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UA O! cials O" er New Lifestyles
Harmon Garage Parking Unclear to Students
UA Students Fall in Love With the New Fall Break
Loving Choices Spreads Compassion Across NWA
Michel Steps Up Palestine’s Bid For Statehood: Why Should We Care?Lifestyles now has classes
available to participants at the UA.
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! e garage rules are not clearly explained, students say.
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As fall break approaches, students " gure out what to do with their free time.
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Local clinic Loving Choices o# ers counseling and medi-cal support to women in need.Page 7
True freshman cornerback Tevin Mitchel had a career day " lling in for injured starter Darius Winston against Texas A&M.
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Traveler editor discusses why students should care about the Israel-Palestine con! ict.
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" e registrar’s o# ce has developed a new system to schedule classes, said a reg-istrar o# cal.
“What this schedule planner does is allows stu-dents to go online, select the classes that they want to take and then the sched-uler generates every pos-sible combination for those classes,” said Dave Dawson, registrar o# cial.
" e system, developed by the company College Scheduler, streamlines and simpli$ es a process that has had ! aws, Dawson said.
“" is basically auto-mates the whole process,” he said. “For students that took a long time to get the sched-
ule they want, they can re-ally do it in minutes.”
In the past, a student logged onto ISIS and sched-uled classes. While still log-ging on to ISIS, this so% -ware directs students away from it and allows students to import the schedule when complete.
" e so% ware generates every possible schedule op-tion for students.
“Right now, if you went out there and scheduled, say, 15 hours, you’re very likely to get 1,000 possible options of schedules,” Daw-son said.
Dawson said many of the variations would be di& er-ent only by one class, but students will be able to nar-row their options down by factoring in breaks.
“Let’s say you want class-es to start at 9:30 and to be done by 2 with a lunch break from 12-12:30,” he said. “Once you put those breaks in it will only gener-ate schedules that $ t those breaks.”
" is would be advanta-geous to students with jobs or other extra-curriculars, he said.
“For people who work or have a set job schedule, they can block that time out and generate schedules that honor that,” Dawson said. “Someone with band and athletes that have practice every day at a certain time, they can go ahead and block
New Class SchedulingSystem Premieres Fall 2011
by JACK SUNTRUPStaff Writer
UA o# cials will restore Hotz Hall as a co-ed residence hall in the next two years to accommodate the record number of students living on campus, o# cials said.
" e $10 million renova-tion, which is slated for a fall 2013 completion, will save the UA at least $16 million, a uni-versity relations o# cial said.
“" e estimate [to renovate Hotz Hall] is $13.9 million. " at is as opposed to $30 to $35 million if they were going to build a new residence hall,” said Steve Voorhies, manager of media relations.
" e renovated dorm will house “416 beds with ! ex space for 32 beds, if needed for over! ow,” said Florence Johnson, executive director of university housing.
Hotz Hall was built as a dorm in 1964, but has instead housed administrative o# ces for more than 15 years, said Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for Facilities.
" e o# ce of university re-lations already has moved into the renovated Davis Hall,
which formerly housed the Law School Annex and, before that, the Kappa Alpha " eta sorority.
Other o# ces in Hotz, in-cluding University Housing, Testing Services, Residents' Interhall Congress and pre-College Programs, will have to $ nd new work spaces, Voor-hies said.
“" ey may have to $ nd empty space on campus, al-though that is becoming a premium,” he said.
If space can’t be found on campus, UA o# cials will look elsewhere.
“" ere are a lot of alterna-tives that are being looked at,” Voorhies said. “[" e UA] may have to rent space for them.”
" e university housing of-$ ce will be moved to a new building that will be built be-hind the Garland Avenue Parking Garage. UA o# cials haven’t decided what will hap-pen to other o# ces in Hotz Hall, said Charlie Alison, uni-versity relations editor.
Hotz will be emptied of o# ces in late spring or early summer, Mike Johnson said.
University housing is still deciding how to deal with the
excess number of students, Johnson said.
When complete, the dorm will hold a diverse group of students, Alison said. Both freshmen and sophomores will be allowed to live in the dorm.
Changes that have been made in other high-rise dorms, such as Reid Hall, will also be added to Hotz,Johnson said.
Some UA students said they fear the new dorm won’t provide enough beds.
“I’m not sure if it will ease the expansion problem or not, because they have taken in so many freshmen this year,” said Sean Williams, junior. “I don’t think that one dorm will be enough.”
Hotz Hall To HouseStudents Again After
More Than 15 Yearsby MEGAN HUCHABY
Staff Writer
BRITTANY WULF STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERBrande Flack-Armstong and Hector Bello talk about where the sculptures will go for the Phiota Art Exhibit in the Multicultural Center at the UA. The exhibit will showcase artwork from local artists on October 24th to the 28th.
Phi Iota Alpha Members Fundraise with Art Show
" e Latino based frater-nity Phi Iota Alpha is known for its involvement in political and social aspects, and they have decided to branch out and explore the artistic realm. " is year the Phiotas Art Ex-hibition and Silent Auction will be one of many fundrais-ers for the fraternity. " is will be the $ rst art festival for the fraternity.
All media is encouraged “any kind of media and kind of style; photography, sculp-ture, music, video any kind of art,”said Raul Torres senior and apparel studies major and president of Phi Iota Alpha.
" e idea was borrowed from a friend in Dallas that had run a similar event as a fundraiser, Torres said.
" e silent auction will function as the fundraiser po-tion for the event. Twenty per-cent of the sales will go to the fraternity and the rest of the proceeds will go to the artist, Torres said. " e art show will be a week-long event and will have a gallery setting in the Multicultural Center in the Student Union. " e event will begin October 24 and end on October 28.
It is a week-long event that way people can have enough time to see the art and appre-ciate it, Torres said.
“I'm pretty excited about this silent auction, and to see the artist's works,” said Rocio Bedolla Roldan senior and International business ma-jor and president of the Uni-versity of Arkansas LULAC council.
Artists interested in par-ticipating must enter their pieces by October 21.
by ZESSNA GARCIAContributing Writer
see ART SHOWon page 3
" e Associated Student Government recently pur-chased 24,000 scantrons, which will be given out for free to students this year, said the ASG director of academic a& airs.
" ey will be made available in the ASG o# ce at the union, said Vince Stanko, the ASG director of academic a& airs. Also, ASG will distribute them to the departments so teachers can hand them out with tests.
ASG spent $3,000 from the readership committee bud-get to pay for the scantrons, Stanko said.
“We noticed in past years that the budget wasn’t being used to its full extent,” he said.
Students are usually re-sponsible for buying scantrons before tests, but now teach-ers are expected to announce to students whether scantrons will be provided for them.
On-campus students gen-erally have access to free scan-trons at the front desks of their residence halls, courtesy of Residents’ Interhall Congress.
“RIC hasn’t purchased any scantrons yet,” said Ty-ler Priest, vice president of RIC. “Usually we do, and [we] make them available to stu-dents through their residence halls, but we haven’t moved on
that yet.”" ough RIC usually pro-
vides scantrons, this is a new initiative for ASG.
“ASG has not done this in the past that I know of,” Stanko said. “With other large univer-sities implementing programs for free scantrons, we wanted to use this as a test-run and see if it is feasible for Arkansas to do the same.”
Scantrons are available for purchase at Club Red conve-nience stores, bookstores and school supply vending ma-chines in the union.
Some students have had is-sues buying Scantrons.
