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Arkansas athletic director Je! Long didn’t announce his decision about Bobby Petrino’s future Monday, but a crowd of around 180 fans rallied at "e Gardens on campus in support of the embattled football coach Monday night.

Supporters voiced their desire for Long to retain Petrino, who has been on inde#nite paid

administrative leave since "ursday night when it was revealed he withheld information about 25-year-old football employee Jessica Dorrell’s involvement in his April 1 accident to try to hide an inappropriate relationship.

Fans at the rally carried signs in support of Petrino and the crowd called the hogs a few times. Yells of “Free Bobby” were interjected throughout the rally.

"e rally started at 7 p.m. and lasted about 30 minutes. "e event was organized through the “Team Save Coach Petrino” Facebook group, which had more than 17,000 followers Monday night.

“I just wanted the word to get out that Bobby Petrino had supporters,” said Amy Payne, creator of the Facebook group. “"ere was nothing good being said about him on ESPN. I

think that they should keep coaching separate from his personal life.”

ESPN cameras #lmed as fans rallied for Petrino, who has been subject to a hailstorm of negative national attention for withholding information about Dorrell’s involvement in the accident to protect from “a previous inappropriate relationship from becoming public.”

One fan held a sign that read, “De#ne Inappropriate

[sic].”“It’s to show that any of

us can make a mistake,” said Ron Anderson who held the sign. Anderson claimed to have purposefully made the spelling error.

Meanwhile, Long is still working on a review he said he hoped “to have a resolution soon” for on "ursday, a resolution the

Petrino Supporters Rally as Review Continues

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

Razorback Transit re-mains una!ected by the con-struction on and around campus, o$cials said.

“"e construction is mainly on campus and since the buses are on the streets, we haven’t really had many problems,” said Mike Seither, associate director of the Ra-zorback Transit.

If streets are blocked by construction, buses take al-

ternate routes, Seither said.“"ere have been a few

disruptions in services on the Route 56, Yellow, Pomfret Express, Gray, Red, Blue and Brown routes, but in general we have managed to cope,” Seither said.

When streets are blocked o! because of construction, Facilities Management o$-cials contact the Transit de-partment and then alternate

Razorback Transit Unfazed by Construction

ASP: King Broke No Laws

by KAREN STIGARStaff Writer

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Human RightsAdvocate to Speak

Being Outdoors Soothes the Mind, Studies Find

As May Looms Closer, the Contagion Grows

Flecktones to Light Up Fayetteville with Virtuoso Sound

Young Staying For Sophomore Season

Probate Season Brings History and Pride

Sister Helen Prejean will speak in opposition of the U.S. death penalty April 26.

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Too much technology, too little nature?

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As the semester comes to an end, senioritis cases are on the rise.

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Bela Fleck & the Flecktones will perform at the Walton Arts Center on April 12.

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Arkansas guard BJ Young announced he will return for his sophomore season Monday night.

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A Traveler columnist explains what a probate season is and how it a!ects students on UA campus.

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Arkansas State Police Capt. Lance King did not violate state police policies or state laws in his involvement with Arkansas football coach Bob-by Petrino’s April 1 motorcy-cle accident, ASP o$cials an-nounced Monday.

Police o$cials cleared King of any wrongdoing in his han-dling of the crash three days a%er requiring him to write the detailed summary to ad-dress public inquiries about his involvement with the crash and people involved, including Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year-old UA employee who was Petri-no’s passenger.

“At no time did I fail to pro-vide information to my super-visor or involve myself in the accident investigation,” King wrote in his summary. “I do not know Jessica Dorrell and I have never met her. Coach Petrino and I did not discuss any passenger information during transport to the hospi-tal or otherwise.”

King met the white Jeep Cherokee carrying Petrino af-ter the crash, then took him to the hospital while Dorrell took her own vehicle. He also helped coordinate Petrino’s in-terview with an investigating trooper for the police report.

When setting up the inter-view, King wrote that Petrino “asked if passenger informa-tion was required” for the po-lice report.

“I said that all we need to know is the passenger’s name and address,” King wrote. “I told him that we had been get-ting phone calls from people

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

The Senator is Back

EMILY RHODES OPINION EDITORUA students and faculty joined together Monday to celebrate the 107th anniversary of J. William Fulbright’s birth and the return of his statue at Old Main.

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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFans called the Hogs at a rally in support of Bobby Petrino, Monday at 7 p.m. at The Gardens on campus. The event was organized through the “Team Save Coach Petrino” Facebook group.

NEWS

The women and men of the University of Arkansas Police Department, in partnership with the community, are committed to protecting the future of Arkansas by promot-ing a safe and secure environment.

The Transit and Parking office handles parking permits and passes and transit for students, including bus routes and GoLoco Ride Sharing. Students with parking violations can contact the office to appeal their citation.

NEED TICKETS? CALL 1-800-982-4647

NEED A RIDE AT NIGHT? CALL 575 - 7233

NEED EMERGENCY HELP? CALL UAPD 575-2222

HAVE A TICKET? CALL 575-7275 TO RESOLVE IT

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 2012-2013 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.

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TODAY ON THE HILL

TechTalk Brown Bag

IT Services hosts Tech-Talk Brown Bags to support campus-wide discussion and collaboration around varied technology issues.

12 -1 p.m.Union 308Arkansas Union

Dining Etiquette Training SessionB

! e George W. Edwards, Jr. Career Development Center in the Sam W. Walton College of Business will host a train-ing session focusing on social and dining etiquette.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Room 203Willard J. Walker Hall

National Start Walking DayC

Join UREC in a 1.5 mile walk around campus and the Oak Ridge Trail in celebration of National Start Walking Day. ! e walk will leave from the UREC Fitness Center in the Union.

12:15 -1:15 p.m.UREC Fitness Center

Libraries Film Series 2012: Forbidden Planet

! e University of Arkansas Li-braries are hosting a series of feature " lms on the theme “Four Films of the Apocalypse” in celebration of National Library Week.

