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Poor class attendance is the most common cause of lost scholarships, o!cials said.

“"e number one way to keep a scholarship is to go to

class,” said Suzanne McCray, vice provost for Enrollment Management and dean of Admissions. Students o#en get in over their heads in re-gards to their course loads and that high ability students

o#en arrive to college feeling over con$dent. As a result, they take on too much and do not put forth the e%ort that is needed, she said.

To students who have over-loaded their schedules, Mc-Cray said, “dropping is better than failing.”

Early grade reports exist so that students know their aca-demic standing in a class and can determine whether drop-ping is a good course of action, she said.

Scholarships have mini-mum hour requirements for recipients, but sometimes students drop courses early in the semester and still receive scholarship money. "is is rarely seen at the UA because they are “pretty rigorous” at keeping an eye on whether or not scholarship requirements are being met, she said.

“Students are not scam-ming the system when they do that. "ey may get by for a semester, but not for two,” she said.

Students who lose their scholarships this way o#en

wind up taking out loans that they must pay back, rather than working to maintain awards.

“It’s not a smart way to ap-proach college,” McCray said.

Stou%er agreed that falling short on minimum hour re-quirements a%ects the renew-ability of scholarships. Finan-cial aid, however, will adjust depending on the number of hours taken, said Wendy Stou%er, executive director of Scholarships and Financial Aid.

Adjusting to college is a primary cause of lost scholar-ships.

“A lot of students talk about how they didn’t have to study in high school,” Stou%er said, “and a lot of students have to work.”

Stou%er recommended getting help at the Enhanced Learning Center or the Qual-ity Writing Center to strug-gling students. "ese centers will have time and budget management seminars for

Retaining Scholarhips Challenges Students

"e Eleanor Mann College of Nursing has accepted a new Director of Nursing, an o!cial said.

Pegge Bell is joining to the nursing school with big plans.

Bell is looking forward to heading the program and meet-ing new challenges. "e school has a new building, next to Reid

Hall, and a new group of stu-dents to $ll the classrooms.

“Enrollment has doubled,” Bell said. “Over 100 students enrolled in the fall and another 100 will enroll in the spring.”

One of Bell’s goals is to

change the fact that nearly 78 percent of registered nurses in Arkansas do not have a bach-elor’s degree, she said.

"e College of Nursing is also o%ering an online program that allows registered nurses to earn their bachelor’s degree. "e program gives nurses the opportunity to advance their training while learning at their own pace, o#en while still em-ployed, she said.

"is will direct resources to better serve undergraduates on campus. Since most registered nurses seeking a bachelor’s de-gree already have job experi-ence, they are already putting their skills into practice and online courses cater to their busy lives and encourage self-motivation, Bell said.

Pegge Bell previously com-pleted the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program in 1997 at University of Arkansas Medical School in Little Rock and served as associate dean and department chair for two years.

She later went on to Barry University as professor and dean of the School of Nursing from 2002 to 2008. She then worked at the College of Health Sciences from until this spring before coming to UA.

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Logan Webster Sta! PhotographerAn Arkansas cheerleader leads students as they call the Hogs at the Freshmen Pep Rally "ursday, Aug. 23. "e pep rally was put on by the New Student and Family Programs Welcome Week event.

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College students make up a large voting block in the U.S., with about 12.8 million registered voters, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Seventy-four percent of surveyed college students said they were already regis-tered to vote and were “de$-nitely or probably” going to vote in the 2012 election, ac-

cording to a study done by the Harvard Institute of Poli-tics last spring.

As a result, candidates are increasingly relying on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to reach out to the 18 to 29-year-old voting block, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.

“Candidates’ use of social media will de$nitely have an e%ect on college voters be-cause college kids are so tech savvy these days,” said fresh-man international relations

major, Kelsey Cline.Another report done by

Pew this month shows that Barack Obama’s campaign is trouncing Mitt Romney’s in the use of social media.

Pew monitored both campaigns’ social media platforms for two weeks and found that the Obama cam-paign posts nearly four times as much content and is active on twice as many platforms as the Romney campaign.

In turn, social media us-ers are interacting more with the Obama campaign through those sites — with twice as many comments, views and shares.

“It seems that Obama, be-ing the younger of the two, would have more of a pull with social media because, let’s face it, old people sel-dom know how to work the Internet,” Cline said. “Rom-ney is more of a television type of guy which would make sense if you consider the 14 year age di%erence be-tween the two.”

"e reason, perhaps, for Obama’s large following is because young people are more connected to the in-ternet. "ey supported the president by a 2-to-1 margin

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Nowhere is it $ercer than in Pennsylvania. "e common-wealth has lost 45 percent of its electoral clout since 1932, and it hasn’t backed a GOP presidential candidate since 1988. But in a year when ev-

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Hog W.I.L.D Welcome Weeks o%ered by New Student and Family Programs provides di%erent activities for students to get involved and connect to campus.

“Hog W.I.L.D. Welcome Weeks is hosted every semester to welcome new and returning students to campus. It is key to creating the vibrant environ-ment we see here at the UA. Events are planned to ease the transition from summer back into school, and for new stu-dents to become acquainted with each other as well as what the university has to o%er,” said Kayla Loper, NSFP sta% member. “"e variety of events makes it easier for each student to $nd where they feel the most at ease. You can meet people while eating free food, joining an organization, competing in games at Friday Night Live, or even walking around the resi-dence halls.”

Welcome weeks o!cially began Aug. 16 and will run through Sept. 1. Events have

included the Magic and May-hem show, the ASG cookout, the outdoor screening of "e Avengers, the Pomfret Luau and the ice cream social at the Union.

“I really enjoyed "e Aveng-ers movie night in the park because it was a good movie choice for our age group, and it was a great environment,” said Lindsey Rasmussen, sopho-more Spanish and chemistry major.

"is year, New Student and Family Programs have added two new events to the welcome week’s calendar: Back 2 School Bingo and W.I.L.D Educational Sessions.

“Bingo night was my fa-vorite event so far because a lot of people attended and they were all so enthusiastic,” said Nicole Lusk, sophomore dietetics major.

Also di%erent from pre-vious years is the Welcome Weeks Guidebook that can be accessed at welcomeweeks.uark.edu. "e guidebook pro-vides information and events from all the di%erent depart-ments and organizations on campus.

“Our hope is that provid-

ing the guidebook for students to use will help them be more informed about how to make the most of their experience at the University of Arkansas,” said Loper.

Attendance varies accord-ing to events, but NSFP has stated that sponsors have seen an increase in student atten-dance. Programs such as New Student Welcome, Razorbash and the Freshmen Pep Rally continue to draw large crowds annually according to Loper.

“I think all students come to the UA wanting to be a true Razorback and so they seek out the events that have become a tradition or provide a large amount of information on how to get involved,” said Loper.

Upcoming welcome week events are FNL, Late Night Breakfast, Trivia Night, Col-lege Color Day and Build-A-Bear for a Cause.

“I’m really excited about FNL because they’re trying to $nd something that will incorporate a lot of students and get people excited about the upcoming school year,” said Gretchen Timpe, sopho-more communication disor-ders major.

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"e UA no longer car-ries Coca-Cola products. Instead, the most popular beverage company in the world has been booted from campus and replaced with PepsiCo Inc. products.

"is decision was made on July 1, but, as $rst report-ed on Newswire, the univer-sity was in the $nal stages of naming PepsiCo its “non-alcoholic cold beverage sup-plier and sponsor” at UA in December.

PepsiCo won the com-petitive bid because they will bring a larger monetary gain for the university, and pro-vide “in-kind support to stu-dent related programming and services,” Newswire re-ported.

