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! e UA can switch to envi-ronmentally friendly biodiesel for fuel when the need arises, according to a UA study.

Biodiesel reduces carbon monoxide emissions, particu-lates, sulfates, hydrocarbons and air toxic emissions, ac-cording to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Biodiesel has no harmful e" ects on engines and can be domestically produced, said Donald Johnson, a UA agri-culture professor.

Johnson, along with facul-ty colleague George Wardlow and graduate assistant Garris Hudson, spent 18 months re-searching the use of biodiesel fuel in eight Kubota light-util-ity trucks, or so-called mules. ! e team powered the vehi-cles on a fuel blend of 20 per-cent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel. ! e proj-ect was supported by the Ar-kansas Soy Bean Promotion Board in coordination with UA Facilities Management.

! e study conducted at the

UA sought to bring light to the bene# ts of biodiesel over regu-lar diesel.

“We set out to just do an unbiased study of biodies-el against petroleum diesel,” Johnson said.

An additional eight mules ran on a regular blend of pe-troleum diesel as a control, he said.

A$ er analyzing the data when the project ended, John-son and his colleagues found no di" erence in performance between engines that ran on biodiesel and those that ran on regular diesel.

“We found that the bio-diesel B20 blend is a suitable alternative to regular diesel,” Johnson said.

Fuel e% ciency was the same, and there were no harmful e" ects on the engine, the researchers found. ! e operating costs are about the same. “! ey usually trend to-gether,” Johnson said, “if die-sel goes up then biodiesel goes up.”

! e study was scheduled

Agriculture DepartmentConducts Study Biodiesel

as a Fuel Alternativeby MEGAN HUCKABY

Staff Writer

In This Issue:

Conference for RIC

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Mi! UACro"nedMembers of RIC Congress will travel to Dallas for a confer-ence.Page 3

Crime ReportList of crimes throughout the last week.

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Wade ApologizesFreshman receiver Marquel Wade apolo-gized Monday for his ! agrant personal foul against Vanderbilt.

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Competition Revives Homecoming SpiritCompetition between RSOs and Greek organizations cause students to work hard.

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Winning the UA title entails a commit-ment to charity and community service.

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Ladies Compete in Miss UA Pageant

Monday Traveler MissingTraveler Editor Saba Naseem discusses the missing papers Monday.

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A Springdale man and mi-nor were arrested and in rela-tion to several car break-ins last week and in September, as

well as an attempted car-jack-ing and the$ of a vehicle last week.

Marson Ioanis, 20, of Springdale and a minor were arrested Oct. 19 a$ er alleged-ly stealing items out of vehi-

cles in a residential area near the UA. ! e pair allegedly at-tempted to steal a car from a woman in the Union Parking Garage as well as another a commercial vehicle on cam-pus, UAPD o% cials said.

! e events in question oc-curred at roughly 8 a.m. on Oct. 18. ! e two perpetra-tors allegedly stole items from multiple vehicles in a neigh-borhood, according to the preliminary report.

“We believe that they were attempting to leave the area where they broke into nu-merous vehicles, when they crashed their car into a ditch on Palmer Street, west of cam-pus,” said UAPD Lt. Gary Crain.

! ey then entered the Ar-kansas Union Parking Garage where they approached a fe-male sta" member exiting her car. ! e unidenti# ed woman screamed when they demand-ed her keys and the assailants ran.

Other people in the garage heard the screams and ran to get help. ! ey reported seeing two black males & eeing the garage, Lt. Crain said.

! e suspects then hap-pened upon a parked Toyota Tacoma belonging to Hugg and Hall Equipment. ! e keys were in the ignition, Lt. Crain said.

Fayetteville Police were noti# ed about the the$ and observed the vehicle driving onto I-540. ! ey pursued but gave up pursuit when the van began swerving erratically.

“We didn’t want to cause an accident, so we let them go. We knew that they would be caught eventually,” said Fay-etteville Police Sgt. Craig Stout.

Car Theft Suspects Detainedby AMANDA POGUE

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CHANDLER CRACRAFT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERCar theft has been rising around campus this semester. Student Lindsey Wall locks her car in the union parking garage as she walks to class.

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The HumanLibrary Program

BeginsThis Week

! e Human Library will be available Tuesday, Nov. 1 to ! ursday, Nov. 3.

Instead of checking out an actual book, members of the UA campus are able to sched-ule appointments with human “books” who have lived the experience or topic they rep-resent. Appointments can be made through an online cata-log hosted by the University Libraries, said Jessica Pope, graduate assistant for Ombeds Services.

“! e Human Library con-nects people from di" erent cultures and backgrounds,” Pope said.

by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERKubota Rough Terrain Vehicles are used as utility vehicles to transport workers and equipment around campus.

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Mi! UA

Police are investigating what is being speculated as a

prank Monday when all of

the Arkansas Traveler papers in the heart of the UA campus disappeared from the racks, the director of student media said.

“We don’t really know what happened exactly,” said Steve

Wilkes, director of student media. “! ey were delivered to the loading dock and the people who deliver them took them” to be placed on the racks.

Some of the outer buildings of the campus, such as the Law

School, still had their pa-pers, he said.

“It is the heart of campus, which is most of the papers, that has no papers,” Wilkes said.

Wilkes estimates that the loss from the possible prank can be upwards of $8,000 when the cost of printing, advertising and labor is tallied.

“Whoever did it will de# nitely talk to the police,” he said.

! e Traveler o% -cials have the option of pressing criminal charges.

“If it is a felony it is going to be really seri-ous and whoever did this is going to be in se-rious trouble,” Wilkes said.

Because the paper is free to students, the charge will be a misde-meanor, Prosecuting Attorney Clinton Jones said.

If charges are # led, ! e O% ce of Academ-ic Integrity and Student Conduct will be pro-vided with a copy of the police report. ! e of-# ce will then determine, based on the actions in the report, whether fur-ther actions should be taken, said Rachel Eiken-berry, a representative from the o% ce of aca-demic integrity and stu-dent conduct.

! e Traveler is work-ing with the UA to ob-tain footage from security cameras, o% cials said.

by MEGAN HUCKABYStaff Writer

Traveler Papers Missing

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NEWS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 PAGE 2

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Otherwise known as 575-SAFE, the mission of the Safe Ride program is to provide students with a safe means of transportation from any uncomfortable or inconvenient situation. Safe Ride brings you home safely.

Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2010-2011 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.

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CRIME REPORT:

Many programs o! er free food, but there is no such thing as a free lunch, still.

Money that the more than 350 registered student orga-nizations use for various pro-grams and events come from student fees that are then allo-cated through the Associated Student Government back to students.

“Students pay in and then it slowly trickles back down to where the appropriation com-mittee gets to distribute that back to students,” said Austin Reid, ASG treasurer.

Students pay about $3.12 a credit hour in fees that then work their way back into stu-dent programs, said Steve Voorhies, manager of media relations University Relations.

" e Programs Alloca-tion Board, which formerly was the Student Fee Review Board, collects money from seven fees that total about $1.2 million. " e board then distributes that among sev-en campus programs, one of which is ASG, Reid said.

" is year, ASG has about $310,000 total to give RSOs. Of this, between $120,000 and $150,000 will be awarded during this round. Under the ASG constitution, 80 percent of the budget must be given to RSOs, Reid said.

