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HATTIEVILLE, Ark. — Yard signs for local Demo-

crats blanketed the rolling hills of Hattieville, a small town about 15 miles north of Inter-state 40 in central Arkansas. !irty-"ve aging Democrats, sated by pulled pork and baked

beans, gathered at the town’s old school house, now a com-munity center, for a get-out-the-vote event.

A#er blessing their bar-becue, local political leaders introduced themselves, and proceeded to vent their frustra-tions to the friendly crowd; the outside money and the “nasty mailers” that came with it were in"ltrating the quiet commu-nity, threatening their age-old

Democratic heritage, they said.“How many of you raise

cattle?” asked Johnny Hoyt, a state senate candidate. “Well the good cows, they’ll stand to the back. And the cows with the horns — the mean cows — they’ll come up to the trough and they’ll knock all the other cows out of the way.”

Hoyt used the cattle anal-ogy to illustrate the battles for the Democratic Party.

“We’re going to have to push back a little bit,” Hoyt said. “We’re going to have to get up to the trough. We’re going to get up there and get something to eat. Don’t let them push you back.”

Two weeks later, Hoyt and Democrats statewide lost control of the state legislature for the "rst time since Recon-

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The one-year anniversary of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was Sunday. Since its opening, the mu-seum has brought education and economic benefits to the area, officials said.

“The year we have been open has exceeded our ex-pectations. We have had wonderful support and at-tendance,” said Diane Car-roll, Crystal Bridges media relation manager.

Crystal Bridges has been an icon in northwest Arkan-sas since it opened in No-vember 2011 and has also had an impact on the local economy.

“The presence of an artis-tic center absolutely boosts northwest Arkansas’ reputa-tion as a worthwhile place to live and work, which has positive economic effects,” said Preston Scrape, senior.

Though the impact the museum has had on the economy seems obvious, there has been no way to generally estimate the im-pact, an official said.

“There is no definite way to calculate the impact the museum has had on the economy, but there has been an increase in foot traffic and an astronomical increase in number of tour buses that visit the area,” said Tom Ginn, vice president of eco-nomic development for the Bentonville and Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce.

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A Year With Crystal Bridges Bene!ts "e Economy

!e UA, known by locals for its beautiful campus, regularly attracts visitors to explore the area. !e fall foliage this season, however, might not be as color-ful as usual because of the sum-mer drought.

UA was named one of “10 Must See Campuses for Fall Fanatics,” according to Schools.com. Nestled in the Ozark Mountains, the university is one of only seven U.S. campuses dis-tinguished on the international list.

Between Old Main Lawn — the campus arboretum — Ma-ple Street and tree-lined side-walks, fall is the perfect time to admire the more than 480 trees on campus.

“It’s our native plants we have here,” said Garry McDon-ald, assistant professor of land-scape horticulture. “We have a lot of di$erent hickory, elms, sweet gums that naturally turn very bright colors.”

Even though Fayetteville has the prime location and perfect climate for vibrant fall colors, a#er the drought this summer, it’s possible there will be more crunchy, dead leaves than bright and colorful ones, McDonald said.

“!e last couple of summers, we’ve had extreme drought and extreme heat,” McDonald said.

!is summer, the trees went into a self-defense mode by shedding their leaves, McDon-ald said.

“And so, that puts a lot of stress on trees,” McDonald said. “You know if a tree loses half its canopy, then there’s just not go-ing to be that much leaf le# to color up.”

!e heat scorched many leaves, leaving only a portion of healthy foliage. So instead of having healthy trees this fall, many leaves were brown before the season even started, Mc-Donald said.

“In some respects, we’ve had perfect conditions for fall color development, but on the other hand we’ve had a lot of heat stress on our trees this summer, so the color may not be quite as good this year, as maybe it’s been in the past,” McDonald said.

Day length is the main trig-ger of fall color, depending on temperature conditions, Mc-Donald said.

“We have the perfect climate, as far as cooling o$ by the end of September, we get those few nights that are really cold, but not freezing, and then we still have nice warm sunny days,”

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Gareth Patterson Sta# PhotographerLeaves change in the fall weather on UA campus at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry House on Maple Street.

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Fayetteville Police will invite the public to an infor-mation session to comment on whether the department should be accredited, police said.

!e information session will be at 5 p.m., Nov. 19 in the Fayetteville District Courtroom.

!e session will provide an opportunity for commu-nity members to voice their opinions concerning the ac-creditation process. UAPD has been CALEA accredited since July 1995.

“!e public information session is actually a forum for people to get up and speak about our department and the job we feel that we do,” said Sgt. Craig Stout, Fayetteville Police public information of-"cer. “We open ourselves up a bit knowing we will get both good and bad feedback.”

People may comment by phone if they are unable to attend the session, police

said. Phone calls and comments in the ses-sion will be limited to 10 minutes, and are required to address the agency’s per-formance related to CALEA standards.

“Currently, we are not accredited and this is our "rst step in the accredita-tion process,” Stout said. “We have been working towards this accreditation for several years.”

!e assessment team will examine policies, procedures, management and support services of the Fayetteville Police Department. !e de-partment must ful"ll 190 requirements before gain-ing accreditation, which is renewable every three years,

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McDonald said. “So those are the climate conditions that coupled with the plant species, sets us up to have one of the prettiest parts in this part of the United States for fall color.”

Mid-October through the "rst week of November is typi-cally the best time to view the array of fall foliage in north-west Arkansas, McDonald said.

Some drives that are par-ticularly pleasant this time of year are on Highway 71, Inter-state 540, Fayetteville to Eure-ka Springs, and from campus on Wedington Drive west to Lake Wedington, McDonald said.

“So you really don’t have to get more than about 15 min-utes out any direction here and it’s very beautiful,” Mc-Donald said.

!e Fayetteville tourism o%ce incorporates several tactics to invite visitors to the area.

“We get quite a few season-al tourists to Fayetteville,” said Jessica Leonard, communica-tions manager at Experience Fayetteville. “We o$er scenic driving tour brochures and help visitors plan fall sightsee-ing tours at the Visitor Center on the Square.”

!e visitor’s center tour manager drives groups through campus to tour the local attractions and view the

foliage, Leonard said.Despite campus and road

construction, students appre-ciate the beauty of northwest Arkansas during the fall, and many have favorite locations to visit, both on and o$ cam-pus.

“All of the maples at the li-brary are so colorful that they seem to give o$ light,” said Na-than Tompkins, a senior turf management student.

