toward a four -year program or serve in the military for at least two years. If, a# er six years, the student meets these conditions, he or she will be granted permanent residency.
! is would be a dream come true for the thousands of undocumented students who graduate high school every year, uncertain of their future. As illegal immigrants, they cannot apply for jobs, obtain any sorts of bene" ts or receive in-state college tuition. $
“It feels great to know that this legislation might pass,” Mendez said. “To know that I can " nally stop hiding from everybody and be able to try my hardest at things, because right now I feel that even if I try my hardest, where is it going to get me?”
Undocumented students who want to attend the UA are not eligible to receive any
They Have a DREAM
UA Air Force Cadets Honor Service Members
At the UA, cheating is a more serious matter than a glimpse o% of a neighbor’s test, and in order to implement the policies in a more concise matter, university o& cials have begun a series of meetings to revise the current academic integrity policies this fall.
An ad hoc task force was recently launched by Ro DiBrezzo, chair of the Faculty senate to review and revise the university’s Student Academic Honesty Code.
! e academic honesty policies are kind of like building a house, DiBrezzo said. O& cials kept building on the existing policies, but then realized some of it didn’t ' ow as well as it
Every year, men and women of the United States Armed Forces leave their friends and families to " ght in defense of their country.
Every year, many of these same men and women never return.
Every year, in their honor, cadets from the Air Force Reserve O& cer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 030 at the University of Arkansas stand a 24-hour vigil in front of the Fulbright Peace Fountain to pay homage to all who have been killed in the line of duty, who are prisoners of war, and who remain missing-in-action.
Junior Adam Brown, cadet in charge of organizing this year’s event, has strong feelings about the purpose of the vigil.
“As a junior running this, it means a lot to me,” said Brown.
“! is vigil gives back to the men and women who have served and to those who were not able to come back.”
Sept. 16 at 5:30 PM, two cadets took their positions in front of the small memorial, ri' es in hand, uniforms crisp. ! roughout the night and all across the following morning and a# ernoon, cadets rotated in to stand guard, at attention, in the courtyard of Old Main. ! ey were motionless, silent, save for the cadenced sound of ri' e drill movements.
“Pre-sent. Arms.” ! e command reverberated across the moonlit campus. ! e ri' es snapped to shoulders, and all was silent once more.$
It was a somber display, wrought with symbolism. A small white table, set for one, represented the frailty of one prisoner alone against his captors. ! e chair sat empty and the drinking glass inverted out of respect for those who were not
able to join their comrades for the occasion. A bread plate atop the table held a slice of lemon and a pinch of salt, symbolic of the bitter fate of POWs and their long-su% ering families’ tears as they wait. ! e lit candle, which was tended to throughout the evening, symbolized the unconquerable spirit of those detained far from home.
! is year was sophomore cadet Aaron McLarty’s second time to participate in the annual vigil. “It’s a great thing to be a part of when you pay your respects to those who have given their lives for a cause greater than themselves,” he said.
Sophomore cadet Taylor Belote also shared his thoughts on being a part of the ceremony while returning from his post Friday evening.
“I feel like I am honoring
UA Officials to Review Academic Dishonesty Policy
RIC President Arrested
should, she said. “I think what (the committee)
will do is look at our policy and suggest signi" cant changes,” DiBrezzo said. “Or they may start over.”
To revisit, review and rewrite our academic integrity is the overall aim of the meetings that will take place throughout this semester, she said.
! e committee will examine
the process of what happens from the time when a faculty member believes there may have been an incident and what they should do, she said.$
“! e students felt like due process took too long,” she said. “Faculty (members) felt like cases were unresolved and sanctions have been inconsistent,” DiBrezzo said, adding to the list of reasons for the needed policy
changes. $DiBrezzo said Teddi Fishman,
director of International Center of Academic Integrity from Clemson University recently visited the university as an outside consultant. Fishman met with students and university o& cials to take in a sense of the existing academic code.
“She was very impressed with the consistency across the board,” DiBrezzo said. “We (aim) to make our policies clear and
Saba Naseem Staff WriterAmber Mendez, a senior at Springdale High School, rallies at the corner of Dickson Street and College Avenue in support of the DREAM Act, legislation that will give her and thousands of other undocumented students in the United States the chance to become American citizens.
Benjamin Flowers Contributing PhotographerCadet Justin Collins, front, and Cadet Logan White of the Air Force ROTC stand guard in front of the Peace Fountain. The AFROTC honored war prisoners and missing soldiers with a 24 -hour vigil on Sept. 16 and 17.
by SABA NASEEMStaff Writer
see DREAMon page 3
by ANDREW VAN GENDERENStaff Writer
see AFROTCon page 3
see DISHONESTYon page 3
by SARAH GUINNStaff Writer
by JORDAIN CARNEYAsst. News Editor
TOP 10Match-Up
Page 10
Resident’s Interhall Con-gress President William Ho-gan was arrested in Yocum Hall for public intoxication ear-lier this month, according to the University of Arkansas Po-lice Department incident report.
UAPD o& cers found Hogan in the " rst-' oor bathroom Sept. 4 at 3:40 a.m. when responding to a report. When o& cers found Hogan he said that he had been drinking and had hit his head on the sink, according to the report.
Public intoxication is a Class C misdemeanor. UAPD de-termines the degree to which someone is intoxicated and if they are a danger to themselves when deciding their course of action, according to the 2010-2011 Resident Hall Handbook.
Hogan will not have to resign as RIC President.
Least restrictive sanctions for alcohol vary, with level one include an alcohol education class, cen-sure and education fund payment.
Sanctions for level two viola-tions include suspended park-ing privileges for one year, one year probation and submitting to a prescribed course of treatment.
Calls to the O& ce of Commu-nity Standards and Student Ethics to clarify where public intoxica-tion " ts within the level of alco-hol sanctions were not returned.
Students were divided with their reactions to Hogan’s arrest.
“I mean you can’t really help where you end up when you are that drunk,” said senior Mary Smith. “Plus he’s over age.”
“Yes people deserve a second chance,” said sophomore Lauren Aday. “But he broke the rules.”
“He’ll probably be judged a little bit for being arrest-ed,” Aday said, “but, not enough to really a% ect his job.”
It happens so much on cam-pus hearing about it doesn’t re-ally a% ect me,” said sopho-more Heather Hawkins said.
“It’s just another drunk person,” Aday said.
Hogan was un-available for comment.
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PROFILES FROM THE HILLA Conversation with Asst. Professor of Law Elizabeth Young
Law professor Elizabeth Young, an Arkansas native and George Washington University Law School alumna, has been at the UA for three years sharing her expertise on immigration law. She started an immigration law clinic at the UA, and she recently won a case, The Matter of Pedroza, in which an illegal immigrant was allowed to stay in the U.S. to care for his mentally handicapped child.
Q: How did you end up at the University of Arkansas?
A: I grew up in Arkansas, but left after college. !I have always wanted to return to give back to the state and being able to come back to open a legal clinic was the perfect opportunity to do that.
Q: What initially got you involved with immigration law?
A: I studied international human rights law in Oxford and was really struck by women and refugee law. !That naturally led me to take a deeper look into the asylum laws here in the United States and I became hooked on immigration. !
Q: I was looking at the newswire today, and I saw an article about you winning a case called Matter of Pedroza. Can you talk about what happened in that case?
A: This was a case that was lost at the Immigration Court level so was appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Clinic came in at the appellate level and wrote the legal brief for a case. !The law involved is pretty complicated but it was one of those cases that focused on how just a few words in a statute can change the whole meaning of the law. !The individual involved was detained
during the entire case, so it was nice to work his case and see him released so he could take care of his child.
Q: Are you involved in cases like this often?
A: Each student in the clinic usually does one case per semester at the appeals level. !It is really rare to get a published decision, though.
Q: What’s it feel like to win a case like this?
A: It feels great. I love that I get to teach students how to represent clients, and I always emphasize that while winning is nice, it doesn’t always happen. I focus on the actual representation of the client. !Having a published win is just icing on the cake.
Q: With all of the attention the Arizona immigration law has garnered, what is your opinion of it?
A: I don’t think it was a great law to pass. !The idea behind it is understandable – our immigration system is broken and it needs to be fixed. !But I think that they went about it in the wrong way. !First, there are so many aspects of it that will likely be found to be preempted by federal law. !There are also aspects that go too far – for instance, the provision that people have read to ban ethnic studies classes is very broad. !I respect the ability of a state to protect its citizens, but as has already demonstrated, such a controversial and broadly written law usually results in costly and drawn-out litigation. !On the other hand, at least the controversy surrounding the law has brought the immigration issue !to the forefront of politics. !I can only hope that it will encourage people to get educated about the actual facts surrounding the issue and to have open, civil discourse about possible
solutions.