“I bought them at the bookstore, but they were the wrong kind, so I had to get some from the machine in the union,” Freshman Kyle Hal-lam said. “Coming out of high school, we’re all used to be-ing provided with them, so it would of course be more convenient for the teacher to pass them out, but whether that’s reasonable or not, I don’t know.”
For students who are pay-ing for tuition, the increased cost of living and textbooks, having a 25 cent scantron pro-vided for them may not seem like such a big deal.
ASG Gives OutFree Scantrons
by JANNEE SULLIVANStaff Writer
see SCANTRONSon page 2
see SCHEDULINGon page 3
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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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Graduate student Milkha Miranti was unaware of the rules in the Harmon Ave-nue Garage until three years ago when she received a ticket for parking backward.
When Miranti com-plained about the ticket to the Parking and Transit department, o! cials said the rules are posted with-in the building and it is the students’ responsibility to know the rules.
Even though students who purchase a parking permit are given a campus map that outlines the rules for parking on campus, Mi-ranti thinks the rules aren’t clear and they should be posted visibly, she said.
“" ey just need to make it clear for everyone, not just for the ones who pur-chase permits,” Miranti said. “Everyone can park over here. " ey need to make it clear and post it somewhere that people can see it.”
“Parked backed into an angled parking space or facing the wrong way in a parallel space is prohib-ited,” according to the UA Parking and Transit web-site.
Parking in angled park-ing spaces is a hazard, if you parked backward in a space it can increase the chance for an accident be-cause drivers are not ex-pecting a car coming in their direction, said Direc-tor Gary Smith.
" e parking rules are not clearly stated for all stu-dents.
“I think they need to make the rules a little more visible in the garage. I know it says “no parking between 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. without a parking pass,” but there is nothing that says do not back into a spot and park,” said Richard Gathright, ju-nior.
Gathright knows that it is against the rules to park backward. He found out from friends that received
a ticket for it, he said. “I really enjoy this ga-
rage, it is super convenient for my classes, since I am in the business school. I haven’t had a ticket yet, so I don’t have anything to complain about,” Gathright said.
" ere is another way students can receive a tick-et that may not be common knowledge but is posted visibly outside the Harmon deck –parking overnight without a parking pass.
Bernard Oliver, senior, received a ticket for park-ing in Harmon while vis-iting friends who lived in Duncan Apartments.
Oliver parked in the ga-rage a# er 10:45 p.m. be-cause the gate arms were up. When he le# around 3 a.m. he noticed he had a ticket for parking “over-night”,” Oliver said.
“I didn’t know about the rules of parking between 1 a.m and 5 a.m., but that is what my ticket said,” he said. “" ere were a million places I could have parked had I known that.”
" ere is no paid parking a# er 10:15 p.m., the gates go up, so it’s free in and out, Smith said.
“What we had a prob-lem with was people stor-ing their cars in there, they either come in during pay-time and pull a ticket, or come in when the gates are up and just leave their cars in there for days and weeks at a time without paying, and they are taking the space away from a paying customer,” Smith said.
“" is way if they have a permit, they can stay there 24/7, but if they are hour-ly they can only be in there during the day,” he said.
" e rule was imple-mented spring 2010, and also applies to visitors and members of the UA com-munity.
Students who would like a full list of rules and reg-ulations can go to the UA Parking and Transit web-site and look under Parking and tra! c regulations, or can pick up a campus map which outlines the rules for parking.
For many students at the UA the focus is on the next world lit paper or math test, but for others the con-centration is on learning life skills.
" e seven students in the $ rst graduating class of the Launch program will be in spring 2012. All the students are from Life-styles, a non-pro$ t organi-zation that serves individu-als with disabilities.
" rough the Launch program, the students get to “feel what it is like to be a college student,” said Lindsey Broshears, direc-tor of the program from Lifestyles.
Lifestyles strives to help people with disabilities to $ nd and maintain jobs as well as prepare them for life-long skills.
“" e Lifestyles students get the social aspects of col-lege through the UA,” said Broshears. " ey get stu-dent ID’s, take classes on campus and attend campus events. Students also tour job sites during Career Ex-pansion classes, according to the Lifestyles website.
" e Lifestyles students spend Monday through " ursday on the UA cam-pus, and Fridays at the Stensgaard center, where they learn about food, nu-trition, and “how to make and cook meals for them-
selves,” said Broshears. " e days are scheduled
with an hour lunch break to allow students to eat at the campus dining halls.
" e life skills classes in-form the students on com-munity living, safety, em-ployment and communica-tion, said Desma Hurley, a teacher in the Launch pro-gram from Lifestyles. " e program also focuses on math, budgeting, reading and a special class called “expansion” where students give input on what they want to learn, said Hurley.
" e program began in
2008 with seven students and has now expanded to 19 in three grades. " e stu-dents will receive a certi$ -cate of completion at the end of the three year pro-gram, Broshears said.
" e classes stay small, said Broshears, because of the special needs of the stu-dents.
" e program is tuition based through Lifestyles but next year there will be partial scholarships avail-able to the students, Bros-hears said.
" ere are two teachers in the program through
Lifestyles and several UA students that are mentors for the students a# er class-es.
Many social work stu-dents receive volunteer hours for participating in the Launch program, ac-cording to an article writ-ten by Laura Jacobs.
As the program ex-pands, Lifestyles hopes to have graduate students teach classes, and have the option for on campus liv-ing, Broshears said.
UA Offers New Lifestylesby EMILY JONES
Contributing Writer
Harmon AvenueGarage Rules Unclear to Students
by TINA PARKERContributing Writer
“I mean, compared to the hundreds students spend on books, picking up our Scan-trons seems fairly minute if the goal is to save students money,” Hallam said.
Still, some students appre-ciate the e% ort ASG is mak-ing to provide these Scant-rons for them.
“If they have Scantrons for each subject that requires them, that would make it a lot easier,” Freshman Kwesi Tandoh said.
" e reason many students may not have heard about this initiative is because ASG
hasn’t had a chance to adver-tise much, Stanko said.
“We’re currently working on an advertisement pro-gram, so the speci$ cs are still being worked out,” Stanko said.
" e 24,000 Scantrons are projected to last the rest of the semester. Depending on the success of the program, ASG executives will decide whether or not to buy more when the time comes, he said.
“Assuming it is in our budget and the process goes over smoothly, I can de$ nite-ly see us getting more in the future,” Stanko said.
GINA BARGIACHI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERWestmark, a live action role play (LARP) group, led by Tim Remington, practices at the Union Mall from 4 -6pm Friday evenings. They hold practices every Friday, but occasionally have full weekends devoted to staying in character as they dress up in medi-eval costumes and battle with foam swords, arrows, and battle axes.
LARPing on the Lawn
SCANTRONSfrom page 1
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Bedolla Roldan said will be in attendance and will be bid-ding on some art.
“! ere’s no theme for the art, we just want to be a me-dium for local artists to pres-ent their work,” said Frank Berlanga-Medina senior, his-tory and philosophy double major and social chair of Phi Iota Alpha.
However because the event will take place shortly a" er Hispanic Heritage Month, Latin inspired art is encour-aged, but it is not exclusive to such.
A couple of members from the fraternity will also be pre-senting some of their art.
“We’re going to show a dif-
ferent side of us,” Berlanga-Medina said.
Part of the money fund-raised by this event will go to the fraternity’s philanthropy project which is the Unicef project which helps bring po-table water to areas in need. ! e fraternity was estab-lished in the fall of 2007 here at the UA and currently has 22 members.
