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!ere is something particularly ful-"lling about taking that "rst bite out of a plate full of barbecue. Maybe it’s because we have become accustomed to chowing down on it at a family cook out, game-day tailgate or local eatery, but barbecue is a staple, and there is no shortage of it in Fayetteville.

!is town o#ers what seems like thou-sands of food choices for college students, yet where are the best places to get a great value and a fantastic meal? Whether you go for pulled pork, brisket or a side of potato salad, barbecue restaurants have popped up on plenty of corners in Fay-etteville, and our homegrown skill of grill-ing and smoking is starting to show.

Livability: America’s Greatest Places to Live and Visit recently named Fayetteville No. 8 in their Top 10 BBQ Cities poll, and their accusations are true — “when Fay-etteville, AR, residents aren’t cheering on the Hogs they’re eating them.”

!e only question now is: Which bar-becue place is the best? I’ve reviewed the best pulled pork in Fayetteville, and what I found was nothing short of deliciousness with a side of baked beans.

Whole Hog CafePrice: less than $10

Location: 3009 N. College Ave.

Whole Hog Cafe is looked at as a bar-becue staple in Arkansas — they have won numerous world barbecue champi-onships throughout the years of smok-ing various meats and have even had two presidents eat their grub, so I had high hopes that this would be a great meal.

Visiting just 30 minutes before the restaurant closed and still seeing peo-ple ordering food gave me an even higher hope — any place that still has cus-tomers as the kitchen is preparing to close is a good sign. !e atmosphere isn’t much to brag about — the dining area is one large room with not much personal ser-vice. However, I wasn’t here to get a nap-kin in my lap and full waiter service. I was here to eat some down-to-earth, back-to-

basics food, and that is exactly what I got.

I ordered the pulled pork platter, which comes with two sides (potato sal-ad and baked beans were the top choice) and a dinner roll ($6.99). It’s a he$y por-tion, easily enough to share with a friend, though you may want to save the le$overs for lunch the following day.

!e pork had a fantastic %avor on the bark and had a mild smoky %avor that was far from overpowering — when you’re eating pulled pork, the last thing you want is a piece of meat masked with heavy sea-soning.

Compared to other places in Fayette-ville, it didn’t have that perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture throughout — some pieces were perfectly moist, others were chewy. However, that isn’t always a bad thing. !e barbecue sauces (numbers one and two were the perfect molasses-style sauces) gave the moisture back and brought a spicy and tangy %avor that I didn’t "nd comparable anywhere else.

!e price-point is comparable to most other places, but Whole Hog gives stu-dents a break with coupons in the free col-lege coupon books, as well as o#ering 50 percent o# a platter on the QBOT coupon app (available on Android and iPhone). A$er using my coupon, the total was a mere $3.89. Now that’s something you just can’t pass up.

Meat: 7/10Sauce: 8/10Value: 10/10Total: 8.3/10

Penguin Ed’sPrice: less than $10

Location: 230 S. East St.

Penguin Ed’s is one of the quintes-sential barbecue restaurants in North-west Arkansas. With numerous locations around Fayetteville, it’s hard not to stop in and try their barbecue sandwiches. Who wouldn’t enjoy the friendly and comforting atmosphere where the blues %ows through the radio speakers and guests order their meal on an old-time red phone?

I visited Penguin Ed’s a little before 11 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the smell of sweet barbecue had already "lled the restaurant. If you’re looking for an early lunch, Ed’s is the place to go and grab a quick meal.

I ordered the pulled pork sandwich

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor

Convenience Trumps CostStudents factor in convenience when buying more expensive food on campusFull Story, Page 2

Technology Center is SuccessTechnology Center attracts 500 students a day since opening four months agoFull Story, Page 2

see BBQ WARS page 5

For many students, a new semester brings new relationships. It may also bring a tighter budget a$er purchasing textbooks, paying your Greek Life chapter’s dues and buying all the new fall fashions.

Let’s face it: a "rst date, or any date for that matter, can be tough to "t into the “poor student” "nancial plan. Luckily, Fayetteville o#ers many cheap (and even free) options when considering what to do for the already nerve-inducing "rst date.

Crystal BridgesWhile the newest addition to the northwest Arkansas art

community is in Bentonville, it is certainly worth the drive. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has gathered scores

of attention and critical acclaim since its November opening, with newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York Times praising its collection and cultural contribution to the community.

Because general admission to the museum is sponsored by Walmart, no fee is necessary to view the museum’s permanent collections. (Bonus: Works by artists such as Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keefe and Andy Warhol not only ensure an interesting "rst date, but may also be great conversation starters).

In addition to rooms on rooms of artwork, the museum also boasts an on-site restaurant that looks over ponds and greenery outside the museum, as well as walking and biking trails that are also free. With free admission, trails, famous artwork and food, Crystal Bridges is sure to be the perfect place to take your poten-tial new love interest.

Co!ee ShopsPurchasing co#ee may not be totally free, but it is a fun, laid-

back activity that won’t break the bank. Fayetteville has several options to o#er for co#ee, depending on the vibe you want for your date.

Mama Carmen’s on College Avenue o#ers a laid-back, low-lit, cultural atmosphere. !e drinks and pastries are a#ordable, and internationally made, charitable goods such as bags and scarves may be purchased as well.

!e new Arsaga’s location on West Dickson Street also o#ers a low-key vibe and plenty of indoor or outdoor seating (the out-door patio is the perfect place for a warm drink on a cool fall eve-ning or a cold drink on a warm a$ernoon). Arsaga’s even o#ers lunch from noon to 4 p.m. everyday, consisting mainly of salads

Cost-Friendly Date Ideas

Mandy McClendonSta! Writer

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Students are factoring in convenience when buying more expensive food items on campus.

Popular food brands can be found at cheaper prices in o!-campus supermarkets like Walmart.

For example, a 14 ounce package of Oreos, priced at $5.89 at Club Red is available at Walmart for $2.98.

Campbell’s Soup at Hand is $3.19 at Club Red, but only $1.24 at Walmart. Similarly, a can of Pringles can be found for $1.89 cheaper o! campus. "e same is true for popular cereal brands, such as Kel-logg’s Froot Loops, Hiland milk and Lunchables, to name a few.

