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Lambda Chi Alpha’s Wa-termelon Bust raised around 106,000 canned food items this year, all of which will be donat-ed to local pantries, fraternity members said.
! e annual Watermelon Bust is Lambda’s best-known fund-raiser. ! e fraternity has “raised over 100,00 canned food items for local food banks, " lling each of them up to the brim,” accord-ing to the Lambda Chi website.
Daniel Bingham, a senior bi-ology major and Lambda Chi fraternity member, said he’s proud of what the organization does for the community.
“It keeps the food banks in Fayetteville open all through Christmas. We donate to Life-Source [International], to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, and to the campus food bank.”
Kappa Kappa Gamma raised the most cans this year, with a
WatermelonBust Raises
106,000 Cans
by MANDY MCCLENDONStaff Writer
At 4:08 p.m, Oct. 16, Cen-tral Emergency Medical Ser-vices transferred a phone call to the Fayetteville Police De-partment. ! e caller said he was in need of police assis-tance but did not require the " re department or an ambu-lance, according to police re-cords.
Approximately three min-utes later, police received a
phone call from someone else on the Lake Fayetteville trail, where Prof. Scott O'Leary-Kelly had killed himself, ac-cording to police records.
! e " rst caller was O’Leary-Kelly. “He made his intentions clear,” said Sgt. Craig Stout, public informa-tion o# cer for the Fayette-ville Police Department. “He was going to commit suicide.”
“He disconnected, and about three minutes later we got a phone call from a pass-
erby where this gentleman had apparently committed suicide,” Stout said.
O'Leary-Kelly died of a self in$ icted gunshot wound from a .380 pistol on a bridge by Veteran's Memorial Park on the south side of Lake Fay-etteville, Stout said.
When police arrived with the ambulance, O'Leary-Kel-ly had already passed and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel, Stout said.
“Scott's loss is extremely
di# cult for the entire univer-sity community,” said Chan-cellor G. David Gearhart. “Especially for those stu-dents, faculty and sta% with-in Walton college who knew him so well. Our hearts go out to Anne, Meghan and to the rest of Scott's family and his many friends. May they " nd peace in the knowledge of our care and concern.”
UA Professor CommitsSuicide at Public Trail
by LANDON REEVESStaff Writer
Confusion among some students over whether ade-quate exit plans were posted for Ozark Hall, which is under-going renovation while classes continue in the historic build-ing, has prompted the UA " re
marshal to personally instruct students on how to leave the building in case of an emer-gency.
Ozark Hall is the " rst build-ing to be “gutted and renovat-ed” while students still use it for classes, said Wayne Brashear, UA " re marshal.
Because construction will
add the Honors College wing to Ozark Hall and some of the historic building will be ren-ovated, exits to areas under construction are blocked, and there are barriers separating the students from the construc-tion zone.
Doors were built in the bar-riers so that students would
be able to exit the building through construction in a time-ly manner in case of an emer-gency, Brashear said. Students normally are prohibited from entering those sites. Brashear is worried about “emergency egress” if there is a problem in Ozark, he said.
Brashear did not say when
he would present emergency exit rules to students in Ozark.
! ere are signs on the bar-riers that separate the nursing school from the construction that say “emergency exit only,” Brashear said.
Fire Safety Exits: Concern During Construction on Ozark Hallby MEGAN HUCKABY
Staff Writer
November 12, promptly at the end of the home football season, construction of the new athletic training facility will force o# cials to close Lot 67, the parking lot next to the HPER building, UA o# cials said.
“We’re not adding any stu-dent spaces,” said Andy Gil-bride, education and instruction specialist for the parking de-partment. “We believe we have room. It’s de" nitely going to be tight.”
Students who used Lot 67 are advised to park in Lots 72 and 73, located on the le& side of Ra-zorback Road, Gilbride said.
Lot 46, located at the corner of Razorback Road and Nettle-ship Street, provides 100 park-ing spaces, which could help with the change, Gilbride said. Eight handicapped spots will be relocated to Lot 59, which is located in front of the women’s athletics building, adjacent to Lot 67.
Sophomore kinesiology major Rusty Christesson said the situation puts more stress on students than they should have to deal with, said Rusty Christesson, sophomore kinesi-ology major.
“As it is, I can’t " nd a spot un-less it’s 7 a.m.,” he said. “I don’t see how this wouldn’t cause problems.”
! e biggest challenge is the adjustment students will have to make, and these changes will take place during the last month of the semester, Gilbride said.
“Right now, every student has a routine,” he said. “! ey’re going to have to " nd a whole new lot. It’s really tough to lose 486 spaces.”
When the construction is " nished, a one-level parking garage under the new athletic complex and a smaller lot will replace Lot 67. ! e university will actually lose some parking spaces as a result.
Especially when a training center already exists, Christes-son thinks the move is unjusti-" ed, he said.
“I’m a big sports fan, but it’s not fair to kids that aren’t ath-letes and the people just trying to get by,” he said.
Brandon Boyer, junior ki-nesiology major has a di% erent perspective.
“I didn’t even know it was shutting down,” he said. “I’ll just park across the street. Everyone will have their " ts, but a little more walking won’t hurt.”
HPERParkingLot Will
Closeby JACK SUNTRUP
Staff Writer
In This Issue:
Changes to Blackboard
King JohnsonRules Rebels
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New changes include more collaboration.
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Breast Cancer Awareness MonthGreek Life promotes Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Page 2
Volleyball Moving UpArkansas beat Ole Miss and Alabama during the weekend, moving into second place in the SEC West.Page 7
Job SearchDi! cult inCompetitive MarketWays to get a head start on career while still in college.Page 5
Environmental ErrorsHow ‘going green’ can hurt more than it helps.
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Joplin, Five Months Later! e editorial board re-$ ects on destruction le& by the Joplin tornado.
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see PROFESSORon page 2
see WATERMELON BUSTon page 3
see FIREon page 3
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The women and men of the University of Arkansas Police Department, in partnership with the community, are committed to protecting the future of Arkansas by promot-ing a safe and secure environment.
The Transit and Parking office handles parking permits and passes and transit for students, including bus routes and GoLoco Ride Sharing. Students with parking violations can contact the office to appeal their citation.
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Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2010-2011 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.
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! e ladies of Zeta Tau Alpha have hosted multiple events and fundraisers in October to pro-mote breast cancer awareness.
Zeta hosted their annual “! ink Pink” week Oct. 3 to 7, and members of ZTA are sell-ing “! ink Pink” t-shirts in the union every Wednesday during October to raise funds for the ZTA foundation, said P.D. El-liot, ZTA vice president of com-munity service.
ZTA members raised more than $15,000 during “! ink Pink” week, meeting their goal, Elliot said.
! e ZTA Foundation re-searched which breast cancer research groups needed the most funding and allocated the money raised accordingly, said Rachel Petty, ZTA president.
For “! ink Pink” week, ZTA members passed out shower cards and pink ribbons to pro-mote awareness, and 20 percent of all pro" ts made at TCBY on Monday, Oct. 3 were donated to the ZTA Foundation.