Q: It has a lot of opposition, namely from President Obama, but do you see a law like this spreading to other states in the U.S.?
A: There are a lot of states, and even towns and cities around the country, that have enacted some form of immigration-related legislation. ! Again, though, they mostly result in federal lawsuits that end up costing taxpayers a lot of money. ! Conversely, there has also been a lot of legislation by localities and states to support the undocumented population.
!!!!!Q: In your opinion, what is the single most important immigration issue we are facing in the this country today?
A: The undocumented population in the United States. !I think everyone would agree that it is not a sustainable situation for anyone and it has to be addressed. !The most pressing issue right now, though, is the DREAM Act. !The DREAM Act is a bill that is currently in
Congress that would allow individuals who were brought here as children and who are attending college to have a path to citizenship. !It wouldn’t be an easy path, but it would still be a viable option for a number of individuals who have only known the United States as their home country.
Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
A: Hmm...the power to stop time – then I could finally get all my work done and still have time to relax.
Q: Who is your favorite musical artist?
A: That’s a hard one. I listen to just about all music out there. !I have been revisiting an old favorite, Superchunk, after their release of a new album after several years of taking a break.
by JORDAN GRUMMERStaff Writer
Jessica Palmer Contributing PhotographerAssistant Professor of Law Elizabeth Young prepares for a lecture. Young specializes in Immigration Law.
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scholarships, loans, grants or work study and have to pay out-of-state tuition.
“For a student with no scholarships, paying in-state tuition is hard,” said Juan Manuel, a junior economics major at the UA. “Now just picture an out-of -state student paying for all of this without the option of being able to get loans, get a scholarship from a private organization, or have a job. It’s very di! cult.”
" ere are some institutions that do not even allow undocumented students to attend, even if they have 4.0 GPAs or they are valedictorians, Manuel said.
" e DREAM Act “means a lot to me because I am an undocumented student, so this would a# ect me directly and it would a# ect 2.2 million students across the nation,” he said. “" is is something that won’t only bene$ t students, but also the community that they live in because all these students want to do is contribute back to the society that watched them grow for many years.”
Although the UA does not have an o! cial position concerning the DREAM Act, Chancellor G. David Gearhart believes that “it is very important that the DREAM Act be passed,” he said. “As a citizen of the state, I have communicated that to our senators.”
“" ese are excellent students and excellent people that deserve a quality education,” Gearhart said of the undocumented students. “" e DREAM Act would be a tremendous bene$ t for those who want to pursue a higher education and it will also help the state economically.”
" ere are students who graduate “as chemical engineers, doctors, architects, accountants and they end up working in restaurants or as construction workers,” Manuel said. “" is is talent that is being wasted and thrown down the drain.”
Congress will likely vote on the DREAM Act the week of Sept. 19-25. While the DREAM Act has not passed before, this year “there are more people who support the movement and I have never seen so many people so passionate about it,” Mendez said.
all the missing, the POWs, and their families who will never get to see them come home,” he said. “I hope people will see and learn that there are still people out there, still missing. I hope they will realize that there are families who, every year, have to go through Christmas and birthdays and New Years alone.”
As of Sept. 17, 5,671 troops have lost their lives since the inception of the global war on terror in 2001. In 2010 alone, 386 military members have been killed.% Many others still remain missing or incarcerated as POW’s.
Occasionally, onlookers and pedestrians harass the cadets intending to make them laugh or
consistent.” " e committee has looked
at changing the inconsistencies with the language of academic integrity as it relates to the classroom, she said.
And committee members are looking at student behavior to decide what policies need revision in the current code. Among these behaviors relating to the Academic Honesty Code are students who solicit their notes on various websites.
Sharon Gaber, Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic A# airs said the note-taking could become one aspect of the revised Academic Honesty Code.
“Every faculty (member) has di# erent rules,” Gaber said. “It all depends on how strongly they feel.”
Jesse Sutmiller, a junior math education major said she would like to see the policies discussed more on campus.
“I $ nd the lack of presentation unacceptable since we should be here for academic purposes,” Sutmiller said.
When asked about students who solicit their notes, Sutmiller responded, “I see people selling their notes as a result of the move away from the focus on academics.”
“" e students who have worked hard to create their notes want pay for those who would rather not focus completely on academics,” Sutmiller said. “People who need notes can go to the disability center for a note taker,” Sutmiller said.
DiBrezzo said the Faculty Senate will vote on the proposed changes to implement the new code as soon as possible. " e committee plans to simultaneously promote the revised code as it is implemented, she said.
“People want to value their degree and (not feel) that someone else got (theirs) in a compromised way,” DiBrezzo said.
The risk of Arkansas becoming a target for terrorist attacks is low, said UA professor Brent Smith, an expert terrorism and co-creator of the American Terrorist Study database.
“Terrorism is predominantly an urban phenomenon,” he said, “so Arkansas is somewhat insulated because there are no metropolitan centers large enough to attract a terrorist threat.”
Terrorist groups of all types act mostly in urban areas, Smith said. Left-wing groups because the metropolis is the seat of capitalism, right-wing groups because it is the pollutant of rural life, and Islamic groups because it breeds the western economy that they feel destroys their way of life.
Terrorist organizations usually attack places that are close to where they live, Smith said. One exception, however, are right-wing terrorists, who live in rural communities, but often target urban areas.
This extremist conservative brand of terrorism poses a real threat to Arkansas, he said. In the 1980’s, Arkansas served as a headquarters of the Covenant Sword and Arm of the Lord, a group tied up in “one of the most prolific right-wing extremist movements we’ve ever seen,” Smith said. CSA was reputed to have burned a synagogue, assassinated a judge and killed a Jewish pawn shop owner.
If the threat of terrorism in Arkansas grows in the future, it will be because right-wing groups use the state as a conduit location for larger, more active groups to communicate their message and prepare for attacks, he said.
Brent Smith came to the UA in 2003 and brought with him the American Terrorism Study database, the first and most comprehensive collection of information
about past terrorist attacks in the U.S. After tracking over 100 FBI terrorism cases from 1980-2002, Smith and his colleague Kelly Damphousse compiled information concerning the demographics, outcome of trials, terrorist affiliations and targets of 500 indicted terrorists. They also pulled information from books, memoirs and personal records of many known terrorists, as well as manuals circulated by terrorist groups.
Smith and other researchers use the database to get a grasp on the nature of terrorist attacks from the early stages of preparation through the end of the terrorist’s trial. Scholars can find out how terrorists were sentenced, the severity of their punishments and their precursory behavior – crimes they committed soon before attacking that, Smith said, go a long way in recognizing terrorist threats before they materialize. Smith hopes the database will be helpful to law enforcement officials by providing information about the “temporal sequence of terrorist preparation” – the length of time a group takes to plan an attack.
Environmentalist groups tend to act spontaneously, taking only two or three days to plan, while Islamic groups may plan an attack for several months, Smith said. This data, when paired with data about terrorists’ precursory behavior, may help officials know how much time they have to prevent an attack and save lives.
Additionally, Smith’s conversion of these statistics into geospatial data makes the information geographically relevant.
Smith and Damphousse felt they had to make the terrorism database available to other researchers to fuel more terrorism studies and possibly prevent terrorist acts in the future, according to a UA Daily Headline published in 2003.
“We could publish books off this data for the rest of our lives,” Smith said, as quoted in the Daily Headline.
& inch. Brown told a story about one such individual last year who was confronted by an ex-enlisted Marine midway through his antics. " e older man made the younger apologize to the cadet, who was still at attention, and said, “Look, this young man simply does not understand what you are trying to do. But I, for one, am truly grateful for what you are doing here today.”
However, the purpose of the vigil is more humble than raising awareness about POW’s abroad, Brown said.
“" is is our way of giving back, and it makes an impact on those who have served,” said Brown. “" is is not about awareness or recognition so much as it is a way to express our gratitude to those who have served before us.”
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I waited anxiously through the day as the time for the US Sen-ate’s vote on cloture came closer. Senate Bill 3454, or the Nation-al Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, included both the DREAM Act, which would allow illegal immigrants’ chil-dren choose either college or military service as a path to citizen-ship, and how the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy could be repealed. When I got out of class, I ran to the newsroom, skep-tical but extremely hopeful that good news would await me.