RSOs must complete the ASG allocations appropria-tions process to be eligible. " is process takes place three times a year in what is called a funding round — fall, winter, and spring. RSO o# cers must complete the process a semes-ter before events are sched-uled to take place, Reid said.

First, RSO o# cers are taught the proper way to ap-ply for and receive money. At least one o# cer from each RSO must attend a funding meeting where the ASG trea-surer explains the process and explains what kinds of pro-grams ASG can and cannot support. " ose who cannot attend a meeting may sched-ule a makeup with the ASG treasurer. " e deadline to schedule makeup meetings has passed for this round.

“We try to fund events that further the goals of that RSO,” Reid said. “We’re looking to fund events that promote di-versity on campus, add some vibrancy to the everyday go-ings on campus and can edu-cate our students and foster a campus community.”

A list of rules about what kinds of programs ASG can

and cannot support can be found at asg.uark.edu. Two main rules include that the event must be open to all stu-dents, and cannot be available for members only, and ASG cannot give RSOs money to raise funds, Reid said.

RSO o# cers must submit a budget, patterned a$ er the online template. On this bud-get, RSO o# cers must know when, where and what time their event will take place. Once a budget is submitted, the group is only allowed two date changes, Reid said.

ASG has an appropriations committee that is made up of nine senators; the treasurer is the chairman and only votes in a tie. " e senate chooses the appropriations commit-tee, said Grant Hodges, chair-man of the senate.

During one weekend, this committee looks over all the budgets and decides how to divide money among RSOs. For applications of $1,000 or more, the committee inter-views RSO o# cers. " is week-end the committee will decide how to divide the money for this funding round, Reid said.

" e committee sets stan-dards for how they would like to distribute the money. " e committee tries to give mon-ey for as many events as pos-sible, as long as the RSO has followed the rules and com-pleted all the requirements, Reid said.

Normally more money is requested than can be dis-tributed; so a$ er initial ap-provals, the committee goes through budgets and elimi-nates unneeded expenses. " e committee would rather cut individual things from bud-gets than cut entire programs, Reid said.

Once the committee de-cides their % nal allocations, they write a bill that the whole senate votes upon, Hodges said.

“[Funding] is a kind of tedious process, but that is bound to occur that the mon-ey is used in the proper way because there are lots of re-strictions on how the money can be used,” Mack Clements said, former Chi Alpha trea-surer.

Chi Alpha is one of the RSOs that o! ers free food for students. Last year, Chi Alpha sponsored Free Fish Friday, which fed about 250 people, and a special Friday Night Live with University Pro-grams and the Friends of In-dia, which about 500 people attended. " e cost of these free events was about $3,000.

ASG Fundingto RSOs

by SARAH DEROUENStaff Writer

College: A Dog-Eat-Dog World

MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERMiss University of Arkansas, Tracy Neil, prepares hot dogs to be handed out in front of the Union to kick off homecoming week.

Tuesday, October 11Possession Of Drug ParaphernaliaTwo students in Maple Hill South Residence Hall were referred to the O# ce Of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct.

Thursday, October 13Theft Of Motor VehicleA student reported someone stole his scooter from the scooter parking area east of the Reynolds Center.

Theft Of PropertyA sta! member reported someone stole a letter from a sign on the south lawn at Reid Hall.

Criminal Mischief; HarassmentA student reported someone le$ a bottle of urine on the seat of his scooter, le$ rocks on the seat, placed used chewing gum on the throttle and punctured a tire with a stick in separate incidents while the scooter was parked in Lot 50.

Tuesday, October 18Case 110813, Criminal Attempt ToCommit Aggravated RobberyA sta! member reported two unidenti% ed people ap-proached her in the Stadium Drive Parking Garage and demanded her car keys. She screamed and they ran away. Two people, one adult and one juvenile, were later arrest-ed in Springdale by Fayetteville Police Department De-tectives. Theft Of Motor VehicleA non-a# liated person reported someone stole his vehi-cle while it was parked in the south end zone at the foot-ball stadium. Two people, one adult and one juvenile, were later arrested in Springdale by Fayetteville Police Department Detectives. Fraudulent Use Of A Credit Card Or Debit CardA non-a# liated person reported her debit card was miss-ing and someone attempted to use it for purchases at the Walmart On Campus. HarassmentA student reported a fellow resident of Pomfret Hall makes harassing comments to her and about her when-ever she sees him. " e harassment started at the % rst foot-ball game and continues on campus and in the residence hall.

Sunday, October 23Driving While Intoxicated; Knowlingly FurnishingAlcohol To Minors; Minor In Possession Of AlcoholFour students and a non-a# liated person were arrested in the driveway to Lot 56 west of South Garland Avenue.

Thursday, October 27Theft Of Property; Criminal MischiefA sta! member reported someone tore up a No Smoking sign and stole the sign pole from the wooded area south-east of the intersection of Fairview Street and McIlroy Av-enue. Criminal Attempt To Commit Theft Of Property" e manager of Road Hog Park reported three non-a# li-ated people attempted to steal a section of pipe at the park but drove away when confronted.

NEWSPAGE 3 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011

“People are able to look through the catalog, read through possible titles, and schedule an appointment with a human ‘book’ they ! nd in-teresting,” Pope said.

" e Human Library is completely free and based on appointments, though reg-istration for this semester’s event is now closed at this time.

“" e appointments are 45 minutes long in which the student, sta# member or fac-ulty member meet with the human ‘book’ and learn about a certain subject through dia-logue,” Pope said.

" e Human Library was started at the UA in fall 2007 and takes place in both the spring and fall semesters of each year. " e program began internationally, in Denmark, and was formerly known as Living Library.

“" e UA was one of the ! rst universities to bring the program to a campus,” Pope said.

" is year, the Human Li-brary will take place in April 2012 as well. " e event is or-ganized through the Student Ombuds Services, in collabo-ration with International Stu-dents and Scholars and Uni-versity Libraries’ Diversity Committee, Pope said.

“Many di# erent countries, populations and cultures are represented and each subject inspires intercultural commu-nication," she said.

“By conversing with others and learning about them and other cultures, our experienc-es and campus are improved,” Pope said.

“I have been involved in this program for two years now,” said M. Heimid-Hous-seine, senior international re-lations major.

Last year, as a human book he discussed the aspects of government, relationships, and people of his country,

Mauritania, he said. “" is year, I will be dis-

cussing the cultural parts of Western Morroco and Alge-ria, involving values, family relationships, clothing and even how weddings are con-ducted,” Housseine said.

Housseine also said that the Human Library is a good opportunity for students and faculty from other countries

to share their culture with whoever is interested on cam-pus.

“When discussing culture

with me, the appointment is much more interactive than a book could be,” Housseine said.

" e student can ask ques-tions they might not be able to ! nd a clear answer to else-where.

“I love the program in that I can also learn from the read-er who is interviewing me,” Housseine said.

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THEFTfrom page 1

" e Hugg and Hall vehi-cle was found abandoned in Springdale, Lt. Crain said.

Meanwhile, UAPD inves-tigated and checked the regis-tration of the vehicle found in a near the UA. " ey traced the owner of that car to a house in Springdale, where the alleged assailants were found with stolen property in their pos-session.

" ey were arrested and are being held pending arraign-ment, or bail hearings, Lt. Crain said.

