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New Fitness Center to Open

Campus Crime ReportA recap of crimes from last week.

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A satellite to the HPER will open in the Union early November.

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Game Afterthought: What We Learned in Week OneSports Editor Jimmy Carter com-ments on Saturday’s game.

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Weekend Festival Brings Big NamesDierks Bentley, Girl Talk and ! e Fray to perform in Fort Smith for only $10.

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ROTC Develops Discipline

! e ROTC program fosters leaders and hard-working students.

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America’s Struggle for Racial Equality ContinuesEnterprise Editor Samantha Williams discusses race relations in America.

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Chartwells, the company that manages the UA’s dining services, sta! has been responding to con-cerns of over-crowding at Brough Commons and Quiznos during lunch time, a representative of the company said.

“We have been working with our university counterparts for the last

number of years,” said Kim John-son, representative of the company. “Much of what is being planned is based in student survey input that was gathered in 2009, 2010 and 2011.”

While Chartwells employees work, there are students lined up out the door past the bike rack, walking around the hall looking for a seat or waiting in a long line for a sandwich.

" ese scenes are largely avoid-ed by upperclassmen who have re-molded their eating schedules over time to avoid the crowding.

“I usually come around 2 p.m. and no one’s really here,” said Heath-er " ompson, sophomore biology-pre-pharmacy major. “It can get re-ally crowded. I’ve adjusted to it and schedule my eating before the crowd or a# er the crowd,” she said.

Mercury Clay, a freshman man-aging and accounting major, de-scribed what she does during her crunched lunch window.

“I take a lap around to see if there’s anywhere to sit and if I don’t see anywhere then I’m not going to waste my time when I have to be in

class,” she said.“" ere’s so many people over

here,” said freshman Chase Rich-ards, an international relations ma-jor. “You have all of Yocum, Hum-phrey’s, Gladson-Ripley, Buchan-an, Gibson and Gregson. And since Business is one of the [most popular] things that UA [provides], everyone is over here. Everybody’s at Brough.”

Johnson said that renovations made in 2009 have helped the hall facilitate more students and sta! .

Crowds at Brough Create Hassle

Students Call the Hogs to Victory Saturday

by JACK SUNTRUPContributing Writer

The UA athletic depart-ment officials helped raise $28.4 million in private do-nations for a new football center on the practice fields adjacent to Barnhill Arena. The total coast was estimat-ed to be $35 million, UA of-ficials said.

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas, do-nated a $10 million challenge grant, in which the UA ath-letic department officials had

to match the funds donated by the Reynolds Foundation to receive any money, said Kevin Trainor, associate ath-letic director.

Through several private donations the university al-most doubled its goal by col-lecting $18.4 million in pri-vate donations. No UA or taxpayer funds were used, according to a press release from the UA athletic public relations office.

“We are proud to an-nounce that we have met the $10 million challenge

set by the Donald W. Reyn-olds Foundation for the foot-ball center,” said Jeff Long, vice chancellor and director of athletics. “While we have met the Reynolds Founda-tion challenge and our initial goal to fund the football cen-ter, we still have work left to do in raising the funds need-ed to complete the entire complex including the prac-tice facility.”

Some students not in-volved with the football team have their doubts.

“Right now I am in two

different colleges,” said Jo-seph Beachner, senior work-ing on degrees in finance and biology. “I can see a complete difference in the opportuni-ties the kids have in the Ful-bright College compared to the business school. I would like to see more money put toward education than sports facilities.”

Other UA students voiced their concerns.

“I am sure there are

UA Raises $28.4 Millionfor New Football Facilities

Hispanic CaucusDiscusses

DREAM Act by LANDON REEVESStaff Writer

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERStudents and fans cheer for the Razorbacks Saturday at the fi rst football game of the year. The Hogs beat the Missouri State Bears 51-7.

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" is weekend, UA students and professors attended a con-ference led by " e Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Arkansas and " e New Latino Move-ment to educate Latino voters.

" e event featured guest speakers from around the na-tion including Illinois Sen. Iris Y. Martinez (D-Ill.), who is also the Democratic National Committee Hispanic Caucus Chair, and Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General.

" e two-day conference in-cluded talks on reaching the Latino voters in the communi-ty, preparing for the upcoming 2012 elections, developing the Latino Democratic platform and a look at the regional ob-stacles facing the Latino Dem-ocrats.

" e conference also includ-ed workshops to educate Lati-nos who are running for o$ ce as well as to educate in cam-paigning.

On Sept. 4, there was a fund raiser gala to raise money and to gain more support for the Hispanic Caucus. Before the

gala, there was a meeting with Martinez, McDaniel, UA stu-dents and other selected mem-bers of the caucus to discuss the DREAM Act and why it should be fought for in Arkan-sas.

“I as a teacher started work-ing the past two to three years [for the DREAM Act], I can-not stand to see one more child lose hope,” said Jeanette Arnhart, former teacher in the Rogers school district. “We need a face.”

" e DREAM Act would al-low undocumented students to go to college and work to-ward citizenship by completing a four-year degree or by serv-ing in the military, according to the National Immigration Law Center’s website, nilc.org.

" e Illinois legislature put many safety nets into the bill so that they could achieve a nonpartisan agreement, with 58 of 59 votes, said Martinez, who helped pass the DREAM Act in Illinois.

“We set up two di! erent state run funds that parents

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PHOTO COURTESY OF RAZORBACK NEW MEDIANorthwest arial view of the new Arkansas Football Center. The football center will cost $35 million, according to UA officials.

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can invest in to save for their children’s education,” Marti-nez said.

“It is not tax payer dollars that are giving scholarships to undocumented children, we have a private, 30-40 member commission, to raise money from the private sector,” Mar-tinez said.

“Many [undocumented children] are taxpayers but are not entitled to state money or scholarships,” Martinez said .

“It’s not even scholarships they just want in state tuition and to have a job when they graduate,” she said .

! e Latino movement is increasing in Arkansas, said Mireya Reith, " rst Latina to serve on the state board of ed-ucation in Arkansas. “We have 30,000 potential untapped vot-ers in Northwest Arkansas,” said Reith, “and 60,000 state-wide.”

“! ey came on no fault of their own and they are being penalized for it,” Martinez said.

Diana Gonzalez Worth-en also commented on the DREAM Act, saying there are many students who are in-terested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Fields) and business sec-tor degrees.

“! ey are " ghting for an education beyond high school because that is what teachers are teaching towards,” Gonza-lez Worthen said .

“It also brings economic growth to our area,” Gonzales Worthen said .

A# er the meeting, the fun-draising gala, a dinner de-signed to raise money, con-tinued with speeches by Sen-ator Martinez and Attorney General McDaniel, who both spoke passionately about the DREAM Act and the Hispanic Caucus.