“Food prices are deter-mined through an ongoing evaluation process we have with the university. In this process, all pricing is re-viewed by and ap-proved by the univer-sity. Many factors are taken into consideration including in-v e s t i g a t i n g c o m p a r a b l e local retail prices and cost of goods,” said Kim Johnson, marketing director for Chartwells.

In addition, nationally branded stores on campus such as Chick-#l-A and Ein-stein Bros Bagels are priced the same as in other o!-cam-pus locations, Johnson said.

"e ability to use $ex dol-lars has no impact on the pricing of food, she said.

Johnson said that because

Club Red sells fewer prod-ucts than stores like Walmart, they must pay more them-selves for the same food.

“As you probably under-stand, big box retailers can sell packaged goods at lower prices because of the larger single order quantities — not to mention the storage/shelf space they can allow,” John-son said.

“Sales volume also drives down cost of replenishment orders,” Johnson added. “In the Walmart network, the cost e%ciencies are a direct result of the sheer size of the chain and its widespread lo-gistical system.”

Buying groceries on cam-pus may be more expen-sive, but convenience is the primary factor driving purchases, students said.

“I still buy from there every now and then,” said Brannon Daniels, soph-omore agriculture business major. “"ey have what I need, and sometimes I am willing to pay a little more for

what I need instead of going o! campus to get it cheaper. It’s convenient.”

Students may also weigh the time they have between classes, the cost of gas and the fact that they could lose a good parking place when deciding whether or not to buy food on campus, Johnson said.

Another bene#t of buying food on campus is that a per-centage of every dollar spent is returned to the university for facility upgrades and pro-gram support, Johnson said. "is is a direct bene#t for current and future students that many are unaware of.

“In addition, our as-sortment is di!er-

ent from the EZ Mart across the street,” she said. “ In many catego-

ries the items are unique,

as well as the depth of the $avors

o!ered. We actually tweak the inventory in response to

student tastes and popular food trends and brands that students tend to gravitate to-ward.”

To cut costs and save mon-ey, some o!-campus students prefer bringing their lunch. However, Johnson still sees value in buying a meal plan despite the cost.

“"ink about the variety that is available in the dining

halls,” Johnson said. “No one could stock a home kitchen with all the fresh menu va-riety available on campus and not have some of it go to waste. If you compare the cost of a dining hall meal to a restaurant meal, you are getting every-

thing for one price. In restau-rants you o&en pay separately for entrees and sides, not to mention beverages and gra-tuity.”

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Jaime DunawaySta! Writer

Kris Johnson Sta" PhotographerStudents try out the new equipment at the grand opening of the Student Technol-ogy Center in the Arkansas Union, Wednesday, Sept. 12. !e event o"ered students free food, a tour of the center and gaming tournaments.

"e UA Student Technol-ogy Center has attracted an estimated 500 students a day since it opened four months ago, the manager said.

"e computer and game center opened on Dead Day of the spring semester, and the response was “wow,” man-ager Eve Owens said.

“"e next day was Satur-day, and we had a bunch of students come in to #nish up projects and study for their #nals,” she said. “Ever since classes started this semester, we are seeing more and more students each day.”

"e center is popular with students who like to play vid-eo games, use the audio re-cording booths, use the video editing so&ware and for stu-dents who need somewhere to study and like the ambi-ance, Owens said.

"e type of students who use the center vary.

“Let’s just say the demo-graphic of the STC makes it a place where I can play the game League of Legends and not feel judged,” said Zac Lane, junior biology major. “Every once in a while you see a sorority girl and then she realizes she’s in the wrong spot.”

"e center is a better place to hang out than to use for ac-ademic purposes, said Drew Mabie, a freshman engineer-ing major.

“I mainly come to the STC to hang out and play video games,” he said. “For academ-ics, I like to study or print things out up at the Union computer lab.”

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!ursdayISIS: Viewing Student RecordsAdministrative Services Room 1542 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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FNL: Samurai Blue Arkansas Union 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Saturday (9/1)Public Intoxications:-Two students arrested in the football stadium.-Two students arrested in the south parking lot at Kappa Sigma house.-Student arrested on lower service drive at the Stadium Drive parking garage with criminal mischief.-Student arrested at Alpha Omicron Pi house.

!ursday (9/6)-Money stolen from vehicle in Lot 26.

Friday (9/7) -Two Students arrested on Stadium Drive for third degree battery.-Scooter stolen from Lot 59.

Saturday (9/8)-Two students arrested for public intoxication at Bud Walton Hall.

Sunday (9/9)-Student arrested for public intoxication at Sigma Chi house.#eft of Propety:-!eft of backpack from vehicle while parked at Baum baseball stadium.-!eft of bicycle outside of Northwest Quad.

Monday (9/10) -Report of someone damaging sprinkler head in Northwest Quad. -Two students arrested in wooded area south of Lot 61.

Tuesday (9/11)Criminal Mischief: -Permanent marker used to write on walls in Union restroom. -Student arrested in Lot 77. -Student arrested for shoplifting in Arkansas Union food court.

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Ashley Swindell Sta" PhotographerStudents pick up information about University Recreation and other university programs at the Union Day booth event, Wednesday, Sept. 12.

UA Program Members Promote Events and Clubs at Union Day Booth

Beta "eta Pi has begun an expansion campaign at seven universities nationwide. At the UA they have been active in pursuing pledges to be-come the founding fathers of the chapter.

"e group has staked out a spot outside the Arkansas Union for the past several days trying to recruit pledges.

"e fraternity’s goal is to guide students into leading a “principled life,” said Trevor Voss, the colony development coordinator for Beta "eta Pi.

“Beta "eta Pi is dedicated to developing men of prin-ciple for a principled life,” Voss said. “"e brotherhood aids the individual, builds the fraternity and strengthens the host academic institution through lifelong devotion to intellectual excellence, high standards of moral conduct

and responsible citizenship.”UA is the 12th Southeast-

ern Conference school to add Beta "eta Phi to its list of fraternities, and they plan to make an impact on the social, economic and political a!airs across campus, Voss said.