UAPD o$ cers suspect that these events may be connect-ed to the 12 the% s that oc-curred on campus in Septem-ber. Because those crimes are similar and occurred in the same area, UAPD thinks that these suspects might have been involved. " e investiga-tion is ongoing, Lt. Crain said.

Resident Interhall Con-gress will send a delegation to the Southwest A$ liate of Col-leges and Universities Resi-dence Halls conference in Dallas on Nov. 17-20.

" e delegation will include senators Ellen Rudolph, Shan-na Darling, Sarah Prince, Joe Kieklak, Brannon Daniels and Joseph Van Matre, as well as the RIC Executive team.

" is year RIC senators will be presenting informa-tion about the national award-winning program Straight Shot, which is currently in the running for Program of the Year. RIC senators will lead a

presentation on the Program Incentive Grant that recently passed legislation, said Onnis-sia Harries, director of public relations for RIC.

Sarah Kiminski, National Communications Coordina-tor, is in charge of the delega-tion.

All the schools in the re-gion are represented. Each school submits bids for re-gional recognition, which are debated over during the con-ference, Kaminski said.

Also during the confer-ence, there will be opportuni-ties for delegates to change re-gional legislation and policies.

" ere will be around 250 to 300 students at the confer-ence and the region includes

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

“It’s an exciting weekend and it’s very spirited,” Kamin-ski said. “" e di# erent schools will dress up and this year it’s medieval-themed.”

SWACURH is a conference in which Residence Hall Asso-ciations collaborate, network and exchange ideas. Delegates will learn about programs at other schools in the region and will come back with new ideas for RIC.

“It’s a great networking op-portunity,” Kaminski said. “I hope that we back with a new perspective, new ideas, and new tools from seeing what other schools are doing.”

Resident Interhall Congress to Attend Conference

by CICELY SHANNONStaff Writer

to run for two years, but a problem occurred when the feedstock of the biodiesel was changed.

“During the second winter of the study, they switched the feedstock from a soy-bean-based stock to an animal-based stock,” Johnson said.

" e switch caused the fuel to gel because of the cold weather and it would plug ! l-ters in the engine, he said.

Adding a chemical to low-er the gelling point can solve the problem, he said. " e fuel that was used was untreated, but could be used through winter if treated.

Other universities use bio-diesel.

UA Facilities Management “didn’t have the demand and usage” necessary to warrant a switch to biodiesel, said Glenn Grippe, director of business and support services for facili-ties management.

“Biodiesel began fueling the 25 diesel vehicles in Har-vard’s & eet during Spring 2004 as the University Operations Services constructed its very own biodiesel ! lling station,” according to the website. " e UA is not in the market for an-

other station, Grippe said.Many think of pure vegeta-

ble oil when they hear of bio-diesel, however, this is incor-rect, Johnson said.

" e biodiesel used in the study “is a manufactured product that meets very strin-gent quality standards,” he said.

Future Fuel Chemical Company in Batesville sup-plied the biodiesel used in the study, Johnson said. " ey met the quality standards and of-fered a “reliable, tested prod-uct.”

While this study did not use vegetable oil, tractors at the UA agriculture farm man-ufacture and run on fuel made from vegetable oil, he said.

In the past, the U of A paid to have the waste cooking oil used by Chartwell’s in the dining halls disposed of, said Nick Brown from the o$ ce of campus sustainability.

Now the waste oil is taken to the farm and is made into fuel for the vehicles, he said.

UA o$ cials spent almost $20,000 on the lab to make biodiesel, he said.

" e bene! ts outweighed the cost because the end prod-uct only costs about $1.25 a gallon, Johnson said.

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‘You Shall Know Our Velocity’

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAndrew Pool, freshman, and Trevor Fickel, senior, work on their physics project by recording the velocity and trajectory of a homed catapult.

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OPINION

Growing up I loved to read and Ernest Heming-way’s “A Moveable Feast” was—and still is— one of my favorite books.

In the novel, Heming-way attributes a now famous quote to Gertrude Stein. She said that Hemingway and his friends were “une génération perdu” or “a lost generation.”

When I first read that book at 15, I was naive, a bit of a romantic and fascinated by the idea of a “Lost Gener-ation.” I imagined a group of people sitting around a cafe in Paris drinking Pernod and talking about art and obscure writers. (If you’ve read “A Moveable Feast” you understand why.) I white-washed the psychological and economic aftereffects of World War I like our society mistakenly does to so many

events.Fast forward to a couple

of years ago when I read an article which came to the conclusion that college stu-dents who were graduat-ing during 2008, and even continuing through 2011 considering the state of the economy, were poised to be-come the next “lost genera-tion.” (We were supposed to the next “Greatest Genera-tion.” Gee, what a change. Thanks guys.)

More than half of people ages 16-29 don’t have jobs, according to Census Bureau data released in late Septem-ber.

Furthermore the percent of 25-29 year olds living with their parents increased by 25 percent. About 85 percent of college graduates end up moving back in with their parents, according to CNN.

Unemployment is still hanging around 9 percent, and it’s almost double that for some 18 to 29 year olds.

That, of course, doesn’t include underemployment. College graduates that are working at Starbucks—not that there is anything wrong with that— are still em-ployed, but they’re overqual-ified and putting their years in college to waste.

Slightly above 9 percent

unemployment, which is bad enough, but underemploy-ment is almost 20 percent, according to Gallup.

There is also almost a 20 percent gap between those who say there life is “thriv-ing” based on employed vs underemployed people who had a college or post-grad-uate degree. This is almost double that for those with those who completed high school or have technical or vocational training or went to college but didn’t gradu-ate, according to a June Gal-lup study.

Not only are we un-or un-der-employed, we are also less likely to be content. It makes sense, going to col-lege requires a lot of time and money—even more so grad school. Not to mention we’ve grown up hearing that if we went to college, did well and worked hard we would be able to get a good starting job in the field we’ve spent at least four years studying. This is obviously no longer true. A good job—in or out-side of your field of study— is hard to find.

Perhaps we’re less likely to say our lives are “thriv-ing” because of some sense of entitlement. But that “en-titlement” has been around in this country for a while.

What has changed is that we have a government that us-ing the same old rules for a system that is no longer working.

And perhaps, on a clos-ing note, that’s what Occu-py Wall Street members with their catch-allness should be basing their slogan around. Forget this “we are the 99 percent” anti-1 percent at-titude. I highly doubt those in the top 2 percent or top 5 percent are disadvantaged.

How about we refuse to be the next lost generation? We refuse to let a decade pass before we can start our careers, as suggested by a New York Times article. We refuse to continuously vote for representatives that put our interest below those of corporations. We refuse to work dead-end jobs while Congress is to busy bicker-ing instead of passing legis-lation that could help turn the economy around. We refuse to postpone our lives and our goals because of the foolish mistakes of our pre-decessors.

Jordain Carney is the 2011-2012 opinion editor. She is a senior majoring in political sci-ence, journalism and English.

Her column appears weekly.

! e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student clas-si" cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri" cation. Letters should be sent to traveler@uark.edu.

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Traveler Quote of the Day

“We try to fund events that further the goals of that RSO. We’re looking to fund events that promote diversity on campus,

add some vibrancy to the everyday go-ings on campus and can educate our stu-dents and foster a campus community.”

