University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 Vol. 107, No. 29

“About You,For You”

UA Alum to Talk About Designing Halo 4UA Alum, Quentin Rezin, will be speaking Friday about his path to working in the game industry after graduating from the UA.Full Story, Page 3

First !ursday: A Monthly Cel-ebration of Art and CommunityFirst !ursday began in 2010 as an e"ort of a group of artists. !eartists set up booths around the Square, form-ing an art walk. !ecity stepped in to provideassistance and funds.Full Story, Page 5

Women’s Rugby Breaks out of the Scrum !e women’s rugby club team was created in May this year and began competition this fall in the Heart of America Conference.Full Story, Page 7

Today’s Forecast

76 / 54°TomorrowPartly Cloudy

81 / 52°

Perhaps due to near ex-ponential population growth over the past decade in NWA, Latino students grow-ing up in northwest Arkan-sas are making their mark on the UA.

Latino student enroll-ment grew by 233 this se-

mester, increasing by 21.8 percent. African American enrollment, by comparison, increased by 23 students, which is a 2.6 percent in-crease, according to UA of-!cials.

"e Latino student pop-ulation is now the largest minority group on campus, contributing to 5.3 percent of the total campus popula-tion while African American

students make up 5.2 percent of the total enrollment, ac-cording to the 11th day en-rollment report.

"e UA as a whole is a more diverse campus than ever before. Minority stu-dent enrollment increased by 10.4 percent over the last year, and minority students now account for 17.2 percent of the total student popula-tion, according to the report.

“"is is exciting, not only the university but for the en-tire Latino community,” said junior Jose Trejo. “We love this university, the campus and the entire community. It’s nice to have our presence felt on campus.”

Maria Lopez agreed that diversity makes the UA attri-butes to the overall character

!"#$%&'()*"+%,(($*-%.,/%0)1$#+)23%4'567+

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerJustin Couch, a project manager with VCC contractors, leads Honors College sta" members on a tour of Ozark Hall. A new, 21,000-square-foot addition to the historic structure will provide a signature space for the Honors College in the heart of campus.

View from the Trenches

UA’s College Republicans, Young Democrats and Asso-ciated Student Government are co-sponsoring a presiden-tial debate watch party at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Gi#els Audi-torium in Old Main.

"e event will include re-marks by ASG President Tori Pohlner, with commentary by Patrick Stewart, assistant pro-fessor of political science.

“Dr. Patrick Stewart and Barbara Jaquish from Uni-versity Relations developed the concept for the Presi-dential Debate Watch,” said Amy Brum!eld, University Relations intern. “"e co-sponsoring organizations are University Relations, ASG, College Republicans and Young Democrats.”

“[Dr. Stewart] will provide a political insider knowledge that will create a unique expe-rience for debate observers,” she said.

Dr. Stewart’s research di-rectly focuses on the non-ver-bal cues politicians portray during debates, said Brum-!eld.

"e debate will be streamed from a web-based format, most likely CNN or C-SPAN, Brum!eld said.

“We know of 160 students who will be attending with their classes. "e room will hold another 150, so there is plenty of room for everyone,” Brum!eld said.

“("e event) was Univer-sity Relations’ idea with di-rective from the Chancellor’s o$ce,” said Grant Hodges, President of UA’s College Re-publicans. “He and the Vice Chancellor for Community

Presidential Debate Watch On Campus

While many students and faculty have said they !nd it more convenient, ASG’s initiative to provide scant-ron sheets and blue books to students might not continue next year due to a lack of funding, an o$cial said.

Despite positive feedback, support for the program was expensive and it is unclear at this point whether it will be continued next year, said Rudy Trejo, ASG adviser.

"e cost of the scantrons for this year was $55,000, which came from le%over money that was originally al-located to the readership pro-gram, Trejo said.

“I’m sure everyone agrees it is a great program but it is a matter of !nding the funding for it,” Trejo said. “Last year the readership program had le%over money and Michael Dodd used that extra money to purchase scantrons as a pi-lot program to see what it was going to look like.”

"e readership program, which was started in 2006, is a student fee of 30 cents per credit hour and brings the USA Today, "e New York Times, "e Arkansas Demo-crat-Gazette and the North-

west Arkansas Times to cam-pus Monday through Friday, according to the ASG website.

“"e Readership pro-gram only gets billed for the amount of papers that are ac-tually picked up by students,” Trejo said. “"ere was a lot of money that went to the read-ership program and not all of it was used.”

In the future, that will not happen again because any surplus money from student fees will go back into the “pot” at the end of the !scal year, Trejo said.

Whether the scantron ini-tiative continues next year is a discussion ASG is having with the administration, the provost and student a#airs. Should everyone agree it has been a good program, they will consider how to pay for it, Trejo said.

“"e program itself is an expensive one and ASG does not have the money avail-able to cover the cost of the program; they would need additional support to fund it for another year,” Trejo said. “"ere is a possibility that with the success of the pro-gram it might become an ex-pectation from students and faculty — if that is the case ASG will de!nitely get the word out and start exploring other options for funding.”

ASG Considers Cutting Funding for Scantrons

"ere was an increase in drug law violations on cam-pus in 2011, but a decrease in liquor law violations, ac-cording to the updated Clery Report.

"e UAPD released the 2011 Clery Report, which is the disclosure of campus se-curity policy, campus crime statistics report and annual !re safety report, on Oct. 1.

"is report provides in-formation about calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011, said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD

spokesman.Other crimes have in-

creased, including aggravated assaults, Crain said.

“"e number of reported aggravated assaults, nine in 2011, is quite a jump from the two in 2009 and one in 2010,”

Drug Violations Rise as Alcohol Violations Decline

Miranda CampbellSta! Writer

Kayli FarrisSenior Sta! Writer

see DEBATE page 3

see CLERY page 3

see LATINO page 3

Miranda CampbellSta! Writer

Hunter HawkSta! Writer

Cross Country Star Primed for Break Out

Page 7

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerStudent athletes host a canned food drive at various Harp’s grocery locations in northwest Arkansas. Razorback student athletes are planning to volunteer more than 7,000 hours of community service throughout the current school year.

Athletes on the Field, Volunteers O!

CLERY continued from page 1

DEBATE continued from page 1

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 Page 3

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 2 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

3729 N. Crossover, Ste. 107 Fayetteville

www.ppheartland.org 1.855.841.7526

save the dateA Rom a nce Di a mond Compa n y

Bridal eventThursday, October 4

Cocktail party, 5 ~ 7 p.m.

Friday & Saturday,October 5 & 6

11 a.m. ~ 5 p.m.