Other students said they enjoy visiting the Greek !e-atre, Old Main Lawn and the Arkansas Union mall in the fall.

Because northwest Arkan-sas is situated in the Ozark Mountains, students o#en visit o$-campus areas to view the scenery.

“Just recently, I went to Crystal Bridges for the "rst time, and I think that the fall colors on the trails around there are magni"cent,” said Nicholas Brennan, a junior biomedical engineering stu-dent.

Wilson Park, Lake Fayette-ville, Lake Wedington, Mount Sequoyah and Devil’s Den State Park are among students’ favorite locations to enjoy the outdoors.

“Mount Sequoyah is beau-tiful in the fall,” said Taylor Bassham, a junior hospitality student. “Lots of college kids go up there and take pictures.”

ploys about 130 people, Car-roll said.

In 2010, nonprofit arts and cultural industries had impacts of $61.1 billion and accounted for 0.87 percent of the workforce, according to a Americans for the Arts study.

Because the permanent exhibits are free at the muse-um, the majority of the rev-enue is generated from en-dowments, the museum store and the café, Carroll said.

“I can not speak of UA student involvement. We have a constant need for volunteers and we have vol-unteers of all ages. Also, we are beginning a new program next year specifically for col-lege students, a collaborative group that involves students from area universities. It will meet monthly and interac-tions will involve art, history and culture,” Carroll said.

The average city that par-ticipated in the Americans for the Arts study had 5,215 arts volunteers who donated 201,719 hours to nonprofit arts and culture organiza-tions, a donation valued at $4.3 million. The partici-pating organizations had an average of 116.2 volunteers who volunteered an average of 44.8 hours each, for a total of 5,204 hours per organiza-tion, according to the study.

struction. !ough Hoyt carried Hattieville and most of Conway County, he lost the rest of the district.

!rough conservative non-pro"t political groups, money &owed to local legislative races from the bank accounts of rich "nanciers like Charles and Da-vid Koch. !e goal was simple: elect a legislature intent on curbing regulations and cutting taxes.

!e groups and the Repub-lican Party were successful, and leaders from both parties predict that the change will be sustained.

“!e Democrats have re-sponded in other times, but this time it’s di$erent,” said David Sanders, Hoyt’s opponent and former syndicated columnist who wrote about the state’s shi# toward Republicanism.

A Long History !e Democrats sustained

their century-old majority by enlisting retail politics. Politi-cians projected an economically populist message by shaking hands and explaining issues. !e message was received in Arkansas because of the state’s poverty, said Janine Parry, a UA professor and director of the Arkansas Poll, a yearly measure of the state’s political leanings.

While states like Alabama and Georgia boasted prosper-ous plantations, Arkansas did not, she said.

“!ere never was a privi-leged class of any size here; most people can identify with what it is to be poor and, in a way that’s not easily measurable, admit-tedly,” Parry said. “I’ve always believed it has made us more empathetic to our neighbors.”

Charismatic leaders like David Pryor, Dale Bumpers and Bill Clinton carried the well-oiled Democratic ma-chine through the decades with their personalities. Republicans sputtered, unable to produce a continuous contingent of can-didates that could connect with voters.

Republicans had a chance to take Arkansas in the mid-20th century when Richard Nix-on’s Southern Strategy helped convert the rest of Dixie and her Southern Democrats into red-blooded Republicans. Be-cause Arkansas lacked a large African-American population, black candidates did not run here, keeping a white male co-alition together, Sanders said.

“Civil rights started work-ing from within the Democratic Party, but Arkansas did not have diversity pushing through like other states,” Sanders said.

While Republican governors like Winthrop Rockefeller and Mike Huckabee had bouts of

success, they were never able to “transform” the party, and turn the tide, Sanders said.

!e strength of the Demo-cratic Party peaked in 2008 when Sen. Mark Pryor, son of Sen. David Pryor, won 80 percent of the vote in his race against Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy. No Repub-lican ran.

In Lake Village, Eddie Cheatham was battling against outside money and $150,000 his opponent, Mike Akin, raised. !ough Cheatham had out-side help, he said he depended mostly on name recognition and meeting with people face-to-face. Cheatham won by 363 votes.

“I don’t have an agenda,”

Cheatham said at the Lake Vil-lage Fall Festival in southeast Arkansas. “When I went to Little Rock, I went without an agenda and I still think I’m that way, but I’m just trying to help the people in my district and I would rather work on local con-cerns. When people are hurting with state agencies, I like meet-ing with those people more than anything.”

!is has been the way Dem-ocrats have gotten elected for generations, said Parry, who di-rects the Arkansas Poll.

“!ey’ll want to walk in the parade in Lake Village and shake people’s hands because they know them,” Parry said. “You know, they’ll o#en say I’m not Nancy Pelosi, right, I’m not Barack Obama; you know me. I’m not a baby killer. I’m com-fortable with a gun, but I care

about education and healthcare and this community.”

!ough Cheatham was suc-cessful, most other Democrats were not. !e Republicans now hold a 21 to 14 seat majority in the senate, and control the House lies with one undecided race in Eastern Arkansas.

Tea Party Takes Hold

!ough voters almost never supported a Democratic presi-dential candidate touting more liberal policies, Republicans made a breakthrough in 2010, able to link local politicians to the Obama administration, a mounting national debt and the unpopular health care reform law.

Clint Reed led the 2010 elec-tions for the Republicans.

By running a strong group of candidates, population shi#ing to Republican-leaning regions in northwest Arkansas, outside spending and Tea Party enthu-siasm, the party was able to make historic gains, Reed said.

But while those factors all contributed to Republican gains, President Obama’s poli-cies sealed the deal for Repub-licans here, he said.

“It’s the policies that have re-ally pushed people away from the Democratic Party,” Reed said. “If you look at Cap and Trade, if you look at Obam-acare, you look at more of just a very proactive federal govern-ment, we’ve seen those things.”

!e A$ordable Care Act, dubbed “Obamacare” by many, was brought to the forefront

again this cycle. Republicans vowed to "ght its mandates, while Democrats here cam-paigned on the Medicaid ex-pansion which would add an additional 250,000 Arkansans to the program.

Support for the expansion was evenly split, according to the Arkansas Poll, but PACs like Americans For Prosperity at-tempted nonetheless to label the spending as irresponsible, hop-ing to tie it to the growing $16 trillion national debt.