"e feedback from stu-dents “has been mostly positive so far. "e students I have talked to love the fact that they can get some new brands on campus like Mountain Dew and the Star-bucks bottled and canned beverages,” said Kim John-son, marketing director for

Chartwells. Old Coke dispensers and

products were replaced with a “new product assortment and all new fountain and re-frigerated equipment,” John-son said.

Not everyone was thrilled about the change.

“I’m a Coke drinker,” Rachel Greenlee said. “It’s a family thing really. My dad drank it, my mom drank it and I drink it. Pepsi is just not the same as Coke. It seems &atter and a little bit-ter compared to Coke. I wish they wouldn’t have changed suppliers, but C’est la vie, (such is life).”

Other students were hap-py to see a change.

“I really like the fact that the UA carries Pepsi products now,” said Jorge Vasquez, a sophomore. “I am a big Pepsi drinker, and I love that I can go to a vend-ing machine and get Pepsi and Mountain Dew now in-stead of Coke or Dr Pepper.”

“I also love the fact that I can grab a Starbucks from a vending machine on my way to class instead of having to drive to an actual Starbucks,” he said.

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in the last election, accord-ing to Pew.

President Obama boasts nearly 28 million likes on Facebook and more than 18 million followers on Twit-ter, according to those sites. While Romney’s numbers are signi$cantly lower with only 4 million likes and less than one million followers.

"ough Obama interacts more on social networks, an August 15 JZ Analytics poll found Romney gaining on the president’s hold on the

youth vote, earning 40 per-cent support.

Because of this, it is still unclear whether social me-dia is only a way to gain at-tention while not gaining what candidates really want: votes.

“Social media has quite a large impact on poli-tics,” Cline said. “It makes it much easier to keep in touch with politics because of these things and that will de$nitely have some sway with voters.”

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Many students are turning to other options for parking and commuting to class as a result of increased enrollment and less parking space.

O!cials have noticed nu-merous students purchasing parking garage permits, said Andy Gilbride, education and instruction specialist for the UA parking department.

“Mainly the students living on campus (are buying garage permits) so they don’t have to move for football (games), and they’re not hassled by moving from one lot to another,” Gil-bride said. “"ey’ve always got a parking spot.”

"e guarantee of a parking spot has encouraged students to purchase garage permits.

“"e garage is a huge con-venience that will save me a lot of time,” said Wayman Bell, se-nior physics student. “It’s nice to know that I will always have a parking spot and do not have to worry about paying addi-tional costs.”

Ashley Goodrich, a junior in civil engineering, found a di%erent and cheaper way to get to class. Parking on Dick-son Street is free until 2 p.m., so Goodrich parks there in the mornings and then rides the bus up the hill to campus.

“All my classes get out at (2 p.m.), so it’s only like 50 cents an hour for the a#ernoon,” Goodrich said. "is way, Go-odrich does not worry about trying to $nd a place to park on campus.

On-campus meters cost more, but could save students money depending on how many hours they spend on campus.

If a student enrolls in 15 credit hours, and parks at a meter for 15 hours per week at the cost of $1.45 per hour, the student would pay $369.75 for a semester, and $739.50 for the

year. A standard garage permit

costs $720 per year up front, according to the parking and transit website.

But if a student only has to park on campus for 10 hours a week, they would pay $246.50 for a semester and $493 for the year. Based on this, it could be cost e!cient to feed the meter when taking less than 15 hours of classes a week.

Some students are drawn to buy green parking passes, which cost $82 per year.

"is causes congestion because the majority of UA freshmen buy resident re-served passes, causing a num-ber of green student lots to become vehicle “storage lots,” Gilbride said.

To combat this issue, many colleges and universities do not allow their freshmen stu-dents living on campus to bring vehicles to school.

“No one may purchase a parking permit for a car that is registered in the Department of Motor Vehicles to a resi-dent freshmen or anyone else who lives at the same address as the freshman,” according to a freshman parking ban article from the State University of New York at Albany.

Some other schools that have adopted this ban are Ohio State University, Tulane University and Stanford Uni-versity.

While the UA has no in-tentions of banning freshmen from bringing cars to campus, they are considering a remote parking area for freshmen to store their vehicles, Gilbride said.

Because of overcrowding, a few of the green student park-ing lots do not permit over-night parking. "ese locations are lot 55, lot 74, lot 47 north and the Meadow Street Park-ing Garage, and they must be vacated from midnight to 5 a.m., seven days a week, ac-cording to UA parking regula-tions.

“It helps the HPER and commuter students $nd a place to park, so people just don’t store their vehicles there,” Gilbride said.

To avoid parking and tra!c congestion, Gilbride suggested students carpool, walk or ride bicycles, scooters or buses. Ultimately, avoiding bringing a vehicle to campus could re-lieve parking lot stress, he said.

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ery electoral vote is golden, Republicans swear it’s in play and Democrats are $ghting as if it is.

In New Jersey, which is not considered a swing state, Twit-ter is but one among many me-dia. In Pennsylvania, swinging like crazy, Twitter might be crucial.

As Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for the Republi-can National Committee, says, Twitter “has become how news gets started, and how that news is ampli$ed.”

How do their strategies dif-fer? For Team Romney (@Mit-tRomney), it’s a way to broad-cast talking points. For Team Obama (@BarackObama), it’s for grassroots organizing.

Michael Stricker, director of social media strategy for Webimax, a media consulting $rm in Mount Laurel, studied a few hundred tweets from each camp in the last month. Based on that, he says Rom-ney tweets are aggressive (45 percent negative) and almost always have links to articles, news, and videos for users to share: “@BarackObama’s health care promises have fallen short. RT (retweet) and share this infographic if you agree http://mi.tt/Mq9IHJ”;

“A great deal of e%ort,” Stricker says, “goes into uniting the party faithful by distribut-ing potent talking points.”

Obama’s strategy is to stay positive and personable (tweets from the presidential BlackBerry are signed “-bo”), and to keep his huge Web-spawned organization orga-nized: “We’ll be live-tweeting the President’s speech on @Obama2012 _ follow along for the latest.” He, too, stays on the attack (35 percent negative), suggesting that, as Stricker says, “there do not appear to be any ‘kid gloves’ to be removed.”

"anks in part to the his-toric 2008 organizational ef-fort that netted more than 13 million supporters, as of July

3 Obama (1,412,126) enjoyed an advantage of almost 10-1 among self-identi$ed U.S. resi-dents over Romney (154,418), according to PeekAnalytics, a social-audience measurement $rm in New York.

"eir followers making $50,000 to $100,000 a year are comparable. A greater propor-tion of Obama followers earn less than $50,000 a year (30.1 percent as opposed to 22.5 percent), and a greater pro-portion of Romney followers top $100,000 (28.1 percent vs. 22.2 percent). Seventy per-cent of pro-Romney tweeters are male, vs. 51 percent for Obama.

Each party has a Penn-sylvania Twitter strategy, too, customized down to the county, even to the precinct. While total Twitter followers for Obama outnumber those for Romney by 8-1, at 47,102 to 5,147, the state GOP Twitter account (@pagop) has a slight edge (3,865) over the state

Democrats’ @padems (3,716)."e GOP is working to le-

verage that advantage. (As Val-erie Caras, director of commu-nications and technology for the Pennsylvania GOP, says: “We blow them away on Face-book, more than 17,000 (likes) as opposed to 5,000; we’re the sixth-biggest state GOP pres-ence on Facebook.”)

Like the national party, @pagop o%ers talking points and memes, plus links to instant Web videos by the party. One July 3 tweet does both: “A#er $5 Trillion in new debt, it’s time to $re @BarackObama,” and includes a link to a video. Stricker calls the tone “fairly strident.”

"e Pennsylvania Demo-cratic Party, @padems, does much the same, with a stron-ger organizational thrust, urging followers to do some-thing, be somewhere: “Have you gotten your ticket to see @BarackObama on Friday in Pittsburgh? Find out where to

pick up your ticket.” But they $ght, too: Stricker says @pa-dems “frequently take a bull-dog stance.”

