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Out-of-state students have the opportunity to vote in Arkansas if they re-register to vote, o!cials said.

“I think it’s very impor-tant for students to vote because they’re such a big portion of the population,” said Becky Lewallen, Wash-ington County deputy clerk. “Even if they don’t vote lo-cally, it’s important that they vote on issues, even if it’s in their hometowns.”

"e college campus is full of people from all over the country, many of whom cannot travel home to vote.

Students have the op-tion to vote by absentee bal-lot in their hometown, or to register to vote in a new place of residence. "ose who choose to re-register must keep their college ad-dress up-to-date if chang-ing dorms or moving to an apartment.

“I decided to re-register in Washington County be-cause it’s close,” said Zack Freeman, an undeclared freshman from Bryant, Ark.

Voters in Arkansas must be a citizen of the United States of at least 18 years old before Election Day and a resident of Arkansas for at least 30 days prior to the election. Students wishing to register to vote in Arkan-sas cannot also be registered under another jurisdiction, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State.

Members of Naturally Blue, an Democratically aligned Political Action Committee that strives to get people registered to vote in northwest Arkansas, have spent the time on the UA campus registering students to vote.

"e process is fast and hassle free, members said. "e group has registration cards available that they send in to the Secretary of State’s o!ce, saving students on campus postage fees.

“Student voters keep the voting fresh; it’s not just a bunch of old school vot-ers. Fast and easy registra-tion gets the students in the vote,” said Douglas Camp-bell, a Naturally Blue mem-ber who visited campus.

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Young people vote in lesser numbers than older voters, but the 2008 presidential election drew more than 51 percent of voting-age Americans under 30.

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"e Associated Student Government President and Chair of the Senate have ex-pressed a positive outlook for executive and legislative plans for the 2012-2013 aca-demic year and have encour-aged students to become more involved in ASG.

"is year, the ASG Senate plans to focus on more exter-nal policymaking over inter-nal policies, said ASG’s Chair of the Senate, Mike Norton.

High Hopes for ASG !is Year

With the building of the new Hillside Auditorium, ar-chitects looked beyond the clear environmental bene#ts of the building and designed, in their view, an artfully pleas-ing structure.

“Our use of a green roof

for this project was motivated by aesthetics, but the environ-mental bene#ts are undeni-able, and I expect there will be more around town in the future,” said Matthew Cabe, architect of record at Allison Architects.

"e auditorium was de-signed with a three-tiered green roof to preserve the view of downtown Fayette-

ville from the Greek "eater, said Jill Anthes, UA campus planner.

“"e concern was that a conventional roo#ng system on a typical building would be an eyesore next to this campus landmark and detract from that experience,” Cabe said.

“As a physical addition to the campus infrastructure, the green roofs will visually contribute to an ever-devel-oping attractive campus land-

scape, as well as o$er a pleas-ant, usable, open-air addition for the entire community,” said Todd Shafer, design ar-chitect at Perry Dean Rogers Partners of Boston.

"e green roof will consist of sedums on the lower roofs, with trees, ornamental grasses and other landscape plantings on the upper level, Cabe said.

"e cost of the facility is estimated at $14.6 million,

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Aneeka Majid Sta! PhotographerStudents pick up T-shirts from the Union Tuesday, Aug 21. Students who bought the access pass this year can receive free shirts to wear in the student section at games. Students can pick up their shirts through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union, room 305.

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HILLSIDE TO INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE, GREEN DESIGN

Many in the media are speculating the economic impact the additions of the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University will have on the Southeastern Conference, but the e$ect is not yet apparent, o!cials said.

“It remains to be seen from a #nancial standpoint,” said Charles Bloom, a spokesman with SEC Media Relations.

Television plays a large role in the revenues each school in the SEC will see.

“We are in the process of reviewing our television arrangement with CBS and ESPN, so what happens there may have been a re-sult of the addition, but we normally don’t release those #gures,” Bloom said.

An SEC sports channel “has been speculated in the media, but we have not ad-dressed that speci#cally,” he said.

Revenues are split evenly among the schools, and this year the revenues in the SEC will be stretched from divi-sion among 12 schools to division among 14 schools, Bloom said.

Also, the Big 12 is with-holding a combined $25.3 million from the new SEC school’s projected distri-bution, according a report published by Bloomberg. Less than half of that #gure, or $12.4 million, is being withheld from Texas A&M.

“"e [Mizzou] Athletic Department is just going to have to pay it,” said Andrew Grinch, associate athletic director of Strategic Com-munications at Missouri, of the withheld funds that were

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A PDF version of the voter registration form can also be obtained at the Ar-kansas Secretary of State website. Once the applica-tion is completed, residents can submit it in person at the County Clerk’s o!ce or by mail to the Secretary of State whose address can be found on the website.

Students can also register to vote at the county clerk’s o!ce, State Revenue Of-#ce, public or state library, public assistance agency,

disability agency, military recruitment o!ce or Ar-kansas Natitonal Guard, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State.

Students wishing to vote in the presidential election must be registered by Oct. 22. Once registered, a voter registration card will be sent in the mail with the proper location where the resi-dent can vote. "e process should take no more than a couple of days, according to the Secretary of State’s of-

“I felt like we have focused more on internal policy in the past through structural and procedural reforms, which has still served a vital pur-pose, but it’s time to transi-tion the organization to more external policy,” Norton said.

“A few objectives I person-ally want to see us accom-plish this year are to make ISIS available 24 hours a day, provide students with one free e-transcript per semes-ter, expand Safe Ride by bet-ter utilizing the university’s car resources and reform the ASG constitution to make a graduate and law student sen-ate,” Norton said.

“Senate is the representa-tive voice of all students, and I have full intentions of push-ing it to its fullest potential with the help of the senators that will be elected in a few weeks,” Norton said.

With senate elections rap-idly approaching, Norton urged students to become in-volved in the process.