While Democrats com-plained about their photos be-ing posted alongside Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama on mailers, Republicans like Sand-ers asserted that the character-ization was fair.

“!ere was a lot of disen-chantment with the Demo-crats,” Sanders said, referring to how the party “fought like dogs” to implement portions of the A$ordable Care Act, namely the health care exchange and Medi-care expansion, he said.

Beebe’s Party

Democrats hedged their bets on a secret weapon this cycle: Gov. Mike Beebe, who has a 70 percent approval rating, accord-ing to the Arkansas Poll.

“I’ll be honest with you: one of the biggest things we’ve got going for us is Gov. Beebe, there’s no doubt about that,” said Ti$any Rogers, in the heat of a tight race to represent a part of central Arkansas in the state senate. Rogers lost by 10 points.

Beebe could be the last of a

long line of Democrats that with name recognition and large per-sonalities were able to carry the party into the 21st century. His term expires in 2014, and so far, no one has risen to replace him.

“He calls me a Beebe Demo-crat,” Rogers said. “He’s referred to me that way numerous times. It’s our mission to work with people and work across the aisles, compromising, but we still have those values at heart too.”

Reed, who spent time re-cruiting candidates, said that with white males migrating to the Republican party, he expects the Republicans to win with popular personalities.

“As we grow our bench, I think you’ll see more [retail pol-

itics],” Reed said. “I think you’ll see a lot of our local candidates who have great retail person-alities sort of work their way up through the legislature and ulti-mately run for congress and run for governor.”

Democrats Adapt

Some candidates argued a taste of Republican control will turn voters back to the Demo-cratic Party, though they said it could take more than one elec-tion cycle.

“!ey have blinders on,” Rogers said of the crop of Tea Partiers that came to the leg-islature in 2011. “!ey don’t try to work. !ey’ve been pro-grammed by national organiza-tions on what to think and what to say and what to believe and there was no real working with

them.”What the Republicans have

o$ered through messaging, Democrats have outlined de-tailed policies, she said.

“We don’t put out these tax plans without any substance to it. We say what we’re really go-ing to do,” she said. “!e Repub-lican Party platform this year has said that they want to do away with the Arkansas income tax, but they’ve o$ered no alter-native resource for what they’ve wanted to replace it with.”

While Democrats had a di-verse array of political leanings statewide, many still portrayed themselves as "scally conserva-tive and socially moderate. To survive, the Democratic Party might have to endure a bruising 20 years of going at issues from the le#, Parry said.

“!at strategy (running con-servatives) isn’t going to work if Republicans are saying the same thing and still running their own candidates,” Parry said. “Now the Democrats are go-ing to have to regroup and say, ‘Maybe acting like a Republican isn’t the way to get votes any-more, so do we come at it from the le#?’”

!e Last Stand

It wasn’t that the people gathered at the Hattieville com-munity center were die-hard Obama supporters. Many la-mented about how they had to pray to support Barack Obama a#er he endorsed same-sex marriage. Nearly everyone said the Democratic Party of today wasn’t the same as when their parents and grandparents cast their ballots.

!e politicians campaigning at the event contended that their party was one fashioned on building up their community: its schools, roads and hospitals.

However, in order to survive in this era of nationalized poli-tics the prospect of the resort-ing to characteristic partisan politics and raising thousands of dollars was present, if not inevitable. Gone were the days of depending on a handshake, a county fair or a parade to springboard a political career.

Hoyt, who lost his senate race to David Sanders, said be-fore the election that he was ready for a "ght with Repub-licans. He did not return calls a#er the election.

His opponent said the years ahead for the Democrats will be tough. As the party loses its conservative white male base to Republicans, minorities and labor unions will have a greater say in the nominating process, potentially turning o$ voters to more liberal policies.

“It’s simple attrition,” Sand-ers said.

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McKenna Gallagher Sta# PhotographerWhitney Port speaks to UA students Friday, Nov. 9, in the Union Ballroom. !e lecture and meet and greet was organized by University Programs and was free to students.

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Jack Suntrup Sta# PhotographerJerry Bolin, the chairman of the Conway County Democrats, argues for a Medicare expansion and the election of local Democrats to the state legislature on Oct. 20.

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The Kappa Kappa Gam-ma and Lambda Chi Alpha houses are being remodeled to update their aging build-ings and to accommodate the growing number of students interested in Greek Life, fa-cilities management officials said.

It has been several years since either of the houses has been updated, said Jay Huneycutt, director of cam-pus planning for facilities management.

“This renovation is occur-ring simply because it is time to update,” said Julie Sher-rill, Kappa Kappa Gamma president. “It has been quite some time since any other renovations have been made, and our house board wanted to ensure our house is up to date and that it is able to ac-

commodate our large chapter size.”

Kappa Kappa Gamma is adding more common areas, a larger dining room, more study rooms that include group and individual rooms, more living rooms and a big-ger chapter room to allow for more students to live in the house, Sherrill said. The new homes will likely attract new recruits making the orga-nizations more competitive during fall and spring rush.

“The girls are very excited about the additions to the house,” Sherrill said. “Our sorority has experienced a large expansion in numbers. Basically everything will be bigger and better.”

In addition, a patio will be added to the side of the house. There will be new fur-niture in all the bedrooms and officer meeting rooms and laundry rooms on every floor, Sherrill said.

“It’s going to basically be

all new, but the best part is the front of the house will look exactly the same with the big white southern col-umns,” Sherrill said.

The projects are expected to be completed in about 15 months, Honeycutt said. De-signing the plans for the new building will take approxi-mately nine months, while construction could take any-where from six months to a year. Ideally, the homes would be completed in Au-gust in time for rush, Hon-eycutt said.

“While our new house will be very appealing and will certainly not harm our re-cruitment process, it is truly the amazing young women in this chapter that allow us to have a successful recruit-ment,” Sherrill said.

Both organizations are paying for their own renova-tions. Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae and members have made donations through

multiple fundraising events to secure funds for the proj-ect, Sherrill said. The remain-ing amount is being provided through loans from the Bank of Fayetteville. Lambda Chi Alpha is still in the process of raising funds for the project, Honeycutt said.

If space is available, stu-dents would be moved to on-campus housing while their houses are being renovated. Students have been moved to Buchanan-Droke and Glad-son-Ripley in the past, Hon-eycutt said.