In years past the Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Iota Alpha has hosted various events for the community in-cluding last semesters’ Com-ing Out of the Shadows in-formational panel about un-documented students and the DREAM Act in which stu-dents a# ected by the DREAM Act bill stepped from out of the shadows and shared their experiences as undocumented
students in Arkansas.! e fraternity hopes to
continue the art exhibit as a yearly event. ! e fraternity will also be hosting the First Annual World Cultural Festi-val in the city of Lowell.
! ose interested in partic-ipating should contact Raul Torres, Frank Berlanga-Medi-na or Hector Bello. Art must be submitted by Friday Octo-ber 21.
Average retail gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 5.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averag-ing $3.29/g yesterday. ! is compares with the national average that has fallen 5.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.46/g, according to gasoline price website ArkansasGasPrices.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Arkansas dur-
ing the past week, prices yesterday were 71.1 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 20.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. ! e national average has de-creased 20.3 cents per gal-lon during the last month and stands 73.3 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
Gas Report
CRIME REPORT:
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSophomore Katie Pennington holds her own in a tug of war match at the annual Watermelon Bust, hosted by the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. The event gave sororities the opportunity to compete in recreational tournaments and a charitable food drive.
Greek Life Bustin’ It UpWednesday, September 28Assault Third Degree A student reported an acquaintance took a $ ghter’s stance during a confrontation on campus grounds at Northwest Quad and she feared he was going to strike her.
Criminal Mischief A sta# member reported someone painted gra% ti on a wall in a restroom in Mullins Library.
Theft Of Property (Shoplifting) A student was arrested at the Arkansas Union Food Court.
Terroristic Threatening A student was arrested on Stadium Drive at Gate 16 at the foot-ball stadium.
Thursday, September 29Disorderly Conduct; Resisting ArrestA non-a% liated person was arrested on North Garland Avenue north of Maple Street.
Theft Of Property (Shoplifting)A student was arrested on North Garland Avenue at the entrance to the Arkansas Union.
Criminal Mischief A student reported someone damaged his scooter while it was parked in Lot 50.
Friday, September 30Driving While IntoxicatedA student was arrested in Lot 44.
Drinking In Public; Minor In Possession Of Alcohol; Littering;Possession Of Fraudulent Or Altered Personal Identifi cationA student was contacted at North Garland Avenue and Lower Service Drive and was referred to the O% ce of Academic Integ-rity and Student Conduct.
As classes were chang-ing across the UA campus, students, faculty and sta# may have noticed sirens that blared across campus Tues-day, Sept. 27.
Alert sirens are not man-dated by the government or the National Weather Service. As a service to campus, the UA purchased three sirens in March 2002 from Riddick En-gineering Corporation of Lit-tle Rock, Ark. ! e company is in charge of maintaining the system through the UAPD.
“We test the outdoor warning system on Tuesdays at 12:25 p.m. when the weath-er is clear,” said Lt. Gary Crain of UAPD.
! rough the sirens, UA students, faculty, sta# and vis-itors are provided with cam-pus emergency information, special messages and instruc-tions. Some students $ nd the system to be distracting from in-class learning. While most classes on campus are chang-ing at the time, many students are in lab classes that usually exceed the average 80 minute class periods each Tuesday.
“Whenever the siren goes o# during my class, it seems like everybody always starts getting chatty,” said sopho-more Mariah Taylor.
Many students are aware of the alert system but never pay attention to its presence because they are not sure what it is for.
“It wasn’t much of a dis-traction, but I didn’t know what it was for,” said Liz Word, freshman.
While many students ac-knowledge the system, sev-eral feel as if they are ill-in-formed of what to do in the
midst of severe weather or other emergency situations that may occur.
“I feel like they’re a great warning system. However, they don’t do much in the way of telling people what to actu-ally do, making them only mildly e# ective,” said Brad Zeiler, junior.
Every building on campus has been assessed by the Na-tional Weather Service and each & oor of the building has a & oor plan and with included evacuation routes and shelter locations, according to the UAPD website.
Don’t Be Alarmedby JOSEPH HOLLOWAY
Contributing Writer
ART SHOWfrom page 1
Lauren Lynch, freshman, who works at the UA’s Nation-al Phone Campaign, agrees that this will take some frus-tration out of the process.
“Having an automated scheduling system could def-initely bene$ t people like me who have to $ gure out how to balance work and school,” she said. “It’s going to relieve a lot of stress, I think.”
Dawson also hopes that this will increase students’ ability to schedule more hours than they might have in the past.
“We really hope this will be a tool to help students more easily get the number of hours they want,” he said. “Students may get frustrated when try-ing to build a schedule and stop at 13 hours when they re-ally want more.”
“It was hard to get 16 hours and I had to take night class-es. I had like a seven hours gap and a class that didn’t end until 9 p.m.,” said Karen Car-rillo, junior. “I think this new system will make things a lot easier when I’m trying to get at least 15 hours a semester.”
While scheduling for the spring semester starts Octo-ber 31 for seniors and gradu-ate students, students can try the new system now and save their schedules for then, Daw-son said.
“It will just sit there un-til their enrollment time,” he said. “At that time some of the classes may be full but the ones that aren’t, you can just schedule those.”
SCHEDULINGfrom page 1
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Palestinian President Mah-moud Abbas turned in a bid for statehood at the United Nations Security Council Friday, Sept. 23, calling for the organization to recognize his nation’s right to ex-ist and live in peace.
President Barack Obama an-nounced that he would veto the Palestinian’s application for full U.N. membership. In addition to that, the U.S. Congress has fro-zen $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, threaten-ing projects such as food aid and health care until the statehood issue is sorted out, a member of the House Foreign A# airs Com-mittee said.
! e Palestine-Israel con$ ict can be traced back to the 19th century. Countless numbers of people have died in the con$ ict. Since the beginning of the sec-ond intifada in 2000 through July 2007, at least 5,848 people were killed, of which 4,228 were Pales-tinians, according to U.N. O% ce for the Coordination of Humani-tarian A# airs report.
! e distance between the United States and the Israel- Pal-
estine region is more than 6,000 miles. So why should we care?
! e U.S. was founded on the principle of democracy and the notion of self-determination. Historically, America has been the biggest supporter of self-de-termination. ! e idea was pro-moted by President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points ad-dress to Congress in order to cre-ate peace in Europe. He pushed for many European nations, un-der imperial rule, to follow the doctrine of self-determination.
If we supported other coun-tries’ right for self-rule, if our own country was founded on this principle, why aren’t we sup-porting the Palestinians in their struggle for statehood— their struggle for an identity. ! ey de-serve the right to govern them-selves, just as much as we do. In denying Palestine this simple re-quest to self-government, we are disgracing our forefathers and building our nation and our for-eign policy on hypocrisy.
It was only one year ago, when Obama issued a statement that said, “while we work with our partners in the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Egypt and the international community to put such a strategy in place, these projects represent a down pay-ment on the United States’ com-mitment to Palestinians in Gaza, who deserve a better life and ex-panded opportunities, and the chance to take part in building a viable, independent state of Pal-
estine.”In a speech he gave to the
U.N. National Assembly in Sep-tember 2010, he said, “When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that can lead to a new member of the United Nations, an independent, sover-eign state of Palestine living in peace with Israel.”
So, where is President Obama’s support now, one year later, as Palestine bids for state-hood? Are we a nation built on lies and false promises?
Obama’s lack of backbone is an embarrassment to America and the principle of self-deter-mination. Sure, he demanded that Israel freeze its settlements. However, when Benjamin Nate-nyahu, prime minister of Israel, continued to endorse illegal set-tlements, Obama did nothing.
What message does this give to the Arab world, a region where our relations are already weak?