“It is very exciting to have this opportunity to come to-gether and decide who we are,” McDaniel said .

“We care about what we stand for and we care about changing the future,” McDan-iel said .

“I am proud to see people from all over Arkansas com-ing together to say that we love this state, we love this country, and we are obligated to make it a better place,” McDaniel said .

McDaniel then spoke about his view on the DREAM Act.

“It is our moral obligation to provide children of Arkan-sas an education,” McDaniel said .

“! ey go through a system, many of them graduate with honors … and they say I want to serve this great country …

and they are told no because when you were three years old you did something unknow-ingly, “ McDaniel said, “It is painfully unjust.”

“We do not punish children for the sins or crimes of their parents,” McDaniel said .

Seven percent of Arkansas is Latino, said McDaniel, and 80 percent of them consider English to be their second lan-guage.

“I voted for the DREAM Act when it came up under Huckabee and I would vote for it again and we will someday pass it,” McDaniel said .

“I think if you do the right thing, even if it’s not always politically palatable, you never have to look in the mirror and feel sorry for what you did in favor of the people who elected you,” McDaniel said. “We are all a nation of immigrants. We have to remember that.”

A# er McDaniel conclud-ed his speech, Senator Marti-nez came and talked about her experience this weekend and her hope for Arkansas and the DREAM Act.

“Many people do not un-derstand the struggle that we have gone through,” Martinez said .

“You hear some of the sto-ries about not being able to get a license, not being able to join the Navy, not being able to be

a nurse because you can’t get your license,” Martinez said.

“Why do we want to pun-ish them for their parents,” Martinez said.

Republicans felt uncom-fortable about passing the DREAM Act because they were giving money to undoc-umented students, Martinez said.

“How can you feel un-comfortable about educating,” Martinez said, “It is a human right for our young people to get an education.”

“We should not care where people come from, we should care that they are educated and that they can provide the best service for us,” she said.

“People want to stay and work in Arkansas,” Martinez said, “! ere are many young people who want to contrib-ute.”

Martinez is more than will-ing to return to Arkansas and help talk to legislators and show them how they reached a nonpartisan agreement, she said.

UA students and facul-ty who are a$ ected by the DREAM Act and who are ac-tively seeking to be involved in the Hispanic political move-ment also attended the confer-ence.

CAUCUSfrom page 1

BRITTNIE SIMON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERDustin McDaniel, Arkansas attorney general, and Iris Y. Martinez, Illinois senator discuss with the Democratic caucus about the hope and desires for the future Sunday night in town center.

AUGUST CRIME REPORTCrimes are released through the Daily Crime Log, which can be found on the UA Police Department website at, http://uapd.uark.edu/120.php

Saturday, August 27Possession Of A Controlled Substance (Marijuana) ! ree students were arrested in the Harmon Avenue Parking Garage.

Drinking In Public; Minor In Possession Of Alcohol; Obstruct-ing Governmental Operations; Possession Of Fraudulent Or Altered Personal Identi" cation Document. A student was ar-rested in Lot 11.

Public Intoxication. A student was arrested at Arkansas Avenue and Maple Street.Disorderly Conduct. A student in Maple Hill West Residence Hall reported an acquaintance made threatening statements re-garding a mutual friend.

! e# Of Property occurred between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. A student reported someone stole a letter from a sign on the lawn of the Kappa Delta sorority house.

Criminal Mischief. A student reported someone threw a rock and broke a window on his vehicle while the vehicle was parked in the parking lot at the Sigma Chi fraternity house.

Sunday, August 28Arrest On Warrant (Contempt Of Court on an original charge of Failure To Pay Child Support out of Sebastian County Sher-i$ ’s O% ce) A non-a% liated person was arrested in the HPER Building.

Public Intoxication. A student was arrested in the construction site in Lot 2.

Monday, August 29Computer Trespass occurred between 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 09/29/10 and 8:00 a.m. Monday. A student reported someone accessed her computer, cell phone and email account during the past year.

Criminal Mischief occurred between 8 p.m. Friday 08/26/11and 3:40 p.m. Monday 08/29/11. A student reported someone scratched the side of her vehicle while the vehicle was parked on Douglas Street east of Storer Avenue.

A new " tness center is un-der construction in the Arkan-sas Union and will be open in about two months, UA o% cials said.

“Optimistically, November 4 is when construction should be done,” said Jeremy Battjes, director of university recre-ation.

! e HPER facility will share the old union bookstore location with the new infor-mation and technology center for students.

! ese two projects, along with a new multicultural cen-ter, have an estimated $5.5 million budget. ! e " tness center will use about $3 mil-lion of that budget, said Bob Beeler, director of design and construction.

“It’s going to be a great spot because it is centrally located.” Battjes said. “We hear a lot of stories of [trouble] walking up and down the hill to the HPER building, and we think this will save some people some time and e$ ort by coming right next door.”

Some UA students agreed.“I don’t like having to walk

far,” said Angie Chang, senior nursing major. “[! e union] would be a better location be-cause it’s closer. If it is within walking distance, I could al-ways come a# er class or a# er work.”

! e new " tness area is roughly the same size as the Donna Axum Fitness Center in the HPER building. ! e ad-dition will double the " tness area space for students and faculty, Beeler said.

! e new " tness area's cen-

tral location will hopefully at-tract more on-campus stu-dents, which will cause more o$ -campus students to visit the original HPER building for its free space, Battjes said.

Some students have com-plained about overcrowding at the HPER " tness center.

“Sometimes it’s hard to use some machines,” said Jason Howard, junior psychology major. “You have to wait for a machine, you end up over-working other parts because you have to wait for your ma-chine so long and you don’t want to just sit there.”

“! e free weight section will not be as extensive, but we will be bringing in anoth-er group exercise class space,” said Kristin Durant, assistant director of " tness facilities. “We will also have cardio ma-chines, selector machines and locker rooms with showers and lockers.”

Students’ membership fee to the new " tness center will be included in their tuition, Battjes said. Faculty and sta$ will have to pay a membership fee, which hasn't yet been de-cided.

! e goal is to arrange to have a package deal for both " tness centers, as well as indi-vidual prices for both, Battjes said.

! e Union hours will change to accommodate ac-cess to the facilities. ! e Union will be open 6 a.m. to mid-night Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, said Sue Donohue Smith, associate director of the student union.

! ese hours are subject to change based o$ of feedback from student evaluations, of-" cials said.

by LANDON REEVESStaff Writer

New Fitness Centerto Open in Union

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plenty of things that the money could have been spent on,” said Tyler Gibbs, freshman nursing major. “Sometimes it’s a little bit over rated. I love football; it is fun to watch, but as we can already tell we are in fi-nancial binds here just like everywhere else in the Unit-ed States. I think we should have spent [the donations] on education, academics or stuff like that.”