// Romance Diamond Company is bringing together the

most exquisite national and local vendors for a three day Bridal

Event at our store in Northwest Arkansas. Our largest selection

of engagement rings and wedding bands will be on display. The

event will include complimentary gifts and prizes, including a

chance to win gift certificates from local vendors. //

248 W. Dickson St | Fayetteville, AR | 479.443.9289 | www.romancediamond.com | facebook.com/RomanceDiamond

Photos by

Contact119 Kimpel Hall

University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR 72701

Main 479 575 3406Fax 479 575 3306traveler@uark.edu

facebook.com/uatravtwitter.com/uatrav

Chad WoodardEditor-in-Chief479 575 8455traveler@uark.edu

Mark CameronMultimedia Editor479 575 7051

Emily DeLongCopy Editor479 575 8455

Sarah DerouenNews Editor479 575 3226travnews@uark.edu

Nick BrothersCompanion Editor479 575 3226travlife@uark.edu

Kristen CoppolaSports Editor479 575 7051travsprt@uark.edu

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor479 575 8455

Marcus FerreiraNews Designer

Brittany NimsManaging Editor479 575 8455travmgr@uark.edu

Saba NaseemSpecial Projects Editor479 575 8455

Joe KieklakOpinion Editor479 575 8455 travop@uark.edu

Jack SuntrupAsst. News Editor479 575 3226travnews@uark.edu

Shelby GillAsst. Companion Editor479 575 3226travlife@uark.edu

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor479 575 7051travsprt@uark.edu

Sarah ColpittsLead/Features Designer

Carson SmithSports Designer

EditorialSta"

Elizabeth BirkinshaAdvertising Manager 479 575 3839

Caty MillsAccount Manager479 575 3899

Kayla Nicole HardyAccount Representative479 575 3439

Emmy MillerGraphic Designer

Jeremy JohnsAccount Manager479 575 2223

Chelsea WilliamsAccount Manager479 575 7594

Amy Butter#eldAccount Representative479 575 8714

Guy Smith IIIGraphic Designer

Advertising & DesignSta"

Corrections!e Arkansas Traveler strives for accuracy in its reporting and will correct all matters of fact. If you believe the paper has printed an error, please notify the editor at 479 575 8455 or at traveler@uark.edu.

"e 100th person to be ex-onerated from death row vis-ited UA Tuesday to talk about the death penalty and the criminal justice system.

Ray Krone was convicted of the rape and kidnap of a woman in Phoenix, Arizona in 1992 and spent 10 years on death row before being exon-erated in April 2002.

Krone’s conviction in 1992 was primarily based on “ex-pert” testimony that his teeth matched bite marks on, the victim, Kim Ancona’s body, according to witnesstoinno-cence.org.

DNA evidence was not presented in Krone’s trial until April 2002.

“"e amount of money it takes to defend a person for capital murder case is hun-dreds of thousands of dol-lars and I was a mail man so I couldn’t a#ord that. I had to rely on the public defender’s o$ce,” Krone said.

“"e cost to do DNA test-ing was even higher in 1992, so that could be a factor as to why it wasn’t a part of the trial. Another factor might be lack of training for law enforce-ment as well as lack of fund-ing,” said Stephen Sheppard, associate dean for research and faculty development.

“"e prosecution did DNA testing years before my exon-eration and that testing ex-cluded me as a suspect, but that evidence was not turned over to the defense attorney,” Krone said.

"ere have been 141 peo-

ple exonerated from death row, said Sam Kooistra, ex-ecutive director of the Arkan-sas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

“"e people that are a part of Witness to Innocence are the face of the people the criminal justice system failed,” Krone said.

Witness to Innocence is the nation’s only organization composed of, by and for ex-onerated death row survivors and their loved ones, accord-ing to witnesstoinnocence.org.

"ere are 17 states that have abolished the death pen-alty, according to deathpen-alty.org.

Arkansas still uses the death penalty.

“What most people don’t realize is that the death penal-ty actually costs more than life

imprisonment,” Kooistra said."e cost of the death pen-

alty is about $1 million, Koo-istra said.

Compared to the maxi-mum security prisons where those sentenced to life with-out possibility of parole, is $90,000 per year per inmate, according to deathpenalty.org.

"ough Arkansas still sen-tences people to death, they have no means to carry out the execution, Kooistra said.

“"is summer the Supreme Court case, Hobbs vs. Jones, threw out Arkansas’s lethal injection law. People can still be sent to death row but now we don’t have any way to carry out executions,” Kooistra said.

"ere are currently 38 peo-ple on death row in Arkansas, said John "reet, Washington County prosecuting attorney.

Former Death Row Inmate Speaks

Although information is more readily available than ever, young people do not make it a priority to stay in-formed, according to a study done by a University of Texas at Austin journalism profes-sor.

"e study, which deals with people 30 and younger, found that this age group does not try to stay informed for several reasons.

Most young people thought the media was too biased, repetitive and boring. Many also responded that they felt the news media does not represent their genera-tion and o%en talks down to them, according to the study conducted by Paula Poind-exter, associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas.

Some students admit that keeping up with the news is

not in their daily routines.“I wouldn’t say it’s a prior-

ity,” said Madeline Je#erson, sophomore French major. “I try to stay at least minimally informed about what’s go-ing on around me. I mean, I think it’s hard for college stu-dents sometimes to keep up with the news and stu# when they have so much else to do.”

She agrees, also, that the media does not always report on what is important to stu-dents and young people, she said.

Other students believe that staying informed, no matter the time involved, is important.

“I think it’s depress-ing that young people don’t care about what’s going on around them,” said Michael Green, a freshman biology major. “I think it’s really im-portant to stay informed be-cause it gives you some scope for your life. Sometimes the media isn’t always what we want, but it’s still important.”

For people younger than 30 in the U.S., the main source of news is now the Internet, according to the Pew Research Center. "e number of people in this age group citing the Internet as their main source of news has nearly doubled since 2007, up from 34 percent to 65 percent.

"e Pew Research Center also found that the easy ac-cessibility of news through the Internet and smart-phones contributed to a rise in the number of young people reading the news last year.

On campus, despite the availability of free newspa-pers through the Razorback Readership program, stu-dents said that fact holds true.

“I’ll grab a paper some-times when I’m waiting for class to start, but if I really want to know about an issue or event, I look it up,” Je#er-son said.

Young People Show Apathy Toward News

Quentin Rezin, a Halo 4 designer and UA graduate, will be visit UA to discuss his path to breaking into the lucrative video game industry. "e pre-sentation will be Friday Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. in Willard J. Walker Hall room 203, said Kurt Deininger, president of Razorback Gaming and Game Design.

“"is presenta-tion is for any-body interested in the world of video games or video game design,” Deininger said. “He will talk about how his career developed and he will give recom-mendations to stu-dents as well as a 30 minute Q&A.”

