Arkansas redshirt fresh-man tight end Garrett Uek-man, 19, has died.

Uekman was pronounced dead at approximately 12:10 p.m. Sunday a!ernoon at Washington Regional Medi-cal Center, according to a UA press release.

"e cause of death is un-known, said UAPD Lt. Matt Mills. Uekman was in cardi-ac arrest when #rst respond-ers arrived on the scene at 11:20 a.m., #ve minutes a!er a roommate found him un-conscious and unresponsive in his Northwest Quad dorm room.

“Garrett was a special member of our family,” Ar-kansas coach Bobby Petrino said at a Sunday night press conference. “"e team and I were shocked today when we learned of his tragic passing. "e entire football program is grieving his loss. Last night he was very proud of the win in Little Rock, which came on the same #eld he played his high school football on.”

"e 6-foot-4, 250-pound-er appeared in nine of 11 games this season a!er red-shirting in 2010. He was a graduate from Little Rock Catholic high school.

“He truly loved being a Razorback,” Petrino said. “He loved and was loved by

his teammates. I’m proud of the way he represented our program. He did everything right and had one of our highest GPAs on the football team … Our team will hon-or and respect his memory as we continue to build this pro-gram. Our team thoughts are with Garrett and my prayers are with him and his family.”

"ere were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Uekman’s death, Mills said. Uekman’s body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner for an autopsy.

Uekman did not have any known pre-existing health issues, said Je$ Long, vice chancellor and director of athletics, Sunday night.

"e Little Rock native was last seen playing video games by a roommate at about 10:15 a.m., then found by anoth-er roommate at 11:15 a.m. Emergency services were called two minutes later.

Grief counseling had al-ready begun for the team Sunday a!ernoon and the UA is working “very closely” with Uekman’s roommates, Long said.

“Today is a really sad day for the University of Arkan-sas,” Long said. “We lost a member of our family.”

Uekman’s parents, Danny and Michelle, were contact-ed when Uekman was being transported to the hospital and arrived in Fayetteville

Sunday a!ernoon. "e Uek-man family issued a state-ment through the university.

“Our son was living his dream of going to the U of A and playing football for the Razorbacks,” the statement said. “He loved his school, his coaches, and his teammates and classmates and was an in-%uence and inspiration to so many people. We ask for your love and prayers for Garrett, our family and his friends as we all cope with this heavy and painful loss.

“Meanwhile, we ask for re-spect and privacy during this time of grief.”

A team meeting was called Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and the players were informed of their teammate’s death.

“"is is a brother of theirs,” Long said. “"ey han-dled it like you would expect them. "ere was certainly shock and dismay, tears and disbelief, all of those human emotions that you would ex-pect if you lost a loved one.”

Many Razorback players took to Twitter shortly a!er learning the news.

“Today, I lost a room-mate, a very close friend, and a brother in Garrett Uekman. "oughts and prayers to the Uekman family. Love ya 88,” sophomore kicker Zach Hocker tweeted.

“Garrett Uekman rest in peace my brother Watch over us as we continue to chase

Razorback Football Player Diesby JIMMY CARTER

Sports Editor

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERGarrett Uekman runs off the football field in Little Rock after the game versus Mississippi State Saturday.

the dream u started with us. I love u and will forever miss u,” junior running back Knile Davis wrote.

“Baby G.....RIP...... DOG POUND 4 EVER,” fellow tight end Chris Gragg tweet-ed, referencing the nickname the tight ends gave the unit.

PHOTO CREDITS: PETRINO—RYAN MILLER, WILSON—CONTESSA SHEW, LSU PHOTOS—MCT CAMPUS. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ERIK NORTHFELL

Candlelight Vigil to Honor #88 Garrett Uekman

When: Monday Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

Where: Bud Walton Arena

Organized by: ASG, Student A$airs and the Athletic Department

Arkansas players, coaches mourn loss of redshirt freshman tight end Garrett Uekman

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FEATURES FEATURES EDITOR: LAUREN LEATHERBY ASST. FEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORD PAGE 2 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011

In the Beginning1. Out of several fi rst Thanksgivings, the most commonly recognized occurred in the Plymouth Colony, now known as Massachusetts, in 1621.2. About 50 colonists and 90 Wampanoag Indians attended the three-day harvest feast.3. Even Texas has a bid for the fi rst Thanksgiving. In 1541, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado had a Thanksgiving celebration in the Texas panhandle. 4. President Thomas Je! erson thought the idea of a federal day of thanksgiving was ridiculous.5. In the early United States, each state chose the date they celebrated Thanksgiving. Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation to make Thanksgiving the fi nal Thursday in November, to promote national unity.6. Sarah Hale, known for writing the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” campaigned heavily for a national date.7. President Franklin D. Roosevelt later moved the date to the second to last Thursday of November, to extend the shopping season. Some Americans celebrated “Republican Thanksgiving” on the last Thursday of the month, and others celebrated “Democrat Thanksgiving,” or “Franksgiving,” the week before.8. In 1941, Congress passed legislation to place Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November, and ended the division between the Republican and Dem-ocrat Thanksgiving celebrations.

Around the Country1. The day after Thanksgiving has been considered the kick-o! of the Christmas shopping marathon by many since the 19th century, but the term “Black Friday” wasn’t used until the 1960s.2. Many cities and townships across the country have Thanksgiving-related names. Four are named for turkey, nine are based on the word cranberry and 37 are named Plymouth, for Plymouth Rock.3. There is one township in Missouri named Pilgrim.4. The 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, although renamed several times, is the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade.5. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit are tied for second oldest parade.6. The Snoopy balloon has appeared in the Macy’s Day Parade more often than any other balloon.7. The Detroit Lions have played a Thanksgiving Day football game every year since their founding, with the exception being during the years 1939 to 1944 because of World War II. This year they face the Green Bay Packers. The game will be broadcast on Fox at 11:30 a.m. CST.8. The pilgrims’ ship, the Mayfl ower, has also been honored by Mayfl ower, Ark., and Mayfl ower Village, Calif.9. The American Automobile Association estimated that 42.2 million Americans traveled 50 or more miles from home during the Thanksgiving weekend.

The Munchies1. Cranberries weren’t on the table at the original Thanksgiving. They were used for treating arrow wounds and dying clothes. 2. About 750 million pounds of cranberries are expected to be produced this year.3. Another reason to be thankful for living in present day America: the fi rst Thanksgiving not only lacked cranberries, but there was also no corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, milk or pumpkin pie.4. Arkansas is one of the top six turkey-producing states, along with Missouri, Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana. 5. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the nation’s o" cial bird a turkey.6. Paula Deen’s recipe for Southern Cornbread Stu" ng has 650 calories per serving.

COURTESY PHOTOby HAILEY RAYStaff Writer

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Many UA students depend on Safe Ride to get home throughout the week and on weekends, though Safe Ride organizers say students should be mindful to not abuse the program.

“We want to help students when they need it, but they need to understand that Safe Ride should operate as a last resort, not a first choice,” said A.J. Bellard, logistics manager for the UA Parking and Transit Depart-ment. “We simply don’t have enough vehicles or resourc-es to operate as a taxi ser-vice.”

And that’s not what the founders had in mind, either.

“The program idea was conceived in 1999 at a con-ference when we heard that a few SEC schools were adopt-ing taxi-like services for their students,” said Angie Max-well, a 2000 UA graduate and former president of the Asso-ciated Student Government. She is now a UA assistant professor of political science.

Fayetteville had few taxis a decade ago, and ASG saw a need to initiate a service for students who needed a ride home or away from uncom-fortable or inconvenient situ-ations, Maxwell said.

“The first year Safe Ride was implemented, the DWI rates decreased drastically,” Maxwell said. “The program also helped reduce the num-ber of drinking and driving accidents in Fayetteville.”