“"ere is no doubt that I hold a bias, but I wholeheart-edly believe that the ASG Senate is the best way to plant your feet strongly in the uni-versity community. You’ll have the opportunity to work with administration, dra% legislation, and learn the con-cepts and politics that under-pin every democracy around the world.” Norton said.

Norton also encourages students to look into other ASG opportunities as well. "ere are positions available on cabinet, university com-mittees and with the fresh-men leadership program Fresh HOGS.

“Our campus is progress-ing, growing, moving and shaking at an ever-increasing rate,” Norton said. “To ensure that all of these changes al-ways represent student inter-ests, we should all stay active in the university community and make the most of our time on the Hill.”

"e ASG’s newly elected executive cabinet has a good working dynamic, said ASG President Tori Pohlner.

“Our executive team is re-ally great,” Pohlner said. “We each bring something unique to the table and have di$erent areas of expertise that I think will really bene#t us and the campus in the year to come. We also have a mutual respect for each other that keeps us positive and moving for-ward.”

Among a growing number of plans for the year, the ex-ecutive cabinet is working on checking o$ platform issues from last semester’s election, Pohlner said.

“I think plans are looking really good. We checked a few platform items o$ over the summer, but I want cabinet members to be involved in

most of them, so I’m excited for them to return to cam-pus so we can put plans into place,” Pohlner said.

Current plans include a philanthropic fundraising program hosted at football games, expanding homecom-ing events, implementing a campaign encouraging stu-dents to become involved in campus organizations, host-ing an election center for the 2012 presidential election and increasing ASG’s online presence, Pholner said.

Anthes said.Bene#ts of a green roof

range from stormwater runo$ and retention, to protecting the building from harmful UV rays and the reduction of en-ergy consumption.

“"e upfront cost of uti-lizing a green roof is realized as a long-term savings due to

signi#cantly reduced main-tenance and replacement,” Shafer said. “Furthermore, a green roof naturally insulates a building in the winter and de&ects heat gain in summer, thereby reducing the opera-tional cost of interior climate control.”

"ere is one other planted

roof on campus, the Gate-house at the Gardens, which is maintained by the department of landscape architecture. "ere will also be other green roofs built on campus in the future, Anthes said.

"e Hillside Auditorium will be fully commissioned and constructed to the stan-

dard of the Leadership of Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certi#-cation rating, Anthes said.

"e university will also gain much needed lecture space. "e previous auditori-um only had one lecture hall; this one, slated to open in Oc-tober, will have two.

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UA has made some advances to the technical opportunities around campus, o!cials said.

"e digital design team has created a new campus map. UA o!cials have always had a map, but it was “incredibly out of date,” said Chris Nixon, director digital design and development. We did not have something that “people in the Internet age are used to,” he said.

"is map includes the con-struction and walking directions, he said.

"ere are always new people coming on campus that do not know where they are going, he said.

Within the campus map, stu-dents can follow the buses in real time on the UARK mobile appli-cation or online at campusmap.uark.edu.

All the feedback we have re-ceived about this has been posi-tive, Nixon said.

Campus Map Helps Students Get Around

"e UA’s RazorRewards program has expanded to in-clude both students and fans this year, as well as a new social media component of the point system, o!cials said.

Created last year by Associ-ated Student Government in conjunction with the Razor-back Athletic Department, Ra-zorRewards is a points based incentive program designed to increase student and fan par-ticipation at selected academic and athletic events.

"roughout the year, stu-dents and fans who attend se-lected events and participate in the new social media com-ponent can earn points toward prizes. Prizes are awarded at certain milestones and ex-changed at the online points store. Grand prizes will also be given out to point leaders and include prizes such as an new iPad 3, a Dell laptop computer and a signed football helmet, according to the RazorRe-wards website.

"is year, RazorRewards seeks to utilize rewards to in-crease student and fan atten-dance as well as engage with

them through social media, said Bryan Pracht, assistant director of marketing for the UA Athletic department.

“We’re providing points for all fans who help us com-

municate messages through various platforms like Face-book, Twitter and Foursquare or anything driven by social media,” Pracht said. “Myr-azorrewards.com features a place where students and fans can see their point rank-ing on leader boards and cash out some of their points for prizes.”

"e program o!cials want to reach a larger audience this

year with its inclusion of all fans and the new social media aspect, Pracht said.

“Last year was the #rst year that we had RazorRewards so we had nothing to benchmark it to, but we had tremendous participation. We gave away thousands of prizes and atten-dance increased at many ath-letic events,” Pracht said. “Last year went as well as we could have hoped for and this year we hope to be more proactive and engaging.”

"e original goal of Razor-Rewards was to get students more involved in Razorback athletics and special events on campus and that ambition will continue this year as well, but with more focus shi%ed towards expanding the pro-gram and raising awareness, said Afshar Sanati, last year’s director of RazorRewards and current business student.

“As last year was the #rst year of the program, it was an uphill battle to get a major-ity of the student body aware and involved in the program,” Sanati said. “I think, as the program continues to get o$ the ground and more students get involved, the success of the program can be limitless.”

RazorRewards Revamps Incentive Program

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorStudents crowd the intersection of Dickson Street and McIlroy Avenue Tuesday, Aug. 21. Campus construc-tion has con#ned students to speci#c walkways around campus, creating high tra$c volume during class changes.

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“Last year as well as we could have hoped for, and this year we hope to be more proactive and engaging.”

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"e Residents’ Interh-all Congress’s mission is to serve and be a voice for students on campus, RIC o!cial said.

"e #rst two weeks of school RIC members will be informing everyone on campus about its function via the “Who’s RIC?” cam-paign. Members will ex-plain their roles in the resi-dence halls’ inner workings to students and discuss how to get involved, while handing out t-shirts and cups, said Adrian Ordori-ca, RIC director of public relations.

“We are here to hear your voice and to take ac-tion,” he said.

In addition to campus-wide programs, events and policies, designed to help students, the RIC is plan-

ning to launch a new anti-rape campaign.