Wednesday, Oct. 4, coun-try musician Paul Bogart per-formed at the Greek ! eater in the “Country Can Cure” con-cert to raise funds, and ! urs-day, Oct. 5, the ladies of ZTA opened their house to the com-munity and served pink pan-cakes all day.
Friday, Oct. 7, a portion of all pro" ts made at U.S. Pizza on Dickson Street was donated to the ZTA foundation.
Many ZTA members also volunteered at the Susan G. Ko-men Race for the Cure Oct. 22
in Little Rock.“It is so rewarding to come
together with my chapter and community for such an amaz-ing cause,” Petty said.
For many of the ladies of ZTA, the cause for their philan-thropy hits close to home.
“I have a close family friend that I watched battle breast can-cer while I was babysitting her three kids, [who were] all under age 12,” Petty said. “I am hon-ored that I have the opportu-nity to raise money and aware-ness for people like her and other amazing women and men throughout the country.”
Members of ZTA had di# er-ent opinions on which part of the week was their favorite.
“My favorite part of the week was the concert,” Elliot said. “It was so neat seeing all the di# erent groups of people coming together in support of breast cancer.”
“My favorite part of ‘! ink Pink’ week was the atmo-sphere,” Petty said. “Everyone is wearing pink and smiling. You can feel the good spirits that ev-eryone is in.”
Hannah Waggener, fresh-man, thought the pink pancake dinner was the most memora-ble part of the week, she said.
“It was so great to hang out with and share an amazing breakfast with friends from all di# erent sororities and fraterni-ties,” Waggener said.
“I know it sounds cheesy, but it is so true,” Petty said. “‘! ink Pink’ week is amazing. Spend-ing time with your friends and doing something for a good cause makes the week so worth-while.”
Zeta Tau AlphaCelebrates Breast Cancer
Awareness Monthby CAITLIN MAHONEY
Contributing Writer
Two days before O’Leary-Kelly’s death, the Fayetteville Police Department assisted the attorney general’s o$ ce in executing a search warrant at O'Leary-Kelly's home, Stout said. ! e attorney general's of-" ce seized some items from the house but has refused to com-ment about anything related to this case.
“I believe it was some com-puter equipment that was con-" scated. We know that the search warrant was for some type of illegal " le-sharing case,” Stout said. “! e timing of the suicide could very well relate to the execution of the search war-
rant, but, unfortunately, we will probably never know what his main motive was for commit-ting suicide.”
PROFESSORfrom page 1
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BRIEFLY SPEAKING:
Monday, October 24Holcombe Elementary PresentationsInternational students staying in Holcombe residence hall will present part of their culture to elementary students. ! e pre-sentations will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Fall Lecture SeriesTehshik Yoon, from the University of Wisconsin will present "Photocatalysis with Visible Light". A reception will take place a% er the seminar in CHEM 105. ! e event is open to the public and will begin at 3:30 p.m.
"Context" — Connie Jackson lecture for Fay Jones SchoolConnie Jackson will present a lecture titled “Context” at 5:30 p.m. at Hembree Auditorium (Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences Building, Room 107E) on the UA campus, as part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture lecture series. Jackson is principal-in-charge and design director at Wilson Associates in Dallas.
Tuesday, October 25Chocolate Seminar! e food science department in Dale Bumpers College of Agri-cultural, Food and Life Sciences faculty and students will host Je# rey Hurst, Ph.D., principal scientist with the Hershey Com-pany, who will speak on “Cacao: From Ethanobotany to Trans-lational Medicine” at 3:30 p.m. in Room D-2 of the Food Sci-ence Building at the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Ex-tension Center on North Garland.
Holcombe International Pumpkin CarvingHolcombe residents will host a pumpkin carving from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the residence hall. For more information con-tact, Namiko Bagirimvano at [email protected].
Wednesday, October 26Homecoming 2011: Blood Drive Orientation! e Student Alumni Association and University Recreation will host its second blood drive orientation at the HPER room 311 at 7 p.m. All organizations attending and participating in the blood drive will receive " ve additional points in the Home-coming Healthy Competition. A sign-in sheet will be provided.
UA Trumpet StudioStella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. ! e public is invited to attend and admission free.
Friday, October 28Electrical Engineering SeminarPaul R. Sharps, Chief Scientist of Emcore Photovoltaics will be presenting a seminar entitled "High E$ ciency Multi-junction Solar Cells for Space and Terrestrial Applications" in BELL 2282 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Fayetteville Men's March Against ViolenceFayetteville Men's March Against Violence will be held on Friday October 28, 2011 at 12 p.m. Gather outside St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (corner of Dickson & East) Free Parking is available behind St. Paul’s or street parking before 2 p.m. 12:15 March Begins. ! e March will head south on East Avenue at 12:30 and rally at the World Peace Prayer Fountain on the steps of the Fayetteville Town Square
NEWSPAGE 3 MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
! e most recent upgrade on campus can be found at the click of a mouse.
! e university’s Blackboard system is being upgraded to a new system called Blackboard Collaborate 11.
Information Technology Services o" cials started by in-troducing the program to fac-ulty and sta# . ! e seminar took place Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the
IT Services Faculty Technology Center. While seats were $ lled in the center, faculty and sta# were also invited to join the ac-tion online with a live “webi-nar.”
Blackboard Collaborate 11 blends several technologies into a single tool that can be helpful for creating online classroom experiences or host collabora-tive web conferences, according to a press release from Black-board o" cials.
! e updated version also
includes instant messaging capabilities. ! e system allows users to see who is online and invite them to chat, talk or share applications in a single click.
UA o" cials hope to install Service Pack 8 to Blackboard when it comes out, between the fall and spring semesters, said Starla Stensaas, communication manager of IT Services.
! e new service pack will include features normally found on a personal comput-er, including bug $ xes, security
updates and other features.! e new version of Black-
board will provide more col-laboration choices, allowing for more widespread use, so con-sumers will realize greater cost savings and higher return on their technology investment, according to a report released on the website.
Students have mixed reac-tions to the announcement of changes to Blackboard.
“! ough the Blackboard upgrades have the potential to
bring classes to a whole new level, they also have the po-tential to confuse technically challenged students and teach-ers,” said Danielle Benedict, sophomore. “I personally will hold the university accountable for educating everyone on the changes.”
Students must wait un-til spring semester to see if the new version of Blackboard will improve the website.
“I wonder if this will make other things more or less con-
fusing. Finding grades, for ex-ample, can be pretty di" cult,” said Erin Dougherty, junior.
Many faculty members look forward to the changes to Blackboard.
“! e chat options would be nice,” said Robyn Ledbet-ter, broadcast journalism in-structor. “However, I $ nd that most of my students don't log onto Blackboard unless I make a point of telling them to. I’m not sure if they would use it fre-quently.”
Blackboard Will Upgrade to New Systemby JOSEPH HOLLOWAY
Contributing Writer
total of almost 37,000. Kap-pa encouraged its members to bring food items or money do-nations and held food drives outside Wal-Mart on Joyce Boulevard.
Susan Storm, the special
events chairman for Kappa, said she’s thrilled with what her sorority accomplished.
