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Tennis Club Plays Around the Country!e Arkansas tennis club provides recreational and tournament opportunities for interested students. Full Story, Page 7

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Newly elected ASG execu-tives re!ected on a smooth, clean election and discussed their plans for the upcoming year.

“"is was a very clean cam-paign,” said Ellie Ke#er, ASG vice president. During the elec-tion, relations between every team were friendly, and a$er the results, these relationships

have not changed, Ke#er said. “If anything, an election is

one giant learning experience,” said Bo Renner, ASG presi-dent. “We kept the mindset that none of this was about us all the way through.”

“Overall, the people in-volved in the election were very genuine, nice people,” said Matt Cha%n, ASG treasurer. “"ey were the kind of classy people you want to compete against.”

"e candidates were ulti-mately forced to rely on the

students they were campaign-ing to as motivation, Renner said.

As president, Bo Renner said he is committed to free-ing up more parking for o&-campus students, 'nding a way to o&er incentives for students who stay to the end of Razor-back athletics events and get-ting more freshmen involved on campus early.

One idea that could help alleviate parking issues is to relocate freshman parking to a di&erent lot, Renner said.

Renner is working with Gary Smith, director of Transit and Parking, to 'nd alternative locations for freshmen to park.

Most freshmen use campus lots more as storage parking than anything else, especially since they have everything they need during the week on campus, Renner said.

Eighty percent of the stu-dent body does not live on campus, and they are the ones who primarily need to 'nd

ASG Executive Officers Plan for Next Year

Tuesday night, ASG Sen. James Wesolowski proposed a resolution to minimize tra%c delays at the Harmon Avenue Parking Facility and improve pedestrian safety.

Delays increase directly fol-lowing the end of class periods and pedestrians face more of risk during this heightened traf-'c.

One possible solution that may be presented to adminis-tration is the resolution to build a new pedestrian bridge, said Sen. Wesolowski, author of the bill.

“"is would have e&ect of reducing pedestrian tra%c across Harmon Avenue, which would increase pedestrian safe-ty and reduce vehicle tra%c de-lays,” Wesolowski said.

“"ese delays are largely caused by those paying at the gate upon exiting,” according to the bill. In addition, many drivers do not have their credit cards ready when it is their turn to pay at the gate and others are distracted and talking on cell phones, according to the bill.

Although there are pay-on-foot stations available for stu-dents to use, they are greatly underutilized, according to the bill.

In order to help alleviate these concerns, the bill propos-es that Parking and Transit look into “incentives to use pay-on-foot stations.”

Besides this bill, ASG also proposed a bill to establish an online syllabus bank of past syl-labi.

Proposal to Alleviate Harmon Tra!c

Kathleen Pait Sta" PhotographerA large group of people gather around the J. William Fulbright statue to celebrate the Arkansas politician’s birthday.

Happy Birthday Fulbright

Kris Johnson Sta" PhotographerEmergency medical teams and UAPD respond to a construction worker injury, Tuesday, April 9. !e worker fell from sca"olding on the Founder’s Hall construction site around 4 p.m. !e worker was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

Construction Worker Su!ers Minor Injuries

Barefoot students will be traveling across campus April 16 as part of the global “One Day without Shoes” event to raise awareness about the health issues faced by chil-dren around the world with-out shoes.

"e program was started on campus last year by An-drew Powell, a junior commu-nications major. Powell said he grew up in poverty and got his shoes as hand-me-downs from relatives or thri$ shops. Powell said his 'rst new pair of shoes came in high school a$er working all summer to buy a pair of basketball shoes for his high school team.

“I know what it’s like to not have brand-new shoes, and I know what it is like to have shoes, so I can’t imagine those who are in a more di%cult situation than I was,” Powell said. “If I could, I would go every day without wearing shoes, but that’s the point: I can’t because of athlete’s foot and broken glass. We over-

look the millions of people that live without shoes and the obstacles and problems they face.”

In many developing coun-tries, children must walk bare-foot for miles to school, clean water and medical help, ac-cording to the TOMS website. In some schools, footwear is required, so new shoes can increase school attendance by 62 percent, which can help

break the poverty cycle, ac-cording to the website.

Exposed feet can also in-crease susceptibility to diseas-es. Nearly 2 million Kenyan children are infected with burrowing !eas that cause gashes in their feet, and 740 million people are infected with hookworms, according to a TOMS’ o%cial video. El-ephantiasis, a debilitating and dis'guring soil-based foot disease, also a&ects 4 million people each year, according to the video.

“Getting involved in this program is a good way to serve the community and help people around the world,” said Nick Fielding, a

Barefoot for a Cause

"e University Programs Daytime Committee gave students a break from their coursework Tuesday with a game of grocery bingo. "e event took place in the Union International Connections Lounge and was open to all UA students.

"e University Programs Daytime Committee is re-sponsible for planning various events and programs for stu-dents throughout the school year. It uses the student activi-ties fee included in all students’ tuition to do so, according to their website.

"rough a wide assort-ment of bingo games, includ-ing blackout, Texas-T, X’s and crosses, students were able to relax, have fun and gain

a chance to win a variety of prizes. "ese prizes included chips and salsa, soda, instant noodles, packets of gum, and several other types of foods, as well as gi$ cards to Walmart, Common Grounds and Hog Haus.

“"is is probably the high-light of my life,” said sopho-more kinesiology major Vic-tor Meza a$er winning both

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“Getting involved in this program is a good way to serve the community and help people around the world.”

Nick FieldingFreshman Information Systems Major

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Courtesy PhotoMatthew Cha#n (left), Ellen Rudolph, Bo Renner and Lindsay Bach are the newly-elected ASG executive o#cers for the 2013-2014 academic year.