April 3 -247 p.m.Room 104Mullins Library

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routes are formed, Seither said.

“Overall, construction does not really a# ect the Razorback Transit,” Seither said.

Facilities Management founded the UA transit sys-tem in 1979 with only two operating buses.

“Currently we operate a $ eet of 23-, 35 and 40-foot buses, plus six paratransit vans on 11 " xed routes with 17 buses in daily service from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m.,” Seither said.

Razorback Transit op-erates during the evenings from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Transit does not operate on o% cial UA holidays, Seither said.

Razorback Transit pro-vides free, " xed-route bus-es and paratransit service to all UA students, faculty,

sta# and the general public during all hours of opera-tion, according to the Tran-sit website.

“For the current " scal year, we are predicting rid-ership in excess of 2 million passenger boardings,” Sei-ther said.

! e number of transit users has increased greatly over the years, Seither said.

! is year there were 1,619,333 passengers on the transit, according to Razor-back Transit Ridership data from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

“We believe that the in-crease in ridership is due mostly to the increase in en-rollment and has nothing to do with the fact that there is construction,” Seither said. “We have a higher usage of people on the transit but it is not a problem and is a chal-lenge we plan to meet.”

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Sister Helen Prejean will speak in opposition to the U.S. death penalty 7 p.m. April 26 in Gi# els Audito-rium.

“Sister Helen Prejean is a strong and in$ uential speaker and I would en-courage every student to attend her lecture,” said Darinda Sharp, director of communications for Ful-bright College.

Admission will be free and open to the pub-lic, according to the Ful-bright website. Sister Helen Prejean’s books will also be available to buy, with cash or check only. She will also host a book signing a& er the lecture, according to the Fulbright website.

“Sister Helen Prejean was on campus last year with the Dalai Lama and Vincent Harding. She loved Fayetteville so much she

just wanted to come back,” Sharp said.

Prejean is best known for Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the Unit-ed States, her 1993 non-" c-tion account of the execu-tion of Patrick Sonnier and Robert Willie, according to Prejean.org.

Dead Man Walking made the American Library Associates Notable Book List in 1994 and it was also nominated for a 1993 Pu-litzer Prize according to Prejean.org.

In January 1996, the book was developed into a major motion picture star-ring Susan Sarandon as Sis-ter Helen and Sean Penn as a death row inmate. ! e movie received four Oscar nominations.

Fi& een years a& er be-ginning her crusade, the Roman Catholic sister has witnessed " ve executions in Louisiana and today ed-

ucates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing. As the founder of “Survive,” a victim’s advocacy group in New Orleans, she contin-ues to counsel not only in-mates on death row, but the families of murder victims, as well.

Sister Helen has served on the board of the Nation-al Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty from 1985 to 1995, and served as Chair-person of the Board from 1993 to 1995. She is also a member of Amnesty Inter-national and an honorary member of Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation. She is the Honorary Chair-person of Moratorium Campaign, a group gather-ing signatures for a world-wide moratorium on the death penalty.

Sister Helen Prejean has appeared on television and radio programs around the world, including ! e Today

Show, ABC World News To-night, the BBC, and NPR’s Weekend Edition and Fresh Air.

Sister Helen Prejean is now a member of the con-gregation of St. Joseph, ac-cording to Prejean.org.

! e sisters of ! e Con-gregation of St. Joseph has social and parish workers, counselors, authors, edu-cators, pastoral ministers, chaplains, spiritual direc-tors, administrators, be-reavement specialists, nurs-es, environmentalists, art-ists, advocates for peace and justice and more, according to the Congregation of St. Joseph website.

! e Congregation of St. Joseph currently sponsors over 30 ministries in edu-cation, healthcare, housing, social services and spiritu-ality as a means to express and extend their 360-year-old mission.

Human Rights Advocate to Speakby KAREN STIGAR

Staff Writer

LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHEROne of the busiest bus stops on campus, the pavilion next to Brough, is also one of the most dangerous for bus drivers. For a bus, navigating through parking lots is not an easy task.

NEWSPAGE 3 TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012

Studies show the num-ber of melanoma cases is rising, especially among young women.

Malignant melanoma is a serious form of skin can-cer that targets cells that produce melanin, the dark, protective pigment in the skin.

! e torso is the most common location for mela-noma to develop in females between the ages of 15 and 29 years, which might be due to high-risk tanning behaviors, according to the American Melanoma Foundation.

! e disease can a" ect anyone at any age and is most commonly found in people with fair skin, light hair and eye color and those with a family histo-ry of the disease. An esti-mated 8,700 people will die from malignant melanoma this year.

People with dark com-plexions can also develop melanoma, most common-ly on the hands, feet, under nails and in the mouth.

One in # ve Americans will develop skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. At least 90

percent of skin cancer is caused by overexposure to the sun.

“I tan every now and again,” said sophomore nursing major Taylor Dick-au. “I used to a lot more, but not too much now. When I do it is normally just before spring break or summer so that I won’t burn as bad when I’m outside.”

A major cause of the disease is the sunburn and blistering caused by be-ing out in the sun or under heat lamps too long. It is best to avoid being outside for long periods of time during the peak sunlight hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the American Cancer Society.

Freshmen Rachael Kreuz and Megan Frohardt said they do not tan.

“I worry about the can-cer aspect and don’t want my skin to be damaged,” Kreuz said.

“I don’t feel like paying for a tan is worth it when it doesn’t last a long period of time anyway,” Frohardt said. “I also worry about the health of my skin.”

! ere are many danger signs of malignant melano-ma, according to the Ozark Dermatology Clinic. When examining moles and pig-

mented lesions, changes in the color, size, surface fea-tures, consistency, shape or outline, the surrounding skin and sensation can all point to the disease.