“Everyone really wanted to help out, not only to win Wa-termelon Bust, but because the girls genuinely wanted to help out our community. Everyone stepped up and committed in a big way,” she said.
Avery Ricks, a junior French major, said she had a
blast at the event.“I love Watermelon Bust be-
cause it not only brings aware-ness to the poverty in the Northwest Arkansas communi-ty, it also encourages teamwork between my sisters and I. We have a large new pledge class and I got to know them bet-ter while helping to better our area,” she said.
GRACE GUDE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS e n i o r Ti m Tu r n e r wa s t h e d i re c to r o f t h i s ye a r ’s L a m b d a C h i A l p h a C a n n e d Fo o d D r i ve . T h e fo o d d r i ve i s pa r t o f t h e f ra te r n i t y ’s p h i l a n t h ro py.
! e main doors leading out of the building and into the construction zone are le% un-locked so that students can get out if necessary, he said. Ad-ditional signs will be posted on these doors.
“! e contractor and I worked out a plan where the barrier walls have doorways built in them,” he said.
If there is an emergency, such as a $ re, students will be able to use those doorways and exit through the construction zone, he said.
! ere could not be just one way in or out, he said.
“! is [plan] is a $ rst for the
university,” Brashear said.Some students who use
Ozark had not heard of the emergency plan, however.
Kyndall Ray, junior nursing major has classes in Ozark.
! e students had nev-er thought about needing an emergency exit plan, she said.
Karen Brown, senior inter-national business and econom-ics major, has not noticed any-thing advising students that they can use the construction zone exits either.
“! ere are signs for the re-stricted areas, but there isn’t much inside the buildings di-recting you where to go if there was a $ re or anything,” Brown said.
Gina Spring, junior nursing major, thinks the construction
is “really an inconvenience,” she said.
Doorways in Ozark will be blocked throughout the $27 million renovation that is scheduled to be completed in 2013. Ozark Hall was built in 1940 and is listed on the Na-tional Register of Historic Plac-es.
Other buildings have con-struction blocking some ex-its, but nothing like Ozark, Brashear said.
! e home economics build-ing and the agriculture building both have exits blocked, he said, so that trucks hauling materials for the Vol Walker Hall con-struction project can enter the campus through the space in between the two buildings.
Students Protest in Silence
KRIS JOHNSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA n i c i a C a r te r d i s p l ays s i g n s fo r S t u d e n t s fo r L i fe a s t h e g ro u p pa r t i c i pa te s i n N a t i o n a l P ro L i fe D ay fo r S i l e n t S o l i d a r i t y.
WATERMELON BUSTfrom page 1
FIREfrom page 1
LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERB e ca u se o f t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n ta k i n g p l a c e o n ca m p u s , s t u d e n t s w i t h c l a sse s i n t h e E nv i ro n m e n ta l S c i e n c e s b u i l d i n g a re fo rc e d to ta ke d e to u rs i n t h e ca se o f a n e m e rg e n cy. O ra n g e c o n e s a n d ca u t i o n ta p e b l o c k o f f f i re ex i t s i n b u i l d i n g s o n ca m p u s .
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Unfortunately, Bill Clinton’s “It’s the economy, stupid,” has con-tinued as the political status quo. An inarguably ailing economy causes most other issues to take a back seat during campaign season.
On the back burner sits a melt-ing pot of social issues from abor-tion to immigration, the stew has been slowly simmering. Within the pot is education. While the economy is important, as students it’s vital to consider the best can-didate for all levels of education, and then stack that person against President Barack Obama.
With roughly 10 strong can-didates in the race, it’s easier ! rst to rule out candidates that would throw education on the bus. A cer-tain Texas representative comes to mind.
Ron Paul is plain wily this cam-paign season. Not only did Paul say that social security is unconsti-tutional and propose the end of di-saster relief organization, FEMA, but also he wants to abolish the Department of Education.
“I think that the smallest level
of government possible best per-forms education. Teachers, par-ents, and local community lead-ers should be making decisions about exactly how our children should be taught, not Washington bureaucrats,” Paul said on his cam-paign website.
Sure, some government regu-lation is bovine, but to go so far as to abolish a valuable part of the federal government is going too far.
While his rhetoric may li" the hopes of many, his policies would end the student loan program, which would create a roadblock for roughly 65 percent of students, according to ! naid.org. # is road-block could prevent thousands from going to school, perpetuating the cycle of poverty in America. Paul wants to work toward a social service free America — education is the place to start.
Keeping with the Lone Star state, Texas Governor Rick Perry thinks himself an education re-former. His belief in an anti-sci-ence America, taking a stab at the evolution theory as well as glob-al warming isn’t the only thing shocking about his record.
“I don’t think the federal gov-ernment has a role in your chil-dren’s education,” Perry said, cit-ing that the federal government o$ cials don’t know the needs of independent school districts. Yet, there is no justi! cation of Perry’s proposal to cut student loans and abolish Pell grants. While federal government o$ cials can’t know the need of every school district, the need for every American to have an opportunity to gain a higher education is ubiquitous.
Like Paul, Perry ultimately perpetuates the cycle of poverty, but I can see how the Perry doesn’t think too highly of an American education, as he obtained roughly a 2.0 GPA from Texas A&M.
# e race on education is close between the two front-running Republican candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, accord-ing to the most recent CNN/ORC poll concerning Republican candi-dates, released October 18.
Both have similar stances on state and local education, citing poor teaching as a major problem in public schools. Ultimately these views have merit — a student can be as engaged as possible, but it’s been my experience that a good teacher is paramount in successful education.
Both candidates also support funding of charter schools, which have had tremendous successes in the last decade. More money put into this program would be mon-ey well spent.
In the post-secondary sphere, both candidates are still develop-ing their positions. While Romney has proposed abolishing the De-partment of Education in the past, he is in support of it in the status quo, and hasn’t taken a stab at fed-eral funding of education. Cain hasn’t taken much of a position on college education either, though his discourse during debate seems to support it.
Ultimately it’s best to default to the candidates’ economic plans, Romney’s “59-point plan” against Cain’s “9-9-9,” newly renewed “9-0-9,” plan. Cain released a state-
ment October 21 that those below the federal poverty line wouldn’t pay the “middle nine.”
Using a mechanism of saving Americans money, between the two plans, Romney still comes out on top of the pack concerning the economy. While Cain’s plan wins the “crispest name contest,” “9-9-9” would double taxes for average income families, according to an article released October 18 on dai-ly! nance.com.
# e main caveat for Romney’s plan is China, by forcing the na-tion to % oat its currency; he harms international relations that could negatively impact the economy. On most other fronts, however, Romney’s “Believe in America,” plan is a wise American invest-ment by eliminating taxes on capi-tal gains, dividends, and interest on most American taxpayers.
With more money in taxpay-er pockets, more money is avail-able to spend on the costs of col-lege, whether current or paying o& loans.
Against Obama, Mitt Romney is the best candidate for education. Obama supported measures slash-ing Pell grants in February, and even though he proposed making FAFSA simpler, with large cuts in available funds, it doesn’t seem as important.