Denying Palestinian state-hood will only a% rm to many in the Arab world what they have always believed—that America is partial to Israel no matter the crimes it commits against the Palestinians.
Palestine’s statehood will also bene" t Israel. It will no longer have to carry international bag-gage as a country that illegally oc-cupies a foreign land. It will have better relations with their Arab neighbors, which is very impor-tant now in the times of the Arab Spring. Also, this will give Israel
an opportunity to spend vast re-sources that are now spent on the occupation and lobbying in America for something more useful to them such as providing a# ordable housing to its own citi-zens in Israel.
Supporting the Palestinian bid would come as a good-will gesture in a world bitter against America a& er two wars. We need to show the Arab nations and the Muslim world that we do care and respect its " ght for democ-racy. We need to stand up, look past our sel" sh gains and commit to what is right.
As university students, we cannot enclose our minds and limit ourselves to just being stu-dents, worrying about our own lives. We have a duty, not only to ourselves, but to our nation. And as the most powerful nation, we have a duty to the world.
As George Washington once said, “It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond him-self, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only a# ect him-self, his country, and his imme-diate posterity; but that its in$ u-ence may be coextensive with the world.”
Saba Naseem is the 2011-2012 Traveler editor. Her column runs bimonthly.
FROM THE BOARDFROM THE BOARD
It started off with the low murmurs of engines you’ve heard all year. Monday and Tuesday you notice that is grew frequent. Wednesday it’s a plague of noise, drench-ing the highway in exploding mufflers and leather covering every inch of skin. It dawned on you—Bikes, Blues & Bar-becue is here.
People had one of two re-actions to this realization. For many, it was a fist pump in the air followed by imag-ining his or her motorcycle among the swarms of bikes, fitting into a crowd that you love to identify with. Even for those without bikes, it was a time to see Fayetteville come alive to the world.
And then there were the others. Attracted by the qui-et but not too docile nature of Fayetteville, these people reviled the festival, the noise
and the visitors. What could have been a quiet weekend had turned into a sudden worry of how you best es-caped the madness.
I would go to say that there are more of these people than most would know. Disliking Bikes, Blues & BBQ can be a bit like saying you don’t like Razorback football. Admit it to yourself, fine, but say it out loud and you’re likely to be given dirty looks and accused of lacking a festive spirit.
I can’t say I don’t belong to this group. The first year I was lucky enough to have plans in Chicago, escaping the weekend chaos. The next few years, however, I lived far enough for noise to not be a big concern, but deliv-ered pizzas for a franchise restaurant. Traffic is blocked, stopped up and the entire town seems to halt during the parade. Not such a great thing when tipsy bikers are waiting for a skinny kid to deliver them some sustenance to fuel the rest of their day.
This year, as the festival grows closer, I found myself in a strange predicament. I had no hope of escaping, for I live on Dickson street. A block away from most bars
and restaurants on the street, I was in the thick of it. To make matters more involving, I was assigned for a journal-ism class to experience a day of the festival and tweet the sweets I find.
Confessions need to be made; I had never ventured toward Dickson Street during the festival, aside from the aforementioned pizza deliv-ering. I’m somewhat ashamed to say this, what with this be-ing my fourth year in Fayette-ville. The lack of a motorcy-cle and legal age, it just didn’t seem a necessity.
Certainly, there are those of you out there who, like me, fear for their sanity. And ini-tially, this was the turn my mind went when I realized what I had gotten myself into.
I have not let myself fall into this trap, however. While I can’t say I join the fist-pumping variety who so dreams of the festival all year, I have entered a state of curi-osity. People watching, being one of my favorite creeper ac-tivities, came into high pitch during the last week.
Before this year, it had escaped me that Bikes, Blues & BBQ was a non-profit organization. When Coleson
Burns, assistant director of the festival came by my news writing class just a couple days ago, he dropped the knowledge that somewhere in the vicinity of $160,000 was raised last year, all going to charities such as the Single Parent Scholarship Fund, Fayetteville Boys & Girls Club and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of NWA, among many others. All this not even including the enormous amount of money that runs into the Fayetteville government from taxes by the many vendors participating, and you have many good things happening.
While for many of us, the festival wasn’t pleasant to en-dure, it’s something that must be bared for the good of our town, and those in need. For those who feel negative-ly about the festival, keep in mind these benefits. If all the motorcycle-less naysayers would force ourselves to try and enjoy it, they would have just as much fun next year.
Barrett Lewis is a Traveler columnist. His column runs bi-monthly.
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Palestine’s Bid for Statehood: Why Should We Care?From the Editor
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Bikes, Blues & Barbecue Not As Bad As It Seems
Traveler Quote of the Day
Fayetteville Spotlight
by Barrett LewisTraveler Columnist
“What this schedule planner does is allows students to go online, select the classes that
they want to take and then the scheduler generates every
possible combination for those classes,”
- Dave Dawson, UA registrar, “New Class Scheduling System Premieres Fall 2011” page 1
The Day The Music DiedEvery semester the Headliners Concert Commit-
tee puts on a major concert for students, usually held in Barnhill Arena.
This semester, however, will be an exception, as we learned during the last week that there will not be a Headliners Committee Concert during the fall semester.
Committee members pitched the proposal for the mu-sician Girl Talk at about $50,000, but UA administrators denied the committees request. Even though it’s only the first week of October, committee members are restricted with the dates they can choose for Barnhill Arena, they said , and so unless a good option comes along, there will not be a concert.
Instead committee members said that they would like-ly use the money to plan a bigger concert—with a bigger name artist—during the spring semester. (Usually there is a concert both semesters, last year it was Snoop Dogg and Blake Shelton.)
We’re frustrated, as we expect many students will be, that a concert could not be put together for this semes-ter, and the idea of a larger concert next semester doesn’t overcome that frustration.
However, students should be excited about the idea of a bigger event for next semester, even if it means missing out this semester. Complaints about musical relevance have been around for at least the last few years, and this could be a good opportunity to bring a big, relevant band to campus. (Surely the funds allotted for this se-mester combined with next semester’s funds could secure a current mainstream— or at least big in their respec-tive genre— band.) Whether or not this big event will come to fruition remains to be seen, and will certainly be the subject of a future editorial. It will be hard to get a band that everyone will like— it’s hard enough to get 10 people to agree on something, much less a campus of almost 23,000 students. But if the Headliners Committee fails to get a large event planned, or two normal concerts, it would raise serious questions about where our money went this semester, and how much money should be allo-cated to the Headliners Committee through the Program Allocations Board next spring. (Incase you’re curious, the PAB is made up of various student leaders including Michael Dodd, the ASG president.)
It bares noting though, that for students graduating in December, it is a little unfair that they had to pay a fee for the Headliners Committee, but will see nothing in return for their money. We hope that something can be worked out for the spring concert to allow December graduates to attend the concert for free, or at a reduced rate, considering a portion of their tuition and fees went into paying for the event.
We understand that things don’t always work out. We just don’t like when it happens with something we’ve al-ready put money into.
(And on a related sidenote, we’re still waiting to find out who the Distinguished Lecturer will be this semes-ter.)
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Wilson, Hogs Define the Moment Against Aggies
Arkansas played awful in the ! rst half, building a double-digit de! cit seemingly impossible to re-cover from.
" e Razorbacks’ defense looked more overwhelmed than Lebron under pressure, Sarah Pal-in when asked a question or any-one that comes in contact with Kanye West. Take your pick.
Hog fans were embarrassed and angry at the poor showing on a big stage. Fans in the stadium were subjected to watching their counterparts celebrate a one-sided half.