Any pigmented spot on the skin that grows larg-er than the attached por-tion of the small # ngernail (about a half-centimeter to one centimeter) should be evaluated by a dermatolo-gist. Almost all skin can-cers are curable if found early enough, according to the Ozark Dermatology Clinic.

! ere are four stages in the diagnosing of mel-anoma, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

Stage 0 is con# ned to the top layer of skin. Stage II is con# ned to the skin, but has grown thicker, it may be as thick as one mil-limeter.

Stage III is when the melanoma has grown thicker, anywhere from one to four millimeters, and Stage IV is when the mela-noma has spread to an in-ternal organ, lymph nodes further from the original melanoma, or is found on the skin far from the origi-nal area.

Too much technology, too little nature?

As technology grows more encompassing with each day, there is some question as to whether people have enough interaction with nature.

Richard Louv coined the term “nature-deficit disorder” in his book, “Last Child in the Woods.” Louv claims children are are constantly glued to electronics and when outside, are normally on their way to another scheduled event. The result is a loss of connection with nature.

Louv explained his thoughts on the subject in a 2005 radio interview.

“I do not trust technolo-gy,” he said. “Yes, video games may stimulate certain kinds of intelligence, but what about the full use of the senses? When you’re sitting in front of a screen, you’re not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature

do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.”

A recent study by the American Physiological Asso-ciation found that 39 percent of adults said their stress had increased over the past year, while 44 percent said their stress had increased over the past five years.

“Like a muscle, our brains appear to get fatigued after working for sustained peri-ods of time, particularly if we have to concentrate intensely or deal with a repetitive task,” said University of Oregon professor Michael Posner.

A University of Michi-gan study found that perfor-mance on memory and atten-tion tests improved by 20 per-cent after study subjects took a walk through an arboretum as a break. No cognitive boost was detected when the partic-ipants walked through a busy street in town.

Letting the brain relax has been proven to reduce stress. By simply sitting and not fo-cusing on the next task of the

day, spending time in nature can help relax the brain and and rid the body of stress.

Friends Ellie Turner, fresh-man economics major and Jenny Van Wagoner, fresh-man apparel studies major, said they sit out on the Greek Theater lawn almost everyday now that the weather is nice.

“Sitting out on the lawn re-laxing definitely takes away stress of the week,” Van Wag-oner said. “It is a great escape from classes and homework. It’s not even a question any-more, we come basically at the same time every day,” she said.

“I don’t usually use any technology while I am out here,” Turner said. “I’ll have my phone with me, but I like just relaxing and enjoying the nature.”

If homework must be done, it is more enjoyable outside,f said sophomore Ben Fair-cloth.

“It is definitely much better than being cooped up doing work inside,” he said.

by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

HEALTH & SAFETYSpecial Traveler Beat

Being Outdoors Soothes the Mind, Studies Find

Melanoma on the Rise, Studies Find

by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

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EDITOR: SABA NASEEM MANAGING EDITOR: MATTIE QUINN

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

OPINIONPAGE 4 TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012

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! 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 classi" cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri" cation. Letters should be sent to [email protected].

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MANAGING EDITOROPINION EDITOR

Saba NaseemMattie QuinnEmily Rhodes

! e month of April brings the chance to learn about the seven National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) fraternities and sororities that are present at the UA. ! e NPHC is the umbrella of Greek life under which nine historically black fraternities and sororities fall. Being historically black does not mean that these organizations are exclusively for black students, they were just intended to unite black students and give us a Greek Life experience.

! e UA Greek Life calendar has been taken over by NPHC organizations for the month of April. Last week Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. hosted “Blue and White Week”, this week Delta Sigma ! eta Sorority, Inc. is hosting “Delta Week Part Two”, next week Alpha Kappa Alpha

Sorority, Inc. will host “AKA Week” and the following week Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will conclude the Greek Weeks with Alpha Week.

! ese weeks are full of social kick-o# events, educational programs, fundraisers, volunteer opportunities, parties and sometimes the revealing of new members in what is called a either a Probate Show, Coming Out Show or a Neophyte Presentation.

A neophyte is a new member of the Greek organization. Members are referred to as neos until they initiate other members. Of all the events that may occur during a Greek Week, that probate show is probably the one that has le$ the most confusion.

Some of the de" ning features of the NPHC organizations are that we know the history of our organization and have a deep respect for the struggle that our founders had to go through so that we could be a part of Greek Life.

A probate is the o% cial revealing of the new members of an organization. It usually involves the new members coming out in masks singing traditional fraternity or sorority songs. Members greet the other members of their organization with songs and chants and fraternities swoon the NPHC sororities with songs dedicated to

them while the sororities do the same for the fraternities. Reciting the Greek alphabet and telling the history of the organization are other occurrences during a probate.

! e most exciting part of whole show and the main reason most people travel hours to see them is the revealing of the new members. ! e new members are unmasked and introduced to the world as a member of the organization. Step sequences, chants and traditional fraternity and sorority songs usually follow this revealing.

Probate shows are an important part of the culture of NPHC organizations. ! ey combine the many elements of the organizations into one promotional event. ! e organizations were founded on the principles of scholarship, service, brotherhood and sisterhood and probates not only tell what these organizations are all about, but they also display the hard work and e# ort that members have put into making sure that their organization is knowledgeable, disciplined, precise and uni" ed.

Recently the Omicron Xi Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. had a probate that caused a lot of discontent within the NPHC community when the video ended up online. Not only

did the new members fumble on the history of their own sorority, they were also misinformed of the history of the fraternities that they greeted. Many organizations felt disrespected by the lack of knowledge of these new members.

We take pride in the rich history of our organizations and would expect others to at least get information correct when trying to tribute us. I cannot say what happened with their lack of preparedness for the probate show but from " rst hand experience I can say that a lot of preparation goes into putting on the show.

Not only are you representing yourself, you are representing your entire organization not only at your school but nationwide as well. It is true – once you are in Greek-letter organization, people tend to associate you with all other members of that organization.

