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By the end of this semester, UA Greek Life will have two new Panhellenic chap-ters and two new Interfraternity chapters and a slew of new sta! members to ac-commodate the larger Greek population, o" cials said.

Ashley Bloxom, a senior at Missouri State University, was recently hired as Panhellenic’s 2012 graduate assistant.

“I know I will be advising one of the Greek Organizations, such as GAMMA and New Greek Council. I will also be helping Phi Mu and Alpha Chi Omega when they come on. I was the Panhellenic VP of Recruitment at MSU last year and am therefore very knowledgeable about recruitment,” Bloxom said.

Greek Life is currently hiring a new graduate assistant for Interfraternity Council as well. Greek Life now has three graduate assistants.

“I believe they are hiring one oth-er graduate assistant in addition to me,” Bloxom said.

Newly elected Associ-ated Student Government president Tori Pohlner has begun the process of estab-lishing her cabinet by se-lecting a new chief of sta! for next year, an ASG o" -cial said.

Pohler has chosen Ty-ler Priest, who worked as the ASG liaison to the Resi-dents’ Interhall Congress for the 2012-2013 chief of sta! .

“Tyler blew me out of the water,” Pohler said.

Priest said he applied to be Chief of Sta! to make an impact on ASG.

“I applied to be Chief of Sta! because I want to make a positive impact both within ASG and the university as a whole. I also wanted to help play a part in the restructuring of cab-inet proposed by the new ASG executive o" cers,” Priest said.

# e new system “will dramatically increase col-

laboration and communi-cation within ASG and be-tween cabinet members,” he said.

A$ er Pohlner’s pro-posed cabinet restructuring is completed, 51 people will be a part of the ASG cabi-net. Priest’s duties as Chief of Sta! includes making sure that these member are doing their jobs to get pro-posed initiatives done along with meeting with adminis-trators, Pohlner said.

“During my term as the ASG Chief of Sta! , my pri-mary goal will be to carry out the platform of the new ASG executive o" cers,” Priest said.

Priest was chosen from three applicants.

“It was a tough choice. It de% nitely was not easy,” Pohlner said.

ASG o" cials are accept-ing applications for cabinet member positions. # e ap-plications are due April 18, and Pohlner said she hopes to announce the members of cabinet on April 26.

Interfraternity Council, like Panhellenic Council, is expecting changes in its upcoming fall recruitment process. IFC is currently comprised of 13 chapters and is expecting to gain two more this spring, o" cials said.

“Our numbers continue to grow each year, and we believe it is time for us to expand to provide addition-al opportunities for students to be a part of our Greek community. We are excited about expansion,” said Mark Machen, IFC president.

Because of record-break-ing university enrollment, Greek Life has experienced unprecedented recruitment numbers for all of its coun-cils. For example, Panhel-lenic Council is expecting pledge classes of 150 in the fall—a signi% cantly higher number than the usual 70 to 80 members that chapters receive. Similarly, IFC has received an increased num-ber of men seeking bids. Phi Delta # eta’s membership alone grew by 30 percent from 2011 to 2012.

To accommodate the in-creasing numbers, IFC is currently reviewing crite-ria of four fraternities seek-ing to join the UA Greek system: Alpha Tau Omega, Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Al-pha Order and Beta # eta Pi. # e chapters have each come to the UA and given a formal presentation on why they should be chosen to open a chapter on campus.

Presentations were made in front of the Interfraterni-ty Expansion Council, com-prised of undergraduate and alumni representatives from fraternities. Selections are

expected to be announced sometime this semester.

Daniel Massanelli, an IFC vice president of re-cruitment, agrees that en-rollment numbers are grow-ing at an unprecedented rate.

“At this stage, it’s di" cult to estimate what recruit-ment numbers will look like in the fall. In recent years the numbers have increased, and with the rise in enroll-ment, we don’t anticipate the increasing numbers to

stop,” Massanelli said.Whenever the two new

chapters are chosen, recruit-ment will begin for them immediately and continue into formal recruitment in the fall. # e new chapters will also continue recruit-ment e! orts a$ er formal re-cruitment to help establish their membership bases, Massanelli said.

Changes for IFC’s re-cruitment are not limited to the addition of new chap-ters—scheduling changes

will be made as well.“One major change that

is being made for formal fall recruitment is that the schedule will be divided up between two weekends instead of recruitment be-ing held during the school week. We did this mainly to help with overall schedul-ing and to help the poten-tial new members with con-& icts,” Massanelli said.

Expansion and recruit-ment changes have been well-received within the

IFC community. J.R. Bax-ter, vice president of phi-lanthropy for IFC, said the rate at which fraternities are growing is “phenomenal.”

“# is fall is going to be even greater due to the fact that IFC will be expanding to add two new chapters to campus,” he said.

Anyone wishing to go through IFC recruitment must submit an online ap-plication. A 2.5 GPA is re-quired.

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Interfraternity Council Plots Expansion

Community Garden Brings Produce to UA Campus

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by SARAH DEROUENStaff Writer

by MANDY MCCLENDONStaff Writer

In This Issue:

Today On The HillCheck out events happening around campus today.

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Outrunning a Climbing Obesity Rate As U.S. obesity rates climb, many UA students have taken up running to relieve stress.

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Brotherly LoveArkansas o! ensive coordinator Paul Petrino loves his brother, but wants to stay at UA.

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My Head is an Animal is Dreamy, Fun FolkOf Monsters and Men show o! their talent in most recent album.

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Community Garden Brings Produce to UA CampusA campus community garden will provide produce for the Full Circle Food Pantry.

