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Hardly a second a!er quar-terback Kolton Browning’s foot crossed into the end zone, the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks rushed the "eld at War Memorial Stadi-um. #e Warhawks upset No. 8 Arkansas in overtime in the state capitol.

A!er a loss equivalent to losing to the Arkansas State Red Wolves, a fellow Sunbelt member to ULM, Arkansas su$ered the second-worst drop in the AP college foot-ball poll since Michigan lost to Appalachian State in 2007, according to ESPN.

Saturday night was no Mir-acle on Markham. #is was a meltdown on Markham, com-plete with three Razorback ca-sualties.

#e meltdown began a!er hal!ime, when the Razor-backs were still leading 21-7.

Quarterback Tyler Wilson didn’t return to the "eld af-ter hal!ime, forcing redshirt freshman Brandon Allen to take the snaps for the remain-der of the game.

“Tyler Wilson took a hit to the head and was kept in Little Rock last night for observa-tion,” said John L. Smith, in-terim head coach. “His prog-nosis is good, and he will be day-to-day.”

Smith did not comment on Wilson’s status for the Ala-bama game on Saturday.

A!er coming onto the

"eld, Allen recorded his "rst career touchdown a!er an eight-play, 66-yard drive. #is would be the last touchdown of the game by the Razorbacks and the beginning of the War-hawks’ comeback.

ULM proceeded to score two more touchdowns, clos-ing the gap to 28-21 before

two consecutive Razorback injuries hushed the 53,089 fans at War Memorial.

First, sophomore corner-back Tevin Mitchel was laid out on the "eld. When he made no attempt to get up, sta$ came pouring onto the "eld, and he was eventually carted o$ of the "eld as play-

ers from both teams took a knee.

“(Mitchel’s) moving, and everything’s going to be good there,” Smith said at a press conference a!er the loss Sat-urday. “#ank God he’s okay, which is the most important thing about tonight.

“He was kept in Little Rock

last night and will probably stay again tonight,” Smith said Sunday. “#e testing that has been done on Tevin came back favorable for him to re-cover. He will continue to be monitored and will be doubt-ful for Saturday.”

Young people are picking up fewer newspapers and get-ting more news online. Rather than grabbing a free New York Times or Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on campus, more stu-dents are turning to social net-works and search engines to get their information "x.

Only 1 in 20 teens and 1 in 12 young adults read a news-paper on a close-to-daily basis, according to a survey conduct-ed by Harvard University.

Online news fares better. A study by IBM’s Media and Entertainment Group found that in 2008, 64 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds had viewed a

newspaper online in the past year. However, when the study was conducted again in 2009, the percentage dropped to 54.

#is begs the question: Where are young people get-ting their news? Are they get-ting any at all?

Professor Katherine Shurlds, a media law professor in the Walter J. Lemke depart-ment of journalism at the UA, said she not only worries that young people are not well-in-formed but that journalists are not doing their jobs correctly.

“It concerns me because it’s more evidence that we as jour-nalists are not doing our job correctly, which is to teach the public and students that, for instance, someone like Ryan Seacrest is not a journalist,”

she said.Shurlds also said students

harm themselves by not %ip-ping through a newspaper.

“Students are soliciting their news,” she said. “When you pick up a paper, you’re likely to read something you might not have read otherwise, but unless you look at a gen-eral news site everyday, you’re only getting the point of view that you’re already interested in by searching speci"c topics. It’s important for young people to hear point of view that they agree with and that they don’t agree with.”

#e student readership program on campus that o$ers free newspapers with a swipe

Students Grab Newspapers, Still Prefer Online Sources

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Mandy McClendonSta! Writer

Congressman Steve Wom-ack, AR-3, spoke #ursday at the UA College Republicans meeting, expressing optimism for the Republican party, en-couraging grassroots move-ments among students and urging Republicans to avoid

social issues in favor of job cre-ation and balancing the de"cit in the upcoming general elec-tion.

He also showed his support for the Republican presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

Womack, a member of the appropriations committee, said he is committed to cut-ting spending and reducing the

de"cit.He is also a member of the

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re-lated Agencies committee and the Financial Services and General Government subcom-mittee and is the vice chairman of the Energy and Water Devel-opment subcommittee.

Womack Encourages College Republicans

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!"#$%&'()*$)!*+,-*./Razorbacks Recooperate After Upset

Gareth Patterson Sta" PhotographerHead coach John L. Smith watches as his coaches guide the team during a timeout in the 4th quarter of the overtime loss against the University of Louisiana-Monroe. After the loss, the Hogs made a historic drop in the AP polls, falling from #8 to unranked.

Student participation in senate elections increased this year as 46 senators were elected to represent students from all seven UA colleges, an o&cial said.

#is year, 1,969 students voted, accumulating 8,862 votes, said Rudy Trejo, ASG advisor.

“Last year’s (voter turn-out) was 1,648, so there was quite an increase,” said Mike Norton, ASG’s chair of the senate.

“I think a lot of it had to do with the number of can-didates we had and the level of competition in each of the races,” Norton said. “#e caliber and quality of can-didates and the visions they have for this campus brought more students to the polls.

“Senate elections come down to two things in my opinion: platform and name recognition. It takes a bit of both to win,” Norton said. “Hard campaigning and net-working helps with the latter, and a vision for this cam-pus "lls in for the former. #e winning candidates just pulled in the right combina-tion of both.”

Amy Butter"eld, a newly elected Fulbright senator,

said she utilized social media and classic sidewalk chalking during her campaign.

“We made a Facebook group and invited all of our friends from the Fayetteville area, and then we told all of our friends to tweet about it,” Butter"eld said. “We also chalked the sidewalk in plac-es where we knew a lot of students would be walking.”

Many ASG veterans will be returning to senate this year, Norton said.

“#ey will be role mod-els for the new senators and get us rolling right out of the gate,” Norton said. “Of the new senators, there is a lot of energy and drive. I expect great things from them and will be doing everything I can to ensure they walk away with a memorable leadership experience.”

Because senators will be required to write at least one piece of legislation each semester, they will be doing several workshops over the legislative writing process at the All ASG Retreat, Norton said.

“#e senators are well aware that I will be helping them throughout the pro-cess, so the main thing is for them to come in know-ing at least one thing they

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wish to change about this campus, which could be as wide as lobbying the state for greater education funding or as narrow as "xing a cracked sidewalk,” Norton said. “All they need is a yearning to do something to make life on this campus easier for their fellow students.”

Butter"eld said she is pre-pared to listen to her fellow students as she prepares leg-islation this year.

“As a senator, my main goal is to just really listen and get a feel for what students want and do my best to make it happen,” Butter"eld said. “I’ll have to write two bills for the senate, so I plan to take that opportunity to address whatever students are telling me they are concerned about the most.”

Norton said ASG can be a valuable way of "nding solu-tions to problems on campus.

“I want to get ASG back to "nding problems on this campus and "xing them,” Norton said. “As a student, we all know at least one thing we would like to change, and I know we can trust this new group to answer that call.”

Four at-large seats remain open and will be "lled dur-ing a vacancy election Sept. 17-19. #ose seats are open to anyone from any college, and any student can vote, Norton said.