Both sides use Twitter to “push message.”

Remember when Obama said “the private sector is do-ing $ne” in a June 8 news conference? “We invented the hashtag #doing$ne even be-fore he was done speaking, and it went wild$re,” says the GOP’s Kukowski. A hashtag lets users search Twitter for tweets on a speci$c topic. "e hashtag #doing$ne helped ig-nite widespread mockery of a purportedly out-of-touch president.

"e RNC was out with a video within minutes. “And we pushed that on Twitter,” says Kukowski.

Reacting to the redistrict-ing map by the Republican-controlled state legislature, Democratic tweeters created the hashtag #pagerrymander.

“"at was one of our most

successful social media cam-paigns, Twitter, Facebook, and a microsite just on redistrict-ing,” says Lindsay Frichtman, social-media director for the state Democrats, from her Philadelphia o!ce. “Everyone said the new Seventh District looked like a pterodactyl.”

"e Dems say #EtchAS-ketch; the GOP counters with #doing$ne; the Dems see that and raise it with #dogon-theroof. "e GOP comes back with #ObamaDogRecipes, since in his memoir “"e Au-dacity of Hope” Obama says he may have eaten dog while growing up in Indonesia.

Tweeters tweet “as many topics as possible, as o#en as possible,” says the GOP’s Caras. Adds the Democrats’ Frichtman: “It’s not like an-other medium, where you put something out there and check later. With Twitter, if your fol-lowers don’t hear from you fre-quently, you’re not using it the right way.”

Presidential candidates are using social media outlets more to express their views. "is graphic illustrates the demographics of each candidates followers on Twitter.

overwhelmed students or for those juggling a job or other activities on top of school, she said.

She advised getting help at the Pat Walker Health Center for those struggling with de-pression, stress or personal is-sues.

To help prevent the loss of scholarships, students who slip on their GPA or hour require-ments are noti$ed and asked to speak with the O!ce of Scholarships and Financial Aid, Stou%er said. Meeting with an advisor is highly recommended by both McCray and Stou%er.

"e majority of UA scholar-ships and fellowships require completion of 27 hours in the freshman year and 30 hours therea#er. Scholarship recipi-ents must have a minimum 3.0 GPA at the end of each aca-demic year (this can include summer school). Students who go on academic probation at semester will lose their award immediately. Otherwise, the review takes place at the end of the academic year, according to scholarships.uark.edu.

Scholarships ranging from $300 to $5,000 are o%ered to continuing students through the O!ce of Academic Scholar-ships. However, funds are lim-ited and students should also consult with their academic departments and college dean’s o!ce to apply for scholarships that are speci$c to their major.

In order to maintain the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, recipients must maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA and complete 27 semester hours the $rst academic year and 30 semester hours each fol-lowing year.

"e Governor’s Distin-guished Scholarship requires recipients to maintain a mini-mum 3.25 cumulative grade point average and the comple-tion of 27 semester credit hours in the $rst academic year and 30 semester credit hours each following academic year.

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Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

Let’s be honest: What happens in Vegas rarely stays in Vegas.

Such is the case with Prince Harry and his recent nude photo scandal.

TMZ was the !rst to publish the photos, which were released Tuesday. Since then, the prince’s royal backside has been viewed by millions across the globe.

"e Palace requested that the British media not publish the photos, out of respect for Harry’s privacy.

Interestingly enough, everyone obliged — until last Friday.

"e Sun, a British tabloid, decided that it was in the public’s best interest to see the photos published. Harry is, a#er all, third in line to the crown.

"is got me thinking. Should people in the public eye be held to a higher standard of conduct, or are public !gures allowed to make mistakes like the rest of us?

For instance, let us say a high-pro!le football coach makes some bad decisions, such as taking a Sunday a#ernoon motorcycle ride with a young, female employee with whom he is having an a$air.

If he has an accident and this a$air comes to light, is that any business of the public? Should he lose his job because of such an incident? Do Prince Harry and the football coach have any privacy ground to stand on?

Perhaps a little compare and contrast will clear the hog trough for us.

It’s safe to say that both men have probably felt a certain degree of embarrassment and shame surrounding their actions.

"e di$erences in these two scenarios are where the rubber meets the road.

Prince Harry is a 27-year-old single,

party animal. His Vegas antics were not his !rst time down the road of poor judgment. No harm done, really, except the scolding he will get from his grandmother.

Forgive him if, this once, he took them o$ at an inopportune time.

But, other than being

naked, the prince did not lie, cheat, steal, harm anyone or do anything else that raises a red %ag in the common book of morality.

Sadly, the same cannot be said for the football coach. "e 51-year-old took a few people down with him when he made his decisions, namely, his wife, his children, his mistress, his football players, his recruits, his employers and his fans.

Which leads us back to the question of privacy.

It is hard to believe that publishing naked photos is ever in the best interest of the public, and it certainly is not in the best interest of Harry, the royal family or Great Britain as a whole.

For me, seeing someone nude in a photo taken in the their hotel room crosses the line of privacy.

Seeing the prince’s photos splashed across headlines does not say much to me except that he is human and that the Palace should probably !re his handlers for letting such photos be taken in the !rst place.

"e word “human” o#en seems to be taken out of the equation when we talk about celebrities, princes, coaches and the like.

We place these people on a pedestal so that when they inevitably make a mistake, they have much farther to fall.

No matter how we see celebrities, whether they be handsome, young princes or once-successful coaches, it is important that we remember that they, too, are human.

Sometimes they get naked; sometimes they have too much to drink; sometimes they may even cheat on their wives.

"e morality of their mistakes, however, help the watching world decide what happens next.

When someone lies, cheats and abuses their power, the issue is no longer privacy, but moral conduct and legal responsibility.

Prince Harry, however, gets a pass.

As fellow humans, let us allow Prince Harry to put his clothes back on, hire new security, keep the crown jewels o$ of display and move on.

Ashley Flippin is a contributing columnist. She is senior English- creative writing major.

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For years, New Jersey barred U.S.-born college students from receiving state !nancial aid if their parents were in this country illegally. Last week, a state court of appeals put an end to that misguided policy, !nding that education o&cials had wrongly denied aid to an 18-year-old student born and raised in the United States because her Guatemalan mother is an undocumented immigrant. "ough it is binding only in New Jersey, the ruling should serve as a warning to other states — such as Florida, where U.S.-born

residents are required to pay out-of-state college tuition simply because their parents are undocumented.

"e 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” Moreover, the Supreme Court in 1898 speci!cally elucidated the signi!cance of that language when it held that a Chinese man born in San Francisco to Chinese parents nonetheless was an American citizen by virtue of his birthplace. "ere is no asterisk in the 14th Amendment or

the high court’s jurisprudence that grants states the authority to create a two-tier system of citizenship.

Beyond %outing well-established law, the only thing such discriminatory policies achieve is to discourage many young people from attending college. "at’s not good for anyone. "is country needs more doctors, scientists and high-tech workers, not a less-educated workforce that struggles to compete globally.

Americans are divided over how to address the issue of illegal immigration. Some take a particularly hard line and have tried to change the de!nition of who is and

isn’t a citizen. "at has led to some egregious falsehoods _ notably that undocumented immigrants are coming across the border to have “anchor babies” who will secure citizenship for their parents. Here is a fact: A child born in this country can’t request any immigration bene!t for a parent, such as a green card, until he or she turns 21, and even then many face long delays.

Trying to control immigration by punishing children born in this country is unconstitutional and dumb. States should drop those e$orts before the courts force them to.

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It’s been quite a week for us ladies.