"e event, which will last about an hour and a half, is funded by ASG and is open to the public. Kurt Deininger created the Razorback Gaming and Game Design group last year and

is responsible for hosting this event, along with ASG. "ey will provide free food and bev-erages to those in attendance.

“We are expecting about 60 or so people--possibly 80 but we would love for anyone interested to come out. We’re

really excited about this opportunity.”

UA Alum to Talk About Designing Halo 4Hunter HawkSta! WriterJannee Sullivan

Senior Sta! Writer

Karen Stigar Sta! Writer Photo Courtesy

Fragsandswitch.com

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerLandscape painting students turn their attention to the many construction projects around campus. “!e interesting thing about painting construction is the constant change in scenery over time, it provides a lot of opportunity,” said Jonathan Suit, senior.

Capturing the Chaos

of the university.“I’ve always thought of

UA as being a melting pot,” said sophomore Maria Lo-pez. “It’s very diverse and we all come together and play a part to form the stu-dent body.”`

As a whole, preliminary enrollment !gures showed a total of 24,537 students taking classes this fall. "is is an increase of 1,138 stu-dents, or a growth of 5.8 percent, making it an en-rollment record, surpassing the record enrollment of 2011, according to the 11th

day report.“Many times growth

at colleges and universi-ties comes at the cost of academic standards, but the growth the University of Arkansas has been ex-periencing over the past few years is di#erent — it’s quality growth com-ing mostly from existing students succeeding and making positive progress toward graduation,” said UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart in a news release.

Colleges and universi-ties in the state of Arkan-

sas are required to take an enrollment census of students who were regis-tered for classes by Sept. 4, which was the seventh day of classes.

"ese !gures are pro-cessed and a preliminary report must be sent to the state by Sept. 19, with a !nal tally due in mid-October, according to the prelimi-nary report. "ere are o%en minor di#erences between the preliminary report and the !nal enrollment num-bers, but the changes are rarely signi!cant.

"e Town and Gown Ad-visory Committee, which was established in July of this year, will have their !rst meeting Oct. 15.

"e committee was founded in the wake of record enroll-ment at the UA and numerous expansion projects throughout campus and the city. City o$-cials wanted to be able to bet-ter work together with the UA in the midst of record growth, they said.

"e committee is designed to discuss “collaboration be-tween the city of Fayetteville and the University of Arkan-sas on mutually relevant issues including, but not limited to, campus expansions, the need for student housing both on and o# campus and parking and noise in the areas adjacent to or nearby the campus,” ac-cording to accessfayetteville.org.

"e committee is made up of seven city sta# members, seven city residents; one resi-dent from each ward, a local business owner and seven UA representatives.

"e UA representatives on the Town and Gown Com-mittee are: Melissa Harwood-Rom, the senior associate dean of students; Richard Hudson, vice chancellor of Government Relations; Mike Johnson, asso-ciate vice chancellor for Facili-ties Management; Bev Lewis, executive associate director of Athletics; Danny Pugh, dean of students; Gary Smith, direc-tor of Transit and Parking; and Tori Pohlner, president of As-sociated Student Government.

As a student representative in a city body, Pohlner said she has several issues she wants to bring to the committee.

“Parking for sure, resident life for students o# campus, campus safety, and I think that’s a good place to start,” she said. “I love being able to brag about the incredible accomplishments we’ve already had. We’re a very large body, but a very produc-tive one. We really do have a voice and we accomplish a lot and that’s what I really want to represent to the committee.”

To prepare for her involve-ment with the committee, she has been talking to several dif-ferent o$cials and organiza-tions, Pohlner said.

“I have talked with o# cam-pus connections, our relations director and we’re going to sit down and have a conference to discuss what attitude we’re go-ing to bring for each of these aspects,” she said. “I have con-sulted the dean of students.”

Pohlner is optimistic about the committee and its bene!ts for the city and the UA.

“Fayetteville is a very col-lege-oriented town; having city involvement is going to be great,” she said.

Pohlner Represents Students on CommitteeJannee Sullivan Senior Sta! Writer

and Government Relations, Richard Hudson are really encouraging students to get engaged this election.”

Hodges said the event aims to be fun rather than tense, he said.

“"is will be much more of a fun, lighthearted pro-gram than a partisan or tense one,” Hodges said. “Matt Seu-bert, the YD President, and I are good friends, and I have several other close Demo-cratic friends. It’s harder to demonize the other party or paint them with a broad brush when you know them personally and have thought-ful discussions with them. Ul-timately we are all Americans and Razorbacks, and those bonds unite us more than any political issue could divide us.”

Crain said. “While violent crime is still rare, it does hap-pen and citizens should exer-cise caution before escalating confrontations.”

Despite these increasing criminal activities, a student said she still feels safe on campus.

“I feel that the campus crime is relatively low,” said Kesha Boyles, a senior the department of rehabilita-tion, human resources and communication disorders. “"e UAPD do a great job of putting my mind at ease when it comes to my safety

on campus. Crime cannot be completely eliminated, but I feel that the UAPD have per-formed all preventative mea-sures to ensure no possible outbreaks.”

"e Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act was amended in 1998 to form the Jeanne Clery Dis-closure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics act. "e law re-quires certain colleges and universities to distribute a copy of campus crime sta-tistics to students, sta# and faculty.

LATINO continued from page 1

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 4 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

Devin Cooper Contributing Cartoonist

Traveler Quote of the DayWe’re a very large body, but a very productive one. We really do have a voice and we accomplish a lot and that’s what I really want to represent to the committee.

Tori Pohlner, President, ASGPohlner Represents Students on Committee, Page 3

Starting Wednesday night, Barack Obama and Mitt Rom-ney will square o! in three debates over the next 19 days.

"is is big-time pressure for the campaigns. Strategists are doing everything possible to ensure their guy doesn’t goof up. But that’s the insid-er’s game. "e rest of us have a di!erent stake in these de-bates. We need to see the type of person who will lead the country.

Here are four questions that could help us get a better sense of them. Being a pundit and a former sta!er on a pres-idential campaign, I couldn’t resist suggesting some an-swers. If you could have a do-over in this campaign, what would it be?

Romney: I’d take back my criticism of the A!ordable Care Act cutting Medicare by $700 billion. I made it sound as if we can cure our long-term entitlement problems without getting savings from Medicare. I’m disappointed that my opponent’s taking that $700 billion in Medicare sav-ings and spending it on subsi-dies to help others buy health insurance.

"ere are better ways to #nance subsidies for the un-insured. We need to take any savings from Medicare and use them to shore up the sys-tem’s ailing #nances.

Obama: I would back o! the class warfare that I’ve ratcheted up. We can’t get our #scal house in order simply by taxing the rich.