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Campus construction projects should not be a haz-ard to students or faculty, of-"cials said.

Students around campus are showing concern over the potential health hazards and injuries that are presented by the various construction projects at the UA.

“I can’t stand it. #ere’s heavy machinery and dust everywhere I look,” said Ja-cob Evans, senior. “#is is all happening right next to stu-dents trying to travel around campus.”

Facilities management of-"cials said they have kept the safety of students in mind while planning construction sites.

“#e safety of our students played a major role in the de-signing of these projects,” said Bob Beeler, facilities manage-

ment director of construction design.

“Directing pedestrian traf-"c is our number one priority in maintaining the safety of students,” he said. “We do this using the chain-link fences and temporary sidewalks to keep students as far away from machinery as possible.”

Dust control was another concern for construction workers.

“We are required to take measures such as spraying water on sites to prevent dust formations,” Beeler said.

O&cials must also deal with the potential risk tres-passers face while near con-struction sites.

#ere were multiple re-ports of students trespassing on sites around campus this year.

#ere was an incident on July 25 at 2:31 a.m. where three students were arrested at the Vol Walker Hall con-struction site in connection

with criminal trespassing and obstructing governmental op-erations.

Another incident oc-curred on Aug. 24 at 2:46 a.m. when a student was ar-rested at the Ozark Hall con-struction site in connection with criminal trespassing and being a minor in posses-sion of alcohol, according to the University Police Daily Crime Log.

“All of the sites are moni-tored by surveillance cameras and UAPD to prevent any trespassing,” Beeler said.

Although students have minimal interaction with construction areas, there are negative e$ects of long-term exposure to construction sites.

“Loud machinery could create stress for people within the area, while dust inhalation might lead to lung disease,” said A.J. Olsen, associate di-rector of the University of Ar-kansas for Medical Sciences.

Campus Construction Not a Safety Concern Travis PenceContributing Writer

#e new UA performing arts center will be named the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Per-forming Arts Center in honor of the couple’s $6 million do-nation to the project.

University o&cials an-nounced Sept. 5 a planned renovation of the Old Field House into a state-of-the-art performing arts center.

#e UA System Board of Trustees approved the nam-ing at the Friday, Sept. 7

meeting.#e Faulkner’s, historically

some of the university’s larg-est donors, in the past have supported the Razorback Marching Band, scholarship donations and the founding of the Towers of Old Main.

#e center is expected to seat more than 650 people. #e center is expected to bring more people to Fay-etteville and the UA, helping the UA reach it’s goal of be-ing a top 50 research school by 2021, Chancellor Gearhart said at the Sept. 5 dedication.

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of a student ID helps to en-courage students to pick up a print paper.

Christian Kardas, a senior mechanical engineering ma-jor, said he takes advantage of the readership program every day.

“I pick up a newspaper every day, whether it be the Traveler, the Democrat-Gazette or the New York Times,” Kardas said. “Since the university provides stu-dents multiple options all over campus, it is very con-venient for me to pick one up during my day.”

Kardas also said he pre-fers newspapers over online news sources.

“Nothing beats having the print in your hand to %ip through and read. Media online isn’t always complete and readily available without subscription,” he said.

Many believe that the decline of print news out-lets began 25 years ago with the "rst 24-hour news cable network. Many, including Shurlds, also believe that the creation of print newspapers, which involves deforestation and paper processing, is be-coming an energy-wasting way of delivering informa-tion.

Shurlds still said journal-ism is still a rewarding major.

“To me, journalism is the most rewarding career there is,” Shurlds said. “Even if you aren’t bene"ted monetarily, you know a lot. You’re a gen-eralist. You know about your community, and that makes life more interesting. It’s in-valuable to have a career that makes you happy, and you meet a lot of interesting people in this "eld.”

Although traditional newspapers may not be as popular in our time period, they’re still around. Some as-pects like fact-checking and a standard of objectivity are not dying away just yet, Shurlds said. Many newspapers are also beginning to go online.

Whether a student prefers to pick up a free newspaper on campus or get a news "x from a general online news source, Shurlds believes being well-informed is important both for a student’s daily life as well as when entering the job market.

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An Arkansas investigative journalist advocated for the reform of the legal system Sat-urday during the 6th Annual Ozark Writers Live event at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Mara Leveritt, author of “#e Devil’s Knot,” discussed the importance of video and sound recording in the court-room in her lecture, “Power in the Pen: Exploring Literary In-%uences During the West Mem-phis #ree Case.”

“I will probably, for the rest of my life, be talking about the need for cameras in the court-room for every trial we have,” Leveritt said. “A small group of us in Little Rock has been work-ing on the Arkansas Supreme Court for the past three or four years saying we need cameras in every police interrogation room.”

#e West Memphis #ree trials were some of the only "lmed proceedings in Arkansas history, Leveritt said.

#ree 8-year-old boys were murdered in 1993, and their bodies were le! in a drainage ditch in West Memphis. #e following month, the police ar-rested three teenagers within 48 hours and leaked to the public what was said to be the confes-sion of a 17-year-old boy named Jessie Misskelley.

Along with "lming inter-rogations, Leveritt said "lming court proceedings is a necessity. #e camera must be placed to the side, to see both the ques-tioner and the person being questioned, Leveritt said.

In July 2011, the Arkan-sas Supreme Court issued that they want electronic record-ing whenever possible from police, Leveritt said. Now the concern is to make sure all po-lice departments, large or small, implement this, because that is what the court has required.

“Get the camera so that Jes-sie, Jason and Damien are not the only three people who got

this break in Arkansas,” Leveritt said. “Everybody needs to have the same opportunity.”

During Misskelley’s 8-hour-long interrogation, he was co-erced by police to confess that he had seen two other teenag-ers kill the young boys, Leveritt said.

#e police were aware that Misskelley had been in special education classes all his life, Le-veritt said. His initial claim was that he had nothing to do with the murders, but then he began telling con%icting stories.

A!er a month without charging anyone, an immense amount of pressure was put on the police to "nd any suspects. Misskelley’s confession su&ced as enough evidence to arrest the three, and the police charged them with capital murder, Le-veritt said.

Misskelley recanted his con-fession, and the other two teen-agers never said they had any-thing to do with it, Leveritt said.

It is nearly impossible to overturn a false confession, Le-veritt said. DNA evidence could help, but the Arkansas attor-neys general believes that even though there is no evidence to convict the teenagers, there is nothing conclusive to prove they were not there.

In April 2012, Leveritt at-tended a conference exploring issues raised by the West Mem-phis #ree case, where she met Jim Lampinen, a UA cognitive psychology professor, Lamp-inen said.

“I was asked to talk for about an hour about psycho-logical research on false confes-sions,” Lampinen said. “Survey research indicates that most people believe that they would never confess to a crime they didn’t commit. Because of this, confession evidence remains among the most powerful evi-dence that can be presented in court. But it turns out that in around 25 percent of DNA exoneration cases, there was a false confession.”