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin got the ball rolling with his inane, medically disputed comment that it’s hard for females to get pregnant if raped: “If it’s a legit-imate rape,” said the Missouri U.S. Senate candidate, “the fe-male body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

"e political ideology be-hind those words put women’s health and concerns in the hurricane’s eye of another round of campaign banter -- predictably with women on the sidelines of the discussion and with our needs a side issue to the politics.

"en the Augusta National Golf Club slipped in a curve ball with its unexpected an-nouncement that it was now admitting women. Not one, mind you, but two were among the !rsts in its 80 year history.

And one of them, S.C. busi-nesswoman Darla Moore (the other was former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice), was reportedly recommended for membership by former Au-gusta National chairman Hoo-tie Johnson. Yes, that Hootie Johnson -- the one who !gu-ratively blocked the clubhouse door in 2002 with a vow to ad-mit women on his own time-table and not “at the point of a bayonet.”

Weapons have been laid down, and women are now in.

"e whirlwind week puts in stark relief the upcoming commemoration of Women’s Equality Day. Ninety-two years ago come Sunday, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Consti-tution became law, and women !nally got the right to vote. "e events this week highlight how things have changed (and what

hasn’t) for women since the su$rage movement -- and how painfully slow some changes have been.

Yet the current media at-tention also underlines the im-portance of women getting the right to vote, and the power women wield when they exer-cise it.

"at was never truer than in the last presidential election. Analyses of who voted in 2008 give the edge to women: 65.7 percent of women voted com-pared to 61.5 percent of men. So it’s not surprising that this year’s presidential candidates are focusing attention on the female vote.

"e power of women’s votes was brought home to me a few weeks ago while I was in Day-ton, Ohio. I was discussing the upcoming election with James Gee, a 29-year-old political consultant who’s in law school. Gee was !eld director for hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Sean Combs’ Vote or Die proj-ect in 2004, the youth-oriented voter registration and get-out-the-vote drive that helped push more young people to vote.

With polls showing young people disillusioned since 2008 and predictions that many will stay at home on Election Day and not turn out in the num-bers that helped elect Barack Obama, I was interested in how Gee thought things would play out with the youth vote. To my surprise, he said that wasn’t the issue to focus on -- women were, especially older women. Looking me in the eye, he said, “You are the most reliable voters.”

I would like to think that some of that reliability has a bit to do with the struggle it took for women to get the vote. But honestly, I’m pretty sure a lot of females and males are ignorant of that history.

Yes, a lot of folks know the

names of women’s rights leg-ends like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucre-tia Mott and Sojourner Truth. But many people probably don’t realize that the su$rage !ght was under way in the 1770s when women did have the right to vote in some states.

By 1784, women had lost the right to vote in New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And with the Constitutional Convention in 1787 putting voting rights in the hands of states, women in all states except for New Jersey lost the right to vote. New Jer-sey became the last to revoke voting rights in 1807.

Regaining women’s voting rights in 1920 was a long and arduous journey that in the end depended on one 24-year-old Tennessee lawmaker.

"e women’s su$rage amendment was !rst intro-duced in Congress in 1878. In the years a#er, several states began restoring or establishing women’s voting rights.

But it took until 1918 for the U.S. House to pass the amend-ment and 1919 for the U.S. Senate to follow suit. "en, as law required, the amendment needed rati!cation of three-quarters of the states.

North Carolina had an op-portunity to be the deciding state. It was the next state to consider the amendment a#er 35 other states had rati!ed it. But on August 17, 1920, the N.C. legislature defeated the measure by two votes. "e North Carolina General As-sembly would not ratify the amendment until 1971, the same year U.S. Rep. Bella Ab-zug, a vocal feminist, got Con-gress to designate Women’s Equality Day.

So in August of 1920, the state standing between women and their voting rights was Tennessee. And the man hold-

ing the crucial vote was young Harry Burn.

Burn had previously voted with the anti-su$rage forces. But this time his mother wrote him a letter imploring him to “vote for su$rage.” When he saw that the vote was very close, and with his anti-suf-frage vote would be tied 48 to 48, he decided to switch and vote as his mother had urged him. So on August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and deciding state to ratify. And eight days later, the 19th amendment became law.

Today, statistics show wom-en have made great strides in being treated equally and fairly. Gov. Bev Perdue, who is declar-ing Saturday Women’s Equality Day in North Carolina, takes note of that in a new Institute for Women’s Policy Research study on N.C. women.

"e progress of women here and nationwide is due in no small part to women’s ability to vote for people who include their concerns in deci-sion-making and whose poli-cies address women’s needs.

But statistics also show challenges remain. And with men still predominating as po-litical leaders and policymak-ers, the ballot remains a key tool that women must wield on their behalf.

Women being dubbed reli-able voters is a great testament to the hard work of the su$rag-ettes, their allies and all who came a#er them to !ght for women’s rights.

A bigger tribute would be to vote this year in even larger numbers. Given all the women’s issues at stake, be-ing a reliable voter is in ev-ery woman’s best interest.

Fannie Flono is an associate editor for the Charlotte Observer.

Women are Reliable Voters and it MattersFannie Flono!e Charlotte Observer

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, August 27, 2012

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

RSO OF THE WEEK

With the start of the new semester, UA students can !nd it di"cult to juggle class-es, extra-curricular activities and social lives, but there is a small group of students who are managing college life and also mastering the literal mo-tion of juggling.

#e Razorback Jugglers were founded in the spring of 2010 by four UA students, according to the RSO’s web-page.

According to the Razor-back Jugglers website, their constitution states it shall be the purpose of Razorback Jugglers to create interest in juggling and unite jugglers on the UA campus with the mission of educating stu-dents and faculty on juggling and how to juggle.

“#ere had been a lo-cal community of jugglers in northwest Arkansas for years but no club at the uni-versity. Finally, enough of us were students at the UA and found out registered student organizations can receive funding for events,” said Brit-tany Butler, 2012 UA gradu-ate and founding member of the Razorback Jugglers. “We thought what a great oppor-tunity to bring our world of juggling to the campus and have the funds to bring truly talented performers.”

#e organization is com-prised of six members but is keen on expanding to those who do not have a juggling background.

“It’s completely free for students to join. Just come to the meetings in front of the Union or contact Kruz Kalke, current president, at [email protected],” Butler said. “We have always loved teaching new jugglers. We want to encourage those who don’t know how to juggle to come to meetings with no fear. We have all been hit in the face, had props fall on us and made the simplest mis-takes when learning to jug-gle. We have tricks and tips for every skill level, beginner to expert.”

RSO members are ea-ger to spread the unique cra$ of juggling that of-fers entertainment for audiences while simulta-neously being engaging for the performer.

“Juggling is

not only extremely fun and improves things like motor skills and increases the gray matter in a person’s brain, but it’s something you can al-ways do in your spare time,” said Eric Jackson, treasurer of the Razorback Jugglers. “It’s a good conversation starter and a great way to meet peo-ple; it’s entertaining and very addicting, just ask any jug-gler. #ere are also seasoned members to help teach new members anything they’d like to know in juggling.”

While the Razorback Jug-

glers are open to teaching newcomers juggling skills, their experience dates back to high school.

Juggling has been a hob-by for almost seven years, Jackson said. “I’ve been a member for four years now, and knowing other juggling friends were putting it to-gether, I couldn’t help but get pulled into the organization.”

#e commonality of en-joying juggling brought the group together, but it has also created friendships beyond the activity.

“My favorite part of being involved with the Razorback Jugglers has been the instant community juggling creates,” Butler said. “It’s not o%en-sive, and there’s no drama. Juggling is done all over the world and can bring people of every religion, ethnicity, color, gender, et cetera, to-gether just by performing a trick together.”

Last spring, the Razorback Jugglers hosted the 10th An-nual Northwest

Students Juggle More !an Academics

Aneeka Majid Sta" PhotographerStudents cycle through Fayetteville using the Razorback Greenway, a bike trail that runs throughout northwest Arkansas, !ursday, Aug. 23.