“"e fraternity, founded in 1839 at Miami Univer-sity (Ohio), has more than 130,000 living members on 120 campuses in the U.S. and Canada,” Voss said.

Unlike most fraterni-ties, Beta "eta Pi recruits throughout the semester.

“We do things a little bit di!erently than what the typ-ical rush is,” Voss said. “We really believe in continually recruiting guys throughout the year and really getting to know someone really well be-fore selecting them to join the organization. It’s not some-thing you should take lightly.”

"ese “men of principle” will be housed in Walton Hall beginning Fall 2013 and they

have contacted contractors about creating a more perma-nent housing facility in the near future, Voss said.

Voss, a former Beta "eta Pi president who graduated from the University of Cali-fornia, Los Angeles, in 2010, as well as a handful of leader-ship consultants from around the U.S., are here to select the founding fathers and facili-tate the fraternity.

Fraternity o%cials said they have already selected 35 members to interview to be-come founding fathers and they are looking for, but not limited to, anywhere from 50 to 100 members this semes-ter.

“We’re looking to be in-volved in a lot of things, we want a very high chapter GPA and we’re really looking for overall excellence to create a very balanced experience,” Voss said. “We want guys that are gentlemen and want to grow from the experience.”

Beta !eta Pi Fraternity Searches for Members

A UA program will be of-fering classes for non-students throughout the semester.

OLLI is an exciting learn-ing center that encourages adults 50 and older to come together in a vivacious learn-ing environment at the UA, according to their website. OLLI provides many di!er-ent memberships and a vari-ous selection of courses and opportunities for those who need help.

Students have opportuni-ties to take various courses with UA faculty and skilled experts through OLLI.

Topics include art and architecture, documentary #lms, government and poli-tics, history, leisure and recre-ation, literature and writing, opera, science and nature, technology and theater, ac-cording to the catalog.

“I want to take this oppor-tunity to o%cially welcome OLLI to the College of Educa-tion and Health Professions.” said Dean Tom Smith in the 2012 College of Education of Health Profession catalog. “We have known for a long time about the great work that OLLI does and look for-ward to having OLLI become a component of our college. "e most exciting thing about OLLI is its potential growth. My vision for OLLI is to ex-pand its o!erings, not only in Fayetteville but also in north-west Arkansas, and eventually to all parts of the state.”

"ere are many prices for the classes, depending on membership options. Couple pricing, for any two people sharing the same home ad-dress, is $75. Single persons are $50 and single for active Arkansas Alumni Association members is $40. Participants also can pay without not buy-ing the membership, accord-ing to catalog.

Each course has a di!erent price, but most costs range between $20 to $30.

People who become OLLI members receive special ben-e#ts such as advanced notice of OLLI programs, weekly email updates of on-campus and community activities, dis-counted OLLI program pric-es, discounted tickets to select performances at local part-ners, a one-time discounted Arkansas Alumni Association membership, student ticket prices for UA music events, discounts at the UA bookstore and the UA Computer Store and 40 percent discount at UA press and tax deductions, according to the catalog.

"e program will also o!er lectures for faculty and stu-dents.

“I think OLLI is a great in-stitution. In cooperation with the UA, it enables people to take classes on the topics of their interests,” said Ahmet Serdar Akturk, history profes-sor who will be giving one of the lectures. “OLLI also cre-ates the opportunity for the academicians to reach a wider public to share their research and scholarship with them.”

UA Program O!ers Variety of ClassesNuri HeoContributing Writer

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 4 !ursday, Sept. 13, 2012

Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

!is year we set very high expectations for our Razorback football team.

Some predictions even gave the Razorbacks a spot in the 2013 National Championship game. It is hard not to coming o" of an 11-2 season and a Cot-ton Bowl win.

A#er our $rst two games against Jacksonville State and University of Louisiana Mon-roe some Hog fans have been discouraged that the team is not living up the their high expecta-tions.

Still, no time is a good time to turn your back on the Razor-backs.

It’s important to keep up good morale all through the year, but especially here at the beginning of our season. When we don’t believe in our team, how can we expect our team believe in themselves? If there is any time to be true to your school, it is now.

Below are a few ways to stay involved and prove you are not a fair-weather fan.

First: Attend pep rallies. !e purpose of a pep rally is to stir up excitement for the upcoming game and show support for the team.

In recent years pep rallies have become Greek dominated. It is fantastic that Greek organi-zations come out to support the Hogs every pep rally, but some of the pep competition at pep rallies has caused students to lose focus. Whether Greek af-$liated or not, come to the pep rally this Friday, 8 p.m. at the Greek theater, and show sup-port for your school and team, not just your organization.

Second: Tailgate. Even when your team disappoints you, tail-gating is still fun.

Don’t have a regular tail-gate to attend? Try joining the Student Alumni Association. When you join, you get a free t-shirt and commemorative cup as well as access to tailgating at the alumni house right next to the stadium. !e SSA website is www.arkansasalumni.org.

Other great places to tailgate include Chi Alpha Ministries, a church organization on Maple Street, and the Gardens o" of Razorback Road.

If all else fails, you’re sure to

see a friendly face or two down in the pit.

Go to the game and stay. It’s exciting for players to look up in the stands and see a full sta-dium.

When all the students leave before the game ends, it is dis-couraging to our players. Being there the entire game shows our players we care. It doesn’t mat-ter if we are winning or losing. Seeing fans stick around for the whole game gives players the incentive to keep trying.

Participate in homecoming events. Homecoming is an en-tire week devoted to celebrating the UA and our Razorback ath-letes, whether they win or lose.

Homecoming provides an opportunity for Registered Stu-dent Organizations, Resident Halls and Greek organizations to compete amongst themselves for most spirited group. Un-fortunately, Homecoming has become less about the team and more about competition.

!is Homecoming, the Ra-zorbacks will face the Universi-ty of Tulsa. !e Student Alumni Association spearheads the Homecoming events each year.

Members of SSA aim to get a variety of students involved and generate pride for our school and enthusiasm for the game through healthy competition that focuses on our school and team. SAA is encouraging par-ticipation this year by hosting events that organizations and individuals can take part in.