McKenna Gallagher Sta" PhotographerStudents participate in Grocery Bingo, Tuesday, April 9, in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge. Prizes o"ered included grocery items like Dr. Pepper and Keurig Cups, as well as gift cards for Common Grounds, Qdoba and Walmart.

parking when they commute to class every day, Renner said.

In addition, Renner is work-ing with the athletics depart-ment to discuss ways in which the UA could team up with local retailers to o&er students incentive to show their support for Razorback athletes.

"e hope is to form a rela-tionship with local restaurants and retailers and o&er the stu-dents who stay for the entire game coupons or free food, Renner said.

Renner said he hopes to get freshmen involved in at least one group or activity on cam-pus within their 'rst week of college.

One way to do this would be to get academic advisors to encourage students to get in-volved in a society that relates to their area of study, Renner said. Students could learn about and even sign up to get involved with a society at the same time that they are enroll-ing for class, Renner said.

As vice president, Ellie Kef-!er will have the responsibility of appointing students to com-mittees, such as the Headliner Concerts Committee or the Distinguished Lectures Com-mittee.

Ke#er said one of her goals for next year is to reach more students and get more students involved. Ke#er is working with administrators to get the word out about di&erent com-

mittees by directly going to classrooms.

By matching the subject of the committee with the sub-ject of the class, this would al-low ASG to reach students who have an interest in the subject, and possibly a connection re-garding their career path, Kef-!er said.

Ke#er said she is also excit-ed about plans to put a syllabus bank online.

Although the bill recently presented to the Senate about adding a syllabus bank to ISIS failed, Ke#er said she believes this is something that truly rep-resents student’s interests.

With a few revisions to the bill, and a clari'cation that the syllabus bank could be a sepa-rate website, not connected to ISIS, Ke#er hopes ASG Senate will support this idea.

During elections, an online syllabus bank was one of the things on the platform that stu-dents seemed very receptive to, Ke#er said.

"is initiative will give stu-dents a heads up about class expectations and allow them to have their class experience meet their learning preferences, Ke#er said.

Ke#er also wants to give students a better sense of secu-rity by bringing a “Blue Light” safety app to the UA.

An app like this could really increase the UA’s atmosphere of safety and make students feel

more secure, Ke#er said.As secretary, Lindsey Bach

said she hopes to make ASG more transparent to the student body.

Bach plans to create a list-serv for students who are in-terested in learning about what ASG is doing.

"ere is currently a listserv that is sent out to the various branches of cabinet to create better communication within ASG. If a similar option was available to students, this could be an easy way for campus to see how their student body government is representing the students, Bach said.

Of course, this would be optional and only for those students who are interested, but this is one way to get the student body more involved and knowledgeable about ASG, Bach said.

In addition, Bach and her team have been working on establishing a university wide philanthropy that all students can get involved in.

"is would be something students can do on a day-to-day basis, without sacri'cing a lot of their time, Bach said.

"e way it would work is that whenever students pur-chase anything on campus, the cashier would then give them the option of rounding their total up to the next whole dol-lar amount. Whatever amount of change that is would then be

donated to that the philanthro-py, Bach said.

As treasurer next year, Matt Cha%n said he is most excited about working with adminis-trators to establish a permanent fund to provide Scantrons for students.

"is semester, Cha%n au-thored the bill proposed to ASG Senate to make an online syllabus bank available for stu-dents. Since the bill did not pass in the Senate, Cha%n said he is planning to tweak some things about the bill that were men-tioned as concerns during the debate.

Initially, the bill suggested that the syllabus bank would be a part ISIS, but now Cha%n is considering making it available through a separate website.

Some senators were con-cerned that teachers would be opposed to an additional re-quirement of them to upload their syllabi early.

However, this bank would come together as a process, building year a$er year, Chaf-'n said. Teachers would not be required to use the website, but they would have the ability to upload their syllabi for students whenever they were ready, Cha%n said.

“I really want get the ball rolling on this,” Cha%n said.

Cha%n said his team’s goal is to make a di&erence on cam-pus and leave a legacy a$er they are gone.

On-campus dental services are coming for the 'rst time to the UA through a company called Bold Dental. "e Pat Walker Health Center is work-ing with the company to give students access to oral hygiene as part of the student-health regimen it provides.

Bold Dental will provide general dental services from cleaning and whitening to braces and wisdom-tooth re-moval. "e o%ce for the dental center will be located next to the Walmart on Campus.

"e services from Bold Dental will be tailored to the college-student lifestyle by al-lowing students to schedule appointments through their upcoming online scheduler. "e o%ce also plans to have a 24-hour appointment desk.

“Bold Dental knows stu-dents,” said Rich Kley, a spokesman for Bold Dental. “We understand the rigors and demands of the college-student life. "erefore, we are creating !exible appointments,

personalized care and will work with the students.”

"e company’s goal is to be a resource to students and faculty when it comes to oral hygiene. "ey plan to “partner with the university to build awareness within the student body of steps they can take to improve their dental health,” Kley said.

Knowing student budgets are tight, Bold Dental is work-ing with a local company that will help provide a student dental discount program to give students discounts to nor-mal fees.

“A&ordable dental care is important to Bold Dental,” Kley said. “We will have pay-ment options to make dental treatment easy and a&ordable.”

Dental services on campus may be new to the UA, but they are in high demand. Each day, the Pat Walker Health Center receives requests from students for dental care, ac-cording to Mary Alice Sera'ni, director of Pat Walker Health Center.

Students will 'nally have access to dental services as Bold Dental moves onto cam-pus.