- Austin Reid, ASG treasurer, “Emergency Drills to Expand Beyond Dorms,” page one Arkansas Traveler: Letter to the Editor

A few weeks ago, ! e Traveler published a letter to the editor that I wrote regarding the defacing of chalkings made by the RSO, Occam’s Razor. In my haste to defend the " rst amendment rights this organization, I wrongly placed the blame on other, religious RSOs based on secondhand information passed on by others equally upset with the vandalized messages. A# er more investigating, it became apparent that those responsible were a group of zealots who are not in any way associated with the university. I believe it is my duty to right the wrong that I have committed, and must admit, humbly, that I was too quick to lay the blame in my own zeal. My apologies go out to all religion-based student organizations who may have taken o$ ense, and I ask for their forgiveness. I still stand by my belief that defamation of any groups promotion is wrong and goes against the very cornerstone of our country’s freedom and would like to ask that if you do see anyone destroying chalkings or other promotional material that you report it to University authorities. I would also like to thank ! e Traveler for the opportunity to speak my mind, and hope that others take advantage of this great resource for public discourse.

-David “Zeek” Martin, journalism major

KXUA station manager

Correction to “Religious Vandalizing On Campus”

Monday’s Traveler MissingAs I sat at home finishing up my French essay Mon-

day morning, I received a call from my father, who works in the UA’s Engineering Department.

“I can’t find your paper,” he said. “It’s not here.” Minutes later, I got a text from an editorial staff

member. The paper was not in Kimpel Hall either they said.

It turns out, not only was the paper missing from Kimpel Hall and the Engineering building, but from almost all the buildings and racks across campus.

Needless to say, we were upset Monday in the newsroom. For every Monday paper, we dedicate many hours of our Sundays to complete the paper.

Although we have no lead on who committed this felony, we speculated that it must have been a prank. We know the newspapers were delivered and placed on the racks in the morning, but nothing beyond that point is known. We filed a police report Monday and are working to get footage from security cameras across campus.

It upsets us all here in the Traveler office that someone or a group of people would do something as horrible as this. Writers had worked hard to report their stories, photographers took time to shoot their photos, the editorial staff spent hours editing and de-signers dedicated their Sunday afternoon to laying out the paper—and all their hard work has disappeared.

Though the papers were returned to the Travel-er office bin at approximately 8:30 Monday night and taking the paper may seem harmless, it has significant repercussions. The estimated cost Monday’s paper is about $8,000. Charges will be pressed.

Class Registration Frustrations

Registering for classes, which began Monday, can be a stressful time. What if the class you need is full? What if it the time conflicts with the time of another class?

Students often get frustrated because they think their registration date is later than it should be — we’ve been there.

As much as some students like to avoid advising— we aren’t completely innocent— knowing which classes you have to take and having a few backups incase those classes are full is always a good idea. We’re dealing with record enrollment, it’s bound to happen.

For students that know when in the day they don’t want to take classes—for example if you need to build your class schedule based on when you work— admin-istrators added a class scheduler. While confusing at first it can be helpful for students who need to be extra cautious.

Furthermore for students that get frustrated with the registration process, take solace in the fact that most of have also been frustrated. Until a new registration system is designed—or until more classes are added— we’ll probably continue to be frustrated.

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Class Registration Frustration

Tracy Neal bent at the knees as a dazzling tiara was placed atop her head. She clutched a bouquet of roses, donned a white satin sash, and beamed an even whiter smile to the full house at the Arkansas Union’s Verizon Ballroom.

Neal was crowned Miss Uni-versity of Arkansas 2012, Sunday, Oct. 16. It is a role for which had been preparing for the entirety of last year.

Neal, a senior who hails from Bryant, competed against 13 oth-er contestants in this year’s Miss University of Arkansas Pageant. ! e contestants ranged from 18 to 23 years old with a variety of majors including nursing, journa-lis, and political science, with Neal working toward a degree in health science.

! e competition included an interview phase, a talent phase, and showcases of evening gowns and swimwear. ! e contestants were judged in each category by a panel of " ve judges, and the con-testant with the highest points overall was crowned Miss Univer-sity of Arkansas.

Neal, who was the 2011 Miss Northwest Arkansas, said she had been preparing for this particular pageant rigorously. She worked with an interview coach, dieted, and exercised in preparation for the competition.

Even with all of the work she put in just to be crowned Miss University of Arkansas, Neal was in no way preparing for a break. She called the role a full-time job as an ambassador for the univer-sity.

“! ere are a lot of fun appear-ances and there’s a great schol-arship package that does come along with this crown,” Neal said. “But it is a job and I am so looking forward to doing it for the next year.”

Neal beamed as she explained the charity aspects of being Miss University of Arkansas. ! e queen supports the Children’s Miracle Network, an organiza-tion which funds improvement of children’s hospitals and other medical facilities.

Each contestant in the pageant promotes a di# erent social plat-form. As pageant queen, she will spend time and e# ort in raising money and awareness for their charities or organizations, and many competitors feel this is one of the most important parts of the pageant.

“I found out a lot of informa-tion about my platform, which happens to be [A Postive Out-look on] Social Media,” said Kylie Bell, a junior from Van Buren and third runner-up in the Miss Uni-versity of Arkansas pageant. “I did a lot of research to mentally pre-pare for this.”

Neal also promotes breast can-cer awareness through an intern-ship with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. During her intern-ship, she focused on increasing

education and expanding re-search of the disease.

Aside from advocating a charity platform, Miss University of Ar-kansas also attends local and cam-pus events as a representative of the UA. She works athletic events, promotes the UA within the com-munity, and will also represent the school at the Miss Arkansas pag-eant in Hot Springs this summer.

An element from the Miss Uni-versity of Arkansas pageant that Neal will bring to Hot Spring for the Miss Arkansas pageant is her talent as a dancer. She said she has been dancing since she was three years old.

Neal twirled, stretched, and chasséd across the stage in a skirt-ed ivory leotard. ! e audience was wooed by her willowy move-ments as she performed to the slow-paced contemporary Chris-tian song, “Every Moment” by Joy Williams.

Even a bandage wrapped around the ball of her foot seemed a graceful accessory to her lilting movements. Neal’s many years of dance experience helped her to secure the crown, and all that comes along with it.

Neal humbly described her ex-citement about the opportuni-ties her new title will provide, but apart from the immaterial rewards, Neal raked in a $3000 scholarship and more than $5000 in awards and prizes to help her throughout her year as reigning Miss University of Arkansas.

Toni Bahn, executive director of the pageant and director of special events for the athletic department, said the scholarships are one of the greatest aspects of pageantry, as she competed in the Miss Ar-kansas and Miss America system while she was in college.

“! ough I never won Miss Ar-kansas or Miss America, obvious-ly, I won a lot of scholarship mon-ey to help me pay for my educa-tion here at the U of A,” Bahn said.

Bahn also said that the pageant bene" ts the contestants outside of the " nancial aspect.

“I just believe in what it does for the girls,” Bahn said. “It gives them a lot of poise and con" -dence and it helps them to be sure of themselves. It helps them with interview skills and helps them to speak and perform in public.”

Neal was certainly poised and con" dent as she took to the mi-crophone during the interview phase of the competition.

“Contestant number 13 … Tracy Neal,” the lively emcee an-nounced, as the audience erupted in applause.

Neal stepped up to the micro-phone and drew an index card out of a glass bowl. She handed the card to a former pageant win-ner who would be reading her question.