For any UA project there are three stages: schematic design, design development then construction and docu-

ment stage, said Bob Beeler, director of design and con-struction.

“We are at design and development, which means we have moved quite a bit,” Beeler said. ”We are doing useful value engineering and looking at alternate projects and alternate designs to get us in the budget. We are not there yet.”

At the third stage the construction manager han-dles the budget, Beeler said. The manager uses funds to hire plumbers, painters and electricians.

“We rely on that con-struction manager having

knowledge of cost of things of tell us when he thinks we are at the budget we need to be,” Beeler said.

That recommendation is used to finish all plans and drawings, afterward the job is spilt up to the subcontrac-tors, Beeler said.

The new center will have a new locker room, team meeting rooms, athletic training room, equipment room, a student-athlete lounge, study area, coaches’ offices, a recruiting recep-tion area and a football mu-seum, according to a press release from UA athletic public relations office.

FACILITIESfrom page 1

“! e Brough renovation be-gan in the 2008-2009 academic year and was completed in the summer preceding the 2009-2010 year. ! at renovation in-creased the seating capacity of Brough and was designed to al-low for better " ow of foot traf-# c between the service areas,” she said.

Chartwells and the universi-ty have also worked with projec-tions for an increasing universi-ty population.

“Concentration has been on forecasting enrollment increas-es and planning to serve the growing numbers of students as well as the growing number of faculty and sta$ ,” Johnson said.

But the projections the uni-versity administration made about the freshmen were ex-ceeded this year.

While some students adjust and adapt, others are frustrated by the changes.

“Sometimes it’s ridiculous. It makes me not want to eat here,” said Ashley Bailey, a freshman biology major.

While the UA and Chart-wells sta$ s plan a long-term course of action, taking advan-tage of alternative dining op-tions may be a means to relieve stress on Brough.

“(Brough-A-Go-Go) was intentionally designed for quick in-and-out service while allow-ing students to use the meals on

their plan,” she said. Einstein Bagels and the ren-

ovation of RZ’s, Club Red and Burger King in the Union are ways Chartwells sta$ is expand-ing options, Johnson said.

As far as long-term plan-ning, Chartwells o% cials un-derstand that major expansion is probably inevitable.

“Currently an expansion of the central Brough Commons complex is in the works as well as several other sites being con-sidered to align with dining [ca-pacity] needs and future hous-

ing residences,” Johnson said.As the UA administration

works out the details of future expansion, for now students like sophomore biological an-thropology-pre-dental major Nicolet Smith will simply man-age their own unique situations.

“I’ve adjusted to it,” Smith said. “Before lunch I was like, ‘we need to go to Brough right now before everyone gets out of class.’”

BROUGHfrom page 1

CONTESSA SHEW STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe UA band major conducts the alma mater before the game for the football season opener. The Razorbacks defeated Missouri State 51-7, Saturday night.

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CHAD WOODARD ASST. NEWS EDITORA group of students wait in line to go into a section of Brough Commons during lunch. The record breaking number of students caused crowding problems in the fi rst two weeks of school.

GRACE GUDE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA students give blood at the annual blood drive at the beginning of the school year. There will be another blood drive in honor of Sept. 11 the week of Sept. 6-9.

Razorbacks Bleed Red

Campus Blood Drive

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Student Media Continues to Strive for Diversity

Student media gives stu-dents the chance to put the ‘you’ in the ‘You of A.’ The Ar-kansas Traveler, KXUA Stu-dent Radio, UATV and The Razorback Yearbook are just a few ways that any student (not just those with media-re-lated majors) can show their creativity outside of the class-room. The great thing about these student-run organiza-tions is that they are open to new ideas and concepts.

Many students come from cities that are big-ger than Fayetteville and are used to having more options to choose from as far as what they read, what they hear on the radio and what they watch on TV. Coming from central Arkansas, the radio stations were one aspect that differed from Northwest Arkansas. A fan of R&B, soul and hip- hop, I found that there was not a station in the area that constantly played the types of songs that I usually listen to on the radio. I am not go-ing to say that I have listened to every radio station in the Fayetteville area, but I have yet to hear any stations that play mostly R&B, soul and

hip-hop. Stations like 105.7 feature party mixes of hip-hop songs on weekend nights, but during the day the sta-tions play the more popular music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and LMFAO are a few of the artists that dominate the sta-tions. I am a fan of these art-ists and their music so listen-ing to them on the radio does not bother me, however, I have heard the question from freshmen repeatedly, “Where are the hip-hop stations?” Unfortunately, to my knowl-edge, they are non-existent in the area right now. Stu-dent media, however, equips students with the ability to change that.

Raven Cook, president of the Black Students Asso-ciation, started a project this summer on KXUA student radio called ‘Soul on the Air’ where she discusses impor-tant issues at the UA and plays hip-hop, R&B, soul and gos-pel songs Friday nights from six to eight. It is adding an-other element to the normal by catering to another de-mographic while showing re-spect to BSA’s predecessor or-ganization, Black Americans for Democracy, Cook said. Black Americans for Democ-racy hosted ‘Soul on the Air’ in the 70’s. Cook says that the KXUA staff was very open to

the idea of bringing this show back and that the show has re-ceived a positive response.

The campus television station also hosts shows that feed off of student interest. UATV is always striving to expand its shows to include more topics and cover a wid-er variety of student activi-ties, said Station Manager Joe DelNero. Ranging from live sports shows to politics to entertainment news and gos-sip, UATV’s programs make it possible for everyone to be active participants and find a group of students with similar interests. “We encourage di-versity through creative mind sets. It’s the student’s ideas that get out on air. Being stu-dent operated, our station runs off the diversity of stu-dents invested in the interest of the station, which is truly a wonderful thing,” he said.

Students come from ev-ery corner of the world to at-tend the UA, each bringing their own interests. The great thing about our student me-dia is that we can share and enlighten others with the dif-ferent kinds of music, televi-sion programming and stories that we normally see.

Of course there is always the option of just looking for our favorite music and pro-gramming on the Internet,

but we are fortunate enough to go to a university where we have the opportunity to share our own interests with our peers.

As a whole, student me-dia is doing a fairly decent job of reflecting the diversity of opinions on campus. Cam-pus Crossfire is one program on UATV that discusses is-sues and opinions and even lets viewers call in to weigh in on the topics. All forms of student media take feedback from students in some way. Of course with only a portion of the student body partici-pating and volunteering with student media, only a small slice of the many opinions out there are written and broad-casted. The more students who contribute to our media, the more reflective it will be of the overall university pop-ulation. The staff and volun-teers are a diverse group but we of course cannot represent everyone’s interests.