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The DREAM Act: An Immigration CompromiseA Traveler columnist discusses the DREAM act and o! ers potential solu-tions to immigration issues.

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Spring Cleaning

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSophmore Robert Joiner helps clean up at his chapter’s fraternity house. Over the past weekend select fraternities held their “Sadie Week,” providing food and entertainment to guests.see HIRING

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NEWS

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

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

NEED TICKETS? CALL 1-800-982-4647

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

Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2012-2013 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.

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Greek Life also has a Di-rector of Greek Life, Assistant Greek Life Director and an Administrative Assistant on their full time sta! . Whether more full-time positions will be added remains to be seen.

Mallory Jordan, house manager for her sorority, can see that sta" ng changes need to be made within individual houses as well as Greek Life as a whole.

“With the increased num-ber of pledge classes we have had to make signi# -cant changes. Our chef and assistant chef have to make twice as much food in a little amount of time. More main-tenance and repairs are re-

quired on the house due to increased foot tra" c through-out the house daily,” Jordan said.

More members means more of everything, she said.

“$ e larger numbers puts more stress on our house di-rector as well because she must accommodate for the large numbers when it comes to formal dinner, philanthro-py events and chapter events. We also had to hire more houseboys than we have had in the past. With more peo-ple, it take more hands to get things done,” she said.

As numbers continue to grow, each house will con-tinue to hire new sta! . Final Greek hirings will be made af-ter the new chapters are colo-nized on campus.

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PostSecret

PostSecret will be displayed in the Anne Kittrell Art Gallery from April 2 to April 25.

Kittrell Art GalleryArkansas Union

2011-2012 Student Awards

An exhibition of recent works by University of Arkansas art students competing for schol-arship awards will be on view April 16-19.

9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.Fine Arts Center

Libraries Film Series 2012: WALL-E

$ e # lms will be screened in Mullins Library each Tuesday evening from April 3 to April 24, all beginning at 7 p.m. Ad-mission is free and open to the public.

7 p.m. Room 104Mullins Library

Studio Recital

Janice Yoe will be having a stu-dio recital at St. Paul’s Episopal Church.

7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

NEWS

Summer isn’t all sleep-ing in and beach vacations — many students said they spend the sunny months working and studying for on-campus and online courses.

“I am taking summer classes at a community col-lege,” said freshman Austin Larey. Larey said he is taking them as refreshers for a class he is taking next semester.

! ere are six sessions of summer classes o" ered at UA, according to ISIS. ! e # rst session starts as early as May 23, while the last session begins July 11. Session # ve is the shortest, lasting 24 days. Session three is the longest, lasting 58 days.

Summer courses also save students money. Estimated tuition and fees for summer 2012 (assessed per credit hour of enrollment) at the UA is $544.02 per non-resi-

dent undergraduate student, according to the Financial A" airs UA website.

! e estimated tuition per credit hour of enrollment for the non-resident undergrad-uate student estimated for fall 2012 is $567.41.

UA students save an av-erage of $23 per credit hour when taking classes over the summer. UA non-resident graduate students save an av-erage of $39 per credit hour.

Summer jobs help cover

the cost of the extra courses.“I’m doing an internship

as a camp counselor,” said Zac Lane, sophomore biolo-gy major. “I had a paper and a few applications due for it at the end of winter break.”

Websites such as sum-merjobs.com and summer-campsta" .com focus on em-ployment in the summer months.

“I am working full-time this summer at the same job I had last summer,” said Kate-

lyn Rengstorf, freshman bi-ology major. Rengstorf said she’ll be using the money for tuition expenses and rent.

Vacationing students must budget months ahead.

“I am going to Destin, Fla., for student mobilization through Kaleo,” said Ranger Guillory, freshman biochem-istry major. “! e trip is cost-ing $2,300, so I’ve been busy writing support letters in hopes of raising money.”

Chicago, Ill., was found

the most popular summer vacation destination in terms of number of hotels rooms rented, according to 24/7 Wall St. and STR Global, a hotel industry research # rm.

“I haven’t put much thought into what I’m do-ing this summer,” said Trev-or Bloom# eld, sophomore biochemistry and philoso-phy major. “I’ll probably end up working at the same job I have now.”

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6:30 pm Gathering begins at Arvest Plaza on the Square 7:00 pm Opening Remarks 7:15 pm March to UA Union Mall 8:00 pm Speak-Out, Candlelight Vigil, Closing Events

Friday, April 20th

Be a Part of the Change with the 10th Annual

March and speak out against violence against women.

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HEALTH & SAFETYSpecial Traveler Beat

Summer Plans: Hit the Beach or Hit the Books?

Outrunning a Climbing Obesity RateAs U.S. obesity rates

reach record highs, many UA students say running is a fun way to stay healthy and stress-free.

Approximately 20 per-cent of college students na-tionwide are overweight, according to the Associa-tion of American Colleg-es and Universities. About 46 percent consider them-selves overweight and 46 percent are currently at-tempting weight-loss.

“I run around three to four times a week,” said Lu-cas Cummin, sophomore biochemistry major and former competitive run-ner. “It just makes you feel good.

“I go to Skull Creek to run normally,” Cummin said. “It is not all mainly concrete there, compared to running on the UA cam-pus.”

Sophomore physics ma-jor John Fleming has been running since sixth grade.

“I started competing and just got better and better to where I really enjoyed it,” Fleming said. “Running is a great way to stay healthy and have fun pushing your-self at the same time.”

! ere has been a dra-matic increase in the U.S.

obesity rate throughout the past 20 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010, no state had a preva-lence of obesity less than 20 percent.