“! is is the largest class at the UA ever. Is this a good thing or should we take steps to cap enroll-ment?” the former queen asked.

Without skipping a beat, Neal responded eloquently in her charming southern accent.

“I would de" nitely say this a good thing,” Neal said. “We have the largest enrollment class with over 23,000 students this year, and I think that that is only going to bene" t the university as our fac-ulty is growing as well.”

And as the UA’s reigning queen, and promoter of the university to prospective students, making these numbers grow is one of the most important aspects of her job as Miss University of Arkansas 2012.

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Students, alumni and com-munity members from across Northwest Arkansas come together each fall to celebrate homecoming week at the UA, complete with the parades and pep rallies that the com-munity has come to recog-nize as tradition. These fes-tivities would not be possible without hours of work and planning from UA students.

Of the many student or-ganizations on campus that participate in homecom-ing week each year, a major source of participation comes from members of UA Greek life chapters, who put in hun-dreds of combined hours to make homecoming week a success.

The year 2010 was the first time in several years that the competi-tive element was removed from h o m e c o m i n g week, but this year the UA made the decision to bring the competition back at the appeal of the Student Alum-ni Board, which is made up of seven student representa-tives.

The Student Alumni As-sociation initially removed the competition as a result of vandalism and other ques-tionable student behavior throughout the week, but without a competitive ele-ment, participation in home-coming events during 2010 was lackluster, said Cait-lin Lamb, director of tradi-tions for the SAB. “There was very little enthusiasm about homecoming [last year],” Lamb said. “We had a lot of complaints that it didn’t seem any different from other game weekends.”

In response, the students on the SAB created a pro-gram that was presented to the head of the SAA describ-ing how to implement healthy competition and communi-ty service into homecoming events.

One major point of the SAB’s initiative to bring the competition back to home-coming this year was the fact that after the removal of the competition, the homecom-ing blood drive did not even come close to reaching its goal in 2010.

The fact that a competitive homecoming was a tradition was also considered a benefit to the many UA alumni who attend homecoming events each year.

The SAB was successful in its endeavor, and this year the

homecoming competition will thrive once again, with competitions divided into Greek Life, RSO and dormi-tory divisions.

After a year of participating in homecoming events with-out competing against other houses, many Greek students are happy to welcome back friendly competition into the homecoming week celebra-tion.

“Friendly competition al-ways brings out the best in everyone,” said Emily Tro-linger, a junior member of Tri-Delta Sorority. “The time our chapter spends working together on homecoming is a big part of building rela-tionships and meeting people from the other chapters we work with.”

This year's competition

is made up of partnerships among Greek chapters, all of which contain a representa-tive chapter from each Greek council — Panhellenic, Na-tional Pan-hellenic and Inter-Fraternity.

Homecoming week com-petitions this year include a banner competition, the homecoming blood drive and a chili cook-off, along with Friday night's float competi-tion during the "Hog Stam-pede" parade and pep ral-ly directly following in the Greek Theatre.

Make a Difference Day and Campus Beautification Day are new additions to this year’s homecoming events, providing volunteer opportu-nities as a part of the week’s competition.

The combination of all of these events re-quires weeks of preparation from sorority and fra-ternity members in order for their chapters to be

able to hold their own in the highly competitive field.

"I know everyone in our so-rority and the other houses we're paired with put hours into working on homecom-ing every year, and the people who are in charge of planning it put in even more," said Kel-si Wiederhold, a UA junior and a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

The support of the North-west Arkansas community during homecoming is an-other part of what makes the work worth it, Wiederhold added.

"There are always a lot of families at the parade and the game, so it's definitely re-warding to do a good job on everything to make it fun for them to watch," she said.

Campus Ladies Competein Miss UA Pageant

Competition Revives Homecoming Spirit

by KATHERINE BARNETTStaff Writer

COURTESY PHOTOTracy Neal wipes a tear as she is crowned Miss University of Arkan-sas by Kacey Keefe, last year’s Miss University of Arkansas.

KRIS JOHNSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERTom Christian, in a crayon costume, draws with chalk on the Union Mall on Halloween.

by YANI KOContributing Writer

“Friendly competition brings out the best in everyone.”

- Emily Trolinger, Junior, Tri-Delta Sorority

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ASG Eating Competition 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Pig Skin Classic Flag Football Tournamentat Intramural FieldsGames begin 5:00 p.m.

ASG Razorback Spirit Day

Blood DriveHPER 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

! rough the Decades: Creat a Hogat Connections Lounge 1 - 4:30 p.m.

Blood Driveat HPER 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Decades on Dickson: StreetLive concert of student bands 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.Show 2011 homecoming wristband for discounts

Sty-lize Your Lawn: Lawn Decorating CompetitionJudging begins at 12 p.m.

Dickson Street ParadeFloats lineup 4 - 6 p.m.Parade begins 7 p.m.

Homecoming Pep Rallyat Greek ! eatre 8 p.m.

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Don’t forget to vote for the 2011 UA Homecoming Queen!

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Arkansas senior middle linebacker Jerry Franklin was named Southeastern Confer-ence Co-Defensive Player of the Week, while sophomore kicker Zach Hocker earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

Franklin’s 94-yard fumble return for a touchdown was a pivotal play down the stretch of the Razorbacks’ 31-28 come-back win at Vanderbilt. Hocker made all three of his ! eld goals, including a 42-yarder that was

the eventual game-winner.“" ey’ve both had unbeliev-

able games,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “Totally a big part in us winning the game. Zach with his three ! eld goals, the 50 yarder. When we weren’t able to sustain the drives and get the ball in the end zone but when you get those three points, that’s huge for you. " en obviously Jerry played a great game not only running and tackling, but the return for the touchdown was a big part of the win.”

" e Commodores were on the Hogs’ 3-yard line try-

ing to add to a 28-20 lead late in the third quarter when run-ning back Zac Stacy dropped the ball, allowing Franklin to scoop-and-score. " e Hogs tied the game on a two-point conversion.

“Everybody in my family was calling me and telling me ‘We watched the play, good job,’” Franklin said. “" ey said (the TV announcer) was telling about the running back in you and I told them, ‘I didn’t play

New Arkansas coach Mike An-derson called senior forward Mar-vell Waithe the most improved player on his roster before the Ra-zorbacks o# cially started practice in mid-October.

Waithe made Anderson look like a prophet Sunday.

" e 6-foot-9, 195-pounder poured in 31 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, helping lead the White team to a 112-79 win in the Red-White game at Bud Wal-ton Arena.

“Marvell, obviously he made shots,” Anderson said. “We know he’s not going to score 30 every night, but the thing I liked about

it$was, he was pretty active out there. He was blocking shots, he was re-bounding, he was playing hard.”

Waithe was teamed with junior forward Marshawn Powell Sunday. " e duo combined for 66 points and 19 rebounds in the 33-point win.

“I’m not used to playing with him for real,” Powell said. “We play together a little bit in practice but usually I am going against the guy, but when we are on the same team we are two athletic forwards that you can throw the ball up the % oor and we can go up and shoot it. It opens everything up for everybody.”

Anderson’s hire provided a fresh start for Waithe. He and his

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SPORTSWade Apologizes for Vicious Hit

Arkansas freshman receiver Marquel Wade was ejected during Arkansas’ 31-28 win over Vanderbilt Saturday.