"ey will take a di$er-ent approach to the quan-dry by attempting to stop the source of the problem: rapists. It is intended to focus more on preventing potential rapists from com-mitting the crime, rather than how victims can pro-tect themselves, Ordorica said .

RIC is also gearing up for elections.

Candidates will begin campaigning on Aug. 23, and the voting period will be Aug. 27 and 28. "e re-sults of the election will be announced online the next day.

"e #rst meeting of the semester will be Sept. 10. Meetings are open to all students, although vot-ing is limited to members. "ey will be held each Monday at 6:30 p.m. in JB Hunt Hall.

RIC, Here to Help and Serve StudentsAlex GoldenSta! Writer

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Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

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!e top "ve things that stress college students out are the necessity for student loans, cost of education, bor-rowing money, the job market and the di#culty of course-work, according to a recent, July issue of Time.

!ree of these have to do with money, which is no sur-prise given the recent increase in tuition. Moreover, students are forced to invest in loans despite their fears in the job market.

Almost two-thirds of four-year undergraduate students had to pull out a loan to pay for tuition; this includes pri-vate and public schools, ac-cording to FinAid.org, in 2007-2008. About 86 percent of graduating seniors entered the job market with an aver-age $24,651 in loans. !at ex-cludes various interest rates.

In 2010 nearly 10 percent of student loans were default-ed, 3 percent more than they were in 2008, according to the Department of Education.

Private loans, too, are be-ing defaulted more and more. More than 5 percent were de-faulted in the second quarter of this year, up more than 1 percent the year previously.

It is getting more and more di#cult for students to come back a$er a default as their credit scores plunge, making it a challenge to ever come back on top, according to smartmoney.com.

Year a$er year students are leaving school with enor-mous debts that will follow them through their trek in a job market that promises no one any real security. Some might argue the real problem is that not every college stu-dent is investing their time in a degree that guarantees a job post-graduation.

However, these loans are e%ectively pressuring stu-dents to choose from a nar-row spectrum of degrees so that they can pay back these loans as soon as possible.

!is only bene"ts the mar-ket in the long run, though. It makes sure the market has the best of these students, which leaves those who were not provided jobs to pick from other careers they are over-quali"ed for.

To put it bluntly, students

cannot "nd jobs they were forced to pick from anyway.

Furthermore, the loans they pulled out are going to go unpaid for even longer with increasingly worse inter-est rates keeping students in debt.

!is is the epitome of twenty-"rst century inden-tured servitude. What many people do not realize is that you cannot declare bankrupt-cy from loans — a student must pay them back.

However, it helps the mar-ket. !e work force is required to choose from the most edu-cated and capable and this loan system provides for that — so where is the problem?

If more and more students are in debt, the less money goes back into the economy. More importantly, the banks that are providing these loans are not going to be getting their money back any time in the near future.

Although the problem of loans is not the biggest is-sue plaguing the country, it is on its way to an impend-ing crisis. One of the most detrimental problems dur-ing the recession of 2008 was that banks were not paid back from housing loans and we all know how that worked out for the economy.

Student loans are a creep-ing disaster just waiting to happen.

Simply put, the system needs to change at some point before this vicious cycle spi-rals out of control. Some stu-dents are re-thinking school just because of the cost of tuition and investing in loans even though society tells nearly every one to go college.

School is still a wise deci-sion, but if a student is going to risk a future of debt: Either he or she must take on col-legiate responsibilities seri-ously or banks and the federal government need to make it easier for students to go to college.

Our international eco-nomic survival relies on an educated, capable and will-ing labor force. It is impera-tive for changes to be made in our loan system before it is too late to turn back what we should have done today.

Mason Sams is a contributing columist. He is a senior history major.

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“Even if they don’t vote locally, it’s important that they vote on issues, even if it’s in their hometowns.”

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Mason SamsContributing Columnist

On Sunday I had to op-portunity to speak to all of the new incoming students in Bud Walton Arena for the New Student Welcome.

My message was simple and it’s one I wish to share with you today.

Our time in college is like an all you-can-grab shopping spree.

It is "nite and you only have one cart, only so much energy to contribute to cam-pus.

You can throw large items into your cart, be it student government, campus ministry, an RSO, Greek life, ROTC, the possibilities are endless.

Or you could grab a bunch of smaller items by helping with several di%erent RSOs or volunteering occasionally with events around campus.

!ough, like a shopping spree, it simply doesn’t make sense to walk in, look around the store, walk over to the

counter, grab something small like some AA batteries, get a receipt and walk right out the door.

!is is our one shot. We won the sweepstakes by at-tending Arkansas’s &agship in-stitution, so let’s grab as much as we can "t into our cart.

College is more than just going to class, than just pick-ing up one small thing like AA batteries and heading out. When our time is "nished here and someone asks us if we attended the University of Arkansas, we want to be able to point at all the goods in our cart, at all of our experiences and knowledge, as proof of our work here.

We don’t want to be the person who points to a piece of paper, the receipt, as proof that they went into the “store” while they have no goods to show for it. !e real piece of paper, our diploma, is only worth as much as we put into our cart.

And right now is the prime time for "lling that cart. With the semester kicking o% again, this is the time to get involved in some facet of campus.

!ere are more than 300 RSOs as diverse as this campus looking for members like you.

!ere are professors and researchers looking for intel-ligent, analytical thinkers like you. And most of all, there are fellow students looking to be challenged by leaders like you.

As the Chair of the Sen-ate for this school year, I have the opportunity to oversee 50 student leaders who together share a uni"ed vision of serv-ing fellow students by directly addressing their issues. !e interesting part about these 50 student leaders is that they don’t exist in a physical form yet; senate elections do not oc-cur until Sept. 4 to 6.

!ese seats are sitting empty looking for someone to throw their hat into the ring, run a campaign, get elected and work with me to make this campus a better place for future Razorbacks.

My goal for Senate this year is to move it away from just a legislative body.

Move away from just a body that writes resolutions that proclaim the “voice of students,” but to make a more lasting di%erence by meeting directly with administrators to solve problems that a%ect the everyday student here at the University.