" e second half was a di# erent story, though.
Arkansas’ o# ense couldn’t be stopped and the defense stood strong and gave the Razorbacks a chance to ! ght back.
" e Hogs had a shot to win in the fourth quarter. " ey blew it.
" at was the scene at the Sugar Bowl in January.
A similar story unfolded Sat-urday inside Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Arkansas trailed 35-17, then raced back in the second half.
" e Razorbacks came through in the clutch this time, though.
" e Hogs grew up in the sec-
ond half against Texas A&M in the Southwest Classic, refusing to lay down and accept a second consec-utive beatdown.
Arkansas battled back, much like the Ohio State game.
" e goat in the 31-26 loss to the Buckeyes? Quarterback Ryan Mal-lett, the Razorbacks’ record setter with a legendary arm.
" e hero in the 42-38 come-back win over the Aggies? Quar-terback Tyler Wilson, Mallett’s re-placement and a quarterback un-der ! re from his coaches a$ er the o# ense hit rock bottom in a 38-14 loss at Alabama the previous week.
Wilson threw for a school-re-cord 510 yards and three touch-downs, leading the comeback win while again taking a beating as the Hogs’ o# ensive line struggled to pick up blitzes against Texas A&M, the nation’s leader in sacks.
Wilson made all the throws when he needed, standing in the pocket and getting the ball to his playmakers under duress.
He even made plays with his feet when called upon, too, acceler-ating untouched into the end zone for a tying two-point conversion in the fourth quarter.
Coach Bobby Petrino and of-fensive coordinator Garrick Mc-Gee weren’t easy on Wilson in the week leading up to the matchup with Aggies a$ er he and the of-fense took a beating against the Crimson Tide, sputtering to Ar-kansas’ worst performance since 2008, Petrino’s ! rst season.
“I’m proud of Tyler,” McGee said. “I’ve been on him really hard. He had a really tough week and for him to come out ! ghting like that shows what he has inside of him. " ere’s no doubt he is a competitor
and it’s important to him.”Wilson led the game-winning
9-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in a game he called a “must win” earlier in the week.
Wilson led the comeback win, but there were other heroes for the Razorbacks.
Senior receiver Jarius Wright caught a school-record-tying 13 passes for a school-record 281 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior running back Broderick Green ran for two touchdowns, in-cluding the game-winning 3-yard-er, in his season debut, just six months a$ er tearing his ACL.
" e Hogs’ defense allowed just a ! eld goal in the second half and forced Texas A&M to turn the ball over on downs a$ er Green’s go-ahead score, clinching the win.
" e coaching sta# kept the players from giving up when Ar-
kansas faced an 18-point de! cit at hal$ ime, making key adjustments in the must-win game.
" e scintillating comeback catapulted the Razorbacks to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll, the Hogs’ highest ranking since before the Sugar Bowl.
Arkansas grew up Saturday, possibly saving their season while grit and heart.
One of Wilson’s favorite mov-ies, Tin Cup, features the quote, “When a de! ning moment comes along, you de! ne the moment or the moment de! nes you.”
Did Wilson and the Razorbacks de! ne the moment Saturday?
“Maybe so,” he said.Jimmy Carter is the sports edi-
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Mitchel Finding His WayArkansas true freshman
cornerback Tevin Mitchel has already been forced into action at a key position early in his Razorback career.
" e Mans! eld, Texas, na-tive has played in all ! ve Ra-zorbacks games this season and led the No. 10 Hogs with 13 tackles in getting extensive playing against Texas A&M af-ter starter Darius Winston in-jured his leg in the ! rst half.
“It was kind of shocking that I was thrown out there so early in the game,” Mitch-el said. “I went out there with con! dence and told myself that I had to step up and do my job.”
Mitchel has 23 tackles this season, most among Arkansas cornerbacks.
“It was a great feeling to have 13 tackles in one game,” Mitchel said. “I was told to al-ways play physical and fast, and that’s what I did. I stepped up and did what I had to do. It’s a blessing to have that many tackles in one game.”
" e 6-foot, 175-pound cornerback also recovered a third-quarter fumble that was forced by defensive tackle Zach Stadther on Aggies running back Christine Michael, halt-ing a Texas A&M drive in Ra-zorbacks territory.
“I guess I was in the right place at the right time,” Mitchel said. “I didn’t see it coming, but it was a great feeling to have that fumble recovery. When
the ball was in my hands, I was looking to score, but it didn’t work out that way.”
Mitchel has relied on the help of the veteran starters at the cornerback position early in his career, he said.
“Having Greg Gatson and Isaac Madison and the other corners around, to teach me and help me with the game has been real comfortable,” Mitch-el said. “I’ve learned a lot from them.”
Texas A&M receiver Je# Fuller ! nished with nine catch-es for 82 yards against Arkan-sas as opposed to eight catch-es for 154 yards and a touch-down last season. Mitchel was matched up against the 6-foot-4 All-Big 12 receiver most of the game.
“% I thought he did a nice job really playing a great re-ceiver (Je# Fuller). " at guys a good player,” coach Bobby Petrino said. “Seems like we’ve been playing against him for-ever. Tevin did a good job with his technique. He was very fo-cused and had good concentra-tion.”
As a four-star recruit, Mitchel was the highest rated defensive prospect Arkansas had in its 2011 recruiting class. With the extent of Winston’s injury unknown, the Texas na-tive is prepared if he gets called on to start Arkansas’ game on Saturday against the Auburn Tigers.
“I’m just going to look at it as I have to step up, I have a new job, and I have to continue
to work hard,” Mitchel said.Wilson-Auburn Round 2Arkansas starting quarter-
back Ryan Mallett went down against Auburn with a concus-sion last season, forcing him to leave the game.
Tyler Wilson came in and threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns on the road and in front of a national televi-sion audience, keeping the Ra-zorbacks close before throwing two fourth-quarter intercep-tions as the Hogs fell 65-43 to the eventual national champi-ons.
“It’s a di# erent year,” Wil-son said. “Last year’s behind us, but obviously you have some re& ection and having success against Auburn last year. It’s a new ballgame. Come out sling-ing.”
Last season, Arkansas be-gan Southeastern Conference play 1-2 with losses to Alabama and Auburn. " e Razorbacks are 0-1 this season with the No. 15 Tigers coming to Reynolds Razorback Stadium Saturday.
“Well obviously it didn’t end the way we’d like it,” Wil-son said. “We had some suc-cess, especially second, third quarter, early fourth quarter. I think it’s good we the lead and we just didn’t ! nish last year.
“I think we’re a year better, though. I am and I know the guys around me are, so I expect us to close in the ! nal minutes as we did last week.”
Auburn (4-1, 2-0) will enter Saturday’s game coming o# a win at then-No. 10 South Car-
by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor
olina. “" ey looked a little dif-
ferent last week,” Petrino said. “" ey kind of came into the game looking like they were going to run the ball and utilize the clock.”
ESPN FILIMING GETS UNDERWAY
An ESPN camera crew is in Fayetteville this week to tape Arkansas’ episode for the net-work’s Depth Chart series, an in-depth look at how quarter-backs prepare, practice and play in game weeks at four schools.
" e Razorbacks episode will air on ESPN Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. CT. Wilson has been followed by the cam-era crew that will document the Hogs quarterbacks through Sunday.
“It’s fun, but also you can’t be distracted by it,” Wilson said. “It’s not a distraction at all. Re-ally, I’m going to class, doing the same things I do on a typical week. " ey’re just capturing it. So it’s really just the same kind of week. Kind of a fun deal.”