# e more than $20 billion pro-posed cuts were “tough choices,” according to Education Secre-tary Arne Duncan. He’s exactly right, the cuts are tough, and they shouldn’t have come under the chopping block.
Joe Kieklak is a columnist for the Traveler. His columns runs weekly.
# e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student clas-si! cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri! cation. Letters should be sent to [email protected].
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by JOE KIEKLAKTraveler Columnist
Traveler Quote of the Day“Right now, every student has a
routine. They’re going to have to find a whole new lot. It’s really
tough to lose 486 spaces.”
-Andy Gilbride, education and instruction specialist for the parking department, “HPER Parking Lot Will
Close,” pg. 1
Joplin, Five Months LaterA few days after the Joplin tornado on May 22, three
members of the Traveler staff drove up to survey the dam-age, and report the story.
What we found were entire neighborhoods, hospitals and restaurants that had been destroyed with people pick-ing through what was left of their houses around us. It was a harrowing, sobering experience.
As we said at the time, the destruction was the equiva-lent of a war zone, with the worst being termed “ground zero.”
Again, Saturday three members of the Traveler staff went to Joplin barely five months after the tornado de-stroyed sections of the town.
There were still remnants of the destruction caused five months ago. The rubble and twisted remains of Joplin High School were still visible though fenced off, St. Johns hospital still had windows blown out and walls missing and the level of destruction in certain neighborhoods re-minded us all to much of what we saw five months ago.
For those of us that went Saturday, but didn’t go on the initial trip, it is hard to imagine things being worse. To say that Joplin still carries the scars from the F5 tornado would be an understatement.
Despite the destruction still left, we were happy to see the amount of rebuilding that has taken place in Joplin. As we drove toward the old high school and hospital, we remarked on how much had been done to restore the city. Repaired or new buildings sat where damaged ones had been before and most of the power lines were no longer swaying or broken.
Even in some of the areas where the destruction to homes and neighborhoods is still obvious progress has been made. In an area where debris littered yards and streets, it has been mainly cleared away. There are also multiple organized volunteer efforts underway in Joplin to help people keep rebuilding.
Joplin isn’t in the sort of chaotic, standstill it was the days after the tornado, with the attention of the nation-al media upon it—and most of the larger stations making camp in it. As always life goes on, and returns to normal as much as it can. During our meandering we even found members of the town celebrating with an Octoberfest.
We had always planned on going back to Joplin, but the main reason we were there Saturday was because the As-sociated Student Government Senate funded a trip for as many as 50 students to travel to Joplin and work on a vol-unteer project in conjunction with AmeriCorps.
As we mentioned in a “From The Board” Wednesday, we are glad that ASG sponsored a trip for students. Too often tragedies happen, and —even when it’s as close as Joplin— it is easy for students with their busy lives to for-get. We should all be willing to give back and help those around us, and volunteering in Joplin continues to be a good way to do that.
More than 40 students went on the trip, and helped sort wood and brush that would be sold, with the money used to help rebuild homes. Beside the area where the students were cleaning were two homes that had been damaged by the tornado. While we applaud the work that students were doing, and the fact that they gave up a Saturday to volun-teer, the event seemed slightly unorganized.
While we appreciate that ASG gave students a chance to volunteer, we were disappointed that none of the five ASG executives went on the trip. While we understand that people are busy and things do not always work out, it is one thing for ASG to sponsor a trip, but when none of the execs come it casts a shadow over an otherwise good idea.
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CrowdNAFFEL: “Even though UA minority enrollment has in-
creased, it does not provide the close-knit feeling that Ti& any has at home.”
# e meaninglessness of this statement is a good summary of the article. Are we to be under some delusion that white people come on campus and immediately have the same close-knit feel-ing they had at home? A good number of students from all eth-nicities, races and ! nancial backgrounds, go to college and feel lost or homesick or outcas
Re: Between Columns: Occupy Wall Street
Jeremy: “…they want the 1 percent, speci! cally corporations, to pay their fair share in taxes…” I will accept the goal and follow it up with the nice little question — When will we know it’s fair?
What is the number to be reached that when reached we can say “Ah, the rich are ! nally paying their fair share.” I really want an answer to this question because I have never heard one. “More” or “less” is not an amount and an amount is what we need if we are going to have a de! nitive goal to reach. Come on, Jordain. We need a number.
On a side note: “…if government o$ cials had been paying more attention to some of the shady lendings…” I assume you don’t mean the government o$ cials that were encouraging and in some cases demanding shady lendings.
Re: ColombiaMex Adds Authentic Mexican Flavor to Fayetteville
Mary Lynn Holland: What a well written article!! I felt just like I was there with the author, enjoying the ! ne food. De! nitely will try to experience this gem when I am in Fayetteville! I believe the author displays the talent to become a food critic!
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Some graduates will ! nd work immediately a" er gradu-ation. But in this ultra-compet-itive market, the majority will endure an arduous process of applying for jobs and arrang-ing interviews. So how will you set yourself apart from the ! eld of applicants ! ght-ing to secure the job you want?
Work ExperienceChances are if you’re reading
this, you’re a university student. Earning a college degree auto-matically gives you an edge, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Hiring managers like to see appli-cants who have some work expe-rience as well. For example, even waiting tables to pay for everyday expenses imparts some quali! ca-tions that will transfer to another job, like good communication skills and time management.
When students have a bet-ter idea of what type of career they want to pursue, many will get internships in that particu-lar ! eld. It’s here that impor-tant connections are made and where they’ll learn the tricks of the trade. # ese connec-tions with others are important, so diversify your contact list.
“As a transportation and lo-gistics major, I decided to get an internship with J.B. Hunt,” said Brandon Beam, a 2010 UA grad-uate. “You’re a much stronger candidate for a position if you have actual experience that re-lates to the work you want to do.”
Beam said there is more to learn than what’s taught in the class-
room and that internships are essential for further understand-ing and experiencing the inner workings of business. Since his internship with J.B. Hunt, Beam has accepted a job in purchasing for Kiewit Power in Kansas City.
SocialConsider professional net-
working sites such as Linke-dIn. It’s here you can maintain your connections with past and present classmates and col-leagues and where you can search for jobs and other busi-ness opportunities. Facebook has its bene! ts as well, but it’s very important that as you be-come serious about ! nding a job you “clean up” your page.
Avoid vulgar language on Facebook and delete any pho-tos that could potentially drive away hiring managers. Yes, they will check your account, and if they discover that picture of you doing a keg stand in your underwear, despite how fun the night was, they may very well go on to the next candidate. If you want, print a 4x6 and display it proudly on your refrigerator. Re-member, sites like LinkedIn and Facebook are powerful market-ing tools when used correctly.
Career Development Center# e University of Arkansas
has many resources for students making the transition from col-lege to the “real world.” # e Ca-reer Development Center has three locations on campus with career counselors who will help you with everything from dra" -ing a résumé to practicing inter-views. # e CDC also has an in-teractive website with job listings,
sample résumés and a ‘What can I do with this major?’ link with ideas for possible career choices.