More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. ! e state of Arkansas has a 30 percent obesity rate, na-tionally ranking ninth in obese adults and seventh in the obese children, accord-

ing to the Trust for Ameri-ca’s Health website.

Running has been shown to help not only with weight loss but with sleep produc-tivity and bone health.

Studies show that people who exercise regularly and intensely spend more time in stage 3 and 4 slow-wave sleep, according to the Run-ning Research News Web-site. Fit runners averaging 45 miles per week spend 87

minutes in slow-wave sleep, which is 13 minutes longer than unconditioned people.

“Jogging will strength-en the muscles and bone density of your legs, hips and back,” according to the Motley Health, Fitness Strength and Weight Loss website. ! e constant im-pact caused during running can also increase bone den-sity, as long as a healthy diet is maintained.

Research carried out by Professor Mike Gleeson from Loughborough Uni-versity found that gentle aerobics such as jogging help to ward o" colds and $ u by up to 33 percent.

Exercise has also been shown to help college stu-dents’ grades.

A 2010 study at Saginaw State University in Michi-gan found that students who exercised vigorous-

ly daily had higher grade-point averages compared to those who did not by an av-erage of .4.

“Running really helps to just clear my head,” said Tom McMahon, freshman history major. “It helps me put my day in perspec-tive and sort out my to-do lists. Also, I always feel pro-ductive a% er a run, which makes me want to have a productive day in class.”

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by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

COURTESY GRAPHIC

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

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MANAGING EDITOROPINION EDITOR

Saba NaseemMattie QuinnEmily Rhodes

Immigration is a problem, a huge problem, a 12 million people and counting problem. Many people, including our own chancellor, Dr. David Gearhart, have been major proponents of tackling part of the issue via a piece of legislation known as the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, the DREAM Act.

Essentially, the DREAM Act grants citizenship to illegal aliens, who came to the U.S. as children and have grown up in our school systems, by requiring either two years or more of higher education or military service as a path to citizenship.

First o# , I want to say that I recognize the immigration problem truly must be tackled. Something must be done.

But, the DREAM Act has sat in Congress for nearly a decade. First introduced as H.R. 1918 and S. 1291 in 2001, the bill still hasn’t made it to the President’s desk, despite

Democratic majorities in both chambers of the 110th and 111th Congresses.

Democrats, or any progressive-minded group, can’t possibly point " ngers at the Republicans or vice versa for the legislation not passing. ! ere has been bipartisan opposition—this must not be the right solution to immigration. One of the major problems is that it is rewarding illegal behavior. Yes, I recognize that children who came to the United States unknowingly as children cannot be blamed. However, by granting them citizenship we as a nation are legitimizing illegal immigration on their parent’s behalf.

One simple critique of my previous statement is that the DREAM Act will not a# ect all illegal immigrants, only those who came as children, speci" cally arriving in the U.S. before age 16 and being between the ages of 12 and 35 upon passage of the law. Once those children of illegal immigrants become citizens, they can then petition for citizenship for their parents, further signifying that illegal immigration is " ne.

Furthermore, the DREAM Act does nothing for the true problem, illegal immigration. What should we do in a decade when there are still illegal immigrants crossing the border, young children in tow? Continue granting citizenship

to these kids? We need a more substantive solution.

Part of the problem lies with people coming to the U.S. to work, illegally, which leaves employers open to exploit undocumented workers with low wages without the legal protection of the U.S. government. ! rough the use of heavy " nes, the government must require all businesses to use the Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify system, an online, free tool that enables businesses to determine the eligibility of potential and current employees.

Once this system is legitimately in place, the incentive to work outside the knowledge of the U.S. government will be lost. Yet, we still must provide an opportunity for a legal livelihood in this nation. One option would be o# ering a temporary period (three to " ve years) for illegal immigrants to become registered with the U.S. to work and gain an education, legally, all the while providing a track to citizenship. ! is would a# ect all undocumented immigrants, not just the children.

Moreover, more citizens can do a lot of good for the country. Illegal immigrants are a huge human capital resource as well as a taxpayer base. If we don’t improve the ability for them to work legally, it’s a raw deal. All the human capital development

they attain through higher education and K-12 education, which costs the U.S. government an estimated $56 billion annually, is worthless if they can’t get a job.

And this is a local problem. Next Monday night we will have the opportunity to hear from undocumented Razorbacks, fellow students coming out of the shadows for a panel discussion hosted by Chancellor Gearhart. It will provide a more humane aspect of the immigration problem, something that is o$ en forgotten in policy.

Either way, someone must o# er an immigration reform compromise, something that can actually pass in Congress and " nally address immigration in a lasting way. Whoever does that could yield the support of the projected 10.5 million Latino voters in the U.S. today. ! at’s enough votes to win the White House in a tough race. Even better, a passable compromise could do a lot of good for the millions of illegal immigrants who just like every legal American are working day a$ er day for that elusive progress for the next generation.

Mike Norton is an agricultural economics and poultry science major, and a Traveler columnist.

Bo Renner contributed information to this article.

The DREAM Act: An Immigration Compromise

Students Take Advantage Of New Email Provider, Gmail

The best phrase to describe email for students on campus has often been “a pain.” Between UAMail and Xpress Mail, our system has long been struggling to provide a sturdy means of communication to a record number of students. Now, we can make the switch from the old university mail system to Gmail.

Students may now “opt in” to a new email interface provided by Gmail and the UA, and we look forward to the changes and opportunities that this will bring for students across campus.

