April 2, 2013

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!e homeless population in northwest Arkansas in-creased to more than 2,000 people in 2013, while national averages fell, according to the Point-in-Time Homeless Census conducted by Kevin Fitzpatrick, UA sociology professor.

Fitzpatrick, who is also the Community and Fam-ily Institute director, has con-

ducted the census every two years since 2007. !e num-ber of homeless was counted

by more than 100 volunteers who were sent to every known food bank, soup kitchen and

homeless shelter in Washing-ton and Benton counties for a 24-hour period, Fitzpatrick

said.Census results revealed

that the homeless population

has grown by more than 1,000 people in the past six years, he said. !e number of homeless, however, is most likely much higher because of the large portion of homeless people who do not seek services from assistance programs and shel-ters, Fitzpatrick said.

“Homelessness has been on this linear trajectory, and there hasn’t even been a dip,” he said. “I think the biggest challenge is creating the kind of momentum and energy re-

NWA Homeless Population On Rise

A professor was appointed in March to be the director for research assessment and promotion.

Sean W. Mulvenon said the UA hired him for the position based on his back-ground and experience in data modeling as well as his work with modern educa-tional systems that are ap-plied at the UA.

“I assume that the UA felt that these factors were ap-propriate and necessary for the position of director for research assessment and pro-motion,” Mulvenon said.

Furthermore, Mulvenon is a professor of educational statistics and director of the National O"ce for Research, Measurement and Evaluation Systems (NORMES) at the UA.

“My research o"ce at NORMES provides some ad-ditional resources to assist my e#orts in this position,”

New Vice Provost Chosen

Whitney Green Sta" PhotographerRobert Buchanan, sits next to his “home” in Fayetteville in February 2011. “What happens when you become homeless? You have nowhere to shower, nowhere to sleep, you’re lucky if you can even eat,” Buchanan said.

Mulvenon

Mckenna Gallagher Sta" PhotographerAs spring approaches, students enjoy the warmer weather by relaxing on the lawn by the Greek #eater, #ursday, March 28.

Spring will be warmer and drier and rainier than average this season, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

Every week in April is pre-dicted to have thunderstorms but rarely be cloudy apart from those times. Northern Arkan-sas will experience more rain than southern, but even with increased rain in the north, the average rainfall is predicted to fall 2 inches below average.

Springtime has historically been the best time for thunder-storms in Fayetteville. Around 40 percent of the time on May 12, there is some type of rain-fall, according to Weatherspark. !is is the rainiest day of the year for Fayetteville. !under-storm chances $uctuate from 17 to 24 percent chance in the spring. !e chance for any type of rain stays right around 40 percent until the end of spring, where there is a dramatic de-cline in rain chances.

!ere has been snow in past Aprils, but the chances are very slim, according to Weather-spark. At the beginning of May, there have only been one or two days when it has snowed be-fore. Unless this rarity occurs, Fayetteville can say goodbye to snow and hello to rain.

May should have more rain-

fall than April, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, and also be slightly warmer than usual, much to the joy of some stu-dents.

“I can’t wait for spring,” said Samantha Key, a junior so-cial work major. “I have noth-ing against winter, but its time has passed. I’m ready for this warmer weather to become a normal thing.”

Warmer weather at UA means more students loung-ing on the Old Main lawn and outside of the Greek !eater, as well as the inevitable allergies. Tree pollen is historically high in northwest Arkansas at this time of the year, according to the Weather Channel. !e peak of tree-pollen season hit during mid-March, and grass pollen will peak in mid-May. Weed pollen season will not begin until the end of spring.

Indoor dust and dander levels are an issue right now, according to Accuweather. !e levels are at an extreme level due to the temperature, low hu-midity and wind.

Springtime brings relatively good weather to northwest Arkansas. While areas in the north are still at freezing tem-peratures and areas farther south are experiencing temper-atures in the ’90s, Fayetteville stays in a good range. It’s doubt-ful that any winter weather will linger at this point except at nighttime.

Spring Expected to Be Warm, Rainy

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“I think the biggest challenge is creating the kind of momentum and energy required to put a stop to this.”