#e case gained notoriety because of the suspected occult

nature of the evidence. Police alleged the murders and sexual assaults were carried out under a full moon, by three suspects, three knots and three victims, pointing to satanic ritual, ac-cording to Dale Gri&s, an oc-cult specialist hired by the po-lice department.

#is lead the New York Times to publish an article stating, “#ree 8-year-old boys killed in West Memphis; three teenagers, with the overtone of the occult, being charged with murders.”

HBO producers noticed the New York Times article, Le-veritt said, and asked the judges if they could "lm the trials, but the judges were not so quick to agree.

During a meeting with the security team when judges were preparing for the "rst of the tri-als, the "lmmakers noticed the sound system in the courtroom was bad and o$ered to "x it, Le-veritt added.

“OK. It’s a deal. You put in a good sound system, I’ll let you record the trials,” the judges agreed, Leveritt said.

Since Misskelley’s confes-sion, the men have always proclaimed innocence, and evidence linking the murders to other suspects surfaced in the following the convictions.

In August 2011, a!er being in prison for almost 20 years, Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley agreed to an Alford plea, allow-ing them to maintain their in-nocence while pleading guilty to lesser charges.

No one else has since been charged in the murders.

A!er the release of the "rst HBO documentary, “Paradise Lost,” Leveritt said she was ap-proached by a producer in Hollywood, Elizabeth Fowler, to create a "lm adaptation of “Devil’s Knot.”

Leveritt said Fowler de-scribed the case as “‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ but only it’s real.”

#e "lm is scheduled to be released May 2013, which will be the 20th anniversary of the murders.

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Aneeka Majid Sta" PhotographerMara Leveritt, author of Devil’s Knot, discusses her writing and research of the West Memphis !ree case at the Fayetteville Public Library, Saturday, Sept. 8.

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Ken Aden, Womack’s Democratic opponent, dropped out of the race in July amid accusations that he falsi"ed his military service record, leaving the party with no candidate for this position in this election, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Ga-zette.

Womack will now be run-ning against a Green party candidate and a Libertarian candidate, he said.

#ough he said he would take those candidates seri-ously, he remained optimistic about being re-elected.

In July, Womack voted to pass the Interest Rate Reduc-tion Act, an e$ort to prevent student loan interest from doubling, according to his voting record.

#ough Womack voted for a continuation of low student loan interest rates this sum-mer, Womack has not always been supportive of grants.

He has voted against Pell Grants and expansions of student loans in the past. At one town hall forum last fall, Womack yelled at a woman

who asked about his opposi-tion to Pell Grants, according to Washington Monthly.

Perhaps balancing out his stance on student issues, his website states that he worked with several other Arkansas o&cials to grant about $7 million to colleges across Ar-kansas.

Womack addressed a crowd of about 100 members of the College Republicans, a good turnout for a meeting, o&cials said.

Womack encouraged the members to make sure they were registered to vote in Ar-kansas. He said his goal is not only to %ip the majority in favor of Republicans, but to have every o&ce in Arkansas occupied by a Republican.

“We need a grassroots ef-fort,” he said. “We need young people like you to spread the message. Now is not the time to sit on your hands. It’s time to get your game face on and go out and win the race.”

College Republicans also introduced several other state and local Republican candi-dates, including Charlie Col-

lins, state representative from the 89th District, and Cristi Beaumont, who is running for Circuit Judge.

“I see a lot of innocent young people, many probably with student loan debt, un-certain about the job market going out of school,” Womack said.

He went on to describe the biggest issue the Republican party should be focusing on: the federal de"cit.

#e congressman stressed that Republicans should fo-cus on economic issues, and criticizing his fellow repre-sentative Todd Akin, MO-2, for straying from economic issues by creating controversy about abortion.

Womack also stressed the importance of students, like the UA College Republicans, in the grassroots campaign that he believes will win most, if not all, of Arkansas’ pub-lic o&ces for the Republican party.

“We’re very lucky to have him here,” said Grant Hodges, chairman of the College Re-publicans.

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Mary McKay Sta" PhotographerStudents walk around the construction fences at the intersection of Dickson Street and McIlroy Avenue between classes.

Two UA students were ar-rested Friday a!er a "ght began at a fraternity house on cam-pus, o&cials said.

Taylor Heath, 20, of 1477 N. Olympic Club #214, of Fay-etteville, was arrested at 3:22 a.m. Sept. 7 in connection with terroristic threatening, third degree domestic battery, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Heath remained in the Washington County Jail until 2:41 p.m.

Douglas Swi!, 22, of 2600 Ventura Drive, Apt. 1113, of Plano, Texas, was arrested at 7:42 a.m. Sept. 7 in connection with third degree domestic bat-tery and disorderly conduct. Swi! remained in the Washing-ton County Jail until 2:20 p.m.

UAPD O&cer Andrea Bugg said she responded at approxi-mately 1:13 a.m. to a call about a "ght on the front steps at Sigma Nu fraternity house, ac-cording to the police report.

An eyewitness, Benjamin Matthews, told her that Heath

had “rushed” Swi! from behind when Swi! turned around and pushed Heath. #e altercation proceeded to Stadium Drive and Parking Deck Drive, where Bugg could see the two “swing-ing at each other,” according to the report.

Heath was grabbing onto Swi!, while he was trying to push her away, Bugg wrote in the report. A group of males ar-rived and subdued Swi! while Bugg handcu$ed Heath “for her safety, as she was %ailing her arms around and trying to grab at Mr. Swi!.”

As Bugg told Heath she was

under arrest for public intoxi-cation and disorderly conduct for swearing profusely, accord-ing to the report, Heath con-tinued to yell and threatened to kill Swi!.

Swi! was charged with dis-orderly conduct a!er he failed to obey an o&cer’s requests to stop using profanity as well, ac-cording to the report.

Heath is to appear Oct. 8 in the Washington County Cir-cuit Court, and Swi! is to ap-pear Oct. 5 in the Fayetteville District Court, according to the Washington County Detention Intake Report.

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Both the department of facilities management and UAPD are taking measures to help protect workers on campus.

#e UAPD and the state of Arkansas have established laws for drivers that help pro-tect construction workers.

“All cell phone use while driving through any school or construction zone is pro-hibited in the state of Arkan-

sas as of 2012,” said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD spokesman. “It will also cost a driver double in "nes for a speeding viola-tion within a construction zone.”

Facilities Management follows a certain set of guide-lines to protect their employ-ees.

“All of our (construction) workers are required to wear high-visibility vests when working near roadways. We also use a system of gates and tra&c directors to help sepa-rate the construction zones from roadways,” said Bob Beeler, director of design and construction services.

“Drivers should always

be more aware of their sur-roundings when they are in any construction zone or high tra&c area, especially when driving through our campus,” he said. “Employ-ees know to keep an eye out when they are near road-ways.”

Some students are aware of the risks involved when driving through the con-struction zones on campus.

“It’s almost impossible to not drive carefully around campus these days,” said Ethan Moll, senior. “Certain roads are so congested with trucks and workers that you couldn’t go fast enough to hit anything.”

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 4 Monday, Sept. 10, 2012

Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

I was in class the other day, and my teacher returned some worksheets that we had worked on in groups during class. He politely mentioned to us not to sign peoples’ names to the sheet if they were not there.