With a vote of 56-43, Senate Republicans, led by John McCain, were successful in their " libus-ter of the bill, which Sen. McCain called a “blatant and cynical attempt to galvanize the Hispanic vote.”
Curiously, however, it was not just the Senate Republicans who voted nay— our senators, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, were the only dem-ocrats to break rank and vote against cloture (besides Harry Reid, D-NV, who voted nay so he can bring up the legislation up again at a later time).
Late this a# ernoon as peo-ple took to the Fayetteville streets in protest, Sen. Lincoln’s o$ ce released a statement sug-gesting that the stalemate in politics is what has people angered.
“Both political parties are too focused on how they can em-barrass one another and we are no longer doing what our con-stituents expect us to do – work together to " nd common ground and move our nation forward,” the statement read. “I have heard my constituents loud and clear ... I opposed the Mo-tion to Proceed because we all need to listen to our constituents.”
H.R. 5136, the House of Representatives’ version of the bill, passed in the House on May 28. Sen. Lincoln (and Sen. Pryor) voted nay on Sept. 21. I " nd it hard to believe that was not enough time to “consid-er the issues,” especially since Sen. Lincoln has previously stated that she will support the Lieberman compromise which will repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the DREAM Act. What “serious issues” were le# consider that could not have been discussed on the % oor in debate?
How can you say you need time to fully debate something as you are voting against debating it? Everyone else in the Democratic Party thought there would be time, especially a# er Sen. Reid pledged to work with GOP leaders on all amendments they wished to put forward.
“When we are ready to get serious about debating the multitude of issues that are relevant to this bill, I am prepared to help move that debate and this legislation forward,” Lincoln’s statement said.
People are ready, Sen. Lincoln. ! ey have been ready since the policy was put in place 16 years ago, they have been ready since the bill passed the House four months ago and they are still ready now, waiting on you to come through and vote they way you told your constituents you would.
Although I will be the " rst to say that Lady Gaga is not the person to turn to when looking for advice, I have to agree with what she told the crowd gathered in Maine yesterday to urge their senators to vote to allow debate.
“Doesn’t it seem to be based on the Constitution of the United States that we’re penalizing the wrong sol-dier?” said Lady Gaga. “Doesn’t it seem to you that we should send home the straight soldier who hates the gay soldier? ”
Instead of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, she proposed an “If you don’t like it, go home” policy that would send the sol-diers that have a problem with who they serve with home.
I think this idea can be applied more broadly, however. Every-one else in the Democratic Party realized this was an opportunity to stop years of discrimination. ! ey realized that allowing the policy is not only bad for the mental and emotional health of our troops, but counterproductive to our military. ! ey say this bill is an opportu-nity to do the right thing, for gays and lesbians serving in our mil-itary and to immigrants trying to make a better life for themselves.
Sens. Lincoln and Pryor, you are the only ones that missed this point. ! e party voted for it, and the people want it. If you don’t like it, go home.
Growing, Growing, Never Grown
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FROM THE STAFFSeptember is Suicide Prevention Month, Mushroom Month,
Tiger Month, Sewing Month and Southern Gospel Music Month, but at the Traveler, we’re recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month.
Regardless of how you believe immigration laws should be addressed, most college students agree on the bene" ts of cul-tural tolerance. In fact, many students will agree that oth-er cultures have enriched their experiences at the university.
As journalists, we keep a variety experiences in our memory bank to o& er a di& erent perspective on any story assigned to us.
But through that, we have met some interesting person-alities and encountered some new cultures along the way.
Editor Bailey McBride and Managing Editor Mille Appleton met in South Africa, where they viewed true poverty for the " rst time.
Features Editor Lindsey Pruitt spent last summer in Italy, where she learned to adapt to a new culture by abiding by recycling laws, hang dry all of her sheets and clothes, among other experiences.
College is full of learning experiences — ask any for-eign exchange student. You’re here for an education, and hav-ing a core group of friends is great, but meeting up with stu-dents di& erent than yourself, as uncomfortable as it might be at " rst, promises to be an unforgettable learning experience.
We have all heard it be-fore, “I can’t stand that class”, “I can’t wait for this to be over”, and the ever-prevalent “When am I ever going to need this?” I, like most of you, have been guilty of my fair share of “this and that complaints” during my time at the Uni-versity of Arkansas. It’s a common default setting to look at our academic and professional responsibili-ties and focus on the in-herent negative qualities each task carries. This is common because it is un-derstandable; we feel em-pathic when others com-plain because we have ex-perienced the burden of a similar weight upon our shoulders. And as learned individuals, we know all too well what that weight can do to healthy posture, both in a physical and mental sense. But maybe, just maybe, there is a way to turn this weight from, well, weighing you down
into something that does just the opposite and lifts you up. Turns out, there is, and it is just like taking a good picture; the best per-spective gives the best results.
There are many ways to change your perspective on any number of situations, but when it comes to learn-ing, having a pair of guide-lines (guided by the find-ings of neuroscience) can add to the efficacy of such a mental shift. Simple and clean, the way it ought to be:Emotions Get our Attention
We tend to remember emotionally charged events better than neutral events. We all know this, and this is proven when you peruse your own shelf of most de-tailed memories. When you experience an event with emotion, a part of your brain releases extra dopamine into the neural network. This do-pamine greatly aids memory and information processing which means the informa-tion is going to be more ro-bustly processed. So when you are solemnly studying or listening to a boring lec-ture…STOP! Emotionally engage yourself at some lev-el to the information that is being presented by asking questions. How does this af-fect the world you live in? What is it about this infor-mation that makes it perti-nent to things that are im-portant to you? If you desire
to know the information, you will more efficiently process it. Instead of wast-ing energy explaining why you are repulsed by a task of learning, find out why you should be attracted to it. Meaning Before Details
If we can understand the relationship between sepa-rate concepts, we can much more easily recall the details associated with them. John Bransford, an insightful ed-ucation researcher, explores this notion when compar-ing the difference between a novice and expert. “Experts’ knowledge is not simply a list of facts and formula that are relevant to their domain: instead, their knowledge is organized around core con-cepts or ‘big ideas’ that guide their thinking about their domains.” When first ap-proaching a new type of ac-ademic material, outline the big picture in your head and then fill it in with details.
Learning how to learn might be the most impor-tant skill you can take away from your university experi-ence because it is something you will use for the rest your life. It is an old cliché that it is not the destination but the journey that matters. How-ever, this tiny truism can lend some interesting insight on how to navigate through the challenges of life. It is vi-tal to realize that there is no destination, no final point,
nor concluding checkmark in life’s journey. But rath-er, each stage of life, col-lege especially, will present its own unique situations. We can choose to complain about those tasks or respon-sibilities and perceive them as burdens. Or, we can use them. We can understand them in such a way that they are essential to who we are as individuals (emotionally) as well as their role (or mean-ing) in the world around us. There is a true momentum attached to approaching life in this manner. Instead of homework or a burdensome responsibility bringing you down, it lifts you up, because it is personally pertinent to you growing as an individual.
This truth should be giv-en a capital ‘T’ because it is one of profound value. If you find out that you can-not establish any form of im-portance to what it is you’re doing with your life, then change what you are doing. This is just another form of growing. Soon, as you be-gin to work with, instead of against your life’s burdens, you find that your ability to adapt also grows exponen-tially. There is no “grown,” no period that marks the end of your development—just a promise that you can and will continue grow throughout life. Luckily, we are all born with the capac-ity to make the most of it.
MIND THE GAPby Devin O’Dea
Traveler Columnist
When our memories outweigh our DREAMs, we know that we’ve grown old.
Fellow Arkansan, Pres-ident Bill Clinton, closed his eighth and final State of the Union Address with this line. It was the excla-mation point on a speech that both lauded his ad-ministration’s success-es and challenged his fel-low Americans to contin-ue their work, rather than rest on their laurels. Over a decade after this address, the fervor of the nation has drastically declined.
Today, we have record unemployment, soaring deficits, and a nation be-coming increasingly de-
FROM WHERE I STAND
by Billy FlemingASG President
pendent upon welfare to ameliorate the growing num-bers living below the pov-erty line. As a soon-to-be college graduate, I’m a little scared about the prospects that face me when I leave the University of Arkansas. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to face those chal-lenges without the piece of paper we’re all seeking here.