Kevin Fitzpatrick UA Sociology Professor

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Members of the secular student group Occam’s Razor started the week o# with a fundraiser which they called “Stone an Atheist Day.” !e group set up on the Union Mall and students who do-nated one dollar were allowed to throw two water balloons at members of the group.

Occam’s Razor is a secular group whose purpose is to

promote reason, understand-ing, and freethinking among the students at the UA.

Junior Jacob Hilton was among the students who par-ticipated in this event.

“I think it’s a hilarious idea,” said Hilton. “I’m just glad it’s not what the name originally made me think it was.”

Occam’s Razor is an af-%liate of the Secular Student Alliance, a nonpro%t group that aims to “organize, unite, educate and serve students and student communities that

promote the ideals of scien-ti%c and critical inquiry, de-mocracy, secularism and hu-man-based ethics,” according to their website. Secular Stu-dent Alliance has more than 400 a"liated schools across the country, including 68 high schools.

While the fundraiser was generally well received, there were some students, including senior Lucie Monroe, who did not approve of the event.

“I wish them luck on their fundraising, but I feel that this is o#ensive to both Christians

and Atheists,” said Monroe.Another upcoming event

managed by members of Oc-cam’s Razor is a lecture from Jt Eberhard and Greta Christi-na. !ese are “two of the most compelling writers and speak-ers in the secular movement” according to the group’s web-site. Eberhard will be giving a lecture on morality and Christina will be giving her renowned speech “Why Are You Atheists So Angry?” !is will be taking place on !urs-day at 6:30 p.m. in Gi#els Au-ditorium.

Group Begins Series at UA to Inform Students About Atheism

Mckenna Gallagher Sta" PhotographerMembers of the student organization, Occam’s Razors, host Stone-An-Atheist at the Union on April 1st. Students had the oppor-tunity to pay $1 to throw water balloons at club members.

quired to put a stop to this.”!e lack of funding for so-

cial problems could be a con-tributing factor to the high number of homeless in the area, said Jon Woodward, CEO of 7hills Homeless Center. In this region, money has been poured into roads and build-ings, whereas other parts of the country have invested money in their social programs, he said. Local nonpro%ts have also lacked incentives to create e#ective programing because of the area’s relative a&uence, he said.

!e census also helped to

remove preconceived notions about who is homeless, Wood-ward said. Single-parent fami-lies compose nearly 15 percent of the homeless population, while two-parent families comprise 6 percent, according to the census.

To combat the increasing number of homeless in the community, 7hills Homeless Center has increased its ser-vices and built them around the needs of the community, Woodward said.

Woodward said he was %rst inspired to try di#erent ways of e#ectively serving people when he met a single mother and her son who lived in generational poverty. !e son fell behind in school and felt a sense of iso-

lation because of frequently moving to di#erent homeless shelters. !e mother likened the homeless system to having a Band-Aid continually ripped o# over an open wound.

“!at’s why this census in-formation is invaluable to what we do, because we can create awareness in a way that allows the community to support what needs to happen to make changes,” Woodward said. “I can’t sell a need to the commu-nity unless I know what that need %rst is.”

One of the center’s most successful programs is the

FICASSO Project, which is a homelessness prevention and rehousing plan that keeps peo-ple out of shelters, Woodward said. Not only is it around $20,000 cheaper than shelter-ing a family for a year, but the family support network is not disrupted, he said. !e pro-gram has an 85-90 percent suc-cess rate, he said.

7hills also teaches skills in %nancial management, voca-tion and tenancy, and how to promote a healthy family envi-ronment, Woodward said.

“Without the generosity of our community, there is no way we would have been able to accomplish what we have accomplished,” Woodward said.

Mulvenon said.!e goal of NORMES

is to extend the current best practices model of a student-centered assess-ment system developed for

use in a national center for schools, Mulvenon said.

NORMES created a stu-dent-centered system of col-lecting and reporting stu-dent data distributed via the Internet to school systems in Arkansas, Mulvenon said. !is system, the Edu-cational Data Delivery Sys-tem (EDDS), includes both public-access and restrict-ed-access sites for reporting educational data, he said.

“I believe the goal of the o"ce of vice provost is to facilitate a better un-derstanding of the research

productivity at the UA, and through this knowledge, how to grow and expand this productivity,” Mulve-non said.