Arkansas, along with Au-burn, Oklahoma State and Wis-consin are the four schools be-
ing featured in the series.“Obviously it’s a positive.
You can only look at it as a pos-itive,” Wilson said about the national recognition. “Coach Petrino is known for develop-ing quarterbacks and having some great ones. It’s nice to have them come in and capture some of the stu# we do and al-ways separate ourselves.”
" e ! lm crew will get inside access to preparation for Ar-kansas’ biggest home game yet, a matchup with No. 15 Auburn.
“" ey’re going to do a good job of staying out of my way,” Petrino said with a laugh .
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas true freshman cornerback Tevin Mitchel got extensive playing time and fi nished with a team-high 13 tackles against Texas A&M after junior starter Darius Winston injured his knee in the fi rst quarter. Mitchel and the Razorbacks’ defense struggled in the fi rst half, but allowed just three points in the second half.
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FOOTBALLVOLLEYBALL
Torres-Lopez Contributing After Injury
Arkansas volleyball junior middle blocker Janeliss Tor-res-Lopez tore her ACL in the spring, but made a quick recov-ery and has appeared in every match since her return in Sep-tember.
Unlike most athletes com-ing back from injury, Torres-Lopez returned to the game court before returning to prac-tice. She made her ! rst contact with the court in six months during the Arkansas Invitation-al last month at Barnhill Arena.
“It was hard,” Torres-Lopez said. “I feel like it was good. " e girls treated me like the correct way, and I feel like it was fun in the end. I just had to prac-tice and keep working and keep getting better.”
Torres-Lopez has earned two letters with the Razorbacks and is contributing again this season.
She is the Razorbacks’ No. 2
blocker with a total of 42 blocks, but leads the team in blocking percentage with .98 blocks per set. She is also ! $ h on the team
with 92 points earned, includ-ing 67 kills.
“Now I feel way better than last year,” Torres-Lopez said. “Like I feel more ! t, I trust my knee, and I feel like I’m jump-ing, and I’m being more fo-cused on the court.”
Last week, the 6-foot, Sali-nas, Puerto Rico, native’s .346
attack percentage was No. 3 in the SEC. She was also the No. 7 blocker in the SEC, averaging one block per set with 40 total
blocks this season.“Talk about a kid that has
maybe 15 or 20 practices un-der her belt,” Arkansas coach Robert Pulliza said. “A$ er six months with the thing she’s doing, cannot ask much more than that. I think she’s doing well. I’m proud of her.”
" e Razorbacks recorded
two Southeastern Conference losses this weekend, but Tor-res-Lopez had a team-lead-ing 10 kills Friday against the Kentucky (14-3, 5-1 SEC), the second-place team in the SEC East.
“We try to give her the ball,” Pulliza said, “We forced it at times and at times should not have just because she has been doing so well, that we want to get her involved. " e other teams know now that she’s a big part of it so they’re committing on her.”
Arkansas will end its ! rst month of SEC play on the road as they travel to Gainesville, Fla., Friday to face No. 13 Flori-da (11-3, 4-1 SEC) at 6 p.m. " e Razorbacks then play at South Carolina Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
“I feel like we have ups and downs, and this is our down,” Torres-Lopez said. “But I know like next week is going to be way better. We just have to keep working in practice and be who we are and believe in ourselves, and I know we can do that.”
by MARTHA SWEARINGENStaff Writer
Wilson, Wright Share SEC Accolade
Arkansas junior quarterback Ty-ler Wilson and senior receiver Jarius Wright were named co-Southeast-ern Conference Offensive Players of the Week for their performances in the Razorbacks’ 42-38 comeback win over then-No. 14 Texas A&M.
Wilson threw for a school-re-cord 510 yards and three touch-downs, while Wright caught a school-record-tying 13 passes for 281 yards and two scores. Wilson and Wright are the first teammates to be co-players of the week in SEC history.
“They both had great perfor-mances,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “J Wright catching the ball, running after the catch. Seemed like any crucial play, when we called his number, he made the play. Had some big third-down conversions for us. Tyler did an excellent job of getting better as the game went on, getting more comfortable as the game went on, standing in there and
competing and completing passes.”Wilson’s performance shattered
Ryan Mallett’s previous school-re-cord 409-yard performance against Vanderbilt last season.
“It’s nice,” Wilson said about the award. “That’s positive for a school and an organization.”
Wright’s 13 catches tied the mark set by Wear Schoonover against Baylor in 1929 and equaled by James Shibest against SMU in 1984.
His 281 yards broke Mike Rep-pond’s record, a 204-yard perfor-mance against Rice in 1971.
“Jarius is very deserving,” Wilson said. “We talked a little bit on Satur-day about the chemistry we’ve got together. We were just clicking on Saturday.”
Wright has 28 catches for 478 yards and five touchdowns, all team-highs, in four games this season. His 119.5 receiving yards per game aver-age ranks 10th in the nation.
“If (opposing defenses) con-centrate on Jarius, I promise there’s three or four other guys that can play,” Wilson said. “I think we’ll be in good shape.”
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Loving Choices SpreadsCompassion Across NWA
At the corner of Duncan Av-enue and Stone Street, a nonde-script building houses a power-ful source of comfort for women in crisis.
Loving Choices provides free and con! dential counseling and medical support to any woman who may be experiencing a re-productive health crisis, wheth-er it is an unplanned pregnancy or a sexually transmitted dis-ease.
Pregnancy testing, STD test-ing, ultrasounds, pregnancy counseling and a post-delivery care program are some of the primary services o" ered at Lov-ing Choices.
“We provide unconditional love with no judgment or con-descension,” said Jan Hixson, director of development at Lov-ing Choices. “Girls come into the clinic in con# ict and don’t know what to do. We’re here to help the client ! gure out the best thing to do for their unborn child.”
$ e Loving Choices clinic in Fayetteville has been open for ! ve years, the extension of a time-tested resource that began with the Loving Choices loca-tion in Rogers more than three decades ago.
Since its Fayetteville location opened, the clinic has had con-tinuous growth each year and more than 1500 appointments altogether, with clients ranging in age from 12 to 46 years old.
More than three quarters of clients at Loving Choices are be-tween the ages of 18 and 24, ac-cording to Sarah Autry, client manager at Loving Choices, and 31 percent of those clients are college students, most of whom come in for STD testing - 14 per-cent of whom test positive, Au-try said.
“Our mission is to provide an opportunity for information that is pro-woman,” Autry said. “Our main goal is education. We
want women to know what is out there, what their options are for treatment and how to avoid these situations in the future.”
Although all personal stories remained con! dential, Hixson said she has seen the impact of the services provided by Loving Choices from countless previous clients.
“We’ve had girls come back to us and tell us that we saved their children’s lives,” Autry said.
Loving Choices is not a pre-natal clinic, nor does it o" er medical services beyond preg-nancy tests and limited ultra-sounds. $ e clinic does o" er free testing for the six major STDs, along with free antibiotics for bacterial infections. $ ese ser-
vices are o" ered both to women and to their exposed partners.
“A lot of people come in with no symptoms of STDs, but they have had multiple partners or heard that a partner was infect-ed and wanted to check,” said Sarah Autry, Loving Choices’ client manager. “Many of the major STDs are possible with no symptoms.”
Keeping clients’ information private is a fundamental part of Loving Choices’ services.
“Our ! rst priorities are discre-tion and con! dentiality,” Autry said. $ is purpose is expressed through the building’s design, which includes rooms that are located to the side of the main entrance so that clients can
avoid seeing anyone they know.Con! dentiality also applies to
clients under the age of 18, al-though any minors are urged to tell their parents if they are preg-nant or have an STD.