With so many Greek events going on this month and it being “Probate Season” in the NPHC community, you may just catch one on campus this month.

DeShaun Artis is a Traveler columnist.

His column appears every other Tuesday.

Probate Season Brings History and Pride

Fulbright Statue Celebrated By Students and Faculty

The J. William Fulbright statue returned to Old Main on UA campus Monday, and students and faculty celebrated while sending a few happy birthday wishes.

Monday marked not only the 107th anniversary of Fulbright’s birth, but also the well known and loved statue coming back to campus. The event, which had a large attendance of students, faculty and staff, including Chancellor David Gearhart, was one to remember.

While many know the name because of our arts and sciences college here at the UA, Fulbright’s legacy is one that all UA students should know. A University of Arkansas graduate, Fulbright was later named the president of the UA in 1939, ran successfully for the U.S. House of Representatives, held a career in the Senate and created the Fulbright Scholarship Program which has awarded more than 250,000 scholarships.

Students and faculty alike have missed the presence of the Fulbright statue, which was taken down during the recent construction projects on campus. Now, we can celebrate the return of the statue and honor the legacy of Fulbright through events like these and others. It’s an important part of University of Arkansas history that many students pass by every day but know a little about. The Fulbright statue has been an integral part of our campus since 2002 when it was dedicated the the UA.

Monday marked a special day for all who attend the UA. Visitors celebrated the anniversary with birthday cake, lemonade and a speech from Chancellor Gearhart among others. Those who were unable to make the event can visit Old Main to see the Fulbright statue back in the original place.

We are excited to see the Fulbright statue back home at Old Main, and look forward to the remaining construction projects being completed on our campus so that we can enjoy our campus and it’s history even more.

“At no time did I fail to provide information to my supervisor or involve myself in the accident investigation. I do not know Jessica Dorrell and I have never met her.”

- Arkansas State Police Captain Lance King, “ASP: King Broke No Laws,” Page 1

by DESHAUN ARTIS Traveler Columnist

Expanding Horizons

RIC Welcomes New O! cials for Upcoming Year

! e election days ended for Residents’ Interhall Congress ! ursday, and results from student votes were announced Friday at an event in front of the Peace Fountain at Old Main.

Onnissia Harries was named president for the upcoming year, Conrad Witte was named vice president and Brady McLaughlin was named secretary/treasurer.

A$ er the two day voting period ended, student o% cials were announced and will now prepare to take their positions at the beginning of the fall semester.

! e Residents’ Interhall Congress serves as the governing body for the residence halls here at the UA, and works to provide opportunities and services for students living on campus.

Congratulations to the students who will serve in the upcoming year, and we look forward to the changes that will come to campus in the next semester through our on-campus living.

Comments From the Traveler WebsiteRe: Players: Petrino’s ToughnessReflects TeamSteve Cook: A$ er all the hard work to restore the Razor-

backs football fortunes BP has just torpedoed his own ship and that of hog fans everywhere. ! is thing will set back re-cruiting for years to come. If nothing else our recruiting com-petitors will be reminding parents and recruits of BP’s bone-headed behavior.

Mr. Long has to ask himself will quality parents with qual-ity kids really want this head coach in& uencing their sons? I think not and for good reason. How can Petrino discipline young men when he considers himself above what he preach-es?

All the talk about him being tough is bogus. How tough and strong is a married man who can’t or won’t refuse involve-ment with a girl young enough to be his daughter? While his marriage is between he and his wife, and I do hope they repair their relationship and keep their family intact, being the head coach at UA isn’t a personal matter.

It is a matter which concerns us and re& ects on this state. If Mr. Long doesn’t " re him, then Frank Broyles and the entire UA system owes Nolan Richardson a groveling apology be-cause all he did was ask for his money. What BP has done has damaged people and that is a far greater o# ense.

Jeremy His questionable character was public knowledge when he was hired. If anyone embraced him as an excellent football coach, but is now surprised by this, it is their fault. He’s a football coach and he’s great at it. No one would per-fectly stand up to scrutiny. So you have to ask yourself what the point of him being here is.

Re: Pleasantly Profiled: Not So Post-Racial

Naffel: I realize you’re just quoting Fussell, but his assumption that his ID being run twice was racism is not logical. ! e cop could have fat " ngered a number. When it came back as a old woman he says, “Hmm, better run that again.”

Rick: Should Asians apologize for being Asian? Because they don’t seem to have a problem succeeding in a country dominated by “white privilege”. Its all just tired, worn out excuse-making. Take personal responsibility for your own lives and stop whining. If stereotypes exist, its because they are based in reality. Should Asians apologize for being Asian? Because they don’t seem to have a problem succeeding in a country dominated by “white privilege”. Its all just tired, worn out excuse-making. Take personal responsibility for your own lives and stop whining. If stereotypes exist, its because they are based in reality.

Re: Students Weigh In On Petrino’s Fate

Lol : Winning is more important than character....if it was Nutt he would have been " red immediately.

FEATURES EDITOR: LAUREN LEATHERBY ASST. FEATURES EDITOR : KELSI FORD

THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER

FEATURESPAGE 5 TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012

! ere is a direct correlation be-tween increased anticipation of summer and decreased attention spans in classes across the UA cam-pus. However, seniors graduating in May have the elevated distrac-tion of a future beyond the class-room.

UA senior industrial engineer-ing major Hillary Gould describes senioritis as “a decreased desire to apply oneself in classes and extra-curricular activities, usually due to nearing graduation.”

With graduation a little more than a month away, many seniors are just ready to get their degree, but the Hu" ngton Post reveals that almost half of college students who graduate under the age of 25 either move back home or work a job out-side of the college labor market, making the infection of senioritis have signi# cant consequences.

Many students begin college with a strong work ethic, but as that elusive diploma nears the willpow-er to keep focus dwindles.