Wade crushed Vanderbilt punt returner Jonathan Krause before al-lowing Krause a chance to field the punt. Following the play, Wade jumped around in celebration while Krause lay motionless on the field.

On Monday, Wade apologized for the play and his actions while leaving the field.

“I really want to just apologize for any embarrassment I did to the fans and also this organization,” Wade said. “In this situation I got into or whatever they say now goes and I have to take what I did and go with it in the future. What I did was wrong,

but I thought he had the ball and I will leave it at that.

“I was going out there and giving 100 percent trying to play my game. I messed up and I fully regret every-thing I did.”

Krause was running full speed to field the punt when Wade decleated him.

“That is an issue where we have to really go back and see how we are teaching it, making sure we get away from it if the ball is not there,” Petrino said.

A week earlier in the Razorbacks’ 29-24 win against Ole Miss, junior linebacker Terrell Williams made a similar play, but was able to time his hit with the Rebel punt returner catching the ball.

“I think in Marquel’s mind he thought he was doing the same thing, but the ball was not there” Petrino said. “We have to make sure

we address what goes on after the sit-uation. That is the thing I didn’t like.”

Wade’s celebration after the hit stemmed from the thought of feel-ing as if he had made a big play for Arkansas, which at the time of the hit was trailing 21-17.

“Some say it was good and some said it was bad,” Wade said when talking about the reaction he has received from others about the hit. “I just have to go through the future with it now.”

Senior linebacker Jerry Franklin had a similar incident in Arkansas’ conference opener against Georgia in 2009. A sophomore then, the 6-foot-1 middle linebacker was ejected for pushing a Bulldog player and bumping into an official, drawing two personal fouls penalties

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

Arkansas is awful." at’s the observation of

anyone who watches the ! rst half of football games.

" e Razorbacks take longer to get started than the NBA.

" e Hogs have been outscored 83-52 in the ! rst half of their last ! ve games. " at includes double-digit de! cits in the ! rst half at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt, teams with a combined 1-9 record in

the Southeastern Conference.Arkansas turns it around,

though. With the exception of the

Alabama game, the Razor-backs have done their best St. Louis Cardinals impression and rallied from each de! cit to win.

" e Hogs are No. 7 in the BCS, primed for a showdown with No. 9 South Carolina. Arkansas is 7-1 for just the third time since joining the SEC in 1992.

" e way the Razorbacks have been winning is frustrat-ing the fans, coaches and play-ers, though.

“It’s very frustrating,” se-nior defensive end Jake Be-quette said. “We’re de! nite-ly not satis! ed where we are right now, we’re not happy at all. We’re happy to be 7-1, that’s a great position. It looks

good on paper. We know we’re capable of much better on de-fense and o& ense. When we put a complete game togeth-er, it’s going to be something to see.”

When will the Hogs put a complete game together?

How long can Arkansas keep living on the edge?

Conventional wisdom says the inability to start will catch up to them sooner or later.

" e scary part for Razor-backs fans should be that the coaching sta& hasn’t ! gured out a way to ! x the issues.

In fact, old problems resur-faced worse than ever in the Vanderbilt game.

It starts with slow starts. " e Hogs have gone three-

and-out on their ! rst posses-sion in ! ve consecutive games. Arkansas hasn’t scored ! rst since the Troy game Sept. 17.

Razorbacks junior quarter-back Tyler Wilson was rushed all game and endured his worst beating since the 38-14 loss to the Crimson Tide. " e Hogs’ o& ensive line was po-rous and Wilson was o' en a sitting duck.

Another disconcerting de-velopment is his lack of abil-ity to throw the deep ball in recent weeks. He underthrew multiple open receivers down-! eld against the Rebels and Commodores.

Wilson has a strong arm, no doubt. He can make any throw on the ! eld.

Could it be that the lack of pass blocking is keeping him from setting his feet and step-ping into the throw?

To be clear, he doesn’t have happy feet. He’s getting killed for staying in the pocket.

" e running game was

back to looking average and junior Dennis Johnson, Ar-kansas’ best running back, fumbled the ball in opponents’ territory for the second con-secutive week, leading to his benching.

Sophomore kicker Zach Hocker made all three of his ! eld goals, including the even-tual game-winner. He was the only bright spot on special teams.

" e Razorbacks were % agged for three personal foul penalties on special teams, in-cluding Marquel Wade’s con-troversial % agrant personal foul penalty that resulted in his ejection and was a national topic of discussion.

" e defense has been the most underwhelming of the three phases.

" e Hogs returned eight defensive starters for what

was supposed to be defensive coordinator Willy Robinson’s best unit in his four years.

Arkansas’ ! rst-half defense might be more porous than its o& ensive line.

Key returning starters have regularly missed arm tack-les, made assignment errors and been out of position early in the ! rst half of games. " e Razorbacks look caught-o& -guard on a weekly basis.

“We’ve just got to keep looking at what we’re doing wrong,” Robinson said af-ter the game. “It’s on me. I put ourselves in a couple of bad situations ... It’s easy for us in a cool air-conditioned room when we look at things as coaches, you can recog-nize formations, we can try to

What’s Wrong With Arkansas?COMMENTARY

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Franklin, Hocker Win SEC Awards

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Senior Marvell Waithe dropped 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Red-White game. The 6-foot-9 forward said he hasn’t had a game like that since JUCO.

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by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

Waithe’s Confi dence ShowingSenior  forward  has  big  Red-­White  game

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CROSS COUNTRY

Fernandez, Razorbacks Win SEC Titles

MARYVILLE, Tenn. – For the 19th time in program history and for the second straight year, Arkansas’ men’s cross country team captured the Southeastern Confer-ence Cross Country team title with a first-place run Monday morning at the Lambert Acres Golf Club in Maryville, Tenn.

The Razorbacks were paced by SEC champion Eric Fernandez, the 11th individ-ual title for Arkansas since joining the conference.

Behind a 1-2 finish by Fer-nandez and Duncan Phillips, the Razorbacks collected 33 team points to secure the con-

ference title. The SEC cross country victory is the second for Arkansas under coach Chris Bucknam. The Razor-backs placed all five of its scorers inside the top 13 and finished ahead of runner-up Florida (66 points) and third-place Georgia (68).

With their victory Mon-day, the Razorbacks have won three of the past four SEC titles dating back to their championship performances during the 2010-11 season at the cross country and out-door track and field meets. The 2011 SEC cross country

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by UA MEDIA RELATIONS

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSenior line backer Jerry Franklin received co-SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his game against Vanderbilt. The 6-foot-1 captain recorded 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and scored on a 94 yard fumble return to help the Hogs tie the game at 28-28.

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER True freshman Marquell Wade was ejected during the third quarter of Arkansas’ game against Vanderbilt for flagarant personal foul on Vanderbilt punt returner Jonathan Krause.

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teammates have seen a change in the two weeks since o! cial practice started.

“Last year I’d be in practice sometimes and be like ‘Why are we doing this?’” Waithe said. “" is year when we practice, everything we do is for a purpose. We go long, but it seems like it gets by so fast be-cause everything we’re doing is for a real purpose.”

Waithe averaged 3.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in just 11.4 minutes per game last season for former coach John Pelphrey.