!is year members of the or-ganization will host the annual Pigskin Classic, a %ag football game held at the intramural $elds, a Homecoming parade down Dickson Street, and Hot Dogs With Head Hogs, where students can meet some of the UA faculty and sta" and members of various Razorback sports teams.

!e bottom line is this: true fans don’t give up a#er two games.

True fans don’t give up a#er twelve games.

Participating in football re-lated events is fun no matter what your teams record reads. Demonstrating school spirit through participation boosts the morale of the team and en-courages them to keep doing their best.

Ruth Bradley is a sta! col-umnist. She is a senior art and political science major.

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Kim Johnson, Marketing Director, ChartwellsConvenience Trumps Food Costs on Campus, Page 2

Ruth BradleySta# Columnist

Most of you guys probably know, in addition to ASG, I am a member of one of the panhellenic sororities on campus.

From my $rst day as a pledge, Zeta Tau Alpha began teaching us to live by the “ZTA Creed.”

One of those lessons came to mind this past week, and as I $nd it particularly applicable, I wanted to share part of it with you all: “(…)to be humble in success, and

without bitterness in defeat (…)”

Now, I am no saint. Like many of you, I

struggled with the loss on Saturday.

In fact, I was so con$dent that I le# War Memorial at hal#ime and was already back on a couch in Maumelle watching what was sure to be a decisive victory on TV.

I was just as shocked as the rest of you with the overtime outcome.

And as my group text with the other SEC student government presidents buzzed with their jokes and their own stories of victory, I remembered I had a reason to be without bitterness.

It is because of a song we sing before each game. !e rallying cry that joins all of Razorback nation — our alma mater.

I know the words can be hard to remember, and most of us mumble through it our

$rst couple of years in the stands, but look it up and let the words sink in for a minute.

“Pure as the Dawn on the Brow of thy Beauty

Watches thy Soul, from the mountains of God.

Over the Fates of thy Children departed,

Far from the Land where their Footsteps have trod.

Beacon of Hope in the ways Dreary Lighted,

Pride of our Hearts that are Loyal and True.

From those who Adore unto One who Adores us,

Mother of Mothers we sing unto You!”

A#er the loss in Little Rock, we may very well be in the ways dreary lighted.

But I also $rmly believe we, as Razorbacks, are loyal and true, and that the pride of our hearts remains the UA.

With such a positive attitude toward students, which is reinforced by the

‘Students First’ motto, we know the ‘YOU of A’ adores us. I sincerely hope you all adore this %agship institution just as much.

You can start lining up at 6 p.m. today to camp out for the matchup against Alabama, and I still hope you will.

I hope I hear reports from athletics in our next meeting that the student section was $lled to capacity for the $rst time in my tenure here.

I hope that you call the Hogs like you have never called them before.

Finally, I hope you sing unto our Mother of Mothers, because here in Fayetteville, no matter the circumstances, we always have a Beacon of Hope.

Tori Pohlner is the 2012-2013 Associated Student Government president.

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Tori PohlnerASG President

Whenever I have an un$nished assignment due soon, I can guarantee that I’ll $nd something wildly and incredibly interesting to divert my attention.

By wildly and incredible interesting, I mean something that is extremely important and really makes my life better.

For example, counting the number of grammatical mistakes that someone I didn’t really like in high school has made in his or her twitter career.

Isn’t it fascinating that out of 466 tweets, I found 92 misspellings, malapropisms and homophone confusions?

No … no, it’s not. It’s actually pointless and a waste of time.

Yet somehow, I still can’t manage to pull myself from that tiny, rectangle-shaped, cellular glow. I can feel the presence of the looming deadline, but I can’t drive myself to do things until the very last minute.

Or at least I tell myself that I can’t. I know I’m not the only one who’s been swept away by the allure of procrastination. It’s a charmingly intoxicating principle. Sadly, it doesn’t do much for us grade-wise, since rushed items tend to compromise on quality.

Fighting procrastination takes some serious mental

toughness. Knowing that something is bad doesn’t mean you’ll stop doing it.

As a college kid, I’m on the frontlines of this battle too, and I realize that it’s going to take more than a couple of warning paragraphs to change my set-in habits.

Modifying these habits, on the other hand, has much more potential. Instead of nixing procrastinating tendencies, streamline them.

Allot time to get o"-topic. When you spend too much time focusing on one speci$c thing, you start slipping into that bleary-eyed, unproductive glaze that Mullins kids have during $nals week.

Obviously, that’s not a good use of your time.

When you’re working on something, do something totally uncorrelated every so o#en. Every hour or two, give yourself a 10 minute break.

Check Facebook or Twitter, take a walk outside, grab a bite of the le#over $ve-cheese pizza sitting in your fridge, chat with your roomie about tattoos … do whatever you want to do.

When your alarm goes o", get back to work.

People normally concentrate best a#er starting a new task, when their minds are still fresh and unwearied.

When you alternate between tasks, you give yourself a chance to focus on the task at hand. Going back and forth between things

helps you to keep working on something new.

So break it up a little bit and make your diversions useful.

Much of our studying and paper writing is done electronically. !is also usually happens in a wi-$ed zone.

!e urge to wander through the endless parts of the Internet is overwhelming.

Late at night is especially prone to distractedness.

Of people with smartphone and reading devices, 56 percent “almost always” stay up later than what they want to, according to a study done by Joy Liuzzo, the president of a research and advisory $rm, which was quoted by an article on the Mobile Leaders Alliance website.

!e article continued that more distraction is produced while using devices late at night.

So even when you’re trying to stay up late to study, if you’re just wasting your time looking at useless things, then you’re better o" sleeping.

Nighttime is conducive to procrastination practices that will just leave you sleepy the next day. As most people can attest, sleepiness isn’t ideal for studying either.

When I have a deadline, ordinary things become much more interesting to me. Once I get o"-topic, I meander through a virtual, sinuous path, each bend %owing into a more random one. (I was

clicking through WebMD, looking up symptoms of heart failure while typing this article…)

It’s easy to get o"-track without even realizing it. When you’re looking something up, try to ask yourself if it’s really pertinent to what you’re supposed to be doing.

Sometimes, the things that you stumble into are interesting and could be useful later on. Sometimes, there’s absolutely no value in them at all.