“Oh, you thought I wouldn’t know?” he said.

More than likely, they will notice. You will get caught. And if you didn’t last time, consider yourself lucky.

A few days ago a cheating scandal came to light at Har-vard University.

Last Spring, 25 students cheated on a take home test, their !nal exam, on which they were told not to collaborate. 125 students out of 279 — that is almost half of the class, ac-cording to the student newspa-per, the Harvard Crimson.

How widespread is this problem?

What I saw happen in my class last week is something that I have seen happen three semesters in a row now; in classes with a large majority of pre-med students.

"ese are the people who are supposed to be treating us when we need care? Should our doctors not be people of high integrity?

It’s not like it’s a big secret — this is cheating. When the professor even “refreshes the class’s memory” that they are cheating, and it happens again? Come on.

"e UA academic integrity policy has drastically changed over the last two years.

Receiving three total points results in immediate expul-sion, according to the UA website on Academic Integrity, provost.uark.edu.

"e rubric provides a scale of violations that receive vari-ous points from 0.5 to 3.0, similar to a grade-point aver-age scale.

Included in violations worth three points (resulting in immediate expulsion a#er one o$ense), is “falsifying or signing another person’s name on any academically-related University form or document.”

Someone in my class should have gotten expelled just last week, according to this rubric

"is is for an assignment worth 30 points, less than 5 percent of the grade in that class. Are 30 points worth get-ting expelled?

Some of the students in the class at Harvard explained

their side of the story. "ey said certain teacher’s assistants would not turn away groups of students for help (a#er they so-licited for it), so of course their answers are similar.

"ey said they collaborated because it happened in the past. "ey said the class was too hard. "ey said the infor-mation in class did not corre-spond to the exam questions, according to the Harvard Crimson.

Do you notice what these statements have in common? "ey are all excuses. “I cheat-ed, but…” Of course there is a large amount of pressure on these students to do well. "ey are at Harvard.

Yet, cheating is not the solu-tion.

While the issue there might be a sticky one, colleges and high schools around the coun-try are experiencing academic integrity problems.

Out of 40,000 high school students surveyed by the Jo-sephson Institute of Ethics in 2010, more than half of the students said they had cheated on a test in the previous year.

About two-thirds of col-lege students admit to cheat-ing on tests, homework and assignments, according to Dr. Donald McCabe, co-founder of the International Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University.

Students who cheat in high school are considerably more likely to be carry on these hab-its into his or her adult careers when compared to those who did not cheat, according to an-other study at the Josephson Institute.

I mentioned pre-med stu-dents earlier, but it doesn’t matter if you are pre-med, pre-law, or going straight into the work force. "ese are people that you will rely on to provide services in all di$erent capaci-ties.

So, whom would you pre-fer? How is a university’s repu-tation a$ected if it is known for a large amount of dishonest students? Potential employers will be less likely to hire you. Just because your colleagues decided to cheat, your degree degrades.

Cheating a$ects us all. And if you think you need to cheat to succeed, you may need to reconsider your motivation for what you’re doing.

Blake Mertens is a sta! columnist. He is a junior biochemistry major.

Cheating: !e Student Epidemic

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We all contributed to the loss. I don’t want to see any ("nger pointing) because that’s the easy thing to do, and that’s what losers do.

John L. Smith, Interim Head CoachMeltdown On Markham, Page 1

Blake MertensSta# Columnist

"is weekend, my Twitter and Facebook pages focused primarily on two things: poli-tics and football.

In addition to these two topics, there was another common theme: negativity.

“Did you see that fumble? Terrible!”

“Romney is just a rich bigot!”

As people’s thoughts criti-cizing both our state’s foot-ball players and our nation’s politicians poured onto social media, I could not help but feel a little discouraged.

When did we become so negative?

For example, recently, a Kent state football player picked up a loose ball and ran it 58 yards … the wrong way!

In the world of politics, the Republican vice presiden-tial candidate, Paul Ryan, got a little confused when talking about his personal best mara-thon time.

“Under three, high twos. I had a two hour and !#y-something,” Ryan said.

Wrong. Ryan’s actual time was

four hours and one minute.Rather than allowing the

Kent football player or Ryan to admit they messed up and move on, countless articles were written to rake these

men over the coals for their mistakes.

I, too, am guilty of nega-tivity in both sports and politics. It is easy to forget the bigger picture.

But then I have to put my-self in their shoes. What if you were the politician who misspoke or the young foot-ball player ran the wrong way?

In both instances, it is important to remember that athletes and politicians are human like the rest of us. "ey can, and certainly will, make mistakes.

Both situations are em-barrassing. But, neither man meant to publically humiliate themselves or the organiza-tions they represent.

We should learn to be more forgiving. People, even national leaders or superstar athletes, make mistakes.

"e same players and politicians we praise in good times, we desert in bad times.

"is is not to say that criti-cism and di$ering opinions should not be shared. Free-dom of speech is a right that we should be proud of and should utilize as Americans.

However, freedom of speech is one thing. Freedom of hateful speech is another.

I never feel better about myself a#er bashing some-one else’s blunders. "ere is a respectful way to criticize one’s performance, and a dis-respectful way.

"e comments seen above about our, and other, football teams and political !gures serve little purpose. "ere are no facts attached to these statements, no intelligent dis-cussion, no respect and no humanity.

If your son were a UA foot-ball player who missed a big tackle, would you be so quick to call him names, publically tweet about his failures or how he cost us the game?

If your child were a poli-tician who misspoke about a policy issue, would you be so eager to publicly call them a liar and question their cred-ibility?

For me, thinking in these terms helps bring things into focus.

"e people sending out their negative thoughts into cyberspace through social media forget about the bigger picture: We are Arkansans and Americans, we o#en for-get that.

Our football players work hard everyday to be the best they can be. "ey want to make Arkansas Razorback fans proud.

Politicians want to im-prove our country. During elections, it seems that no as-pect of a “candidate life” is o$ limits.

We must remember that no matter our opinions re-garding our team or our poli-tics, we should be proud to be Razorbacks and Americans.

Just as I was feeling down about my peers negativity, I came across this tweet:

“I dislike Obama’s poli-cies, but I always remember he is President. You must respect the o%ce always. Highest in the land. #Hailto-"eChief”

Channing Pejic, the au-thor behind this tweet, hit the nail on the head.

Pejic, who interned at the Republican National Com-mittee this summer, demon-strates that patriotism is big-ger than being a Democrat or a Republican.

He understands the im-portance of being united behind our nation, which is something I think many of us forget.

Yes, we all have varying opinions. Yes, people make mistakes when we are count-ing on them not to.

But, we are still American and should remember that tradition and hard work are what have gotten us where we are today.

We should be proud.No matter how many foot-

ball games we win this year, I will be proud to call myself a Razorback.

Similarly, no matter who wins the election this Novem-ber, I will always be proud to call myself an American.

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

Use 160 Characters Well: Stay PositiveMCT Campus

Ashley FlippinSta# Columnist

“Well, my lordy! Aren’t you lookin’ something !ne today?” echoed throughout the room, interrupting my thoughts as I was waiting for church to start last Sunday.