"e much bigger issue is overhauling entitlement programs. I will use the rest of this campaign to lay the groundwork for controlling the big ones, Social Security and Medicare. I want to go down as a problem solver, and this federal debt is our biggest domestic problem. If elected, what’s the one area in which you’d redirect your party?

Romney: I would take the advice of Republicans such as Jeb Bush and broaden our base.

We have plenty of white, older, male middle-class Americans. "ey generally think alike on spending, taxes and the private sector’s im-portance. But I don’t want us to become an echo chamber. I want to hear from people who don’t #t our pro#le, particu-

larly Latinos. I look forward to Gov. Bush’s forthcoming book on immigration reform as a way to start expanding our reach. Obama: I would get on the phone with our chair-man and tell him we’ve got to take the lead on redistricting.

We need to be the party that champions independent commissions drawing con-gressional lines. All these par-tisan districts are killing me. "ey send folks here that are either hard-line Republicans or Harry Reid wannabes. I can’t #nd enough practical folks from either party who want to do deals. What is one good idea your opponent has been selling?

Romney: Shared responsi-bility. We’re not just a nation of little islands. We are linked together as one. I, of course, believe in individual freedom. We each derive our dignity from being made in God’s im-age. But our destiny is as one people. We need to ensure that all have the opportunities to move ahead.

Obama: "e powers of the private sector. He explains how market principles like choice and competition can solve problems, including with our entitlement pro-grams. He also talks about how open markets can allo-cate resources. And not just within our country but across the world so more people have economic opportunity.

It’s the day a$er your in-auguration. What one thing would you ask the last presi-dent from your party?

Romney: I’d ask George W. Bush what he learned as a CEO president. We both are MBAs and I, too, prefer being a chief executive with strong captains. But how do you ensure information %ows up to you? I’d ask one more thing, too: How would he sell immigration reform to Capi-tol Hill? He’s the only one to come close.

Obama: I’d ask Bill Clinton for more details about his tri-angulation strategy. "at ben-e#ted him a$er his big 1994 comeuppance. By co-opting Republicans on some of their issues, he got deals done. "at includes a budget deal. I’d add one more as well: How’d he get the energy to work with Con-gress?

He seemed to relish it.

William McKenzie is a columnist for the for !e Dallas Morning News.

Four Questions for Obama and RomneyWilliam McKenzieDallas Morning News

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

Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief

Managing Editor Opinion Editor

Chad Woodard Brittany Nims Joe Kieklak

As a college degree be-comes a requirement to com-pete in the global economy, more students than ever are enrolled at four- or two-year universities.

At the same time, fueled by state budget cuts for higher education and an overall rise in college costs, students are #nding it more and more dif-#cult to pay for their educa-tion. "is cost, with the grow-ing number of workers and ex-students returning to col-lege campuses, has caused the average tuition at a four-year public university to climb 15 percent between 2008 and 2010, according to USA To-day.

Pell grants help more than 8 million students a!ord col-lege every year, according to whitehouse.gov. "at’s 35 percent of the overall student population enrolled, or one in three students. "ink about it like this, if you live in Maple Hill with three roommates, chances are that if Pell grants were eliminated one of your roommates may no longer be living with you. More than that, they will no longer be able to attend college, no lon-ger able to get an education and thus leaving their future to chance.

Knowing that higher education is increasingly be-coming more competitive, President Barack Obama has brought the cost of higher ed-ucation down and increased availability and accessibility of a successful future for our country’s youth.

"e president made the passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act a #rst priority on his legis-lative agenda. "e act invests more than $40 billion in Pell grants to ensure that all eligi-ble students receive an award and that these awards are in-creased in future years to help keep pace with both in%ation and the rising costs of college, according to whitehouse.gov. "e act is able to pay for the increased investment in Pell grants by shi$ing payments from the more expensive Fed-eral Family Educational Loan

program to a direct student loan program, which saves taxpayers $68 billion by 2012, according to the Congressio-nal Budget O&ce.

"e President’s #rst two budgets more than doubled the total amount of fund-ing available for these grants and he has been able to raise the maximum grant amount a student can receive from $5,550 to $5,975, according to non-partisan Congressional Budget O&ce estimates.

"e Pell grant is more than an investment in young people, it is key to our nation’s economic competitiveness. Unemployment among high school graduates is around 12 percent, while for those with a four-year college degree, it is around 6 percent. It is less than 4 percent for those with a graduate degree. An edu-cated person is more likely to own a home, be involved in community groups and invest in our society.

“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you val-ue,” Vice President Joe Biden said.

"e president’s budget shows he cares about the fu-ture of this country and the prosperity of our people. His e!ort to increase accessibility to higher education re%ects President Obama’s belief in the American people’s ability to advance themselves with the right investment in their futures. A lack of speci#cs and a plan for improving edu-cation shows that education is not a priority for Mitt Rom-ney. “"ey (students) get as much education as they can a!ord,” he said.

He is implying that if you cannot a!ord it, you do not deserve the same opportu-nity as a student from a more wealthy background. Rom-ney has o$en asked, “Are you better o! today than you were four years ago?” "e ques-tion becomes, with these very di!erent perspectives on in-vesting in education and our future, who will make you better o! in four years, or in 40 years?

Ezra Smith and Aaron Gibson are guest columnists. !ey are both freshmen and o"cers of the Young Democrats.

Pell Grants Are an Investment in All of Us

You know the results of the Barack Obama econo-my: a record 43 months of unemployment more than 8 percent, more than $1 trillion added to the nation’s credit card each year and an unfathomable $16 trillion national debt that you and I will have to pay back one day.

Unfortunately for students, the picture only gets worse. Unem-ployment among 18- to 29-year-olds is almost double the national aver-age. One in four college graduates reports moving back in with his or her parents. I know too many people who have worked hard to get their degree, who believed the invest-ment in a college educa-tion would pay off like it did for our parents and grandparents, but now are left searching for a mediocre job that doesn’t fulfill them.

Under President Obama, college costs have continued to climb. Total student loan debt has sur-passed $1 trillion, which is more than Americans owe in credit card debt or car loans.

The weight of this debt, combined with an economy stuck in neutral, has devastating ramifica-tions for young people. The number of students defaulting on their col-lege loans has risen for the sixth straight year, according to USA Today. Those with significant debt will likely have to wait longer to purchase a home or start a family. Is this the hope and change we were promised?

The problem isn’t nec-essarily student loans; the problem is the ability to pay them back. A college education is still a good investment, but it’s get-ting harder and harder to afford.

So what is the solu-tion? The Obama admin-istration and the Demo-cratic Party would say

spend more money and give Washington more control over the educa-tion system. We’ve seen how that story ends.