I’ve always felt that our ed-ucation, our own individual acumen, is our greatest weap-on in life. It’s the sword we wield against the world’s in-equities, intolerances, and the tool with which we shape our lives. A college degree has become the key to unlock-ing the door to the American Opportunity System. I feel extremely fortunate to have had such relatively open ac-cess to that higher education.
By the time this article is published, our US Senators will have held a vote on leg-islation entitled, “The Dream Act”. While a more detailed description can be found at http://dreamact.info, this piece of legislation’s spirit is centered on allowing the chil-
dren of illegal immigrants a path, through higher educa-tion, to citizenship. Essen-tially, the bill is focused on having these undocumented immigrants earn a college de-gree (they may also enlist in the military in lieu of attend-ing college) to provide them with a path to citizenship. In essence, our Senate will be deciding if those people, most of which came here as chil-dren with their parents, are able to enjoy the same access to higher education that we’ve all been so fortunate to enjoy.
Now, I realize that any conversation involving immi-gration reform is going to be contentious. I’m not writing this to weigh in on things like amnesty or the immigration process in general. In fact, I’d prefer you do your own research on the legislation before taking anything I say with more than a grain of salt. But this bill, in my opinion, transcends the oft-restrictive boxes each party is typically squeezed inside of. From an economic perspective, educa-tion is the engine that drives our nation. All our innova-
tion, cross-cultural exchang-es, and even our perceived standing in the world are de-rivatives of our success in the educational realm. From an ethical perspective, the peo-ple for whom this Act could provide a path to citizen-ship arrived in the US under their parents’ volition, not their own. To punish them for the sins of their parents doesn’t seem right to me, and the Dream Act provides an incredible opportunity to welcome them into the same American Opportunity Sys-tem we’re all soon to enjoy.
I’m proud to be at a Uni-versity that has been so open-ly supportive of the DREAM Act. Our own Chancellor, Dr. Gearhart, has advocated on behalf of this legislation, citing the multitude of bene-fits our institution has deter-mined it can provide for both the University and the people directly affected by it. My hope now is that others will follow suit, and that these people can enjoy the same opportunities those of us here at the University of Arkan-sas have been blessed with.
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Student Discovers Love for Service Through CLCEbyKARIS HEINZEContriWriter
THE TOP FIVETAILGATINGESSENTIALS#5Razorback Red EVERYTHING
If you’re not decked out to the nines, you must not be passionate about the game.
#4A Well-Stocked Cooler
#3Tent
Everyone’s thirsty at Reynold’s.
#2Grill-Worthy Nibblins’
Razorback fans must be fearless, and prepared to party in any weather. A good tent, although tricky to set up, provides shelter from rain, sun or attacks from opposing fans.
#1Killer Playlist
Be it ribs or veggie skewers, Gameday is all about the snacks.
Good music is key to setting the right mood for tailgat-ing, and it ! nally gives you an excuse to download the ! ght song onto your iPod.
The Center of Leadership and Community Engagement (CLCE) provides many different kinds of opportunities for students to get involved on campus. While being involved, students also build leadership skills that are beneficial to their futures.
“Whether it’s giving you a competitive edge in job placement or making a difference in the community, leadership development is essential to success,” said assistant CLCE director Adrian
Smith. “Leadership development enhances and enriches the college experience for students. Our philosophy is that anyone can be a leader and that leadership is an inclusive, interactive and dynamic group process that brings about positive change for the community.”
The CLCE aims to have students partake in registered student organizations (RSO’s) whether it is based on service, Greek involvement, government, culture or religion.
“These programs are student-led which
give students an immersion experience to grow and develop as leaders. "Leadership has to be practiced and experienced in order to learn and make a difference,” Smith said.
Junior Mirelle Pierini built her leadership skills through Smith’s Emerging Leaders program that taught her different leadership attributes. CLCE has been part of her college experience since her freshman year. She first got involved by applying to be on the board for the Volunteer Action Center (VAC).
“You just have to pay attention to get involved. I was just volunteering at the Fayetteville animal shelter and saw a flyer for VAC,” Pierini said.
While Pierini started off on the VAC board, over time she collected more responsibilities. Last spring Pierini took an interning position for CLCE and continues to help set up volunteer opportunities for students. She also informs students through email newsletters. Students can receive these newsletters by
Street Chic
Mille [email protected]
Number one on my life bucket list: go to New York Fashion Week and sit in the front row.
# is glamorous, invitation-only event takes place twice a year, and is populated only by the wealthiest and most well known names in fashion and Hollywood. # ough I’m not sure where exactly I will ! t in when my time comes to sit on the front row of Oscar De La Renta’s premiere runway show, I will keep dreaming.
Designers presented their clothing lines for the Spring/Summer 2011 season last week at the Lincoln Center in New York City, kicking o$ the fashion season followed by shows in London, Milan and Paris.
White Hot RunwaysHead-to-toe white will
be the classic neutral next season for both men and women. # e diversity of the designs complements the assortment of the designers who showcased this timeless trend. Pants and top ensembles, long and short dresses, % owing and tight-! tted, cotton and chi$ on were among the all-white attire from designers Victoria Beckham, Lacoste, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, BCBG Max Azria and Calvin Klein, to name a few.
As a girl who never wants to hang up her white pants a& er Labor Day, I love this crisp, spring look. It is so traditional that you can mix old pieces with new, creating your own fashion persona, yet still adhering to the fashion industry’s wishes of white.
Mix It UpAccording to the experts
it’s all about the mix-up in prints next season, speci! cally with % orals. Designers # akoon and Peter Som both revealed their unique % oral designs with contrasting colors and patterns, while Proenza Schouler mixed % orals with bold stripes, polka dots or star prints. DKNY truly took the mixing bull by the horns and threw sequins, strips and blossoms into one ensemble.
I’ve never been able to really support this trend, despite Rachel Bilson and Taylor Swi& , two of my Hollywood faves, fully embracing the out! t mish mash. Perhaps I over think it too much, rather than just putting two prints together and going for the bold. However, I do applaud those who can pull it o$ , and if you’re daring, go for the fashion risk and keep your head held high despite the inevitable looks you will receive.
New Animal Print Snakes to the Top
Leopard print will ! nally have to cede its throne to the python print this spring. Multiple designers had snakeskin dresses on the runway including # akoon’s sexy, shirt-dress, Z-Spoke’s purple, python dress and skirts by Joseph Altuzarra. Christian Siriano, winner of “Project Runway” in 2008, unveiled show stopping animal prints following his white ensembles- a red dress embossed with snakeskin and a bold turquoise, crocodile blouse.
As a professed lover of animal prints, my transition from fall’s leopard trend to spring’s snakeskin might be trickier than I’d thought. Not con! dent enough to pull o$ a snakeskin dress or skirt (or quite possibly a little freaked out by the thought of wearing snakeskin), this trend might be better suited for accessories. An exotic clutch or skinny belt would be the perfect accessory to accentuate my all white attire.
Gotta Love That ShineI love love metallics and I
feel like this trend never gets tired. We’ve recently seen it hot with metallic nails and now it’s time for daring metallic attire. Diane Von Furstenburg and # akoon shared metallics so bold they could practically burn your eyes, but could also transition into that knockout dress you’ve been looking for. Some designers were subtler with their metallics, weaving it into the fabric for a faint shimmer.
As much as I love metallics, this look can de! nitely look gaudy and must be paired appropriately in order to not look like a Halloween costume. Yet if done properly with minimal makeup and accessories, this trend can be perfectly glamorous.
California Girls# e 70s, relaxed look is
back and bringing wide-
leg pants, below the knee sundresses and circular sunglasses with it. Michael Kors opened his show with an ankle-length skirt in linen gauze and a matching pullover. Marc Jacobs revealed his swinging, full skirt dresses with cinched waists. ADAM and Derek Lam reminisced with high-
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Fashion Week Designers Reveal Spring TrendsA Review of New York Fashion Week for the Fayetteville Celebrities/Socialites/Journalists Uninvited to the Event
waisted pants in bright colors.
# ough I can do without the high-waisted pants, I de! nitely give this look a thumbs up. Don’t we all secretly want to be California girls, who dress casual chic and have the attitude to match? # ey’re unforgettable you know.
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“Hey! Can you hear me? Can you feel me? Coming through your stereo?” sang lead singer of Jonathan Ty-ler and the Northern Lights, Jonathan Tyler. Sept. 24 you won’t need the stereo. Jona-than Tyler and the North-ern Lights will be filling the Union Mall with a sound that is getting harder and harder to find: real rock ‘n’ roll.