The UA now offers two programs: Safe Ride and a service referred to as Night Owl On Demand.

Night Owl On Demand runs Monday through Satur-day between 10:30 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Safe Ride operates de-mand-based response vans Wednesday through Satur-day beginning at 11 p.m. and continuing through 3 a.m. The vans can be dispatched to any location within city limits, according to the web-site.

“We’re the kind of town that really needs something like this, and I’m happy to see that it has continued and grown throughout the years,” Maxwell said.

The Parking and Transit Department operates four Safe Ride vehicles that are supported by student fees, Bellard said. All of the ve-hicles are used during busy weekends.

Meeting demand has been difficult in years past. The operation has one supervi-sor, one assistant and two dispatchers. Safe Ride driv-ers include students and UA transit operators, all re-quired to complete an exten-sive training program before working.

The program has grown steadily over the years, Bel-lard said.

The first transport was in the fall of 2002 and an aver-

age of $15.75 a passenger for each ride was includ-ed in tuition. Since then, ridership has

increased as of 2010 from around 1,000 students to nearly 6,500. The average cost now is $5.20 per passen-ger.

Students are expected to know the rules and guide-lines for Safe Ride, including: rides only within Fayetteville city limits; up to three guests can accompany a UA stu-dent on the bus; individuals requiring a ride are deemed “no-shows” if they are not at the pick-up location within five minutes of the scheduled time; three no-shows within 90 days yields 30 days sus-pension from the program; and alcoholic beverages and hazardous materials are not allowed on the bus.

UA Safe Ride Program Rolls for Necessity, Not Convenience

by STUART ROBINSONStaff Writer

“We want to help students when they need it, but they need to understand that Safe

Ride should operate as a last resort.” -A. J. Bellard, UA Parking and Transit Logistics Manager

Ceremonials by Florence + ! e Machine

8 out of 10

! e way the music all comes together in the beast of an al-bum that is Ceremonials by Florence + ! e Machine is almost like listening to a soundtrack from a major mo-tion picture. ! e music comes in like a spectacular storm, both daunting and beautiful,

yet at the same time can be-come an over" owing deluge in its whole.

Florence + ! e Machine made its premiere in popular music in 2009 with their de-but album Lungs, featuring the hit song “Dog Days Are Over.” Florence Welch, the band’s featured singer/songwriter, brought impressive and soulful alto vocals and original music, and the band received much critical acclaim for its original-ity. ! e band’s musical style is described as rock and soul in-fused dream-pop, with a musi-

cal style similar to Enya and a similar vocal style to Adele, or a Regina Spektor on steroids.

One thing that needs to be said about this album is that a lot of songs are climactic and intense, and most of the songs’ choruses are truly thrill-ing. ! e chord progressions are dramatic, and Welch brings the vocal thunder again and again.

A striking example is in “Spectrum.” At one point, there’s a breakdown in which the song is hushed, and there are only a few plucking harps and an echoing voice. ! en

all of sudden Welch comes in with a resounding “SAY MY NAME” that she belts with all the fury she has. It’s an awe-some musical moment.

Welch can do almost anything with her voice. It’s incredible at times and seems to de# ne the word “powerful.” It’s nice to hear a female alto-pitch voice in pop music, and Welch’s voice is comparable to that of the soul-revivalist

Ceremonials is a Soulful Experienceby NICK BROTHERS

Staff Writer

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STUART ROBINSON STAFF WRITERSafe Ride provides students with a safe means of getting home throughout the week and weekend.

Ho rs ing Arou n d on UA Grounds

JACKI FROST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe 11th annual Razorback Roundup Horse Auction was held at the Pauline E. Whitaker Animal Science Arena Saturday, Nov. 19, as 19 horses were offered.

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Through its exuberance to increase enrollment, and therefore its income, admin-istrators created many prob-lems that amount to grow-ing pains. Figuring out where students should park, take classes and reside has been problematic this semester and likely for years to come.

Administrators can allevi-ate two of these three prob-lems by offering classes at nontraditional times and in different formats. By add-ing more online class options and the ability to take classes in the evenings or Saturdays, UA officials will also help nontraditional students on campus.

The crunch for classroom space could be alleviated if more students were studying in virtual environments be-cause space would not be at

such a premium.“We are having a lot of

construction and we are short on classrooms,” said Pauline Rankin, interim dean for the College of Continuing Edu-cation, or the Global Cam-pus.

In the long run, a robust online program could help.

Many students who work full time and busy student parents manage to rearrange their lives in order to adhere to the traditional way of tak-ing classes to which the UA administration clings.

Consequently, some of these students might choose other colleges, such as Ar-kansas Tech, that offer their students more flexibility.

“We have to keep up,” said Susan Stiers, associate direc-tor of Off Campus Connec-tions. “The more options we offer, the more students we can attract. Our students’ lives are varied, so the uni-versity should be as well. Why limit ourselves?”

Nearly one-third of all students in higher educa-tion are taking at least one online class, according to a 2011 Survey of Higher Learn-ing, which surveyed more than 2,500 academic leaders across the nation.

Online classes offer more bang for the university buck,

so to speak. With fewer re-sources spent on a particular class, the administration can maintain enrollment figures and increase retention and graduation rates.

Administrators offer 250 online classes (mainly in the education department) through the Global Campus. At the UA last year, enroll-ment in online courses in-creased by 26 percent. The availability of online cours-es increased by 12 percent, Rankin said.

Grant proposals are sent out to faculty members twice a year in order to encour-age them to develop online courses.

Faculty members in the education, arts and sciences and agriculture departments have shown the most interest in online learning. Sciences such as physics and chemis-try would be the most diffi-cult to convert to virtual en-vironments.

“It’s a different way of teaching,” she said. “The teacher has to learn how to encourage interaction among students who are not in the same room and how to assess the activities in the course.”

Online courses typical-ly include more essays and short discussion questions than an in-class equivalent.

UA faculty offers only a handful of internet-based de-gree programs, such as the B.S.E. in Human Resource Development that is offered by the College of Education and Health Professions.

Even though administra-tors have made a large chunk available online, the student still must take core classes on campus.

The UA, through the Global Campus, is endeavor-ing to keep up with a demand for online courses that many other colleges are experienc-ing.

Six million students in the U.S. are now taking at least one online course, accord-ing to the Survey of Higher Learning.

Sixty-five percent of high-er education institutions now say that online learning is part of their long-term strat-egy, according to the survey.

Many UA classes easily can be converted to an online format, which would save ev-eryone time, hassle, and most importantly, that five-letter word that makes the world go ‘round–money.

Emily Hilley-Sierzchula is a Traveler columnist. Her column appears bimonthly, every other Monday.

The Editorial Board: What We’re Thankful For

“I am thankful for the education I have been able

to receive the past three years at the UA, I know it

will take me far in life. And, of course, I don’t know

what I would do without my family and the amazing

friends I made (and the ones from high school that I kept) throughout this crazy ride called college. I am also

grateful for Drake’s new music video and also for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”

-Managing Editor Mattie Quinn, senior, journalism

HEBRON CHESTER STAFF CARTOONIST

Non-Traditional Classes Can Help Growing PainUntraditional Ways

by EMILY HILLEY-SIERZCCHULA Traveler Columnist

“I am thankful for my wonderful friends and

family who have made the ups-and-downs of college all the more enjoyable. I

am thankful for the many opportunities that I had

during the last three years and the professors that continue to spark my

curiosity and expand my thinking. I am thankful for co! ee, ! e New York

Times, Urban Out" tters and Pinterest.

-Opinion Editor Jordain Carney, senior, journalism,

political science and English

“2011 has been one of the best years yet. God has

blessed me with an awe-some family, and friends that will be there through thick and thin. I will be

graduating next semester as well, and for that I am incredibly thankful. And

last but certainly not least, I am beyond thankful that Lindsay Lohan got some

hard jail time.”