Mulvenon said his im-

mediate goals have been to evaluate the data structures at the UA, evaluate resourc-es available to evaluate re-search productivity and de-velop models that may help the o"ce in its e#orts.

He said he hopes by this summer the o"ce of vice provost for research and economic development will have an integrated research portal that provides infor-mation to academic and ad-ministrative units on pub-lications, grants and other scholarly activities of faculty members.

Kathleen Pait Sta" PhotographerStudents attend the “Greek at the Greek” event at the Greek #eater, Monday, April 1. #e program was hosted by University Productions and included traditional Greek cuisine.

Students Experience Greek Culture at Greek !eater HOMELESS continued from page 1

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ASG Legislation:!e Ballot Information Accessibility ActA Bill to Allocate Funds for the Development of a Safe Ride and “Blue Light” AppA Bill to Fund a Safe Ride Expansion Pilot Program!e ASG MacBook Pro Bill of 2013A Bill to Fund ASG Participation in the Southeastern Conference Graduate Student Government ConferenceAn Act Calling for the Creation for a Tradi-tions CouncilA Resolution to Implement Razorbucks at Sporting EventsA Resolution to Support Soft Closing of Dickson Street EstablishmentsA Resolution for Student Representation on the Board of TrusteesA Resolution for Course Change Email Noti-#cation through ISISA Resolution for a Varied ROTC Parking PlanA Bill to Fund the Graduate Student Con-gress NAGPS MembershipA Resolution Calling for Support of Housing Legislation!e Toilet P.A.P.E.R. (Promoting Additional Plies and E$cient Restrooms) Resolution of 2013A Resolution for Clinical Depression GPA ForgivenessA Resolution for Expanded Housing OptionsStudents can make their opinion heard during the ASG meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Graduate Education Building. !ere is a public comment section during each meeting where students can speak for two minutes before the legislation starts, said Mike Norton, ASG Chair of Senate.

Results of these legislations will be published a"er they are voted on.

“I believe the goal of the o$ce of vice provost is to facilitate a better understanding of the research productivity at the UA, and through this knowledge, how to grow and expand this productivity.”

Sean W. MulvenonVice Provost

“Without the generosity of our community, there is no way we would have been able to accomplish what we have accomplished.”

Jon WoodwardCEO of 7hills Homeless Center

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Traveler Quote of the Day“Homelessness has been on

this linear trajectory, and there hasn’t even been a dip.”

Kevin Kirkpatrick, UA Sociology Professor“”NWA Homeless Population on Rise Page 1

You know how people have “things?” Like my “thing” is talking about ultimate fris-bee. Our editor-in-chief has a “thing” for movies. Some of us have a “thing” for chemistry, foreign languages, mechanics, communication, writing, danc-ing, cooking, hiking or really any sort of broad activity. Our “things” are really just our hob-bies and interests, things we get excited about, have a passion for.

!is passion drives us to try new exciting experiments within our hobby. We strive for greatness, take risks and con-tinue to learn about ourselves through these interests. For frisbee, it comes as new throws, cutting techniques, plays and fakes. For academics, it comes as experimenting with creative writing styles, working with new presentation programs like Prezi instead of PowerPoint and performing new experiments.

Regardless, we are always trying to better ourselves. Hob-bies and the things we love bring out our adventurous spir-it, and we are more willing to go out on a limb.

!is past Easter weekend, I met a person who has recently dropped out of school because “education isn’t my thing.”

Let that soak in, future job employers.

So, this individual doesn’t enjoy learning. In college, where there are countless class-es including scuba diving, run-ning, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings English classes, I would think it nearly impos-sible to not "nd a single thing you are at least remotely inter-ested in learning about.

!ere are thousands of pro-

fessors, endless schedule pos-sibilities and in"nite teaching styles that can maximize any-one’s learning experience.

Instead of “education isn’t my thing,” I heard, “I want to be a grocer at Hy-Vee the rest of my life,” “I have no interest at developing any of my current skills” and “I am content with the minimum.”

!e worst part is that this is not the "rst person I’ve met saying this. Over the past four years, I’ve met at least a dozen similar students who have no interest in “education.”