"is didn’t come from a fresh, young lad trying to sidle up to his lady friend.

Instead, this was whisper-shouted by a sweet little gray-haired lady who was complimenting her neighbor on a new out!t. She’s one of those people who just doesn’t understand the concept of whispering. Every Sunday, the entire congregation is treated to a pre-service commentary on how her week’s been and her musings on what the weather is going to do next.

Listening to the chattering ladies in my church is one of those little things that I always look forward to when I visit home.

When I heard her voice &oating across the aisle, I had to cough a little to hide my laugh — it feels great to be home! (Fret not if you’re concerned about my dedication as a

Razorback fan. I Woo Pig-ed at the game on Saturday and popped over the Missouri border early Sunday morning for my drive home.)

No matter what the place is, each hometown has certain qualities that are completely unique and can’t be replicated. Everyone’s is just a little bit di$erent.

Everybody is in&uenced by the experiences they had and the people they knew growing up. Your hometown, friends and family all contributed to who you are as a person. You are a product of that culture.

It’s wrong to just abandon it. Just because you’re in

college doesn’t mean that you have to forget how you got there. Don’t forget the people who helped you out along the way.

O#entimes, parents have the hardest time transitioning. It’s tough to let their little darlings go. To them, you’re still their precious baby. "ey’re concerned about you. "ey want to be reassured that you’re not getting in a !st!ght with your professor, starving in a ditch or getting caught up in any of the other rational fears that cross parents’ minds.

When you have a cell phone glued to your hand all day, it’s hard to make someone believe that you don’t have time to keep in touch. Just a quick little chat — even a text — doesn’t take much time, and it lets people know they’re not forgotten.

You know that the people who’ve invested so much time and energy into helping you get to this point want to know how you’re doing. "ey care about you … now, reciprocate!

Frequently, students start the year as wonderful correspondents.

"ey give updates. "ey stay in touch. "ey lie about their involvement in stereotypical college behaviors. "ey play the part of the perfect college kid.

"en, life gets in the way, and homeward contact dwindles. School, clubs, activities, friends, games — there’s a lot to do in a college town. Suddenly, the folks back home are so starved for info that they’d settle for a smoke signal just to know you’re still alive. It’s borderline tragic.

Don’t be that kid. It’s not fair to the ones you’ve le#, and you’re also cheating yourself. "ese people know you, and they o#en have some dang

good advice. "eir familiarity is a pleasant contrast to the constant variety of college.

While you should de!nitely stay in touch, don’t overdo it. "is is your time to !gure things out on your own. Independence is a good thing. Your parents may not always agree, but college is the time to make your own decisions and mistakes. "ey shouldn’t have to okay every tiny detail of your college experience.

If you have to call your mom to ask permission to buy a Frappuccino, you’ve lost the thrill of ca$einated spontaneity. If you go home every weekend, you miss out on the movie nights, parties and general liveliness of a Razorback weekend. Strike a good balance.

Our culture is so focused on the “never look back” mentality.

But what’s wrong with turning around for a second and giving a little wave to the people who are cheering you on?

Shawnya Wethington is a sta! columnist. She is a sophomore English/journalism- editorial/print major.

Getting Back to Our Roots, We Cannot ForgetShawnya WethingtonSta# Columnist

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Sept. 10, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

!e Full Circle Food Pantry is reopening this year to help out the community yet again. Last year, Full Circle helped alleviate hunger on the Univer-sity of Arkansas campus.

What started out as a small organization only able to help out a few people soon evolved into a group of volunteers that was able to help over 100 stu-dents without the means to ob-tain food.

Recently, Full Circle was nominated for an award from the White House called the Campus Champions of Change Challenge. !e pantry was one of only "ve recipients chosen out of over 1,400 applicants from colleges all over the Unit-ed States to present their orga-nization at the White House. !is accomplishment was achieved thanks in no small part to the many donations the pantry received from organiza-tions all over campus. One of the more recent benefactors to the pantry is the Campus Community Garden.

!e partnership o#cially began in May 2012, said Emily Cross"eld, founding member of Campus Community Gar-den. Unlike other donations, the Campus Community Gar-den has been working hand in hand with Full Circle.

Cross"eld said the Garden makes two to three deliveries a month, grows many di$erent herbs, spices and vegetables,

and they give at least half of their produce to the pantry.

When asked what kind of changes had occurred around the pantry a%er receiving their award, Rachael Pellegri-no, chair of Full Circle, said, “Members around the com-munity and students have been great in supporting the pantry, and we have been accepting (even) more donations and have been able to serve more people.”

!e changes surrounding Full Circle have been extreme-ly positive, and since the pre-sentation of the award, word has been spreading like wild-"re throughout campus about the food pantry.

Now with the pantry re-opening, though, the new

chair must set some goals for the organization. When asked what goals she had set for the reopening of the pantry, Pel-legrino said, “(One) continu-ous goal is to spread aware-ness around campus in order to serve more people,” adding, “I hope that we will be able to keep the shelves full and will be able to accept larger dona-tions.”

Pellegrino also mentioned that she hopes to "nd a way to share the pantry’s knowledge and the knowledge gained by other campus pantries. Full Circle is hitting the ground running with their reopening this year, having set some very achievable goals for themselves and setting their eyes on solv-ing the problem of hunger on

campus.Not only is the pantry fo-

cusing on what’s happening now, but they are planning for the future. Full Circle is trying to leave in place a sustainability plan that will be able to shape how it functions in relation to the campus population.

In addition to this sustain-ability plan, Matthew Watters, donations coordinator for Full Circle, said, “I would hope that a larger span of opening hours would permit for access for those in need to retrieve items.”

Watters’ idea would enable more people to access the pan-try at their leisure and in turn help get more people involved. Greater hours may even allow Full Circle to receive more do-nations than the previous year.

Alcohol abuse is a trending occurrence on college cam-puses throughout the nation. For some students, a night out of binge drinking is seen as a normal and regular occur-rence. Students and faculty have recognized alcohol abuse as a problem on campus and have established programs and organizations to prevent it.

Steven James, a junior biol-ogy major, thinks that drinking can be a large part of your col-lege experience. Depending on the atmosphere, drinking can sometimes be crucial to one’s social life.

“It depends on where you are. If you are at a frat house, for example, it’s just awkward if you’re not drinking,” James said, “but if you are somewhere where not everyone is drink-ing, then it isn’t that big of a deal.”

Erin Moody, a senior histo-ry major, feels that not drinking limited her social experiences her freshmen year.

“I didn’t drink, so I wasn’t sure how to go to a party and not drink,” Moody said. “I just was not con"dent enough to do that.”

Moody said, it was very rare to meet someone else who did not drink during her freshman year.

“People think that drink-

ing will make college more fun and entertaining,” Moody said, “but I have plenty of fun at par-ties and my sorority functions without drinking.”

Not all students share Moody’s view on drinking. Many undergraduates feel that alcohol is a crucial part of their college experience.

According to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 45.5 percent of college students participate in binge drinking. James believes that recre-ational binge drinking can quickly become a problem when it begins to interfere with school and consequently a$ects a student’s future.