-Enterprise Editor Samantha Williams, senior,

political science

“I am thankful for a great family who supports me in all my endeavors, a loving

God for the countless opportunities I have been blessed with, and to this

university and my teachers for a great education and

the chances to study abroad. Also I am thankful for

chocolate, the late Steve Jobs and a central heating

system.”

-Editor Saba Naseem, senior, journalism, French

and Middle Eastern studies

"Campus-­wide,  turkeys  disguise  themselves  as  students.”

“The most rewarding part of volunteering in Joplin is the feeling of satisfaction that makes me feel

that I was able to help the people who are in pain and suffering. I learned that if we all get united, then there is nothing we can’t do. We can help

make Joplin and make it like before.”

-Paru Rajbanshi, a member of the Arkansas Alumni Association, ‘Six Months Later, UA Volunteers Still

Strong in Joplin,’ page seven

Traveler Quote of the Day

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Potts and Pans: Spiced Pumpkin Loaf

It’s time to pack your bags. Thanksgiving break is finally here! No classes, meetings or waiting in campus traffic, just a week of turkey and mashed potato bliss, much needed time with family and a break from the day-to-day student life.

This week, I spent a few hours trying to think of a marvelous recipe to impress my new in-laws with. It’s rath-er unnerving trying to pick a recipe out of the cookbook in my head that suffices a fam-ily holiday visit rather than the latest college-budget cre-ation. Though my husband and I won’t be with my new extended family for Thanks-giving Day, we’re paying a vis-it to Tulsa to spend the week-end before with them and have an early feast. Instead of staying close for the break, we

are heading out of coat-and-scarf-land and going to where the sun shines in Chino Hills, Calif., to visit my family and pay a visit to Disneyland while we’re at it.

Pumpkin bread has to be one of my favorite winter clas-sics. There is nothing better than a cold morning, a mug of hot coffee or apple cider, and any food remotely related to pumpkin. My mother found this recipe in a U.S.A. cook-book when we first moved to the States in 2002, and af-ter a few tweaks she made it her own and passed it down to me. It’s now one of my fa-vorite bakes to make when the weather finally turns. The wonderful thing about pump-kin loaves is that they are easy to make as well as to trans-port. No more trying to bal-ance a thermos of mulled ci-der across states to bring to the Thanksgiving potluck – give this tasty bread a try for

the perfect holiday dessert.

Ingredients2 cups flour2 tsp. baking powder1 tsp. baking soda1 ! tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. allspice! tsp. ginger! tsp. nutmeg! tsp. salt! cup butter (1 stick)! cup brown sugar1 cup white sugar! block cream cheese 2 eggs! can pumpkin (not the sweetened filling, just canned pumpkin)! cup sour cream1 tsp. vanilla1 ! cups chopped walnuts

Begin this simple recipe by preheating the oven to 350°F and coat two loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray. Mix the flour, baking soda and baking powder together

until well incorporated. Add the salt and spices and mix well. Set the dry ingredients aside and in another bowl, cream the butter and both brown and white sugars until smooth. Add the cream cheese (easier to work with at room temperature) and mix until creamy and light. When the mixture is smooth, add the eggs one at a time. Then, mix in the pumpkin, sour cream and vanilla. When the wet ingredient mixture is light, even in color and without lumps (this will take about four or five minutes of mixing to get the perfect consistency), stir in the dry ingredients and mix in the walnuts. Split the mixture between two loaf pans and bake for one hour, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and the tops have browned. Let the loaves cool for 30 minutes and serve topped with butter or cream cheese.

You may want to consider making double the recipe, as these will go incredibly quick-ly. The pumpkin is sweet and moist and the loaf is dense and chewy but what really makes these are the incredible spices. Think Thanksgiving, Christmas and every favor-ite fall and winter day rolled up into a recipe, and you have this pumpkin loaf.

Add extra ingredients like

dried cranberries, pecans or even chocolate chips to add texture and flavor to this al-ready great recipe. Easy to transport in Tupperware or right in the cake tin, impress your family and guests this year with something more than a store-bought dessert. If there is one thing I can say about this recipe, it’s that your guests will truly be thankful that you brought this.

by EMILY RHODESStaff Writer

EMILY RHODES STAFF WRITER

Adele. Welch can take it low, like in “Seven Devils” and “Breaking Down,” and she can power-sing like no other when she wants to.

On the critical side, ev-ery single song seems to fol-low a formula: they start with a spacey intro, build to a cho-rus that hits like a hammer to a nail, calm down a little, and then rise to a climatic " nale. # is provides for awesome in-dividual songs, but listening to the whole album, it gets a little repetitive. So, Ceremonials isn’t best described as solid, but it’s de" nitely a collection of good songs.

While the music can o$ en be overwhelming, Ceremonials brings a heavy and impressive display of music and most of all, some of the most intense, commanding vocals by Flor-ence Welch. It is truly mesmer-izing to listen to her belt her silky, powerful alto voice, and

the accompanying music does a great job backing it up.

Standout Tracks: Out of all the powerful songs, “Seven Devils” is the best. # e haunt-ing piano and music played throughout, the heavy % ow of the tempo and deep vocals build to the best musical apex on the album. “Shake It O& ” is Ceremonials’s “Dog Days Are Over.” It’s a pop anthem, and its catchy music and chorus make for a great song. “Heart-lines” has a cool swing drum-intro and unfolds into an in-spirational and moving song. Welch’s vocals, as usual, really go places, and she always takes the songs with her.

Musicianship: 8Everything is solid here, and

it all sounds especially dra-matic and moving. # e percus-sion, harp, piano and strings all have their great moments on the album; the best instru-ment being Welch’s powerful vocals. # e music does how-ever o$ en fall into four or six chord-hits in most of the cho-

ruses, and there’s the formulaic problem with the structure of every song.

Originality: 8.5# e dream-pop genre is

a unique alternative music style, and Florence + # e Ma-chine does a good job keep-

ing it original. Considering the band’s musical in% uences (jazz, rock, experimental and folk music), it pulls o& an original e& ort. # ere aren’t many bands in today’s music that sound quite like these guys.

Lyricism: 7

# e focus of Ceremonials wasn’t the lyrics, it seems--it was on the music and Welch’s vocals. # e lyrics aren’t mediocre, but they aren’t anything fantastic either. # ey are simply there and carry the songs. # e lyrics tend to

fall to cliché a few times with “It’s always darkest before the dawn,” “beast of a burden” and “the heart is hard to translate.” # ey also sometimes succumb to being repetitive.

CEREMONIALSfrom page 3

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NEWS PAGE 6 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 NEWS EDITOR: CHAD WOODARD ASST. NEWS EDITOR: BRITTANY NIMS

“! e Adding Machine,” a $14,000 University ! eatre production, drew an estimated 1,500 viewers during a six-show run, with 400 people in atten-dance for the opening nights alone, a drama department of-" cial said.

Esteban Arevalo, a third year graduate student, directed the 1923 expressionist play by Elmer Rice. Arevalo, who has had a hand in four UA produc-tions, said he chose the play for its relevancy to modern society.

! e play centers on a worker who loses his job to a machine.

! e play was directed and designed entirely by students, said Andrew Gibbs, drama de-partment chair.

Scenery, costumes and light-ing were designed by graduate students: Ashley Harmon, Kelly Henry and Diana Kaiser. Sound designer Paul Williams was the only undergraduate designer.

About 85 students audi-tioned for the University ! e-atre season and 18 were selected for “! e Adding Machine.”

! e cast started rehearsals for the play Sept. 19.

As a medium scale produc-tion, the play " t the size, scenic and costume requirements for its place in the season.

! e budget for plays comes

from a variety of sources, in-cluding students’ " ne arts fee, which a# ords them freeing showings.

Most of the funds for the budget come from ticket reve-nue, Gibbs said.