“! is year I have been more or-ganized but much more easily dis-tracted. I have everything in order and ready to go, I just don't do well

with actually doing what’s on the list,” said Zac Guerin, senior me-chanical engineering major. “[Se-nioritis] is like having the angel and the devil on your shoulders, but the devil is yelling much louder [for you] to do whatever you want.”

As contagious as senioritis is, not all seniors are victims of this lack of ambition.

“I wouldn’t necessarily agree that seniors do not put as much ef-fort into school,” said Meleah Bay, senior industrial engineering ma-jor. “Last semester was my most di" cult in the past four years, but I think partly seniors have # gured out how much e$ ort is necessary to get the grades they want.”

As exciting as earning a degree is for students, they cannot escape the inevitable task of securing a job a% er graduation. But once this ob-jective is reached, taking classes se-riously is challenging.

“In previous school years, I've had only classes and not tried to wrangle a job as well. My schedule has become so packed that I # nd I'm settling for the bare minimum (B's),” Gould said. “Before, school was very important to landing in-ternships and getting my name out there. Now that I've accepted a job o$ er, I just need to graduate.”

For most college seniors, high school graduation was only four years ago, but the seniors at the UA have more momentous stresses on their minds.

“I remember high school senior year as having many di$ erent small responsibilities and things going on,” Bay said. “Now I have fewer re-sponsibilities, but those I do have are much bigger and more impor-tant.”

Asher Roth’s famous “I Love College” song is the stereotype many students hold about their un-dergraduate career. However, when that graduation date approaches the longing of wanting to start life in the real world begins.

“! e feeling is the same just much more intense,” Guerin said. “I'm ready to move on just as I was in high school but the stakes are higher, as far as # nding a job and moving on. But the feeling of want-ing to get a move on is the same.”

With summer coming closer even students who are not seniors are feeling the symptoms of se-nioritis.

Guerin o$ ered advice for the se-niors of 2013, saying to “get things done as early as possible, especially # nding a job. You should also make a schedule to keep you focused, and

just because you can doesn't mean you should drink every night.”

Senioritis can be treated if stu-dents focus on their studies with-out burning themselves out with too many other extra curricular ac-tivities.

“Don't overload your sched-ule. You will do better in school if you are not swamped with work from every direction,” Gould said. “Graduating on time is not every-thing; I wish I had just taken it easy and stayed an extra semester or two. I would have made better grades and been less stressed.”

An article published by Col-lege Board revealed that seniori-tis causes students to not have ad-equate preparation for what is to come next, so while excitement of graduation should not be sup-pressed, apathy about the last se-mester of classes should be.

“Keep your eye on the # nish line, but make sure you do not step in a hole before crossing it, mean-ing that as a senior keep working hard so you do not accidentally de-lay your graduation,” Bay said. “I know people who have had to delay graduating because they quit trying in classes they expected to pass and then failed.”

Happy To YouMiike Snow7/10A trend in popular music is the move

toward electronic and digitally produced sound, ushered in with the rise of dub-step and the focus of pop artists on dance-club hits. In the midst of this modern mu-sic trend, Miike Snow -- a two-part Swed-ish/one-part American trio of musicians in the indie-pop/electronica scene -- stands tall with their sophomore album Happy To You, released March 26.

Miike Snow (it’s argued whether it’s pro-nounced “Mike” or “Meekay,” but the band con# rms it’s “Mike”) consists of Andrew Wy-att (vocals, guitar), Pontus Winnberg, and Christian Karlsson (digital mastering). ! e Swedish Winnberg and Karlsson are known for producing songs for Madonna and Brit-ney Spears among other pop artists. Fellow Swede indie-pop artist Lykke Li also makes an appearance on a verse in “Black Tin Box.” It’s a stretch, but you could compare the band’s sound to the likes of MGMT or ! e Naked and Famous.

At # rst listen, the album comes o$ as a fun, but simple electronic pop album. ! ere are only some tracks that really stand out. A% er a few more listens, the interwoven mel-odies of the songs emerge, and with it the sound improves.

! e album makes for some good back-ground music and could be a good study soundtrack, but crank up the volume and most of the songs could make good dance tracks.

! ere is an emphasis on piano/keyboard leads in Happy, though there are fewer ef-fects going on than in their previous work. Each song features some weeping or punchy orchestral backings, which adds to the dreaminess of the album. ! e piano leads are driven, and next to the steady manufactured beats they do # ne work. “Devil’s Work” and “Pretenders” are nice examples of everything listed here.

! e music of Happy also has a serious tone to it all. ! e sounds are a little moody here and there, and they stay away from blissful sounding pop. Not to say there aren’t any cheery-sounding parts to the songs, they’re just titled things like “God Help ! is Divorce”.

Overall, it’s tough to say Happy To You is a great follow up to the cohesiveness of Miike Snow’s self-titled # rst album. Where Miike Snow balanced pop leads and spacey tracks well, Happy To You tries for more of an art sound and lacks the catchiness the # rst al-bum has. ! is album isn’t something worth writing o$ , though -- there’s enough exciting content here to warrant some serious atten-tion.

Standout Tracks:“Devil’s Work” is the premier song on this

album. With exciting piano leads, aggressive drums, bold French horns and post-chorus breakdowns, it makes the song one of the best on the album. “Paddling Out” has the energy of a great theme song and features a strong chorus. “God Help ! is Divorce” is the token sad song on the album with a Gorillaz-esque sound. It’s introspective and melancholy despite its hip beat, and makes for a good change of pace on the album.

Musicianship: 7.5! e trio of Miike Snow make up a great

electronic-pop group, and their musical quality is heard on most every track. ! e al-bum is a swirl of encasing electronic melo-dies, rhythms and orchestrations, and they are intricately layered into each part of the song.

Originality: 7.5While comparable to other electronic

groups, Miike Snow manages to keep things fresh. ! ey’re a unique pop group that stays above the in& uence of mediocre and cliché music.

Lyricism: 6In Happy To You, the lyrics only serve

the purpose of being present in the songs —although, the lyrics aren’t entirely use-less. ! ey’re all suggestive or metaphoric to something, and worth contemplating their meaning.