If you see a need for a change in something in our student media – voice your opinion, get involved with it and change it or add to it. This is your university and your media, use it to get your voice heard – whether it is on air or in writing.

by DeShaun ArtisTraveler Columnist

JARET SITES STAFF CARTOONIST

“It is our moral obligation to provide children of Arkansas an education.! ey go through

a system, many of them graduate with honors … and they say I want to serve this

great country … and they are told no because when you

were three years old you did something unknowingly. It is

painfully unjust.”

-Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General. “Hispanic Caucus Discusses

DREAM Act”

Quote Of The Day

Expanding Horizons

ASG Senate ElectionsStudents can vote in the Associated Student Government

this week based on the college they are in. If you’re wondering what the ASG is, well you probably aren’t alone, and we recom-mend that you head to its website, http://asg.uark.edu.

View the ASG as a mini-campus based federal govern-ment; the cliched if-you-don’t-vote-you-can’t-complain saying applies. Many of the things students complain about in regards to the ASG (they don’t do anything, it doesn’t effect me, I don’t agree with their decisions, etc) can all be fixed by either get-ting involved with the ASG, setting aside a minute to vote and/or doing some research and know who you’re voting for.

If you need another reason to care here it is: we each give ASG fee money to let Senate allocate money which goes into planning trips like Rollin’ with Razorbacks or many of the Welcome Week events from two weeks ago. You might as well pay attention, you’re helping pay for it.

If you’re reading this and wishing you had gotten involved by running for an ASG Senate seat, worry not. If the past few years are any indication, there will be vacant seats, and vacan-cy elections will be held later this semester.

Welcome Fall Weather Weather usually wouldn’t warrant a from the board (unless it’s

an o# -and-on two weeks of snow or so much rain that the UA closes early) but a$ er what feels like constant 100 degree (or more) weather since the end of May, we couldn’t have been more excited to wake up Sunday morning and discover that Fall weather had " nally come to Fayetteville—the cooler temperatures will be around all week, ac-cording to weather.com.

Nothing beats fall in Northwest Arkansas. We have amazing weather, the Farmers Market and the start of football season.

It’s the perfect time to hammock out on Old Main or the Greek ! eater lawn. (We recommend that you either buy one, or quickly become really good friends of someone that has one.) Just be sure you don’t get too comfortable, fall asleep and then miss class. (A mass class-skipping epidemic while interesting to investigate, is not so good if we can be blamed for it.)

Also, take the opportunity to go explore downtown Fayetteville. While it’s been too warm for most of us during August, fall provides a good opportunity —plus, you’ll save a little money by not driving.

We can only hope that this week’s temperatures of the 70’s and 80’s stick around for a couple of months, before the snow-and-ice-and-below-30 extravaganza that is Fayetteville’s winter descends upon us.

Until then we’ll keep spending our a$ ernoons and evenings in our windowless newsroom, daydreaming about the day we can successfully produce a newspaper outside, so that we can enjoy the weather.

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In America, we like to be-lieve that the color of your skin does not hinder your ed-ucational, professional or so-cial future. A$ er all, this is the land of opportunity where anyone can become president and live the American dream. But are we living in reality or have we simply created a false sense of equality that does not exist?

In McGehee, Ark., there is a heated battle going on be-tween local school o% cials and Kymberly Wimberly, a recent high school graduate. Wim-berly, who graduated in May, is a young black mother who claims to have been forced to share a “co-valedictorian” ti-tle with a white student with a lower GPA a$ er being assured by the school guidance coun-selor that she had secured the title, according to Wimberly’s legal brief.

Wimberly " led an Equal Protection lawsuit against the school district accusing school administrators and teachers of allegedly discouraging black

students from taking hon-ors and Advanced Placement courses. School o% cials are denying the alleged accusa-tions.

Her AP English teacher al-legedly discouraged black stu-dents from signing up for her class because it might be too di% cult, according to Wim-berly and other students. (Wimberly was the only black student in the teacher’s AP course).

Meanwhile Arkansas’ de-segregation " ght wages on. On May 19, 2011, U.S. Dis-trict Judge Brian Miller ruled that desegregation funding for three Little Rock-area school districts, which totals about $70 million and is meant to continue the integration pro-cess, could be dramatically cut. Miller later recused him-self from the case and U.S. District Judge D. Price Mar-shall Jr. took over, ruling that funding would continue until a higher court heard the ap-peal this month.

Funding or not, throwing money at the problem cannot be the only option.

Although I disagree with Miller’s previous decision to slash funding immediately,

giving schools no time to pre-pare, he hit the nail on the head when he wrote that “few if any of the participants in this case have any clue how to e# ectively educate underprivi-leged black children.”

While funding for diversity measures is certainly not a bad thing, it will not eradicate all race-related issues that arise in the classroom.

! ere is a serious problem in this state and nationwide with " nding an e# ective way to slow the unemployment rate for black Americans, and I can’t help but believe that there is a strong correlation between these high rates and our society’s continued deval-uing of education.

While whites and blacks each made up just more than 60 percent of the workforce in 2009, black unemployment was about 14 percent while unemployment for whites was roughly seven percent, ac-cording to an Arkansas Advo-cates 2011 report. Addition-ally, the same report showed that in Arkansas black work-ers earned 12.5 percent less in 2000 than white workers.

While the largest number of poor children in Arkansas

are white, minorities are dis-proportionately impacted by child poverty with 48 percent being white and 31 percent be-ing black, according to a 2010 Arkansas Advocates report.

Remember, blacks make up only 15.4 percent of the popu-lation in Arkansas, compared with 77 percent of whites ac-cording to the 2010 U.S. Cen-sus, making these numbers all the more striking.

As a country, we must be-gin to have an honest conver-sation about what it means to be black in America. It is a complex question that de-serves attention. With a tax system that favors the wealthy (who are predominately white), an education system that is completely broken, and an economic climate that has increased unemployment for-blacks (who make up a large portion of the private sector and low wage jobs), the strug-gle for black Americans will inevitably continue.

Putting issues of race and class on the back burner be-cause we are not comfortable talking about them, is no lon-ger acceptable.

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While some students may choose to spend this week-end in Fayetteville finishing up homework assignments or cleaning dorm rooms, oth-er students will be dancing hard, eating well, seeing their favorite bands in concert and donating to charity – and the best part? They’ll only pay $10 and will get to see art-ists Dierks Bentley, Girl Talk and The Fray, among others.

September 9, 10 and 11, a new music festival called Fes-tival on the Border will rock Fort Smith, Ark. — a city less than an hour south of Fay-etteville and only a beautiful drive away for UA students looking for a great weekend.