It’s crucial to prepare a strong résumé for prospective em-ployers to review. # is is where you’ll include your work expe-rience and academic accom-plishments and personal skills that relate to the job. Have an outline of these things prior to your CDC appointment so the career counselors can help you prepare the formal résumé. Also, look on the CDC web-site for the dates of career fairs.
“We provide between three and ! ve career fairs each semester,” said Angela Williams, the direc-tor of the Career Development Center. # is is a good opportu-nity for students to meet with lo-cal business professionals, share résumés and arrange interviews.
“We also provide a series of professional development op-portunities for UA students and alumni,” Williams said. “We’re planning a Career Week April 2-4 with a purpose of giving UA students the competitive ad-vantage in their job or gradu-ate school search and beyond.”
Williams said that they will bring in a number of human resource representatives from various organizations and com-panies to give students cutting-edge advice on e$ ectively job searching, writing a success-ful résumé, developing net-working skills and training in business dining etiquette.
Visit these helpful sites: www.career.uark.edu www.indeed.com www.monster.com
Job Searching: How to Stand Out RIC President Finds His Way by Leading the Way
It’s easy to tell that Cameron Mussar loves his job just by the look on his face.While most stu-dents socialize, take a co$ ee break or even get a jump start on their homework between classes, Mus-sar races o$ to his o% ce inside the Northwest Quads to his job as president of the Residents Interhall Congress (RIC) Executive Board. Besides being a full-time student, Mussar carries a large responsibil-ity by heading the resident execu-tive board.
His o% ce is small, tucked be-hind the rows of mailboxes in the Northwest Quads, but everything is in its place. A large window takes up one wall of the o% ce and brings a sense of openness to the tiny room. Mussar con! dently smiles as he lists o$ his duties as one of the most important student lead-ers on campus.
“My main responsibilities in-clude managing relationships across the organization, making sure the exec team is getting their jobs done the way the senate wants them to be done, establishing good relationships within the admin-istration, meeting with Florence Johnson, the Executive Direction of Housing and then just basic stu$ - meeting, talking to and manag-ing people,” Mussar said.
Mussar was born in Mountain Home, but later moved to Rogers, where he graduated from Rogers High School.
Mussar has a family history at the UA, and it was clear he was go-ing to attend the university by the time he graduated.
He came to the UA hoping to major in architecture, but, like most freshmen, his plans changed along the way.
“# at did not work out,” Mus-sar said.
He later changed his major to psy-chology with a marketing minor.
Leadership wasn’t always the clear path for Mussar, but he began to ! nd his love of leading as early as his freshman year.
“I had no idea what I wanted to do when I came to college,” Mus-sar said. “I started out doing Rock Camp – I really liked it—and that’s when I knew I wanted to be in-volved.”
Mussar was encouraged by the hall coordinator of Maple Hill South to join Hall Senate.
“I didn’t know what it was but I was like, ‘Sure, I’m free Mondays.
I’ll do it,’” Mussar said. His joy of connecting with his
peers led him to continuing mov-ing up within University Housing. Mussar was named the university’s RA national communications co-ordinator.
“# at was my ! rst & avor of lead-ership within the UA, and I liked it,” Mussar said.
By his junior year, he decided to take a break and worked as an RA in Maple Hill South, but he couldn’t shake the idea of return-ing to leadership.
“I really took the back seat my junior year,” Mussar said. “I began to see the turmoil within the orga-nization, and it was nagging at me to the point that I could see that I could make it better. I could see what this organization could be like and what it could look like.”
A" er attending senate meetings, Mussar decided to run straight to the top, campaigning for RIC Pres-ident.
“# e election is open to anyone, so literally Joe Blow could have signed up,” Mussar said. “Luckily a democracy is better than what some people think of it as, and hopefully that person wouldn’t be elected.”
A" er signing up to run, candi-dates have two weeks of campaign-ing. # e RIC campaigns are much more lax than those of the ASG elections, Mussar said.
“We weren’t allowed to post & y-ers without consent of the hall co-ordinator, or without using the
proper posting material – noth-ing slanderous,” Mussar said. “Our budgets were like $100, so our elec-tion materials weren’t very extrav-agant. Lots of sidewalk chalking. Chalk is cheap, and space is plen-tiful.”
With lots of chalking and an ex-tensive resume, Mussar was suc-cessfully elected president in the spring of 2011.
“I was very excited, but I was ex-tremely glad the campaigning was over,” Mussar said. “ I congratu-lated my competitor for putting on such a wonderful campaign against me and asked him to stay involved because he was an asset.”
A" er Mussar got into o% ce, he held an “Executive Summit,” where the team planned a loose outline of what they wanted to accomplish in the upcoming year.
Mussar is scheduled to graduate this spring and hopes to later get involved with counseling to satis-fy his interest in student develop-ment.
“I could even see myself work-ing in student a$ airs,” Mussar said. “# at would be a career that would be really enjoyable but satisfy that desire to counsel. I enjoy the ad-ministrator roles of things. I really want to take a student and develop them into a student leader.”
Mussar has a variety of interests, but he hasn’t made any concrete decisions on a career path.
“I don’t know, who knows, plans change – I wanted to be an archi-tect,” Mussar said.
LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERIn an effort to keep the campus litter-free and its students healthy, signs reminding students of the U of A’s smoke-free policy are placed periodically in green areas. It is part of the campus-wide emphasis on sustainability.
bY STUART ROBINSONStaff Writer
“Going green” in today’s soci-ety is a movement that has pro-gressed beyond the conception of “environmental freak” and onto a level of real concern and com-mitment felt by many. Indeed, the Environmental Protection Agen-cy has released conclusive studies that attribute a substantial part of climate change and damage to the environment to human actions.
But how much do people real-ly know about “going green” and helping to halt harmful e$ ects on the environment? Because of misconceptions about what actu-ally helps and harms the environ-ment, students likely don’t know as much as they think they do, and these misconceptions can o" en lead people to cause more damage than good.
“# ere are a lot of misconceived notions about how we a$ ect the environment due to popular me-dia portrayal and the public not being largely informed about en-vironmental issues,” said Mike Daniels, UA professor of environ-mental management.
Everything humans use and don’t keep is disposed of in some way, whether it be in a land! ll, recycled or incinerated. A main problem facing people today is be-ing unaware of which materials fall into which category.
“Many people are concerned
about plastic and other materi-als harming the environment, but throw out leaves and grass in the fall being unaware that those account for nearly 75 percent of waste during that time,” Daniels said.
In addition to being unaware of harmful e$ ects, there is some evi-dence to show that some actions thought to be helpful are actually causing more strain on the envi-ronment.
Recycling is the most widely used and most well known act of environmental consciousness in the United States. # e EPA esti-mates that nearly 80 percent of North Americans recycle, seem-ingly making it the largest envi-ronmental impact in the region. However, according to the Na-tional Post, many materials that people recycle and believe are acting to decrease land! ll waste are actually adding to it. # e Post estimates that much of the glass and plastic meant for recycling in North America is actually put into land! lls simply because they have little or no value to be recycled.
Metals, speci! cally steel, howev-er, are some of the most valuable recyclable items because resources to make metal are at a premium, and production is energy inten-sive. Recycling metal pays because it saves on limited resources and energy. Despite this, it is estimated that metal by weight accounts for only 2 percent of recycled materi-
als in North America.“I am extremely concerned
about the environment and think the only way we can really make an impact is for as many of us as possible to work together. Re-cycling is one of the only things where that seems to truly hap-pen, and it discourages me that so much of it right now is a waste,” said Victoria Rogne, sophomore.
In addition to recycling, there are other misunderstandings that o" en lead to the opposite of what people are trying to do—hurting the environment instead of sav-ing it.
“A lot of people think that if you leave your thermostat o$ or keep it turned up a little higher during the summer you’re saving energy. But in reality, turning your ther-mostat down even one degree can cut fuel consumption by up to 10 percent,” said Breana Patterson, a UA sophomore and Student Sus-tainability Council o% cer.
Clothing is yet another little known object with production that causes signi! cant environ-mental damage. # e produc-tion of one white cotton t-shirt requires the use of two pounds of pesticide, according to Natu-ral-Environment.com. Synthetic polyesters and nylons are created by re! ning crude oil, which cre-ates a large amount of pollution. # e worst e$ ect of clothing on the environment is the materials themselves, which can take up to
hundreds of years to decompose in land! lls.
However, there is hope for spreading awareness of these mis-conceptions about the environ-ment and how to stop them.
“Several companies are be-ginning to use much more eco-friendly fabrics like hemp and cal-ico to make their clothing, and the trend is spreading quickly. # ese materials are recyclable and de-compose at a much quicker rate than cotton or polyester,” Patter-son said.
Despite these e$ orts, there is still a substantially large number of these miscommunications, a fact that could cause some to be-come frustrated or even remove themselves completely from the environmental cause, believing they are doing more harm than good. However, according to Pat-terson, this is the last thing they should do.
“It’s easy to get discouraged when it seems like the things you’re doing aren’t really helping, or maybe even hurting. But the solution isn’t to simply remove yourself from the situation just because the things you were do-ing may have been wrong; use re-cyclable bottles and containers,” Patterson said. “Shop for clothing made of less harmful materials. Everyone can still do their part if they just adjust a little, and for any-thing to help we need everyone.”
by ZACH WILSONStaff Writer
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERCameron Mussar, president of RIC, was not planning on being a student leader when coming to the UA but found it easy once he got involved.
by SHELBY GILLStaff Writer
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERGraduate student Michael Taiwon begins an interview with a prospective employer. The University Career and Development Center is committed to enhancing students’ professionalism and empower-ing students to present themselves successfully as candidates for employment or graduate school opportunities.
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SPORTS
Hogs Rally, Hold Off Rebels GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Arkansas junior running back Dennis Johnson ran for a career-high 160 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries, helping spark the Razorbacks to a 29-24 win at Ole Miss.
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OXFORD, Miss. — Ninth-ranked Arkansas scored 29 unanswered points to erase a three-possession deficit, then held on late for a 29-14 road win over Ole Miss.
The Razorbacks trailed 17-0 midway through the second quarter, but rallied for their third consecutive win in front of an announced crowd of 57,951 at Vaught-
Hemingway Stadium.“I think our team really
showed a lot of heart, a lot of character, a lot of toughness,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petri-no said. “We had excellent leadership from our players. They were positive. They were excited that we were going to find a way to win the game.”
The Hogs got off to a poor start again. Arkansas faced its third double-digit halftime deficit in four games, trailing 17-7.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do to make sure we don’t do this again,” Petrino said.
The Razorbacks (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) came roaring back, though, taking a 24-17 lead on junior quarterback Tyler Wilson’s 1-yard touchdown sneak with three minutes left in the third quarter, completing the Hogs’ comeback.
“I was very happy with the way our team responded,” Petrino said. “You saw the
energy of the players.”Arkansas extended its lead
to 29-17 on Zach Hocker’s 23-yard field goal with 11:31 re-maining, but the Rebels made it a game late.
Ole Miss junior quarter-back Randall Mackey ran for two fourth-down conver-sions, then found freshman receiver Donte Moncrief for a 4-yard touchdown with 1:23
by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor
Saturday, Oct. 22Vaught-Hemingway Stadium– Oxford, Miss.
Arkansas Starts New Streak
Going into LSU
Arkansas volleyball is on another win streak a! er sweep-ing Alabama Sunday in straight sets (25-17,25-19,25-19).
" e Razorbacks have now won two in a row a! er also beating Ole Miss Friday in three sets.
“I thought this was our best Sunday e# ort so far,” coach Robert Pulliza said. “It showed on the numbers, it showed on the outcome. We’ve been talk-ing about putting back-to-back matches in the SEC. It’s a tough business, this conference, but if you want to be the best you’ve got to be able to put back-to-back matches and we did it this weekend.”
Arkansas didn’t get its mo-mentum going until a! er scor-ing its $ rst seven points, with
Alabama matching every point. " ey then took charge, leading 24-15 at one point. " e Crim-son Tide only scored two more points before the Razorbacks won 25-17o# a kill by junior Amanda Anderson.
Arkansas led the entire sec-ond match from the opening point. Alabama came within two points twice, but the Ra-zorbacks were able to maintain their lead until the end of the set. " e $ nal three points came o# of three serves by junior Kasey Heckelman, two of them resulting in an ace. Arkansas won the set 25-19.
" e $ nal set began much like the $ rst, but the Razorbacks quickly took the lead again a! er four points and led the remainder of the set. While tempers % ared on the Alabama bench a! er their coach received a yellow card for
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Staff Writers
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When I watch the $ rst half of an Arkansas Razorback football game the same feel-ing comes over me when I walk into a test underprepared. I’m confused and sweating and ev-
erything is a blur and before I know it I’m already in a hole and trying to $ ght out of it.
I have a problem with pro-crastination and so does Ar-kansas. You know, waiting until the last minute to do something when it should have been taken care of way earlier.
Enter the Ole Miss game. " e Hogs waited around
and played what you could call “o# ense” and “defense.” " en, just when I thought the “Right Reverend” might get the best of Arkansas again, the defense starts getting pressure and forc-ing three-and-outs.
" e o# ense looks like the o# ense we all expect, receiv-ers were getting open in space
and breaking o# huge chunks of yards. " e break out perfor-mance by Dennis Johnson was a sight for sore eyes and com-pletely changed the direction the game was going.
" is brings us to the point of this entire column. What in the world is going on in the $ rst half?
" is is the frustrating part for all Razorback fans.
Since Missouri State, the Hogs haven’t put together a complete game. Sure the Au-burn game was a blow out, but the Hogs didn’t take control of that game until they went down 14-7.
It isn’t all bad because Ar-kansas could be the exact op-
posite and be Texas A&M and nobody wants that.
I believe the Razorbacks’ inexperience, especially on of-fense, is what has caused this drag in the $ rst half. " e Hogs are working out a di# erent run-ning back every week and that’s putting more pressure in the hands of Tyler Wilson.
Once Arkansas can settle on a running back, my vote goes to Dennis Johnson, the o# ense should become more consistent with the ability of running for big chunks of yards added of-fensive repertoire.
With a more balanced of-fense, the Razorbacks should be able to keep opposing defenses from simply rushing the quar-
terback and sticking to receiv-ers. It will allow more options for Tyler Wilson and keep him from taking so many hard hits.
Tyler Wilson had anoth-er Shane Falco-esque per-formance on Saturday. Even though he didn’t throw for any touchdowns he did rush for two scores and made some big throws when the team needed them. Solid quarterback play is what has kept Arkansas in these games and given them the abil-ity to come back in the second half.
" e defense has mirrored the o# ense and has looked completely di# erent from the $ rst to second halves. " e past three weeks they have allowed
66 points in the $ rst half, but just 10 in the second.
" ere is a serious pattern that is developing that, if it is not $ xed, will result in some se-rious problems against South Carolina or LSU.
You can get away with slow starts against teams like Au-burn, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, but as you saw against Alabama if you get o# to a slow start against quality teams it be-comes very hard to come back and win.
" is is the territory that Arkansas $ nds themselves in.
Going for it on 4th
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Hogs Must Fix First-Half Struggles
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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior forward Allie Chandler scored the Razorbacks lone goal Thursday night in the Razorbacks 2-1 over time loss to a ranked Florida Gator team.
SOCCER
Arkansas Drops to Two More in SEC
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Arkan-sas played South Carolina even in the second half on Sunday, but two $ rst-half goals by the Gamecocks were the di# erence as USC posted a 3-1 Southeast-ern Conference soccer victory.
USC had a huge advantage in shots in the $ rst half, but the Razorbacks held the Game-cocks without a shot for the $ -nal 20 minutes.
For the game, the
Gamecocks led in shots, 16-9, and in shots on goal, 6-3, but the Razorbacks turned that around in the second half. USC led 14-3 and 5-1 in the $ rst half. In the second, Arkansas led in shots, 6-2, and in shots on goal, 2-1.
Arkansas (4-13, 2-8 SEC) lost its eighth straight game, while South Carolina (14-5, 8-2) won its seventh straight.
Arkansas took the opening possession, moved down$ eld and got a quick shot from 30 yards out by Allie Chandler. USC got its $ rst shot a minute
later and scored the $ rst goal of the game less than $ ve min-utes in.
USC made it 2-0 at 21:11. Christa Neary crossed from the far right across the goal. Grimsley played it into the six from the le! and Danielle Au was there to head it in
South Carolina added to its lead early in the second half by pushing the margin to 3-0. At 48:56, Grimsley took a long pass just past mid$ eld. She
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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERArkansas sophomore setter Ray Santos and the Razorbacks beat Ole Miss and Alabama over the weekend, moving the Razorbacks into second place in the SEC West.
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remaining, pulling the Rebels within 29-24.
Ole Miss then recovered the ensuing onside kick on its own 43, but Mackey was inter-cepted by Razorbacks sopho-more safety Eric Bennett two plays later to seal the Hogs’ win.
“When you looked at the board and saw the difference in the game, you worry,” Petri-no said. “You play the scenari-os out in your mind and you’re definitely worried about it. If we would have gotten a stop there we would have been able to run out the clock. Then there was a tremendous on-side kick. I don’t know if I’ve seen one that good before.”
Arkansas was sparked by junior running back Den-
nis Johnson. The 5-foot-9, 213-pounder ran for a career-high 160 yards on 15 carries after entering the game with 113 yards in four games this season.
“I kind of had a feeling he would have a good game,” of-fensive coordinator Garrick McGee said. “He had that look in his eye all week.”
Johnson’s 52-yard touch-down run on a third-and-13 draw play got the Razorbacks on the board with 5:11 re-maining in the first half.
“I was just trying to bring up the team,” Johnson said. “I think that set the spark. It was supposed to pop like that.”
Hogs junior quarterback Tyler Wilson struggled at times, starting 9 of 22 and missing receivers on deep throws. He completed 4 of 6 passes to end the game, in-
cluding 37-and 67-yard passes to senior receiver Joe Adams, both setting up 1-yard Wilson touchdown sneaks.
“I expect Tyler to throw the ball at a high percentage every time, but it’s all about finding ways to win,” McGee said.
Arkansas’ defense strug-gled mightily in the first half.
Ole Miss has 250 yards of total offense at halftime, al-most equaling its 251.3 season average. The No. 11 offense in the SEC controlled the ball in the first half, beating Arkan-sas to the edges and had more than 22 minutes of possession time.
“Our coaches did a good job with (adjustments),” Petri-no said. “We shut down some of the things they were doing in the first half and our play-ers tackled better.”
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kicking the ball when it went out of bounds, Arkansas took the energy to go on and win. Junior Roslandy Acosta had a kill to win the set 25-19.
Anderson led the team with a career-high eight blocks and also had 10 kills. Senior Kelli Stipanovich had another dou-ble-double with 10 kills and 12 digs. Junior Jasmine Norton came up one dig shy of another double-double with 9 digs and 11 kills.
“! at was super circular,” Anderson said. “I just want to thank my outsides and my right sides because that was fun. It was just fun because obviously I’m a less physical blocker than all the other ones in the SEC that are like 6’4, but it was really cool. It was such a good feeling.”
! e Razorbacks " nish their " ve-game home stand Wednes-day against LSU. ! e game will be televised on ESPNU at 7:30.
“I think we just need to keep doing what we’re doing,” sophomore Raymariely San-tos said. “It’s really good. We’re preparing ourselves really well. We have to practice Monday, Tuesday we just need to go at it and Wednesday we’ll be here.”
ARKANSAS DEFEATS OLE MISS IN STRAIGHT SETS
Arkansas volleyball defeat-ed the Ole Miss Rebels in three sets Friday night (25-23, 28-26, 25-23).
! e Razorbacks (13-8, 5-5 SEC) were led by junior outside hitter Jasmine Norton with a double-double of 17 kills and 10 digs. Senior outside hitter Kelli Stipanovich also contrib-uted 10 kills and 9 digs.
“We did some good things today,” coach Robert Pulli-za said. “We were able to play from the front and able to play from behind, something we’ve been talking about. Our ener-gy was consistent, and we were able to just " nd our play when we needed it.”
Ole Miss took a 6-3 lead early in the " rst set a# er a pair of kills from Regina ! omas and Kara Morgan. $ ! e Reb-els held a steady 2-point lead throughout the set, forcing the Razorbacks into a timeout at 19-16.
A block from 6-foot-2 Ro-slandy Acosta and an attack er-ror by the Rebels put Arkansas ahead 21-20 to send Ole Miss into its " rst timeout. A kill by Stipanovich put Arkansas at game point, and the Razor-backs clinched set one 25-23.
Arkansas and Ole Miss battled for the lead for the " rst half of set two, but a pair of kills for Acosta and junior middle blocker Amanda Anderson put Arkansas in the lead 14-10 when the Rebels took a timeout.
Ole Miss came back and
took the lead 20-19 a# er two attack errors by Arkansas and a kill by Allegra Wells. ! e two teams exchanged the " nal few points, sending the game into overtime. Arkansas " nished the set 28-26. Norton tallied over half of her 17 total kills in the second set.