While the full service isn’t provided, students do have access to Google Docs, which is key for today’s average student. With many of our professors and courses requiring access to file sharing on Google Docs, having this service without being required to set up an additional email is a great change for students. Instead of emailing a document to ourselves, it’s now easy to upload and access a document anywhere, whether in the classroom, our dorm room or anywhere on campus.

With the old email system requiring students to constantly delete old messages to adhere to space requirements, Gmail is a truly beneficial advance for students who use email for the majority of school-related communication.

ASG President Michael Dodd and his administration worked hard to bring the service campus, and deserve praise for bringing Gmail to The Hill. Students across campus can now communicate and have access to a better email provider, from sending and receiving messages to accessing documents across campus.

We look forward to the advances that will come from students utilizing the Gmail provider, as well as the opportunity for faculty to opt in later this summer. As we prepare for the upcoming year, we can all look foward to a better year of productivity and efficiency.

“Approximately 20 percent of college stu-dents nationwide are overweight, accord-

ing to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. About 46 percent consider themselves overweight and 46 percent are

currently attempting weight-loss.”- Association of American Colleges and Universities,“Outrunning a

Climbing Obesity Rate,” page 3.

by MIKE NORTON Traveler Columnist

Distinguished Lectures Brings Former President

The Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Program brought former President Bill Clinton to campus Sunday. One of the advantages to the size of the UA is the number of different committees we’re able to facilitate on campus. And while some committees interest only an acute group of students, we can all benefit from the distinguished speakers brought to campus.

Clinton asked students to take advantage of what we have in Arkansas, and one opportunity we can take advantage of is being a part of the great Distinguished Lecture programs that are offered to students. Having the opportunity to hear lectures from notable speakers such as Clinton, Elie Wiesel and Aron Ralston should be something we take interest in, as many other schools don’t offer these opportunities.

With upcoming Headliner concerts and other events, we look forward to everything that UA plans to bring to students in future semesters.

Its that time of year where the UA drama department prepares to release another major play. Like many students, I have been squashed with schoolwork, but I did throughout the year " nd the time to catch the drama department productions on campus. Yes, I went to see Anonymous three times, Vinegar Tom and Delta Secret, but hold your judgment for another day because I want to talk about the under-representation of art on campus. ! e University of Arkansas Drama Department

production, Cabaret, a production based on the book by Christopher Isherwood, is playing this month and I look forward to what the theater will come out with in the next few weeks. ! e story, which takes place in 1930s Berlin, tells the tale of the shady Kit Kat Klub, where 19-year old cabaret performer Sally Bowles forms a relationship with Cli# Bradshaw in the midst of the Nazi rise to power.

Campus is covered with events that happen every week, but I’ve talked to students who have never gone to see a university production. How can we pay attention to the latest celebrity gossip on television, but not know about all the amazing shows that happen right here on campus? Student interest should be privy to the explosive nature of campus productions. ! ough the productions may not mean much to students, what they represent is bigger than all the construction projects on campus put together. Students

should want to foster art in all its forms, whether it’s through the " ne arts department or another area.

! is is exactly what the " ne students are doing in the Drama department. ! ese are the students who choose to pursue careers in art everyday. ! ey are the people of a thousand faces, who transform themselves into di# erent styles of art at every showing. University productions like ! e Prime of Ms. Jean Brodie, Vinegar Tom, and Anonymous reminds us of life and show us that people our age are conduits of the world we all live in.

It is important that we encourage the production of art on our campus because it is a re% ection of mood, feelings, and wants of the University and student body. To watch a university production is to support the spread of creativity throughout campus and community. We are all artists on the inside - we will become masters of all mediums, whether it is a photographer

taking snapshots of a raving Moses in front of Old Main, an engineering student creating a new way to make our campus more sustainable or a sculptor making a wax mannequin of an important " gure. Similarly, drama should be viewed as an important art outlet, and should gain a little more attention on campus. University plays are just as important as any other event on campus. ! ese students take their art, bottle it, and pour themselves into the cra$ . We should appreciate those who decide to become masters of art, and take part in the lives of students who take the stage with their talent. We should be just as inclined to go to productions just as we should go to football games because we are supporting our fellow students and taking part in our campus activities.

Juan Holmes is an English/creative writing major, and a Traveler columnist.

Art on Campus Takes Center Stage

by JUAN HOLMESTraveler Columnist

EDITOR: SABA NASEEM MANAGING EDITOR: MATTIE QUINN

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

OPINIONPAGE 4 TUESDAY, APRIL17, 2012

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

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

FEATURESPAGE 5 TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012

7.5 / 10 While you’re busy dreaming about liv-

ing o! of your own land while in class (al-lusion intended), the spirited and charming indie folk rock of My Head Is An Animal will be a perfect soundtrack your daydream.

Coming onto the scene in 2011 with their EP Into ! e Woods, Of Monsters and Men are gaining popularity rapidly, already winning awards and radio play with their single “Little Talks.” " e Icelandic indie-folk band consists of Nanna Bryndís Hil-marsdóttir (vocals, guitar), Ragnar “Raggi” #órhallsson (vocals, guitar), Brynjar Leifs-son (lead guitar), Arnar Rósenkranz Hil-marsson (drums), Árni Gu$jónsson (piano, accordion), and Kristján Páll Kristjánsson (bass).

" e vocals by Ragnar in some ways sound like Marcus Mumford on a trace dos-age of helium. It’s higher pitched, yet it still keeps the broken, raspy tone Mumford is known for. Nanna’s voice is also like a high-er pitched fusion of Zooey Deschanel with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ Jade Castrinos, with a jazzy and warm, yet light tone.