“Fayetteville has always been a really cool town, I love the energy,” Tyler said. JTNL has stopped in Fay-etteville before, and despite their Texas roots they are
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more than willing to call the hogs with fans.
The band’s music has a flavor that makes you stop and take notice. Now, JTNL are poised to become the modern kings of rock, and they already have the history to make that a real-ity. Opening for Kid Rock, ZZ Top and AC/DC this past summer is just a part of their story.
Jonathan Tyler, guitarist Brandon Pinckard, bassist Nick Jay and drummer Jor-dan Cain first joined forces at the end of high school in Dallas, playing all-ages venues. Labels looked into the groups’ sound, but the depth that marks their mu-
sic now was not present yet. “We were just extremely in-stitutionalized, we were very robotic,” said Tyler.
“We played until we were about 20, and that’s when we discovered booze and drugs, and we quit. Just basically started experimenting with everything. I’m not trying to glamorize any of it, but we went from pure as driven snow to really into some re-ally crazy stuff. It was a real wakeup call when one of my closest friends was lost to an overdose,” Tyler said in a re-cent biography of the band.
After the fall, Tyler emerged with a stack of songs and enough experi-ence to move the masses.
“When I write a song it’s always the summation of experiences, it’s just a good way to put something down and walk away from it,” he said. “Music is a means of putting people into a state of mind and portraying an emotion.”
Tyler began performing his songs acoustically on his own anywhere possible. He was transformed from a boy who wanted to play into a man who needed to tell a story. The band quickly re-grouped with the addition of singer Mo Brown, and knocked out their indepen-dent debut “Hot Trottin’” in only five days. JTNL then took their act to the road,
where they amazed critics, fans and musicians alike with their raw powerful sound and signed a contract with Atlantic Records’ F-Stop Music in 2008.
The band was deter-mined to keep the authen-ticity of “Hot Trottin’.” Producer Jay Joyce, whose production credits range from Cage the Elephant to Jack Ingram, was the perfect fit for the band’s sophomore album “Pardon Me.” “He’s very wise at music, and in the composition of music,” said Tyler. “Joyce has so many ideas, is so musically inclined, and has great taste in music.”
The result is one of the most explosive and energet-ic albums to hit eardrums this year. Released in April, “Pardon Me” explores more than just the hard energetic rock you would expect from a band compared to AC/DC. Songs like “She Wears a Smile” and “Lady Bird” are slow and purposeful. Un-like many artists who sound like they are only trying to round out an album, JTNL sings from the heart and soul as completely and pas-sionately as they do in “Hot Sake” and the title track “Pardon Me.”
“We definitely have mo-ments that are more intense, heavy moments, and then we have moments that are sweet and quiet,” Tyler said. “It just depends on the mes-sage.”
The band has a range of messages and emotions in their music. Anyone who has ever been aggravated in a relationship can relate to the musical kiss-off of
“Gypsy Woman,” a song Tyler wrote at the end of a long relationship. “It was a song about this girl who was coming and going and running around on me. It comes from a pretty aggres-sive place,” Tyler said.
“Music has always been a form of therapy for me, a natural high,” said Tyler. “I’ll probably play music as long as I can get away with it.”
Tyler and crew will be getting away with it in a very big way Friday at the Union Mall at 10 p.m. Stu-dent entry is free.
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Music festivals have be-come popular events to at-tend, especially for college students. Every year, mil-lions of people travel all over the United States to see some of the best musicians in the world all gathered in one location. However, few festi-vals promote a message and cause quite like the Sunshine Music Festival being held this year in Hattieville, Ark.
“We will be using this fes-tival to launch our Earth Energy Awareness Plan,” said Travis Turnage of Sunshine Productions. “This plan involves raising funds for the purpose of placing solar and wind energy production systems in Arkansas schools in order to assist with rising energy prices.”
Sunshine Music Festival Promotes a “Bright Idea” for Local Schoolsby WYNDHAM WYETH
Staff WriterFifty percent of the ticket
profits will be used to pur-chase solar and wind energy production systems that will be donated to local schools. The systems are to be used as, but not limited to, “teach-ing aids in the form of com-mercial grade electricity pro-duction,” according to their website.
Turnage also hopes to in-crease community aware-ness on green energy issues and technologies with the EEA plan. With this posi-tive green message as well as the positive messages of the performing bands, Turnage intends to augment tour-ism, local pride and educa-tion. “We want to give youth here a reason to stay and a renewed sense of pride about what central Arkansas can offer,” Turnage said.
The festival itself is a four-
day long event, focused on music and arts held on Sunshine Farm, more than 240 acres of land located in the foothills of the Ozarks. Guests camp on the farm and watch musical acts per-form on two stages, one of which is surrounded by a natural amphitheater.
The lineup features over 20 musical acts, ranging from folk music to electronica, several of which call Fayette-ville home, including The Flipoff Pirates, The Pope County Bootleggers and Even Heroes.
Vendors will be selling food and beverages at the campgrounds, and merchan-dise will also be available for purchase. Alcohol is allowed, but it is not sold at the festi-val itself. The festival is also providing grounds for disc golf, horseshoes, hacky sack
Music Playlist Sites a NewTrend for Organizing Tunes
A playlist is “a list of tracks to be played in a particular order,” most often on a CD or a radio station, according to dictionary.com.
Or at least, those used to be the only places that a playlist could be found. With technology jumping at a speed that our elders are hard-pressed to match, playlists can be created on iPods, MP3 players and most recently on playlist websites, such as playlist.com, vplaylist.com and many others like it. On these websites, a registered user can search for individual artists or songs, and arrange a playlist made out of his or her favorites, which can be saved and accessed the next time that the user visits the website.
Some of these websites have pre-arranged playlists available, with different themes, such as vplaylist.com, which offers pre-arranged playlists with titles such as “Party,” “Hip Hop,” “Techno,” as well as a pre-set series of popular music videos.
by CARA TURBYFILLStaff Writer
A few other playlist websites have their own advantages. Slacker.com offers a huge selection of already-arranged stations in just about every music genre. Blip.fm is unusual in that it requires a community—songs get suggested for a user’s playlist that the user’s friends “like” on Facebook or another networking site. Then there are some websites, such as Grooveshark.com that are notable primarily for their user-friendly interfaces,which is important because not everyone knows a lot about music playlist websites.
“I use Grooveshark to make party playlists,” said Chris Flores, a junior Kinesiology major. “It allows you to search for any song; you can add as many as you want without any fee.” !!
Some websites are better known than others, such as Pandora.com, which helps users branch out musically by finding new artists. After a user finds a song that they like, the website searches for other songs that have a similar musical content.
Once the website knows your preferences, it offers a variety of “stations” that only play the kind of music that the user has expressed a preference for. When a user finds a song that they like, there is an option to buy it permanently, but if not, then it can still be saved for the next time he or she visits the website, making it very popular among students.
“I like Pandora,” said Whitney Perkins, a senior English major. “You can find whatever you like.”
Of course, it’s always possible to use a variety of websites for the ultimate musical experience.
“Most of the time I listen to Pandora, but when I really want to listen to just a specific artist’s music I look them up on Grooveshark. It fills out my Pandora experience by allowing me to save specific songs I liked from the radio and then I can move them around into an order I like,” said Chloe Costello, a junior Architecture major.
It’s pretty safe to say that whatever a user’s musical need is, there are websites popping up to accommodate it.
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and trails for nature walks and hikes.
“We aim to ‘let the light in’ in our community through our promotion of the arts and our messages about Sus-tainable Living, Green En-ergy, Agriculture and Unity,” according to their website. “Come in to the Sunshine and experience massive posi-tive growth all while being part of!the Bright Idea.”
Tickets are available at the festival’s website, www.sun-shinemusicfestival.com, but they can also be purchased at Hole in the Wall Skate Shop in Morrilton and Bears Den Pizza in Conway. Full General Admission tickets, including camping, parking and four days of music, are on sale for $60, but one-day, two-day, and VIP tickets are also available for $25, $50 and $85 respectively.
emailing [email protected]. Pierini has set up events
for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and collected student volunteers for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Recently, Pierini has been preparing for Make A Difference Day Oct. 16.
On Make a Difference Day, Pierini is expecting about 900 volunteers to work over 30 different projects that day, she said. Some of these projects include weatherizing low-income homes, working with Boy Scouts, collecting food for the food bank and making a mural for Habitat for Humanity. A complete list of volunteer opportunities on Make a Difference Day can be found on volunteer.uark.edu.
Of all the projects, Pierini is looking forward to Make a Difference Day the most.