He will need to play a bigger role for Arkansas this season. " e Razorbacks have just # ve players 6-foot-6 or taller and two of them — 6-foot-11 Hunter Mickelson and 6-foot-8 Devonta Abron— are freshmen.

Waithe was named Mr. Basket-ball in Canada in 2006 and was a highly-touted junior college pros-pect at Tallahassee (Fla.) Commu-nity College.

He was billed as a combo for-ward that could play inside and outside, but played mostly around the basket early in the nonconfer-ence last season with Powell recov-ering from a broken foot.

He averaged 5.2 points and six rebounds in 15.6 minutes per game in the Hogs’ # rst # ve games.

Once Powell was healthy enough for more extensive playing time, Waithe’s averages diminished to 3.1 points and 2.6 assists in 10.3 minutes for the rest of the season. He didn’t play in eight games down the stretch of the season, including # ve of the # nal six games.

His 31 points Sunday were four more than he scored in the Hogs’ 19 games a$ er New Years last season.

“You can see he’s got some ath-letic ability,” Anderson said. “He’s long, he’s athletic and as he contin-ues to # gure out defensively what we’re doing and how he can really be a big part, then I think it’s going to pay dividends for our basketball team, and he’s a guy ... He’s tricky in shooting the basketball, but oth-er than the three 3-point shots he made, you’ll notice he was the re-cipient of a lot of passes, with pen-etration or a fast break, or an alley-oop.

“He can do those kinds of things. He can be a guy that gets some highlights. For him, I’m sure it’s a good con# dence builder.”

Waithe wasn’t satis# ed with his big day, though.

“It’s the Red and White game so I mean it would feel better if it’s an actual game, but it’s all right,” Wait-he said. “If a real game comes out and I don’t do too well - I am just

trying to focus on practice and fo-cus on getting better every day.”

Waithe is striving for consis-tency.

He wowed the new coaching during his # rst workout in front of them, putting on a display similar to his game Sunday. " e next day was a di% erent story.

“It is amazing how guys can fool you because the # rst day we work him out and he didn’t miss a shot, threes, twos, dunks,” Ander-son said.&“" en I&came the next day and he wasn’t doing all that. " e thing is, the potential is there.

“You will see some of these guys in a di% erent light because now they are going to play with that con-# dence. Con# dence has a lot to do with basketball.”

If Sunday is an indication, Wait-he has a lot of con# dence.

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transfer that over to the play-ers. We can give them 2 or 3 shots at it in a practice, but when the bullets are ' ying out here, we can still recog-nize it from the sideline, but our players have a little bit of an inconsistency of recogniz-ing it from their viewpoint. So,

again, maybe we’re doing too much, OK?

“It’s a matter of recognition and talking and getting things done. A lot of those things shouldn’t have happened to-day. We repped too many of them for it to occur.”

" e same things keep oc-curring, though, game a$ er game. " e defense looks better a$ er making hal$ ime adjust-ments.

Why is the gameplan or ef-fort or execution, whatever it is, never right at kicko% ?

" e Hogs have a talented team. Watch the second half of games and it’s evident.

Sooner or later, Arkansas will have to play a complete game, though.

" e Razorbacks better # x the slow-start woes before it’s too late.

Flipping the on-switch af-ter falling behind 17-0 or 21-7 against LSU won’t be so easy.

Jimmy Carter is the sports editor for ! e Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.

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title is the sixth conference championship for Arkansas under Bucknam.

“Obviously, we’re very happy,” Bucknam said. “This is our first line of defense when we go into the cham-pionship season. I’d have to say this is our most important meet of the year. I’m thrilled to watch our guys perform the way they did. I’m proud of them. We got good com-petition from Florida and Georgia, and hats off to them. They ran a tough race, and we came out on top.”

Fernandez is Arkansas’ first individual champion since Josphat Boit complet-ed back-to-back title runs in 2004 and 2005. Running away from the lead pack late in the race, Fernandez navigated the 8,000-meter course in a time of 24:10.60, ahead of second-place runner and teammate Duncan Phillips. The Razor-back senior clocked a time of 24:22.57

“We come to SECs for the team title, and the best way to help out your team is to score as low as possible,” Fernan-dez said. “Winning is always fun but looking at the grand scheme of things, one point is always better than two. Then Duncan (Phillips) got second. That was so sweet. That made me even happier than when I crossed the line because I knew that meant with that one-two punch and how the other guys were racing, that we had it in the bag. It was

fun.”Seniors Rick Elliott and

Chuol Dey were Arkansas’ third and fourth scorers, re-spectively. Elliott ran to a sixth-place individual finish, crossing the line in a time of 24:29.59. He was followed by an 11th-place result from Dey who posted a finishing time of 24:39.64. Patrick Rono, the only freshman in Arkan-sas’ lineup, rounded out the team’s scoring with a time of 24:41.89, good for 13th place overall.

The Razorbacks’ sixth runner was Layne Nixon. He finished in a time of 24:56.36, good for 20th place overall. Nixon was immediately fol-lowed by Aaron Hamilton who finished in 21st place and clocked in with a time of 24:59.28.

Arkansas’ remaining run-ners were Tom Cattin-Mas-son (25:15.84) in 31st place overall, Omar Abdi (25:26.32) in 37th place and Camer-on Efurd (25:41.79) in 47th place.

During the post-race awards ceremony, the Razor-backs—Fernandez, Phillips and Elliott—named to the All-SEC First Team, while Dey and Rono earned spots on the All-SEC Second Team. As the second freshman run-ner overall, Rono also gar-nered a place on the SEC All-Freshman Team.

With the conference meet behind them, the Razorbacks return to action Nov. 12 for the 2011 NCAA South Cen-tral Region Championship at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco, Te xas.

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running back in high school. I played a little tight end.”

" e play was reminiscent of his 85-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Texas A&M in 2009, a play that also shi$ -ed momentum in an Arkansas win.

“It kind of helped change the game,” Franklin said.&“I be-lieve it tied the game up a$ er the 2-point conversion we got so yeah, it was a big turnaround for us.& It was pretty much simi-lar. I can’t remember how long that Texas A&M run was but it was a pretty good distance.”

In addition to the return, Franklin totaled 10 tackles, in-cluding a career-high 2.5 tack-les-for-loss.

" e special teams honor was the # rst weekly award in Hock-er’s career.

“It’s de# nitely an honor,” Hocker said. “A lot of kickers

don’t really come through and get that award. So I’m very, very honored by that. A lot of sup-port from my teammates and coaches congratulating me. I’m thankful for Coach (Petrino), too, putting me in those situa-tions to go out there and try to make kicks. " is weekend ev-erything went through and I’m really thankful for it.”

Prior to hitting the go-ahead # eld goal, Hocker made 36-and 50-yard attempts. " e 50-yard-er almost matched his career-long 51-yarder at South Caro-lina last season.

“Whether it’s an extra point and it’s the # rst touchdown of the game or there’s # ve seconds le$ and there’s a 50-yarder, you have to treat every kick the same,” Hocker said. “Come out there with a level head and keep your head down and swing through and hope it’s going to go in.&If you stay through your technique and just have con-# dence, everything’s going to work out.”

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GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sophomore kicker Zach Hocker was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after going three for three on fi eld goal attempts including a 42-yarder that would be the eventual game-winner.

and ultimately ejection.Franklin said the team knew

where Wade’s heart was at when the incident happened against the Com-modores on Saturday.