I’m looking for student leaders willing to join me in this mission.

If you are looking to just boost your résumé, this is not the place for you. If you are looking to etch your legacy onto this campus in more ways than Senior Walk, I want you on board.

But, to do that you need to run.

I’ve tried to make the elec-

tion process simple and easy to allow everyone to get their feet wet. ASG Advisor Rudy Trejo, the wonderful sta% at UA In-formation Technolgy Services and I have transitioned the ap-plication from paper to elec-tronic form to make for easy entry, easy collection and to save the earth.

!e application can be found at asgforms.uark.edu and must be completed by Aug. 31 at noon.

For candidates to be placed on the ballot, they are required to attend one 30-minute ori-entation session, which will be held from 5:30-6 p.m. on Aug. 27, 28 and 29 (Mon-day through Wednesday) in Union Room 514.

!e induction will occur at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Reynolds Auditorium with Chancellor G. David Gearhart swearing in the new Senators. A$er that, we meet at 6 p.m. every Tuesday in the Graduate Education Auditorium.

If you have any ques-tions, feel free to email me at asgsen@uark.edu.

It’s time to leave your leg-acy. It’s time to "ll your cart. !e shopping spree begins now. Let’s make the most of it.

Mike Norton is a senior majoring in agricultural economics and poultry science. He is the 2012-2013 ASG Chair of the Senate.

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Mike NortonASG Chair of Senate

I was surprised to see (or not to see) McIlroy Avenue when I got back to campus this week.

It is full of construction, just like the rest of campus.

For those of you who are new, McIlroy Avenue intersects Brough Commons and Kimpel Hall and meets Dickson Street at the corner of those two buildings.

!is is my third year on campus, and I have never seen the sidewalk running along McIlroy by Kimpel as crowded as it was on Monday.

It was completely blanketed with people like ants on a scoop of ice cream that was accidently dropped on the ground.

Let us pile that on top of all of the construction every-where, all of the di%erent infor-mational booths handing stu% out around campus and all the information that your instruc-tors are dumping on you in lec-ture hall and lab.

Can we relax?Today, my friend in class

told me that she was late for her very "rst class of the year.

She was two minutes late, and the door was locked. Later she emailed her instructor, and he said that she should have knocked.

Let’s just knock, guys. Everyone is experiencing

the same environment around this campus, especially during the "rst week of school. People will understand if you are two minutes late.

Most of us went home this summer or somewhere else away from Fayetteville. Some of our friends are people that we may have just met last se-mester.

If you are new on campus, you might see friends you made from your high school orientation.

From personal experience, I can remember walking by someone that I had not seen in a little while and saying nothing to them because I was afraid that they would not re-member me and I would look like a fool!

I think that with all of these stresses being put on our cam-pus, it is important to recon-

nect with our friends and to enjoy their company. If you see someone you know, go say, “Hi!”

If they do not remember you or you mistook them, you just made a new friend. An-other almost ridiculous thing some of us do is act like the person walking by on the side-walk is not there.

Something simpler that you can do is smile at people you are walking by. It will make them feel better, even if they do not smile back!

More than likely, though, they will smile back, which will make you feel better.

Here are a few things that smiling has been shown to do: change our mood, make oth-ers smile, relieve stress, release endorphins and even enhance your immune system, said re-tired Professor Mark Stibich, who taught at the UC - San Di-ego School of Medicine.

Be aware of that the next time that you smile, and see what happens.

Remember that all of us are trying to "t in, whether it is in the classroom, at the frat house or at any social gathering.

When it comes to our actual classwork, what can you do to help yourself relax?

First: Go to class. Someone is paying for it.

!at seems obvious enough, but people will regret to tell you that they skipped class a lot and are dropping or failing that class at the end of the semester.

Save yourself that worry. Second: Make sure you are

always paying attention to your instructor and writing down what they are saying. You are not going to remember every-thing that every professor is telling you in every class.

If it seems overwhelming as you bounce from classroom to classroom, trekking all over this construction-ridden cam-pus ... It’s OK.

If you keep organized notes of everything, it will be easy to refer back to what you need to do when the time comes.

We should all take a deep breath throughout this chaotic week — and relax.

Blake Mertens is a contribuitng columnist. He is a junior biochemistry major.

Hey UA, Can We Relax?Blake MertensContributing Columnist

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssitant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

Moving from a dorm room to an apartment or house is the natural step for many upperclass-men. It can be very challenging to transform the white walls of a 1000-foot apartment into home without breaking the bank.

Fortunately, Fayetteville has plenty of resources where stu-dents can get inexpensive furni-ture and decor to spruce up their new homes.

Walking into an apartment, the kitchen is usually the !rst thing that people see. It gives the vibe for the rest of the house. A kitchen can be very easily spruced up with just a few color-ful dish towels hung on the stove or place mats on the table or bar. All of these things can be found at Target for less than !ve dollars.

Another fun idea for the kitchen is to get a chalkboard or whiteboard to write groceries or reminders for your roommates. Pictures and magnets on the re-frigerator are also an easy !x to a dull kitchen.

If you have extra wall space in your kitchen, hanging a colorful clock on the wall can add your own "air to the room. Hobby Lobby has modern, vintage and brightly colored clocks to choose from.

Next is the living room. #is is o$en the most di%cult space to decorate because it has so much open wall space.

Before you and your room-mates buy furniture for your apartment, make sure to check with family members or friends to see if they are storing extra furniture in their basements or attics.

Family members are o$en willing to loan you their extra furniture for a year or two as long as you promise to take good care of it. #is can save you hundreds of dollars and the stress of divid-ing up the furniture between you

and your roommates once you move out.

Taking di&erent pieces of fur-niture from family members can sometimes lead to an assortment of mismatched furniture. But no need to worry, you can pull all of the mismatched furniture togeth-er with throw pillows, blankets and wall decor.