Friday night will come to a roaring, down-home-coun-try start with Dierks Bentley lighting up the stage. Bentley, with eight number one singles on country charts, will per-form at Harry E. Kelley Park, also known as River Park. The Randy Rogers Band, a coun-try band from Texas that has more than a decade’s worth of experience under their belt, will be opening for Bentley.

Saturday night, the fes-tival will shift to the UA Fort Smith Campus Green, where The Fray, Girl Talk and Andy Grammer will get the crowd on its feet.

To start the night off right, up-and-coming artist Andy Grammer will begin the show. Named one of Bill-board’s 2011 artists to watch, Grammer has been garnering rave reviews playing irresist-ible pop songs on his cur-rent tour with Colbie Callait.

Next on the list for the night is mash-up artist Girl Talk. Girl Talk is known for taking the world’s most popu-lar music and smashing it all

together in an art form all its own. Whether or not you like Ke$ha, Snoop Dogg, Moby and Regina Spektor separate-ly, the combination of them all smashed together in a 10-sec-ond span over a driving beat is the ultimate party-starter.

The Fray, most famous for its mainstream hits “Over My Head (Cable Car),” “How to Save a Life” and “You Found Me” will finish out the night. The Fray has been nominated for multiple Grammys and has achieved worldwide success with its piano-driven, heartfelt pop.

And to top it all off? Tick-ets are only $10. To make it even better? Proceeds from the event go to charity.

“Our goal is to raise enough money from sponsorships that all of the money from festival tickets and con-cessions go towards char-ity,” said John Speck, event chairman for the festival.

The money will benefit the Arkansas/Oklahoma Al-zheimer’s Association, Bost Foundation, Children’s Emer-gency Shelter, First Tee of Fort Smith, Gregory Kis-tler Treatment Center, Good Samaritan Clinic, Helping Hands for Children, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Making a Difference One Kid at a Time, and the Donald W. Reyn-olds Cancer Support House.

Compared to other mu-sic festivals that can cost more than $100 for a week-end, the Festival on the Border’s $10 price tag is extremely reasonable.

“What we really wanted to do was make it a community event so that everyone could afford to come,” Speck said.

Tickets are avail-able at George’s Majes-tic Lounge or online at fes-t i v a l o n t h e b o r d e r . c o m .

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Campus classes are full, and with a huge influx of students this semester, many students were forced to take that awful 7:30 a.m. class. Though the early mornings might seem like a pain now, new research suggests that students taking earlier classes perform bet-ter in school and lead more organized lives. While tak-ing a late afternoon class, spending the evening nap-ping and going out to Dick-son at night might seem like the student dream, being lazy during the school day can lead to less study time and more booze consumption.

New research in a St. Law-rence University study sug-gests “undergrads whose classes started later were more likely to binge drink and get lower grades.”

“Students who had later class start times tended to stay up later, were not as well rested, had more daytime sleepiness and earned slight-ly lower grade point averag-es,” according to the study. In addition to the lazy day-time schedule, students “also reported more alcohol use

and more binge drinking.”While those 2:30 p.m. class-

es allow for sleepy mornings and late nights with friends, leaving the morning lessons off a class schedule can hurt more than help when mid-terms roll around. Many stu-dents who take afternoon classes justify late nights with not having to wake up ear-ly, leaving less time in the day to study and prepare for upcoming tests. While you might plan on studying after class ends, that study hour can easily turn into hap-py hour with friends when the evening rolls around.

With a booming bar scene just minutes from campus, the idea of skipping that boring test review to throw some back with friends can be tempting. The structure of getting up in the morning and hanging out for hours until class can be useful for some, but with work sched-ules, a mountain of errands to run and friends who want to see you, it is more tempting to skip a class when it is not the first thing on the to-do list.

Having a structured day that starts with class is a positive for many students. While waking up before the

sun rises isn’t the most excit-ing way to start the day, fin-ishing classes early and hav-ing the remainder of the day to go work, study and see friends is a recipe for success.

“Though most of my classes are only offered for one ses-sion, I prefer early classes so that I can do other stuff with the day,” said Allie Mertz, a senior food science major. “I perform equally well in both morning and afternoon class-es, but afternoon classes are easier for me to skip, espe-cially if it is nearing a holi-day and I want to get a head start with my trip home.”

There are some down-sides, though, to tak-ing early-morning classes.

“Unfortunately with early classes people are less awake so they may need to spend extra time outside of the classroom learning the ma-terial,” Mertz said. “Since I am more attentive during my afternoon classes, I feel I get the material and can more easily justify skipping.”

If the majority of your classes start after noon, con-sider waking up early any-way and using the morning as study time. Grab a coffee, textbook and a pen and head

out of the dorm room and into the study hall. By finish-ing any class work before the lecture meets, your afternoon is free for the occasional nap or night out on the town.

Though many students like to tackle class before the day has begun, some find later classes a better environment for focusing.

“I have an 8:30 a.m. class some days and an 11 a.m. class on others,” said T.J. Wuellner, a junior kinesiology major. “I like the later classes be-cause I can get a full eight hours of sleep that I don’t get on my early class days.”

Whatever time your classes meet this semester, be sure to set aside time for work and fun. Consider meeting with friends for a morning study session if class meets in the afternoon, and cut back on the social events in the week when classes are important.

If you get stuck with an af-ternoon workload, make sure to pick up a few study tips to have a successful semes-ter on campus. Being a col-lege student is about being responsible and making sure to maintain a healthy balance of work and play, regardless of when you head to class.

ROTC Develops Discipline, Hard Work

by EMILY RHODESStaff Writer

KRISTOPHER JOHNSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERROTC cadets exercise outside of Memorial Hall. Cadets participate in 6:00 a.m. training sessions three times a week.

For most college students, 5:30 is never the most welcome hour of the day. But UA Army and Air Force Reserve O! cer Train-ing Corps cadets answer the call throughout the week as part of their training to commission as United States military o! cers.

“It’s de" nitely a lifestyle change,” said Clint Johnson, a senior ca-det and the mission support group commander within the UA’s Air Force ROTC Detach-ment 030, located in Memorial Hall. “You have to be motivated to succeed. You have to remem-ber to keep your eye on your goals, your eye on the prize. To commission as an o! cer into to-day’s military takes a lot of work.”

ROTC cadets are a diverse group with majors ranging from Mid-dle Eastern studies to mechani-cal engineering, all with di# er-ent career goals and motivations.

Johnson, a criminal jus-tice major, joined the ca-det corps his freshman year.

“$ e [AFROTC program] has really prepared me for any-thing,” he said. “I couldn’t have gotten the leadership experience I got from ROTC anywhere else.”

Adaptability is key for cadets transitioning into the military environment from civilian high schools. An uno! cial motto exists within the ranks of the Air Force: “% exibility is the key to airpower.”