“He was just really trying to make a play,” Franklin said.&“I told him just keep your head up and just come back with the team. We know where his heart was.& It wasn’t on being a vicious hit or anything. We know he was try-ing to make a play.”

Wade has provided the Razor-backs with an extra spark on special teams this season. The Jacksonville, Fla. native has handled punt return duties alongside senior receiver Joe Adams and kick return duties along-side junior running back Dennis Johnson.

The 5-foot-11 speedster averages 59.8 all-purpose yards per game and has one touchdown on the season, an 85-yard kick return against New Mexico.

“I feel real good about special teams,” Wade said. “I feel like since I

am a freshman I can come in and do my part at that and wait until it is my turn next year to do what I have to do on the field at receiver.”

Wade also plays on both punt and kickoff coverage teams and has three tackles on the year.

Petrino said it has not been de-cided whether Wade will face further punishment.

Childs, Wright and Smothers re-covering from injuries

Senior wide receiver Greg Childs didn’t make the trip with Arkansas to the Razorbacks’ matchup against Vanderbilt after aggravating his knee in practice earlier in the week.

“I think it scared him as much as anything and he didn’t practice on Wednesday or Thursday,” Petrino said. “That’s when the decision was made to keep him out of the game. After that happened he didn’t feel comfortable. We redid the MRI and I think it was a big relief to him when the doctors said structurally every-thing is OK.”

Childs has just nine catches for 109 yards this season after eclipsing the 600-yard mark in each of his past two seasons and combining for 13

touchdowns in those seasons as well.The Warren, Ark., native suffered

a season-ending knee injury last sea-son in Arkansas home win against Vanderbilt 49-14. At the time of the injury, Childs was the team leader in receiving yards and touchdowns.

Defensive end Tenarius Wright is going on week five of his recovery from a broken forearm that occurred during Arkansas’ 42-38 come from behind victory against Texas A&M.

Coach Petrino said there is an outside shot that the starting right end could be back for Arkansas’ matchup against No. 9 South Carolina.

“He got out last week and got work in,” Petrino said. “He did some drill work and took some reps in team. His legs are where they need to be but we will see this week where it goes with the arm. We won’t know that until later in the week.”

Wright has 10 tackles and a forced fumble in the four games he has played this season.

Meanwhile, Petrino said Smoth-ers injured his ankle 3-4 weeks ago and has not been back since sustain-ing the injury. He didn’t travel to the Ole Miss or Vanderbilt games.

Smothers started the Razorbacks first three games of the season and became the first true freshman in Ar-kansas history to start his first career game on the offensive line.

Fast start talk silencedDespite being outscored 83-52 in

the first half of their last five games, Ar-kansas isn’t focusing on its slow starts, Petrino said.

“We are not talking about that anymore,” Petrino said. “We are going with the philosophy that, you know when you have teams that are fum-bling the ball and the more you talk about it the more you fumble? So si-lence. Nothing about fast starts.”

The Razorbacks have won despite the slow starts, with the only loss com-ing to No. 2 Alabama on the road. The four-game win streak has propelled Arkansas to No. 7 in the BCS rank-ings, the school’s highest ranking in coach Bobby Petrino’s tenure.

“We don’t want to harp on it too much and it becomes a mind game, so we are just focused on going out playing,” Franklin said. “I feel we are 7-1 so we are doing&a pretty decent job of getting the job done.”

UA MEDIA RELATIONSArkansas junior Eric Fernandez won the individual SEC cross country championship and led the Razorbacks to their 36th conference title in 38 years.

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ARKANSAS (7 -1, 3-1 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG YPGD. Johnson 51 325 1 6.4 54.2R. Wingo Jr. 72 320 2 4.4 45.7J. Adams 9 138 1 15.3 17.2B. Green 29 77 3 2.7 19.2

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPT. Wilson 175-279 2327 3 13 62.7

B. Mitchell 20-29 242 1 2 69.0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG YPGJ. Wright 44 709 7 16.1 101.3J. Adams 37 453 1 12.2 56.6C. Gragg 25 266 1 10.6 33.2C. Hamilton 20 378 2 18.9 47.2R. Wingo Jr. 18 184 2 10.2 26.3D. Johnson 12 179 2 14.9 29.8

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTJ. Franklin 33 35 68 9.5 0.5 0A. Highsmith 28 20 48 9.0 2.0 0E. Bennett 21 27 48 1.5 0 3T. Thomas 27 16 43 1.5 0 3J. Nelson 20 19 39 3.5 0 1T. Mitchel 24 13 37 0 0 0R. Rasner 22 12 34 2.0 2.0 0B. Jones 8 291 29 1.5 0 0E. Ford 10 16 26 0.5 0 0C. Smith 8 14 22 4.0 1.5 0T. Flowers 10 11 21 3.5 1.0 0G. Gatson 15 6 21 1.0 0 1I. Madison 13 4 17 0 0 0R. Thomas 7 8 15 2.5 1.0 0J. Bequette 3 11 14 2.5 2.0 0

SOUTH CAROLINA (7-1, 5-1 SEC)RUSHING No. Yds TD AVG YPGM. Lattimore 163 818 10 5.0 116.9B. Wilds 41 212 0 5.2 26.5C. Shaw 56 174 1 3.1 34.8B. Ellington 11 91 1 8.3 11.4

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD CMPC. Shaw 60-96 582 3 6 62.5A. Cli! ord 2-2 23 0 1 100.0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD AVG YPGA. Je! ery 33 468 5 14.2 58.5M. Lattimore 19 182 1 9.6 26.0A. Sanders 16 202 1 12.6 25.2J. Cunningham 13 107 1 8.2 13.4B. Ellington 12 129 0 10.8 16.1N. Jones 11 140 1 12.7 20.0

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks INTA. Allen 38 24 62 6.5 0 3D. Swearinger 32 16 48 0.5 0 3D. Holloman 20 15 35 2.0 0 0Q. Smith 19 16 35 2.5 0 0R. Bowens 20 14 34 0 0 1M. Ingram 19 13 32 9.0 5.5 2R. Paulk 14 18 32 1.0 0 0S. Gilmore 22 9 31 0 0 3S. Wilson 12 17 29 2.0 1.0 0T. Robertson 13 16 29 2.0 0 0J. Clowney 9 14 23 7.0 5.0 0D. Taylor 16 7 23 4.0 3.0 0M. Markett 17 3 20 0 0 0K. Quarles 7 10 17 1.0 0 0

ARKANSASDATE OPPONENT RESULT

9-3 Missouri State W, 51-79-10 New Mexico W, 52-39-17 Troy W, 38-289-24 at Alabama L, 38-1410-1 Texas A&M W, 42-3810-8 Auburn W, 38-1410-22 at Ole Miss W, 29-2410-29 at Vanderbilt W, 31-2811-5 South Carolina11-12 Tennessee11-19 Mississippi State11-26 at LSU

DATE OPPONENT RESULT

9-3 East Carolina W, 56-379-10 at Georgia W, 45-429-17 Navy W, 24-219-24 Vanderbilt W, 21-310-1 Auburn L, 16-1310-8 Kentucky W, 54-310-15 at Mississippi St. W, 14-1210-29 at Tennessee W, 14-311-5 at Arkansas11-12 Florida11-19 " e Citadel11-26 Clemson

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