If you are not able to !nd all of the furniture to complete your living room, you can look at con-signment stores such as Potter’s House, Goodwill or the Salvation Army. All of these stores have in-expensive furniture in good con-dition that can be repainted to go with the rest of your decor.

Prairie Grove is another great place to look for furniture for your apartment. It is located 15 miles outside of Fayetteville and is home to some of Arkansas’s most unique antique and vintage shops. It is the perfect place to shop for a fun side table made out of a suitcase or vintage books to accent your living room.

Filling up the wall space in your living area can be a daunting task. In this case, sometimes the bigger the better. Posters or "ags are easy to hang and conveniently take up a lot of space while still showing your personality. An-other fun idea is a travel map that showcases where you and your roommates have traveled or where you hope to someday visit.

Another inexpensive way to !ll the wall space is with prints. Hobby Lobby has prints of any-thing from #e Beatles to golden retriever puppies, so you can !nd something that !ts your taste. #e prices and sizes vary, but the prints are no more than $30. You can add your own "air to the prints by putting them in plain or vintage frames to go with your room.

With just a couple of trips to the consignment store or "ea market and some creativity, you can transform the uniform look of your house or apartment into something unique.

#e Fayetteville Farmers’ Market is a great way to stimu-late the senses and pick up great, locally grown food. Full of gorgeous vegetables, fruits and "owers, and located in the beautiful, historic Fayetteville Square, the Farmers’ Market is incredible to look at. With all of the "owers planted in the Square blooming and smelling great, music from local musi-cians mingling with the chatter of shoppers, and the friendly, laid-back atmosphere, one is inspired to become a part of the farmers-market experience.

Founded in 1974, the Farm-ers’ Market is open from April to November on Tuesdays, #urs-days and Saturdays. Vendors from local farms sell their pro-duce, and local artisans sell their cra$s. Sometimes there are even a few stands selling meat from local farms. #e Farmers’ Mar-ket is the best place to get home-grown goods and is more enjoy-able than shopping for produce in a normal grocery store.

Living away from home is an experience almost all college students have to experience. One of the most di%cult aspects of this change is not having Mom’s home-cooked meals ev-ery night. Luckily, the Farmers’ Market has a huge selection to make a meal that is just as good as Mom’s Sunday dinner.

Below are three vegetarian-friendly recipes that are fairly easy for a new chef and use a great deal of fresh veggies.

Spicy Stu!ed EggplantStart to !nish: about 40 min-utesServings: 4 1 medium eggplant (about 1 pound) 1/3 cup chopped onion 1 clove of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon snipped parsley 3 tablespoons of butter 3/4 cup so$ bread crumbs 1/4 cup chopped pitted ripe olives 2 tablespoons chopped green chili peppers 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon dried basil, crushed 3/4 cup shredded provolone cheese 4 to 6 tomato slicesPreheat the oven to 350 F.Halve eggplant lengthwise;

scoop out and reserve pulp, leaving a '-inch shell. Cook shells, covered, in enough boil-ing water to cover, for two min-utes (or until tender); drain. Chop uncooked pulp !nely. Cook pulp with onion, gar-lic and parsley in butter until tender. Stir in bread crumbs, olives, chili peppers, oil, lemon juice, basil and ' teaspoon salt. Stir in ( cup of cheese.Pile into shells. Bake, covered, for 20 minutes. Top with to-mato slices; brush with cooking oil. Top with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes.Garden Pasta SauceStart to !nish: about 1 hour and 30 minutesMakes 2 quarts 2 cups chopped onions 1/2 cup butter 2 chopped green peppers 3 large chopped celery stalks 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms 2 medium zucchini, chopped 12 large fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped 12 ounce can of tomato paste 1 tablespoon chopped, fresh basil 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano, 1 bay leaf 2 teaspoons salt Ground pepper, to taste

Saute onions in 4 table-spoons of butter for 2 min-utes. Add peppers, celery and garlic and cook until onions are translucent. Place in a 4-6 quart heavy skillet. Add 2 ta-blespoons of butter to the skil-let, and add mushrooms. Saute over medium high heat for 2 to 3 minutes until they have ab-

sorbed the butter. Add to the onion mixture.

Put the remaining butter into the skillet, and add the zucchini. Brown for several minutes, and add to the onion mixture. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, herbs, salt and pepper.

Simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Do not boil.

SC’s GazpachoStart to !nish: 20 minutes plus time to chillServings: 4 3 pounds ripe tomatoes 2 medium cucumbers 1 medium onion 1/4 green pepper

1 clove garlic 1 cup tomato juice 3 tablespoons tarragon vinegar salt and pepper (to taste) Tabasco, other hot sauce (to taste) 1/2 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon dried chervil 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon 3 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped chives 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 cup olive oil

Peel and dice tomatoes without losing any juice. Peel and dice the cucumbers, on-ions and green pepper. Rub a large bowl with garlic clove and add all ingredients. Stir and chill.

photos by Aneeka Majid Sta" PhotographerFayetteville locals often visit the Farmer’s Market to shop for locally grown vegetables and crafts to experience culture in the community.

Talking down any sport not seen as “big” or “important”

might be as common a con-versation topic for sports

fans as a recap of their team’s previous sea-

son. But when they are broken down and defamiliarized, no sport is more de-

rivative than another. How can there be more honor in arbitrarily throwing a weirdly shaped leather ball down a !eld of num-bers than in, say,

throwing a frisbee toward bunch of

chains? R o b e r t

Davis, the c u r r e n t

president of the

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Golf Club, also sees that divi-sion as meaningless.

“I fell in love with the idea of chunking a disc as hard as I could at a basket,” he said. “Disc golf was introduced to me through a friend of mine in high school. I began play-ing almost every day. It got to the point where I was having to play alone all the time because I didn’t know anyone else that played.”

Davis soon found himself with a small community of disc golfers in Fort Smith, a club called the Western Arkansas Flying Disc Association. A$er a few games in their midst, Da-vis found the stigma of lesser-known sports wearing o&.