ROTC is one of several path-ways to becoming an o! cer into today’s military. $ e military

academies, like West Point in New York and the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, are four-year universities that incorporate mili-tary discipline into nearly all ar-eas of a cadet’s life, including dic-tating bedtimes, meals and study hours. Competition for spots in these schools is intense: accord-ing to “US News,” the Air Force Academy and West Point accept only 17 and 15 percent of all appli-cants, respectively, and the Naval Academy accepts only 10 percent.

For those who want to pursue an alternative route that ends in both a commission and permits the retention of a “normal” college experience, ROTC is a reward-ing choice. Cadets go to classes in civilian clothes, but participate in 6:00 a.m. physical training ses-sions three times weekly, hold jobs within their detachments and at-tend “Leadership Lab,” a three-hour long focused training ses-sion every $ ursday a& ernoon.

“It’s like having a job in col-lege,” Johnson said. “It’s busy, but it’s all worth it.”

Sarah $ omas, a nursing stu-dent hoping to go into the Air Force nursing corps a& er gradua-tion, thinks that her time as a ca-det has helped develop her skills as a future medical professional.

“I feel like its helped me with nursing, and it teaches you bet-ter time management and stress management,” she said. “$ is especially helps in nursing, be-cause they put you on the spot all the time, just like in ROTC.”

$ omas said that the demands of the two programs are similar.

$ omas echoed Johnson’s warning about being prepared for an increased workload.

“I would tell students it is a very strenuous schedule, but if you put your mind to it and stick to your grades, you will have a lot of ex-periences that people in the ci-vilian world will not have,” she said. “$ e sense of pride and purpose that you get from serv-ing your country – you can’t get that in the civilian world.”

Justin Holmes, a se-nior Army ROTC cadet, has seen a lot in his time as a ca-det, and understands what it means to be proud of one’s job.

Holmes said he feels prepared to do anything the Army asks of him.

“Hopefully I can branch in as an infantry o! cer,” he said. “From there I hope to be-come a special forces o! cer.”

Holmes, who is a powerful in-% uence not only in ROTC but also on the Razorback track and " eld team as a shotput and dis-cus thrower, credits ROTC for his development as a leader.

“$ ey teach you all the skills you need to be a leader,” he said. “Helping each other out, working as a team, all the way to eventually being a soldier – you get to experience it all.”

Holmes has high aca-demic ambitions as well.

“Eventually, I want to get my mas-ters in counterinsurgency,” he said.

Holmes felt that his experience in Egypt this summer as part of the Army’s cultural immersion pro-gram was invaluable to becom-ing a more e# ective future o! cer.

“If you want to be a lead-er, you need to know about the world,” he said.

On another Army sponsored trip, Holmes had the oppor-tunity to lead a platoon at Fort Bliss, Miss., as part of a pro-gram called Cadet Troop Lead-ership Training. As a result, he gained " rsthand experience in many aspects of Army leadership.

“I had a whole platoon to be in charge of while I was there,” he said. “I feel like I saw the full patchwork of the Army.”

Although he has enjoyed his time as a cadet and looks forward to serving as an of-" cer, he cautioned that mili-tary life is not for everyone.

“I’d tell [prospective cadets] to weigh their options, and un-derstand their motives behind their decision,” he said. “You can’t go into this hal' earted-ly, all the while knowing that you will be a part of something that is bigger than yourself.”

Holmes does, however, rec-ommend the ROTC experience to anyone with a desire to serve.

“At this time, in this nation, there is no greater opportunity,” he said. “It gives you that direc-tion and drive in your " rst years out of college. But ask, am I pre-pared, am I willing to lead others?”

Holmes said that, ultimate-ly, the key to success as a mil-itary o! cer is sel% essness.

“It doesn’t matter about you as an o! cer, if you are tired or not, or any-thing else. It’s not about you. Even-tually, it’s all about your soldiers.”

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Senior receiver Joe Adams helped get the Tyler Wilson era o! to a strong start.

Adams returned a South-eastern Conference-record-ty-ing two punts for touchdowns, leading No. 14 Arkansas to a 51-7 season-opening win over Missouri State.

" e Razorbacks led 30-0 at hal# ime and cruised to the win.

“I was happy with our team,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “It was a good start. It’s the way we were sup-posed to start. It’s what you would say, ‘Mission accom-plished.’”

Wilson, making his $ rst collegiate start at quarterback, led the Hogs to three touch-downs and one $ eld goal in his four drives.

" e 6-foot-3, 220-pounder completed 18 of 24 passes for

260 yards, including 33-and 29-yard touchdowns to senior receiver Jarius Wright.

“I thought he did a good job,” Petrino said. “I thought he was very poised, under control and understood what we wanted to get done. He threw the ball well and distrib-uted it well.”

Wilson, a Greenwood, Ark., native, made his $ rst start in his fourth year in Fayetteville.

“When we were in pregame

warm-up, they announced him as the starting quarter-back and the crowd started cheering for him, I saw him start smiling,” o! ensive coor-dinator Garrick McGee said . “To him, it had $ nally hap-pened. He was the starting quarterback for the Razor-backs.”

Wilson performed well, but Adams stole the show. " e 5-foot-11, 190-pounder had a 61-yard return for a touch-

down in the $ rst quarter, then broke a highlight-reel 78-yard return for a score in the third, tying the SEC record.

“I’ve never been involved in (a game) with a guy return-ing two for touchdowns like that,” Petrino said. “He’s a tre-mendous athlete. It’s amazing some of the runs he made. Not

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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER After two punt returns for touchdowns, Arkansas punt returner Joe Adams now has three returned punts for touchdowns, most by any player in Arkansas history.

Electric OpenerBig plays highlight rout

What We Learned in Week One

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Just when you thought you couldn’t take another NAS-CAR left turn, Tiger-less golf tournament or midsea-son baseball snoozefest from your favorite out-of-conten-tion team, college football is back to save the day.

Week one is in the books and fans across the coun-try have already been treated to top-notch action rivaling the fiercest Maria Sharapo-va backhand. Well, not quite, but close.

Robert Griffin III, LSU, Auburn, Notre Dame and more made national head-lines.

Tyler Wilson, Joe Adams and Houston Nutt were the center of talk in Arkansas.

I’ll start with the Razor-backs.

We learned Wilson will be a more than adequate re-placement for former Razor-back and current New Eng-land Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett.

To be fair, Wilson showed signs of being special last year and Missouri State isn’t Ala-bama. The Greenwood, Ark., native looked sharp in his first collegiate start, though.

We learned true fresh-man Brandon Allen might be the No. 3 quarterback. This isn’t certain, but some pretty strong indications were given in the season opener.