However, if on-campus space is not available, soror-ity and fraternity members would be moved to nearby apartments, Honeycutt said. Walking distance from cam-pus and other conveniences for students would be taken into consideration when de-ciding where students should live. About 120 Kappa Kappa Gamma members are staying at the Grove Apartments.

Greek Houses to be RemodeledJaime DunawaySta! Writer

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College is the !nal test be-fore students are kicked into the brutality of the real world. We’re all in training. As such, we’re going to make a mistake or two along the way.

"ere are going to be times when we simply don’t know what to do. It’s in those periods of uncertainty that awkward-ness strikes.

College is brimming with awkward moments. Students are feeling out the proper pro-tocol for what to do and when to do it. Many times, the proto-col is not merely breached, but crumpled up and tossed by the wayside. It happens. "at’s why college is a period of learning. It’s not just about studying the information you read in your textbooks. College teaches a fair bit about how to carry one-self in the real world. It teaches students how to deal with all types of interactions – normal, as well as those painfully awk-

ward ones. With Fayetteville’s eccen-

tric blend of students, some encounters are bound to get slightly uncomfortable at times. Awkwardness does not result as a fault of either party. Instead, it’s just a natural con-sequence that comes with the blending of di#erent person-alities and cultures.

College is a time to make mistakes yourself. It’s a time to watch others, friends and strangers alike, as they make mistakes. Learn from these ex-periences. Not a single person on this campus will escape the throes of awkwardness. Learn from it and go a di#erent route next time around.

Odd situations will pop up throughout the natural course of life. How you handle them determines how you de!ne them. Situations become awk-ward when they’re treated as such. People o$en use the phrase It’s only awkward if you make it awkward, because awkwardness is very subjec-tive. It’s not a clear-cut concept. It’s de!nitely a matter that’s le$ up to interpretation. When people are %exible and de$ly deal with whatever conditions are thrown their way, they tend to be oblivious to the weird-ness of a situation.

Similarly, you’ll run into awkward people in your life.

Some people just have a knack for making situations uncom-fortable. While other times awkward situations cling to people with dogged persever-ance. "at’s okay. Awkward isn’t necessarily a bad thing. You just have to learn to ap-preciate it.

With a bit of practice you can bolster through the poten-tially awkward and avoid the brunt of the weirdness. Being able to di#use that atmosphere is a bene!cial skill to possess.

People become desensi-tized to awkwardness the more they are exposed to it. "e uncertain nature of college makes it a perfect time to train yourself on how to handle uncomfortable and unusual situations. "ese situations are everywhere. College thrives on awkward. Learn to love it.

People appreciate awk-wardness because everybody has experienced it !rsthand. People even try to out-awk-ward one another with story-telling competitions. “"at Awkward Moment When…” has become a sensation. "ere are dozens of “Awkward” ac-counts on Twitter; even the UA has gotten in on the act.

In fact, awkwardness has become one of the new stan-dards of humor. Some of the best sitcoms are funny because they take advantage of situ-

ational awkwardness. Forget slapstick comedy, awkward reigns.

Why do people love awk-ward? "ey can relate to it. We’ve all been in one of those situations when you can feel the awkwardness coalesc-ing into a massive cloud that’s just hovering overhead. When awkwardness starts to set in, you have to learn how to go along with it. It’s not some-thing that you can !ght – em-brace the moment and have a good chuckle out of it later.

If you !nd yourself in the midst of one of those awkward moments, laugh it o#. Years from now, when you look back on all the silly situations you got into, you’ll laugh. You might as well start appreciat-ing it now. Squeeze as much amusement out of those un-comfortable memories as you can.

"e next time you’re sit-ting on the bus, and you make eye contact for the seventh time in the past three minutes with the stranger who’s sitting across the aisle from you, go ahead and bask in splendor of the moment. A little awk-wardness is good for the soul.

Shawnya Wethington is a sta! columnist. She is a sophomore English/Journalism major.

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"is past weekend, I went back to Dallas, the city I come from. I arrived around 7:30 p.m. and went to dinner with my parents at the same restaurant we go to whenever I visit. We dined, caught up and made a rough dra$ of the agenda for my 3-day stay.

As we were walking out, my mother spotted some family friends across the room. "ey didn’t see us. “Oh! "e Holmes’ are sit-ting back there! Should we go say hel-?“ “NO!” I interrupted and continued out the door. My mom followed me asking when I had developed such a strong loathing for the Holmes family. It was here that I spoke for all college

students when I explained that we can only take so many instances of adults asking us the age old ques-tions: “How are you lik-ing school?” and “What are you majoring in?” and sometimes the hard, yet detectable curve ball, “What are you planning on doing with your major?”

I do understand the col-lege years are an integral part of our lives, and we are o$en the subject of inter-rogations and scrutiny as a result, but this is just over-bearing. I’ve found myself numerous times in a tragi-cally pedantic conversa-tion with an adult, dri$ing o# into a dream sequence where I, accompanied by every other college stu-dent, hold a bi-yearly press conference.

For hours on end, we dedicate ourselves to get-ting all these conversations over with. We would sell tickets, serve concessions, and adults would line up outside, hours prior to the event, clutching their note-books and pens, ready to write down every minute detail to satiate the ‘col-lege kids’ section of their

minds. It’s a shame !nan-cial backing isn’t readily available for this endeavor.

So, since the press con-ference idea would be a dud, I hope to someday write a small guidebook for adults, full of better questions to ask a college student. Instead of asking how we’re enjoying school, ask what is our favorite place in our respective college towns. Allow me to give another example. As an alternative to ask-ing how we feel about be-ing away from home for the !rst time, ask, “which meal from home do you miss the most?” or, “What is the most creative college meal you’ve made in your dorm?” "ere is so much more meat on the bones of those questions.

No matter how students try to avoid the nit-picking questions adults have for us, there will always be a certain breed of adult who will !nd us. "is breed I like to call “"e Compari-son Concoctors”. "ese adults simply want to com-pare our answers to those of their o#spring in col-lege, or to their own col-

lege experiences. As the questioned indi-

vidual, detecting this par-ticular strain of interroga-tor requires above average perception skills. You must be on your guard, your toes and your A-game. As an upperclassman, I have had time to develop and hone this set of skills, and I believe I am somewhat equipped to o#er advice: lie. Lie through your teeth. With each degree of in-security you detect in the adult, add a degree of mag-ni!cence to your answer. Whether you are spend-ing your summer in Paris, interning with the U.S. Ambassador to France, or writing the screenplay with Tina Fey for the !nal epi-sodes of 30Rock, all while maintaining your grades, it doesn’t matter. Anything goes for these people. Have a !eld day and enjoy the look on their faces when they regret ever asking you about college at all.