With a cast of 18, there were a number of principle and sup-porting roles.

When including costume changes, the play required about 30 costumes. ! ere was a " ve- to six-week build time from the time they were drawn to get the costumes ready, Hen-ry said.

! e designers of the play wanted to give it a feel of op-pression.

Light design was driven by

emotion and was meant to look mechanical. ! e goal was to make the scenes look sterile and cold using stark angles and col-ors, Kaiser said. ! e designer faced the challenge of creating scenery that would " t eight dif-ferent scenes.

“We tried to give it a repeti-tive, monotonous feel and make a world that could be used in all of the scenes,” Harmon said.

Lab students and paid work-ers erected the set in about a month.

! e University ! eatre will be putting on “ANON(ymous)” in February and “Cabaret” in April.

“Adding Machine” YieldsHigh Attendance

Transit and Parking Schedulesfor Finals and Holidays:

Razorback Transit schedules and campus parking regula-tions will be as follows during " nal exams and the holiday season.

Transit:Razorback Transit will operate on the reduced service schedule on Wednesday, November 23.

Night Route Service! ere will be no night route service Wednesday, Novem-ber 23.

Thanksgiving Holidays, November 24 and 25Razorback Transit will not be in service. ! ere will be no Saturday service November 26.

Safe Ridewill not operate November 23, 24, 25 and 26.

On Dead Day, December 9Razorback Transit will operate regular service from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Reduced service will be provided on Saturday, December 10 from 7:00 a.m. until 10:30 p.m.

During Final ExamsRazorback Transit will operate full service including eve-ning reduced service from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Decem-ber 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16. ! ere will be no night or weekend service from December 17 until Tuesday, January 17. Safe Ride will not operate from December 19 through January 17.

During the December Holiday BreakRazorback Transit will operate on the reduced schedule De-cember 19, 20, 21 and 22. Buses will not operate Decem-ber 23 through January 2. Reduced service will be provided January 3 through January 13. Full bus service including night and weekend service on all regular routes will resume January 17. Safe Ride will not operate from December 19, 2011 through January 16. Night Owl and Safe Ride service will resume Tuesday, January 17.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day! ere will be no transit bus service or Night Owl service on Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Parking: Parking regulations will be enforced on dead day and dur-ing " nal exams. Resident Reserved permit requirements will be enforced until 5 p.m. on Friday, December 16. Af-ter December 16, Resident Reserved lots will be open for all permit types through Sunday, January 15. ! e Harmon, Garland and Stadium Parking Garages require permits or payment year round.

by CICELY SHANNONStaff Writer

Focused Razorbacks March On

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe band plays during the halftime show at the football game against Mississippi State in Little Rock Saturday. The Hogs beat the Bulldogs 44 -17.

Students who tried to pay for parking in the Arkansas Union garage last week were surprised to " nd that the time on the meter was o# on every $ oor, and by more than seven minutes on one $ oor.

! e top $ oor of the parking deck was o# by eight minutes, the second $ oor was o# by two minutes and the " rst $ oor by four minutes.

“! e clock is o# ,” said Bran-don Dismute, a political science major who was trying to pay for his parking spot at the Union. “It is o# by about four minutes.”

Dismute quickly reported

the problem to a nearby park-ing attendant.

Students were not charged extra for this malfunction, said Andy Gilbride, a Parking and Transit o% cial.

“If you paid for two hours, you got two hours,” he said.

Expired parking was not an issue because parking atten-dants monitor spots according to the times on the meters, Gil-bride said.

! e problem occurred three weeks ago when the transition to Park Mobile took place, he said. ! e switch caused a con-" guration problem with the server.

O% cials " xed the meter times Nov. 17.

Union Parking GarageMeters Malfunction

by MEGAN HUCKABYStaff Writer

A Japanese Tea Ceremony, hosted by the UA’s Japanese Student Association, took place Friday in Holcombe Hall.

A Japanese Tea ceremony is a traditional art form to en-joy the “taste of green tea, the setting of the room, and com-munication between the serv-er and the served,” as de" ned by association members.

“! is is an annual event for

the association and we pur-posely have this event in or-der to introduce our culture and interact with the students in the university,” said Sachi Kawase, vice president of the association.

! e members in the asso-ciation put together a presen-tation at the beginning of the event to showcase how a real tea ceremony is done in the Japanese culture and shared traditional foods to their guests.

“! ere are ways of how Japanese serve their tea, drink their tea, sit down and stand up, there is even a speci" c way of walking towards your serv-er to serve the tea,” said Ray Salmon, an association mem-ber and leader of the soran bushi, a traditional Japanese " sherman’s dance.

! e members dressed in traditional clothing such as the Kimono and the Kiyata and decorated Holcombe Hall with decorations you would

" nd in a Japanese home. “I like the atmosphere the

Japanese culture brings to the event, they have such a gentle touch and are very calm. You can really feel the peace,” said Hongxiang Yan, a civil engi-neering major and a guest at the event.

! ere are approximately 40 to 50 students in the Japanese Student Association, Kawase said, and the organization has grown to incorporate students from other countries.

by MATILDE BONIFAZStaff Writer

A Taste of Tea: Celebrating a Traditional Art Form

Aron Ralston, the mountain climber depict-ed in the " lm ‘127 Hours’, will be speaking at the Fayetteville Town Cen-ter Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. UA shuttles will be provided by Distinguished Lectures Committee members for any UA students interest-ed in attending the event.

Two UA buses will be available for continu-ous shuttle service between 6 and 7 p.m. to bring students to the Fayetteville Town Center for the event.

! e buses will shuttle students back to cam-pus between 8:30 and 10 p.m., following a question and answer series at the event.

! e lecture is free and open to the public. ! e Distinguished Lectures Series is pro-vided through student fees included in tu-ition fees.

! is is the " rst time that Distinguished Lectures Committee members have pro-vided a shuttle to o# -campus an event for students.

Shuttle Schedule for Ralston Lecture

by BRITTANY NIMSAsst. News Editor

JACKI FROST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERYoshiki Tsunemoto demonstrates a Japanese tea ceremony sponsored by The Japanese Student Association in the Holcombe Hall living room on Friday.

PAGE 7 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 NEWS

‘All of the Lights’

MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFriends of India members presented the Diwali Banquet celebrating the Festival of Lights Saturday night in the Union ballroom. There were dance performances by students and children from Northwest Arkansas as well as an Indian meal provided for all guests.

Members of several UA or-ganizations have traveled to Joplin, Mo., over the past six months to join the ongoing volunteer e! orts following the May tornado that destroyed half of the city.

One of those trips consist-ed of the Arkansas Alumni Association, the Associated Student Government, the Di-vision of Advancement and United Way members, which joined relief e! orts Oct. 22. More than 50 volunteers served the Joplin communi-ty in the "Helpin' Like a Hog" program.

Paru Rajbanshi, who is part of the Arkansas Alumni Association, saw the tornado’s devastation " rst-hand.

"# e most rewarding part of volunteering in Joplin is the feeling of satisfaction that makes me feel that I was able to help the people who are in pain and su! ering," Rajbanshi said. "I learned that if we all get united, then there is noth-

ing we can't do. We can help make Joplin and make it like before."

“I would like to return with more volunteers,” Rajbanshi said

"I would like to recruit more people to help the peo-ple in Joplin to " x their homes, help innocent kids and help all the people who went through lot of su! ering from the tor-nado," she said. "It is serving to humanity and makes the world a better place."

UA group members have also had help from ABC’s "Ex-treme Makeover: Home Edi-tion." Producers of the show decided they would help re-build homes for some who lost theirs in the tragedy.

# e “Extreme Makeover” crew, which began work Oct. 19, erected seven houses in as many days, in what producers said is one of the largest proj-ects ever undertaken by the reality show.

"Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champi-on surprised the seven fami-lies at their doorsteps to an-

nounce that they would be getting new homes. # e fam-ilies included some who had lost friends and children in the tragedy. With the help of seven designers, 21 builders and nearly 10,000 volunteers and community members, they were able to cheer the show’s catchphrase—"Move that bus!" —on Oct. 26.

Lauren Johnson, a UA stu-dent from Joplin, said she re-turned home to help the “Ex-treme Makeover” crew.

"A$ er the tornado, so many people, whether they were friends of my family or strangers walking down the street, o! ered up anything they could to help salvage anything from my family's home that was destroyed," Johnson said, who also lost a close friend in the May disas-ter.

"You can't take anything for granted, because you nev-er know when you won't be around to enjoy them any lon-ger," she said.

Derek Hillyer, who works with the Washington County

Habitat for Humanity, just re-turned from Joplin on Sunday.

"# ere is still tons of work to be done," Hillyer said. "# e devastation area is just now getting " nal clean-ups and houses are starting to sprout up here and there, but it is still pretty empty."

# ere was a spirit of opti-mism in Joplin, he said.

"# eir attitudes being up-beat and hopeful made it much easier to help them," Hillyer said. "My most inspi-rational part of being there was seeing 10 families get homes. Seeing the children light up when they get to pick out their own bedrooms and saying, 'Is this really my house?’ was great."

Six Months Later, UA Volunteers Still Strong in Joplinby LINDSAY JOHNSON

Contributing Writer

Associated Student Gov-ernment members may soon require Registered Student Organization members to ap-ply for funds through a roll-ing case-by-case system, to streamline the funding pro-cess, the ASG treasurer said.

Currently, RSOs request money for events a semester in advance.

To enact the change, the ASG constitution would need to be amended. # e change could come before next se-mester, but it would not take e! ect until late 2012 or ear-ly 2013, said ASG Treasurer Austin Reid.

# e change could trim le$ over ASG funds and make event planning easier for RSOs, Reid said. # e mon-ey that ASG funds to RSOs comes from student fees.

If an RSO event is under budget, the o% cers must re-turn the remainder to ASG members, who then return the funds to the Program Al-location Board. RSO mem-bers normally use about 80 percent of their budgets, Reid said.

If ASG enacts the change, a committee will meet several times each semester to award money.

# e November funding round was very competitive. # e ASG appropriations com-mittee members received 164 budgets equaling $362,000, but they only had $153,000 to award.

ASG ConsidersAlternativeFunding for

RSOsby SARAH DEROUEN

Staff Writer

JACKI FROST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA destroyed home shows the devastation left behind when an E5 tornado hit Joplin, Mo. May 22.

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THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

DOWNTIME PAGE 8 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 Comics, Games, & Much Much More!

Q: What do you feed an invisible cat?

A: Evaporated milk.

Q: How do small people call each other?

A: Microphones

Q: What do you call a pony that likes arts and crafts?

A: A hobby horse.

A lady went into a butcher shop complaining about some hot dogs she had just bought. “The middle is meat,” she exclaimed, “but the ends are sawdust!”

“Well,” said the butcher. “These days it’s hard to make ends meat.”

1 Moistens in the pan2 Many John Wayne movies3 President Harding4 Lion’s den5 Taoist Lao-__6 “Well, lookee here!”7 Road repair worker8 Future doc’s undergrad concentration9 Smarten (up)10 “Well, __-di-dah!”11 Desert feature12 Fashion world VIP13 Los Angeles bay named for an apostle18 Smooch22 Turtle’s protection26 Salon service o! en paired with a mani27 Memo-routing abbr.28 GI’s address33 Entrepreneur-aiding org.35 Makes believe36 Memorial structure37 Peewee38 Eucharistic plate39 Farming pre" x40 “Look before you __”43 On a pension: Abbr.46 Sung syllables47 Francia neighbor49 Bartlett or Bosc50 Chicago Fire Mrs.51 In a sty, say52 Exam taker54 Family matriarchs59 Fable61 Sad63 911 response initials64 Ottoman governor

1 Postseason gridiron game, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in starred answers5 Baseball card brand10 Young men14 Tiny battery15 Well-honed16 Vicinity17 *Sign of a typing mistake19 Dogpatch possessive20 Country singer Gibbs21 Ostrich cousins23 Quick swim24 Before, before25 *Indigent’s request29 Nine-digit ID30 Ready31 Not a good area for non-swimmers32 Rehab woes, brie# y34 Also-ran35 Little demon38 *Wizard’s game in the rock opera “Tommy”41 B’way sellout sign42 Shearer of “$ e Red Shoes”44 ID checker’s concern45 An original Mouseketeer48 Séance sound50 Make a choice53 *Street urchin55 “To Kill a Mockingbird” au-thor Harper __56 AOL chats57 California wine valley58 Church chorus60 Playwright Simon62 *Chain for plus-size women’s fashion65 Automaker Ferrari66 “What’s in __?”: Juliet67 Orchard grower68 Fret69 Pert70 Murderous Stevenson char-acter

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER WEEKENDER

SPORTS PAGE 9 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 SPORTS EDITOR: JIMMY CARTER ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: ZACH TURNER

1:30 p.m. Saturday, CBSTiger Stadium – Baton Rouge, La.

11-0, 7-0 SEC 10-1, 6-1 SEC

Battle Royale

Hogs No. 3 in BCS

Arkansas moved up to No. 3 in the BCS Sunday night following a weekend that in-cluded three losses by teams ranked ahead of the Razorbacks.

The Hogs (10-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) were the beneficiary of loss-es by previous No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 Oklahoma.

Arkansas is still the third-highest ranked team from the SEC West, trailing No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama. It’s the first time three teams from the same confer-ence, much less same division, have been ranked 1-2-3 in the BCS standings.

The Razorbacks trail the Crimson Tide by .5 points and lead No. 4 Oklahoma State by .58 points.

It is the first time Arkansas has been ranked No. 3 since October 1978, a spot the Razorbacks lost following a 28-21 loss at No. 8 Texas.

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

1. LSU

2. Alabama

3. Arkansas

4. Oklahoma State

5. Virginia Tech

BCS Rankings

There will be a lot more at stake than a 175-pound gold-en boot Friday when No. 1 LSU hosts No. 3 Arkansas.

The Razorbacks can all but clinch a berth in the BCS championship game with a win against the Tigers.

“We’re real excited about it,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “This is why we’re here. This is what we want to do. This is what it’s all about, go playing huge games with a lot at stake. It’ll be a lot of fun.”

It’s the program’s most high-profile matchup since

being ranked No. 2 in a 15-14 loss against No. 1 Texas with president Richard Nixon in attendance at Razorback Sta-dium in 1969.

That game – termed the “Game of the Century” – cost the Hogs a shot at a nation-al championship. The game Friday could give Arkansas a shot at the title.

“To me it’s a game for … the national championship game,” senior linebacker Jer-ico Nelson said. “The win-ner of that game has a good chance of going to the next stage.”

LSU (11-0, 7-0 Southeast-ern Conference) can clinch the Western Division ti-

tle with a win. A Hogs’ win would create a three-way tie for first.

Arkansas (10-1, 6-1) can’t win the West unless No. 2 Al-abama loses at unranked Au-burn.

If the three teams are tied, the West champion is deter-mined by the head-to-head winner of the top two teams – likely the Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks – in the BCS standings. Alabama beat the Hogs 38-14 in September, earning the tiebreaker.

“We’ve certainly improved a lot as a football team since the Alabama game,” Petrino said. “We’re playing well right now.”

Arkansas would likely move into the top two in the BCS standings with a win over LSU, though, all but guaranteeing it would remain in line to qualify for the na-tional championship after the conference championships.

“It’s going to be a big stage,” junior tight end Chris Gragg said. “They’re the number one team in the na-tion and we’re going down there trying to take it. It’s go-ing to be a battle.”