“I thought of disc golf as an unusual sport when I !rst started playing in high school,” he said. “Now it’s my life and absolutely underappreciated as a competitive sport. I’ve been playing for about !ve years, and I see it as a mainstream sport like any other. It has just as many mental and physical challenges as ‘ball golf ’ but is not held to near the high es-

teem.” “Disc golf is a great sport for

people of all ages and athletic abilities to become involved in,” Davis said. “I have met many lifelong friends through playing over the years. It’s a sport that families can play together, it’s a great way to get exercise and it is a great way to enjoy nature and the outdoors.”

A$er a brief stint in the 70s, competitive disc golf had been absent from UA for decades. #at is until Ryan Black, now !nishing his last semester of graduate school, decided to bring it back when he was a freshman. Now the club is na-tionally competitive.

“Collegiate disc golf has exploded in the U.S. over the past few years and has grown at an exponential rate, from around 12 teams when I was a freshman in 2007 to nearing 100 teams today,” Black said. “Arkansas is one of the most competitive collegiate disc golf teams in the country and also one of the most structured.”

When it comes down to crunch time, Davis is as seri-

ous as any other athlete. And although the basic rules are like regular golf, but with a disc instead of a ball, and a net of chains instead of a hole, a cer-tain type of person excels at it.

“Like anything else, being a good disc golfer takes tons of hours of practice,” Davis said. “Usually taller, lanky people have an advantage when it comes to throwing long dis-tances like 500 feet. What sepa-rates an amateur from a pro actually has little to do with distance, though. #e great disc golfers have a plan of at-tack for every single shot, chain their putts consistently from 20-30 feet, and keep a positive attitude even if they have to re-cover from a bad shot.”

#e Razorback Disc Golf Club has two weekly practices, rotating between at a course in Lake Fayetteville, at Twin Creeks at Rogers High School and at J.B. Hunt Park, accord-ing to Davis. #e team travels the country to play in tourna-ments, recently traveling to Georgia, St. Louis and South Carolina. #e team plans to

travel to California and Colo-rado this season.

#at dedication has led the club to jump toward the top in national rankings. “We were ranked No. 1 for most of last spring in the National Col-legiate Disc Golf Rankings,” Black said. “#is year we will have three returning !rst-team All-Americans. We really be-lieve this year will be the club’s best chance to win a national championship.”

Like any athlete, though, the real reason Davis continues to play is his simple love for the sport.

“I am infatuated with watching the disc leave my hand, "y through the air and hit that spot 400 feet from me that I aimed for,” he said. “#e sound of those metal chains ringing when my disc slams into them is like nothing else for me.”

Any student interested in joining or learning more about the Razorback Disc Golf Club should attend the UREC Bash on August 28 at the HPER from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Razorback Disc Golf Prepares for Strong Season Conor WoodySta! Writer

Livening Up Your Living SpaceCaitlin MuradSta! Writer

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssitant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

Conference realignment is something that we as college football fans have been talking about for more than two years now. It !nally became reality for Southeastern Conference fans about two months ago. Blame this wave of change on Colo-rado or Nebraska or whichever scapegoat you prefer, but all of this was relatively unavoidable. It is natural for institutions of any size, upon experiencing success, to grow.

Anyone who deals with sports business (an area which I !nd fascinating but in which I claim no personal expertise) will tell you candidly that there is little to no argument against conference expansion. And yet any run-of-the-mill SEC fan will basically tell you that we’re cool, they’re not and we don’t want them in the club. You can’t blame us for being superior, can you? You can’t blame the cool kids for not wanting to hang out with those desperate wannabes, right?

I am not going to waste pa-per telling you how wonderful and perfect and all-time-best-ever-incredible the SEC is — you know all that. And it is natural that when you are a part of some-thing great, you are afraid to see it change, even if that change is ultimately bene!cial.

A"er much re#ection, I, for one, eventually decided to take

the high road. A"er all, who were the last two new kids on the block in the SEC? Arkansas and South Carolina. I have spent the past year being the pot calling the kettle underwhelming.

$e truth is that both of the new additions to our conference have highly respectable athletic programs with storied histories. $e truth is that opening up the reach of the SEC to cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Kansas City and St. Louis bene!ts everyone. More eyes on CBS at 2:30 on Saturday a"ernoons equals more money, and hopefully some of those eyes belong to high school football prodigies who had previously as-sumed they were bound for the sinking ship that is the Big __ (insert ever-plummeting num-ber that was once 12 here).

Also, it is sometimes easy in the SEC to forget that a confer-ence is about more than just football. It is about every sport, every student and ultimately it is about each school as a whole. Plus, hey, we could use a legiti-mate basketball contender like Missouri around here.

$ere has been some concern raised throughout the last year over whether Missouri and Texas A&M truly !t in culturally with the SEC. I have several problems with this concern. Firstly, anyone can adapt to the culture of the SEC, and who on earth wouldn’t want to…it’s a non-issue.

Secondly, these are schools where sports rule all—just like

around these parts. Fans of these schools are seriously passionate and it is a big mistake to doubt that. I’m not sure if anyone is poisoning trees in Colombia or College Station, but Texas A&M has the concept of the 12th Man copyrighted, for crying out loud! I questioned if these schools were the right choices for our inevitable expansion for a long time, but I honestly think that they will !t in a lot better than it may seem.

Missouri and Texas A&M have been a part of this confer-ence for 53 days now and will be so for a very long time. $eir !rst true chance to prove them-selves worthy of sitting with the popular kids in the cafeteria comes this football season. Tex-as A&M plays Florida in College Station on Sept. 8 and Missouri plays Georgia in Colombia the same day.

$e last truth I have to o%er is that in all probability (at least in football) they will each expe-rience a pledge-ship more trying than any fraternity could dream of doling out. But SEC pledges they are, so start loving them that way—as little brothers, as-piring elitists and youngsters only beginning to sco% at the rest of the country with the vig-or and passion of a true SEC fan. $ey’ll learn fast; we sure did.