“People will get drunk on Wednesday night and then miss school and then get drunk on !ursday night and miss school,” James said. “Another problem is when people get drunk every night — it’s di#-cult to stop these habits when you graduate college, and then it becomes alcoholism.”

Binge drinking does not just a$ect the drinkers themselves; it also a$ects the campus as a whole.

According to a study by Todd Lewis and Jane Myers, “599,000 college students are unintentionally injured when drinking, and 669,000 college students are assaulted each year by another student who had been drinking.”

!e National Institute of Al-cohol and Alcoholism explains

that the binge drinking of col-lege students a$ects the safety of the campus as a whole and causes a major health problem. As a reaction to the alcohol problem on campus, the UA New Student & Family Pro-grams asks incoming fresh-men to participate in the on-line AlcoholEDU program. !e program is used by over 500 colleges and universities

throughout the country.It uses the latest techniques

to educate students on the ef-fect that alcohol abuse can have on them. !e program uses quizzes and interactive videos to encourage alcohol modera-tion on campus.

A study done last fall found that although the AlcoholEDU program does work, its e$ects are only temporary. !e study found that by second semes-ter students are usually falling back into their drinking habits.

“I think with any program like that, nothing is necessar-ily going to be a permanent "x unless people incorporate it into their own way of looking at life,” said Tom Szigethy, as-sociate dean and director of the

Duke Student Wellness Center.Although the program may

not serve as a permanent "x, it does limit freshman alcohol use during the "rst semester, which Duke University believes is a major accomplishment. “!e majority of alcohol poisoning happens freshman year,” Szigethy said. “!e fact that we were able to develop an e$ective intervention program

before they arrive on campus for the riskiest semester is sig-ni"cant.”

Last spring, !e Depart-ment of Wellness and Health Promotion in the Pat Walker Health Center o$ered an eight-week, one-credit course called “Peer Education Alcohol Awareness.” !is course, along with several other special topics courses through the Pat Walker Health Center, aims to help students develop healthier life-styles through improving their holistic health.

Although these programs may not serve as a permanent "x to alcohol abuse on cam-pus, they are a crucial step in creating a healthier and safer campus.

!ere are di$erent lifestyle descriptions that come to mind when thinking of Asia, Europe and Africa, but the Caribbean Student Association strives to bring all of those backgrounds into one RSO that provides a niche for multicultural students at the UA.

“!e Caribbean Students Association at the University of Arkansas was started in the year of 2006 to generate and foster a sense of unity and understand-ing among our Caribbean stu-dents, our fellow students at the University of Arkansas and with the surrounding com-munity,” said Deandrae Smith, events coordinator and public relations o#cer of CSA.

While the Caribbean Stu-dents Association provides a comforting atmosphere for over 70 members, it also hopes to spark interest in others as well.

“!e Caribbean Students Association seeks to provide an avenue to assist new stu-dents in making the transition from life in the Caribbean to life as a university student in a foreign country,” Smith said. “It also seeks to expose the U of A to Caribbean culture through social, educational and recre-ational activities.”

Students interested in join-ing CSA can easily become a member by attending a month-ly meeting or emailing the RSO at csa@uark.edu.

!e organization may have begun on a commonality of a single background, but the as-sociation encourages students of all ethnicities to join.

“!e unique quality about the Caribbean is that we are ba-sically one big medley of many di$erent cultures,” Smith said. “!e men, women and children who came to the Caribbean from Europe, Africa and Asia have contributed to the creation of humanity’s richest melting pot. !e renowned Caribbean culture of peace and aversion to war is the result of our mutual understanding of others’ beliefs and lifestyles and our own abil-ity to adapt. No Caribbean as-sociation would be "t without a representation of a wide variety of cultures.”

Adjusting to college life can be challenging for anyone, but coming from a foreign country can add to the trials. !e mem-bers of CSA are able to connect with each other while growing in their traditions.

“I joined CSA to be a part of my home again and people I could better relate to while transitioning into a new envi-ronment,” said Kirsch Mackey, president of CSA. “!ough I’ve had experiences with non-Caribbean people on many oc-casions during my trips to the U.S., it is still very comforting to be able to talk, relate to and eat with those that have cultures so similar to mine. !e Univer-sity of Arkansas has provided a great opportunity for Carib-bean students to enjoy a little bit of my original home while forming a new home, Fayette-ville.”

!e group makes time for

fun while also focusing on de-bating the current issues going on in their home countries.

Mackey said his favorite part of being a member of CSA is talking about issues speci"c to the Caribbean, especially in his own country, the Bahamas. He also enjoys sharing home dishes that are similar among di$erent Caribbean countries but still unique in their own ways in ad-dition to the Caribbean parties.

CSA has been able to help its

members grow in their culture while increasing their knowl-edge of American culture.

“My favorite part about be-ing a part of the RSO is that it grew me as an individual, in terms of being more respon-sible and an outspoken indi-vidual,” said Trishawna Sim-monds, secretary of CSA. “I can de"nitely say that it has raised my communication skills to a higher level.”

!is fall, the organization will devote time to helping raise awareness for cancer while also celebrating their tradition of festivities, allowing the public to become involved in Carib-bean culture.

“On October 6, we will be having our second annual Car-nival, with proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen Founda-tion,” Smith said. “Carnival is a tradition that was initially started by the newly freed slaves that had settled into the islands of the Caribbean to celebrate their freedom. Carnival today has blossomed into a festival of colors, costumes, masquer-ade, calypso, steel band music, dance and an array of di$erent ethnic food and Caribbean art. Carnival arts o$er all of us a dy-namic tool for self-expression and exploration to discover what we all have in common and to celebrate what makes us di$erent.”

!e Caribbean Student As-sociation generates friendships based on di$erent experiences and homelands while also pro-viding the UA with an RSO that is eager to spread its grasp on foreign countries.

“CSA allows the opportu-nity to display the best we have to o$er at this very diverse cam-pus,” Mackey said. “Caribbean students can have a deep sense of pride to know that his/her culture and origin are both rec-ognized and appreciated by not only the rest of the Caribbean but the rest of the university’s student body and the other countries they represent around the world.”

RSO OF THE WEEK

Stephanie EhrlerSta! Writer

Caitlin MuradSta! Writer

Caribbean RSO Students Foster Unity

Campus Food Pantry Comes Full CircleJohn MullinsSta! Writer

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorStudents enjoy drink specials at Grub’s Bar and Grille. Grub’s is a regular hot spot on Dickson Street for students

Courtesy Photo

Sarah Weber Sta" Photographer!e campus Full Circle Food Pantry opened for the fall 2012 semester. !e food pantry o"ers food and living supplies to students in need every Monday and !ursday.

“I wasn’t sure how to go to a party and not drink. I just was not con#dent enough to do that.”

Erin MoodySenior history major

Students Pour Over !eir Perceptions Of Alcohol

“!e Caribbean Students Association seeks to provide an avenue to assist new students in making the transition from life in the Caribbean to life as a university student in a foreign country.”