In May of last year, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones released “Rock-et Science,” the # rst album in 20 years to feature the band’s original lineup. ! e lineup consists of How-ard Levy on piano and harmonica, Victor Wooten on bass, Roy “Fu-tureman” Wooten on percussion, and the frontman Bela Fleck on the banjo.

! e original line-up of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will per-form at the Walton Arts Center’s Baum Walker Hall at 7 p.m. this ! ursday, April 12.

! e band’s music is largely in-strumental, and draws heavily on the distinguished and usually separated genres of bluegrass and jazz-fusion. ! e banjo is, natural-ly, the instrument that lends most to the band’s bluegrass & avor, but combine Fleck’s avant-garde play-ing style with the band’s incred-ibly jazzy rhythm section and it becomes di" cult to categorize the sound under any single pre-exist-ing genre.

! e Wootens are regarded as be-ing two of the most innovative mu-sicians in music today. Live, Roy “Futureman” Wooten plays what he calls a “Drumitar,” which is a Syn-thAxe specially modi# ed to trig-ger drum samples and build loops, and Victor Wooten is considered by some to be today’s “leading bass virtuoso.”

A% er the release of the band’s third album “UFO Tofu,” Howard Levy le% the band, a% er saying he was tired of their extensive touring

and that he had no time to do any-thing at all outside of life with the Flecktones. ! e band continued as a trio, recording two more al-bums (“Live Art” and “! ree Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), which featured several guest musicians, until in 1998 saxophonist Je$ Cof-# n was invited to join the band. He performed and recorded with the Flecktones for over 10 years, until he was invited to join Dave Mat-thews Band. “Fleck encouraged him to accept,” the band’s online biography reads, “believing the de-cision would rejuvenate both DMB and the Flecktones themselves.”

In 2009, Bela Fleck again ap-proached Levy for a tour of the United States and Europe, and a% er the tour, the reunited band decided to further explore its musical pos-sibilities, sensing what Futureman calls, “an opportunity to revisit the original scene of the crime.”

“Visionary and vibrant as any-thing in their already rich canon, Rocket Science feels more like a new beginning than simply the cul-mination of an early chapter,” reads one review of the Flecktones’s latest album. “! ere’s a special thing that happens when the four of us get to-gether and play,” notes Levy. “We

all have the same attitude of trying to do things that we haven’t done before and coincidentally, no one else has either.”

For long-time Flecktones fans, the returned touring of the original lineup is an opportunity many nev-er thought they would have again.

For tickets to the April 12 Wal-ton Arts Center performance, stu-dents can go to waltonartscenter.org and use the promo code STU-DENTDEALS to get 50 percent o$ regular ticket prices. Students must be ready to show their student ID at the box o" ce when they pick up their ticket.

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BASKETBALL GYMNASTICS

COMMENTARY

Hogs Could Be in Lose-Lose Situation

Jeff Long used the word re-view 18 times during his Thurs-day press conference.

That’s what the Arkansas athletic director has been in the middle of since news broke late last week that football coach Bobby Petrino withheld information about his April 1 motorcycle accident.

Whatever decision Long makes at the end of his review will greatly alter the course of Razorbacks football in the fu-ture.

Long can fire Petrino for withholding information about a 25-year-old female football department employee being his passenger, information Petri-no kept to himself to protect a “previous inappropriate rela-tionship” from becoming pub-lic.

Petrino could also be in vio-lation of the university’s sexual harassment policy.

Long might suspend Petrino or reduce his salary, but keep him on staff.

Whatever Long decides, Hog fans should brace for a po-tentially rough future.

The program might not struggle on the field this year, though.

There is enough talent on campus to contend, something evident when Arkansas was mentioned as a likely preseason top-10 team following the 2011 season. Whoever the coach is next season, he should have a

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Gymnastics Overcomes Injuries, Struggles

No. 10 Arkansas’ gymnas-tics team advanced to its fifth consecutive NCAA Champi-onship on Saturday by finish-ing second to No. 3 UCLA in the NCAA South Central Re-gional.

It wasn’t an easy road to qualifying for nationals.

This season, the Razor-backs experienced highs and lows. Arkansas achieved its first No. 1 ranking in Janu-ary, but lost six of its final seven regular season meets

and finished sixth at the Southeastern Conference Championship.

“The crazy thing about our sport is win-loss doesn’t really matter, we’re still scor-ing well,” Mark Cook said. “We might have lost four meets in the last four week-ends, but we have probably won about one hundred and fifty meets because we are competing against everybody else in the country.”

The Razorbacks compet-ed against five teams at the

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore all-around gymnast Katherine Grable missed four weeks of compe-tition due to an ankle injury, but returned for the Razorbacks in the NCAA South Central Regional Saturday and her had best score on the beam event with a 9.90.

BASEBALL

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior right-hander DJ Baxendale threw eight scoreless innings in his career-long outing in the Razorbacks 8-0 win Sunday against Georgia. Baxendale pitched the third game of the series rather than the series opener for the fi rst time this season after going 0-2 in his previous two starts.

Baxendale’s New Start

Arkansas junior right-handed starter DJ Baxendale and Razorbacks pitching coach Dave Jorn worked on mechanics after Baxendale allowed 17 hits and 12 runs in back-to-back starts.

The work paid off Sun-day when Baxendale threw eight shutout innings in an 8-0 Hogs home win against Georgia.

“We moved my arm slot up from being kind of a side-arm guy to a high three-quarter,” Baxendale said. “I felt like that helped me con-trol the fast ball. I was also staying back over the rub-ber, staying under control, being able to keep a consis-tent delivery to deliver over the plate.”

Baxendale opened the se-ries finale for Arkansas in-stead of his usual Friday starting position, a move made following his struggles

as the Razorbacks lost two consecutive games with him starting. He struck out seven batters and improved to 6-1 this season.