“We encourage all of our cli-ents to be upfront and truthful with their parents,” Hixson said.
Loving Choices is a non-pro! t organization that is funded pri-marily by grants and donations. $ e clinic also hosts two fund-raisers each year, a banquet in the fall and a change drive each May to maintain the $400,000 needed to support the clinic each year.
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There’s a reason the title of the movie isn’t “The Hard-ships of Cancer.” 50/50 is ap-propriately named not only for protagonist Adam’s (Jo-seph Gordon-Levitt) odds of survival, but for its knack for harmonizing saddening drama and real humor. It’s a very well-balanced emotional ride, and it’s a good example of finding the humor in the darkest of areas in life. The plot makes for a great hu-man-interest story, and the script is actually based off of the real life-cancer battle of Will Reiser, who co-wrote the film.
The movie has great finesse when it comes to its humor and straight-up dismal parts. None of the humor seems forced; it flows naturally from beat to beat without question. On the positive side, there are no cheap laughs in this mov-ie. The humor is real, and re-ally funny at times. Sure, Seth Rogen is the comic relief in his usually profanity-laced role, but he plays the kind of friend everyone has—the fun-loving, rowdy one that is loyal to the bone. Even Anjel-ica Huston, who plays Ad-am’s worrisome mother, does a great job of balancing the emotions a mother would go through. She greatly captures some of the tear-jerking mo-ments, and she even manages to sneak some laughs in. This balance of emotion is the movie’s best feature.
The movie generally would need to be described as a dra-ma that features funny parts. It’s a drama first, with some comedy mixed in. Again, the movie does a fantastic job of juggling the two oppos-ing tones throughout the plot though. It isn’t a tear-jerker from start to finish, but there will be times where it is nec-essary to hold back the eye-watering “allergies.”
Another thing that the movie did well was the devel-opment of the main character, Adam. From the very begin-ning of the movie, we watch as Adam is on a jog through scenic Seattle. He comes up to an empty intersection and waits as the red hand at the
other side keeping him from crossing. As he’s waiting, he considers jaywalking, and a runner even passes by and jaywalks without a problem. Still though, Adam waits for the go ahead from the white walking light. Right away, you get the notion that this guy doesn’t step on anyone’s toes.
As the film progresses we see he’s a timid but overall good guy who stands up for himself when he needs to. You also learn about his fami-ly and personal life situations and the stresses that go along with them. So when the news hits that he has cancer, it’s disheartening, and he even says with disbelief, “…What? I don't drink, I don't smoke, I recycle." So, very quickly, Adam’s character wins view-ers over and gets them on his side. It turns into a person-al quest as they root for and sympathize with Adam’s jour-ney. The supporting roles by Seth Rogen, Anjelica Huston and Anna Kendrick also do a fine job in winning the audi-ence over with their genuine care and attempts to help.
However, the movie could have been more. Gordon-Levitt doesn’t get to play much more than a state of stoic depression in his role as Adam. True though, he takes learning he has cancer like a real person. He isn’t seen un-controllably sobbing in the doctor’s office, but he’s shown having an emotionless face of shock; because who really knows how to react to that kind of news? There are only a handful of powerful mov-ing scenes where he shines, and overall, he does well. Also, the movie does a nice job of evoking emotion, but it doesn’t quite tip over the satisfaction scale into true sorrow or hilariousness. The film gets very close, but it just doesn’t take the audience’s breath away.
The movie does, however, provide for a real and worth-while experience. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will try your hardest to empa-thize with Adam in his tough situation. Cancer is rough—plain and simple—and it af-fects everyone involved for the ride, not just the patient. This film showcases that, and it makes for a great and en-tertaining movie about such a dreary topic.
50/50 Finds Humor in the
Plight of Cancer
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by NICK BROTHERSStaff Writer
The mention of Bikes, Blues & BBQ brings a lot of imag-ery to mind — burly bikers, Harley Davidsons, turkey legs and lots of leather. One image, however, that isn't normal-ly first on the mind is that of church.
Church congregations across Fayetteville stood be-side the 400,000 bikers in town for the annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally, which took place from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. The churches sponsored a variety of activities through-out the weekend for the bik-ers, along with providing ad-ditional parking and bottled water.
This year was Central Unit-ed Methodist Church's 10th year to be involved with Bikes, Blues & BBQ, and they hand-ed out more than 1,500 water bottles to bikers, plus opened up their parking lots for free parking on Friday and Satur-day.
“Central UMC became in-volved in this BBB outreach because we wanted to let those coming to the festival know that God loved them,” said Clefton Vaughan, pastor of outreach at Central United Methodist Church. “What a wonderful opportunity for the Church to share God's love with the hundred of thou-sands of guests coming into our community. The festival was coming whether we were
ready or not, and we wanted to be ready to open our doors, our parking lot and our hearts to all who came.”
Central UMC had more than 75 volunteers working throughout Friday and Sat-urday. The church also part-nered with Washington Ele-mentary School and ran a fun-draiser out of Central UMC’s parking garage to raise mon-ey for special needs children, Vaughan said.
“We love the bikers,” Vaughn said. “Though the noise level does greatly increase, Central
UMC loves this time of year. Seeing all of the different bikes and bikers is truly a joy. We believe God made each biker in God's own image, and therefore we are called to of-fer them God's love and grace through Jesus Christ.”
The First Baptist Church hosted their annual free bike wash out on their lawn on Thursday and Friday, but they got even more involved this year by offering a hot break-fast to the bikers on Saturday, said Dr. Douglas Falknor, pas-tor at the First Baptist Church.
“We have made sure our parking lots are available for free— they fill up every year, and we left our doors un-
locked throughout the day for people needing a clean rest-room,” Falknor said.
All three of Cross Church’s campuses were involved with the rally. The church put on a children’s carnival, which included relay events, carni-val games, prizes, a miniature stage for entertainment and even a tricycle race, said Cam-eron Bowman, children’s min-ister at Cross Church.
“We are involved with Bikes, Blues & BBQ as way to reach out to the community,” Bow-man said. “This is one of the
biggest events in Fayetteville, and this lets us be involved as much as possible. We really just use the rally as a way to hang out and meet new peo-ple.”
The event is one of the only activities specifically geared toward children, and all do-nations collected at the event will be given to a children’s home in Arkansas.
“We are trying to give the rally a really good family envi-ronment,” Bowman said.
St. Paul‘s Episcopal church had a picnic on their Dick-son Street green space in the heart of the activity and en-tertained the crowd by having a “flash concert” on Saturday,
said Lowell Grisham, rector at St. Paul. In addition, they pro-vided rally parking for dona-tion throughout the weekend.
Different groups of bikers even got involved with helping set up and operating booths.
“A group called ABBA, the Arkansas Baptist Bikers Asso-ciation, attends the rally and they have assisted us with the bike wash, put up their own booth on our corner, and a few of them have camped in our parking lot,” Falknor said.
Central UMC also has help from the bikers. The local Christian Motorcyclist As-sociation chapter sets up an information booth on the church’s grounds as a ministry to the visiting bikers, Vaughan said.
Because the rally is entirely run by volunteers, the church-es play a key element in help-ing Bikes, Blues & BBQ or-ganizers maintain a family-friendly environment.
“We enjoy being a positive encouragement to all the folks coming into town and we are always looking for an oppor-tunity to show people the love of Christ,” Falknor said.