The real changes have to come from the institu-tions themselves, and the states have an important role to play as well. Our own Dr. Donald Bob-bitt, president of the UA System, has spoken ex-tensively on this issue. He has been a leader in searching for ways to cut costs, especially focusing on online courses.

As someone who has received a Pell grant, I completely understand how important it is for students. My parents can-not afford to pay for my education, so I rely on scholarships, loans and federal aid.

The reality is the Pell grant is capped at a maxi-mum of $5,550 per year, which only accounts for part of the cost of at-tending most colleges. So while it is helpful, this grant is not a silver bullet in solving the higher edu-cation and student loan problems. Personally, I hope I’m able to pay back the amount of Pell grants I received. Assistance from the government should always offer a leg up, not a hand out.

Young Americans turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama in 2008. It’s easy to understand why; he was new, cool and cam-paigned as someone who would unite us and move the country forward.

Four years later, the country is more divided than ever. Our economy is struggling and 23 mil-lion Americans still can-not find work.

“College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their child-hood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama post-ers and wondering when they can move out and get going with life,” Paul Ryan said at the Republi-can National Convention.

If you’re hoping for a different kind of change, join America’s comeback team. Vote for Mitt Rom-ney and Paul Ryan on Nov. 6.

Grant Hodges is a guest columnist. He is a senior and the president of the College Republicans.

America’s Comeback Team for Education

Ezra Smith and Aaron GibsonGuest Columnists

Grant HodgesGuest Columnist

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

Walking in to Matt Miller Studio, color explodes o! of every wall. "e artwork is proudly made in Fayetteville.

Miller is only one of the talented artists in the area. On the #rst "ursday of every month from April to November, the art community joins up to display their works along the Fayetteville Square.

“It's like a farmers market, but with art,” said Tanner Montgomery of the Fayetteville Visitor’s Center.

First "ursday began in 2010 as an ef-fort of a group of artists. "e artists set up booths around the Square, forming an art walk. "e city, realizing the potential of the event, stepped in to provide assistance and funds.

While First "ursday began with an ar-tistic focus, it has grown to include more. Besides the art walk, First "ursday o!ers a beer garden and live music.

"is week, First "ursday will feature Isayah’s All-Stars with Earl Cate. In the past year, 3 Penny Acre and the Sarah Hughes Band have both graced the stage.

New Belgium Brewing Company spon-sors the beer garden, Montgomery said. Twenty-#ve percent of the proceeds go to a

di!erent local non-pro#t each month, such as the Fayetteville Animal Shelter or the MS Society.

"e proceeds from the beer served up in October bene#t the Ozark Literacy Council, according to #rstthursdayfayetteville.com.

While most students may not be looking to acquire any pieces for their private col-lections, First "ursday is a place to meet friends, grab a beer and enjoy an evening outside on the Square.

Despite the brews and the music, First "ursday is #rst and foremost a celebration of Fayetteville’s bohemian soul.

“With Fayetteville being such an emerg-ing artistic community, we want to take pride in and promote our artists,” Mont-gomery said.

All forms of visual art are welcomed, from ceramics to photography to painting. "ose with a penchant for the visual arts can swing by #rstthursdayfayetteville.com for application information.

“As long as it is personally made around the area, we’ll accept it,” Montgomery said.

"ough the visitor’s center sponsors the actual First "ursday event, several events have sprung up in conjunction with the monthly exhibition. Matt Miller Studio, on 21 Mountain St., opens its doors for First "ursday. "e Fayetteville Underground, a consortium of artists, hosts gallery show-

ings, Montgomery said.Other past events have included an Earth

Day celebration and a bicycle festival."e event’s location on the Square also

makes for prime shopping and dining at the neighborhood’s locally owned stores and restaurants. Shops like "e Moustache and Sound Warehouse o$en get business from the event.

Everyone is familiar with the most ven-erable downtown institutions like Hugo’s. So First "ursday, with the sense of discovery, is a fantastic opportunity to visit a less famil-iar business.

New businesses like pAth Out#tters, which sells quality apparel to outdoor en-thusiasts, are opening up in the area. pAth is a collaboration between artist Matt Miller, founder of Lavish Longboards Nick Jones and Bill Harris. Miller, Jones and Harris are, according to Jones, all UA graduates living the dream of starting a unique business.

Any event that brings in customers to lo-cal businesses is welcome. "ough the event itself is free, people come in to spend money on food, clothes and art.

"e sense of community fostered in Fay-etteville shines through during First "urs-day. Artists, from those with fancy galleries to those selling out of the back of pickup trucks, exemplify the artistic vibe that %ows throughout all of the city.

"e art of dressing for a #rst date takes skill, decisive-ness and talent. Your college years are the best time to re-ally #nd out what works for you in both style and relation-ships.

Many questions may run through your head when dressing for a date: What’s the best way to show o! my strongest fea-tures? Is there such a thing as looking too sexy? How do I look casual without looking like I’m trying too hard?

"e #rst step when preparing for a #rst date is deciding where you want the date to go and the potential it has. "ere are three basic categories dates potential can fall into: physical, emotional and undecided.

Physical is the most common in col-lege because most college students’ actions are driven by sexual desires, especially for males. "e emotional category is based on the fact that you believe your date has the po-tential to be someone you want to create a re-lationship with. Being undecided is also very common when you’re not too familiar with your date or randomly met them, which is per-fectly #ne.

For each one of these categories, certain sig-nals and messages about what you desire should be considered when choosing your wardrobe.

"e physical category is all about the art of advertising your greatest assets and characteristics.

For women, all you have to remember is that skin is always in. Items that look great for this category are short skirts, sheer blouses and bodycon dresses. "ese will show o! your legs, hips and curves. Also, big hair and sexy high heels are great additions to an already sexy look.

For men, you want to try and feature your physique as much as possible without looking like you want to. Pieces like #tted-style button-downs, polo shirts, v-necks and boot-cut jeans will show o! your arms, chest, legs and calf muscles. "ese are some of the areas women are most physically attracted to.

Dates with emotional potential require the most analy-sis and preparation, because you’re investing in the cre-ation of what you hope will become something serious.

Ladies, in this case, the 40:60 ratio for skin displayed is a really great rule to follow. It means that showing 40-60 percent of your skin is more attractive than showing a larger percentage, which still allows you to be a little sexy.

"e best choices for a date with this kind of poten-tial are blazers, a-line dresses and pencil skirts. A helpful thought to have when picking out clothes for this date is to consider if you would look presentable if you met his parents dressed that way. In the area of hair and makeup, just like with skin, less is always more.

Gentlemen, the rule about meeting her parents applies for your style choices, too, so keep that in consideration. Along the lines of what to wear, a nice casual blazer, a car-digan and chino pants are all pieces that give a great #rst impression.