Now, I can see some stu-dents with di#erent learning styles arguing against the struc-ture of the normal college edu-cation. !ey may be looking at technical universities, research institutions, mechanic certi"-cation schools or even online universities. !ey may be look-ing for the ability to work from home or a more hands-on en-vironment, but people seeking these institutions are still seek-ing an education.

Finding education not to be one’s thing is like "nding work isn’t your thing. You don’t like to work? Bum out and just don’t get a job.

!at’s just not how the world turns. It’s not the way to happi-ness. One of my professors likes to say he found something he loves, working with documen-taries and students, and he just combined his passion into a job. Now Professor Foley is an Emmy-winning documentar-ian and top-notch journalism professor, doing what he loves, helping students grow in their passion.

Moral of the story: Use your hobbies and passions. Educate yourself. !en experiment, go out on a limb and try some-thing new. Use these passions to "nd jobs and potential ca-reers that would increase your experience. Maybe it won’t be the formal university educa-tion, but don’t give up on your passions. Become the expert in your passion, and careers will follow.

Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major and the opinion editor of the Arkan-sas Traveler.

Education is For Everybody

Hebron Chester Sta" Cartoonist

Between the crowded classrooms and the pound-ing of campus construction crews, it’s hard not to notice the UA is expanding. Expan-sion, however, doesn’t neces-sarily refer to sprawl.

!e overall perimeter of campus has remained the same. !ere are just some additional brick buildings nestled inside, so our build-ings have become more con-centrated.

If we aren’t walking far-ther, why should we have longer?

UA students will have "ve minutes longer between classes next semester, a$er the UA Faculty Senate ac-cepted a proposal to sched-ule 15 minutes between class times.

In a University Calen-dar Committee proposal, the recommended schedule would put each MWF class 65 minutes apart.

!e "rst class would begin at 7:30 a.m. !e next round of courses would begin at

8:35 a.m., followed by 9:40 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and so on.

Fi$een minutes between classes may sound like a nice luxury. !ere won’t be a need to sprint between classes. You won’t have to duck out of class as soon as the clock hits the 10-till mark. Students can spend a little longer on their way to class.

While making their deci-sion, the Calendar Commit-tee considered the growth in campus enrollment and fa-cilities, facility development farther from the center of campus and a system that has room assignments scheduled across campus, according to a UA Faculty Senate calendar proposal PowerPoint.

However, is it necessary? No matter what time

classes start, there will always be those students who come in late. Some people have an internal clocks operating "ve minutes behind standard Greenwich Mean Time. Or maybe 10 minutes behind … who’s counting?

!ere will also be stu-dents who "ght to be the "rst ones in the classroom, ev-ery single day, regardless of where their previous class is located.

Now, the students who are on time will just be waiting an extra "ve minutes for the preternaturally late ones.

Most professors under-stand the spatial limitations students are dealing with. If you have classes that are spread apart, simply talk to

them about it. !e UA Campus Map

gives walking estimates be-tween the di#erent buildings across campus. Ten minutes can get you to most of the buildings across campus, no problem. !ere are a few classes that take longer, but not many. !e likelihood that you’ll have classes in the extreme opposite corners of campus is slim.

If you know that you’re an extremely slow walker, take that into consideration when you schedule your classes. Granted, there are some ex-ceptions. If you break your leg mid-semester, it will take a bit longer to crutch your way from one class to the next. However, if you talk to your professors, most of them will understand.

Adding the extra "ve minutes between classes is an attempt to solve an issue by "xing the wrong problem. Distance isn’t the problem.

Some students are pretty cavalier about the impor-tance of time. Instead of see-ing something functional, many think watches are mere %ashy accessories. !ey don’t think lateness is that big of a deal.

!e leisurely mentality is what needs to change.

When you have some-where to be, speed up and get there. You don’t have to jump through rain puddles or stop and chat with every other person you meet while you’re on your way. It really is OK to

walk at a pace faster than that of a 3-year-old.

A$er about the "rst week of classes, you know which ones take the full 10 minutes to get to and the ones that you can dawdle on your way there.

Ten minutes is plenty of time to get to the majority of classes. When you have 15 minutes to get to a class that only takes 10, you’re le$ with a "ve-minute break to "ll.