Deandrae SmithEvents coordinator and public

relations o$cer of CSA

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 6 Monday, Sept. 10, 2012

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

As I sat down to watch the Razorbacks take on Lou-isiana-Monroe Saturday eve-ning, I was more than excited to see what would hopefully be marked improvement over the previous week. However, as ULM’s quarterback, Kolton Browning, ran into the end-zone to score the game win-

ning touchdown, my head was spinning.

Most days I probably would have been angry. !ere would have been yelling and I would have blamed every-body and their dog. But as the game came to a close Sat-urday night, I found myself oddly relieved. I was beyond ready for the game to just be over and I was glad our play-ers were "nally o# the "eld.

Earlier in the day, I had heard about Tulane safety Devon Walker, who fractured his spine in a head-to-head collision with a teammate. I truly felt for him, his team-mates and his family, but it still felt far away. !ere were chicken wings to be eaten and football to be watched.

!en Tyler Wilson didn’t

come out of the locker room a$er hal$ime. !e o%cial word is that he su#ered an “injury above the shoulders.” Obviously, I had no way of knowing if the injury was or was not a concussion, but that seems to be the conclusion that most people jumped to.

For the "rst time I can re-member, my thoughts didn’t immediately turn to worry about the rest of our football season. Instead, I thought of all the recent talk about what head injuries can mean later in life for those who su#er them, and I thought of Wil-son and his family. I can’t imagine the panic that must have "lled his parents when their son never emerged onto the "eld during the second half.

Just as I was getting back into the game, Alonzo High-smith collided with Tevin Mitchel, leaving Mitchel ly-ing on the turf. !e cart was driven onto the "eld almost immediately and Mitchel was immobilized on the stretcher. !ere was no thumbs up, a sign o$en given by players to let fans know they are okay, but Mitchel was verbally re-sponsive.

Even though I wasn’t at the game, when Tevin Mitchel went down, I could feel the silence that engulfed War Memorial Stadium. I even felt the need at one point to tell my 4-year-old brother to stop playing because his dis-turbance of the silence would somehow make things worse.

As if it wasn’t already hard

enough to focus on football, soon a$er Mitchel was taken o# the "eld, another Razor-back would follow. Running back Kody Walker was carted o# the "eld with a leg injury.

At this point, I didn’t think the knot in my stomach could get any worse. !en I noticed the booing and the twitter bashing. I don’t care if the o#ense doesn’t score a single point and the defense gives up 73. Booing your team and talking bad about them on social media sites is unacceptable. Brandon Allen wasn’t throwing incomple-tions for the fun of it. I’m sure he felt plenty of pressure. He really didn’t need a bunch of fair-weather fans adding to the weight on his shoulders.

As fans, we like to think

that wins and losses are all that matter, but that could not be further from the truth. I think sometimes we forget that these are college kids getting beaten up and worn down week a$er week. If your only concern a$er the game Saturday was that the Razor-backs have a one in the loss column before Southeastern Conference play even started, then you need a priorities ad-justment. Your thoughts and, if you are so inclined, prayers should have been with Wil-son, Mitchel, Walker and the rest of the team.

Haley Markle is the assis-tant sports editor for !e Ar-kansas Traveler. Her column appears every Monday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

After All the Heartache, It’s Still Just a GameHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

Less than 10 minutes af-ter Mitchel was carted o# the "eld, redshirt freshman Kody Walker was carted o# the "eld with a lower leg injury. He is likely out for the rest of the season, Smith said Sunday.

!ough respectful of their opponents’ injuries, the pauses in the game didn’t stop ULM from tying the game with 47 seconds le$ on the clock, pushing the game into over-time.

!e Razorbacks were un-successful at scoring a touch-

down and settled for a "eld goal by Zach Hocker, but the 3-point lead wasn’t su%cient enough to win the game.

ULM responded with a 16-yard touchdown run by Browning on a fourth down. !is was the "$h fourth-down conversion the Razorback de-fense allowed from the War-hawks.

Smith said that the blame falls evenly on the team.

“We all contributed to the loss,” Smith said. “I don’t want to see any ("nger-pointing)

because that’s the easy thing to do, and that’s what losers do.”

While it is true that the blame doesn’t lay wholly on one person or event, blame can be concentrated into "ve main areas, which the Trav-eler covered !ursday in “Five Keys: Razorbacks vs. Louisi-ana Monroe.”

!e Razorbacks didn’t im-prove special teams, didn’t stop the pass or Browning’s ability to rush, weren’t able to stay healthy, didn’t protect Tyler Wilson and didn’t pay

enough attention to the game at hand with their eyes already set on Alabama.

!e special teams didn’t provide enough blocks, result-ing in running back Dennis Johnson only recording three kick returns for 40 yards. Last year, Johnson recorded 461 yards on 18 kick returns for an average of 25.6 yards. Sat-urday, he averaged 13.3 yards.

!e defense did not stop the pass from ULM. Browning passed for 412 yards, 245 yards of which came in the second

half. !e Razorbacks on the other hand passed for only 281 yards in the game. Wilson passed for 196 yards and Allen passed for 85.

!ree players were injured Saturday including Wilson. !ese injuries hurt Arkansas against ULM and may prove to be the downfall against Alabama. Wilson is not con-"rmed to play Saturday and is “day-to-day.” Allen was 6-for-20 and doesn’t seem to be pre-pared to carry the team against the No. 1 team in the nation.

Finally, the Razorbacks didn’t pay enough attention to the game at hand. !is falls on the coaching sta#. In the sec-ond half, Johnson only rushed once for a gain of four yards, and running back Knile Davis only received "ve rushing op-portunities.

Razorback o#ense opted to let Allen pass rather than let the running backs run down the clock. !e extra time o# the clock could have taken away opportunities from the Warhawks.

With their "rst Southeast-ern Conference game right around the corner, the Razor-back soccer team lost to the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles 1-0 Sunday at Razorback Field.

FSU’s goal came with 28:58 to play in the "rst half. FSU forward Ti#any Mc-Carty took the ball up to UA sophomore goalkeeper Kelly Roliard, who fell to grab the ball. Roliard had not gotten a solid grip on the ball when a teammate got tangled up with her. McCarty took the oppor-tunity to kick the ball away and shoot past two defenders to score.

!e Razorbacks had mul-tiple scoring opportunities during the game, includ-ing many breakaway runs by sophomore forward Je-riann Okoro. With about 15 minutes le$ in the "rst half, Okoro stole the ball from FSU defender Carson Pickett and took it toward the goal until another FSU defender knocked it out for a Razor-back corner-kick.

FSU took a chance on a

free kick in the second half by utilizing a trick play in which one player faked out the de-fenders to let the player be-side her kick. !e Razorbacks shut down the play, though, and forced FSU to kick the ball out.

With 16 minutes and 42 seconds le$ in the "rst half, FSU defender Tiana Brock-way shot a free kick over ev-ery player’s head, but Roliard saved the goal and sent it out of the box.

Although the Razorbacks held the No. 1 team to only one goal, head coach Colby Hale was not pleased with the loss.

“We can’t just play hard and say, ‘almost coulda, woulda, shoulda’,” said Hale. “!ere is no moral victory. We lost. Did the kids play hard? Yes. We still lost.”