Wilson and sophomore Brandon Mitchell were the only quarterbacks to play Sat-urday, while Allen and red-shirt freshman Jacoby Walker sat. Allen looked much better than Walker in fall camp, but the coaching staff would like to redshirt him.

Walker not playing in a 51-7 rout speaks volumes.

Moving on, we learned the Hogs can’t just say “next” at running back and forget about Knile Davis. The run game ground out 102 yards on a paltry 3.1 yards per car-ry with junior starter Ronnie Wingo, senior De’Anthony Curtis and true freshman Kody Walker sharing the workload.

Sure, getting Dennis John-son back from a hamstring injury will help, but the of-fensive line didn’t get much push against a bad Missouri State defense. Arkansas will need to figure out some an-swers before heading to Tus-caloosa Sept. 24.

We learned the receiving corps still has speed to burn.

Jarius Wright made sever-al highlight-reel touchdown grabs from Wilson and Ad-ams was spectacular in re-turning two punts for touch-downs. Nothing unexpected.

We learned the Razor-backs’ defense looks like a top SEC defense. Eight start-ers return and the defensive line is big, fast and physical.

The Hogs played like a top defense Saturday, too.

Around the country, we got to watch Robert Griffin III announce his Heisman can-didacy. It might be shortlived and over by mid-October, but

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Hogs Defense Dominant in WinArkansas made a statement

early, allowing only 18 yards of total o! ense by Missouri State in the $ rst half.

" e Razorbacks started the 2011 season with a 51-7 win over the Bears and in the rout, the Hogs allowed 163 just yards.

Missouri State started true freshman quarterback Kier-ra Harris and had an inexpe-rienced o! ensive line as well. Harris was limited to just 8-of-14 for 70 yards and a touch-down and interception.

“I was proud of our defense,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “We had six three-and-outs and only allowed one $ rst down in the $ rst half. Great job of them coming out of the lock-er room and playing good de-fense.”

" e Razorbacks are more experienced this season, with eight returning starters from last season’s 10-3 team.

“We need to keep under-standing the scheme a little bit better,” defensive coordina-tor Willy Robinson said. “" ey tackled well, had a lot of hats to-ward the ball.”

Arkansas had several new-comers get action on the defen-sive side of the ball.

Junior college transfer Alonzo Highsmith Jr. started his $ rst career game, $ nish-ing with four tackles, including two for a loss. Highsmith won

the starting position alongside last year’s starters, seniors Jerry Franklin and Jerico Nelson.

“" e $ rst start was every-thing I had expected,” High-smith said. “" e pace was fast and as the game went on I felt I picked it up very well.”

Highsmith was listed as Ar-kansas’ third starting lineback-er on the depth chart released Monday. Robinson said he had been impressed with his ability to learn.

Highsmith said he played the type of game he wanted to in front of 70,607 fans.

“I felt like I handled it very well out there today,” High-smith said. “Every time you get the $ rst hit out of the way it re-lieves everything, so a# er I got the $ rst hit out of the way I felt right at home.”

Highsmith, though playing in his $ rst game, was able to im-press those alongside him. Nel-son said Highsmith played just as well as he knew he would.

“He did well coming out and adjusting to the system; doing what coach wants,” Nelson said. “He is $ lling the gaps and hit-ting and that is things we need from the linebackers.”

Highsmith wasn’t the only newcomer to see action on de-fense.

Freshman cornerback Tevin Mitchel and defensive end Trey Flowers both received playing time in their $ rst career game. Mitchel registered a lone tackle a# er getting in the game early and playing solid time.

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas linebacker Alonzo Highsmith made his fi rst career start Saturday against Missouri State. The JC transfer fi nished with

four tackles, two of which were for a loss.

Flowers on the other hand, $ nished with four tackles, while providing depth at defensive end.

" e lone turnover forced by Arkansas came by way of the hands of Nelson. He intercept-ed a Harris pass late in the third quarter, the third of his career.

" e Destrehan, La., native made his 27th career start Sat-

urday night and made the inter-ception with Missouri State in Razorbacks’ territory.

“On that play coach Robin-son made a call and we came out and did what we were sup-posed to,” Nelson said. “" e quarterback threw the ball my way and I was able to catch it.”

Even though it seemed Ar-kansas did all it could do defen-

sively against the young Bears, Nelson said there was one more thing the Razorbacks could have accomplished.

“We gave up a touchdown,” Nelson said. “" at was some-thing we didn’t want to do and something we haven’t ac-complished in a long time. It is something we will work hard on this week.”

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RG3 and Baylor won the best game of the weekend against TCU.

We learned LSU is again good because of their de-fense and overall athleti-cism, not what player is tak-ing snaps.

We learned Gene, Gus and the rest of the Auburn gang didn’t spend enough to replace Cam Newton and the offensive line in the off-season.

We learned that Mark Richt is firmly on the hotseat for seemingly the 10th con-secutive season. It could be equally for the egg Georgia laid against Boise State or his approval of the ugliest uni-forms ever worn in the XFL.

We learned Notre Dame is again all hype. Thanks to his son, Lou Holtz finally picked a Fighting Irish game right.

We learned that Houston Nutt is right next to Richt on that hotseat. At least Ole Miss’ season-opening loss was to a WAC team instead of an FCS team this season.

We learned that Alabama isn’t invincible and has issues on offense. Both A.J. McCar-ron and Phillip Sims threw two interceptions, while Trent Richardson averaged 2.8 yards per carry.

We learned a lot in week one and some of it will like-ly change throughout the course of the season. Richt will have chances to turn the Bulldogs’ season around and the Crimson Tide will be OK.

Most importantly, though, we learned that de-spite constant conference realignment talk and ram-pant scandals, college foot-ball is worlds better than ev-erything I mentioned at the start of this column.

Except from Sharapova, that is.

Jimmy Carter is the sports editor for The Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears ev-ery Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.

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even just the two scores, but he had some other good punt returns.”

On the 78-yarder, Adams mu! ed the punt, but a Mis-souri State cover man knocked the ball backward trying to re-cover. Adams picked the ball up on the 22, went right, then reversed his " eld to the le# sideline, picking up a wall of blockers.

“I didn’t think I touched it, but people said I touched it, so that’s why I went to get it,” Adams said. “I’m never trying to dive on the ball. I’m trying to make a play with it. I tried to pick it up, make some guys miss and I just ran.

He reversed " eld again at the Bears 45, outrunning Mis-souri State defenders for the score. True freshman receiver Marquel Wade delivered the key block at the 10-yard line on a helmetless Bears defend-er.

“When I picked it up, ev-erybody ran to the sideline, so I just tried to reverse " eld,” Adams said. “$ en I came back across. At the end I no-ticed the guy chasing me with no helmet. In my mind, I was asking, ‘Are you ever going to stop?’ He never stopped, but Wade came, picked him up and I was happy.”