Arkansas has played the Tigers better than any other team in recent history.

LSU is 51-13 the last five years, including this season. The Razorbacks have won

three of their four meetings against the Tigers in that span, more than any other team.

“It doesn’t score any points for us, but it certainly gives us confidence,” Petrino said. “We feel like we’re a real good football team. they’re a good football team. Let’s go play.”

The Hogs won 31-23 at War Memorial Stadium last season, a win that clinched a Sugar Bowl berth.

“It gives us some confi-dence,” senior defensive end Jake Bequette said. “We have played pretty well against LSU. They are an incredibly talented tough team, we have

a lot of emotion against them and we are going to have to have every ounce of it on Fri-day.”

Arkansas can clinch its second consecutive BCS ap-pearance with a win Friday. A loss would likely mean the Razorbacks would have to settle for a non-BCS bowl because just two teams from each conference can qualify for the five BCS games.

If recent history is an indi-cation, the game will be close.

The Hogs’ eight-point win last season was the largest by either team since 2004. The

High stakes for Hogs, Tigers in late-season clashby JIMMY CARTER

Sports Editor

see BATTLE ROYALEon page 12

MCT CAMPUS (left) AND FILE PHOTOLSU coach Les Miles (left) is just 1-2 against Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino. The Razorbacks have won three of four games. The only loss was in Tiger Stadium in 2009. The Hogs are 0-2 against No. 1 ranked teams in Petrino’s four seasons.

LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns, leading the No. 6 Razorbacks to a 44-17 win over Mississippi State at War Memorial Stadium.

! e Razorbacks (10-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) racked up 539 yards and won their seventh consecutive game. ! e victory set the stage for a showdown at top-ranked LSU.

“I’m very proud of our football team,” coach Bobby Petrino said. “We came out and executed well in all three phases. It’s going to be fun to have our preparation for a nice big game coming up on Friday.”

! e win locked up consecutive 10-win seasons for the " rst time since 1989.

“I think we’re playing really good football,” Petrino said. “We’ve got a lot of guys back healthy. We’re running the ball

well. We’re throwing it well. Defensively we’re doing a great job of stopping the run and getting a# er the quarterbacks.”

! e Hogs allowed just 211 yards of o$ ense and held Mississippi State without a " rst down for more than 30 minutes a# er the Bulldogs cut Arkansas’ lead to 14-10.

“We’re really stopping the run on " rst and second down and really getting a lot of pressure on third down,” senior defensive end Jake Bequette. “We had a lot of opportunities for sacks. ! is game was all about stopping the run. We did that, forced them to throw the ball, which they’re not comfortable doing.

“! at’s been the key the last three weeks, is take away the run game, force them into third and longs, either get sacks or make them throw it up to guys like (safeties) Eric Bennett and Tramain ! omas who are ballhawks back there.”

Wilson surpassed the 3,000-yard mark in the game,

the third straight season a Razorbacks’ quarterback has eclipsed the mark and also just the third time in school history.

“I like throwing it,” Wilson said. “We spread them out a little bit, especially there at hal# ime. We just kind of walked the ball down the " eld, it seemed like. We were taking what they were giving us, and it’s nice to do that.”

Junior tight end Chris Gragg had a career-high 119 yards on eight catches, including a 2-yard touchdown. Senior receiver Jarius Wright had eight catches for 96 yards, while junior receiver Cobi Hamilton and senior receiver Joe Adams caught touchdown passes.

“Once (Wilson) gets in rhythm, it’s kind of hard to get him o$ it because there are so many di$ erent receivers, the defense can’t key on one guy,” o$ ensive coordinator Garrick

Hogs Rock Dogs

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior tight end Chris Gragg caught eight passes for a career-high 119 yards and one touchdown in the No. 6 Razorbacks 44-17 win against Mississippi State in Little Rock.

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

No. 3 Arkansas atNo. 1 LSU

see MISSISSIPPI STATEon page 12

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 PAGE 10SPORTS

LSU (11-0, 7-0 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG YPGS. Ware 160 650 7 4.1 65.0M. Ford 106 625 7 5.9 56.8A. Blue 70 445 6 6.4 40.5J. Je! erson 48 200 2 4.2 28.6

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPJ. Lee 104-167 1306 3 14 62.3J. Je! erson 27-41 446 0 4 65.9

RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG YPGR. Randle 39 755 8 19.4 68.6O. Beckham Jr. 33 410 2 12.4 37.3D. Peterson 15 163 1 10.9 14.8R. Shepard 12 177 3 14.8 22.1S. Ware 8 58 1 7.2 5.8

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTB. Taylor 33 28 61 5.5 1.0 2E. Reid 39 19 58 2.0 0 2T. Mathieu 41 17 58 5.5 1.5 2R. Baker 16 37 53 2.0 0.5 0K. Minter 14 35 49 2.5 0.0 0B. Logan 15 26 41 5.0 2.0 0M. Claiborne 24 16 40 1.0 0.0 4S. Montgomery 17 20 37 10.0 7.0 0T. Simon 24 12 36 2.5 0.0 1M. Brockers 15 21 36 7.5 2.0 1B. Mingo 15 17 32 10.5 5.0 0D. Bryant 13 12 25 2.0 1.0 0

ARKANSAS LSUDATE OPPONENT RESULT

9-3 at Oregon W, 40-279-10 Northwestern St. W, 49-39-15 at Miss. State W, 19-69-24 at West Virginia W, 47-2110-1 Kentucky W, 35-710-8 Florida W, 41-11 10-15 at Tennessee W, 38-710-22 Auburn W, 45-1011-5 at Alabama W, 9-611-12 W. Kentucky W, 42-911-19 at Ole Miss W, 52-311-25 Arkansas

Season Outlook

DATE OPPONENT RESULT

9-3 Missouri State W, 51-79-10 New Mexico W, 52-39-17 Troy W, 38-289-24 at Alabama L, 14-3810-1 Texas A&M W, 42-3810-8 Auburn W, 38-1410-22 at Ole Miss W, 29-2410-29 at Vanderbilt W, 31-2811-5 South Carolina W, 44-2811-12 Tennessee W, 49-711-19 Miss. State W, 44-1711-26 at LSU

ARKANSAS (10-1)RUSHING No. Yds TD Avg YPGD. Johnson 91 606 3 6.7 67.3R. Wingo Jr. 91 424 3 4.7 42.4B. Green 56 177 5 3.2 25.3J. Adams 9 138 1 15.3 12.5

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPT. Wilson 243-385 3215 5 21 63.1B. Mitchell 22-32 271 1 2 68.8

RECEIVING No. Yds TD Avg YPGJ. Wright 61 1,002 10 16.4 100.2J. Adams 46 595 3 12.9 54.1C. Gragg 38 457 2 12.0 41.5C. Hamilton 29 441 3 15.2 40.1D. Johnson 20 258 2 12.9 28.7R. Wingo Jr. 19 183 2 9.6 18.3G. Childs 13 152 0 11.7 16.9J. Horton 9 85 0 9.4 7.7

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTJ. Franklin 41 46 87 10.0 0.5 0T. Thomas 40 33 73 2.5 0 4A. Highsmith 32 34 66 10.0 3.0 1E. Bennett 25 35 60 3.0 0 3J. Nelson 26 27 53 4.5 0 1T. Mitchel 29 19 48 0.5 0 0R. Rasner 26 19 45 2.0 2.0 0B. Jones 13 27 40 3.5 0 0E. Ford 14 21 29 0.5 0 0T. Flowers 16 12 35 5.5 1.0 0

ARKANSAS - LSU by ZACH TURNER

Asst. Sports Editor

Jarrett Lee started the season as quar-terback while cur-rent starter Jordan Jefferson was sus-pended the first four games of the sea-son. LSU threw the ball just eight times last week against Ole Miss and won 52-3. Although the stats aren’t impressive, these two quarter-backs have yet to lose a game in 2011.