You know as soon as you start the Facebook app that creeping on your best friend’s grandma won’t help you win any money in Jeopardy. Do that in your actual downtime. Chances are it won’t be quite as interesting.

Procrastination is a habit that you won’t change unless you want to. It comes in many forms, and it’s easy to slip into.

It’s impossible to stay focused 100 percent of the time. However, it’s impractical to spend your life o"-topic and distracted. So, close the browser or keep scrolling?

It’s your choice.

Shawnya Wethington is a sta! columnist. She is a sophomore English/journalism- news/editorial major.

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Correction:In the Wednesday Sept. 12 issue of "e Arkansas Traveler, Kurt

Deininger’s name was incorrectly spelled in the “UARK Free Food Account Tweets Treats on Campus” story.

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Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

Hugo’sHugo’s is a !rst-date staple in Fayetteville. If you’re looking

for a lunch or dinner date, look no further than the basement of 25 " N. Block Ave. O#ering an eclectic, all-American menu and low-key setting, this is the perfect spot to share a meal with little pressure.

Award-winning burgers and homemade french fries are what make the place famous, with prices under $10. Top o# a meal with grasshopper crepes for dessert, or, if you and your date are in the 21-and-over population, take advantage of the full bar.

Stop by for lunch or dinner, six days a week (Hugo’s is closed Sundays). A$erward, take a walk in the Square and stop in some of the town’s best local shops. If you choose Hugo’s on a Saturday, try checking out the farmers market beforehand. If you’re in the area during the Christmas season, looking at the lights on the Square is a must.

Outdoor DatesIt’s no secret that Fayetteville is known for its outdoor activi-

ties and locations, so why not take advantage of this free and fun option on a nice day?

Wilson Park, located right o# of Maple Street, is just a short walk from campus. Wilson is the perfect location to go on a walk or throw a frisbee. %ose who like to hammock can o$en be found strung up in trees at the park; others may be found walk-ing their dogs.

Taking food for a picnic is an even more cost-friendly way to skip purchasing dinner out.

If you’re looking for a more rugged outdoor area, Devil’s Den State Park is the place for you. Located a few miles outside of Fayetteville in West Fork, this park is open year-round for recre-ational hiking and biking. Devil’s Den also has an 8-acre lake and 20 miles of equestrian trails. To get active and in touch with your adventurous spirit, take the drive (windows down, of course) and explore a few of the 64 miles of trails.

($4.75), which came loaded with chips and a heaping pile of meat and barbecue sauce on a slightly toasted bun. However, it was surprisingly not the meat that enticed me to try Penguin Ed’s in the future: %e barbecue sauce was simply deli-cious. Not a lot of choice — in fact, there was only ketchup and one type on the table — but I wasn’t about to complain. %ick, smoky and rich in &a-vor, this barbecue sauce was the traditional taste that I had been craving at every other restaurant. It wasn’t too heavy on the molasses or watery and vinegar based. Added onto the pulled pork, it was a taste to remember.

%e meat, however, really depended on sauce to balance out the &avor and texture of the meal. %e pulled pork was chewy and slightly tough, al-though it had a nice amount of crispy bark and a mild, smoky &avor.

If you’re looking for an early morning eat with a decent price along with it, Penguin Ed’s may just be your next stop. For a pulled pork sandwich, it was $5.30 a$er tax, not a bad price for the student wallet.

Meat: 6/10Sauce: 9/10Value: 8/10Total: 7.6/10

Boar’s Nest BBQPrice: less than $15

Location: 3245 W. Wedington Dr.

Boar’s nest is a great place to sit down and enjoy the great fall Arkansas weather along with a plate of Delta barbecue. %ere’s a di#erence in the menu with many items not found in tradi-tional Southern barbecue (alligator bites any-one?); however, the traditional choices they do have are worth a try.

%e atmosphere is relaxed and a great place

to grab a beer during their happy hour (3-6 p.m. daily) and watch the big game — their &at-screen TVs at every table are a plus. %e sta# is friendly, attentive and dressed to the nines in denim shorts and cowboy boots — just what one would expect at a college-town barbecue joint.

%e chopped pork sandwich ($6.75) was de-livered to my table in less than 10 minutes with a side order of fries, coleslaw and a dill pickle — record time for any of the sit down places in town. %e food was surprisingly hot, not what I would expect for such fast service, and came with a selection of barbecue sauces brought in a beer bucket.

%e sauces were not my favorite. Maybe it was just the vinegar base in many of them that struck a wrong note on my tastebuds, but I’m more of a sweet barbecue-lover. If you’re a sweet molasses sauce enthusiast, you may want to stick to the “house” barbecue sauce that gives a little thicker, sweeter &avor pro!le.

However, the pork was phenomenal. Moist and juicy, this really did boast that melt-in-your-mouth &avor and fall-apart texture. %e meat didn’t have much of a bark on it and really demanded sauce to get a full barbecue &avor,

but when it came down to it, the smoky &avor and texture made up for it.

Boar’s Nest o#ers a great basic pulled pork — nothing too spicy, too overpowering or too costly. At $9.18 a$er a beer and pulled pork sandwich, this place is de!nitely not breaking the bank. %e restaurant also o#ers a 50 per-cent o# any appetizer coupon on QBOT and a buy one, get one in the college coupon book, so heading there with a friend can give you some great perks.

Meat: 9/10Sauce: 6/10Value: 7/10Total: 7.3/10

Whether you are looking for a sweet rack of ribs or a heaping pile of smoked meat, barbe-cue is plentiful in Fayetteville. Each restaurant has upsides and downsides, but when it comes down to it, it’s really all about what you like on your barbecue platter. So take a chance, and make it a point to taste all of the di#erent barbe-cue restaurants in town — I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

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Jordan Key, sophomore, Ar-gue by Matchbox20 on Your-self or Someone Like You

Leon Nguyen, sophomore, %ank You by Nell

Emily Johnson, sophomore, ABC by %e Jackson 5

Katelyn Bu'ngton, fresh-man, Today’s Top Hits Pandora station

Mikhail James, freshman, Sweet Disposition by %e Temper Trap on Conditions

Amy Autrey, freshman, Way Down by Taylor Hawkins & %e Coattail Riders

Ellen Hain, freshman, Springsteen by Eric Chruch

Rachel Zettler, freshman, Learning to Fly by Tom Petty

Gavin Braswell, freshman, Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5

Kambiz Anet, sophomore, Let It Be by Blackmill feat. Veela

7 out of 10

%e Avett Brothers are a band from Concord, N.C., contemporary in their au-tumn porch-rock aesthetic with bands like Mumford & Sons and %e Lumineers. %e Avetts are set to release their seventh studio album “%e Carpenter” on Sept. 11, and as part of their supporting tour, they will be playing %e AMP on Oct. 16. %is will be their !rst album since 2009’s “I and Love and You” and their sec-ond album to bear the mark of renowned music producer and Colombia Records co-president Rick Rubin.