In addition to wearing nice clothes, being well-groomed with clean-cut facial hair helps as well. For both genders, if you put as much care into what you wear as in your care about what your date will think of you, things will go #ne.

"e most di&cult and #nal category to style is the un-decided, because just like the title states, you are undecid-ed. "e best thing to do for dates like these where you’re not sure at all how it will turn out is to play it safe and not be too hot or too cold with your clothing choices.

Crop tops, high-low dresses and skinny jeans are al-ways safe options for girls, because you can dress them up and down with little work. Sleek shiny hair and smoky eye makeup are a great combination for any out#t and can’t disappoint.

For men, polo shirts, prep-style shorts and short-sleeve button downs are casual pieces that show you have style and also that you care somewhat about the impression you’re giving.

A big mistake guys make in this cat-egory is wearing hats. Never should you wear a hat, because it sends a mes-

sage that you don’t really care. You are not attending a football game; it’s a date, so it should be treated that way.

Whether you want some-thing physical, emotional or are undecided, the signals that your clothing sends can make a dramatic di!erence in how

your night turns out and if a second date is in

your future."e last sug-

gestion for daters is to re-

member that dates are just like job interviews.

If you dress for the job you want to get, you’ll

always end up on top at the end of the night.

First !ursday: A Monthly Celebration of Art and Community

Justin BryantSta! Writer

follow him on Twitter at @Just_InStyle

Alex MarchSta! Writer

Mid-semester is coming around the corner quickly - homework is piling up, mid-terms and tests are becoming weekly occurrences and we’re all feeling just a little run down at this point in the year. What else does all of the academic may-hem mean? Junk food, sugar and just about anything else that is quick and convenient. Our dorm room and apartment kitchens are crammed full of Pop Tarts, microwave meals, soda and chips, but can we really expect a healthier option when our days are busy and our nights are used in study sessions?

"ough you may think that healthy eating is near impos-sible, learning just a few tips and tricks to educate yourself on what you are eating can save you money and boost your health. Using nothing more than a smartphone and a few extra minutes at the grocery store, Fooducate, an app avail-able on Android and iPhone, is the answer to healthy living. Quick and convenient, this handheld application gives you direct access to learning just what you are eating.

Fooducate serves to educate shoppers on exactly what is in the foods that they buy. Now, most of us tend to think of ourselves as relatively healthy beings — we choose fruits and vegetables at the supermarket, pick up “reduced fat,” “low so-dium” and “0-gram trans fat” products all the time and give

ourselves a small pat on the back for making good choices. However, take a closer look at many of those products that boast the healthier option, and you may just see that though the label promises a healthier you, you may not be getting what you’re paying for.

"e application comes with a barcode scanner and space to type and search over 22,000

products that line the shelves of the grocery store. One scan, and Fooducate rates your product on an A-D grade scale, and shows the nutritional information in addition to o!ering a detailed list of the various chemicals and preservatives that are included in all of our favorite foods. What’s even better is the list of alternatives that o!er a healthier option. It takes a little extra time around when shopping, but my husband and I are now hooked on checking everything we put in our cart. Traveling aisle to aisle last night around the neigh-borhood market, we scanned and searched for better prod-ucts, and surprisingly ended up spending the same amount of money on some much healthier, more natural options to #ll our stomachs with.

Isn’t it interesting that the healthier foods are the ones that are harder to #nd? I found that the products that earned an “A” or “B” were hidden in the cor-

ner shelf, while big brands full of chemicals were on show. "e truth is that when more chemicals are pumped into the food we eat, there is no need to use higher quality ingredi-ents, therefore making our food cheaper and easier to produce. However, don’t give up on your quest for a healthier you — the better brands are accessible, they just sometimes take a little

searching.One scan and you might

#nd that the ranch you dress that the salad you eat on “healthy dinner night” with contains preservatives such as EDTA, Ethylenediaminetet-raacetic acid, which can cause skin rash and asthma, in addi-tion to being on the FDA’s tox-icity watchlist. "at “C” grade listed sounds more appetizing the more you read.

Another, and you may learn that those Hot Pocket quick lunches, though we know aren’t the healthiest option but de#-nitely the quickest, earned a “D” on Fooducate for contain-ing “controversial arti#cial col-ors” that can cause hyperactiv-ity. Not only do many of these microwaveable snacks contain food dyes, but they also give you a good serving of nitrates and nitrites, preservatives added that can cause cancer in preg-nant women and children when broken down in the stomach.

Many products such as re-frigerated canned dinner rolls and crackers contain tertiary butylhydroquinone, more com-monly known as TBHQ, a pe-troleum derivative that can cause nausea, vomiting, ringing of the ears and collapse when in-gested in high amounts, accord-ing to Natural News and Foodu-cate. "ough the FDA approved it in small amounts as a “harm-less additive,” why would you want to eat something that has to be limited for safety reasons?

Now, Fooducate isn’t just to give you the list of food you shouldn’t eat. It not only gives you thousands of options of healthy and safe food choices, in addition to the great “alter-native” list, which o!ers similar food items and variations that are much better for your diet. It’s a complete way to see just what you’re paying for and what you are about to prepare for dinner.

"ese are just a few of the products listed on the mobile application — thousands more are waiting to be read by enthu-siastic shoppers who care about what they are consuming. I highly encourage downloading the Fooducate app and taking a closer look at what you might be ingesting on a daily basis. "ough many of the foods we love to eat taste great, the health bene#ts are not so appetizing. Taking an extra 15 minutes to look around the grocery store for better alternatives, search the foods that are in your cart and looks for healthier options. "e price di!erence is barely noticeable but the bene#ts are much bigger.

Courtesy Photo

Fooducate: What We're Really EatingEmily RhodesPhoto Editor

Fooducate serves to educate shoppers on exactly what is in the foods that they buy.