QUARTERBACKSTyler Wilson

leads the South-eastern Con-ference’s No. 1 ranked offense, which averages 463.3 yards per game, into Baton Rouge, La., to take on the nation’s No. 2 ranked defense. With Arkansas’ offense being cen-tered on its pass-ing game, Wilson has the advantage over Jordan Jeffer-son.

Dennis Johnson has provided spark in the Arkansas run game averaging 6.7 yards per carry. Arkan-sas was held to just 17 yards against Ala-bama in its only loss, but has improved since late September. Only time will tell if it has improved enough to take down LSU.

RUNNING BACKS

Arkansas receivers were over powered physically by Alabama in the Razorbacks only loss of the sea-son and face an equal-ly as tough test against LSU which gives up just 158.3 yards per game through the air. Tight End Chris Gragg is coming off a career game though with 119 yards on eight catch-es against Mississippi State.

OFFENSIVE LINERECEIVERS

Between starter Spencer Ware, Mi-chael Ford, and Al-fred Blue the Ti-gers rushing attack ranks No. 2 in the SEC in yards per game with 209.5. The three backs have a combined 20 touchdowns and all average over four yards per carry.

LSU completes just 12.6 passes per game and averages just 167.6 yards passing a game. Rueben Ran-dle leads the Tigers with 755 yards and eight touchdowns this season while averaging a solid 19.4 yards per catch. Randle also creates a matchup prob-lem with his height, 6-foot-4.

Arkansas’ least ex-perienced position heading into the sea-son has improved its blocking in the run game as the season has progressed, but will face its tough-est challenge of the season against the Tigers defensive line which averages 2.45 sacks per game.

Arkansas’ least ex-perienced position heading into the sea-son has improved its blocking in the run game as the season has progressed, but will face its tough-est challenge of the season against the Tigers defensive line which averages 2.45

Advantage

LSU leads the SEC in sacks allowed, giving up just 10 total this season and propel the Tigers rushing attack. The Tigers young of-fensive line is led by junior Alex Hurst who is a two-year starter and leads the team in knockdowns.

Advantage

Advantage Advantage

Arkansas

Arkansas Arkansas

Arkansas

LSU LSU

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SPORTSSPORTS PAGE 11 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Arkansas Depth ChartWR Joe Adams Sr. 5-11 190Julian Horton So. 6-1 194WR Cobi Hamilton Jr. 6-3 209M. Humphrey So. 6-3 185WR Jarius Wright Sr. 5-10 180Marquel Wade Fr. 5-11 185TE Chris Gragg Jr. 6-3 236Austin Tate So. 6-6 253OT Jason Peacock Jr. 6-4 334Mitch Smothers Fr. 6-4 296OG Grant Cook Sr. 5-11 190Luke Charpentier Fr. 6-4 305 C Travis Swanson So. 6-5 305 Tyler Deacon Jr. 6-4 300 OG Alvin Bailey So. 6-5 319 Chris Stringer So. 6-7 304 OT Grant Freeman Sr. 6-7 305 Brey Cook Fr. 6-7 317 QB Tyler WIlson Jr. 6-3 220 Brandon Mitchell So. 6-4 230 RB Dennis Johnson Jr. 5-9 213 Ronnie Wingo Jr. 6-3 231

OFFENSE DEFENSE

OFFENSE DEFENSE

DE Jake Bequette Sr. 6-5 271 Chris Smith So. 6-3 251 DT Bryan Jones So. 6-2 312 Alfred Davis Jr. 6-1 326 DT Robert Thomas So. 6-3 308 DeQuinta Jones Jr. 6-5 307 DE Tenarius Wright Jr. 6-2 252 Trey Flowers Fr. 6-4 243 LB Alonzo Highsmith Jr. 6-1 229 Bret Harris Sr. 6-0 224 LB Jerry Franklin Sr. 6-1 245 Terrell Williams Jr. Jr. 6-3 232 LB Jerico Nelson Sr. 5-10 216 Ross Rasner Jr. 6-0 209 CB Tevin Mitchel Fr. 6-0 185Darius Winston Jr. 6-0 190FSEric Bennett So. 6-0 200 Elton Ford Sr. 6-0 220 S Tramain Thomas Sr. 6-0 204 Ryan Farr Jr. 6-1 195 CB Greg Gatson Sr. 5-11 180Isaac Madison Sr. 5-11 185

LSU Depth ChartWR Rueben Randle Jr. 6-4 208James Wright So. 6-2 201WR Russell Shepard Jr. 6-1 185Kadron Boone Soph. 6-0 195TE Deangelo Peterson Sr. 6-4 235Chase Clement Jr. 6-5 251TE Tyler Edwards Jr. 6-4 235Mitch Joseph Sr. 6-5 268LT Chris Faulk So. 6-6 325Chris Davenport So. 6-4 320LG T-Bob Hebert Jr. 6-3 320Will Blackwell Jr. 6-5 311C P.J. Lonergan Sr. 6-3 304Ben Domingue Sr. 6-4 303RG Will Blackwell Sr. 6-4 303Josh Williford So. 6-7 324RT Alex Hurst Jr. 6-6 340Greg Shaw Sr. 6-5 281QB Jarrett Lee Sr. 6-2 206Jordan Jer! erson Sr. 6-5 225RB Spencer Ware So. 5-11 223Michael Fard So. 5-10 215

DE Kendrick Adams Sr. 6-5 255Barkevious Mingo So. 6-5 240DTMichael Brockers So. 6-6 306Josh Downs Jr. 6-1 287DTBennie Logan So. 6-3 287Anthony Johnson Fr. 6-3 294SAM Stefoin Francois Sr. 6-1 223Tahj Jones So. 6-2 205MIKE Kevin Minter So. 6-2 242Karnell Hatcher Sr. 6-2 223WILL Ryan Baker Sr. 6-0 236Lamin Barrow So. 6-2 229LCBMorris Claiborne Jr. 6-0 185Ron Brooks Sr. 6-0 177CB SSBrandon Taylor Sr. 6-0 194Craig Loston So. 6-2 208FSEric Reid So. 6-2 208Derrick Bryant Sr. 5-11 195RCBTyrann Mathieu So. 5-9 175Tharold Simon So. 6-3 187

The Tigers defen-sive line is led by starting sophomores Barkevi-ous Mingo, Ben-nie Logan and Sam Montgomery who have combined for 110 tackles and 14 sacks in the Tigers 11 wins this season. The sophomore trio is the force behind the Tiger rushing defense which allows just 89.6 yards per game.

DEFENSIVE LINEA! er an injury-

riddled " rst half of the season, the Razorbacks have had starters JakeBequette and Tenarius Wright healthy for their past two games. Bequette has been a force with six sacks in Arkansas last three games combined. Howev-er, LSU allows less than a sack a game.

Jerry Franklin is a tack-ling machine and Alonzo Highsmith has made the biggest impact of any newcomer on Arkan-sas this season, but both players are undersized compared to LSU’s start-ing linebackers. Franklin along with Jerico Nelson will have to play much better than their perfor-mance against Alabama to prevent the Hogs from losing.

LINEBACKERS

The Razorbacks sec-ondary has forced seven interceptions in their six SEC wins this season. Safeties Tramain Thomas and Eric Bennett are play-ing much better com-ing into the LSU game than they were head-ing into the Hogs only other ranked matchup on the road in Ala-bama. Arkansas lacks a shut-down corner for LSU’s Rueben Ran-dle though.

SPECIAL TEAMSSECONDARY

This unit seems to get overlooked be-cause of the domi-nating play of the de-fensive line and sec-ondary, but has still been a force for LSU this season. Start-ing linebackers of Ryan Baker and Kev-in Minter are both in the top five on the team in tackles and have 4.5 tackles for a loss combined.