Courtney Ulrich Sta" PhotographerEric Jackson, a member of the Razorback Jugglers, entertains students at the Union Mall between classes Wednesday, Aug. 22.

Northwest Arkansas is al-ready connected by I-540 and Razorback athletics. Soon, the metropolitan area will be connected through a system of bike trails called the Razor-back Greenway.

#e trail system is to be a “a 36-mile, primarily o%-road, shared use trail that extends from the Bella Vista Trail in north Bentonville south to the Frisco Trail in south Fay-etteville,” according to www.razorbackgreenway.com.

#e website says that 14.2 miles of trails are already com-pleted, mostly in Fayetteville and Bentonville. Another 21.8 miles of trails will be complete by the end of 2013.

According to the project website, funding has come from a variety of sources. #e Walton Family Foundation provided 1:1 matching with city governments. More re-cently, the greenway received a TIGER II (Transportation Investment Generating Eco-nomic Recovery) from the federal government.

Businesses, from bike shops to espresso bars, have set up locations with easy ac-cess on the trail system. #e project website cites a statis-tic from the Trust for Public Lands Bene!ts Study that gre-

enways “yield a 3:1 return on every dollar invested to local economies.”

#e website states that the project aims to “promote active lifestyles, alternative transportation, economic op-portunities and healthy living.” For many people in Fayette-ville, the goals of the project are already a reality.

While many trails have yet to be built, the existing system in Fayetteville already gets heavy use. A good portion of the bikers, runners and dog walkers are UA students, fac-ulty and sta%.

Junior Sarah Stricker lived in an apartment on Leverett Avenue last year. #e Scull Creek Trail ran right through her backyard.

“I used the trails to walk home from class every day during the spring,” Stricker said. When it was rainy or cold, she would take the bus.

“#e bus was usually crowded, so anytime I could

walk it was a much better al-ternative,” Stricker said.

Stricker’s walk took her 15 minutes from her apart-ment to Old Main, and she frequently found herself walk-ing to meet friends at Wilson Park or on Dickson Street. Stricker, who recently moved o% of Wedington Drive, said she misses Scull Creek Trail as a mode of transportation.

Stricker added that she always felt safe on the trails, even at night.

“I used to walk on the trails a lot at night to my other friends’ apartments that lived close by. Every once in a while, I would encounter an odd individual, but I never had a problem,” Stricker said.

As far as the Razorback Greenway is concerned, Stricker is in favor.

“It’s important that north-west Arkansas starts pushing green alternatives for trans-portation,” Stricker said.

With tra"c on I-540 seem-

ingly getting worse every pass-ing day, the greenway could alleviate some tra"c on con-gested roads.

Other students, like senior Bryan Lercher, use the trails for exercise. Lercher uses the trails to bike as o$en as his schedule permits.

“I’m usually out for about two to three hours,” Lercher said. “I like take the trail to the lake and then do a couple laps on the o%-road course and then head back to my apart-ment.”

Lercher said he particularly enjoys the bridge and tunnel crossings. #ese give him the ability to bike longer distances without having to dismount his bike to cross streets or stop at tra"c lights.

Lercher, who works at the #e Bike Route on Front Street, said the trail system re-&ects Fayetteville’s diverse bike culture.

“#e trail’s extensive reach to both ends of the city pro-motes pretty much everything, from commuting to exercis-ing to just enjoying the nice weather,” Lercher said.

Lercher is looking forward to the completion of the Ra-zorback Greenway.

“I would love to be able to ride my bike further without the stress of riding on the road with tra"c,” Lercher said. “I think it’s a great idea.”

Razorback Greenway Bike Routes to Connect NWAAlex MarchSta! Writer “!e trail’s extensive reach to both ends of

the city promotes pretty much everything, from commuting to exercising to just enjoying the nice weather.”

Bryan LercherUA senior

As she stood on stage holding hands with her fellow Miss Arkansas contestants, UA student Sloane Roberts heard her name called. #e announcers had just called the top !ve runners-up, and only one name was le$ to be called: Miss Arkansas. As she felt the girl next to her squeeze her hand, tears welled up in her eyes. During her !rst walk as Miss Arkan-sas, Roberts felt the crown on her head, and it all started to sink in. Despite all of the du-ties, appointments, respon-sibilities and notoriety that come along with the Miss Arkansas title, Roberts was at peace with it, realized it was all a part of God’s plan for her and was ready to tackle the task of being Miss Arkansas with pride and grace.

Growing up in tiny Rison, Ark., Roberts spent much of her time dancing. It was that

love of dance that propelled her into the pageant world.

“I wanted another out-let for my dancing,” Roberts said. A$er dancing competi-tively for 10 years, Roberts used it as her talent in her !rst pageant, Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen, at age 13. At 15, Roberts competed in the pageant again and won the title, which gave her the

opportunity to compete for Miss America Outstanding Teen. #is success gave Rob-erts the inspiration to be-come Miss Arkansas.

During her senior year in high school, Roberts de-cided to take a break from pageants. As soon as that was over, she was prepared to do what it took to become Miss Arkansas. During her !rst

run for the Miss Arkansas title, Roberts won the Cole-man Dairy Talent Award and placed fourth runner-up.

Roberts prepared for her pageants with her hometown dance teacher, perfecting her routine so it was competi-tion-ready.

“My teacher has been teaching me since I was 4. She was so supportive and was always there for me, whether it be just unlock-ing the door to the studio or helping me with my routine,” Roberts said. She also had to make healthy choices in or-der to be in top shape for the Lifestyle and Fitness portion of the competition.

“I just have to make this dream an everyday pro-cess,” Roberts said about pageant preparation. All of the hard work paid o% when Roberts was crowned Miss Arkansas July 14. At Miss Arkansas, she won

UA Student Miss America Hopeful PROFILE

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“It’s a good conversation starter and a great way to meet people.”

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As Miss Arkansas, Roberts received a $20,000 scholar-ship, over $50,000 in prizes, including a new car, and a few other smaller scholarships.

“I will be able to graduate from college completely debt-free,” she said about winning various scholarships.

She will also use her title as a way to promote her plat-form, “Love Always Hopes: Preventing Childhood Ab-duction.” With this platform, she supports the Morgan Nick Foundation, which provides a support system for the families of missing children. Roberts !rst became involved with the Morgan Nick Foundation at

age 12 when she saw an epi-sode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” featuring Col-leen Nick, Morgan’s mother. When she heard the story of Morgan Nick, who was kid-napped at age 6 and remains missing, she immediately re-lated to that with the possible fear of losing her own 6-year-old brother.

“I thought about what it would feel like if my brother was taken and how that would impact my family,” Roberts said about her passion for Love Always Hopes. When working with this foundation, Roberts has worked with the Arkansas attorney general’s o"ce to distribute books on internet safety to children.

Along with all of her pag-eant prep, Roberts has also

taught dance at the Pride of Arkansas dance studio. She is also a Chancellor’s Scholar and a straight-A student as well as a member of Chi Omega. Cur-rently pursuing her degree in communication, she hopes to be a dance teacher or work in broadcasting or public rela-tions. To relax, Roberts enjoys watching classic Disney mov-ies and looking for songs to dance to.

“(Being in pageants) has made me so con!dent,” Rob-erts said. Roberts has also loved being able to spread the word about her platform. She realizes that not everyone gets this opportunity and hopes to take advantage of all of her ap-pearances. She also knows that it took hard work to get to this point.

“I realize it’s not in my hands and ultimately in God’s,” Roberts said of her achieve-ments. “But it was my feet that had to take those steps.”

#e Miss America pageant will be held in Las Vegas this January. A$er months of ap-pearances, Roberts will com-pete for the top title in the country. She hopes to bring a crown back to the Natural State and cannot wait to see the friends she made when she competed in Miss America Outstanding Teen.