Mary Margaret Gowdey is a sta! columnist. She is a junior English and creative writing major.

Better Questions for a College Student

To the Veterans of America: !ank you!

I often think about how thankful I am to live in this great nation. I’ve been to many countries around the world, and as much as I loved those other places, there is no place like home.

And so, I’d like to take the time (and space) to thank those men and wom-en who have fought for this country and who have sac-rificed their lives to protect ours.

Yesterday was Veterans Day. Originally known as Armistice Day, the date was chosen because, “No-vember 11 was intended to observe the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, which marked the armistice of World War I,” according to a National Geographic article.

The first Armistice Day was November 11, 1919 and was declared a legal holiday by Congress near-ly 20 years later. In 1954 “the name was changed to Veterans Day, following a national campaign to have the day honor all veterans, not just those who served in World War I,” according to the article.

According to the 2011 U.S. Census, there are 21.5 million veterans in the United States.

Last week, I had the op-portunity to interview a UA veteran. He had served in the army and was deployed to Afghanistan twice, both times for a year. He’s only 23.

As I sat there listening to his stories, I didn’t try to pretend that I could truly understand what he went through as a soldier and how he is coping with the transition from a war zone

to a college campus. I can’t imagine being in an area where I’m shot at every day, where taking a show-er is a rarity, where food only comes in packages, or where I have to deal with losing fellow comrades.

He told me that one of the most memorable moments in his life after returning from Afghani-stan was at a family re-union, where, as he walked through the doors, every-body stood up and started clapping for him.

People were thank-ing him, and a lot of them didn’t even know every-thing that he did.

We may never know all the sacrifices these men and women have made, but I think we can understand that we are living here to-day, in a safe and free coun-try, because of them.

Just to give some per-spective, I’d like to share the numbers of U.S. sol-diers who died in vari-ous wars. In WWI, the total number of deaths was more than 116,000, in WWII the total was more than 400,000, during the Vietnam War the total was more than 58,000 and more recently, in the “War on Terror,” which includes both the war in Afghani-stan and Iraq, more than 6,000 U.S. soldiers have sacrificed their lives.

I would like to thank not only those who have served, but also those who continue to serve.

I have a good friend in the Marines and when I asked him why he de-cided to join, he told me he wanted to serve for his country and “fight for the ideals that it represents and ensure that those ideals continue, not only for this country, but for the world.”

Thank you Nick, for all you will be doing for this country, and thank you to all other troops, both past and present, for defending our freedom.

Saba Naseem is the opinion editor. She is a senior journalism, Middle Eastern studies and French major.

"e presence of an artistic center absolutely boosts northwest Arkansas’ reputation as a worthwhile place to live and work, which has positive economic e#ects.

--Preston Scrape, senior, “A$er a Year, Crystal Bridges Seems Successful Economically,” page 1

Mary Margaret GowdeySta# Columnist

Shawnya WethingtonSta# Columnist

Saba NaseemOpinion Editor

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Nov. 12, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

Once a year, international students get the chance to forget about the cultural di!erences that exist between their home country and the United States and teach others a thing or two about what life is like in the country they came from.

International Education Week (IEW) is a weeklong event that takes place in schools across the globe and educates the world about the ben-e"ts of “international education and exchange worldwide,” according to International Education Week’s website.

At the UA, this includes celebrating the stu-dents who come from all over the world to join the Razorback family and applauding those who venture out to study abroad, bringing back with them unique experiences and stories to share.

“What we’re really doing is celebrating the stu-dents’ contributions to our campus,” said Namiko Ochi Bagirimvano of the O#ce of International Students & Scholars (ISS).

International Education Week began in 2000 and is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. $e event is now celebrated by more than 100 coun-tries, according to its website. $e UA has cele-brated IEW since it began in 2000.

However, the UA was celebrating international education well before International Education Week ever began. $e International Bazaar, an event where students set up booths highlighting their home country, has been on the UA campus for 25 years.

Students also provide traditional dishes from their countries and perform dances, both tradi-tional and popular, from their culture. $e bazaar is not open just to UA students; elementary and junior high students can come and enjoy the diversity of the world too with-out leaving Fayetteville.

Dating back more than 50 years is the Diwali Festival. $e festival is similar to the popu-lar Indian celebra-tion “Festival of Lights” that is signi"cant to H i n d u i s m , Sikhism and Jainism. Long before IEW was estab-lished, the UA was cel-ebrating inter-national diver-sity on campus.

Since the dec-laration of IEW as an o#cial week of recognition, ISS has added events and community involve-ment to make IEW a campuswide celebration that involves both students and faculty from almost all campus departments.

“I think (International Education Week) is really gaining momentum,” said Cynthia Smith, director of IEW at the UA. “Our planning team is growing, we have direct support from the Chancellor’s O#ce and more o#ces on campus

are getting involved.”$is year, Associated Student Government is

sponsoring a social for IEW, which will be the "rst year ASG will sponsor IEW. $e celebration week also has outside sponsors, including KUAF Public Radio.

$e events put together for IEW are also grow-ing. $e “Taste of Africa” event o!ers food from all countries of Africa prepared by students and faculty who are familiar with the dishes. $e event has had more than 500 people attend in recent years, with that number expected to remain con-stant or increase in the future.

IEW has many events organized by students and RSOs, including International Dress Day. $e day encourages all students, not just international students or students who have traveled abroad, to dress in clothing that represents cultures from around the world.

“You can event wear a jersey from a sports team you like in another country,” Bagirimvano said. “We just want the students to be able to have a sense of pride and be able to say, ‘$is is my country.’”

International Education Week is not just to cel-ebrate the diversity brought to campus by interna-tional students, but also the diversity brought by students who have been international students in other countries and came back with experi-ences and knowledge about other countries.

“$is is really all about recognizing the students, where they came from, where they have been and what they have learned,” Bagirimvano said.

Qù zh%, ir cerdos and &i heo are all di!erent ways to say ‘go hogs’ in Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese, the languages of three of the top "ve countries represented by interna-tional students at the UA. Foreign students represent 115 countries, and many of these students aim to discov-er more about UA culture through the International Students Organiza-tion.

Any international student is au-tomatically a member of the Inter-national Students Organization, but ISO welcomes everyone.