Adams now has a school-record three career punt re-turns for touchdowns, includ-ing a school-record 97-yard return last season against Ole Miss.

“He doesn’t surprise me,” McGee said. “I know what he’s capable of. He’s really ex-plosive. Him with the ball in space is really dangerous be-cause he has the ability to stop and start as fast as anyone in the country. At this point, he’s

really con" dent, so he’s going to be hard to stop back there.”

Arkansas took a 20-0 lead into the second quarter a# er two Wilson-led touchdown drives and Adams’ " rst return. $ e Bears’ o! ense had nega-tive yardage with " ve minutes remaining in the " rst half, " n-ishing the half with 18 yards.

“I felt we played very fast, very physical,” senior defen-sive end Jake Bequette said. “We didn’t let them cross the 50 there for most of the game. Anytime you’re doing that, giving our o! ense and Joe Ad-

ams a chance, it’s going to be tough.”

$ e Razorbacks allowed just 163 yards of total o! ense on the night. Missouri State scored its lone touchdown when quarterback Kierra Har-ris found receiver Jermain Saf-fold for a 29-yard touchdown with 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

“I was happy,” Petrino said. “I thought we really con-trolled the line of scrimmage. We looked fast. I thought we looked fast on the edges with Tenarius Wright, (Jake) Be-

quette and Chris Smith. To be able to rotate those guys inside and have the depth we have in-side really helps us.”

Sophomore quarterback Brandon Mitchell, Wilson’s backup, entered on the " rst possession of the second quar-ter. He completed 10 of 11 passes for 104 yards and one touchdown, but also fumbled a snap in the " rst half and lost a fumble on a scramble late in the third quarter.

“He was a little bit incon-sistent,” Petrino said. “He missed calls a couple plays,

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which hurt him and his abil-ity to drive. He made a couple good throws. It was great to get him in there, get that many reps.”

Senior receiver Jarius Wright had six catches for 108 yards, including the two scores from Wilson. He and Adams gave the Bears trouble with their speed.

“He’s a real good player,” Petrino said about Wright. “He’s real fast. $ at " rst touch-down catch he made was a tre-mendous catch. $ e second one was, too, to keep his foot inbounds.”

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior captain Jarius Wright led all recievers with six catches for 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Wright has 14

touchdown receptions for his career.

ARKNASASRUSHING No. Yds TD LgR. Wingo Jr. 11 43 0 11D. Curtis 5 37 0 14K. Walker 9 33 2 8B. Mitchell 3 5 0 9T. Wilson 4 -5 0 7

PASSING C-A Yds Int TDT. Wilson 18-24 260 0 2B. Mitchell 10-11 104 0 1

RECEIVING No. Yds TD LgJ. Wright 6 108 2 33C. Gragg 4 18 1 7R. Wingo Jr. 3 51 0 19C. Hamilton 3 38 0 20M. Wade 3 28 0 20J. Horton 3 23 0 12C. Childs 2 29 0 16J. Herndon 1 41 0 41J. Adams 1 11 0 11A. Tate 1 10 0 10K. Small 1 7 0 7

KICKING Conv FG PuntsZ. Hocker 6-7 1-1 0 D. Breeding 2-82

RETURNS Punt KO Int J. Adams 6-174 0-0 0-0 M. Wade 2-14 1-18 0-0 J. Nelson 0-0 0-0 1-12

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL SacksB. Jones 1 5 6 0 0E. Ford 1 5 6 0 0J. Franklin 1 4 5 .5 .5C. Smith 3 1 4 1.0 2.0A. Highsmith 2 2 4 0 2.0T. Flowers 2 2 4 0 0T. Wright 0 4 4 0.5 0R. Rasner 3 0 3 0 0J. Nelson 1 2 3 0 0J. Lake 1 2 3 0 0J. Mitchell 0 3 3 0 0T. Thomas 1 1 2 0 0J. Green 1 1 2 0 0D. Smith 0 2 2 0 0J. Bequette 0 2 2 0.5 0E. Bennett 0 2 2 0 0R. Thomas 0 2 2 0.5 0T. Mitchel 1 0 1 0 0C. Miles-Nash 1 0 1 0 0D. Winston 0 1 1 0 0A. Davis 0 1 1 0 0M. Marshall 0 1 1 0 0T. Gilbert 0 1 1 0 0Z. Stadther 0 1 1 0 0D.Q. Jones 0 1 1 0 0S Armbrust 0 1 1 0 0

MISSOURI STATERUSHING No. Yds TD LgC. Douglas 18 72 0 15S. Johnston 7 15 0 5M. Jenkins 1 6 0 6K. Harris 5 -9 0 4

PASSING C-A Yds Int TDK. Harris 8-14 70 1 1M. Jenkins 1-4 9 0 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD LgD. Buford 2 19 0 10J. Burton 2 7 0 4J. Sa! old 1 33 1 33R. Fields 1 17 0 17C. Douglas 1 4 0 4M. Thayer 1 1 0 1S. Johnston 1 -2 0 0

RETURNS Punt KOJ. Burton 1-15 4-95

KICKING Conv FG PuntsA. Witmer 1-1 0 0

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL SacksM. Crutcher 5 5 10 1.0 0R. Callendar 2 6 8 0 0A. Beisel 4 3 7 0.5 0.5S. Berry 3 4 7 0 0M. Montgomery 3 4 7 1.0 1.0C. Scha" tzel 2 5 7 0 0D. Ingram 1 6 7 1.0 0M. Ruder 0 5 5 0 0D. Blow 2 2 4 0.5 0N. Davis 1 3 4 0.5 .5N. Canavan 1 3 4 0 0J. Wright 2 1 3 0 0R. Kelly 1 2 3 1.0 0J. Smith 0 3 3 0 0A. Lee 2 0 2 0 0B. Thomas 1 1 2 0 0C. Current 1 1 2 1.5 1.5J. Chilles 1 0 1 0 0J. Cane 1 0 1 0 0D. Buford 1 0 1 0 0K. Mueller 0 1 1 0 0J. Strong 0 1 1 1 0

STATISTICS ARK MSUFirst downs 24 9 by rushing 7 4 by passing 17 3 by penalty 0 2Rushing yards 102 84Passing yards 364 79Passing 28-35-0 9-18-1O! ensive plays 68 49Total yards 466 163Avg. per play 6.9 3.3Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-Yds 8-76 4-40Punts-Avg. 2-41 4-25Punt returns-Yds 8-188 1-15Kicko! returns-Yds 1-18 4-95Interceptions-Yds 1-12 0-0Fumble returns-Yds 0-0 0-0Possession time 31:29 28:313rd downs 6-12 1-114th downs 2-2 1-1Sacks by-Yds 2-17 3-15

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER