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In This Issue:
Housing Fair at the UAOCC and Housing o! cials will have a housing fair for students.
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Briefl y SpeakingHomecoming and Halloween events for students to attend.
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Hogs Up to No. 7Arkansas moved up two spots to No. 7 in the BCS ranking, while South Carolina, the Razorbacks’ next opponent, moved to No. 9
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Di! erent Ways to Eat a PumpkinNow that you don’t need your pumpkin anymore, cook it up for a delicious dinner or dessert.
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Halloween...on a Monday" ough the weekend is over, there are still many opportunities to wear your costumes.
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A Needed Fact Check: The Natural StateGroups that want to legalize marijuana should rethink their message.
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! e UA administration, partnered with the Energy Sav-ings Group, is installing many energy e" cient updates in buildings throughout campus, according to the Razor’s EDGE website.
! e upgrades include bath-room # xtures that consume less water, new lighting sys-tems with fewer, more e" cient bulbs, occupancy sensors that know when the room is empty and solar panels for the HPER building, said Adam Phillips, performance engineer for ESG.
! e Razor’s EDGE is the name given the project that the ESG is conducting for the UA, he said.
! e project guarantees en-ergy savings during a 13-year period will include the cost of building improvements. ! e project will reduce the UA total annual energy consumption on
campus by 30 percent, accord-ing the Razor’s EDGE website.
! e goal is to “save energy” and money, Chris Salzmann, the ESG regional manager, said.
“! e savings pay for the im-provements,” Phillips said in an email.
A total of 56 buildings in-cluding Bell Engineering, Chemistry, Kimpel, Mullins Library, Old Main and Ozark Hall, will receive the updates.
! e savings from the proj-ect allow the UA administra-tion to use the money that it would have spent on utility costs to perform building up-grades, he said.
! e program has reached a phase where energy savings can be measured, Phillips said. ! e reports for this are being compiled and are not yet avail-able.
Energy Savings Group and UA Officials Update Buildings
by MEGAN HUCKABYStaff Writer
UA o" cials expect an in-crease of student veterans following the complete troop withdrawal from Iraq, sched-uled for Dec. 31, 2011, ac-cording to the Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement.
“We certainly welcome veterans and we want them to feel that we have people in place to help them,” McCray said. “ In the registrar’s o" ce, # nical aid and admissions we have people who are trained on veterans issues. We are ready and prepared to assist veterans as the return and want to go to school.”
President George W. Bush and Nouri Al-Maliki, prime minister of Iraq, signed the agreement on Nov. 26, 2007.
“"Iraq will remain a sover-eign, free independent state," Al-Maliki said, in regards to the agreement. “I assure you that there are no secret items or appendices for the pact. ! ere will be no permanent military bases on Iraqi lands,” according to the Al-Jazeera website.
! e SOFA establishes the rights and privileges for per-sonnel present in a country
in support of the larger secu-rity arrangement. ! e SOFA outlines strategy for the with-drawal of United States forc-es from Iraq and the orga-nization of activities during the time in country. It covers
dates U.S. forces are expected to vacate cities and the coun-try, the United State's recog-nition of Iraq's sovereignty and how our government will relinquish all property used by combat forces. Also in-
cluded are plans to provide all cost for construction and improvement of areas used by combat forces along with
Troops Home by New Year’sby LANDON REEVES
Staff Writer
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members broke ground Sun-day on land that will produce crops to be distributed across Northwest Arkansas, a mem-ber said.
“! e crops will go to feed the hungry in Northwest Ar-kansas, particularly Fayette-ville,” said Curt Bower, presi-dent of Pi Kappa Alpha.
Owner of the land, Don Bennett, is hoping to draw awareness to local farms, Bow-er said.
“He’s trying to establish more community farms,” he said. “He felt motivated to pur-chase the land and turn it into a farm.”
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COURTESY PHOTO MCT CAMPUSAn Iraqi Army soldier patrols the northern part of the Kirkuk Province, July 2, 2011, alongside U.S. soldiers.
Increasing enrollment at the UA means that many students cannot get into the classes they need when they need them, a fact many UA students say is a sign that the university’s priority registra-tion system may be outdated.
Honors students, First Year Experience transfer students, students registered under the eight-semester plan and ath-letes get priority in choosing classes according to the regis-trar’s o" ce; during the spring, marching band students are added to the list.
Undergraduate priority students register for classes af-ter seniors, graduate students and students registered with the Center for Educational
Access, but before other ju-niors, sophomores and fresh-men. Under current policy, a sophomore honors student has priority registration over a junior and a freshman ath-lete over a sophomore.
Of the more than 19,000 UA undergraduates, 15 per-cent are included in priority registration, said UA Regis-trar Dave Dawson.
Honors students and stu-dents registered under the eight-semester plan are the largest groups included in priority registration, he said, but some overlap into other groups.
“! e honors students in the group, they’re about half, or a little more than half,” he said. “A lot of these students fall into other groups as well. ! ey may be moved into the
senior group, because if you’re honors and a senior, seniors go # rst.”
Priority registration is de-signed to allow students with special schedule con$ icts to sign up for the classes they need, Kendall Curlee said, di-rector of communication for the honors college.
“All students in the under-graduate priority group have special needs. ! is is a way for them to get into the classes they need,” Curlee said.
Student athletes get prior-ity registration each semester so they can create class sched-ules that work with their prac-tice schedules, Dawson said, and some CEA students must make special accommoda-tions for their schedules.
Before priority registration was implemented in the hon-
ors program during the early 1990’s, students had a hard time scheduling their hon-ors core classes around other classes, said Suzanne McCray, the vice provost for enroll-ment.
UA enrollment has in-creased nearly 60 percent since the early 90’s, according to the O" ce of Institutional Research.
During that time, several honors classes were “only of-fered at one time,” she said, and regular classes were “# ll-ing up at the same time as honors classes.”
“Waiting to register,” she said, “[they] weren’t able to get into the classes they need-ed.”
Registration Woes for Non-Priority Studentsby BRITTANY NIMS
Staff Writer
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MADDIE LOGAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERChi Alpha Ministries members help students get more involved on campus by having a pumpkin carving contest
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providing and producing wa-ter and electricity to said ar-eas.
“My personal opinion is that it [the withdrawal] is a good thing, it is time for them [Iraq] to take control of their own country,” said James Robinson, former Army sta! sergeant who has had multiple tours in Iraq. “We have given them a prime example of democracy and I don't think our time was wasted there.”
Robinson spoke of his tours and the changes he wit-nessed between them. His " rst tour in 2003 was not like a “police action” it was com-bat, Robinson said. He de-scribed his second tour with improvements like re-estab-lished power, running water and public schools that were available to the people, but the threat of danger was al-ways present.
“Fallujah was bad, knock-ing door to door for insur-gents, then killing them and piling their bodies in the street,” said Kevin Make-peace, Marine Corps ri# e-
man who was deployed near the same time as Robinson's " rst tour. “In my opinion it was none of our business, we fought a war for Halliburton and if we as a nation do not " gure out a substitution for fossil fuels it will never end.”
“We were there at the end, there wasn't a lot to do be-sides tear everything down and rebuild it,” said Kevin Hanger, Marine Corps ri# e-man who was in Iraq recent-ly. “We didn't have a lot of interaction with people. For the most part it was giving out water bottles and soccer balls to little kids, it seemed like we helped them.”
$ ere is no point in be-ing in Iraq any longer and the United States has done all it can do, Hanger and Make-peace both said.
Despite the expected in-crease, there are no chang-es to the enrollment process for veterans or new programs designed for veterans, Mc-Cray said.
Admissions sta! will rely on a strong foundation as a military friendly institution and has sta! in reserve ready to help with increased veter-an enrollment, McCray said.
Enrollment at the univer-sity has continued to increase, but the number of faculty and courses o! ered has not kept up, making it more competi-tive for students to get into the classes they need, said Bob McMath, dean of the honors college.
“I think, in a way, the prob-lems with registration, which everybody knows we have, is a function of seat availability of classes,” he said. “Faculty size has not kept up; the ratio has changed.”
“Right now, it’s pinching and everybody knows that.”
Enrollment has not a! ect-ed the registration schedule, Dawson said.
Despite the convenience for honors students, ath-letes and other students with schedule con# icts, some UA students say that undergrad-uate priority registration can put higher-ranking students at a disadvantage.
“Because I’m a junior by hours, I don’t get to pick until the " % h day,” psychology ma-jor James Wages said.
“Because there are so many psychology majors, the upper-level classes " ll up real-ly fast, especially the ones that are required,” he said.
“I was only able to get into the one I got into this fall be-cause of marching band pri-ority,” he said, “I wouldn’t have gotten into it if I didn’t have that.”
Wages has two core classes le% and upper-level psychol-ogy classes, but said he might have to stay an extra semester to get into all of his required psychology classes.
“To me it doesn’t seem fair if the institution’s purpose is
to get people graduated and they’re preventing that with registration,” he said.
“As far as athletes go, I know they need their sched-ules to be blocked o! for practices,” he said, “but when [honors students] get to have their own classes that non-honors students can’t take, then what’s the purpose of having earlier registration?”
O! ering more classes would help with class compe-tition, child development ma-jor Ashley Seat said.
“I don’t think that number of classes are increasing, so it’s harder to get into the classes you need,” she said. “Classes are growing, but not enough so that I can get into all the classes that I need to take as a junior.”
Universities in the U.S. have di! erent systems for pri-ority registration.
“Honors students have pri-ority registration within their earned credit ranges,” accord-ing to the honors website at the University of Connecti-cut.
Athletes at Oregon State University have priority regis-tration outside of their earned credit hours, but honors stu-dents have priority registra-tion within their earned cred-it hours, according to the uni-versity’s website.
As enrollment continues to increase at the UA, Dawson said they would look at new registration methods.
“$ ere’s always going to be someone in a place in the registration scheme that they would rather not be,” he said. “But we’ve got a system that works for the common good of all students.”
$ ere are no plans in the immediate future to change registration, he said.
BRIEFLY SPEAKING:
TROOPSfrom page 1
Monday, Oct. 31Halloween Day Events at the BookstoreJoin the bookstore sta! for a full day of Halloween Events on Halloween Day. Students can win gi% cards to use in the Book-store Shops and receive discounts for wearing a Halloween cos-tume. $ e event will be at the Garland Center Bookstore from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Homecoming 2011:Raze Your Pride Banner Competition$ e 2011 Homecoming Committee would like to announce the "Raze Your Bride Banner Competition.” Judging will be held at the following times on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011:RSOs: 8 to 9 a.m. Greek Pairings: 9 to 10 a.m.Resident Halls: 10 to 11 a.m.Lawyer in the LibraryJason Hendren, an attorney specializing in medical malprac-tice, with the Friday, Eldredge & Clark law " rm will be speaking in the Arsaga's area of the Jim Blair Library Commons of the Young Law Library from 12 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 1Homecoming 2011: Tusk Tuesday Chili Cook O! & DessertsLooking for the greatest chili recipes on "$ e Hill." Bring your chili and delectable dessert recipes and compete in the "Tusk Tuesday Chili Cook O! ,” from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.Homecoming 2011: Tusk Tuesday$ e Soooie Chef 's are preparing great chili recipes on Tusk Tuesday. Who will receive bragging rights on “$ e Hill”for the best chili? Tusk Tuesday is a homecoming event giving faculty, sta! , student organizations, alumni and the NWA community an opportunity for chili bragging rights. Desserts will also be provided. $ is event is a part of the "Healthy Competition" for Homecoming. All food will be donated to Seven Hills Homeless Center, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 2Homecoming 2011: Blood Drive$ e American Red, University Recreation and the Student Alumni Association present the 2011 Homecoming Blood Drive. Our goal this year is 1825 pints of blood. By successfully achieving this goal, the UA will have achieved the largest blood drive ever!!! $ e blood drive is open to faculty, sta! , students, alumni and the Northwest Arkansas Community. $ is event is a part of the "Healthy Competition,” from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.African Students Organization Dance/Drum WorkShopMembers of the African Students Organization will be sharing part of their culture through the dance and drumming work-shop which will feature a presentation and performances of dances and drumming styles from di! erent African cultures . $ e program is open for anyone who wishes to learn di! erent cultures and expand a global perspective, from 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 3Homecoming 2011: Hogs Through The Decades$ e Student Alumni Association will host "Hogs $ rough the Decades: Create a Hog" at the Arkansas Student Union Con-nections Lounge. Each group will have an opportunity to create a Hog from a previous decade. $ is event is a part of healthy competition and is open to all Greek, RIC, RSO, alumni and friends, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 4Bake Sale! Support AEAHelp support service projects in Belize, such as building a wa-ter tower for a community and doing water quality projects, by attending the Arkansas Engineers Abroad (formerly Engineers Without Borders chapter) Bake Sale, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ASG 90th Anniversary President's Council Luncheon$ e Associated Student Government will host a President's Council and Former President's Luncheon celebrating ASG's 90th Anniversary. Spacing is limited to 50 participants, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Homecoming 2011: Alumni and Friends Homecoming ReceptionPlease join the Associated Student Government at the Arkansas Alumni and Friends Homecoming Reception, Pre-game and Pep Rally, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Homecoming 2011: Hog Stampede Parade and Pep RallyMayor Lionel Jordan, Homecoming Court 2011 and Former Homecoming Queens will lead the "Journey $ rough the De-cades" Parade. $ ey will be joined by the Spirit Squad, TUSK, the Razorback Marching Band and many more participants. Immediately following the Parade at the Chi Omega $ eatre for the Arkansas versus. South Carolina Pep Rally, from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
REGISTRATIONfrom page 1
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UA o! cials will host a housing fair on March 7 in the Connections lounge in the Arkansas Union. " e times for the event are not # nalized, but it will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., said John Jones the o$ -campus connections pro-grams director.
" e O$ -Campus Connec-tions’ sta$ seeks to retain o$ campus students and provide them with resources, such as the housing fair, according to the OCC website.
“We [UA Housing] are a part of it because of our apart-ments,” said Florence John-son, executive director of housing.
“" e housing fair will be an opportunity for students who live o$ campus or are in the process of moving o$ campus to interact with vari-ous facets of o$ -campus life,”
Jones said, “" e local police and # re departments will be represented as well as the city of Fayetteville o! ces and sev-eral di$ erent support o! ces on campus.”
" e housing fair is an event sponsored by several di$ er-ent organizations that started three years ago, Jones said.
“" is being the third year, we’re getting a better idea of what it needs to be in order to be helpful to students,” Jones said.
In addition to the property management company repre-sentatives that will be present to assist students in # nding a place to live, many other sup-port programs for o$ -campus students will be represented at the fair.
“For example, last year we had Credit Counseling of Arkansas to talk about debt. We’re trying to get as many resources as possible to help students will all the di$ er-
ent experiences and problems they’ll encounter as o$ cam-pus students,” Jones said.
Students can also uti-lize the OCC and o$ -cam-pus housing websites to learn
about di$ erent properties and # nd a place to live.
Housing and OCC Directors Plan Housing Fair for Studentsby JANNEE SULLIVAN
Staff Writer
Students think that going green is the thing to do.
“I think it is a great idea,” said Lane Wood, junior eco-nomics and business major. “Anything that makes us more e! cient or green.”
Wood thinks that the mon-ey saved can be put back into the campus, he said. “Any dol-lar we can save is a dollar we can put back into the univer-sity and back to the students.”
For the complete list and schedule for construction of buildings that are going green go to www.energysystems-group.com/razorsedge.
teamed up with Bennett af-ter learning that a member’s house was near the proposed farm site.
“Our house is under reno-
vation,” Bower said, “so all of our members are living o$ campus. One member’s house backs into the land owned by Don.”
" e whole fraternity will be working on the project in one way or another, Bower said.
“With our help, we’ll be able to prepare the land and plant by spring,” he said. “It takes a lot of work to run these farms.”
" e fraternity members are “teaming up for the long term,” Bower said. Once the crops are produced in the
spring, they will be delivered via bikes to apartments along-side bikes trails around Fay-etteville, he said.
“In the spring we will need more help from people with the crops,” he said.
Community involvement is important for the mainte-
nance of community farms, Bower said. " e operation is non-pro# t, volunteer based and supports locally grown crops.
“People can get involved. Our main goal is to get more people involved because it’s volunteer based,” he said.
ENERGYfrom page 1
PI KAPPA ALPHAfrom page 1
MADDIE LOGAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERPi Kappa Alpha members working on a lot to potentially grow fresh vegetables for the community
SAMANTHA TUCKER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe Crowne Apartments are close to campus. The housing fair is an opportunity for students to find off-campus housing.
Arkansas, October 24- Average retail gasoline pric-es in Arkansas have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.32/gallons. " is compares with the national average that has fallen 1.8 cents per gal-lon in the last week to $3.47/gallons, according to gaso-line price website Arkansas-GasPrices.com.
Including the change in
gas prices in Arkansas dur-ing the past week, prices were 67.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 2.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. " e national average has decreased 5.9 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 65.5 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
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When I arrived at the Washington Country Jail last Monday, I found a crowd of no more than 20 people.
Among the group were middle-aged men and wom-en, teens and even a small baby in a stroller. It was an odd sight to see at night out-side of a jail, and what made it more abnormal was that most were gripping lit can-dles, standing side-by-side, singing, “This Little Light of Mine.”
The bizarre situation didn’t end there, though. The rallying cause of the group was for Tommy Rol-lins, a Washington County jail inmate, who was arrest-ed by Fayetteville Police De-partment officers in April 2010 for possession of a con-trolled substance.
The group was singing to Rollins, who was located about 20 yards away during his recreational time in the facility, along with about five inmates.
“He was arrested for a plant,” said Jennifer Camp-bell, his “spiritual” wife. Rollins is serving his circuit court sentence of 120 days, according to the Washington County Sheriff ’s Office.
At 7:52 p.m., officers took Rollins and the other in-mates back inside the jail, and the group began cheer-ing, clapping and one mem-ber screamed, “You’re not a criminal.”
After the inmates went back inside, the rallying group began to pack up, and discuss the issues for which they stand.
“I think that the canna-bis plant should be 100 per-cent legal,” Campbell said. “I don’t think it’s the govern-ment’s job to tell me what I can and can’t put into my body, and as long as things like alcohol, tobacco and sugar are available. Those are all things that alter your body. Then I just don’t know why government thinks they can tell me what I can do to my body. I don’t think any-one on this planet knows my body better than I do.”
Well, Campbell does make a point. It’s true that no one —or in the govern-ment’s case nothing— knows her better than she does, but that as a justification for the ubiquitous legalization of marijuana is poor argumen-tation.
Let me apply this to all who argue in this similar mode. There is no rationale
to the government legalizing marijuana because a group of people like getting high.
Also, the government officials that don’t know Campbell’s body better than she does is the same govern-ment that protects her right to protest. The same govern-ment that allows her to print and circulate a petition for a group she works for, AR Compassion, which is at-tempting to legalize medical marijuana.
This isn’t necessarily an argument for keeping mar-ijuana illegal, but it illus-trates the irony in Camp-bell’s statement.
Campbell then presents what seems to be her stron-gest argument for legaliza-tion for recreational use, the plant, “has never killed any-body. Zero people die from marijuana,” Campbell said.
Campbell and similar groups are also wrong in this regard. Mortality rates from cannabis were low, but still occurred, according to a study by the Aalborg Psychi-atric Hospital in Denmark.
“We are the Natural State,” said Julie Yell, a mem-ber of the protest. I com-pletely agree with Yell, but that still doesn’t warrant le-galization.
Here’s my caveat — I make no argument for or against the legalization of cannabis, but Campbell and many similar groups don’t have the facts straight. This anti-government position
that they’re taking is callow, and to posit that cannabis is a harmless drug, and it’s “not right that we’re doing this to human beings,” is a false appeal to emotion, brilliant and captivating to so many who unfortunately look up to these groups, but a fallacy nonetheless.
Moreover, Campbell’s organization and similar groups shouldn’t bring im-pressionable teens or chil-dren to protests like these or into the mix generally. Es-pecially because marijuana use disorders are increas-ing according to a study by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“The results of this study underscore the need to de-velop and implement new prevention and intervention programs targeted at youth, particularly minority youth,” according to the study.
When a member of the group shouted that Rollins wasn’t a criminal, they put the children at the protest at risk. Here’s what needs to be remembered: By law, Tommy Rollins is a criminal. He de-serves the time he is spend-ing in jail, and his example should be a flashing beacon to all children that want to partake in actions such as growing like Rollins did. They could end up just like him.
Joe Kieklak is a columnist for the Traveler. His column appears weekly.
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Happy Halloween From the Traveler Board
Comments From the Traveler WebsiteRe: Autumn Sounds Refl ect the Changing of SeasonsJack S: Great choices, Nick! And it’s always a good time to listen to Fantasy.
Re: RSO Raises Money to Benefi t African CountriesFlannery Wasson: ! is is awesome, thanks Traveler! Also, we’ll be holding a bake sale outside of Brough on Halloween Monday.
So get your sugar " x and help out this amazing cause on Monday a# ernoon!
Re: Faces of the 4,400: Lost in the CrowdMeena: Some advice from a senior who has kind-of a similar background: DON’T WORRY! Be con" dent with who you are,
and don’t be afraid to talk to people or be part of a group just because they look di$ erent. Most people here don’t care where you are from, or think it is cool if you or your parents are from somewhere else. Don’t let ethnicity de" ne your friends- there is so much more to people, you know that. However, if you still feel isolated in a sea of “white” students, live in or go to events at Holcombe Hall (a dorm on Garland Ave) where everyone is from someplace di$ erent and looks di$ erent. ! ey have a really nice community too. If there is a culture or religion or language that will make you feel more “at home”, join the relevant RSO (student organization) for it. Good luck in your studies, and don’t let this a$ ect your enjoyment of, or success at, the U of A!
As we hope you’re aware, it’s Halloween — the day that students can revert back to their inner child and obsess about consuming as much candy as possible, creative costumes and a plethora of all-day scary mov-ie marathons. It’s also the one day that it’s acceptable— or at least as acceptable as it will ever be for someone older than 10— to show up to class in a costume.
Though you wouldn’t be able to tell from the lack of Halloween decorations in the Traveler office, we’re big fans. Even after a weekend full of Halloween ma-nia, we’re looking forward to seeing who of our fellow students and teachers has the best costume.
There are also events happening across campus during the day for students who want a bit of Hallow-een between classes.
So enjoy the day partaking in Halloween whether that be with candy, parties or by choosing to ignore Halloween altogether— in which case you probably wouldn’t have read this because of the headline.
Homecoming Week TraditionsFrom Halloween to Homecoming this week is packed
with things for students to do. (Not to mention it’s get-ting to that point in the semester where our stress levels and caffeine intake exponentially increase.)
At some point during the week take a break from cram-ming for a test or writing a paper and enjoy some of the Homecoming traditions. (Or at least get outside because Fayetteville in the fall is gorgeous, and winter weather will probably be here far too soon.)
Associated Student Government members will also be holding events to celebrate the organization’s 90th birthday, and the Traveler will be covering Homecoming events all week.
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It's Halloween! It's the time for ghosts, apple cider, costume par-ties and candy. If you haven't had enough terror and trickery in your life yet and are wishing to participate in even more spooky, ghoulish and horrifying activities on the day of Halloween, here's what's still happening tonight in the Fayetteville area.
! e Rocky Horror Picture Show will play at 11:30 p.m. in the UA union’s Verizon Ballroom. All are welcome to dress up, things to throw will be provided, and inter-active viewing is highly encour-aged. University Programs sta" will host the event, which is co-sponsored by P.R.I.D.E. and the Innovative Arts and Events Com-mittee Chair.
Schola Cantorum is having a Halloween-themed concert at the Walton Arts Center at 7:30 p.m., following the annual Fall High School Choral Invitational. ! e concert, directed by Todd Prick-ett, will be explore themes of life and death.
At George's Majestic Lounge to-night you can listen to the group BOOgie NIGHTS, along with Future Rock, who will most like-ly tailor their show to the spooky themes of the holiday. ! ey are also having a costume contest, so remember to dress up.
Fayetteville Public Library is having a Halloween-themed comedy movie night Monday. ! ey will be showing Teen Wolf at 3 p.m., Hocus Pocus at 4:45 p.m. and Ghostbusters at 6:15 p.m. ! e admission is free, and tricks and treats are included.
For those willing to drive a bit, the Asylum Haunted House will be open from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. ! is haunted house, located on 727 N. Bloomington in Lowell, is a supposed "insane asylum" open to the public. ! is one isn't for the faint of heart.
Another haunted house, Night-mares Haunted House, will be open from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at 13080 N. Walton Blvd., in Ben-tonville. ! is house has been open for 25 years and prides itself on having more than 300 "chicken runs" last year, or people who run
screaming out of the house be-fore the tour ends. ! eir motto is "Sometimes nightmares happen when you are awake," so be pre-pared to be terri# ed.
! e Benton County Sheri" 's O$ ce also has a haunted house, open from 7:30 to midnight. ! is spooky mansion is located on the Benton County Fairgrounds at 7640 SW Regional Airport Blvd. in Bentonville.
For those with young children or siblings, there will be trick-or-treating in multiple places in Fay-etteville. One place to go is the Northwest Arkansas Mall for their annual Mall-o-ween, from 4 to 6 p.m., where all of the mall vendors will be handing out candy. Dress up, bring some children and ex-pect to get some candy, too.
Another place to trick-or-treat with young ones is at the 10th an-nual Trick or Treat on the Square, taking place from 3 to 5 p.m. ! is event, hosted by the Fayetteville Visitor's Bureau, will include chil-dren and pet costume contests, carnival games and face painting. ! is is a big event, with more than 1,500 children attending last year.
! e Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 1101 W. Hudson Road in Rogers will be hosting Holy Trunk or Treat Monday. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., there will be a trunk decorating contest, authen-tic tacos provided by the Hispanic Ministry Group and cookie-dec-orating sponsored by the Cookie Brigade.
And then, of course, you can always attempt to go trick-or-treating. Although many neigh-borhoods frown upon those over the age of 15 trying to score candy, with the right neighborhood and convincing-enough costumes, you could probably get enough candy to last at least until winter break.
And if you end up with too much candy (if that is even pos-sible), Wade Kifer D.D.S. Den-tistry is sponsoring a Halloween Candy Buyback on Nov. 1 and 2. ! ey're o" ering $2 per pound of candy brought in. Who knew you could # ght cavities and get paid at the same time?
Whatever you end up doing, have fun and remember to stay safe.
Halloween On A Monday: Here’s What You Can Still Do!
by EMILY DELONGStaff Writer
As students return to their classes on this bleary Mon-day – costume parties end-ed, jack-o-lanterns past their prime – it may seem that the spark of Halloween has been snuffed out. But the end of one holiday season brings the start of another: the season of scrumptious baked goods and discounted prices for pumpkins.
To get started, you must choose a method of pureeing your pumpkin. First, cut your pumpkin into sections like a melon. Discard the stringy innards, but save the seeds for other recipes. Then bake, boil or microwave the pump-kin pieces until tender. Puree the flesh using either a food processor, potato masher or even a fork, according to All-Recipes.com.
Now that you have your pu-ree, it can be used in a num-ber of recipes. Better Homes and Gardens has 41 recipes on its website alone. All kinds of recipes can incorporate pumpkin, from Thai-style pumpkin soup to beef and pumpkin shepherd’s pie and even pumpkin hummus. A pumpkin mousse recipe from Libby’s pumpkin that takes only five minutes to prepare is only 120 calories per half cup. Paired with red bell peppers and onions, pump-kin can also make a Mexican chili.
A few toasted pumpkin seeds, some puree, shrimp and French bread put an in-teresting twist on bruschetta. Spinach, pumpkin and Ital-ian sausage give a new sweet style to baked ziti. Pump-kin and pork can even unite with basil and wine to form
a stew. White wine, rice and Parmesan can be combined in a pumpkin and cranberry risotto for a hearty autumnal side dish.
For those who want variety, but don’t wish to stray too far from traditional pump-kin desserts, there are still many options. Cheesecakes find new life when swirled with pumpkin or both pump-kin and chocolate. Brown-ies reach a new level of sinful delight when marbled with cream cheese and pumpkin. Baking pumpkin into dif-ferent breads, or preparing pumpkin butter and marma-lade, can add a sweet twist to meals and snacks at any time of day.
The puree blends nicely into many snacks, from par-faits and smoothies to lattes and puddings.
Although many enjoy them simply toasted, pumpkin seeds can add a crunch and a decorative touch to many rec-ipes. Rachel Ray has a simple recipe combining them with sauteed green beans.
As far as toasting, adding a slight glaze can give variety to the seeds. Recipes vary great-ly and depend on personal tastes: some are spicy, call-ing for Worcestershire and hot sauces, while others are sweeter, including sugar, cin-namon and ginger.
Don’t be afraid to take a few chances with new reci-pes, and don’t lose hope if your first efforts turn out dif-ferent than expected or your first batch of seeds burns. Remember the words of Ju-lia Child: “No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.”
That is, unless you’ve bro-ken your roommate’s dishes.
Oh My Squash: Pumpkin Recipes
for Every Taste
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by HAILEY RAYStaff Writer
It goes without saying that the weekend of Halloween is a crazy one the UA students. It’s a weekend with such absurdity that it isn’t uncommon to # nd a man in a banana suit sprint-ing across campus % eeing from another man in a gorilla suit, or to see your favorite # ction-al childhood characters getting wild on Dickson Street. It’s not your typical weekend, that’s for sure. During the Hallow-een weekend, there were many types of costumes students dressed up as and saw across Fayetteville. Here’s a list of some of the most popular ones:1. Indian Princess/Pocahon-tas
! is costume consists main-ly of a leather dress, a braided pony tail, moccasins or boots and, of course, a feathered headdress. A lot of ladies, es-pecially those with long hair, were an Indian princess this Halloween and in years past. ! e Ol’ Standby: Ghosts and
ZombiesA good number of students
were either a ghost or a zom-bie. Sure, it’s a common cos-tume, but when done well, it takes a lot of makeup skills to pull o" . Zombies need to look dead, bloody and should have ripped clothing. Ghosts, when they aren’t the basic sheet-with-two-holes-cut-out-for-eyes, had a full white out# t that looked like they were % oured from head to toe, with black makeup around their eyes. When done well, these cos-tumes were theatrically quite impressive.
Fairy or AngelAnother thing many of the
ladies chose to be this Hallow-een. Easy enough, it usually consisted of a glitter shower, wings on the back, a skirt, a crown of sorts and wand op-tional. True, there were some very elaborate costumes out there, but it seems to be a woman’s stand-by costume.Culturally Relevant (Celebri-ties [dead and alive], political
movements, viral videos)Always a Halloween favorite,
men and women alike dressed up as these. ! ere were lots of recently deceased celebri-
ties mulling about Dickson (you know there was a zom-bie Steve Jobs and Amy Wine-house out there together) and various hippy-esque Occupy Wall Street picketers. Anoth-er choice was the ironic me-ga-rich 1 percent costumes showcasing their full excessive wealth. Who knows? Maybe they even had a roll of dollar toilet paper.
Lady Gaga (Men included…)Undoubtedly, the costumes
Lady Gaga herself wears are completely eccentric and ab-normal, so this made it di$ cult for some students who went so far as to take on the challenge of making a Lady Gaga cos-tume. It seems like just about anything goes with the cos-tume, but the simplest being a shower of glitter, a wig, insane eye shadow, platform heels and just about whatever crazy cos-tume idea you can think of. It’s tough to say speci# cally. ! e strangest part is this costume wasn’t exclusive to women.
! e cast of Jersey ShoreOkay, it goes without say-
ing the cast of Jersey Shore live pretty trashy lives. ! ey’re
some of the most famous icons in American culture right now, so this made for an easy cos-tume favorite. To make the costume, students dressed sleazy and get a spray tan. And there you have it. ! at is what the costume entails.
TV Characters (Walter White, Dexter, among oth-
ers)! ese costumes were tailored
more toward a select audience, but when they’re recognized, it’s one of those success-# st-pump moments for the mas-querader. For a Dexter cos-tume, it consisted of his infa-mous kill shirt, black gloves, a lab apron, and blood splatter. For the Walter White costume from “Breaking Bad,” it con-sisted of a buzzed head, round glasses, a mustache and, if the party atmosphere allowed it, no pants (via the # rst scene of the series’ pilot). On one hand, these costumes had students looking like legitimate serial killers, but hey, it was Hallow-een right?
Here’s a selection of movies from various decades that depict the terrifyingly gruesome plots we all love during this time of year. Even if you’ve seen the re-makes of some of the following movies, check out these origi-nals – they tend to be better. Warning: It’s not advised these # lms be watched alone!
“Night of the Living Dead” (1968)
It seems that fallen radiation has revived the recently de-ceased in this original zombie masterpiece. A group of peo-ple becomes trapped in a ru-ral farmhouse in Pennsylvania because of the attacks of these
bloodthirsty creatures deter-mined to prey on human % esh.
“Exorcist” (1973)! is is the tale of a possessed
child whose frantic mother seeks the help of a priest. But the daughter’s intensifying bizarre behavior convinces the two to call in an exorcist, Father Mer-rin. Enduring struggles lead to numerous horrors that conse-quently won the # lm two Acad-emy Awards. “! e Texas Chainsaw Massa-
cre” (1974)! is is certainly one of the best
classic horror productions. Pro-tagonist Sally Hardesty gathers her brother and several friends to visit her grandfather’s old farmhouse. Unbeknownst to the group, a vicious family lives next
door, including a chainsaw-tot-ing nightmare named Leather-face who wears a mask made of human skin.
“Halloween” (1978)A child murderer is institu-
tionalized and escapes years later as a young adult. His psy-chiatrist knows the behavior of his patient and fears for what’s to come in the small town. ! e escapee begins his rampage and stalks a high school girl and her friends while they make their Halloween plans, and suspicions arise when some of the girls do not answer the phone later.
“Evil Dead” (1981)Some of the best horror from
the ‘80s, Evil Dead is an exciting take on a trip gone desperately wrong. A group of friends trav-
el to a cabin in rural Tennessee and mistakenly awake the spir-its from a book they come across – the Book of the Dead. All but one friend are transformed into the evil dead, leaving young Ash to resort to desperate measures to get out alive.
“Shaun of the Dead” (2004)! is comic horror is a good
twist from the above movies. Shaun, an unlucky chap, loses his love and spends much of his time drinking with his room-mate. ! ings quickly worsen when the dead resurface and threaten life in England. In this satiric production, our protago-nist humorously pieces together his life in the midst of a zombie attack.
Fright Night Films: These Classics Will Make You Scream
by STUART ROBINSONStaff Writer
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LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA sophomore Ethan Hunt attended a Halloween party as “Darth Brooks.” His costume won the “Most Creative” prize.
Classic Halloween Costumes Lit Up Weekendby NICK BROTHERS
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THAT MONKEY TUNE Michael A. Kandalaft
BREWSTER ROCKIT Tim Rickard CALAMITIES OF NATURE Tony Piro
WELCOME TO FALLING ROCK Josh Shalek BLISS Harry Bliss
Q: Why was the mummy so tense?A: He was all wound up.
Q: What’s a Vampire’s least favorite song?A: Another One Bites the Dust
Q: Where does Count Dracula usually eat his lunch?A: The casket-teria!
Arkansas forwards Mar-shawn Powell and Mar-vell Waithe combined for 66 points and 19 rebounds to lead the White team to a 11 2-79 win over its Red team counterpart Sunday in Bud Walton Arena.
Freshman big man Devon-ta Abron was the driving force behind the Red squad, finishing with 26 points and five rebounds. He was joined on the Red team by fellow freshman Hunter Mickelson and BJ Young who combined for 31 points, 15 rebounds and five assists.
“Obviously the Razor-backs won and I think that is the most important thing,” coach Mike Anderson said. “No one got hurt and I think I got the chance to see some of the things we are working on.”
The White team shot a solid 55.7 percent, besting the Red team’s shooting per-centage of 46.9 while also committing far less turn-overs, 11, than the Red teams 24 total turnovers. The White team also was more success-ful distributing the ball with 26 assists.
“One team turned it over and didn’t shoot the ball well only having 15 assists and 24
turnovers,” Anderson said. “When you do that that is really a recipe to get beat. In this game we had a lot of scoring so with that our at-tention will really turn to de-fense.”
The Red team jumped out to an early 7-3 lead behind a 3-point basket and layup by Abron. However, the White team was able to take the lead at the 16:55 mark of the first half after a Waithe 3-pointer and Powell layup and it was all White team from there.
The White team went up by as much as 15 points in the first half before taking a 45-34 lead into halftime.
The White squad picked
up where they left off in the first half, going on a 25-6 run in the latter part of the second half to take a lead as large as 36 with just under a minute remaining in the game.
As one of the leaders of the Razorbacks, junior Mar-shawn Powell said he was pleased for the most part over what he saw out on the court.
“I feel like the Red team had a lot of turnovers and coach emphasized on that in the locker room,” Powell said. “We are going to clean that up and once we come togeth-
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Arkansas senior linebacker Jerry Franklin celebrates on his 94-yard fumble return for a touchdown, a key play in the No. 10 Razorbacks’ 31-28 comeback win at Vanderbilt.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Another week, another sec-ond-half comeback away from home for No. 10 Arkan-sas.
The Razorbacks rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit, hanging on to beat Vanderbilt 31-28 when Com-
modores kicker Carey Spear missed a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds remain-ing.
It was the Hogs’ third sec-ond-half comeback from a double-digit deficit in four games.
“Well the thing I’m hap-py about is we’re going home seven to one, seven wins, one loss,” Arkansas coach Bob-by Petrino said. “It’s been
a tough go for our football team when you look at go-ing on the road at Alabama, in Dallas, get one game home at Auburn, two more on the road. I’m proud we’re coming home 7-1.”
Arkansas sophomore kicker Zach Hocker made a 42-yard field goal – the even-tual game-winner – with 6:42 remaining. Then the Razor-backs held on.
The defense forced a punt following Hocker’s kick, but the Hogs (7-1, 3-1 Southeast-ern Conference) went three-and-out on the ensuing pos-session.
Vanderbilt got the ball with 3:03 left and marched 80 yards to Arkansas’ 10 with less than one minute. The
by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor
Saturday, Oct. 29
Dudley Field– Nasheville, Tenn.
! e NBA is in the middle of a heated lockout and both sides are nowhere near a negotiation.
! is should come as no sur-prise if you have " ipped on ESPN this past month.
! is lockout is so heated they can’t even decide on who came
up with the di# erent plans to get them out of the lockout. It is ba-sically a circus in New York right now and this past week, NBA commish David Stern announced they were going to cancel even more games up to Nov. 30.
! is might as well be the death sentence for the NBA.
If they have to cancel any more games they are going to get closer and closer those Christ-mas Day games. If the NBA loses those games then their season is a wash.
I realize that the NBA is not the most popular sport in this part of the country, but if the NBA season is lost it will de$ nitely be missed.
! ere is nothing quite like seeing LeBron James " y through the lane and throw it down on some unsuspecting power for-
ward, or watching Kobe shimmy and shake and take an ill-advised 3-pointer when the rest of the team is standing wide open.
It’s this kind of star power that has driven the NBA, but this is not what I’m going to miss about the NBA.
What I will miss most about the NBA will be the role players, not the stars. ! ere are three types of role players that almost every team has and makes watching ev-ery game fun.
It’s the role players that bring the energy and drive the team to-ward success.
If you watched any Chicago Bulls game last season you know that it’s not Derrick Rose that makes that drives that team, but rather “! e Vanilla Godzilla” Bri-an Scalabrine. “! e Red-Haired Monster” himself was the $ rst
one o# the bench congratulating his teammates, leading the league in high-$ ves, averaging a whop-ping 15 per game.
Putting up stats like that raises some serious eyebrows. Especial-ly when Nate Robinson, every-one’s favorite teammate, is only bringing down eight high-$ ves per game and only three and half chest bumps per game, a slight-ly disappointing season last year from Nate.
It’s not all about encouraging from the bench, though.
When they do get in the game role players have got to do the stu# the starters don’t want to do. It’s not the prettiest role to play on a team but you need the enforc-er, the guy who is going take the charges, knock you down in the lane and dive for the loose balls.
It is so much fun to watch a
guy who does all this and the best in the business is “! e Custodian” Brian Cardinal of the Dallas Mav-ericks. ! e Custodian put on a showcase during the NBA Finals, diving for every loose ball, taking charges from LeBron and com-pletely sti" ing the Heat’s dynamic duo of the Big Z and Chris “All Talk” Bosh.
A% er the cheerleader and the enforcer there is one more type of role player, the specialist. ! is is the guy who comes o# the bench and does one thing really well. Either he comes o# the bench and can light it up from three like “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” JJ Reddick or he comes into the game and can electrify the crowd and $ re up his teammates.
I love nothing more than watching “! e Birdman” Chris Anderson " y through the lane all
tatted up and throw it down. ! at is not where the enjoyment stops because a% er he throws it down, expect some trash talking, $ st pumping, and arm waving.
I won’t miss watching ! e Du-rantula throw it down, but how o% en do you get to watch a slight-ly overweight, tatted up white guy with a Mohawk dunk?
! e NBA is a league all about its stars.
It is obviously the star power that is what is driving this league. ! at is not what I will miss during the lockout.
It is the role players that make the NBA fun for me, your every-day guys who are just happy to be there.
Harrison Stan! ll is a guest col-umnist for ! e Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Mon-day.
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Razorbacks Post Fourth Straight Sweep
STARKVILLE, Miss. –Ar-kansas’ volleyball team won its fourth match in a row with a three-set win over Mississip-pi State Friday evening at the Newell-Grissom Building in Starkville, Miss.
Jasmine Norton and Kelli Stipanovich led all hitters with 12 kills apiece and the Razor-back defense held Mississip-pi State to a .043 hitting per-centage in the Southeastern Conference Western Division matchup. Libero Christa Al-varez paced Arkansas’ defense with 13 digs while Kasey Heck-elman and Roslandy Acosta each had four total blocks.
“We didn’t play our best volleyball tonight but I’m re-ally proud of our team for the way it came out and fought,” head coach Robert Pulliza said. “Kelli and Jasmine are big-time attackers for us and they re-sponded with some big kills for us. ! ey really played like up-perclassmen tonight.”
In the $ rst set, Mississippi State (10-12, 5-8 SEC) jumped out to a 6-2 lead a% er a kill by Caitlin Rance. ! e quick start by the home team forced a timeout from Pulliza. Arkan-sas (16-8, 8-5 SEC) worked it-self back into the set behind a pair of kills down the line by Stipanovich and tied the score at 9-all. From that point, the score was tied on four more oc-casions before the Razorbacks surged ahead.
A service ace by Norton gave Arkansas the 15-14 ad-vantage, its $ rst lead of the night. Stipanovich and Heck-elman teamed up for a block of Rance and the Razorbacks went ahead, 20-16. Arkansas arrived at set point a% er a Mis-sissippi State attack error. ! e Bulldogs won the next three points to stay alive but on the team’s fourth chance to close
out the set, Norton found the " oor to secure the opener, 25-23.
Unlike the $ rst set, Ar-kansas got o# to a quick start and won the $ rst four points of game two. ! e Bulldogs re-sponded to even the score at 5-all but the Razorbacks won $ ve of the next six points to re-establish control of play. With the score tied at 15-15, Arkan-sas won four points in a row to take the lead for the $ nal time in the game.
Later in the set, the Razor-backs used a quick surge to take a $ ve-point advantage, 23-18. It was the team’s largest of the set. Heckelman put the ball down on a slide attack to bring Arkansas to set point. As they did in the $ rst, the Bulldogs extended the set and saved two set points before Faith Steinwe-dell sent a service long to give Arkansas the game, 25-21.
A% er winning the $ rst two points of the set, the Razor-backs fell behind by two with the home team leading, 8-6. Arkansas recovered to win the next $ ve points to regain the advantage on the score-board. ! e teams traded points through the middle stages of the match but, once again, with the score tied at 15-all, Arkan-sas made its $ nal push to close out the Bulldogs.
! e Razorbacks used an 8-0 streak to take a 23-15 lead. ! e run of points included three kills from Norton and a pair of tandem blocks from Acos-ta and Heckelman. A kill by Rance ended the run but Ray-mariely Santos picked up a kill on a second-ball attack on the next play to give her team match point. An attack error by Mississippi State ended the match in favor of Arkansas.
! e Razorbacks receive their second bye date of the SEC schedule Sunday and re-turn to action next weekend with road matches at Georgia and Auburn.
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Razorbacks’ defense held the Commodores on three downs, then watched as Spear missed wide right on his game-tying attempt.
“We’re not supposed to turn and look, but I did,” Ar-kansas senior linebacker Jer-ry Franklin said. “I had to take a look. ... I was surprised he missed it. I was hoping we could get a block ... I was tell-ing the guys, we can block it. He happened to miss it.”
It wasn’t a pretty win for the Hogs.
Junior quarterback Tyler Wilson completed 27 of 43 passes for 326 yards and one touchdown, but took a beat-ing from Vanderbilt’s pass rush. He wasn’t intercepted, but the Commodores – tied for the national lead with 15 interceptions entering the game – dropped multiple in-terceptions.
“There were about six out there I think they could have picked,” Wilson said.
The defense gave up 462 yards of offense, but came up big when needed.
Vanderbilt led 28-20 and was on Arkansas’ 3-yard line late in the third quarter when Commodores junior running back Zac Stacy fumbled and Franklin recovered.
Franklin returned the fumble 94 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. Wilson found senior receiver Jarius Wright in the corner of the endzone for the game-tying two-point conversion, completing the momentum swing.
“I was really just tracking the running back,” Franklin said. “I saw him come in. He tried to bounce, gave a little move and then I think the ball just came flying out. I saw it on the ground and just scooped and scored.”
The Hogs completed a stretch where they played just one game in six weeks in Fay-etteville. Arkansas will host South Carolina and Tennes-see at Reynolds Razorback
Stadium the next two weeks, followed by a game against Mississippi State in Little Rock.
“The team is very happy to have that stretch over,” se-nior receiver Jarius Wright said. “It’s just always easier playing at home.”
Vanderbilt almost sent the Razorbacks home upset.
Commodores junior quarterback Jordan Rodg-ers scored on 19-and 3-yard touchdown runs in the first half, pushing Vanderbilt’s lead to 21-7 less than two minutes before halftime.
The Hogs managed to score just before halftime when Wilson found Wright in the back of the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown with five seconds remaining. The play was set up by Wil-son’s 30-yard pass to Wright on fourth-and-10 the play before.
“That was huge for us,” Petrino said. “It looked a couple of times like the half was going to be over. If you learn anything from the World Series is you just hang in there and keep going, you know. We didn’t have much time left. We had to make a play. Tyler hits J. Wright and he gets it down there.
“You basically get one play and then you’re kick-ing a field goal and that was just a great throw and a great catch on the touchdown be-fore half.”
The first-half struggles were nothing new for the Hogs. Arkansas has been out-scored 73-38 in the first half of its three morning kickoffs against Texas A&M, Ole Miss and the Commodores.
“It’s very frustrating,” se-nior defensive end Jake Be-quette said. “We’re definite-ly not satisfied where we are right now, we’re not hap-py at all. We’re happy to be 7-1, that’s a great position. It looks good on paper.
“We know we’re capable of much better on defense and offense. When we put a com-plete game together, it’s going to be something to see.”
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er we are going to be really good.”
As part of their 66 com-bined points, Powell and Waithe shot 5-of-9 from 3-point range in the game. As part of the more expe-rienced squad in the Red-White game, both players feel as if their shooting abili-ties are part of their advan-tage.
“We are two athletic for-wards that can put the ball on the floor and also shoot it,” Powell said. “It helps to open things up for everybody.”
“A lot of big guys for play-ing that spot usually don’t want to contest,” Waithe said. “A lot of big guys are lazy so with me and Marshawn be-
ing able to shoot the basket-ball that helps.”
Powell is coming into the 2011 season more than 20 pounds lighter than his play-ing weight from the previous season and said he is seeing the benefits.
“I can run, man,” Powell said. “I can get up and down and barely get tired now and it shows.”