What to Wear on the First Date

Court

esy Ph

oto

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 6 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

Sudoku

Crossword

ComicsPearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Dilbert Scott Adams

Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson

Doonesbury Garry Trudeau

Non Sequitur Wiley Miller

!e Argyle Sweater Scott Hilburn

By Michael Dewey

© 2011 !e Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

ACROSS1 Hunger hint5 Shorn shes9 Indonesian island13 Pinza of “South Paci#c”14 Pulsate16 Yaks, e.g.17 Endures an onslaught of criticism20 Prognosticator21 RR terminus22 Center opening?23 Aus. setting24 Puts the kibosh on26 Kind of contact banned by the NFL32 Golden Bears’ school, familiarly33 “Joanie Loves Chachi” co-star34 Like James Bond35 Carpeting computation37 Cyclist Armstrong, or what completes the ensemble found in the four long across answers40 It may be impish41 24-hr. news source43 “If __ a nickel ...”45 Category46 Use a sun visor, say50 Currently occupied with51 She, in Lisbon

52 Justice Dept. bureau55 Greeting card #gure, maybe56 Paci#c Sur%iner and Acela60 Vulnerable spot63 Muslim pilgrim64 Passover month65 Melville South Seas novel66 Candy bar with a cookie center67 More than just hard to #nd68 Stir-fry cookware

DOWN1 Cop’s quarry2 Côte d’__: French resort area3 Padre’s boy4 Mass reading5 Unworldly6 Spark, as an appetite7 Unit of energy8 Such that one may9 Put (down) on paper10 Car bar11 Prez’s backup12 Opponent15 “__! that deep romantic chasm ...”: Coleridge18 Hitchhiker’s aid19 Neck parts24 Lining with

decorative rock25 Slimy garden pest26 Severe27 Nicholas Gage memoir28 Mexican aunt29 Antarctica’s __ Byrd Land30 Pandora’s boxful31 Six-mile-plus run, brie%y32 Rotating machine parts36 In the sack38 Activist Guevara39 Nonowner’s property right42 Commonly long garment44 __ blues: Mississippi genre47 “Eat up!”48 Frequent #nal soccer score49 Peter who co-wrote “Pu!, the Magic Dragon”52 Berliner’s eight53 Leave out of the freezer54 Paci#c archipelago56 Triumphant cries57 Magazine #ller58 Eccentric sort59 B’way hit signs61 Veto62 General linked with chicken

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

My !rst year as a Razor-back in 2010 was one of highs and lows for our football team, albeit more highs than lows. However, looking back at all our losses, there was always a little light at the end of the tun-nel. "e light could be good, or

it could be things we need to work on to be good.

"e !rst game I went to was against Alabama in 2010. En-tering the stadium for the !rst time and hearing the crowd call the Hogs got everyone pumped up – but not nearly as much as the touchdown Ar-kansas immediately scored.

"e Hogs ended up with a loss to No. 1 Alabama that year, but we got that !rst touchdown. I’ve still never felt that much excitement in a football game, or in any sport event for that matter.

My favorite part of the touchdown was running over to my brother in the stands and him li#ing me up while I was screaming. On paper it sounds weird, but that was the

highlight of my freshman year.What we learned overall

from that game is that we can still end up being a good team even if we lose.

"en, in the same year, the Razorbacks traveled to Au-burn to take on the soon-to-be National Champions. If you don’t remember, I’ll enlighten you – it resulted in the high-est-scoring game of 108 points combined, Ryan Mallet getting injured, a controversial touch-down call that every Hog fan disagreed with and some kid named Tyler Wilson having a stand-out performance.

I still remember feeling robbed, but I remember even more that the Hog fans knew our next two years were in good hands – pun intended.

Although losses are never pretty to watch, they can al-ways be great learning experi-ences – for the team and for fans.

Our most recent losses have taught us quite a few things.

First, we can’t rely on cer-tain players to keep us in the game. So many of our players have been injured in our past three losses that it looks like at this rate the Hogs might be playing only second-string by the end of the season.

A lesson for fans is that they have to be supportive of the Hogs whether they are national champs or 1-4 in the !rst !ve games. "e play-ers need us to still believe in them.

"e !nal lesson, for the

team and all of its fans and supporters, is that we can’t get cocky. At the end of last year everyone was talking about how the Razorbacks were going to win the National Championship.

People thought that the trend would continue, but then a big smack of karma came the Hogs’ way and de-$ated their heads. Now the Hogs are really hoping to make a comeback and get to at least the Liberty Bowl.

"e Razorbacks got cocky against ULM. I mean, they’re a nobody team, right? Not this year. ULM is giving ev-eryone who plays the team a run for his money.

But now fans can take a few silver linings out of the

losses. Tyler Wilson’s leader-ship is helping the Razorbacks to slowly get better and better. He’s got the passion down. "e Brandons got some extra experience this season under pressure, which will hopefully set them up for next years sea-son.

Sure, we haven’t yet !gured out all of the good things that will come out of this season, and most likely we all feel like the Hogs will never be as good as last season. But it will come again. It will be okay.

Tamzen Tumlison is a sta! writer for "e Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other Wednesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

Finding the Silver Lining in the Razorback LossesTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

With a program as tra-dition-rich as the Arkansas Razorbacks women’s cross country team, even the most avid of fans may never know who will be the next break-out star. Many of the runners have started o% the 2012 sea-son performing at a high level, and junior Rachel Carpino is no exception.

Originally from Lee’s Sum-mit, Mo., Carpino was hooked on the opportunity of running at the University of Arkansas and being a part of a great long-distance tradition.

“It’s basically awesome,” Carpino said about running for the Razorbacks. “I like the feel here. I felt at home. I nev-er even thought that I would run for a place this great.”

From the moment Car-pino stepped on campus she was o% to the races, placing 14th overall at the 2010 Ra-

zorback Invitational as only a freshman. She saw signi!cant running time as a freshman and sophomore, competing in three events in 2011 and posting a time of 15:41 in the 4K that, at the time, was a per-sonal best.

It is not always fun and games for student-athletes, like some may perceive. Car-pino has just as much hard work in her studies as she does in her workouts, being named to the Southeastern Conference spring academic honor roll in 2011.

“It’s hard to do well at school and well at running and still get sleep,” said Car-pino, a pre-dental major with hopes of being an orthodon-tist a#er her running days are over.

Carpino has two top-10 !nishes in the !rst three events of the year, placing eighth overall at the Razor-back Invitational in Fayette-ville and eighth place again at the First to the Finish South-ern Stampede in Joplin, Mo.,

posting a personal record 5K time of 17:56.10. Carpino’s re-cent performances give indi-cation that she is primed for a breakout season in her junior campaign.

One of the key components of becoming better this season has been improving her form, something head coach Lance Harter has been working on with Carpino. Seconds can be crucial, so good running form can make all the di%erence.

Carpino and the Razor-backs had their !rst tough test of the season running at the Greater Louisville Classic. "e race was held at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky., giving the team a preview of the course for the NCAA Na-tional Championship, which is held at the same location in November.

"e team placed third overall in a race that included seven ranked teams. Car-pino !nished with a time of 18:13.49, chipping in for an all-around impressive team e%ort from the Razorbacks.

Cross Country Star Primed for BreakoutCameron McCauleySta! Writer

Women’s Rugby is one of the newest club sports at the University of Arkansas. "e club was formed late last se-mester by president Natalie Shu% who has an apparent passion for the unique sport of rugby.

“I just fell in love with the sport, I had played backyard football growing up and I just knew this was for me,” Shu% said.