%e lyrical content on “%e Carpenter” is decidedly darker than that of their pre-vious e#ort. %ough there are de!nitely a few cheery cho-ruses le$ over, like on the al-bum’s !rst single “Live or Die,” most of them come up out of a much more serious disposi-tion. Mortality is a heavy mo-tif throughout the album, and not without cause.

Early on in the recording process, bassist Bob Craw-ford’s 2-year-old daughter developed a tumor and was diagnosed with brain cancer. According to vocalist and banjo player Scott Avett, for a while, “Bob would come out and play shows, or else he’d be living in a hospital, literally.”

Songs like “Winter in My Heart” speak to this sort of profound despondency, but songs like “Paul Newman vs. the Demons” chronicle the grinding attempts to rise up and out of it. %e opening lines of the latter song are, “You may have to drag me away / From my demons, kicking and screaming / It’s been so long that I’ve been with them / I don’t know where they stop and I begin.”

“As we get older,” Avett said, “a lot of the things we said in the past … about understand-ing life or death, I don't know that we understood them as well as we do now. And I don't know that we understand them now, but we're closer to an understanding.”

Almost necessarily, the band’s musical engagement is brought back into this much more deeply emotional (some would say more genuine) lyri-cal territory; there is nothing on this album like the previous album’s “Kick Drum Heart,” which, for all its lighthearted catchiness, was the sort of move that upset a lot of their longtime fans.

“Basically, ‘%e Carpenter’

erased my doubt of them not staying true to themselves,” said Faith Webb, a junior ap-parel studies major. “%e mu-sic, lyrics and message con-veyed through the new album is so much deeper, genuine and heartfelt than ‘I and Love and You’ in my opinion. So I’m pretty thrilled with the outcome.”

“More heartfelt” is an ap-propriate phrase, but that also doesn’t mean the new music is chock-full of downers. %e !rst track, “%e Once and Fu-ture Carpenter,” though still keeping with the themes of death and mortality, is a deep-ly encouraging song. %e band !rst played it in 2010 during a New Years Eve show, and for a while it was referred to as sim-ply “%e New Years Eve Song.” Its chorus has maintained reg-ular appearances on Facebook statuses and Twitter bios ever since: “And when the black cloak drags upon the ground / I’ll be ready to surrender, and remember / We’re all in this together / If I live the life I’m given, I won’t be scared to die.”

%ough the Avetts wouldn’t dream of skirting around their sorrows, what separates them from many other artists is their refusal to remain and wallow in them. On “February 7,” which comes halfway through the new al-bum, this sense of pushing through it all is nicely encap-sulated, though it makes clear that it happens not without help: “But the ceiling and the walls collapsed / Upon the darkness I was trapped / And as the last breath was drawn from me / %e Light broke in and brought me to my feet.” Indeed, a lot of their music carries this sort of Christian undertone (the title track is from the perspective of a trav-eling ex-carpenter), but the themes are never so forceful that the listener feels like he’s listening to gospel music.

“I like it just as much, or more, as any of their other albums,” said Chris Tuttle, a freshman English major. “It’s emotional, and raw, and hits a level of humanity that ‘I and Love and You’ didn’t even get close to.”

For its sincerity, listenabil-ity and its admirable refusal to make a home out of sorrow, I give the album a 7 out of 10.

Nick Brothers and Shelby GillCompanion Editor and Asst. Companion Editor

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

Women’s tennis player Kimberly-Ann Surin recently competed in the US Open Ju-niors Qualifying tournament on Aug. 31. She was just one of three current college ten-nis players to compete in the event.

!e 6 foot freshman from Montreal, Canada, marked the "rst time a current Ar-kansas player has quali"ed for the prominent event in eight seasons under current head coach, Michael Hegarty. She quali"ed for the tourna-ment by her IFT World Rank of 168.

!e tournament took place in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., at the same site as and

in union with the Profession-al US Open.

“Being at the same site that the professionals play and walking around and see-ing the professionals, it was pretty awesome,” Surin said.

Former US Junior Open champions include current superstars Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and Andy

Women’s Tennis Freshman Plays in US Open Juniors Jessie McMullenSta! Writer

TENNIS

During the o#season, the NCAA changed the rules in football for kicko#s and touchbacks and also for when players lose their helmets during a play. Much of the driving force behind the rule

change was because of the controversy of concussions.

!e prevention of concus-sions from these new rules are yet to be seen, but it is already taking some of the spark out of o#ense.

Two of the changes were to move kick o# from the 30-yard-line to the 35-yard-line, and touchbacks let the o#ense start at the 25-yard-line rather than the 20-yard-line.

More injuries resulted from kicko#s than any other aspect of the game, according to NCAA data.

Special teams have more incentive to take the touch-back instead of running the

ball, and touchbacks happen more o$en, especially when the kicker is Zach Hocker, who has split the uprights on kicko#s.

With a touchback, a touchdown drive is only 75 yards, rather than 80 yards in the past year. !e extra "ve yards are given to the o#ense.

Quarterbacks don’t have to make stunning throws, and runningbacks don’t have to charge through a tough de-fensive line. !e "ve yards are given freely, like a pretty little present from the NCAA a$er each touchback.

But it isn’t a pretty little present for the fans. Fans are missing out on the extra "ve

yards and the ingenuity that can come with it. A longer drive has more opportunities for dynamic plays. Yes, dy-namic plays still happen, but even if that dynamic play is a Hail Mary pass–80 yards is more impressive than 75.