" e music of My Head Is An Animal is full of life and entertainment. " e wide range of instruments from the six-piece band adds to the variety and keeps the songs interesting. A% er a few listens, you begin to notice that most of the music follows an ef-fective but predictable pattern. Songs start simple and quiet and escalate to grand cho-ruses and musical moments. Not dissimilar to what Mumford & Sons does, and this isn’t always a bad thing. For one, it’s fun.

" e band sounds like a melting pot of current folk music, sounding like Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe, and/or " e De-cemberists. " eir music is unique enough, but it begs to be compared to other music of the genre. " ere are several times while listening to the songs when you’ll think to yourself, “Hey, you know this sounds like Mumford’s ‘Winter Winds’ or Edward Sharpe’s ‘Home’.” " e music only sounds similar though. Of Monsters and Men man-age to keep their music unique and fresh enough, while still balancing the structure of their album.

My Head Is An Animal seems to have a little bit of everything for fans of the indie folk/rock scene. It’s exciting, calming and catchy, all wrapped together. Keep an eye out for these Icelandic folksters, they’re on the rise.

Standout Tracks:“Lakehouse” is the apex of the album. It

builds to a wonderful display of all the talent this album contains and will get you singing “la la la” along with the whole band.

“Little Talks” is the album’s single, and rightfully so. With its call-and-answer vo-cals and peppy horn leads, it will ingrain it-self into the “songs on repeat” lobe of your brain.

“Six Weeks” is a welcome change of pace of sound with resounding strums of power chords of electric guitar and pounding of toms and kick drum. It takes the prize for the most indie rock sounding song on the album.

Musicianship: 8Horns, accordion, folksy guitars, harmo-

nizing vocals, chiming keyboard leads and dynamic song structure all add up to make a fun and likeable collection of music that’s present throughout the album. " ere is some catchy melody phrasing in their cho-ruses as well. It’s all solid stu! , but there are few moments that will blow you away.

Originality: 7Of Monsters and Men is unlike most

bands and music out there, but they sound pretty similar to and in& uenced by other bands in the genre. " ey do, however, have an organic sound to them and seem to ef-fortlessly write catchy, potentially popular songs.

Lyricism: 8Considering they’re not native English

speakers, they write well -- especially when they occasionally pepper in some gems like “You love when I can’t love you.” Perhaps it’s a standard for folk, but o% en many of the song’s lyrics resort to simple “la la la’s” and “hey hey’s.” Overall, the lyrics are fun to sing along with, and they’re full of vitality.

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by NICK BROTHERSStaff Writer

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Emmy Cross' eld walked through the garden, excitedly pointing out the fruits – literally – of her labor.

“" ese are the strawberries, the onions, the broccoli. Over there are the peppers. " e basil is on the other side,” Cross' eld said, gestur-ing to the opposite corner. “Look at how big they’re getting! " ey’re like little trees.”

But the garden isn’t on a farm or in the yard of a home, it’s sand-wiched between two residence hall buildings on the UA campus.

" e University of Arkansas is now among a few state universities nationwide that are home to a cam-pus community garden. Produce from the garden will go to the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry, the student-run program recently hon-ored at the White House.

Cross' eld got the idea when she spent a summer studying abroad in Berlin, Germany.

“In Berlin, they had a garden called the Climatic Garden Max-im,” Cross' eld said, watering the garden’s vegetables. “It’s like a com-munity garden where kids could go and help things grow as an a% er-school thing, and the people that were running it would then make

food out of it. I thought that was a cool idea.”

A% er Cross' eld was appointed the Director of Sustainability for the UA Associated Student Gov-ernment, she realized that a com-munity garden would be a valuable asset she could bring to campus.

But building the garden did not come without its hurdles.

Setting the garden up only took a few weeks, but the process of get-ting permission was “much more, well, extensive,” Cross' eld said.

Several years ago, there was a garden at the UA Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Farm, but it was so far away from campus that it became neglected, Cross' eld ex-plained. Administrators shut the garden down a few years ago.

“We had resistance opening this,” she said. “People were skepti-cal because the last one failed. We emphasized that this would be on campus, so it wouldn’t be neglect-ed.”

Even a% er Cross' eld faced op-position, she pressed on to get the garden approved because encour-agement from the GroGreen club.

“" ey were so excited about it. Even though I was handling the more business-political end of it, their enthusiasm kept me going. " ere’s really a big social, or com-munity, aspect to it.”

While GroGreen had been a Registered Student Organization several years ago, interest declined a% er the previous UA garden failed, and eventually GroGreen was no longer an active RSO.

Sammi Jones, a recent UA grad-uate in environmental, soil and wa-ter sciences, approached Dr. Curt Rom, the GroGreen advisor, to start GroGreen again. Jones then acted as GroGreen president until she graduated in December 2011.

“GroGreen helped from the be-ginning of the planning process of the garden. Now they are es-tablishing the rules of the garden and maintaining the garden,” Jones said. “A lot of GroGreen members are horticulture students, so they are very helpful when it comes to plant knowledge.”

Jones also became interested in community gardens while studying abroad.

“One of the ' rst days I was in Edinburgh, Scotland, I was wan-dering around the city with my roommate, and we came across a big plot of land in the middle of the city,” Jones said. “I thought it was super cool but didn’t know what it was. Later I found out that it was an allotment garden, which is the United Kingdom’s version of com-munity gardens.”

Jones then wrote her honors thesis documenting best practices among 86 community gardens na-tionwide, even visiting six of them. With her feasibility study, Jones had the opportunity to speak with many sta! and faculty members to try to address concerns up front.