“I was commanding the fast ball today,” Baxendale said. “That’s the big key for me.”

The appearance was Baxendale’s career-longest outing. His previous lon-gest was six innings Feb. 24 against Valparaiso.

“He kept them off bal-ance and just did a tremen-dous job,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said. “It’s good to have him back.”

Bosco provides fire-works

Following a rain delay before Saturday’s game, Ar-kansas redshirt sophomore right fielder Jimmy Bosco knocked a grand slam over the recently moved-in right-field fence to put the Hogs

TENNIS

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior Hal Fess (right), a Little Rock, Ark. native, is 20-7 overall with teammate Matt Walters in doubles competition this season and 12-6 when the tandem plays the opponents No. 1 doubles pairing.

Growing up in Arkansas, Hall Fess was always pretty sure of where he wanted to play tennis in college.

The junior from Little Rock is now in his third year living out the dream of playing for the Razorbacks.

“I looked at some small-er schools,” Fess said. “I wasn’t sure if I wanted the big-time big campus and everything, but in the end I just could resist the pull to northwest Arkansas is too great.”

After graduating from Little Rock Christian Acad-emy, Fess had to wait a year

before playing in a match for the Hogs.

He didn’t play as a fresh-man, then appeared in 13 matches as a sophomore. Overall, Fess went 9-4 re-cord, going 2-1 in doubles play.

This season, Fess has started to see more play-ing time and now is a ma-jor part of the team.

Grouped at the No. 1 doubles spot with senior Matt Walters, the duo have combined to be a consis-tent pairing. Together, they have gone 12-6 at the No. 1 doubles spot and 20-7 overall.

“He and Matt Walters have done a good job in

doubles,” coach Robert Cox said. “Some of the confi-dence has carried over to the singles court but ob-viously we’re taking our lumps. Hall and Matt be-ing both Arkansans, it’s al-ways good to have Arkan-sans representing the Ra-zorbacks and we’re really proud of them.

“Both of them have their hearts in the right place and they love to fight for the razorbacks and we’re real happy for that.”

Walters is from Jones-boro. He crossed paths with Fess in high school.

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Razorbacks advance to NCAAs despite rough season

Young Returning for Sophomore YearBJ Young got a big hand

when he was recognized for earning second-team and fresh-man All-Southeastern Confer-ence honors at Arkansas’ men’s basketball banquet Monday night.

He got a bigger hand when he stepped up to the program and announced he would put o! the NBA and return for his sophomore season.

“I just want to be " rst team next year,” Young said, drawing loud applause from a crowd of around 170 Arkansas fans at-tending the banquet in the Bro-yles Complex. “Hopefully make the tournament as a team. Oh, yeah. I’m coming back for an-other year, too.”

Young announced his deci-sion the night before the Tues-day deadline for underclassmen to pull their name out of the NBA Dra# .

“My gut always told me that he would come back,” Arkan-sas coach Mike Anderson said. “He’s had a pretty impressive " rst year and I think the best basketball is even in front of him … He can get in the weight room and get a little stronger, but now he’s got a feel for what it is to play at the Division 1 lev-el.”

Young announced his de-cision fewer than seven hours a# er tweeting “man in so con-fused.”

“I was a little confused ear- FILE PHOTOArkansas guard BJ Young announced he would be returning for his sophomore season Monday night at the Razorback basketball team’s awards banquet. Young led the team in scoring last season, averaging 15.3 points per game for the 18-14 Hogs.

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talented group of players to work with.

The issue might be in the seasons following 2012, when players like Tyler Wil-son, Knile Davis, Cobi Ham-ilton and Alonzo Highsmith are no longer on campus.

They will have to be re-placed. That could be a problem if Petrino is re-tained.

Petrino showed he could build a program after inher-ited a bare cupboard when he took the job in Decem-ber 2007. He was able to compile enough talent to lead the Razorbacks to 21 wins the last two seasons, the program’s most wins in a two-year stretch since Frank Broyles’ 1964 and 1965 teams also won 21.

A third consecutive 10-win season in 2012 would be the winningest three-year stretch in school history.

What next?Petrino was able to re-

cruit relatively well when he first got the job, despite facing criticism for leaving the Atlanta Falcons job with three games remaining in the 2007 season.

That criticism will be magnified 50 times if he is retained. How much diffi-culty will he have going into recruits’ homes and pitching his program to young men and their parents?

Other schools will have a lot of ammunition to nega-tively recruit against Arkan-sas, if they want.

It’s not like the Razor-

backs will be able to coast by during a few off years. They’re chasing Alabama and LSU while holding off Auburn, just in their divi-sion.

Simply put, it could be a large challenge for Petrino to keep the Hogs in a posi-tion to contend in the SEC West beyond this year, if he is retained.

If he is fired, where does Long go?

He would likely have to promote from within like Ohio State did when it fired Jim Tressel in May 2011.

Could he promote Paul Petrino? Would Paul want to stay?

Wonder if Paul Haynes and Taver Johnson are re-gretting their decisions to head to Fayetteville instead of staying at Ohio State with Urban Meyer.

Regardless of if Long promoted from within or found a new hire were he to fire Petrino, it would be dif-ficult to replace one of the top coaches in the nation.

The fact that Petrino led the program to the most wins in best back-to-back seasons in more than 40 years during the era of SEC domination exemplifies how good of a coach he is.

Long has a lot to consider while reviewing and making his decision.

Problem is, Arkansas might be in a lose-lose po-sition.

Jimmy Carter is the sports editor for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicartersports.

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ahead 5-1 of Georgia in the bottom of the third inning.

“That grand slam gave us a lot of momentum,” fresh-man infielder Joe Serrano said. “I think we played off that.”

The set up for Bosco’s hit began with a double from senior shortstop Tim Carv-er down the left field line. Junior infielder Jacob Ma-han singled to left field and Carver advanced to third.