!e touchback rule does not apply to punts or fumbles that go into the endzone; they return to the 20-yard-line.

!e other rule applies to helmets. If a player loses his helmet during a play, then it must be treated like an injury and he must sit out for the next play. !e exception for this is in the case of a penalty such as a facemask.

If a players helmet comes

o#, the o%cials are supposed to whistle the play dead and the player is supposed to stop immediately.

Helmets came o# as the result of a play at least two times per game last season, according to NCAA data.

!e helmet rule is more understandable.

Helmets are in place for a reason – to protect the heads of student athletes in games every Saturday during the fall. Concussions are a seri-ous matter, and though this rule has the health of players in mind, there is some room for interpretation in the rule.

“What if an o#ensive line-man loses his helmet while

blocking somebody coming a$er the quarterback?” wrote ESPN writer Andrea Adelson.

!e keys are communica-tion with the players so they know the importance of hel-mets and watchful eyes of of-"cials.

If players understand the importance of protecting their heads and the dangers of concussions and if o%-cials are prudent, then the problem Adelson mentions shouldn’t be a recurring issue.

Kristen Coppola is the sports editor for !e Arkan-sas Traveler. Her column ap-pears every !ursday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

!e Good and the Bad of the NCAA Rule ChangesKristen CoppolaSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsFreshman Kimberly-Ann Surin competed in the US Open Juniors tournament earlier this Fall.

A$er gaining a strong lead in the second round at the Old Waverly Invitational in West Point, Miss., the No. 23 Arkan-sas women’s golf team "nished third in the "rst event of the 2012-2013 season.

!e Razorbacks posted 297, with 882 strokes, just four strokes from "rst place.

Junior Emma Lavy earned "$h place in scores, leading the Razorbacks. Her score of 214 (70-71-73) set a career low for Lavy as well as being the "rst time she has posted two con-secutive scores under-par in her collegiate career.

“Emma is just solid and consistent,” said head coach Shauna Estes-Talylor. “!at’s what Emma does. She birdied a really tough hole in 18 com-ing in (Tuesday). She has really bought into everything we are doing and it is nice to see that

pay o# with her in contention to win a tournament.”

Freshman Gabriela Lopez "nished second place overall. Lopez competed as an indi-vidual and did not a#ect the team’s score. All of her rounds were at or under par, and her Wednesday score of 68 was the low round of the day.

Lopez’s "nal score was 210, which set her back from "rst place by two strokes.

“Gabby was solid as well,” Estes-Taylor said. “Her goal coming into the week was to win the individual title. I’m very proud of her as well.”

Junior Emily Tubert tied for seventh overall with 219 (75-75-72) while freshman Regina Plasencia placed 18th with 225 (77-68-80).

Tuesday, the Razorbacks performed one stroke better than Tulane, the "rst-round leader, with 585 to Tulane’s 586 (290-296). Kentucky was in third with 594 (294-294).

Plasencia carded a four-

under 68, earning her a tie for sixth overall while freshman Gabriela Lopez hit 70, landing her as fourth overall playing as an individual.

“Regina was fantastic today,” Estes-Taylor said of Tuesday’s play. “She opened with four birdies in the "rst "ve holes and got out to a great start. I was re-ally proud of her maturity on the golf course today.”

“We are right where we want to be,” Estes-Taylor said. “We have to focus on one shot at a time. If we can do that, we will add them all up at the end of the day and see where we are at.”

Kentucky won the invita-tional in the "nal round with a 290, making their stroke total 878, knocking Tulane to second place. Mississippi State placed fourth behind Arkansas with 898.

Arkansas will head to Cha-pel Hill, N.C., to compete in the Lady Tar Heel Invitational Oct. 12-14.

Razorbacks Place !ird in Old Waverly Invitational Tamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

GOLF

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsEmma Lavy surveys the green last year. Lavy earned "fth place with a score of 214, leading the Razorbacks to a third place "nish in the 2012–2013 Old Waverly Invi-tational tournament.

!e "rst two weeks of Southeastern Conference foot-ball have come with surprises along with consistency.

!e biggest surprise came from the 34-31 Louisiana-Monroe overtime win against Arkansas, who was ranked No. 8 at the time. Arkansas has now dropped out of the AP poll be-cause of the stunning upset.

Florida welcomed Texas A&M to the SEC with a 20-17 win. Despite the loss, Texas A&M proved that they have what it takes to compete with SEC teams.

Georgia also welcomed Mis-souri to the SEC with a 41-20 win in a game that remained close throughout three quarters of play.

Defending national cham-pion Alabama proved why they deserve to be the No. 1 team in the nation in the "rst two weeks of college football. In week one, Alabama dominated a com-petitive Michigan team, beating them 41-14 on a neutral "eld. At the time, Michigan was the No. 8 team in the country. !e following week Alabama also

defeated Western Kentucky by a lopsided score of 35-0.

LSU showed their power-house potential by winning two non-conference games by a large margin. In the "rst week LSU won 41-14 over North Tex-as and went on to beat Wash-ington 41-3 the next week.

2010 national champion Auburn is o# to a slow start this season, going 0-2 in the "rst two weeks. Auburn put up a good "ght against a ranked Clemson team in the "rst week but came up short and fell to Clemson 26-19. Auburn then went on to lose 28-10 in their "rst SEC game to Mississippi State. Mississippi State is proving to be a tough team this season with the win over Auburn and a huge 56-9 win over Jackson State in the "rst week of play.

Look for South Carolina to put up a "ght this season. South Carolina started the season with a close win over Vander-bilt, 17-13, and a huge win over East Carolina in the second week. Vanderbilt fell to 0-2 on the season a$er losing to North-western 23-13.

Ole Miss is 2-0 to start the season for the "rst time since 2009. !e Rebels have recorded big wins over Central Arkansas

and UTEP.Tennessee is also o# to a 2-0

start with wins over North Car-olina State and Georgia State, which is good news for head coach Derek Dooley, who was seemingly on the hot seat going into the season.

Kentucky has started o# the season 1-1 with a loss to Louis-ville in the "rst week and a win over Kent State in the second week.