ISO encourages any American student to join, said Danilo Tchoupe, president of ISO and senior land-scape architecture and horticulture major. Members of ISO want to learn about American culture while teaching each other about their own homes, he said.

$e mission of ISO is to promote diversity and to initiate, promote and support interaction and globalization between inter-national students, domestic students and the northwest Arkansas community, ac-cording to ISO’s website. Students can join the RSO by liking ISO’s Facebook page or emailing iso@uark.edu.

ISO wants to give international students a platform for connecting with people from the same countries while simultaneously educating them on di!erent countries, too, Tchoupe said.

“We want to share our culture with locals, and we strive to become more integrated with the northwest Arkan-sas community,” Tchoupe said. “We really want to reach out to UA stu-dents because ISO is a place where all students can have fun and hang out.”

$ere are over 500 students who have liked ISO on their Facebook page, and over 1,100 international students at the UA, according to the University of Arkansas Fall 2012 En-rollment Report.

ISO is larger than many RSOs on campus, but it uses its size to form friendships through ac-ademic and social events.

$ao Dao, ISO vice president and sophomore interior design major, said one of her favorite ISO events is education week.

“My major is pretty stressful,” Dao said, “and it’s a good stress reliever that allows me to have fun and take a break from school.”

ISO began with international stu-dents, but the future of the RSO may be shaped by any student at the UA.

Since last year, the RSO has cre-ated more events, with one goal of ISO being to have more American students involved, Dao said.

“Last year, we did not really reach out as much, and we really want to improve on expanding,” Dao said.

ISO can help freshman choose where to study abroad

or help "nd their roommate at Hol-combe Hall, Tchoupe said.

“ISO spreads the word by mouth,” Tchoupe said. People have joined the RSO a'er hearing about and attend-ing an ISO event, he said.

During International Education Week, ISO will be hosting “dress day,” where people dress up in their cul-ture’s traditional clothing. On Tues-day, Nov. 13, there will be posters in the Union that display data about education in the United States com-pared with other countries.

“I love the carnivals that ISO hosts,” Dao said. “It is a great mix of dancing, games, food with people coming together.”

While it is impossible to create a personal bond with everyone in ISO,

the organization’s size allows for new friendships to

evolve constantly.

Tchoupe said that while he cannot know every single member of ISO, he loves getting to meet new people at ISO’s social events.

ISO enjoys educating the UA student population through social events, but members also teach stu-dents about their home countries from their experiences.

Dao said that as an o#cer of ISO, she enjoys creating and promoting events for the organization. She said that just by having a conversation with an international student, an American can experience a country’s culture without having to pay to go around the world.

While 5 percent of UA students are growing accustomed to the American lifestyle, the commonality of Arkansas pride is found within ISO as its members continue to "nd their home in Fayetteville.

$e UA is one campus, and inter-national students are Razorbacks like everyone else, Tchoupe said.

“We came here to study, but that does not mean that we do not want to learn about the people here,” Tchoupe said. “We may be from around the world, but we are not strangers. $e best way to learn about a country is through some-one, and ISO wants the UA to know about international culture while we learn about

theirs, too.”

Reading tabloids about Kate Middleton is the closest to England that some Ameri-cans will ever get. $at is not the case for UA students who choose to take advantage of the many study abroad opportunities, like senior Jeremy Page, who studied in England

during the fall 2011 semester.“I was de"nitely excited and look-

ing forward to living in another coun-try,” Page said, though he admitted he was nervous and anxious. He said that

upon "rst arriving, “you’re so out of place.” Getting used to everyone speak-

ing a di!erent accent was the biggest ad-justment, he said.

Page studied abroad through a program called Glo-balinks. He said he chose Eng-

land because he always wanted to go

there and because he

is not (uent in any language besides English, so he wanted to study in an English-speak-ing country.

A public administration, political science and economics major, Page went to Queen Mary University of London to study poli-tics and economics. He said there are some things that cannot be taught to the fullest extent in an American classroom. Because he took a political science class where he was able to discuss whether or not the Euro would fail with people it would directly af-fect, he got insight he would not have been able to in the United States, he said.

“It was interesting to hear opinions from Europeans because it would have more im-pact on their lives,” he said.

Page stayed in a (at on campus with sev-en people. He had his own bedroom and an en suite bathroom. $e (atmates shared a kitchen. Page’s Chancellor’s Scholarship and additional money from Fulbright Honors College helped pay for his semester.

Traveling to a di!erent country from Arkansas and traveling to a di!erent coun-

try from London are not quite the same. Page was able to take a!ordable, short train rides to Italy and France, instead of long, pricey (ights, so although he was only able to choose one country to study abroad in, studying abroad also provided him the op-portunity to visit other European nations.

Page said he was also able to go see “$e Phantom of the Opera” for about $20 in its original theater.

Page said what surprised him the most was that “they all really like Americans.” Page said he was well-received and almost instantly made friends. He also took note of how many American in(uences he saw in London. American music was played on the radio, and there were billboards advertising American movies and American TV shows, he said.

“American culture has (ooded other countries,” Page said.

Although there were reminders of home, some aspects of British life took some ad-justing.

“$ey’re much more open in discussing politics and religion,” Page said. “$ey’re things you talk about within the "rst few days of meeting someone,” Page said. In British culture, people are more casual about subjects that Americans are not as relaxed about, he said.

Most people watch TV online because they have to pay to watch broadcast TV, he said. British TV is also not as censored as American TV is, and the comedy is primar-ily dry humor. People also tend to talk much quieter than they do here, and people wear black and dark colors; bright clothing is rare, he said.

“And everyone smokes,” he said. “Lon-don was really clean, and they had really great public transit.”

In fact, he said he had to adjust to taking public transportation everywhere. London is a big city. Everything is expensive, and there was a lot of ethnic diversity, Page said.

“I would de"nitely suggest (studying abroad),” Page said. “It allows you to expe-rience new cultures, new people and new ideas. $ere are so many things to do and see outside of America.”

International Students Organization Embraces American and Foreign Students Alike

Same Language, Di!erent Culture: A Student’s Study Abroad Experience

RSO OF THE WEEK

Alex GoldenSta! Writer

Gareth Patterson Sta" Photographer“I was de#nitely excited and looking forward to living in another country,” said Jeremy Page. Page studied abroad in London during the fall 2011 semester.