“Make a Difference Day will be a great opportunity, and I think the volunteers will get a lot out of it,” Pierini said.
Through VAC, Pierini has discovered her love for service.
“Volunteering is a good way to see what you’re interested in and to see what you want to do in the future. It’s a good way to see what kind of service you like to do. You can find out if you like working with the elderly, with kids or with animals,” Pierini said.
Pierini’s heart for service began with a love for animals and her involvement with the VAC has given her the goal to work for a non-profit organization in the future.
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Last year’s game at Alabama was a wake-up call for Arkansas.
The Crimson Tide were ranked No. 3 in the nation and they weren’t going to let the Hogs ruin their hopes for a national championship.
Nothing seemed to go right for Arkansas on of-fense or defense. Junior quar-terback Ryan Mallett com-pleted just 12-of-35 passes for 160 yards. The Razor-back defense didn’t tackle well, highlighted by Alabama running back Trent Rich-ardson’s 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, on which he broke four tack-les before outrunning ev-eryone into the end zone.
The Hog’s appeared to be rattled by Alabama’s rau-cous crowd and the Crim-son Tide’s physical play.
“We always have confi-dence, but that game I just
don’t think we went in there with the mindset that we were going to win the game,” Mallett said. “By think-ing how we were thinking
last year against Alabama, it showed up on the field.”
The Alabama game was one of the Hogs’ four road losses last year. Mallett hadn’t won a road game at Arkansas until the Razorbacks’ pulled out a victory in dramatic fash-ion Saturday against Georgia.
A composed Mallett or-chestrated the two-minute offense to perfection with the game tied 24-24 and 47 sec-onds remaining. He capped a three-play, 72-yard drive with a 40-yard, game-winning touchdown pass to receiver Greg Childs with 15 seconds remaining in the contest.
Childs had to make a quick cut to make Georgia safety Shawn Williams miss before sprinting to the end zone.
“I don’t know what the safety was thinking, but he was thinking the wrong thing,” Childs said.
The Hogs have grown up a lot since last season’s game against the Crimson Tide.
“You have people speaking out that never really spoke be-fore,” Childs said. “You’ve got people doing certain things that they’ve never done be-fore, so I think the team has really come together.”
After finishing non-con-ference play with three con-secutive overtime matches,
Arkansas soccer begins its conference play this weekend.
Arkansas (3-4-1) finished
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No. 10 Arkansas’ matchup with No. 1 Alabama is as big as it gets.
A Razorback win likely vaults them into the top-! ve and spurs talk of a trip to At-lanta, a BCS bowl berth and in-cludes them in early national championship conversation.
" e college football world will be focused on Fayetteville this Saturday, looking to see if Ryan Mallett and the Hogs are for real.
" e atmosphere should even be electric, a rare oc-currence nowadays at Reyn-olds Razorback Stadium.
" e Hogs have just the eighth-largest stadium in the SEC, but the empty seats are typi-cally easy to spot. Arkansas fans ! ll Razorback Stadium up for big games, but any talk of sta-dium expansion can cease until the stands are full every contest.
I spoke with someone who made a trip to Athens last Satur-day to see the Hogs play Georgia. " is person has been to almost every venue in the Southeast-ern Conference and said he’s al-ways surprised at how poor Ar-kansas’ game day atmosphere compares to its SEC brethren. " e Fayetteville crowd does tend to opt to sit rather than stand the majority of the time.
It’s not all the fans fault, though the fans in Razorback
Stadium are among the quietest in the SEC. " e Hogs have great traditions, but those traditions have su# ered in recent years due to an advertising overkill.
It’s no secret Arkansas isn’t among the wealthiest schools in the SEC. " e Hogs’ 2009 in-come ranked ninth in the SEC.
Arkansas athletic director Je# Long’s job is to make sure the Ra-zorbacks are competitive on the ! eld, and to do that you have to have money. I think the deci-sion to hike donation levels was long overdue. If Razorback fans want a top-notch program, they have to be willing to pay for one.
" e nonstop advertis-ing on Saturdays ruins the game day atmosphere, though.
" e Hog Call is one of the most recognizable cheers in sports and has been an Ar-kansas staple for generations.
Calling the Hogs used to be
a frequent occurrence, but Ra-zorback fans didn’t get an op-portunity to call the Hogs once the Sept. 11 Louisiana-Mon-roe game in Little Rock kicked o# . " e Hogs were called be-fore the team took the ! eld pri-or to the game and that was it.
No more Woo Pig Sooie." e cheer is typically coordi-
nated by the UA cheer squads. " e squads don’t ån opporutuni-ty to lead the fans in the Hog Call in timeouts anymore, though.
Not with advertise-ments on the jumbotron and blaring over the speakers.
I’m not the only one who’s noticed it, either. I’ve read fans’ complaints on message boards about the bombardment of ad-vertising interrupting the $ ow of the game. Associate Athletic Di-rector for public relations Kevin Trainor said the UA is working to increase the number of Hog
Calls for the Alabama game.“We’re working on better co-
ordinating Hog Calls for the entire stadium with the band, the music we pipe in and the obligations we have,” Trainor said in a statement.
" e advertising craze isn’t just during the timeouts. You used to be able to check scores from other games on the small scoreboards around Razor-back stadium. " ose score-boards have been replaced with far-superior ribbon boards that wrap around the stadium.
Only thing is, the scores don’t get shown anymore. " ey’ve been replaced by, you guessed it, advertisements. Someone who hadn’t been to a Razorback game in a while mentioned his disdain for this change follow-ing the Tennessee Tech game.
It wouldn’t be a huge prob-lem, since nearly everyone has a smart phone they can check the
score on, except sending and re-ceiving texts during the game is near impossible, let alone access-ing the internet to check a score.
Fans pay good money to come watch a game in person; to be a part of the game day atmosphere. If they wanted to watch com-mercials, they could save money and just sit in the comfort of their own home without being inevita-bly squished between two over-weight people in 90-degree heat.
LSU is all about the at-mosphere. So is Flori-da, Alabama and Georgia.
Hopefully Arkansas will put atmosphere ! rst against Alabama.
Games of this magnitude are rare; it would be a shame for the Hog Call to become rare, too.
Jimmy Carter is the sports editor for " e Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears ev-ery Wednesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.
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" e Arkansas volleyball team will embark on its ! rst Southeastern Conference road trip this Friday. " e Razor-backs (7-6, 1-1 SEC) will vis-it Mississippi State, followed by a trip to the Alabama.
" e Razorbacks opened conference play by splitting ! ve-set matches against the Georgia and the Auburn last weekend.
" e Razorbacks were able to beat the Bull-dogs, but fell to the Tigers.
“It’s good getting the SEC
going, it’s a great conference,” Arkansas coach Robert Pul-liza said. “Against Georgia we did some good things. Of-fensively we put up some big numbers, and defensively we had some good blocking. I think it was the best defen-sive game we’ve had so far.
“" en against Auburn, we did some good things but were not consistent enough to ! nish it o# . We showed some prog-ress, and they exposed some things we need to work on.”
Pulliza said he would like to see more consisten-cy in the team’s defense, an area the Razorbacks have worked hard on in practice.
“We need to have more consistency on our defen-sive e# ort and focus,” Pulli-za said. “We need to be better that way. Defensive e# ort re-ally creates an environment of competitive edge, and we just need to work on that.”
Kendall Cleveland had a ca-reer weekend, and will look to keep improving as conference play continues. " e sopho-more had her ! rst career dou-ble-doubles, notching 32 kills and 22 digs. Fellow sopho-more Jasmine Norton led all Razorbacks in kills with 34.
“Kendall’s a kid that comes in and works everyday,” Pul-liza said. “She gives us every-thing physically and emotion-ally. She has been working a lot on her consistency, and it really has started to show.”
Freshmen Janeliss Torres-Lopez and Raymariely San-tos also had successful week-ends. Torres-Lopez had 13 to-
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UA MEDIA RELATIONSSenior Britni Williams and the Arkansas soccer team open SEC play on the road.
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High-Stakes Rematch by JORDAN GRUMMER
Senior Staff Writer
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Ryan Mallett
It’s been nearly 31 years since two top-10 football teams played in Fayetteville.
Arkansas has changed confer-ences, had ! ve di# erent coach-es and gone 9-41-1 against top-10 opponents since the fourth-ranked Hogs lost 13-10 to No. 6 Houston in October 1979.