Arkansas and Ole Miss fought for the lead again throughout the third set. Ole Miss pulled away to a 17-13 lead and Arkansas called the " rst timeout, but the Razor-backs came back and tied the set 21-21. Arkansas closed the match with a win a# er a pair of kills for Acosta and one for An-derson in the third set.
Ole Miss (5-13, 1-9 SEC) came into Barnhill Arena seated sixth in the SEC West, with its only SEC win coming against Arkansas last month in the " rst week of conference play.
“It was just a very big match, mentally for us,” Stipanovich said.
“I feel like we took it per-sonal,” Norton added. “We went out there and got it (the win).”
Arkansas will face Alabama (3-8 SEC) on Sunday in Barn-hill Arena at 1 p.m.
“We’ve got to make sure we take care of business with our preparation on Sunday the same way we do on Fridays,” Pulliza said. “Alabama is a good team and they’re going to come ready.”
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Next week, against Vanderbilt, they have the opportunity to get out to a fast start and establish an o% ense that can keep the de-fense o% guard.
It is an early morning game, a pre-noon kicko% that has pre-sented a problem for the Hogs
this season, but look for Arkan-sas to come out and establish the run and get into a tempo with the passing game.
! ese next four games are huge for the Razorbacks.
All of them are easily win-nable, but don’t look for just the win. Look for how they play, be-cause it all leads up to the big-gest game of the year, the Battle
for the Golden Boot down in Baton Rouge.
Don’t get caught looking ahead though, because no mat-ter how good the Hogs are in the second half something’s should be taken care of earlier.
Harrison Stan! ll is a guest columnist for ! e Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.
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ARKANSAS (6 -1, 2-1 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG LGD. Johnson 15 160 1 10.7 52M. Wade 1 37 0 37.0 37R. Wingo Jr. 2 6 0 3.0 4B. Green 4 5 0 1.2 3J. Adams 2 2 0 1.0 5T. Wilson 4 -2 2 -0.5 2
PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPT. Wilson 13-28 232 0 0 46.4
RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG LGJ. Adams 4 124 0 31.0 67C. Gragg 3 39 0 13.0 19D. Johnson 2 14 0 7.0 7J. Wright 1 20 0 20.0 20C. Hamilton 1 20 0 20.0 20A. Tate 1 9 0 9.0 9R. Wingo Jr 1 6 0 6.0 6
TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTT. Thomas 7 4 11 0.5 0 0I. Madison 7 2 9 0 0 0J. Nelson 5 4 9 2.5 0 0J. Franklin 5 2 7 2.0 0 0A. Highsmith 3 3 6 1.5 1.0 0J. Bequette 2 4 6 1.5 1.0 0T. Mitchel 4 1 5 0 0 0E. Bennett 2 3 5 0 0 1
OLE MISS (2-5, 0-4 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG LGB. Bolden 14 68 0 4.9 25J. Scott 13 33 0 2.5 9R. Mackey 13 30 1 2.3 19N. Brassell 5 17 0 3.4 10T. Singleton 1 3 0 3.0 3
PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPR. Mackey 18-30 219 1 2 60.0
RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG LGN. Brassell 8 70 0 8.7 14D. Moncrief 5 73 2 14.6 31J. Mosley 2 38 0 19.0 26J. Logan 1 16 0 16.0 16B. Bolden 1 12 0 12.0 12V. Sanders 1 10 0 10.0 10
TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTD. Jackson 7 4 11 0 0 0J. Knight 2 6 8 0 0 0F. Crawford 2 4 6 0 0 0M. Marry 2 3 5 0 0 0J. Smith 1 3 4 0.5 0 0A. Garbutt 1 2 3 0 0 0W. Pendleton 0 3 3 0 0 0B. Bennett 2 0 2 0 0 0C. Coleman 2 0 2 0 0 0S. Bryant 1 1 2 0.5 0 0C. Johnson 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 0
Team Statistics
top right corner of the 18 where she launched a shot into the top le# portion of the net, just above the outstretched hand of Lillard.
In the 76th minute, Ar-kansas got on the board when freshman mid" elder Tyler Al-len took a long shot from 35 yards out. It hit the crossbar and bounced out, but Beth Stratton was there to clean up and punch it in to get the Ra-zorbacks within 3-1.
! e Razorbacks had an-other chance with less than two minutes to go. Daniella O’Shea passed deep into the le# corner for Chandler, who tried to pass into the box, but USC cleared. Arkansas took it back down and USC was called for a foul with one minute to play. Allen’s free kick came down inside the six and Wolf attempted a head-er which went just over the bar.
$$$$$$$$$Florida 2, Arkansas 1 (OT)
Arkansas hosted its highest-ranked opponent of the season, No. 8 Florida, ! ursday night in what turned into an over-time thriller with the Gators prevailing 2-1. ! e Razorbacks did not trail a single minute of the $game until Florida scored in the overtime period.
“Sometimes the No. 8 team in the country is going to beat
you,” coach Erin Aubry said. “We’ve got a lot of growing and maturing to do, but the perfor-mance tonight, the competi-tiveness, and the thought was behind everything and I’m re-ally impressed with this team.”
Junior forward Allie Chan-dler provided an early spark for the Razorbacks by putting a long shot in the goal with just over three minutes o% the clock in the " rst half. Florida did not manage its " rst goal until 75 minutes later.
! e Razorbacks spent most of the " rst half defending their own goal rather than attacking Florida’s and managed to main-tain their lead going into half-time. Arkansas only shot the ball once (the goal by Chan-dler) in the " rst half, while the Gators had twelve, " rst-half shots with " ve coming on goal.
Freshman goal keeper Em-ily Lillard had an impressive game for the Razorbacks. A combination of missed shots by Florida and " ve saves by Lil-lard kept the Gators shut out through the " rst half and the Razorbacks carried their early 1-0 lead through hal# ime.
“She had a great game,” Aubry said of Lillard’s perfor-mance. “She’s a goal keeper we recruited to help us win big games and she’s doing that for us.”
Lillard accounted for four saves in the second half.
“We came out with a game
plan,” Aubry said. “And the players executed it to perfec-tion. ! is is what we were capa-ble of tonight, at this moment.”
Arkansas increased its shooting in the second half but still only shot the ball three times and only had one shot on goal. Florida shot the ball elev-en times in the second half with six shots on goal.
! e clock was stopped with 10:55 le# as Razorback Jenn Fryrear received a yellow card for the Razorbacks.$ ! e free kick following the yellow card immediately led to a goal by junior Florida forward Brooke ! igpen, which tied up the game 1-1 with just over ten minutes to play. ! e 1-1 score would remain through the end of regulation.
Less than two minutes into the overtime period, Florida freshman mid" elder Havana Solaun scored the game win-ner. She was assisted on the short shot by senior forward Lindsay ! ompson.
“! e team had a lot of fun tonight and they gained a lot of con" dence,” Aubry said. “! ey executed our game plan they know what we’re capable of. ! at’s going to do nothing but give us con" dence going into our last two SEC games.”
Arkansas travels to South Carolina on Sunday before closing out the regular season at home against LSU on Oct. 28.
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