Update: UA to O"er Dental Services

ASG Legislation Pass or Fail:Resolution No. 47 – A Resolution for Clinical Depression GPA ForgivenessBill No. 22 – #e Information Accessibility ActBill No. 24 – A Bill to Fund a Safe Ride Expansion Pilot ProgramBill No. 25 – #e ASG MacBookPro Bill of 2013Resolution No. 49 – A Resolution to Implement Razorbucks at Sporting EventsResolution No. 50 – A Resolution to Support Soft Closing of Dickson Street EstablishmentsBill No. 27 – An Act Calling for the Creation for a Traditions CouncilResolution No. 51 – A Resolution for Student Representation on the Board of TrusteesResolution No. 52 – A Resolution for Course Change Email Noti"cation through ISISResolution No. 53 – A Resolution for a Varied ROTC Parking Plan

Students can make their opinion heard during the ASG meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Graduate Education Building. !ere is a public comment section during each meeting where students can speak for two minutes before the legislation starts, said Mike Norton, ASG Chair of Senate.

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a large bag of Doritos and a $10 gi$ card to Walmart. “I’m glad this game is happening. It makes me feel lucky.”

While not everyone could win, several of the victorious students shared their food prizes with others. "rough-out the a$ernoon, pockets of peers could be found sitting together, eating and drinking their winnings, talking, and enjoying bingo.

“I’ve been playing this for at least a dozen rounds, and

I haven’t won yet. "e guy next to me won, though, and

gave me one of his Mountain Dews,” said sophomore music major Sean Breast, who never

won a game but was able to share the winnings of some of

his neighbors. “I’m having fun; it’s just frustrating. I’m always about one number o& from

winning.”Workers at the event urged

students to attend future University Programs events, speci'cally the music and comedy open-mic night this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Au Bon Pain, standup comedian Mike Birbiglia’s performance this "ursday at 8 p.m. in the Verizon Ballroom and the Tar-antino Movie Series playing every "ursday of this month at 7 p.m. in the University Pro-grams Video "eater.

freshman information systems major.

"e TOMS One Day with-out Shoes program is also being paired with a shoe drive con-ducted by National Residence Hall Honorary, but they are not the same program, Powell said. Unlike TOMS, the NRHH shoe drive gives shoes to children in America, and the donated shoes do not have to be new. Donat-ed shoes will be given to 7hills Homeless Center, Powell said. "e TOMS program is simply to raise awareness.

“It’s just symbolic to take the pair of shoes o& for one day, that you don’t need them and donate them, because I bet you have more than those at home in the closet,” Powell said.

Pledge stations will be lo-cated at Brough, the Northwest Quad and the Arkansas Union. Shoes can be donated at those locations on the day of the pro-gram or throughout the week at Silas Hunt Hall or the Quad, Powell said. Last year, 150 pairs of shoes were donated and 300 people pledge to go barefoot, but Powell said he expects the program to be even more popu-lar this year.

“I think it’s exciting that we can target more than 300 peo-ple,” he said. “Honestly, last year I think maybe 100 people knew about it, and 200 more people took of their shoes as they walked by the booth. "at’ll still happen, but we’ll have 300 more people that will already know about the event.”

Students can also get in-volved by connecting to the One Day without Shoes event on Facebook, Twitter, Insta-gram and Pinterest.

“I’m excited to go a day without shoes,” said Rebecca Travaglini, a sophomore child-hood education major. “I love being in !ip !ops, so being without shoes completely is the best possible thing ever.”

Powell said he plans to ex-pand on the program next year by creating a weeklong event that will incorporate the TOMS’ sight initiative, which combats visual impairment around the world, and a march across Old Main.

“"is builds community,” Powell said, “because it brings together a group of people that sponsor and run the event, but it also helps raise awareness and bring knowledge to those that aren’t involved with planning, but are possibly helping to carry it out.”

Stephanie CarlsonSta! Writer

“!is is probably the highlight of my life.”Victor Meza

Sophomore Kinesiology Major

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While the bill previously presented to senate in sup-port of an online syllabus bank failed, this resolution di&ers in that it does not ask faculty to do any additional work.

“One of the major con-cerns with the original sylla-bus resolution is that course instructors frequently do not have syllabi prepared until just before the semester begins,” said Wesolowski, author of the bill. “Furthermore, there are many, many courses where in-structors are not assigned until shortly before the semester be-gins.”

Similar to the original syl-labus resolution, this bill agrees that, “It is important for stu-dents to have su%cient infor-mation about course content prior to registration in order to most e&ectively choose their classes.”

For this reason, instead of dissolving the failed resolution completely, ASG made some

modi'cations to the idea and proposed it to senate for an-other look.

“If we have a database of previously used syllabi, the students are able to get a good deal of the information they are seeking with little impact on the departments and faculty,” Wesolowski said.

In addition, Tuesday night ASG proposed a bill to support the establishment of smoking booths at pre-established sites on campus.

"e establishment of these booths would be to improve the safety of those students who smoke or use other tobacco products o&-campus.

Arkansas law prohibits smoking on public university campuses and UAPD “holds no jurisdiction outside of Univer-sity property lines,” according to the bill.

"erefore, “If an assault were to transpire against a University student o& property lines, the City of Fayetteville police headquarters is located a minimum of two intercity miles from the University cam-pus,” according to the bill.

Tuesday night, ASG voted to pass an amendment to the bill proposed last week to increase grade forgiveness for students diagnosed with depression.

"e amended bill proposed that “administration and Stu-dent a&airs improve the Ra-zorback student health and wellness” as a whole and in-crease grade forgiveness for all students.

However, a$er much de-bate, the amended bill failed.

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Traveler Quote of the Day“I know what it’s like to not have brand-new shoes, and I know what it is like to

have shoes, so I can’t imagine those who are in a more di"cult situation than I was.”

Andrew Powell, Junior, Communications Major“Barefoot for a Cause” Page 1

Regardless of whether or not you are a senior graduating, ev-ery student on campus has that nervous excitement for com-mencement. It’s the last step of the undergraduate education. Some may not step on a college campus until touring with their kids 25 years down the road.