Stephanie EhrlerSta! Writer

STUDENT PROFILEInternational Education Week Spotlights UA’s DiversitySarah VillegasSta! Writer

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By Don Gagliardo and C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS1 Actress Jessica5 Uses spurs, say10 Sports squad14 Fortuneteller15 Not yet burning16 Taper o!17 Light reddish shade named for a "sh19 Tehran’s land20 Uganda’s Amin21 Drawer projection22 Env. stu#ng23 Flows slowly25 Children’s imitation game29 Deal, as a blow31 “$en what happened?”32 Govt. hush-hush org.33 “Grody to the max!”34 Dessert served in triangular slices35 Grub36 Sticky breakfast sweets40 Relax in the tub41 Solemn promise42 “__ as directed”43 Do some sums44 Crank (up)45 Dormitory, to dirty room49 Grated citrus peel52 Onetime capital of Japan

53 Swigs from (asks54 Tiny bit56 Chili __ carne57 Go steady with58 Winter cause of sni)es and sneezes61 “Deal me a hand”62 Heavenly path63 Golden St. campus64 Kennel guests65 Pre-meal prayer66 Bouquet

DOWN1 Birthplace of St. Francis2 Hard to li'3 Religious conviction4 Shirt part5 ‘50s-’60s TV detective Peter6 Not AWOL7 Perp-to-cop story8 Crowd noise9 Wall St. buy10 Minnesota baseballers11 Auditory passage12 Some therapists13 “Little __”: Alcott novel18 $umb-and-fore"nger gesture22 Finish24 Put (down), as a bet26 Common street

name27 What a solo homer produces28 Airline to Copenhagen30 Venezuelan president Hugo34 “Batman” sound e!ect35 Song of mourning36 Alias for a secret agent37 Words of confession38 “Shake a leg!”39 Native of Japan’s third most populous city40 Mineo of “Exodus”44 OR sta!ers45 Like numbers in the periodic table46 Ornate 18th-century style47 Ring-shaped reefs48 Workweek start, or an apt title for this puzzle based on an abbreviation found in its "ve longest answers50 Starts the show51 “$e Lion King” king55 Beach bag57 Salsa, e.g.58 Gear tooth59 Hockey immortal Bobby60 Co!ee container

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Nov. 12, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

In Arkansas’ 38-20 loss to South Carolina Saturday, there were two main storylines: op-portunities lost and freshmen.

“We made a lot of mistakes. First half we had a chance, we just stubbed our toe, made mistakes,” head coach John L. Smith said a!er the loss.

At hal!ime, the teams were tied with 192 passing yards,

and the Gamecocks had only one more rushing yard, but they held a 21-10 advantage.

"e Razorbacks scored on four out of #ve of their trips into the red zone. "e one time they didn’t score was because of a fumble by running back Dennis Johnson.

Twice Arkansas was forced to settle for #eld goals rather than touchdowns. But not all of the Razorbacks woes came in the red zone.

On the #rst drive of the sec-ond half for the Razorbacks, the Gamecocks were called for two penalties to move the Hogs down the #eld before se-nior quarterback Tyler Wilson

threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown.

“"e pick-6 was a big mo-mentum changer that hurt us,” Smith said.

"e Razorbacks were once again held back by their inabil-ity to extend drives. Arkansas only converted on four of 12 third downs, just over 33 per-cent.

For comparison, South Carolina converted seven of 13 third-down opportunities, or just over 53 percent.

On defense, the Razorbacks

started three freshmen and one redshirt freshman. Of the 10 o$ensive players that caught passes, four were either fresh-men or redshirt freshmen.

Ten out of 26 – almost 40 percent of Wilson’s passes – went to one of these freshmen.

Freshman Nate Holmes has taken over the role of returning kicks. Saturday he had two re-turns: one for 14 yards and one for 24 yards.

Freshman Jonathan Wil-liams led in both rushing yards and all-purpose yards with 61 and 74, respectively.

Williams averaged 8.7 yards per carry while senior Den-nis Johnson only managed 3.7

yards per carry.“Jonathan played well,”

Smith said. “He stayed in and battled hard.”

Freshman Otha Peters led all defensive players with eight tackles.

Despite their statistical suc-cess, freshmen are still inex-perienced. "ere were several plays, especially on defense, where the young players looked almost lost.

South Carolina “without a doubt” tested the young defen-sive players, Smith said.

"e Gamecocks scored at least one touchdown very eas-ily because young defensive players were out of position.

“"ey’re going to learn a lot from this, which, they have to,” Smith said.

“Particularly the young line-backers and (defensive backs), they’ll learn a lot,” Smith said.

Despite the loss, three play-ers once again wrote their names in the Razorback record books.

Cobi Hamilton had 72 re-ceiving yards to bring his total for the season to 1,149, break-ing the record set last season by Jarius Wright.

Zach Hocker brought his total career points scored to 285, breaking the previous record of points scored by a kicker of 280 set by Steve Little in 1974-77.

Wilson threw 26 comple-tions to bring his career total to 539 and break the record of 528 set by Clint Stoerner in 1996-99.

Freshmen Highlighted in South Carolina Match UpFOOTBALL

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

Arkansas women’s and men’s cross country teams #nished #rst and second place, respectively, in the 2012 NCAA Division I South Central Regional Championships Friday at Agri Park in Fayetteville.

"e women’s team clinched the regional title for the second-straight year with #ve runners in the top 15, and all seven runners in the top 40 of 134 #nishers.

"e win gives the Ar-kansas women’s team its 23rd automatic bid into the NCAA Championships. Ar-kansas has made 25 appear-ances altogether.

Senior runner Semehar Tesfaye #nished third indi-vidually with a 6K time of 20:54.4. Sophomore Grace Heyms#eld followed swi!ly behind at 20:55.0 in fourth place.

“I’m very happy with my race today,” Tesfaye said. “A!er (the Southeastern Conference Championship) being so disappointing, it felt good to bring my all and see good results. I am very pleased with the team’s win-ning e$ort today.”

Sophomore Diane Robi-

son earned a 10th-place #n-ish at 21:15.7. Sophomores Jessica Kamilos and Paige Johnston came in 12th and 15th, respectively, while Shannon Klenke ran for 22nd and Kaitlin Flattmann rounded out Arkansas’ ros-ter in 39th.

“Obviously, we are really excited not only to host the regional championships, but with the opportunity to walk away with the victory makes it even more special,” women’s head coach Lance Harter said.

“Considering some strat-egies, we held out two of our top #ve and we will try to put them back into the line-up for the national meet,” Harter said.

"e Texas Longhorns placed second overall and #nished with 68 points to Arkansas’ 44 points. Texas A&M garnered third over-all, lagging behind with 140 points.

"e men’s team earned their second-place #nish with 53 points overall while Texas clinched the regional title with 38 points. "is will mark the Razorbacks’ 42nd appearance at the national meet.

Arkansas placed all six of their runners in the top 41 #nishers of the 10K, with ju-

nior Kemoy Campbell lead-ing the Hogs with a third-place #nish and a time of 29:43.0.

Junior Solomon Haile followed Campbell in #!h place at 30:07.5. Senior Eric Fernandez rounded out the top-eight #nishers at 30:19.8.

Senior runner Layne Nixon ran for a 14th-place #nish of 30:47.5. Junior Da-vid Flynn brought a 23rd-place #nish and senior Cam-eron Efurd placed 41st.

“Our goal today was to come in and qualify for Na-tionals,” Campbell said. “I think the guys did a great job of executing the plan.”

“I’m looking forward to the NCAA meet but I know it’s going to be a tough race, so the team and I are going to come away from today ready to prepare for next week,” Campbell said.

“Our goal going into ev-ery meet is to win but with this one, we just wanted to #nish in the top two to get the automatic qualifying position,” men’s head coach Chris Bucknam said.

"e end of the cross country season will be marked by the 2012 NCAA Division I Championships at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17.

Razorbacks Get Bids to NCAA ChampionshipsTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

CROSS COUNTRY

"e Razorback volleyball team played the Kentucky Wildcats in a thrilling #ve-set match Sunday, which eventu-ally resulted in a Razorback vic-tory.

Both teams looked very evenly matched. Arkansas is now 19-8 and 10-6 in the South-eastern Conference, while Ken-tucky is 17-10 and 11-6 in the SEC. "e Wildcats sit at third in the SEC East and the Hogs sit at second in the West.

"e Razorbacks beat Ken-tucky in three sets in Lexington earlier this season.

"e #rst set Sunday was very back and forth with constant ties and lead changes until the Wildcats jumped out to a late 24-19 lead. Arkansas kept it in-teresting, making the score 24-22 before losing set one 25-22.

"e second set looked very promising for Arkansas at #rst. "e score was tied at seven, then again at nine, then again at 10. "e Razorbacks took their #rst and only lead of the set at 11-10.

From there, things seemed to fall part for the Hogs. Ken-tucky jumped out to an 18-12 lead. "e Razorbacks took three timeouts through the course of that Wildcat scoring spree and still could not seem to get orga-nized.

Pulliza made a lot of substi-tutions and the confusion end-ed up costing the Hogs. Largely thanks to defensive e$ort by junior libero Emily Helm, the Hogs managed to stay in the set a little longer, but eventually lost it 25-16.

"e Razorbacks were out-performed in kills, assists, blocks and digs in the second

set."e third set started out very

similarly to the second, but it was obvious that the Razor-backs had turned some things around during the break.

‘"e biggest thing that hap-pened between sets two and three is that we decided we were going to win,” head Coach Rob-ert Pulliza said. “We could have just laid down and given it to them but we decided not to do that.”

“We’ve beaten them in three sets before, we just had to re-mind ourselves that we can do this,” senior Jasmine Norton said.

“"ere was no sentiment of ‘Oh my gosh we’re going to lose,’” said Roslandy Acosta, who had a career-high 20 digs Sunday. “We were fully aware that we had everything needed to win.”

"e set was tied at 12, but instead of falling apart, the Ra-zorbacks took a 13-12 lead and never looked back. Arkansas was up 19-16 when Kentucky called a timeout to regroup.

"e score remained close. A controversial point to make it 21-17 was awarded to Arkansas a!er much heated discussion from both benches.

"e controversy helped get the crowd at Barnhill Arena into the match and swung some momentum for the Hogs, but the Wildcats were not going away.

Kentucky narrowed the lead to 21-19 when Pulliza called a timeout. A!er that timeout, the Wildcats did not score again in the set and it ended in a 25-19 win for Arkansas.

Norton showed her ma-turity and leadership, getting eight kills for the Hogs just in the third set. Arkansas out-performed Kentucky in kills,

assists, digs and blocks in the third set.

Kentucky scored #rst in the fourth set but a!er trailing 1-0, the Hogs never trailed again in the set and eventually won 25-20.

Norton once again led her team with #ve kills, the most of any player, in the #nal stretch of the fourth set.

Kentucky called a timeout to regroup, down 14-11 to the home team. "ey never really found a rhythm as Arkansas pulled away to an 18-12 lead.

Kentucky would not give up on set point though. "e Hogs were in position to close out the set up 24-15 but the Wildcats hung around and made it 24-20 before Arkansas #nally hit a game-winner.

"e Razorbacks had 12 kills in this set to the Wildcats’ 11 and 14 digs to Kentucky’s 11, but the Wildcats outdid the Hogs in blocks and both teams had eleven assists.

Arkansas has struggled in #!h sets this season, but did not trail at all in this #!h set against Kentucky, eventually winning it 15-10.

“We had to prove to the country and to ourselves that we could do it in the #!h set,” Norton said.

"is 19th win of the season marks the winningest season for Arkansas volleyball under Coach Pulliza.

“"is game was about prov-ing to the country that we be-long, we belong among the best in the nation, and our kids re-ally believe that,” Pulliza said.

Next up for the Razorbacks is a match against Georgia 7 p.m. Friday at Barnhill Arena, then a match with Ole Miss 3 p.m. Sunday. "ese will be the last two home games of the 2012 regular season for Arkansas.

Hogs Win Final !ree Sets to Beat KentuckyLiz BeadleSta! Writer

VOLLEYBALL

Garreth Patterson Sta" PhotographerStudent athletes compete at Agri Park. !e UA women’s cross country team #nished #rst in the 2012 NCAA Division I South Central Regional Championship, Friday, Nov. 9.

Kris Johnson Sta" PhotographerSenior Roslandy Acosta hits the ball back across the net in the Razorbacks 3–2 victory over Ken-tucky Sunday. !e Razorbacks were down 2–0 but rallied in the #nal three sets to get the win.

“!ey’re going to learn a lot from this, which, they have to.”

John L. SmithHead Coach

THE RAZORBACKS PLAYED FRESHMEN IN KEY POSITIONS DURING THE LOSS TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 8 Monday, Nov. 12, 2012

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