Liz Beadle is a guest sports col-umnist for $e Arkansas Trav-eler. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

Liz BeadleStaff Writer

Registration for the pre-season #ag football tourna-ment begins today, as the university looks forward to kicking o% another year of intramurals. Students can register for the tournament through the intramural web-site uark.athleague.com until next Wednesday, Aug. 29.

With yet another large in-coming freshmen class, Uni-versity Recreation is looking to gain as many new intra-mural participants as they can handle.

“Each year, we try to in-crease the number of partici-pants and not decrease the quality,” said Bill Mock, as-sociate director of intramu-ral sports and special events. “Our goal is to provide quali-ty programs and as safe of fa-cilities as our budget allows.”

$e available brackets to enter into are Men’s, Women’s and Co-Rec. $e men’s and women’s leagues are typically divided into three separate leagues: Greek, residence hall and open. Fees for Univer-sity Recreation are collected through each semester based on credit hours, so there is basically no up-front cost to participate.

“Intramural fee money is used to provide quality sports and safe facilities at no extra cost to the students,” Mock said.

Games will take place at the UREC Sports Complex on Razorback Road, giving you a chance to show your skills and bask in the glory

on the same !eld the football team practiced on.

If you are looking for even more of an intramural #ag football !x than a preseason tournament, fear not. $e regular #ag football league sign-ups begin Aug. 26 and last until Sept. 5. Participants will play in a league and then move on to a single-elimina-tion tournament to see who will be crowned intramural #ag football champions.

If you happen to !eld a team that does in fact win their respective league, they have the opportunity to face o% against the best intramu-ral teams in the region at the NCCS Regional Flag Foot-ball tournaments the week-end of October 26, right here in Fayetteville.

“We are expecting a total of 45 teams from Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Tennessee and Arkansas,” Mock said.

$e winners of the region advance to the !nals in Or-lando, Fla. in January.

“Last year, one of our men’s team called ‘Texas Hurt’ !nished third in the National Flag Football,” he added.

Intramurals are a way to get involved early in the school year. It is one of the more popular activities on campus, as 3,000 students participate each year. Stu-dents can choose between starting a team with friends or joining a team and mak-ing new ones.

Any further questions about #ag football or intra-murals in general should be sent to imsports@uark.edu.

Flag FootballRegistration Begins TodayCameron McCauleySta! Writer

Courtesy of Danielle Teese!e cycling club racing team competed in Texas last season.

$e UA Cycling Club has only had an o&cial racing team for one year, but that did not stop the team from winning 18 medals in their !rst season.

“We won a total of 18 med-als from collegiate races that we went to,” UA Cycling Club president Danielle Teese said. “Seven of those were !rst place, !ve were second place and then six were third.”

$e Cycling Club was founded in 2009, and its racing team was founded in the spring of 2012.

$e main season for cycling is the spring, between Febru-

ary and May. During the rac-ing season, the team has the chance to race in nearby states like Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.

In the o%season, the club goes for organized rides, which happen weekly and are de-signed to bene!t a wide range of skill levels. In early fall, the riders focus on length, and as the season draws closer, the riders focus more on speed.

“$e highlight would de!-nitely be, for me, the racing season,” Teese said. “We com-pete with other schools in the South. We went to MSU and OU, and we just traveled around. $at was a lot of fun, traveling as a team.”

A typical race weekend consists of three di%erent rac-

es. $e !rst is a road race in which the whole team rides a set amount of miles and the !rst person to cross the !n-ish line wins. $e second is a team time trial, with two to four team members riding a set amount of miles to get the fast-est time. $e !nal race is called the criterium and is usually a mile-long circuit course that tests endurance and speed.

To raise money for travel, the Cycling Club sells jerseys and water bottles and does various other fundraisers.

“When I started, there was just, from what I saw, 15 mem-bers. Ten of them, maybe, I saw all the time,” said Cycling Club vice president Ben Ross. “But last year we had 40 members. Ten were on the racing team. $at was a huge improvement there.”

“My goals (for the club) are de!nitely to compete more, in

a lot more things, a lot more tours, a lot more collegiate races, and then hopefully we’ll be able to send someone to Na-tionals,” Teese said.

“We encourage people to ride, to get out there and have fun,” Ross said. “Fayetteville is a beautiful city, and outside of Fayetteville there are nice country roads to ride on. We encourage riding and having a good time. It doesn’t matter how good you are.”

“I like cycling because it is a breath of fresh air,” Teese said. “You get out there, especially in Arkansas, it’s just so beautiful, and the air is so clean, and it’s a challenge. It’s a challenge to your body. It’s a mental sport, but it’s also a physical sport.”

Teese encourages students who are beginning cycling to get with a group, not only to learn new routes, but to make new friends and have more fun.

Cycling Interest is GrowingCLUB PRESIDENT EXCITED FOR

UPCOMING RACING SEASONTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

INTRAMURALS CLUB SPORTS

In Order to Form a More Perfect ConferenceVOLLEYBALL

$e volleyball team opens the season this weekend with the Arkansas Invitational in Barnhill Arena. $e !eld will include UT-Martin, North-western State and Kansas. $e Razorbacks open the season picked to !nish third in the Western Division of the Southeastern Confer-ence.

“Pre-season’s over now (..). it’s time for live action Friday against UT Martin,” head coach Robert Pulliza said.

Pulliza was also very ap-preciative of all the fans who attended the Red and White game and said the Hogs are “opening up with a really good tournament.”

$is year the Hogs hope to make an NCAA tourna-ment run. Pulliza also noted a helpful tool of having three players on this year’s roster with experience playing in the NCAA tournament.

He added that with three additional substitutions, the team will be deeper and more talented.

$e Hogs hope to be a de-fensive force this year.

“We want to be one of

the best defenses in the SEC – and when it’s all said and done – one of the best in the country,” Pulliza said.

Filled with Pulliza’s re-cruits, the freshman class is ranked No. 26 in the country by PrepVolleyball.com.