" e students involved with the garden, including many members of the GroGreen club, have estab-lished a buddy system. Each a% er-noon, a di! erent pair of students tends the garden.

" e garden, tightly nestled be-tween two buildings of the Ma-ple Hill residence hall complex, is shadowy and tucked away from main campus thoroughfares. " e shadows give the garden a secluded feel, but they also cause problems of their own. Plants don’t grow as well when they don’t have the sun-light they need.

“We took that into consid-eration, so when we bought our plants, we bought intelligently,” Cross' eld said. “We bought herbs that don’t need a lot of sun, so our basil is growing fantastically. We bought cucumbers, peppers and other vegetables that, I mean, need sun, but not as much as, say, toma-toes.”

Shadows, though, are not the

garden’s only hazard.“" ere is a little bunny that lives

in those bushes, but we’re going to put up a little fence that should help with that,” Cross' eld said.

" e fence should also keep out creatures that aren’t as cute and cuddly.

“It should also help discourage anyone who might think, ‘Hey, let me take something.’ We’re donating to the food pantry, so we’re trying to prevent that,” she said.

Most of the materials that the students needed were donated. A company called ABC Block do-nated about 600 concrete blocks to form the outline of the garden. UA Facilities Management donated the soil as well as the compost, which comes from campus cafeterias. " e Horticulture Club donated a lot of plants, and Residents’ Interhall Congress provided funds to pur-chase other plants.

Cross' eld was not always inter-ested in sustainability, though.

“It began with me wanting to grow my own food,” she said. “I like cooking, and I mainly started o! with herbs. First of all, herbs at the store were expensive, and I real-ly like fresh food. I started o! with herbs, but then I expanded to pep-pers and other food.”

A couple of years ago, Cross-' eld was deciding what cabinet po-sitions to apply for with the Asso-ciated Student Government when then-president Billy Fleming sug-gested that she get involved with sustainability. One thing led to an-other, and now she is Director of Sustainability for ASG, leading her also to declare a sustainability mi-nor.

“It just kind of snowballed. I still am learning things every day,” Cross' eld said.

And she will continue to learn new things as each day brings new challenges for the garden from critters, weather and shadows. One thing the garden will not see, though, is neglect from the com-munity of students supporting it.

Jones has high hopes for the garden a few years down the road.

“I want to see a growing number of students, faculty and sta! partic-ipating in the garden. I want to see a successful partnership between those involved in the garden and the Full Circle Food Pantry,” Jones said. “I would love to hear about re-search projects and service learn-ing revolving around the garden. Hopefully down the road, there will be enough support and involve-ment for the garden to expand.”

Community Garden BringsFresh Produce to UA Campus

by LAUREN LEATHERBYFeatures Editor

CHAD ARNOLD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERLocated in the Maple Hill courtyard, the campus community garden allows UA students to come together and learn about sustainability and horticulture.

“" ere’s really a big social, or community, aspect to it.”

- Emmy Crossfield, ASG Director of Sustainability

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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas offensive coordinator Paul Petrino returned to the Razorbacks coaching staff in December after a two-year stint at Illinois. If the staff is retained by athletic director Jeff Long, Petrino will coach in his third season overall at Arkansas but the first without brother Bobby Petrino as the head coach.

B r o t h e r l y L o v ePaul Petrino still loves his

older brother.! at won’t change, regard-

less of Bobby Petrino being " red for his a# air with 25-year-old football employee Jessica Dorrell, who he played a larg-er part in hiring over 158 other applicants.

“Bobby’s my brother, I love him,” Paul Petrino said. “I will always love him.”

! e younger Petrino dealt

with his brother getting in-jured in an April 1 motorcycle accident, seeing him placed on administrative leave a$ er ad-mitting to an inappropriate re-lationship with Dorrell, then learning he was " red—% all in the span of 10 days.

“He’s struggling with it, but I can’t say enough about him,” senior quarterback Tyler Wil-son said. “He’s come to work every day and provided a lot of insight for me.”

Bobby Petrino was in con-tact with Dorrell at least as far

back as Sept. 12, according to his phone records. Paul Petri-no was then the o# ensive co-ordinator at Illinois and was shocked when he found out about the a# air.

“I had no idea,” Paul said. “I did not know anything about it. He made a mistake. He’s paying deeply for it and I’m putting all my focus right now into doing the very best I can in coach-ing Tyler Wilson, coaching this whole football team and help-ing my family get through it too.”

Paul Petrino didn’t miss a practice a$ er his brother was hurt, when he was placed on administrative leave or a$ er he was " red, continuing to work in his o# ensive coordinator role.

“He’s always been the boss of the o# ense, but the other guy called the plays,” Wilson said. “Paul has been exception-al, obviously it touches him be-cause it’s a family issue, but it’s tough any time that happens.

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

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BASEBALL

Long’s Decision, Pt. 2

All the goodwill and credit Je# Long got for making the right but tough decision to " re Bobby Petrino means nothing.

Not if he fails to " nd a re-placement that can pick up where Petrino le$ o# — on the " eld, of course.

! at won’t be an easy task. Petrino — for all the o# -" eld things he was juggling — won football games.

! ink about it. Going 21-5 in a two-year period during the era of SEC dominance is an amazing accomplishment.

A lot of people around the nation didn’t like Petrino be-fore he was " red, but everyone respected his ability to coach football and produce teams that scored points and won games.