According to an article in the Hu!ngton Post, there is now more student debt in America than credit card debt. Most students are graduating with close to $26,000 loans. And while many have job pros-pects, the bills and cost of living a"er college rise.

#e article reported Presi-dent Obama spent over $166 billion on student aid, in ad-dition to $14 billion on tax bene$ts for college students. However, like I said in Tues-day’s newspaper, there are still hundreds of thousands of stu-dents stuck in minimum wage, low-skilled jobs throughout the country. #e Hu!ngton Post reported 80 percent of Toyota’s 3,000 person workforce doesn’t even need a high school diplo-ma.

#e fact of the matter is there is a very small window for high skilled positions. #ere is also a stigma in the job market against students. Many advanced job applications students would be interested in “require 3-5 years experience.” #e basic idea is companies think recent gradu-ates are career ready, but lack “critical-thinking skills” to be e%ective in that position.

Unfortunately, the begin-ning jobs within companies are the non-glamorous, “mind-numbing,” sometimes labor-in-tensive jobs that an “educated” student doesn’t feel like they should be doing, with their ac-complished bachelors degree. According to the Hu!ngton Post, these monotonous jobs

are vital to show one’s ability to “troubleshoot, adapt, innovate, synthesize data, and communi-cate e%ectively.”

#is means students need to put more emphasis on the hands-on jobs. Certi$cations in speci$c computer programs or internships in manufacturing plants that feed into engineer-ing $rms are just examples of getting the life experience that makes you a more rounded job applicant.

You’d think this is all too obvious. But too many students feel they can’t have 3-5 years ex-perience right out of college so they accept the low-skill, mini-mum wage jobs prematurely.

Going through college, with the proper internships and stu-dent jobs, however, you can meet those job expectations and get started on a whole new level. Also, building bridges with companies during your sopho-more year of college may prove vital for your future. #ere are businesses with career-appren-ticeships. You work with the same company for two or three years during college and, when you graduate, you have both practical skills of an intern and a higher level of critical think-ing by understanding the chain of command within the compa-ny. You can $nd more informa-tion about these career appren-ticeship programs through the Department of Labor website and careeronestop.org.

For graduating students, if you don’t have the years of ex-perience, don’t be intimidated by the manual labor job o%ers you may receive. For younger sophomores and juniors, don’t get caught spending summers in jobs away from your major. Whether it’s an internship or just a summer job, if the em-ployment can relate to your ma-jor, you will be far better o%.

Look into the apprentice-ship programs and businesses that can get you on a strong career path. Build bridges. Pre-pare for graduation so when you walk across the stage, you aren’t $26,000 down and in the minimum wage job thousands of your peers will be stuck in.

Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major and the opinion editor of the Arkan-sas Traveler.

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France, England, Rome, Russia and Egypt are just a few of the countries students can travel for study abroad programs. However, with more war and con&ict go-ing on in the world, studying abroad is not be as safe as it used to be.

Studying abroad is a once in a lifetime chance. #ere is usually only the four year college window. #e experi-ence and knowledge gained adjusting to a foreign coun-try is unparalleled by the do-mestic classroom.

“I think the risk is totally worth it, if there is any. #ere are a lot of safety measures put in place these days that lower the risks,” said sopho-more Stephanie Almand. “Common sense keeps you safe the rest of the time. If you can go, go because the ‘risk’ is de$nitely outweighed by the bene$t.”

I’ve studied French for six years now. I would love to study in Paris and put my knowledge to the test.

Unfortunately, my par-ents are uncomfortable with me studying abroad. “While studying in Europe is prob-ably safer than perhaps countries where there is anti-American sentiment, I still feel like there are more risks

studying in a foreign country. #ere may be unfamiliar laws kids might not be aware of or you may come down with an illness or lose your pass-port, et cetera. Certainly bad things can happen in any city in the U.S., but at least you’re in the same country and I would be more available to help you,” is the explanation I got investigating my mother’s disinclination.

My dad has told me he would rather take me to Paris once I graduate so he could be there with me and I can get my long-dreamed trip to France.

While this is just my per-sonal situation, many other parents feel reluctant to let their children out of the country in this time.

Perhaps the situation is not whether or not one should go, but where they go.

“Avoid all travel to the Gaza Strip, a travel warning from the federal Department of State says. Avoid the West Bank and really go to Israel only if necessary,” according to a New York Times article.

If you have watched the news in recent years, you would know tensions in the Middle East are still high. Add to the list, the U.S. is re-ceiving nuclear threats from North Korea.

Tensions around the world are worse than ever.

We live in a time of war, con-&ict and international ten-sion.

#e most detrimental situation would be studying in an area of high tension with the U.S.. No matter how many precautions are taken, one wrong move could put you in a life or death scenario Students need to understand the dangers abroad and real-ize it’s not something to be taken lightly.

“I’m going to be studying abroad in Rome for a month this summer through the U of A. As of right now my ex-citement for getting to visit another country is overriding any nervousness about being so far away from home,” said sophomore Jessica McPhail.

While a university abroad may be safe, students need to be responsible in foreign schools and cities.

“I think it depends on where you’re going. Some areas you’d have to be more cautious,” said junior Brooke Anderson.

Finances and money management is another de-terrent preventing students from studying abroad.

“#e main reason I hear for not studying abroad is more the $nancial and time commitment necessary. I’ve always felt safe abroad,” said sophomore Ashley Saldana.

To ease the $nancial pres-

sure, the university o%ers scholarships for students looking to travel abroad. At an informational meeting on studying abroad I went to, one of the presenters said the program at the university hands out scholarships like candy.

Clearly there are many resources in aiding students who want to study abroad.

“If there is one advice I can o%er about scholarships it is to get started early,” said the university’s study abroad website.

#e movie Taken may have ruined some people looking to study abroad. It’s all about being safe and tak-ing the proper precautions before leaving and while vis-iting a foreign country.