“If I win, I hope that I can be a light to others, promote and raise money for the Chil-dren’s Miracle Network (the o"cial Miss America charity), leave behind a legacy of lead-ership and be able to be a role model,” she said.

Arkansas Juggling Festival. #ey had free food and lessons on the UA campus while show-casing their skills to students, according to their website.

“We get money from the university to have Chartwells bring us dozens of pizzas, and in the past we have had up to 100 attendees to a show,” Jack-son said. “We have an emcee of some sort who introduces each act, and for about !ve minutes each a juggler, either local or paid out-of-stater, en-tertains the audience until the completion of the show. #ere is usually a showcased act that everything builds up to.”

#e RSO also promotes students attending the Insti-tute of Jugglology, which has free classes every #ursday at the Jones Center, according to

the Razorback Jugglers web-site.

With over 350 RSOs at the UA, the choices can be unlim-ited, but the Razorback Jug-glers emphasize the unique-ness of their specialty that brings together friendship, uncommon aptitude and fun.

“#e Razorback Jugglers o%er a chance for students to gain leadership experience, volunteer experience, com-munity involvement and not to mention learning how to juggle,” Butler said. “#ese are things that can go on resumes, in portfolios and de!nitely on scholarship applications. Not only is this club a great way to get involved, it’s a great way to have fun doing it and get re-membered by whoever you tell about it.”

In this ever-increasingly dis-tracted society, !nding a time and a place to simply sit and fo-cus is becoming more and more di"cult.

As the !rst tests of the se-mester start to creep up, to free ourselves long enough to study, we have to !nd a physical se-clusion as well as a psychologi-cal seclusion. Each day brings a new bombardment of sight, sound and social interaction; our smartphones stubbornly demand that we orient our whole lives around them, wor-shiping them like gods, draw-ing us always back again and again. To study successfully for a test, one has to be able to fo-cus; to be able to focus, we have to !nd a space where our senses aren’t over-stimulated.

College students are spend-ing less time studying, aver-aging now around 15 hours a week, as opposed to the aver-age of around 24 hours a week 50 years ago, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement. As we continue to be asked, with our already-fragmented attention spans, to pile more and more activities into our days (while keeping everyone updated about their progress via text message), it certainly makes sense that the survey would note a decrease in time spent studying. It would make sense to note a decrease in time spent doing everything. Our technologically intercon-nected world has the nerve to assert that we must constantly remain at the beck and call of every friend, every business client, treating every removed digital social attempt as high priority and giving immediate response; the long-term e%ect of this is surely that we have more and more trouble focus-ing on anything in front of us for very long. If we continue to spread ourselves out thinner and thinner over such a broad range of activities, it becomes more and more di"cult to complete any single task excel-lently.

In trying to study for a test, I’ve found that music only distracts. #e amount of the brain that would be allotted to processing the music would be better employed in processing those facts, !gures, dates or theories. Studying with others is, most of the time (with one or two exceptions, like studying for Spanish vocabulary quiz-zes), very unproductive.

While the dorm room or apartment is o$en one of the quietest places a student has access to (though sometimes we !nd ourselves living with a wild tribe of party-centrics), so many of us choose to seek out a non-domestic setting for our studying work. As far as actual-ly getting some studying done, the ends o$en don’t justify the means, unless you’re searching

for an Internet connection, or escaping a rager. #e idea of going to a co%ee shop to study for a test always seems appeal-ing; most of us have placed our faith in ca%eine, anyway. But in actuality, these places tend to be some of the noisiest and most distracting places you could venture into. Even the ones that are mostly quiet — there, every tiny little sound made by other patrons is so much more intru-sive.

Mullins Library — particu-larly with the reading rooms on the main &oor — usually makes a pretty solid study environ-ment.

“I usually go to the Hel-en Robson Walton Reading Room,” said Curry Kennedy, a junior English major. “I like the high ceilings, and I think the natural light is easier on the eyes. #e only problem with that room is that sometimes they’re jackhammering over there in the courtyard.

“I also try to study during the daytime, if I can help it at all, because at night there’s al-ways something interesting to do. I usually try to !nish study-ing before 5.”

As far as when to study, ob-viously, the sooner the better. Even if your awful tendency to procrastinate has solidi!ed it-self as the belief that you “work best under pressure,” it is still a !ght worth !ghting. It is a noble !ght. A$er so many all-night-ers, you start to realize how little it’s worth to drag your-self through them again and again — the all-nighter is not unavoidable. Sleep is, actually, incredibly bene!cial, especially before midnight. #e Harvard Women’s Health Watch (which presumably applies to men as well) writes, “Sleep helps the brain commit new information to memory through a process called memory consolidation. In studies, people who’d slept a$er learning a task did better on tests later.”

So start early, and academ-ic life will be easier and a lot more enjoyable. #e key is to take pleasure in your academic work, so that it becomes some-thing that is enjoyable, and not a miserable, drudging, last-minute sort of marathon.

Finding Quiet: !e How-To’s of StudyingEvan BarberSta! Writer

JUGGLERS continued from page 5

“Sleep helps the brain commit new information to memory through a process called memory consolidation. In studies, people who’d slept after learning a task did better on tests later.”

!e Harvard Women’s Health Watch

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerMembers of the Razorback women’s soccer and tennis teams spent Saturday morning assisting in construction of a house for Habitat for Humanity.

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PROFILE continued from page 5

As students make the tran-sition from high school to college, so does their view of dating relationships. #ere are a number of ways high school and college relationships dif-fer, and learning those di%er-ences can help make dating a smoother and more reward-ing experience.

At a university with more than 20,000 students, there are a lot more people to choose from than there were in high school. Even though there are tons of new people, it can still be di"cult to make real con-nections.

Students who hide away in their dorm rooms probably won’t make as many friends as those who are willing to step out of their comfort zone and say yes to an invitation to hang out or get involved. Making friends is a good !rst step to eventually forming a dating relationship with someone.

“Establish your friends be-fore you even think about dat-ing,” said Sam Knecht, sopho-more.

Greek life and organiza-tions are good ways to get involved on campus. #ey al-low students to !nd a group of people they connect with and can be a part of all throughout college.

“I would advise being in an organization because you start to surround yourself with peo-ple you enjoy spending time with, and that helps establish healthy relationships,” Knecht said.

In high school, once two people like each other and go on a date, it assumed that they are a couple. In college, it’s di%erent. If two people go on a date, it only means they are interested in getting to know each other. Once a guy asks a girl to be his girlfriend, or they decide together to date exclusively, then they become

a couple. It is important to note that

going to get co%ee or eating dinner on campus is some-thing friends can do one-on-one without it being a date. In order to be considered a date, it should be o% campus and slightly more formal than a 2 a.m. run to Wa'e House.

Another di%erence in col-lege relationships is that “a lot more aspects of the relation-ship are up to the two people who are in it and not as much by parents or friends,” Knecht said.

One question that seems to come up a lot is how seri-ous a college relationship is. Sixty-three percent of women agree that they would like to !nd their future husband in college, according to a study done by the Courtship Re-search Team. However, the median age for marriage is 28 for men and 26 for women, well above the average college graduation age, according to U.S. Statistics. So, really, it’s up to the people involved as to how serious they want the relationship to be.

“For a lot of people, it’s re-ally serious because they !nd their husband or wife, but oth-er people just play around. It just depends what your stan-dards are,” said Erin Walker, sophomore.

For two people who are in a college relationship, living on campus can add a whole new dynamic. It can be easy to fall into a routine of spending every moment together. #e problem with that is it keeps people from making new friends and creating other lasting relationships.

On the &ip side are those who are in long-distance re-lationships. #ere are many downsides to being far away from the person you are dat-ing, but good things can come out of it as well.