As more and more informa-tion comes out about his per-sonal life, it’s increasingly clear Long made a good decision Tuesday, April 10. Now he has to make another good decision or the " rst one will turn into a bad choice in the eyes of many Razorbacks fans.

What options does he have, though?

When Jim Tressel resigned in May last year, Ohio State couldn’t " nd a full-time re-placement it liked and went the

interim route, promoting de-fensive coordinator Luke Fick-ell. Long might be forced to make a similar decision.

While Long made it clear he thinks the program can com-mand a top-notch coach and while everyone and their uncle is throwing out John Gruden, Steve Mariucci and Josh Mc-Daniels, those have to be clas-si" ed as a stretch.

Names like Skip Holtz, Butch Davis and Gary Patter-son are also being thrown out. Hiring a coach from the out-side could potentially cost the Hogs success this season, a year most around the program thought had great potential to beat Alabama and LSU and make a run at a national cham-pionship.

A new coach wouldn’t be able to lead a practice until fall camp starts in August. ! at’s just one month before the sea-son starts.

Arkansas plays the Crimson Tide on Sept. 15. Not a lot of time to learn a new system and compete with Nick Saban.

So by hiring from the out-side you run the risk of ruining what had the potential to be one of the best seasons in pro-gram history. You also run the risk of not being able to get the best possible candidate because its so close to the season and most coaches are locked in and going through spring drills.

If you go the interim route, you maintain continuity and likely have the best chance to contend for an SEC Champi-onship this season. Whether its Paul Petrino, Tim Horton, Paul

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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas coach Mike Anderson has four recruits already signed as part of the 2012 recruiting class, but has one scholarship left and is targeting a big man to add to the Hogs’ front court depth.

One Spot Left

Last week, Arkansas signed a high school point guard, added a combo forward who will transfer from Houston following the spring semester and leading scorer BJ Young announce he would return for his sophomore season.

! e Razorbacks still have one scholarship spot remain-ing, a spot coach Mike Ander-son said he has earmarked for someone who can play in the paint.

“We’ve got to get some size and toughness,” Anderson said.

Senior forward Marshawn Powell and sophomore for-wards Hunter Mickelson and Devonta Abron are the Hogs only returning post players, while none of the four signees in the 2012 class are post play-ers.

Arkansas is actively re-cruiting Jacksonville, Fla., high

school center Bradley Hayes (6-foot-11, 253 pounds) and John A. Logan Junior College center Alex Brown (6-11, 200), according to Scout.com.

“We’re recruiting each and every day,” Anderson said. “So we’ll see. We’re working very diligently to " nd the right peo-ple to " t with our basketball team.”

! e Razorbacks could also be aided inside by the Hous-ton transfer, 6-6, 230-pound-er Alandise Harris, a Little Rock native who said will pe-tition the NCAA for imme-diate eligibility. He averaged 13.3 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Cougars last season.

“I think I have a 50-50 chance of being eligible next year,” Harris said. “I don’t know how they’ll take it. It’s all up in their hands. “Ever since my mom died last year, I was thinking about transferring. I had to get back

Anderson still recruiting to fill roster

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Bounce  Back  Chance

Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn talked to his players for longer than usual in le$ " eld af-ter the second game of the Sat-urday doubleheader against No. 3 Kentucky.

! e Razorbacks lost the " rst game 5-4, then dropped the second 2-1, losing the series af-ter a Friday win.

“! e coaches aren’t hap-py,” junior third baseman Matt Reynolds said. “We let two games slip away that we should have won. (Van Horn) pretty much just told us what we need to get better on. He challenged us pretty much to see if we can go to Ole Miss this weekend and see if we can get a series win.”

Before the Hogs (25-10, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) get a chance against the Rebels, they will have an opportunity to re-deem themselves from the Sat-urday sweep in a Tuesday home doubleheader against Stephen F. Austin.

“Just to get the sour taste out of our mouths, we’re ready to get back on the " eld and get better and get a$ er them on Tuesday,” Reynolds said.

Junior le$ -hander Randall Fant will likely start one of the games, Van Horn said, while sophomore right-hander Nolan Sanburn, freshman right-hand-er Chris Oliver and freshman le$ -hander Mark Reyes will also likely pitch.

“! ere’s guys on the team that were on the roster this weekend that didn’t get in the game that are ready to go, too,”

Van Horn said. “We’ll throw a lot of pitchers those two games.”

Back-to-back solid starts for Baxendale

Junior All-American DJ Baxendale has showed signs of getting over a rough stretch midway through the season.

Baxendale got the loss in the rubber game Saturday against

Kentucky, but allowed just two runs in eight innings, his sec-ond consecutive strong start af-ter allowing 12 earned runs his previous two starts.

“He threw real well,” Van Horn said. “I hope he can keep that up. It’s tough% when you give up three or four or " ve hits, whatever he gave up.% We% just

didn’t back him up o# ensively at all.% He pitched%a great game.”

Baxendale allowed just six hits and struck out seven against the Wildcats, but gave up a two-run home run.

! e quality start Saturday

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas’ baseball team lost three of its four games last week and moved down from No. 11 to No. 17 in this weeks Baseball America poll.

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Haynes or Taver Johnson, fa-miliarity could translate to the best results for the 2012 season.

! at’s what the players want. Keep everything the same.

Losing Petrino is a blow even if Long keeps continuity and promotes from within. You don’t just replace a nationally-recognized o" ensive genius, though Paul Petrino has the system down and has been at his brother’s side for years.

If Long goes the interim route and waits until a# er the

season to hire someone, who-ever the new coach is — pro-moted interim or outside coach — could have an awful 2013 recruiting class. What recruit would sign with a school that doesn’t have a coach?