Shu% is from Nashville, Tenn., where she played rug-by in high school. She said she loved the sport while in high school and was sad that there wasn’t a club team at Arkansas.

“I fell in love with Arkan-sas and this school so I wasn’t going to not come here be-cause of club rugby,” Shu% said. “But it killed me to hear about how much fun all my teammates from high school were having playing club in college.”

She had o#en been the person convincing the other girls to join the team in high school, so it made her sad that they were getting to play and she wasn’t. So Shu% took matters into her own hands.

Last year, when Shu% was only a freshman, she con-tacted University Recreation about starting a Women’s Club Rugby team.

“It was not easy, but they make it possible which is awesome,” Shu% said of start-

ing a brand new club sport. She also noted that she had experience recruiting and building up a team because she had to do it almost every year in high school as well.

"e team formed in May of 2012 and there were two un-o&cial practices last semes-ter. Now the team has grown to 23 girls. "ey played their !rst game Sept. 29 in Fayette-

ville and lost to Truman State. “I was just so proud of

them,” Shu% said. “"e girls have already connected with the sport — they played their !rst game, they have their !rst big bruises and they’re falling in love with it just like I did.”

Only three of the girls on the team have ever played rugby before. Shu% said it is

sort of a challenge to get peo-ple interested in a sport that no one has ever heard of.

“I had no idea what I was doing at the !rst practice be-cause I had never even seen a rugby game in my life,” club member Grace Crifasi said. “Now, I !nd rugby to be so much fun and I’m learning at each practice.”

Crifasi, a freshman who

has played basketball, run track and cross country and even been on a bowling team throughout her life, says that rugby is unlike any sport she’s ever played.

“It’s pretty much non-stop moving,” Crifasi said. “I never know what is going to happen next.”

Crifasi plays outside center and says she sees herself being

on this team for four years.Katharine McDonnell, an-

other freshman on the team, says that although she has never played rugby, her father did when he was young and his passion for it inspired her to check it out.

“I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into,” Mc-Donnell said. “But rugby is such a unique sport with so much tradition.”

Shu% emphasized that any type of athlete can play — big girls, small girls, fast girls and slower girls. She also said that girls who have played soccer or run track transition pretty eas-ily into playing rugby.

"is past weekend the team traveled to Norman, Okla., to participate in the War of the Roses tournament where they faced Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Arkansas beat OSU 15-0 before losing to OU 20-0.

“I think !tness is our main problem,” Shu% said. “I just don’t want to scare them away doing suicides up and down the !eld, but that’s what it takes to be in shape for an 80-min-ute game of rugby.”

McDonnell said her least favorite part of the sport was de!nitely the soreness from a#er a match but also said that they’ve been told it is that sore-ness that they will eventually grow to love.

"e team has been lucky to have volunteer coaches who come to practice every Tues-day and "ursday. "ey are also ahead of the game because

Women’s Rugby Club Breaks Out of the ScrumCLUB SPORTS

Liz BeadleSta! Writer

Gareth Patterson Sta" PhotographerSophomore Carla Chang carries the ball during the Women’s Rugby practice Sept. 27. !e University of Arkansas Women’s Rugby club (UAWRC) is a new club that was founded last spring. !e club became an associate member of the Heart of America and began competition this fall.

CROSS COUNTRYsee RUGBY page 8

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsJunior Rachel Carpino started the season with two top-10 #nishes in her #rst three events. She aims to continue this success throughout the season.

"e Razorback volleyball team defeated Auburn and LSU over the weekend and go on the road to face Florida and Ole Miss this weekend.

With the victories over the weekend, the team has now won four straight matches and improved their record to 13-3 overall and 4-1 in the South-eastern Conference.

"e Razorbacks beat Au-burn in three straight sets to earn the victory Friday night.

“"e fact that we beat them in three sets says that our play-ers came, showed up and got some good things done,” head coach Robert Pulliza said.

LSU won the !rst set Sun-day a#ernoon before the Hogs rallied to win three straight.

Hogs Look to Continue Winning

VOLLEYBALL

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

see STREAK page 8

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 8 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800-SKI-WILD • 1-800-754-9453

breckenridge

Breckenridge • Vail • Beaver CreekKeystone • Arapahoe Basin

COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price.

plus t/s

FROMONLY

they are in the Heart of Ameri-ca League in just their !rst year as a team, which allows them to play competitively.

"e team is comprised of just freshmen and sopho-mores, but Shu% is adamant that anyone and everyone could join this sport and have a great time doing it.

“"is is a growing sport,” Shu% said. “It is going to be in the Olympics in 2016.”

Shu% also emphasizes that there is more to this sport than just tackling and running around. She says it takes true

athleticism, but she doesn’t want people to think female rugby players are scary and manly.

“"is team is full of all types of girls and it is amazing to see such a diverse group of people come together,” Mc-Donnell said. “It is so nice to be surrounded by such posi-tive and extremely motivated coaches and students.”

"ere are not any more home games on the schedule, but the team is attempting to schedule a home game for Oct. 20.

RUGBY continued from page 7

“LSU is a great program, well coached. We knew we were going to be in for a battle and that was the case,” Pulliza said.

"is weekend the team will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the No. 11 Gators for the second time in three weeks.

“It’s good because you re-member that team a little bit better, just because of the shorter amount of time,” Pul-liza said of playing Florida again so soon. “It’s tough because you don’t have much time to evolve and get better.”

"e teams initially met in the SEC opener, when the Ga-tors defeated the Razorbacks in !ve sets.

Since then, both teams have gone undefeated. Florida has only dropped one set, to South Carolina Friday.

Arkansas has done almost as well, losing only two sets, one to Tennessee and the other to LSU. Coach Pulliza said he thinks his team has improved since the !rst time they faced Florida, but that the Gators have gotten bet-ter as well.

“"ey’re very good, they’re going to be tough, they’re physi-cal and all that good stu%. "ey play in a great gym. So we’re ex-pecting a battle,” Pulliza said of

the matchup with the Gators.Following the match with

Florida, the Razorbacks will travel to Oxford, Miss., to take on Ole Miss

"e Rebels are 8-6 overall with a conference record of 2-3. "ey were on the road over the weekend where they split their matches with a 3-1 loss to Alabama Friday and a sweep of South Carolina Sunday a#er-noon.

"e Hogs and Rebels have split their games each of the last two seasons, each winning their home match.

STREAK continued from page 7

Conveniently

located at the

Harmon Avenue

Parking Deck.WE’RE ONCAMPUS

the parking spotuniversity ofarkansas®

MENTION THIS AD OR

BRING IT IN TO RECEIVE10%

Coupon valid for the month of October. Discount is for entire purchase. Cannot be applied to already discounted merchandise or dry cleaning services. One per customer.

the parking spot

university of

arkansas®