Directors of Bikes, Blues & BBQ value the support and help of the church volunteers, said Coleson Burns, assis-tant director of Bikes, Blues & BBQ.
“Rather than say ‘Oh it’s just a bunch of hellion bikers out there!’ They embrace us. It’s incredibly heartwarming,” Burns said.
Bikes, Blues & BBQ Reveals a Softer Side With Area Church Involvement
by SHELBY GILLStaff Writer
“We wanted to let those coming to the festival know God loved them.”
- Clefton Vaughan, Pastor of Outreach
GRACE GUDE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERLoving Choices is a clinic located on Duncan Ave. that offers help with challenges in reproductive health.
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! e clinic employs 11 full-time sta" members and more than 60 volunteers between both Rogers and Fayetteville lo-cations.
Many of the clinic’s clients may not even be showing symp-toms of pregnancy, but are wor-ried they might be pregnant and want to # nd out for sure, Hixson said. A free pregnancy test is the # rst step for each client, and if it returns positive, pregnan-cy counselors at the clinic are available to guide each woman through their decision.
“We are the # rst step in a process to either abort, make an adoption plan or parent the baby,” Hixson said.
Loving Choices encourag-es pregnant women to choose adoption over abortion, Hixson said, adding that the # nal deci-sion is always up to the mother.
“We believe that adoption is always a better option because we have seen its results in our clients’ children,” Hixson said. “But ultimately it’s her choice. If [a woman] chooses to get an abortion, when it’s over she can always come back and talk to us.”
Women who choose to get an abortion can return to Loving Choices a$ erward to attend free post-abortion counseling or support groups for women who have shared the same experience.
“A lot of women have not got-ten closure about [an abortion] and decide to talk to a counselor about it,” Autry said.
Each client who comes into Loving Choices receives follow-up contact from the clinic to make sure they are receiving the support they need, whether that support is for delivery, an abor-tion or a miscarriage.
“Especially in a crisis situa-tion, we want to make sure they are receiving medical attention and support,” Autry said. “! eir counselor may have been the only person who knows about the pregnancy.”
As women come in for ap-pointments in the clinic, clients of the clinic who are now moth-ers of young children receive mentoring and support from Loving Choices counselors on the opposite side of the build-ing.
Loving Choices’ care program is available for mothers from the time of their child’s birth until he or she is nine months old. Participants attend the program three times per week, receiving guidance on parenting from the clinic’s counselors. Each class also counts for credits that can be used in the center’s Mommy Boutique, which is # lled with diapers, clothing, paci# ers and a variety of other items for each mother’s needs.
Last year the care program provided more than 5,000 dia-pers to participating mothers. A large portion of the items in the boutique are provided by dona-tions from the community, Hix-son said.
Some organizations support the boutique’s supply by hosting diaper drives or baby showers for the clinic, and other times donations are simply le$ on the building’s doorstep.
“We are always amazed [by the response],” she said.
! e Loving Choices clinic in Fayetteville is open Monday, Tuesday and ! ursday of each week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ! ey are also available through their website as well as on Face-book and Twitter.
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A signi# cant change has been made to the UA calendar. Before roasting turkey, deck-ing the halls and racing to Florida for spring break, there is now a new two-day break, fall break. Not only does this break convenient-ly coincide with some of the best weather in Northwest Arkansas, but also lets students break free from the con# nes of Mullins and get a nice refreshing break from classes.
Go Home
Go ahead - make Mom and Dad happy. Students can revel in the fact that this is not a legitimate holiday; therefore there will be no standing in the kitchen for hours preparing holiday dinner, extraneous family members wandering about the house, or present buy-ing. ! at six-hour drive won’t seem so impos-sible when there’s an extra two days tacked on to the weekend. A couple days back at home can prove to be extremely therapeutic. ! ere is not a hallway of people to share a bathroom with, and the refrigerator is more than likely # lled with snacks. It will be a chance to take some well-deserved “me time.”
Road Trip ! e weather is glorious, the leaves are chang-
ing colors, the roads aren’t stacked with holi-day tra% c - it’s the opportune time to road trip with some friends. ! e key to this activity is thinking beyond the stereotypical beach trip. Students heading north to Missouri can get
some culture at the German festival at Luxen-haus Farm in Marthasville, get their thrills at the only fall-themed amusement park, Silver
Dollar City in Branson, or pick out a pump-kin from the Beggs Family Farm in Sikeston. Students heading south toward Cajun coun-try can get into the Halloween spirit by visit-ing some real haunted places or even learn-ing some VooDoo in New Orleans. Headed West? ! ere are a multitude of attractions in Oklahoma ranging from Haunt the Zoo at the Oklahoma City Zoo, more pumpkin patches and a$ er-dark tours of Woodward County to meet the Killingers, an infamous family who reportedly preyed on Woodward’s visitors. ! ose who shoot past Oklahoma and head straight for Texas can # nd a gourd festival in Fredricksburg, cat# sh cook o" s at Zelder Mill Park in Luling and literally anything in be-tween (dependent on how deep into Texas you are willing to drive). All in all, there is a country full of fall events waiting right o" In-terstate 540.
Close-to-CampusShort on gas? ! e gas prices are high, so
many students might be staying close to Fay-etteville. No need to lose hope; only twen-ty minutes away in Rogers, there will be the 57th Annual War Eagle Mill Arts and Cra$ s Fair, which is free and is host to hundreds of vendors. Eureka Springs will host the annual
Voices from Silent City event, which will in-clude tours at the Eureka Springs Municipal cemetery by costumed guides who will por-tray the dead Eureka Springs residents and # ll you in on their scandalous and entertain-ing lives. Fayetteville will be host to the 23rd annual Chile Pepper Cross Country festival, which brings in about 4,000 di" erent runners who will be participating in a variety of races. At the very least, get a pumpkin spice latte and take a walk in the gorgeous weather and enjoy the peace and quiet days o" bring to the UA.
Volunteer Gain some massive karma points by spend-
ing your days o" volunteering Di" erent churches around Fayetteville will be starting up their fall pumpkin patches and are always looking for volunteers to help unload and sell pumpkins. ! ere are an abundance of literary programs in Fayetteville, and since two of the
days o" are school days, you can read or help tutor kids in a$ er school programs. ! e Boys and Girls Club has one-day group volunteer opportunities, so by getting a group of friends together, students can really make their week-end worthwhile. ! e farmers’ market is always
looking for volunteers to help, and they will be having their Friday Night Harvest party that uses agriculture to help the under-resourced in the community. If you are still looking for the perfect match, you can look up all the vol-unteer opportunities in Fayetteville and in the surrounding areas on volunteermatch.org.
Harvest Festival ! e annual Yonder Mountain String Band
Harvest Festival will be up and running the weekend of fall break. ! e festival will be held on Mulberry Mountain, and although the fes-tival is a four-day event, students can purchase the “weekender” or just “Saturday” passes on-line. ! e festival will host an impressive line-up of more than 50 string bands and an array of vendors and cra$ tables. ! ere will be dif-ferent activities ranging from hiking and # sh-ing to & oat trips and kayaking, as well as a Fid-
dlin’ and Pickin Contest in which contestants show o" their skills in four di" erent contests: mandolin, banjo, & at-picking and # ddle. ! is is an outdoors festival that caters to almost anyone and can be a great kick-o" to the fall season.
Up until now, students at the UA have only seen the inside of classrooms during the fall season. Now everyone has a chance to get out there and experience what fall in Arkansas and beyond feels like.
UA Students Fall in Love With the New Fall Breakby SHELBY GILL
Staff Writer
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