Junior Julysses Nobles also contributed heavily for the White squad having a game-high 12 assists to go with 15 points and six re-bounds while shooting 3-for-5 on 3-pointers.
“We have been waiting for Julysses to play like this and he is going to play like this in this system,” Powell said. “He is our floor general and he showed it.”
With two full weeks of
full-time practice now be-hind them, the Razorbacks from last season’s team said they are benefitting from a change in practice styles from coach John Pelphrey to current coach Mike Ander-son.
“They have been a lot harder and there has been a lot to take in real quick,” Powell said.
“I think there has been more purpose,” Waithe said. “The things we did last year and the difference this year is, last year I would be in practice sometimes and think ‘why are we doing this?’ but this year when we practice everything we do is for a purpose. We go along because everything we are doing is fast but it actually has a real purpose and that’s the way I feel.”
The game had a bit of a coaching twist to it as the Red team was coached by what was being called the vibes, or local television sports broadcasters while the White team was being managed by the scribes, or Arkansas beat writers. The winners of the White team were coached by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette beat writer Bob Holt, Arkan-sas Sports 360 beat writer Chris Bahn and Nate Allen of Nate Allen Sports Services. They were matched against the Red squad staff of Mike Irwin from KSFM, Aaron Pe-ters of KNWA and KHOG’s Mike Jacques.
Arkansas will host its first game of the exhibition sea-son Friday when they take on Texas A&M- Commerce at 7p.m.
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FILE PHOTOSenior Kailey Anders as well as four other members of the Razorback womens soccer team played thier final game of their career in the 3-0 loss against LSU last Friday.
ARKANSAS (7 -1, 3-1 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG LGD. Johnson 9 52 0 5.8 10R. Wingo Jr. 10 30 0 3.0 21B. Mitchell 1 4 1 4.0 4T. Wilson 5 -13 0 -2.6 5
PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPT. Wilson 27-43 316 0 1 62.7
RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG LGJ. Wright 10 135 1 13.5 37J. Adams 6 45 0 7.5 17C. Gragg 5 62 0 12.4 17R. Wingo Jr. 3 19 0 6.3 11D. Johnson 1 26 0 26.0 26C. Hamilton 1 18 0 18.0 18J. Horton 1 11 0 11.0 11
TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTJ. Franklin 7 3 10 2.5 0 0R. Rasner 6 1 7 1.0 1.0 0E. Bennett 5 1 6 0 0 1J. Nelson 4 2 6 0.5 0 0T. Thomas 4 1 5 0 0 0T. Flowers 1 3 4 1.0 0 0B. Jones 2 1 3 0 0 0J. Bequette 1 2 3 0 0 0E. Ford 1 2 3 0 0 0R. Thomas 2 0 2 1.0 1.0 0A. Davis 2 0 2 0 0 0G. Gatson 2 0 2 0 0 0T. Mitchel 1 1 2 0 0 0J. Mitchell 1 1 2 0 0 0T. Williams 1 1 2 0 0 0
RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior forward Marvell Waithe scored 31 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds , leading the white team to a 112 -79 win over the red team Sunday at Bud Walton Arena
Arkansas Ends Season Against LSUArkansas (4-13) finished up its
2011 regular season at home against conference rival LSU (12-6-1) on Friday night losing by the score of 3-0. After a scoreless first half, the Ti-gers were able to get three second half goals to bury the Razorbacks.
“Once again it just comes back to not being a second half team,” said coach Erin Aubry.
Freshman goal keeper Emily Lil-lard continued her impressive play during the first half, keeping the Ti-gers’ six first-half shots on goal from translating into scores. The Tigers
shot the ball a total of eleven times in the first half to the Razorbacks’ seven.
Lillard ended the game with eleven saves giving her a total of 114 saves on the season, which breaks the previous record for Razorback freshman by eight saves.
Arkansas came close on a few shots early in the second half, but were unable to connect. However, the Ra-zorbacks managed to keep the Tigers out of the goal until junior LSU for-ward Carlie Banks was injured near the goal resulting in a penalty kick.
Senior midfielder Taryne Bou-dreau took the kick for LSU making the score 1-0 with 39 minutes remain-ing in the second half. This was the first penalty kick for the Tigers all season.
LSU increased its lead when sopho-more forward Addie Eggleston put the ball in the goal on a short shot to make the score 2-0 with 24 minutes to play.
The third goal for the Tigers came off a rebounded shot by Egg-leston with 23 minutes remain-ing. Lillard made the save but didn’t wrap the ball up and freshman Kaley Blades scored, making the score 3-0.
“Our mentality in the second half is the one thing we did not get bet-ter at this year,” Aubry said. “That’s just something we have to deal with and fight through that mentality in our off season so that it doesn’t become an issue next year. But I really think we executed well in all other areas.”
After missing the Florida game and only playing for ten minutes against South Carolina, senior and captain Kailey Anders played a to-tal of thirty minutes against LSU in her final game as a Razorback.
Fellow seniors Kendal Winston and Chelsea Tidwell played their last game at Arkansas on Friday. Brittany Hudson and Daniela O’Shea are juniors athletically but are expected to gradu-ate this year, so they too played their last game with this team Friday night.
“The first thing we did to-night was thank our seniors for giv-ing such an awesome career,” Aubry said. “They truly gave their hearts and souls and bodies to this program.”
Senior goal keeper Kendal Winston has always been known for her influ-ence as a major behind-the-scenes lead-er during her four years as a Razorback.
“Kendal is my role model on the team,” Emily Lillard, the record-break-ing Razorback freshman goal keeper, said. “She always has me going dur-ing practice, she never gives up on her team, and she is a leader all over the field—even when she’s on the sideline.”
“When you’re with these girls day in and day out you form such a close bond,” Winston said of her team-mates. “These girls all have lives and they’re all different. There’s so much more to life than soccer; there’s so much more to this program than soccer.”
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VANDERBILT (4 -4, 1-3 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG LGZ. Stacy 19 128 1 6.7 62J. Rodgers 18 66 2 3.7 19F. Lassing 1 25 0 25.0 25J. Seymour 2 4 0 2.0 3C. Hayward 1 0 0 0 0
PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPJ. Rodgers 15-27 240 0 1 55.5
Z. Stacy 0-1 0 0 0 0.0
RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG LGJ. Matthews 6 151 1 25.1 48Z. Stacy 3 51 0 17 44C. Boyd 3 24 0 8.0 13W. Tate 3 14 0 4.6 7
TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTE. Samuels 5 0 5 0 0 0J. Marshall 4 1 5 0 0 0K. Ladler 4 1 5 0 0 0T. Fugger 4 0 4 3.0 2.0 0K. Butler 3 1 4 0 0 0S. Richardson 3 1 4 0 0 0C. Hayward 2 2 4 0 0 0C. Marve 1 3 4 0.5 0 0A. Hal 3 0 3 0 0 0A. Barnes 2 1 3 0 0 0T. Wilson 2 1 3 0 0 0R. Lohr 1 2 3 1.5 1.0 0V. Taylor 2 0 2 0 0 0J. Thomas 1 1 2 0 0 0A. Owens 1 1 2 0 0 0