“All travel has its advan-tages. If the passenger vis-its better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it,” said Samuel Johnson.

Whether one is traveling to Paris to experience the French culture or to Uganda to help with the Invisible Children program, there will always be a risk.

It’s up to one to decide if the risk is worth it.

Hayley Noga is a sopho-more and a sta! columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

Too Many Risks to go AbroadHayley NogaSta# Columnist

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Winston Churchill was the most consequential Brit-ish prime minister of the 20th century. Margaret #atcher, who died today at 87, was without a doubt the second most important and arguably the country’s most in&uential female leader since Queen Elizabeth I. It is hard to imagine where Britain would be today were it not for Mrs. #atcher. In fact, it is hard to imagine where our world would be had the grocer’s daughter from Grantham not, by force of will and pow-er of principle, forged herself into the Iron Lady.

When Margaret #atcher took power in 1979, her na-tion was reeling from a mori-bund economy, choked by high in&ation, high taxes and low job growth. Mrs. #atch-er instituted painful but suc-

cessful market reforms that cut the state’s heavy role in the economy and later broke the back of the militant trade unions.

She also restored British stature in the world, $rst by retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentine aggressors and, more broadly, by join-ing Ronald Reagan in con-fronting Soviet imperialism (the Soviets $rst called her “Iron Lady,” an epithet in which she delighted). Mrs. #atcher identi$ed Mikhail Gorbachev as a new kind of Soviet leader, one with whom she “could do business.” She, along with Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Reagan and Pope John Paul II ended the Cold War without a shot. And yet, in a moment of stunning ingrati-tude, the Conservative Party dumped its great champion in a 1990 party coup.

In her 1995 memoir, Mrs. #atcher recognized that her

achievements, like all hu-man endeavors, would not and could not be permanent. But she foresaw that Britain would not shackle itself again to socialism — indeed, the Labor Party came to power in 1997 only a"er Tony Blair jettisoned the core of its longstanding socialist poli-cies. She also foresaw that Europe would never return to the communist slavery from which she had done so much to liberate them.

#ree years a"er she le" o!ce, Mrs. #atcher attend-ed mass at a Catholic church in Poland. #e priest told the congregation that during the years the Soviets cast the shadow of death over their land, the clearest voice of all the foreigners who stood up for them, he said, belonged to Margaret #atcher. In the simple people of that Polish parish, Mrs. #atcher re-called, she saw the embodi-

ment of all the aspirations to liberty and the irrepressible dignity of the individual hu-man person, for which she’d fought all her years in public service.

What, then, did the life of Margaret #atcher pro$t the world? Mrs. #atcher con-fessed she couldn’t possibly know this side of Judgment Day, but “it comforts me to think that when I stand up to hear the verdict, I will at least have the people of the Church of the Holy Cross in court as character witnesses.”

And not just them, not by any measure. She was a true and tireless friend of free-dom; every lover of liberty knows what greatness has now passed from the world.

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, April 10, 2013 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

A!er months and months of cold-ness and darkness, it’s "nally that time of year again: Spring. Spring is not only a beautiful time of year but also an amazing time for produce. Spring is just warm enough so that the fruits can come out, but not so warm that they are ruined by the heat. Spring produce is much more #avorful and juicy than produce you can get in the winter, at least as far as local produce goes. $is gorgeous summer produce is best purchased straight from the farm if possible. Now that the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market has started back up, a great selection of local produce is easily available. $is produce can be used in any kind of cooking, baking, or cold dishes.

Rhubarb is not as obvious of a sweet produce to use in recipes, which makes it more interesting to use when baking. Despite its sweet flavor, rhubarb is not a fruit. Rhu-barb is actually a vegetable. It is also somewhat dangerous. The leaves of the rhubarb plant are poisonous and cannot be consumed. But luck-ily enough, the stalk of the plant is what is used in recipes and is also delicious. When shopping for rhu-barb, make sure to pick a plant with a medium stalk that is firm and blemish free. Most people have primarily eaten rhubarb in pies, and this recipe makes a spin on the classic rhubarb pie recipe. These rhubarb crumb cakes are the per-fect treat for a spring time picnic or barbecue.

Rhubarb Crumb CakeIngredients:

for crumble topping1 cup all-purpose #our1/2 cup brown sugar1/4 teaspoon salt6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted

for cake1/2 pound rhubarb, cut into small pieces1 cup all-purpose #our1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/2 cup butter, room temperature1 cup confectioner’s sugar2 eggs1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 tablespoon brown sugar Directions:1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees2. Butter an 8 inch square baking pan and line with parchment paper.3. Butter and #our parchment paper, tap out excess #our.

for crumble topping1. Whisk together butter, brown sugar and salt and add in the #our.2. Mix until large crumbs form and refrigerate until use

for cake1. Combine rhubarb, brown sugar and % cup #our.2. Using the remaining & cup of #our, whisk the #our, baking powder and salt3. Beat the confectioner’s sugar and butter until it is light and #u'y

4. Beat eggs one at a time5. Add in vanilla and #our mixture6. Spread the mixture into the pan and sprinkle the mixture with rhubarb and the crumbs7. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

Asparagus and artichokes are

two vegetables that come to be their best in the spring. Asparagus is deli-cious and healthy when eaten plain or lightly seasoned and grilled. It can also be chopped up and used in salads. One of the best things to use

an artichoke for is artichoke spinach dip. Artichoke hearts can also be a great addition to a supreme pizza or pasta.

Sweet peas are prevalent in the spring. Peas make a great addition to salads and rice dishes, but can also be used as a featured ingredient for a meal. Pea soup is a light and nutritious entrée for a spring dinner. Adding a sprig or two of mint can make a pea soup even more refresh-ing.

For those of you who desire something sweet, cherries, apricots,

and peaches are coming into season. $ese fruits can be sliced on top of baked goods, especially cupcakes, included in salads and smoothies, and eaten plain as a side dish or a delicious snack.