Perhaps the face of the Tigers defense, LSU’s starting sec-ondary has forced 10 interceptions and 29 pass deflections. This unit has also forced nine fumbles and recovered six. Led by Morris Clai-borne and Tyrann Matheiu, the Tigers allow just 158.3 yards through the air.

The Razorbacks lead the nation in returns for touchdowns, propelled by Joe Adams punt return abilities this sea-son. LSU has only al-lowed six punt return yards total the entire season. Return yards will be hard to come by for Arkansas in Baton Rouge, La.

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LSU has just one re-turn for a touchdown this season and ranks fifth in both kick return aver-age and punt return av-erage in the SEC. How-ever, punter Adam Wing is part of a punting unit that ranks sixth in the na-tion in net punting with a 40.53 yard average.

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other five games in that span were decided by a total of just 21 points, including two overtime games.

“LSU is an unbelievable team, but I don’t think we look at them like some peo-ple look at them,” Bequette said. “We look at them as a rival, a team that we should play very competitive with every time we show up. It’s an emotional game for us. I don’t know if they’re as emo-tional about it as we are, but it seems like we’re always re-ally jacked up for that game.

“I can guarantee this Fri-day will be no different.”

Arkansas will enter the game playing well. The Ra-

zorbacks outscored then-No. 9 South Carolina, Tennes-see and Mississippi State by a combined 137-52 the last three weeks.

The Hogs rebounded from the early-season loss to the Crimson Tide and have reeled off seven consecutive wins, setting the stage for the program’s biggest game in decades.

“It means a lot because that was our goal after the Alabama loss was to come back and win the rest of our games,” Bequette said. “We’re right there on the cusp of that. There’s no beating around the bush anymore. We have a huge game on Friday. We’ve got the whole country watching.”

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McGee said. “He could check down and throw it to the running back, or check down and throw it to the outside receiver. It’s just a great thing to see him going like that.”

! e Hogs scored 10 points in the " nal 2:04 of the " rst half to take a 24-10 hal# ime lead, then scored 10 more in the third quarter to take control of the game.

“We knew we had to " nish strong,” Gragg said. “We knew with our fast-paced o$ ense, if

we got out there and went fast, we could get some scores up there on the board before half. We did that.”

Arkansas outgained Mississippi State 339-107 in the " rst half, but a pair of fumbles in the red zone and a blocked " eld goal thwarted two scoring opportunities and kept the Bulldogs within striking distance.

“We had a chance early to get a few more points on the board,” Petrino said. “We had the blocked " eld goal and then the fumble, so there’s two drives that ended up in

no points. Other than that, I thought we executed well.”

Mississippi State (5-6, 1-6) cut the de" cit to 14-10 on quarterback Dylan Favre’s 5-yard touchdown run, a score set up by the Razorbacks’ " rst fumble

! e Hogs struck quickly on their ensuing possession, extending their lead to 21-10 when Wilson found Adams for a 32-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone.

Arkansas forced a three-and-out then stretched the lead to 24-10 on Hocker’s 44-yard " eld goal with " ve seconds le#

in the half.! e Razorbacks kept

the Bulldogs o$ balance by establishing the run. Junior running back Dennis Johnson gained 98 yards on 21 carries.

He had 132 all-purpose yards a# er entering the game averaging 176.8 his last four.

“He’s really running the ball well for us,” Petrino said. “He’s doing a nice job in his preparation. Practicing with speed. Seeing things real well. We know he’s hard to tackle. I’ve been really happy with Dennis and he’s become a leader for us, also.”

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Keys to Beating LSU1. Stop the Run

Arkansas ranks No. 8 in the SEC in run defense, giv-ing up 164.2 yards per game. The Razorbacks have allowed just 100.3 yards rushing the last three games, though.

The Hogs’ defense will be tasked with slowing down a power-running LSU offense led by a trio of talented run-ning backs. Spencer Ware, Michael Ford and Alfred Blue have combined to rush for 1,720 yards and 20 touch-downs in a ground game ranked No. 2 in the SEC.

Stopping the run with the front seven will be key be-cause the Tigers use the run to set up deep play-action downfield to junior receiver Rueben Randle.

2. Avoid Turnovers

West Virginia is the only team LSU has played this sea-son ranked in the top 40 in the nation in passing.

The Mountaineers racked

up 533 yards of offense and 463 yards passing in the game, but were undone by three turnovers in a 26-point loss.

The Tigers lead the nation in turnover margin, while the Arkansas is No. 7 in the SEC. Razorbacks junior quar-terback Tyler Wilson has thrown just five interceptions this season, but will be tested against a talented LSU sec-ondary.

3. Establish Dennis Johnson

The junior running back wasn’t fully healthy in the 38-14 loss at Alabama in Septem-ber, but he’s been on a tear lately, running for 493 yards the last five weeks. His abil-ity to run the ball has helped slow the pass rush and give junior quarterback Tyler Wil-son more time.

LSU is ranked No. 4 in the nation in run defense. The Tigers allow just 89.6 yards per game and will provide a gauge of how much Arkansas’ offensive line has progressed since the loss to the Crimson Tide.

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas running back Broderick Green scored on a 2-yard run to give him five rushing touchdowns for the Razorbacks’ this season.

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERArkansas junior running back Dennis Johnson run for 493 yards the last five games and will be key for the Razorbacks Friday at No. 1 LSU.

NCAA/NFL Jimmy CarterSports Editor

Zach TurnerAsst. Sports Editor

Rumil BautistaStaff Writer

Liz BeadleStaff Writer

Monica Chapman Staff Writer

Martha SwearingenStaff Writer

Consensus Against the Spread

No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU (-14)

LSU 27-21 LSU 27-10 Arkansas 31-28 Arkansas 24-21 Arkansas 23-21 Arkansas 34-23 Arkansas Arkansas

No. 25 Texas atTexas A&M (-7.5)

Texas A&M 34-20 Texas A&M 35-31 Texas A&M 34-27 Texas 34-28 Texas A&M 27-17 Texas A&M 28-21 Texas A&M Texas

No. 2 Alabama (-19.5) atNo. 24 Auburn

Alabama 31-10 Auburn 31-29 Alabama 35-14 Alabama 20-14 Alabama 34-17 Alabama 35-14 Alabama Even

No. 13 Georgia (-5.5) atNo. 23 Geargia Tech

Georgia 28-20 Georgia Tech 28-17 Georgia 34-24 Georgia 38-21 Georgia 28-24 Georgia 20-14 Georgia Georgia

No. 17 Clemson atNo. 12 South Carolina (-2.5)

Clemson 28-24 Clemson 31-10 Clemson 35-28 S.C. 21-10 S.C. 38-21 Clemson 24-14 Clemson Clemson

Florida State (-2.5) atFlorida

Florida 21-16 Florida 28-27 FSU 28-24 Florida 28-27 FSU 24-21 FSU 24-21 Even Even

Green Bay atDetroit

Green Bay 34-21 Detroit 38-35 Green Bay 28-26 Green Bay 35-34 Green Bay 35-21 Green Bay 28-20 Green Bay N/A

San Francisco atBaltimore

Baltimore 20-13 Baltimore 24-18 San Fran. 28-23 San Fran. 38-24 Baltimore 27-17 Baltimore 24-20 Baltimore N/A

Denver atSan Diego

San Diego 24-14 San Diego 28-24 Denver 24-20 San Diego 21-14 San Diego 33-14 Denver 28-21 San Diego N/A

New York Giants atNew Orleans

N.O. 31-17 N.O. 35-20 N.O. 31-21 N.Y. 24-21 N.O. 24-13 N.O. 24-18 N.O. N/A

Last Week 4-6 6-4 6-4 5-5 5-5 7-3Year to Date 85-35 79-41 79-41 79-41 81-39 83-37

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