!ose "ve minutes will be utterly wasted. If you think that time will be spent doing anything other than Twitter, Facebook or counting the stains on ceiling tiles, you’re grossly overestimating col-lege students.

Over the course of college careers, these wasted min-utes will add up to consider-able amounts of time.

If you schedule "ve back-to-back MWF classes, you’ll waste 20 minutes a day. !ree times a week and you’ve lost a full hour. Spread over eight 16-week semesters, that time adds up to a little over "ve days over four years.

Instead of wasting time, let’s try picking up the pace. While we’re aimlessly wait-ing for classes to begin, how about we consider reverting to 10-minute class breaks?

Shawnya Wethington is a sophomore journalism, Eng-lish major and marketing mi-nor and a sta! columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

Can I Spare Five Minutes of Your Time?

Shawnya WethingtonSta# Columnist

!e UA is Just Trying to Get in my Pocket

!e last day and last min-ute on campus of my fresh-man year, I got a parking ticket. I parked in a restrict-ed parking place so I could quickly grab my backpack inside the dorm. I made eye contact with a parking tick-eter as I le$ my vehicle, as-suming he would tell me if I needed to move. !at is what parking control is for, a$er all — to prevent parking and tra&c problems. I assumed if I needed to move, he would tell me.

When I came out two minutes later, I had a ticket. I went to the o&ce and im-mediately appealed. Suppos-edly, the parking o&ce would have mercy on freshmen who didn’t know any better. I was a freshman who didn’t know any better.

A few days later, I had to pay the $50 ticket plus the $10 it cost to appeal. !at year, 2010, the UA had rev-

enue of $104,940,650 from student tuition and fees alone. Why did they want to steal $60 more? Why couldn’t the appeal at least be free?

!e only realization that helped me make sense of that ticket is universities are try-ing to make money. !ere’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just how the world works. But it puts some things into perspective.

Between 2004 and 2007, the Consumer Price Index in-creased by 10 percent, while the average price of postsec-ondary attendance rose by almost 20 percent. Accord-ing to Measuring Up, since the 1980s, college tuition and fees have expanded more than the Consumer Price In-dex by a factor of four, grow-ing faster than even the cost of medical care, which is a large issue now.

Institutions will continue to raise the cost because we still attend no matter what the price. Once we get here, there are plenty of ways for the UA to get more money.

Transfer policies, for exam-ple. Do you know of anyone who has had all of their cred-its transfer? !ey’re compli-cated and limiting, and that may be no accident.

According to Delta Cost Project’s report on trends in college spending, universi-ties are increasing their in-stitutional support faster than they are increasing their instructional expenditures. !is means the focus is more on administrators, manage-ment and public relations than on teaching the stu-dents. More moneymakers, less instruction.

!is is directed toward all universities, not speci"cally the UA. But that statement does not exempt the UA. !e UA’s revenue since my fresh-man year has skyrocketed to $130,571,742 from student tuition and fees in 2012. !e net assets for that year were $712,692,513.

!ese institutions are hu-mongous, and they’re only going to get bigger. More people are still attending,

accepting the price of uni-versities as high. No one is going to respect an institu-tion any more for lowering costs. Money just puts some things into perspective, such as my $60 ticket. What do they care? Are there bene"ts for the money-making de-partments? Does the depart-ment earning more money draw more money? Sports, for example. It draws in huge crowds and gets the name and image of the university out there. Why would the university not "nancially support such an integral part of the school?

!ere are very few things within the UA that aren’t try-ing to make a pro"t. !at is how the world works. We need to understand that. !ey might be for education, but they’re also for making money. !is makes the col-lege stresses like parking tick-ets make a little more sense.

Hebron Chester is a sta! cartoonist and writer for the Arkansas Traveler.

Hebron ChesterSta# Writer

Joe DelNeroOpinion Editor

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Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

There is no denying the busy sched-ule of an average college student. With classes to attend, assignments to com-plete and people to see, there seems to be no time left for exercise, but no one ever said that exercise needs to be time-consuming.

High-intensity interval training works great with a student’s demand-ing schedule because it is short and extremely efficient. By alternating extreme exertion periods with rest-ing periods, the body builds endur-ance and burns more calories than it does when running at a steady pace. Also, with interval running, the body continues to burn calories even after the workout is finished, according to Muscle & Fitness Hers.