Spring brings lovely, temperate weather, striking #owers and even more beautiful produce. Eating some of this great produce is a sure-"re way to beat the winter blues that might still be lingering and get you through the last few weeks of school and "nals in the most delicious way possible.

$e warmer the weather, the more sweet iced tea Arkan-sans drink. If you’re from the area or points south, chances are you already know how to make a sickeningly sweet glass of tea. $e secret, as any Southerner knows, is to put the sugar in while the tea is still hot. If you wait until the tea is already iced, it will just sink to the bottom, leaving an un-satisfyingly bitter beverage. Remember that desired level of sweetness is an intensely personal decision. Never make as-sumptions when it comes to sweet tea. Oh, and a lemon slice never hurt anything.

t’s "nally April. $e days are longer and warmer, so it’s time to rethink beverage strategy for the spring and summer. Spring drinks shouldn’t be too heavy, and usually feature some sort of bright #avor. Cool and refreshing is the name of the game, so iced

tea and iced co'ee "t the bill. For something stronger, many specialty breweries have rolled out spring and summer selections. If you’re in the mood for wine, try mixing red wine and Coca-Cola over ice. Each of the following drinks is best served cold, outside, and with friends.

Alex MarchSta! Writer

$e ever-increasing popularity of cra! beer in the US means bars and liquor store shelves have a wide variety of brews specially made to "t warmer, brighter days. Colorado brewery New Belgium, best known for Fat Tire, rolled out Dig Pale Ale as its spring seasonal beer. Dig is hoppy and citrusy, with a slightly bitter a!er-taste. Fans of ales and other darker beers will "nd a lot to love in Dig.

Samuel Adams, out of Boston, makes an Alpine Spring seasonal brew. It’s a beer-drinker’s seasonal beer. Instead of cloyingly sweet fruit #avors, Alpine Spring has a satisfying crisp and bitter taste. It’s not a beer for shotgunning either. It takes a little time to sip and enjoy. Blue Moon’s Valencia Grove Amber is darker and sweeter than Blue Moon’s standard Belgian White. Like all Blue Moon, it’s best with an orange slice. It’s the most accessible spring brew; with little bitterness $e Valencia Grove Amber does have a slight syr-upy taste—almost like a soda.

For something truly spring-like, try a shandy, or a mix of beer and lemonade. Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy is a classic lemon shandy made with a lager. It’s reminis-cent of a Smirno' Ice, but in the best way pos-sible—delicious and easy to drink. Rumor has it the Leinenkugel o'ers a Lemon Berry Shandy as well.

Austrian brewery Stiegl mixes it’s Goldbrau beer with Grapefruit to make Stiegl Radler. $e brewery touts the calorie and alcohol content, but it also just tastes really good. It’s like a beer and a Fresca, all in one. It pours very cloudy, but the taste is clear and refreshing. It barely even tastes like alcohol, so be careful. Also of note, all of the aforementioned beers are available at Liquor World on College Avenue. Check your favorite purveyor of beer for more seasonal brews.

Bear with me. Red wine and coke over ice sounds disgusting at "rst glance. $e drink comes from the northern Spain, where it is known as a “Kalimotxo.” $ere, Spaniards drink the concoc-tion, one part cheap red wine and one part Coca-Cola over ice, as

a way to cool down. $e drink goes down fast, and it’s cheap. With just an inexpensive bottle of wine and a two-liter bottle of Coke, you

and a friend will feel like you’re sitting at a sunny sidewalk café in no time.

A bright, sunny day and a hot pump-kin spice latte or a chai tea latte just feels wrong. Sure, you could ice either one of those down, but the result is more like Christmas in July than a true spring drink. For something lighter, try a regular iced cof-fee. Sweeten it to taste before icing it, and then add milk or cream. If you’re at a co'ee shop, look for springy #avor syrups. At Ar-saga’s throughout Fayetteville, locally made pH Alchemy syrups sit on shelves, waiting to sweeten your favorite drink.

Making the Most of Spring Produce: Rhubarb Crumb CakeGeorgia CarterSta! Writer

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday, April 10, 2013 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

COMMENTARY

Last week, a video went viral of a 7-year-old cancer patient scoring a touchdown during Nebraska’s spring game. I saw it posted many

times before I caved and clicked on it — thinking I’ve seen this song and dance, I won’t cry, I won’t get goose bumps.

And yet, as that tiny little body crosses the goal line and the Cornhuskers hoist him up, chills went immediately down my spine. My favorite part was the crowd audible in the back-ground — there were a lot of people at that spring game. And they were so elated by the joy on the !eld, the joy that you cannot help but feel when it comes to college sports.

Lately these stories have been even more plentiful than usual in college sports — that or I’ve been more emotional than usual, also a major pos-

sibility. When we get to follow something over a long period of time as we have with the men’s NCAA tournament, a story seems to beautifully un-fold before our eyes.

It seems that in college sports, you get to know who these student athletes are — not just their stats or their jersey numbers. It doesn’t take much to start recognizing whose mom is whose in the stands and to start knowing the twisted, o"en heart-break-ing stories that made these athletes who they are.

When Kevin Ware was injured in the Sweet Sixteen, although horri!c — it was a scene of passion I will prob-ably never forget. Seeing his

teammates and fans of both teams sitting in the stands weeping for him makes “mov-ing” seem like an entirely in-adequate word.

You felt it. I don’t mean the physical pain, for I feel none of us could even imagine that; what we felt was the emotional pain. It jumped through our television sets and for some of us came rolling right down our cheeks.

Now it’s very possible that all of this glori!cation of col-lege athletics I’m doing here is unfair to professional sports because let’s face it: once someone is a professional ath-lete, their story has already been told and some of the best stories even get told in high

school.But deep down, I think

there’s more to it than that. I don’t think it’s the only rea-son I’m a college sports fan, because there are no profes-sional sports around these parts. #ere has to be a bigger reason we feel this way, a big-ger reason it li"s our hearts so.