$e Arkansas Invitational begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday

with a match between Kan-sas and Northwestern State. $e Razorbacks have the second game time and face UT-Martin at 7 p.m. Satur-day, the Hogs play North-western State at 11 a.m. and Kansas at 7 p.m. Admission for students is free when they present their UA IDs.

Pulliza Con!dent in Hogs for Upcoming Season

COMMENTARY

Zack WheelerSta! Writer

Kris Johnson Sta" Photographer!e Hogs played the pre-season Red and White game.

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$e Razorback basketball team recently returned from a preseason tour in Italy where they went 4-0 and created bonds they feel will help them perform better as a team on the court.

For now, head coach Mike Anderson said the goal is to allow the players to get re-ac-climated with school life, but attention is quickly turning to the upcoming season.

One player many fans are looking forward to seeing back on the court is Marshawn Powell, who was sidelined all of last year with an ACL injury.

“It was good to have Mar-shawn on the #oor,” Anderson said. “I thought he kind of got the cobwebs out. $e last game he started really exerting him-self.”

“He looked good. $at’s one person that I’m not really wor-ried about,” said sophomore BJ Young of Powell. “He works hard, and I’m sure he wants to get back on the court and show everybody that he can come back from (an) injury.”

$ere is a lot of excitement surrounding the team because of the new players that are ex-pected to contribute this year.

“We’ve got some more piec-es to the puzzle,” Anderson said. “$e key now is putting those pieces together.”

$e Italy trip was the !rst step in completing the puzzle. Of the 14 players that went on the trip, 12 averaged at least 12 minutes per game, and nobody played more than 22 minutes per game.

One of the new faces that has impressed the most since arriving in Fayetteville is Coty Clarke, a transfer from Lawson

State Community College.“(Coty) is always around

the basketball. He just has a great feel for the basketball,” Anderson said. “Coty’s got toughness too. $at’s what I like about him. He’s always where the action is. He plays the game the right way. He plays to win.”

“He blocks shots, he gets of-fensive or defensive rebounds, he has good hands, athletic, he knows the game … he brings a lot to this team,” ju-nior Mardracus Wade said of Clarke.

One thing the team is fo-cused on for the upcoming sea-son is improving the defense. $e team did not defend the

3-point shot as well as Ander-son would have liked.

Jacorey Williams and Mi-chael Qualls are two freshmen who have shown they are ready to play. Anderson likes the en-ergy and fearlessness that both bring to the team.

Wade feels the time in Italy helped the team to come to-gether and will lead to better team play.

“Once you become a family o% the court, it carries onto the court,” Wade said.

$e Razorbacks are excited about playing in Bud Walton but are also ready to take an-other stab at road play, where they look to improve on last year’s dismal 1-11 record.

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

$e University of Arkan-sas women’s soccer team de-feated Texas 1-0 on Sunday. $e Razorbacks also defeated Austin Peay 2-1 last Friday, giving new head coach Colby Hale his !rst wins at Arkan-sas.

Hale was very pleased with his team’s performance in the victory over Texas.

“We came into the game with things we wanted to be good at, and we were,” Hale said.

Hale emphasized the fact that this team could sense when they were going to win, which was exciting to him.

$e Razorbacks have a tough year ahead of them. Of the Razorbacks’ 20 op-ponents, 19 begin the year ranked in the top 25 of the National Soccer Coaches As-sociation of America Conti-nental Tire poll.

Hale wants his team to embrace challenges as well as stay grounded whenever the team experiences some suc-cess.

“We want to try to say what’s the next challenge be-fore us,” Hale said.

$e team still has a lot to learn and work on, but they should enjoy success and continue to grow, he said.

$e Razorbacks are 2-0-0 for the second time since 2009 but only the fourth time in program history.

$e Razorbacks are put-ting an emphasis on defense, Hale said, and it shows, as they have allowed only one goal through the !rst two games.

$e next game is today versus Missouri State at 7 p.m.

Hogs O! to Hot StartZack WheelerSta! Writer

IMPACT continued from page 1 BASKETBALL

Hogs Re#ect on Italy Trip

SOCCER

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supposed to be a part of this year’s budget. “We’re going to budget for it and pay for it either out of reserves or incre-mental revenue.”

Revenue should cover the funds that are withheld from each school. In the 2009-2010 school year, the Mizzou foot-ball team alone brought in over $25.3 million in revenue, while Texas A&M’s football team brought in over $41.9 million in revenue, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

When Arkansas le" the Southwest Conference to join the SEC in 1991, there was no settlement paid to the SWC, said Kevin Trainor, associate athletic director for Public Relations at Arkansas.

Both schools move from the Big 12, where revenues were split between only 10

schools and are receiving a smaller distribution from their former conference, but o&cials with both institutions are con!dent in the move.

“$e bottom line for Texas A&M’s decision to join the SEC was doing what is best for the school,” said Alan Cannon, associate athletic director of media relations. “President [R. Bowen] Lo"in has called it a 100-year deci-sion and that is based upon the stability and strength of the SEC in both academics and athletics.”

In the 2012 bowl season, eight of the 10 Big 12 schools were in bowl games, and six of those teams won their bowl. Nine of the 12 SEC schools were in bowl games with six winning.

Both Mizzou and Texas A&M won their bowl games;

if the same SEC schools that made and won bowl games return in 2013, and if Miz-zou and Texas A&M are able to return to bowl games in 2013, then there will be more revenue to split between the 14 schools, as teams are paid to attend the bowl as well as if they win the bowl game.

“We do have a new bowl in our arrangement,” Bloom said. “$e Independence Bowl is now one of our bowls. It just depends on how many teams we get into those games.”

$ough Arkansas will re-ceive only 1/14 of the distri-bution to SEC schools with the expansion, this should not hurt the program. According to the same report in the Wall Street Journal, the Razorback football team brought in over $48.5 million in revenue dur-ing the 2009-2010 school year.