“It’s a good test of a rela-tionship. It tests how much you’re willing to put into it and how much you care. It takes a lot of time, commitment and sacri!ce. You learn a lot, like how to trust each other bet-ter … but it’s really hard. You can’t really know how hard it is until you do it. If you’re long-

distance, you’re serious,” said Hanna Holden, sophomore.

Many people advise wait-ing until a$er freshman year to date. People change in col-lege, especially freshman year, so keeping up a relationship during that time may prove rather di"cult.

“Coming into college with a girlfriend can be a huge so-cial hindrance because you become complacent and don’t really engage in the campus around you because you’re putting so much time and en-ergy into your relationship,” Knecht said.

Another reason is that it adds stress and makes it harder to keep up with school. Behind anxiety and depres-sion, relationship issues are the third-most common com-plaint, said Jonathan Perry, di-rector of counseling and psy-chological services in the Pat Walker Health Center.

“If you !nd the right per-son, it is de!nitely worth it, and only you know if it’s the right person. If it is, it’ll just work,” said Jon Kilpatrick, sophomore.

De"ning the “College” Relationship Casey FreemanSta! Writer

Niki Mangan Contributing PhotographerJunior Serena Wren catches some time with her #ance, Sophomore Andrew Fontenoy, in the Greek !eatre during a break in their classes.


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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

!e UA volleyball team be-came the champions of the Ar-kansas Invitational a"er defeat-ing UT-Martin, Northwestern State and Kansas Aug. 24-25 in Barnhill Arena.

Seniors Roslandy Acosta and Jasmine Norton and junior Raymariely Santos were named to the All-Tournament Team. Norton was also chosen as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

Arkansas and Kansas played the Invitational-winning match Saturday evening in four sets. Arkansas lost the #rst set 18-25 but rallied back in the next three sets, winning 27-25, 26-24 and 25-21.

Acosta managed 16 kills and nine digs against Kansas, while Norton made 16 digs and earned a .308 hitting percent-age. Santos completed the game with 48 assists, six kills and six digs. Junior libero Emily Helm made a team-high 19 digs.

In the second set of the game, Norton secured #"h place on the list of Arkansas’ all-time kills before #nishing

the game with a grand total of 1,390 in her career.

Kansas had set point at 24-23 in the third set, but was de-nied the win when Acosta sent over a kill, allowing Arkansas to grab the points needed to come back.

!e fourth set found Kan-sas leading for a majority of the game until the Jayhawks made a service error. Arkansas #n-ished out the game on their #rst set point with a kill by Acosta.

“It was a great match to-night,” head coach Robert Pulliza said. “Kansas is a very good team. I’m a true believer that they will be an NCAA Tournament team. I’m really proud of our kids and the way they fought. I’m really proud of them for the way they kept their poise and #nished the match.”

Acosta had a career-high 15 kills in the Razorbacks’ game against Northwestern State ear-lier that day, which the Hogs won in four sets (25-17, 22-25, 26-24, 25-20.)

Senior Janeliss Torrez-Lo-pez blocked a match-high of eight times and made 11 kills.

Razorbacks Win All !ree Games to Become Invitational ChampsTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

One person does not make a team. I don’t care what kind of team it is. It could be foot-ball, basketball or tug-of-war. Losing the big guy that stands

at the end of the line and wraps the rope around himself is not going to make or break the team as long as there is another big guy to take his place.

Of course, the obvious retort to this slightly cliché argument is the 2011 Indianapolis Colts. I am going to consider them the team that gets the asterisk put next to their name. All good rules have exceptions, a"er all, and a team winning only two games a"er losing only one player is de#nitely an exception to my rule. However, the player they lost is Peyton Manning. Not many players could even hope to be as hard to replace as Manning.

!e Arkansas Razorback

football team of 2011 is the per-fect example of why the Colts are the the exception to the rule. When it was con#rmed that Knile Davis would be out for the entire season, some fans turned into Chicken Little. !e team lost one player and the sky was falling. Granted, the loss of the previous season’s South-eastern Conference rushing leader would be a major blow to any program.

!e Razorbacks, though, went on to win 11 games. !e only losses of the season were su$ered against Alabama and LSU. !e two teams that just happened to play for the Na-tional Championship. And if we’re being honest, we probably

A Team is More !an a Sum of its Parts would have lost both of those games even with Davis.

!ere may not have been one single person that was able to step in and replace Davis. I’ll give credit where it is due and Davis deserves every bit that he has ever earned. But as a team, there were enough players with enough talent that stepped up and made sure the team won the games that it was expected to win.

Another team that managed to win despite the loss of of-fensive leaders in 2011 was the Houston Texans. Rookie quar-terback TJ Yates started the last #ve games of the season and led the team into the divisional round of the playo$s a"er in-

juries sidelined both starting quarterback Matt Schaub and backup Matt Leinart.

Football fans everywhere, except maybe in Louisiana, got very excited when it be-came clear that Tyrann Ma-thieu would not be playing for LSU this year. I even felt like a giddy little school girl when I #rst heard the news. !en that unfortunate thing called real-ity set in. Teams like Arkansas and the Texans are a perfect ex-ample why this excitement is a little premature. !e loss of one player is not going to be the end of LSU’s season.

LSU recruits at as high a level as any team in the country. !ey are going to have talented

players. !eir defense will still be a force to be reckoned with. !ere are currently six corner-backs on the roster for LSU, all of which are six feet tall or taller, which is an upgrade from Mathieu’s #ve feet nine inches. In a conference where so much emphasis is put on size, this is not a fact to be taken lightly.

Of course, I would love to see Tyler Wilson, Cobi Ham-ilton and Knile Davis make a fool out of every player on LSU’s defense. But one player is just that, one player. Maybe I’m a bit of a pessimist, but I’m not counting my chickens be-fore they hatch or, in this case, my touchdowns before they’re thrown.

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

COMMENTARY

VOLLEYBALL

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerJaneliss Torres-Lopez (Left), Roslandy Acosta (Center), and Raymariely Santos (Right) block the o"ensive ef-forts of Northwestern State University Saturday, Aug. 25. see SWEEP page 10

Traveler Photo ArchiveFans last saw Defensive End Jake Bequette in the Cotton Bowl against Kansas State. Check page 11 for information on Bequette and other Hogs in the NFL.

Where Are !ey Now?

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A"er a Northwestern State timeout during the #rst set, the Razorbacks earned a 23-15 lead due in part to two blocks by Torres-Lopez. Arkansas #n-ished out the set with a kill by Norton.

!e Lady Demons retali-ated in the second set, forc-ing an Arkansas attack error and timeout. When the score reached 20-all, Northwestern State won #ve of the last seven points to earn the set win.

Arkansas won the third set by scoring the last three points a"er Northwestern’s #rst set point.

!e Razorbacks maintained a fairly steady lead in the fourth set, ending with a block on Ar-

kansas’ #rst set point for the win.

“I think we came out ready for an early match,” Pulliza said. “We started out ready to play ball but then we got a little too relaxed. We just have to keep working at being consistent.”

!e Razorbacks played their season’s opening game - and their only game won in three sets - against UT-Martin Friday evening. Six of the players had at least six kills.

Freshman Liz Fortado made her collegiate debut in the game with a match-high #ve total blocks. Santos assisted 25 times and earned a team-high 13 digs.

SWEEP continued from page 9

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FOOTBALL

Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsJunior Emma Lavey feels that the team’s closeness helps in competition. All mem-bers from last year’s team returned for this season.

Ryan Miller Sta" PhotographerSenior Linebacker Alonzo Highsmith watches preseason practice from the sideline.

“Right now we’re just going day by day trying to get each other better, going our hardest and hoping their hardest so we’re used to that competition when it comes to game time..”