I recently started reading “#e Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football” by Orville Henry and Jim Bailey and the dedication page reads, “to all the Razorbacks…and to all the Arkies all over the world whose heads they have li"ed.” At the end of the day the real reason to love college athletics is not because of scores and statistics, it’s because of the

head-li"ing.As I prepare to graduate

college and take a job with the NCAA where I can dedicate my life to the beauty of col-lege sports, this is what I think about.

#ese stories are what bring tears to my eyes and remind me that what I’m do-ing matters. So I dedicate this, my !nal column as a Traveler writer, to all the Razorbacks, and to all the Arkies all over the world, whose heads they have li"ed.

Liz Beadle is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every other Wednes-day. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports

Why College Sports Lift Hearts Like Nothing Else

Liz Beadle Sta! Writer

#e tennis club at the University of Arkansas gives students the chance to compete on a national level against many of the country’s most talented club teams.

#ere are two separate aspects of the tennis club at Arkansas, the competitive team and the recreational team. Since its inception in 2005, the tennis club team has doubled in size to now !eld more than 20 members.

#e competitive team has traveled to tournaments around the country this year, usually !elding a squad of four men and four women. Tryouts are put on at the be-ginning of the school year, and a traveling team is as-sembled. Dues of $100 are required from competitive team members to help cover travel costs.

Most of the competitive team’s members played ten-nis since before high school, including team president Alyssa Zimmer. #at kind of experience gives the team a signi!cant advantage be-cause of familiarity with a tournament-style system.

Although the team par-ticipates in the Southern section of the United States Tennis Association, most of the events they go to are in the Missouri Valley section because it is easier to travel there.

Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Tulsa, Okla., and

Murfreesboro, Tenn., were the locations of the USTA tournaments the team par-ticipated in this year. #e team last traveled in Febru-ary to Auburn, Ala., to play in a tournament that !elded more than 50 teams. Arkan-sas came in !rst place at the Tulsa tournament in team play.

#e competitive team also saw success in the 2011-2012 school year, !nishing third at the Missouri Valley fall invi-

tational in Kansas City, Mo., in 2011 and !nishing !rst at the Drury tennis invitational in Spring!eld, Mo.

#e recreational team practices separately from the competitive team Tuesdays and #ursdays from 6-8 p.m. at Walker Park in Fayette-ville. All are welcome to par-ticipate in recreational team activities, regardless of skill level or prior experience.

A common goal of the recreational team’s players

is to simply become more skilled in the arts of tennis, and practice is a valuable as-pect of that. #e recreational team’s dues are $50, which covers some equipment costs including tennis balls and re-serving courts.

#e competitive team played in a tournament in Fayetteville this past week-end, and the recreational team competed in a tourna-ment as well.

#e club has used the

UREC Bash, an event put on by University Recreation at the beginning of the fall semester, to meet potential new members. #ey also look to continue growth and expansion through fund-raisers and have ideas in the works to bring that into frui-tion.

#e Arkansas tennis club has continued to improve by the year and will continue to compete among the best club programs in the country.

Tennis Club Plays Around the Country

Kathleen Pait Sta" PhotographerTennis club sport president, Alyssa Zimmer, practices with her team at the Walker Park tennis courts, !urs-day, April 4.

CLUB SPORT

Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

TENNIS

#e No. 54 Arkansas men’s tennis team swept Nebraska-Omaha in two matches Tues-day to improve to 15-14 on the season.

#e Razorbacks earned all seven of the available points in the morning match. Chris-tian Lee, who won his singles match 6-0, 6-0, put up a domi-nant performance against Eric McKnight, who did not score a single point.

Jovan Parlic, Mike Ward, Hall Fess, Pete #omason and Austin Robles each won their singles matches in two sets as well to put Arkansas up 6-0 be-fore doubles play.

Ward and #omason each kept their opponents from earning a single point in at least one set of their matches.

#e closest competition of the day was a 6-4 victory in the !rst set for Parlic over Conner Tieszen, but Parlic used the momentum from the close win to earn the win in the second set 6-2.

#e doubles duo of Fess and Mike Nott defeated Ne-braska-Omaha’s pair of Peter Greteman and Matt Frost 8-3 and Ward and Gregoire Lehm-ann held the Mavs scoreless to earn a 8-0 victory over McK-night and Connor Larson to

Razorbacks Sweep theMavericksHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

see SWEEP page 8TRACK & FIELD TRACK & FIELD

#e Razorback women’s track and !eld team ended its combined events meet Mon-day and still has the John Mc-Donnell Invitational to look forward to Friday in Fayette-ville.

#e Invitational will feature the distance runners of the Ra-zorback team, as the combined events featured only competi-tors that perform in multiple track and !eld events.

“We’re starting to get our athletes now more and more into their primary events,” head coach Lance Harter said. “We’ve been kind of exploiting their secondary events with the idea that we’ll get those na-tional-qualifying marks out of the way, or regional-qualifying marks.”

“We’ll close in on the pri-mary events as the season evolves, and so the distance crew speci!cally is going to attack that this week and next week,” Harter said.

#e Invitational consists of

many top women’s track and !eld programs, including No. 12 Arkansas, Southeastern Conference foe No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 1 Kansas, No. 24 Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

“It’s going to have two of the

best teams in the United States, at least according to the polls,” Harter said. “Kansas is No. 1 and Texas A&M is No. 3 and we’re going to line up kind of in a secondary fashion. We’ll have some people run primary events but the distance crew

will still be kind of o$set a little bit.”