Ohio State got Urban Mey-er a# er going the interim route. Could Long attract a high-level coach by waiting, too?

Somewhere in between the hire now and the interim route is Garrick McGee.

He was at Arkansas all four years with Petrino, including the last two as o" ensive co-ordinator, before taking the

Alabama-Birmingham head-coaching job in December.

He is familiar with the play-ers on both sides of the ball and taught the o" ensive scheme to Ryan Mallett and Tyler Wilson. Is he what you want long term, though?

Because if he isn’t, Long can’t hire him just to have a full-time head coach and try to win in 2012.

To be clear, there is no win-win situation for Arkansas. ! at scenario went out of play when Petrino wrecked his mo-torcycle April 1.

Every scenario now has

risks involved. It’s up to Long to weigh those risks and make the best decision for now and the future.

If Long makes the right de-cision, Hog fans will respect the decision to $ re Petrino as a sad but necessary one.

If he doesn’t, they will look at the $ ring as throwing away Arkansas’ best chance to be an elite program in decades.

No pressure.Jimmy Carter is the sports

editor for ! e Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.

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and the eight-inning shutout win the week before against Georgia were closer to his sophomore form, when he went 10-2 with a 1.58 ERA.

“It feels good moving for-ward,” Baxendale said. “It’s good for your con$ dence, but at the end of the day, the main thing you want is a team W. So we’re going to get back out and get to work on it.”

Bats strugglingArkansas hit just .231

against Kentucky and strug-gled when it did get runners on base, stranding 16 in the three-game series, including eight in the 2-1 series $ nale loss.

! e Razorbacks pitch-ing sta" had a combined 2.70 ERA, but the bats couldn’t

come through.“We do a good job getting

people on, drawing walks,” Reynolds said. “It’s whenev-er that runner gets to second base, it seems like we have a tough time getting that big hit. We just need to work on that.”

Coupled with a 4-0 mid-week loss at Oklahoma, the Hogs are hitting just .198 their last four games.

“We know that they’re mentally and physically pre-pared to get that job done,” Baxendale said. “Right now it’s just not happening. Base-ball’s a game of mountaintops and valleys. You’ve got to go up and down, up and down. ! at’s why .300 is a great av-erage.

“So the hits will come. We know it. ! e hitters know it. Everyone on our team knows it.”

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He’s continued to be a leader, continued to work and teach me, and coach me and I appre-ciate that.”

Paul Petrino moved his fam-ily back to Fayetteville from Il-linois in December a# er spend-ing the last two seasons coach-ing under Ron Zook. He was the Hogs’ o" ensive coordinator during Bobby Petrino’s $ rst two seasons as head coach, but le# to take the job with the Illini so he could call his own plays.

Paul Petrino’s children han-dled the scandal surrounding their uncle well, he said.

“! ey went to school every day and they never missed a day of school,” Paul Petrino said. “! ey had their heads up high. ! ey carried their chest high and I’m proud of them. ! ey’ve been really good.”

! ough his brother was $ red, Paul Petrino said he doesn’t have any plans to leave.

“I hope to be here,” Paul said. “I came here. My goal was for my kids to go to high school here for four years and my goal

is to help this team go win a championship. ! ose are still my goals.”

! ough he is the o" ensive coordinator now, Paul said he is open to any changes athletic di-rector Je" Long wants to make, even if that included being tabbed as interim head coach.

“I’m interested in helping this team win in any way the ad-ministration wants us to win,” Paul Petrino said. “Anything they want us to do, I’m behind it 100 percent. I’m behind all these assistant coaches. I think the best plan for us to be suc-

cessful is all of us to stay togeth-er, so the kids know what we’re doing and how we do things.

“I just can’t wait to keep coaching them and go win a bunch of games.”

Despite the distractions, he has tried to keep it from a" ect-ing his coaching.

“I’m focused on being the best coach I can be and the best husband and dad I can be,” Paul said. “! at’s all I can do right now. I’ve come in here and I’ve been coaching with great ener-gy and great passion and doing everything in my power.”

home to my family.”Anderson can’t comment on

unsigned recruits or transfers who are not enrolled at the UA.

Whoever $ lls the $ nal spot will join Harris and Alexandria, La., point guard DeQuavious “Dee” Wagner as spring addi-tions to the roster.

Wagner signed a letter of in-tent Wednesday, the $ rst day of the spring signing period. He was named Mr. Basketball in Louisiana following his senior season and averaged more than 19 points per game his junior and senior seasons.

“I am excited to have De-Quavious become a part of our program,” Anderson said in a statement.% “He brings a win-ning mentality and a warrior’s workmanship.% He has quick-

ness, toughness, vision and a high basketball IQ, all qualities that will add to our team.”

Wagner joined three Razor-backs signees who inked their letters of intent in the early sign-ing period in November.

! e group—Wagner, Mem-phis guard Anthlon Bell (6-3, 180), Adamsville, Ala., small forward Jacorey Williams (6-8, 190) and Shreveport, La., small forward Michael Qualls (6-5, 200)—will be part of a roster makeover for the Hogs next sea-son.

Arkansas could have at least seven new players eligible next season, including the four sign-ees, Harris, Oklahoma State transfer guard and Fayetteville native Fred Gulley and Louis-ville, Ky., dual-sport athlete Me-Kale McKay, who signed a foot-ball letter of intent and will also play basketball.

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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER After Bobby Petrino’s firing, younger brother and offensive coordinator Paul Petrino will call the plays for the remainder of the Hog’s spring practices.