Alonzo HighsmithLinebacker

From the Hog’s Mouth

!e #rst episode of “Inside Razorback Football with John L Smith, presented by AT&T” aired last night and the series will continue throughout the 2012 football season.

!e show is hosted by the voice of the Razorbacks, Chuck Barrett, and will fea-

Smith Continues TV ShowHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

A"er #nishing as runners-up in the 2011 Southeastern Conference Championship by just one stroke, the Arkansas Women’s golf team is commit-ted to the upcoming season.

Head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor leads a veteran team, returning every member from last season’s team, as well as four newcomers.

!e team has set very high goals for this season.

“We have a group of young ladies that are very talented and we’re really deep this year and I’m excited to get started and get going,” Estes-Taylor said.

With every member from last year returning, junior Emma Levy feels that the team is very close as a group.

“We are all really close and you can see that on the golf course,” Levy said. “We play for each other, for our team

and for our school.”Both Estes-Taylor and Levy

feel that this year’s team is very talented and has a lot of depth.

“We have a really solid team this year, it’s going to be super competitive and I have to try my best everyday,” Levy said.

!e Hogs will be led by Levy and junior two-time All-American Emily Tubert as well as two seniors, Meagan Rob-erts and Victoria Vela.

!e season for the Razor-backs begins on Sept. 10 with the Old Waverly Bulldog Invi-tational hosted by conference foe Mississippi State in West Point, Miss.

!is is the #rst year the Ra-zorbacks have played in this event.

!e team has a variety of di$erent events this season in many di$erent places from the Puerto Rico Golf classic in February to the Westbrook In-vitational in Arizona later that month.

Playing in a wide variety of

places was very important for Estes-Taylor.

“My duty as a coach is to prepare them for anything and everything they could possibly see,” Estes-Taylor said.

!e postseason begins with the SEC Championships in April, which will be held at a neutral site in Birmingham, Ala. for the #rst time in SEC history.

!e NCAA National Championships in Athens, Ga. are the goal for the team this season where coach Estes-Tay-lor has some extra motivation.

Estes-Taylor played her collegiate career at the Uni-versity of Georgia, so winning a championship in Georgia would be even sweeter for her.

“It’s a daily motivator,” Estes-Taylor said. “Having that event where I played golf is super special for me. !ere would be nothing greater than to go to Georgia and win a Na-tional Championship.”

Committed to the JourneyEric HarrisSta! Writer

Ryan Miller Sta" PhotographerInterim head coach John L. Smith gives players a thumbs-up during preseason practice.

FOOTBALLture a sit down with interim head coach John L. Smith during which the two will recap the latest football game and highlight key plays.

!e show will also include features on student-athletes and other storylines concern-ing the football program.

!e show is a continuation of the tradition held during the tenure of former head coach Bobby Petrino.

!e show will air through-out Arkansas on Sunday nights on KNWA at 11 p.m., KFTA at 9 p.m. and KATV immediately following the 10 p.m. news and will become available on Razorvision Monday nights.

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In the past few years, it is safe to say that the on-the-#eld reputation of the Arkan-sas Razorbacks is the highest it has ever been. A"er #nish-ing last season No. 5 in the AP top 25 poll with an 11-2 season, Arkansas had four players dra"ed in April’s NFL dra".

2008 Dra! ClassIn terms of star status,

Darren McFadden has been the most highly touted player dra"ed from Arkansas, go-ing fourth overall in the 2008 dra" to the Oakland Raiders. McFadden hasn’t quite seen the success many expected because of multiple injuries in his short career, missing 19 games in his #rst four years in the NFL. He %ashed signs of his great potential in 2011, leading the NFL in rushing with 610 yards through the #rst six games before being lost for the season with an in-jury. Expectations are higher in 2012 for McFadden than they have been for any other former Razorback.

Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis were also part of the dominating back#eld Arkan-sas #elded with McFadden in 2007, and were dra"ed by the Cowboys and Broncos in 2008, respectively. Jones is a scat back and kick returner who has seen numerous big plays in Dallas, rushing for 2,326 yards in his #rst four years with the Cowboys. How-

ever, like McFadden, he has struggled with staying healthy and being a reliable every-down option.

Hillis was originally dra"ed as a fullback but has since be-

come one of the more punish-ing running backs in the NFL. He rushed for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2010 for the Cleveland Browns, earn-ing him the cover of the video game Madden 12. While the “Madden curse” may have been to blame for only 587 rushing yards in 2011, Hillis is looking to revitalize his career with the Kansas City Chiefs as a short yardage back.

2010 Dra! ClassO$ensive guard Mitch Pe-

trus was dra"ed by the New York Giants in the #"h round in 2010 and won his #rst Su-per Bowl ring with the Giants

last year.2011 Dra! ClassNew England Patriots

coach Bill Belichick picked quarterback Ryan Mallett in the third round of the 2011 dra". Mallett is learning the NFL reins behind Tom Brady, a position that would be ben-e#cial to any young quarter-back.

Tight end DJ Williams was dra"ed by the Green Bay Packers in the #"h round in the same year as Mallett. To-gether they were the most dec-orated tight end-quarterback combination in Arkansas his-tory. Williams, the 2010 John Mackey Award recipient for best tight end in the country, is on a roster loaded with skilled players that is led by quarter-back Aaron Rodgers.

2012 Dra! Class!e trio of wide receiv-

ers dra"ed in 2012, Joe Ad-ams, Jarius Wright and Greg Childs, are arguably the most decorated wideouts in Arkan-sas history.

As one of the more elec-trifying players in this year’s dra", Adams has instantly made a di$erence in the punt return game for the Carolina Panthers. In his #rst preseason game Aug. 12, Adams re-turned his #rst punt 39 yards, and gained the praise of Cam Newton in the process.

Wright and Childs were dra"ed 16 spots apart in the fourth round, both to the Min-nesota Vikings. Wright has impressed as a punt returner and slot receiver, but Childs has had an unfortunate turn of fate. He landed awkwardly af-ter leaping for a pass in train-ing camp and ruptured his pa-tellar tendons in both knees. He has been placed on injury waivers by the Vikings.

Defensive end Jake Be-

quette was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round and has emerged as a sack specialist that can line up in multiple positions on defense.

Undra!ed PlayersJason Peters, who was an

All-SEC tight end at Arkansas, was signed by the Bu$alo Bills as an undra"ed free agent in 2004. He has since blossomed into an all-pro le" tackle pro-tecting Michael Vick’s blind side for the Philadelphia Ea-gles.

Aside from the highly dra"ed former Razorbacks, there are other players from Arkansas who are still #ghting for an NFL roster spot. Jerry Franklin, Tramain !omas, Jerico Nelson and Gregory Gatson were all stars from last year’s defensive unit who went undra"ed in 2012, but have a good shot at making their re-spective squads.

Franklin, last season’s leading tackler, has seen rep-etitions at linebacker with the second team in preseason games for the Denver Bron-cos. !omas was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were impressed by his #ve interceptions with the Razor-backs in 2011. !e intercep-tion is a statistic that always translates well to the NFL.

Nelson is a safety for the New Orleans Saints and Gat-son a cornerback for the San Diego Chargers. Both are participating well in train-ing camp for their teams and could make their respective rosters.

Arkansas will only see more and more players on NFL rosters in the upcoming years, and that pattern starts on the recruiting trail. As Ar-kansas pulls more big name recruits, fans can expect to see them four years later in the NFL. It appears this year’s Razorbacks may continue that trend, especially with Tyler Wilson and Knile Davis being added to award watch lists.

Razorbacks in the National Footall League

Courtesy of NFLQuarterback Ryan Mallett of the Patriots.

Courtesy of NFLRunning back Darren McFadden of the Raiders.

Cameron McCaulleySta! Writer

Courtesy of NFLDefensive end Jake Bequette of the Patriots

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