It seems as though the teams to look out for in the SEC this year will be, once again, Alabama and LSU. !ese two teams have become not only powerhouses in the SEC but in the entire college football world.

Also watch out for Georgia and South Carolina to sneak in and possibly end up playing for a BCS bowl. !ese are two great teams that have the potential to surprise the SEC by beating out Alabama or LSU.

Newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M should fare all right in their "rst year of SEC play. Coming from the Big 12 con-ference to the SEC will be quite a change in the style of play and will take a few years to get used to.

!e SEC might end up being full of surprises this season, but there’s also a high percentage chance that the teams predicted to dominate will do so.

On To Week !ree: Sizing up the SEC CompetitionJessie McMullenSta! Writer

FOOTBALL

see SURIN page 8

A LOOK AT HOW EACH SEC TEAM HAS FARED THUS FAR

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!e Razorback soccer team opens Southeastern Conference play Friday at Ole Miss.

!e team has a record of 3-3 through the early part of the season. !e team is im-proving, but is not fully com-pleting the task of winning games, head coach Colby Hale said.

!e team is coming o# a 1-0 loss at the hands of No. 1 Florida State. Hale is hap-py with his team’s e#ort, but knows winning is the goal.

“We worked hard. I thought the game plan we had was good, the girls ex-ecuted it, we’re improving,” Hale said. “!e other side of the coin is we’re tasked with winning games and we didn’t do that.”

Each of the six teams the Razorbacks faced brought something to the table to help the team prepare for the con-

ference schedule, Hale said.“!e di#erence of styles,

abilities, I thought we saw al-most everything,” Hale said. “We saw some teams that were a little more physical, a little more direct, some pos-session teams, and we saw every level. So I think we’re pretty well prepared, and I

think the girls feel prepared and con"dent going into the conference.”

!is is Hale’s "rst season as a coach in the SEC, but he knows what kind of com-petition his team will be up against.

“!ey’re good,” Hale said. “I think every team comes in with a .500 record or better. !ere’s been some huge wins in that. I want to say A&M is top "ve in the country, Flori-da is probably top ten, top "f-teen, so there’s some teams.”

!e "rst conference game of the season is Friday night against No. 22 Ole Miss. !e Rebels have a record of 7-0. In those seven games, they have scored 26 goals and have only allowed opponents to score three.

“!ey’re going to be a handful going forward,” Hale said of the Rebels. “!ey’re going to be very, very good.”

Hale said he knows there may be some teams overlook-ing the Razorbacks and the SEC is a tough conference, but Arkansas will be able to compete.

“!e thing with the SEC though, if you look at recent history, anybody can beat anybody,” Hale said.

Nonconference Schedule Prepares Team for SECHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

SOCCER

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsHead soccer coach Colby Hale speaks with his team during a game against Florida State Sept. 9. !e team opens conference play Friday against Ole Miss.

Murray.It marked the second

straight year that Surin com-peted in the US Open Juniors. Last year Jules Elbaba, a cur-rent freshman at the Univer-sity of Virginia, knocked her out of the tournament in the "rst round.

Surin said she was hoping for a better outcome this year, but she fell in the opening round of the tournament to Tornado Ali Black by a score of 6-1, 6-2.

“I was not really prepared and hadn’t played a match since March. I didn’t really enjoy playing tennis during the time I was there, so it was disappointing,” Surin said.

Even though the outcome was disappointing, Surin said she would like to return to the tournament.

“!at was my last junior

tournament but I would like to play professional tennis at the US Open one day,” Surin said.

Surin should see a lot of court time for the Razorbacks and be an essential player to the team.

“Work hard every day. I have to work hard and have a good attitude,” said Surin. “Tennis is my life. I work so hard in my game. I sacri"ce a lot of things to be a great player.”

Surin was previously a multiple-time national ju-nior champion in Canada. She won the U-16 division in 2010 in both singles and dou-bles, and won the U-18 divi-sion in 2010 in doubles and was the runner-up in singles.

!e Razorbacks will play a young team this fall. !e six-player roster features

four freshmen, a sophomore transfer and a senior. Surin and her freshman class were highly recognized as being the 12th best recruiting class in the nation.

!e Razorbacks tennis season begins Sept. 21 when the team travels to the Little Rock Classic.

SURIN continued from page 7

A$er last weekend’s per-formance at the adidas/UCI Invitational in Irvine, Calif., the Arkansas women’s cross country team has moved into the top 10 at No. 9 in the rank-ings and had two newcomers recognized with Southeastern Conference weekly honors.

!e conference o%ce an-nounced Tuesday that Seme-har Tesfaye is the SEC

Runner of the Week and Adrina Schlaepfer is the SEC Freshman of the Week.

“(Tesfaye) did a great job in leadership for us. What’s

real exciting is that within six seconds, the rest of the team scored. It was a good e#ort on her behalf,” head coach Lance Harter said.

“It was a great break-through for Andrina. !is is the "rst serious season of cross country for her so she’s learning on the run but she’s an exceptionally talented runner. We’re really excited about her future here,” Harter said.

!e invitational was Tes-faye’s "rst race as a Razor-back. Her time of 17:21.1 was the "$h-fastest time in the SEC this season. Arkan-sas swept the top six spots, had eight runners in the top

10 and all 12 Razorbacks "n-ished within the top 35.

“Unfortunately the com-petition didn’t quite show up that we hoped for,” Harter said. “But it gave a chance for our whole team to get a run in. We were, I would say, pret-ty dominant.”

Schlaepfer "nished behind only Tesfaye with a time of 17:23.3 to help Arkansas se-cure the team title. She posted the second-fastest 5K time by an SEC freshman this season and the sixth best time over-all.

!e team’s next competi-tion is the First to the Finish Southern Stampede in Joplin, Mo., Saturday morning.

Fresh Faces Excel in First CompetitionHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

CROSS COUNTRY

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media Relations

“!e thing with the SEC though, if you look at recent history, anybody can beat anybody.”

Colby HaleHead Soccer Coach

“Tennis is my life. I work so hard in my game. I sacri"ce a lot of things to be a great player.”

Kimberly-Ann SurinFreshman Tennis Player