When the No. 10 Razorbacks host top-ranked and defending national champion Alabama on Saturday, it will be arguably the biggest Fayette-ville home game since the No. 2 Hogs lost 15-14 to No. 1 Texas in the 1969 “Game of the Century” with Presi-dent Richard Nixon in attendance.
“We know it’s a big week this week with Alabama coming in here,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petri-no said. “I think our players are ex-cited about it; I know our coaches are. We have to make sure and pre-pare like we did a week ago. We have to really understand as a team that we don’t need to go out and do anything extraordinary to win the game. We need to go out and play Razorback football and we’ll have an opportunity to win the game.
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Arkansas stayed unbeat-en Saturday when quarterback Ryan Mallett’s 40-yard touch-down to Greg Childs with 14 sec-onds remaining li" ed the Hogs over Georgia 31-24. ! e win was Mallett’s # rst road victory as a Razorback and just Petrino’s second in 10 tries at Arkansas.
! e win set up a sold-out, nationally-televised showdown with the Crimson Tide in Reyn-olds Razorback Stadium, with the winner gaining an early ad-vantage in the SEC West race.
“To be playing at home is de# nitely a good thing for us,” Mallett said. “We love playing in front of these fans; we’ve got the best fans in the nation. When we get a chance to go out and put on a show, we don’t want to dis-appoint. I’m sure it’s going to be rocking. It’s going to be loud and crazy. I can’t wait to see it and experience the atmosphere.”
! e contest will be one of three matchups between ranked opponents Saturday, and will be the only top-10 matchup.
“It’s a real big opportunity,” junior cornerback Isaac Madi-son said about being the pre-mier game in the nation. “It gives the world a chance to see how we’ve matured, how we’re go-ing to keep our composure and play those guys like they’re the No. 50 team in the nation. We’re not going to do anything special to go out and win the ballgame.
“We just have to prepare well in the week and go out and play ball like we know how to play.”
! e game will feature Heis-man trophy candidates in Mallett and Alabama running back Mark Ingram, the 2009 winner. Mallett has thrown for 1,081 yards and nine touchdowns this season, and the Razorback passing o$ ense is ranked third in the country. ! e junior is the only FBS signal caller with more than 1,000 yards pass-ing this season and ranks No. 5 nationally in passing e% ciency.
Ingram ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries Saturday in the Crimson Tide’s 62-13 win over Duke. It was Ingram’s # rst game of the season
a" er being sidelined with a knee injury sustained in fall camp. ! e 5-foot-10, 215-pounder needed just three rushes to break the 100-yard mark against the Blue Devils.
“As far as the Heisman talk, I’m not worried about that,” Mal-lett said. “I play Alabama Saturday and that’s what I’m getting ready for. I came to the University of Ar-kansas to win football games and so that’s how I look at it. I want to win this one for the state and the rest of my team. ! at’s the way the rest of the team feels, too.”
Alabama trounced the Ra-zorbacks 35-7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last season, a contest in which Mallett and Arkansas’ of-fense struggled mightily. ! e ju-nior completed just 12-of-35 passes for 160 yards. He threw an interception, was sacked three times and hurried eight more. ! e Crimson Tide limited the Hogs to just 254 total yards.
! e contest Saturday will serve as a gauge for the Razor-backs’ progress from the loss last season, a game which served as a turning point for the Hogs.
“We felt like it was a big learn-ing experience for us,” Petrino said about the Hogs 35-7 loss. “We didn’t execute the way we normal-ly do. I felt like it was because when we stepped on the # eld, we didn’t truly believe we could beat them. A" er the Alabama game last year, we grew up as a football team.”
Alabama has outscored its # rst three opponents 134-19, in-cluding a 24-3 win over then-No. 18 Penn State. ! e Crimson Tide have won 17 straight games and 30-of-32, dating back to the 2007 Independence Bowl. Senior quar-terback Greg McElroy hasn’t lost a
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game he started since eighth grade.! e Razorbacks have gone
16-13 over that span, but are ranked in the top-10 for just the eighth week in the last 20 years. ! e Hogs’ 42-11 win over Texas in 1981 was Arkansas’ last win over a No. 1 team in Fayetteville.
“When we started this sea-son, we knew everyone would talk about the Alabama game,” Petrino said. “We had to win the # rst two games, and we put a lot of preparation into Georgia and our # rst road SEC game. We knew that if we were mature and tough enough to win those, Alabama becomes a big game at home.
“Now that all of this has hap-pened, we have to prepare and do all we can. We have to en-joy the journey of the week pre-paring for a big game. We have to go out and put everything on the # eld this Saturday. What else can you say? It’s exciting. I’m excited just talking about it.”
Ryan Miller STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Quarterback Ryan Mallet and the Hogs will play in front of a national tele-
vision audience Saturday against Alabama
Arkansas’ defense was viewed as the weak link com-ing into the season, and those questions still lingered go-ing into the Georgia game after wins against Tennessee Tech and Louisiana-Monroe.
The Hogs gave up two fourth-quarter touchdowns to let Georgia back in the game, but came up with the stop that set up the Razor-backs’ game-winning drive.
“I was happy with the way we played,” Petrino said of the defense’s performance Saturday. “We hit the quar-terback a bunch. We did a good job for the most part on third down…I think we’re playing well on defense.”
Slowing down Alabama is another matter. The Crimson Tide offense leads the SEC, averaging 542 yards per game.
The Alabama offense is spearheaded by the 1-2 run-ning back punch of last year’s Heisman Trophy win-ner Mark Ingram and Rich-ardson. Ingram played in his first game of the season last week against Duke af-ter injuring his knee in prac-
tice. The junior showed no signs of rust rushing for 151 yards and two touch-downs on just nine carries.
“That was an impres-sive return,” Petrino said about Ingram’s first appear-ance of the season. “He’s very, very good. We’ve got to try to slow him down and do a good job on first down.”
Petrino said winning the battle on first down would be the key to the game Sat-urday, but said being able to run the ball would also be important. The ground game is only averaging 116 yards per game and strug-gled in victories against Loui-siana Monroe and Georgia.
“We have to get the run-ning game going, there’s no doubt about that,” Petrino said. “It’s every single one of us on offense that has to improve for us to get bet-ter running the football.”
Alabama’s defense isn’t as experienced as last year’s squad with only two start-ers returning, but that hasn’t stopped the Crimson Tide from putting up equally as impressive numbers as the offense. They are ranked first or second in the SEC in four
major statistical categories. The Crimson Tide had to
replace three of four second-ary starters, but the run de-fense has been the weak link of the defense so far – Ala-bama ranks in the bottom half of the conference, giv-ing up 120 yards per game. Still, it will be a difficult task to run the ball against a big and physical Crimson Tide defense, Petrino said.
“If you look at their de-fensive front, they’re very big and physical,” Petri-no said. “They stop the run with a seven-man front be-cause of that, and then they can rush the passer.”
The Hogs have waited for the rematch with the Crim-son Tide since last season.
“We’ve been preparing ever since our last game last year,” Childs said. “We un-derstand that it is going to be hard work and it won’t be given to us. We know that we have to be ready to play. We understand that this game can make or break our season.& We know that there are a lot of people that will be trying to talk to us. We have to block all that out and focus on the goal.”
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tal blocks with a career-high 19 kills, and Santos notched 89 assists on the weekend and had a double-double with 39 assists and 13 digs against Auburn. ! e Georgia game was the # rst start of the season for Santos and second for Torres-Lopez.
“! e light went on for Jane-liss, and she’s getting it done,” Pulliza said. “She had been playing ok and her work-eth-ic had been up and down, but for some reason at the Middle Tennessee tourna-
ment the light went on has stayed on. She is absolute-ly being a warrior out there,
and we are excited for that.”! e road trip will host
the # rst two conference road games for six players. San-tos will be joined on her # rst conference road trip by freshmen Alex Fitzmor-ris, Hayley Koop, Brooke Fournier, Clarissa Pavey and Charmaine Whitmore.
“! e SEC is a tough confer-ence on the road,” Pulliza said. “Not only because you’re play-ing good opponents, but some-times you play at hostile envi-ronments and it becomes a nat-ural battle. ! at’s the fun things about playing on the road.”
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their non-conference sched-ule with a 1-0 overtime loss to then no. 11 Florida State (6-2). Both of Florida State’s losses came to Southeast-ern Conference opponents.
“The tough non-con-ference absolutely pre-pared us and we feel great going into this confer-ence schedule,” Arkan-sas coach Erin Aubry said.
Arkansas opens its confer-ence schedule with Tennes-see (3-5) on Friday in Knox-ville, Tenn. and Georgia (5-2-1) on Sunday in Athens, Ga.