Senior third baseman Matt Reynolds walked and sent Mahan to second. Bos-co’s hit sent everyone home.

The grand slam helped atone for his second-inning error that led to an unearned Bulldogs run.

“I felt like a little bit of

stress was relieved,” Bosco said. “The bigger part of it was that my team was win-ning after that, and as long as I could contribute and make up (for the error). That’s what mattered to me.”

The Razorbacks scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth after a double to right center from Carver sent Anderson and sopho-more catcher Jake Wise to home plate.

Arkansas’ final run came from Serrano after advanc-ing home on Wise’s single through the right side, and the Hogs won the game 8-3.

Bottom of the order steps up

Center fielder Derek Bleeker, left fielder Joe Ser-rano and designated hitter Brian Anderson became the new Nos. 6, 7 and 9 batters

for the Georgia series after the Razorbacks struck out 40 times last weekend on the road against LSU, many of which came from the bottom of the batting order.

The three hitters com-bined for seven hits and two RBI this weekend against the Bulldogs.

“Those guys, they boost-ed the end of the order,” Van Horn said. “It had been struggling. Anybody could see it. It was time to make a move. Putting Anderson and Serrano down there in the 7- and 9-hole, it just brought a little life to the lineup.”

Sophomore catcher Jake Wise, batting in the bottom half of the lineup, struck out six times against LSU, but redeemed himself with three hits and two RBIs against Georgia.

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regional, earning the NCAA berth for the sixth time in program history. Arkansas won after starting strong on floor and ending strong on beam.

“We practiced this at SEC’s, we started on floor there too,” senior All-Ameri-can Jamie Pisani said. “So we had practiced this rotation, and we knew what to expect of it. We have also practiced having the bye rotations and activities to do during those byes.

“It was good for us to start on floor and we managed it well.”

The Razorbacks had to overcome a slew of injuries

late in the season to make the NCAA Championship. In the midst of its late-season slide, Arkansas was often without three key pieces to its team.

All-American Kather-ine Grable and Jordan Sals-burg –– both all-arounders ––! went down with injuries that forced them to miss sig-nificant time this season.

Salsburg suffered a sea-son-ending torn ACL. Gra-ble sprained her ankle and missed four weeks before re-turning last Saturday along-side Kelci Lewis who was also out with a ankle injury sustained at Missouri.

With Grable and Lew-is in the lineup, the Razor-backs posted a 196.825 on Saturday, their second-high-est score of the season. Gra-

ble tied for second on beam and third on bars in her first meet since early March.

“It calmed down the whole group and it got us re-centered,” Cook said. “We were the team we had been in preseason, we had lost that identity a little bit the last three meets but we regained it tonight.”

After experiencing the joys of being the No. 1 team and the nation and the lows of being stuck in a long los-ing streak, Arkansas’ players will get to compete April 20-22 as one of the top 12 teams in the nation.

“You know SECs are bragging rights, but this is making it to nationals,” Cook said. “This is the big one.”

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Their high school suc-cess has translated to col-lege. The duo is Arkan-sas’ top doubles team and is ranked No. 48 in the na-tion, bolstered by an April 1

win over a Mississippi State doubles team ranked No. 10 in the nation.

Fess’ growth to become a steady contributor for Cox was a leap he made after an award-filled high school ca-reer at Little Rock Chris-tian.

Fess was the tennis team captain and won the 5A State Championship in 2007. A force in high school, he played the No. 1 singles spot all four years.

“Really in high school I was always growing,” Fess said. “In the state, tennis isn’t the biggest deal but winning tournaments out of the state was more the big-ger deal, so it was really fun

traveling. Winning State overall and helping my high school team overall, that was always fun.

“We were at a pretty small school so it was a re-ally young team. It was a lot of fun, bringing friends on there and helping teach them the game. We ended up doing pretty well.”

The tennis court wasn’t the only place Fess succeed-ed. He also did well in the classroom, graduating with High Honors.

Tennis is in Fess’ fam-ily. His father, Greg Fess, played for Arkansas, while his mother, Judi Fess, played for the Mississippi University for Women.

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who had said there was a passenger on the rear of the motorcycle and if we didn’t get a name, the report would state unidenti" ed white female. I didn’t ask him the name and he didn’t ask me to keep her name o# the report. I knew he would

be interviewed shortly.”Wednesday, two other state

troopers interviewed Petrino for the police report. Following the interview, Petrino intro-duced the troopers to Dorrell.

“Sergeant (Gabe) Weaver said that Coach Petrino walked them down the hallway at the Broyles Complex and intro-

duced them to the passenger, who was identi" ed as Jessica Dorrell, who was also inter-viewed,” King wrote.

Petrino gave no indication that he was intoxicated when King met the Jeep at a Fayette-ville intersection.

“He did not smell of alco-holic beverages,” King wrote.

fans at the rally hope results

in Petrino being retained.“We should be able to move

past it and forgive him as Chris-tians,” said Sarah Rodgers, UA

student. “He’s the best thing that’s happened to Razorback football. We have a potential na-tional championship next year.”

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lier today,” Young said. “You get a lot of outside, inside feedback on people telling you what to do. So it makes the process just a little bit more confusing and complicated … It was a pretty tough decision, but I just en-joyed school a lot and told my parents I wasn’t ready to grow up yet.”

Young averaged a team-high 15.3 points and shot better than 50 percent from the " eld last season, leading SEC fresh-man in scoring and conference guards in " eld goal percentage.

“It was a great experience,” Young said. “$ at’s one of the reasons I wanted to come back. I enjoyed school so much. If I hadn’t enjoyed school so much, I probably would have looked forward to going to the NBA.

I liked college basketball and I love the fan base.”

$ e 6-foot-3, 175-pound-er was projected as a late-" rst round or early-second round dra% pick by most dra% analysts if he entered this year, but was tabbed a potential lottery pick played his sophomore season and entered the 2013 dra% .

“I just wanted to come back and try to get to a national championship,” Young said.

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