“Player mentality has to keep growing,” said Hale. “!ere were moments when you felt the goal was going to come. We were actually the better team, the chances we created were fantastic, but we’re still not doing the little things we need to get the vic-tories.”

!e players felt good about the game, however, and are

excited to begin SEC play.“I feel like for playing the

No. 1 team in the nation, we did very good,” sophomore defender Kaylyn Cooper said. “!ere were mistakes that shouldn’t have happened that led to the goal, but overall we had our chances. !at’s a lot better than we could have done last year.”

“!e goal happens because of a lack of communication,” said Hale. “Sometimes we have space in mid"eld and we only take one touch because no one tells her we have time.”

“A$er this game, and see-ing our competition, I think we’re ready,” said Cooper. “We’re going to do very well in the SEC.”

“A$er the disappointing loss to Kennesaw State last week, I think that we came out and we really picked it up,” sophomore defender Al-lie Tripp said. “We de"nitely grinded through this game. It was really tough.”

“Playing well is not our goal,” said Hale. “Our goal is to win.”

!e Razorbacks’ next game is in Oxford, Miss. against Ole Miss at 7 p.m Sept. 14.

Razorbacks Lose Last Game Before SEC PlayTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 8 Monday, Sept. 10, 2012

!e Razorbacks (9-2) "n-ished up nonconference play Saturday night by being named champions of the Razorback Invitational and only losing one set throughout the three-game tournament in Barnhill Arena. !e Razorbacks swept Houston Baptist in three sets Friday night, then did the same to Louisiana-Monroe Saturday morning. !e Hogs "nished out the tournament by beating Texas-El Paso in four sets Sat-urday night.

Arkansas junior Raymariely Santos was named most valu-able player of the tournament, while Arkansas junior libero Emily Helm was awarded Out-standing Libero honors. Fresh-man Liz Fortado and senior Janeliss Torres-Lopez were named to the All-Tournament team.

!e "rst match of the tour-nament against Houston Bap-tist was won by the Razorbacks in three sets (25-17, 25-16, 25-18) due to a balanced attack on both o#ense and defense by the Hogs.

“We came out ready and executed,” said head coach Robert Pulliza. “You can tell by the numbers with a .336

hitting percentage and 55 digs. !ose two numbers are pretty impressive on the o#ensive and defensive ends. I thought we had good balance throughout the night and did some good things.”

A few Arkansas milestones were reached during this match for Arkansas: Jasmine Norton moved into third on the Ra-zorbacks’ all-time kills list, and Santos became only the "$h player in Arkansas volleyball history to eclipse 2,000 career wins.

Before this win over Hous-ton Baptist, the Razorbacks had lost two straight games.

“We learned a lot from our last match,” Santos said. “We’ve been working the last few days on how we need to get ready for the next match and how every match is important. I think we did a good job of that today. We handled the situation well.”

!e second match of the tournament was another three-set sweep for the Hogs (25-22, 25-25, 25-10). !e Razorbacks held the Warhawks to a .010 hitting average.

!e match was close early in the "rst set, but once the Razor-backs took a 15-13 lead, they never looked back.

“Any time you can win the 11 a.m. match, it’s a good start to the day,” Pulliza said. “It can be tricky, especially a$er play-

ing the 7 p.m. match last night. We did a good job of getting prepared a$er the match last night and took care of business this morning.”

!e day continued with a four-set win against Texas-El Paso (28-26 Arkansas, 25-22 Arkansas, 25-16 UTEP, 25-17 Arkansas) later that night.

!e Miners of UTEP hit .455 in the third set and eventu-ally won it a$er a close "rst and second set. Arkansas took con-trol in the fourth set, though, and ended the match.

“We had a good win,” Pul-liza said. “!ree wins in one weekend is not easy, especially against a UTEP team that is do-ing really good things. I think they’re going to have a good year and feel fortunate to have gotten out with a win today. It was a great team e#ort today.”

!e Razorbacks open con-ference play against No. 15 Florida in Fayetteville this Fri-day night before making a trip to Knoxville, Tenn., to play the No. 16 Volunteers next week.

“It’s good that we’re go-ing into SEC play with a good win this weekend,” Santos said. “How we come out to practice Monday is going to be very im-portant because that’s going to lead us into how we play next Friday against Florida. I feel like we’re in a really good posi-tion right now.”

Hogs Sweep Second Home InvitationalLiz BeadleSta! Writer

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!e Razorback men’s ten-nis team opened its season this weekend at the North Carolina-Wilmington Land-fall Tournament.

Freshman Santiago Mu-noz advanced the furthest for the Razorbacks, making it to the consolation "nal Sunday morning.

He lost his "rst match to Old Dominion’s Zvonimir Podvinski before defeating East Carolina’s Mario Marti-nez, an Arkansas native, 7-6 (4) and 6-1. Munoz went on to defeat Old Dominion’s Tim Schweig 6-0, 6-4 in his next match.

“I am very impressed with Santiago’s performance in his Razorback debut,” said head coach Robert Cox. “We are always happy to see a true freshman secure some wins.”

Austin Robles was also

playing for the Razorbacks for the "rst time this weekend. He split his "rst two matches, defeating East Carolina’s Pa-treik Wolterbeek before los-ing to UNC-Wilmington’s Zach Hublitz.

“It’s great for Austin to get o# to such a great start in his Razorback career,” Cox said. “I am thrilled to see Austin win his "rst doubles and sin-gles match as a Hog. We are excited about his next quality match.”

Christian Lee, a redshirt freshman, also got to play, competing in the highest sin-gles &ight.

“Christian is quickly learn-ing what it takes to play at this level,” Cox said. “I know he is soaking it in and will "nish the tournament strong.

“It’s good to start the fall season by getting these three freshmen to play in a very competitive tournament,” Cox added.

Tennis Opens Season in North Carolina

Liz BeadleSta! Writer

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerKasey Heckelman spikes the ball between two Louisania-Monroe defenders Friday, Sept. 7 at the Razorback Invitational.

!e University of Arkan-sas System Board of Trustees’ committee on buildings and grounds recommended the ap-proval of plans for a new class-room and laboratory building !ursday and the plans were approved Friday by the full board.

!e building will be primar-ily funded by revenues gener-ated through the university’s membership in the Southeast-ern Conference, UA Chancel-lor G. David Gearhart said.

Enrollment at the UA has increased by over 6,000 stu-dents in four years and enroll-ment is expected to increase to 28,000 in the near future. !e building will help to reduce crowding in classrooms and is expected to be completed in 2015.

“!is building is our most urgent need on campus,” Gear-hart said. “Its construction will serve thousands of U of A stu-dents in the immediate future and for decades to come.”

!e building is expected to cost between $18 million and $25 million. Up to $18 million of the cost will be paid by SEC revenues. Any additional cost will come from reserve funds and from re"nancing existing bonds, Gearhart said.

“We belong to the strongest and most "nancially viable ath-letic conference in the nation,” said Je# Long, vice chancellor of intercollegiate athletics. “!e continued success of the SEC both athletically and "nancially will provide us a means of re-lieving our students and their families from the burden of paying for this new building.”

Athletics to Fund AcademicsHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

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