“Both Tennessee and Georgia are great teams,” Aubry said. “Every week from here on out I am go-ing to say the same thing be-cause we play great teams.”
Arkansas has an all-time record of 6-9-1 in SEC open-ers in their 16 years in the SEC.
The Razorbacks have played four overtime peri-ods in their last three con-tests. Arkansas played eight of its last nine matches away from Razorback field.
Senior goalie Britni Wil-liams recorded the 24th shutout of her career Fri-day against St Mary’s in a scoreless double over-time tie. The Rancho Cu-camonga, Calif. native has allowed only nine goals in eight games this season.
“I think Britni Williams is playing at the top of her game right now,” Aubry said. “For some reason she had been lacking a little con-fidence and was inconsis-tent in how she was playing. This weekend though there was no question she owned
her box and helped us get those results that we got. She helped lead from the back with that positive energy that we have needed all season.”
Junior defender Kailey Anders will look to keep her streak of playing in every min-ute of the last 10 games alive.
The Allen, Tex. native has taken five shots, with two on goal,this season while help-ing the Razorback defense
allow 1.08 goals a game.Laurel Pastor’s move
from defender to forward for the past two match-es has given the Razor-backs a rise in shots on goal.
The senior from Spring-field, Va. has five shots on goal in 158 minutes the last two matches combined.
“We are hitting our stride and it’s just in time,” Aubry said.
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Ryan Miller STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Junior reciever Joe Adams leads the Razorbacks with 344 recieving yards and has caught two touchdown passes.
Gareth Patterson CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Junior Kailey Anders an d the Razorbacks are 3-4-1 heading into SEC play.
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ARKANSAS - ALABAMA BREAKDOWNArkansas run o! ense vs. Alabama run defense Alabama passing o! ense vs. Arkansas pass defense
Arkansas’ rush o! ense struggled greatly against a stout Georgia defense Saturday. " e Razorbacks amassed just 53 yards on 23 at-tempts, averaging a season-low 2.3 yards per carry. Arkansas was led by junior Broderick Green, who had 11 rushes for 41 yards.
" e Alabama rush defense gave up 146 yards on the ground against Duke on Saturday and is allowing an average of 120 yards a game through the # rst three games. All-SEC linebacker Dont’a Hightower leads the Crimson Tide defense and All-SEC defen-sive end Marcell Dareus returned to the defensive line against Duke.
If Arkan-sas can’t run the ball again, Alabama’s defense will be able to key on the Hogs’ passing attack all game.
Advantage: Alabama
" e Crimson Tide are a run-# rst team, but quarterback Greg McElroy has had success passing the ball this season. " e senior has thrown for 705 yards and six touchdowns
in the Crimson Tide’s three wins. Star wideout Julio Jones has caught 15 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns.
Arkansas’ pass defense has been solid, but gave up big-time passing plays on sever-al occasions against Georgia. " e Bulldogs had 253 yards through the air Saturday. If Julio Jones can get behind the
Razorbacks’ secondary, it could be a long night for Arkansas.
Advantage: Alabama
Arkansas passing o! ense vs. Alabama pass defense
Arkansas special teams vs. Alabama special teams
Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett has averaged 360 yards passing and has thrown nine touchdowns in the Hogs’ # rst three games. Arkansas has had a receiv-er post 130 or more yards in each of the # rst three games.
Alabama has the second-rated pass defense in the Southeast-ern Conference, allowing just 132 yards through the air. Even a$ er losing three members of the secondary to the NFL Dra$ from last season’s national championship team, the Crimson Tide have been stingy on the back end.
However, Alabama has only registered two sacks so far this season and have put a lack of pressure on opposing quarter-backs. Mallett will be the best passer the Crimson Tide face all season, and the quarterback from Texarkana, Tex., will be look-ing for avenge last season’s 35-7 loss to the Tide, in which Mallett only totaled 160 yards passing and completed just 12-of-35 passes.
Advantage: Arkansas
Arkansas has yet to produce a big play in the return game this season, but the Hogs have been solid in their # rst three contests. Junior Joe Adams ranks second in the con-ference in punt return average and had a punt return for a touchdown nulli# ed by a block in the back against Georgia.
Freshman kicker Zach Hocker has con-nected on all 14 extra points and both # eld goal attempts, including a 48-yarder at the end of the # rst half against Georgia. " e kick was the Hogs’ longest # eld goal since 2000. Punter Dylan Breeding has increased is aver-aging 46.8 yards per punt – eight yards bet-ter than his average in 2009. Alabama soph-omore Trent Richardson had a 91-yard kick-o! return Saturday against Duke. Crimson Tide kicker Cade Foster is 4-for-5 on # eld goal attempts this season with a long of 44 yards, while punt-er Cody Mandell is averaging 39.3 yards per punt so far in 2010.
Field position will be key Saturday and a big play on special teams could be a game-changer.
Advantage: Even
Arkansas-Alabama PredictionsJimmy Carter, Sports Editor
" e Hogs made a statement in their win against Georgia on Sat-urday, but the Bulldogs aren’t in the same stratosphere as ‘Bama. " e Razorbacks should have a big crowd supporting them, but look for the Crimson Tide to pull away in the second half.
ALABAMA 34 ARKANSAS 21
Danny Meyer, Assistant Sports Editor
Alabama’s two-headed monster is now healthy in the back# eld, and the Tide are well-deserving of their no. 1 ranking. Arkansas has been playing great, and they will continue that Saturday, but Bama is too good.
ALABAMA 34 ARKANSAS 28
Jordan Grummer, Senior Sta! Writer
Zach Turner, Sta! Writer
Patrick Grinnan, Sta! Writer
Arkansas will welcome the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide to Fay-etteville on Saturday in front of a huge home crowd. Heisman tro-phy winner Mark Ingram is back and running a$ er putting up 151 yards on just nine carries in his # rst game action of the season last week against Duke. If Arkansas can’t establish a run game to keep the ball away from Alabama, the Hogs will su! er their # rst loss.
ALABAMA 28ARKANSAS 13
Bailey Elise McBride, Editor
Alabama run o! ense vs. Arkansas run defense
Alabama is a run-# rst team, for good reason. Sophomore run-ning back Trent Richardson carried the load the # rst two games of the season with 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram re-covering from a knee injury sustained in fall camp. Richardson has rushed for 271 yards and four touchdowns, leading the SEC in scoring and touchdowns, while ranking seventh in rushing yards.
Ingram made his pres-ence felt Saturday against, though. " e junior carried the ball just nine times, but racked up 151yards and two scores.
Georgia ran for 139 rushing yards against the Hogs and the Crimson Tide’s rushing attack is much more potent. Look for Ar-kansas to load the box to try to slow down the Alabama run game
Advantage: Alabama
Arkansas coaching sta! vs. Alabama coaching sta!
Alabama coach Nick Saban is 36-8 with the Crimson Tide and has won two National Champi-onships, one in 2003 with LSU and last year with Alabama. " e Crimson Tide rank fourth in the country in total net yards, 13th in rushing and 14th in passing.
Saban’s defensive prowess will be challenged by Arkansas coach Bob-by Petrino’s high-octane o! ense, which ranks third in the country in passing, 14th net yards. " e Hogs also rank third nationally in defense.
Expect the contest to be a chess match between the two. Saban has
the more impressive credentials and had the edge last season.
Advantage: Alabama
Arkansas has looked impressive so far, but only win was against a le-gitimate foe. ‘Bama has been domi-nant in its # rst three games, includ-ing a win against then-No. 18 Penn State. If the Razorbacks’ defense is able to do just enough, Arkansas can edge its way to a shoot-out victory.
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I want to say the Hogs will win. I want to say the Hogs will bottle up Alabama’s potent of-fense. I want to, I really, really want to. But I can’t. Arkansas has their best team in years, but Ala-bama is on another level. It’s go-ing to be close at the half, but Ala-bama’s running game will eventu-ally wear down the Hog defense.
ALABAMA 35ARKANSAS 20
Although the Hogs had an im-pressive showing in their matchup last week against Georgia, Razor-back fans should not be too quick to assume that beating Georgia means we should be No. 1 in the country. " is should be a great game.
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" e Alabama rush defense gave up 146 yards on the ground
losing three members of the secondary to the NFL Dra$ from last
covering from a knee injury sustained in fall camp. Richardson has
Georgia ran for 139 rushing
end of the # rst half against Georgia. " e kick
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