#e range of competitors coming into the Invitational goes from No. 1 to unranked, placing Arkansas somewhere

Hogs Face Top Teams In Invite

Addison Morgan Sta" PhotographerHead women’s track coach, Lance Harter, speaks at the Olympic press conference, Tuesday, April 9.

Tamzen TumlisonSenior Sta! Writer

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#e No. 2 men’s track and !eld team will compete at home this weekend in the John McDonnell Invita-tional.

Arkansas will go up against No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 19 Minnesota, No. 25 Oklaho-ma State, Kansas and Tulsa.

“It looks to be pretty good,” head coach Chris Bucknam said. “In addition to (A&M), we have a great Minnesota squad coming in; we’ve got an outstanding Oklahoma squad that was second at the indoor Big 12 Championship. Kansas is coming in, and I think their women are ranked No. 1. So, we have an outstanding meet this weekend at our outdoor track.”

Among these teams, there are many individuals

ranked in the top 10 in the nation for their respected events.

A&M has Ameer Webb, who is ranked second in the 100-meter and !rst in the 200. #e Aggies have Sam Humphreys who is No. 1 in the javelin as well as the No. 1 4x100 relay team and the No. 2 4x400 relay team.

Arkansas’ 4x400 team has yet to run since the in-door season, but they will be competing this weekend against A&M.

Minnesota has the No. 1 800-meter runner, Harun Abda, and No. 2 in the ham-mer throw, Quentin Mege.

Oklahoma has Riley Masters, the No. 1 1,500-me-ter runner, and Mississippi has Sam Kendricks, who is the No. 1 pole vaulter in the nation.

Arkansas has !ve top-10 athletes. Caleb Cross is No.

Razorbacks Face No. 1 Texas A&M, 3 Other Ranked Teams at HomeBen EnyartSta! Writer

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grab the doubles point for the Razorbacks.

Lee and #omason also picked up a doubles win over Carlos Ramos and Nathan Greteman 8-2.

In the second match of the day, the Razorbacks won the !rst four singles matches, mak-ing the !nal two unnecessary.

Nott topped John Ellis 6-1, 6-3, Parlic beat Ramos 6-2, 6-2, Fess beat McKnight 6-2, 6-2 and #omason got the best of Frost 6-3, 6-1.

“We went up to Omaha and got the job done,” head coach Robert Cox said. “We really needed these two victories and the guys responded well not al-

lowing the Mavs a set.”#e Razorbacks will close

the season with a trip to Baton Rouge, La., to face the No. 20 LSU Tigers and Jackson State in a doubleheader.

Postseason play begins Wednesday, April 17, with the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Oxford, Miss.

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Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsHall Fess returns the ball at the Arkansas v. Nebraska-Omaha tennis match, Tues-day, April 9. !e Hogs swept the Mavs in the doubleheader.

in the middle of the competi-tion.

“Kansas and A&M are two teams that have great squads,” Harter said. “We’ll match up in some key events, we won’t in others,” Harter said.

“It’s almost like a dual-meet type of a$air. You’ve got to have a lot of depth and a lot of bod-ies across the board,” Harter said. “We’re just not built that way. We’re heavy in the dis-tances, we’ve got great sprint-ers and great jumpers and we’re kind of neglectful in throws, and that’s somewhat by design.

“We want to make sure that we’re peaking at the end of the

season — SEC’s, regionals, na-tionals,” Harter said.

#e John McDonnell Com-bined Events were held earlier in the week to ease the compe-tition schedule of the Invita-tional and to make it spectator-friendly.

Makeba Alcide took the stage at the combined events, at which she earned a !rst-place !nish. Originally, Alcide was not going to compete in both days of the competition.

“#e plan was that she was going to do just the !rst day, see how things go and make a decision,” Harter said.

A"er the !rst day, the

coaches decided Alcide would not compete in the second day. However, Alcide ended up competing in the second day’s competition and completed the heptathlon, her second in two weeks.

Alcide, who earned the honor of SEC Athlete of the Week a"er her win, will not compete in the heptathlon again until the SEC Champi-onship.

Following the John Mc-Donnell Invitational Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, the Hogs will compete in the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Ca-lif., April 18-20.

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6 with 51.08 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. His time is seeded second for the John McDonnell Invitational, just behind A&M runner Isaiah Gill’s 50.76.

Solomon Haile is No. 5 in the 10,000-meter, and is the No. 1 seed for this week-end’s competition. Marek Niit is No. 4 with a 20.83 in the 200-meter, the third fast-est time this weekend a"er A&M’s Webb and Prezel Hardy, Jr.

Andrew Irwin is No. 3 in the pole vault with a height of 18-6 1/2, which is just behind Kendricks’ height of 19 3/4.

Kemoy Campbell is No. 1 in the 5,000-meter with a

time of 13:32.82 that he ran last weekend at the Stanford Invitational to win the race. His time is also the second fastest time in the world for 2013.

“If I take Kemoy Camp-bell, who is leading the coun-try in the 5,000, and if I put him in the 800 this weekend, you’re going to see a good 800,” Bucknam said. “And the same goes with A&M, and the same goes with Okla-homa.”

#e meet is Saturday, April 13, and will start with the hammer throw at 9 a.m., the javelin at 1 p.m., the dis-cus at 3 p.m. and the running events and !nals starting at 5

p.m. #e last event is sched-uled to start at 8:30 p.m. in order to keep the meet within a reasonable timeframe.

#is is the second of four meets at the University of Arkansas this season. #e Arkansas Spring Invitational was last weekend, and the other two meets to come are the Arkansas Invitational on Sunday, April 27, and the Arkansas Twilight on Friday, May 3.

“We’re looking forward to having a really good meet on our outdoor track this week-end,” Bucknam said. “And we would love to have a crowd out there to watch us com-pete Saturday evening.”

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Addison Morgan Sta" PhotographerMen’s track head coach, Chris Bucknam, speaks at the Olympic press conference, Tuesday, April 9.