A cardio interval workout ranges from about 20-30 minutes, and any-one who is willing can make time for that at least a few times a week.

Basically, it consist of pattern-ing different speeds (associated with

amounts of exertion) in an effective order to confuse the body. For ex-ample, the runner can create a pattern that builds pace by going from a walk, to a jog, to a run, and then a sprint, and then back down to a walk, or a pattern that alternates a walk with a jog every other minute. The runner is permitted to use his or her own cre-ativity.

The runner must monitor their exertion and understand the differ-ence between the pace of a walk, hasty walk, slow jog, fast jog, run and sprint. To get familiar with these distinctions, a treadmill can be helpful. On a tread-mill, the runner can pace out their walk, hasty walk, slow jog, fast jog, run and sprint, and associate it with the miles per hour for a better under-standing if necessary.

To get started, here is a basic cardio interval workout:

Prior to beginning, walk for about two minutes to warm up. When ready to start, do a hasty walk for minutes one and two. For minute three, take it up to a fast jog, then at minute four, run. Return to a hasty walk at minute five, followed by a fast jog at minute six, and then a run at minute seven. Repeat minutes five through seven for minutes eight to ten, and then again for minutes 11 to 13. At minute 14, slow jog, and then at minute 15, run, followed by a sprint at minute 16. Re-peat minutes 14 through 16 for min-utes 17 through 19. At minute 20, take it down to a hasty walk. When fin-ished, do not forget to cool down with at least one minute of a walk.

Be cautious not to repeat the same thing every time. Remember, the point of high- intensity interval training is to throw off your body, so continually change it up.

As you see your endurance increase, make less strenuous periods shorter and high-intensity periods longer. For example, alternate walking for 30 sec-onds and sprinting for 1.5 minutes or alternate 15 seconds of complete rest (no movement) and two minutes of sprinting. As you continue to improve, add an incline to the treadmill or run a route you know to be more hilly than your usual (that should not be hard to find in Fayetteville). The key is make sure you are continually challenging yourself; you do not want your body to get used to anything, according to Muscle & Fitness Hers.

Cardio intervals can be used on any type of cardio machine and also when running outdoors. When using ma-chines other than a treadmill, exertion can be based on the resistance setting rather than the speed, according to Women’s Health.

Incorporating intervals into your cardio workout will save you a lot of time and keep you from getting bored. Before you know it, you will be done, and you will have worked up a great sweat. So why not give it a try? You have got nothing but time to save and sweat to shed.

Hannah McGheeContributing Writer

Live music, free food, limited edition Fayettechill T-shirts, hammocking under the setting sun and a chance to bring re-lief to millions of women and children suf-fering in war-torn countries worldwide, makes World On A String an event you don’t want to miss this week on campus.

It’s what Fayetteville is all about—help-ing others from the convenience of your own hammock.

A collaboration between local non-pro!t, ForgottenSong Inc., and Fayettechill Clothing Co., plans to gather enough people to represent every orphan in four major war-torn countries, while creating an atmosphere for students to relax in a hammock and listen to local bands.

World On A String is dedi-cated to unifying students by e"ectively and sustainably improving the lives of vic-tims in war-torn countries, according to their mission’s statement. By connecting participants with one string across the entire campus, they hope to symbolize the idea that small bonds in unity can create large change.

Add up all the orphans in Iraq, Afghanistan, Nepal and Uganda, and you get an estimated 9.9 million, according to UNICEF. ForgottenSong and Fayettechill have partnered to create this event to raise awareness for orphans in these four countries by uniting students across campus while providing an oppor-tunity to donate towards the cause.

“We will string 1,000 yards of yarn in between all participants to demonstrate the connectedness that we are trying to foster between people for our cause,” Charles Davidson, ForgottenSong founder said. “When we cut the string, everyone will have a piece to help them remember the women and children in war-torn coun-tries.”

#e mission of ForgottenSong is to eradicate su"ering in war-torn coun-tries speci!cally to women and children by building self-sustaining projects and

through education. #ey have successfully established projects in Iraq and Uganda and are continuing in their e"orts to care for the women and children who so of-ten get neglected in countries devastated through war.

Organizers hope to draw 990 people to the event to represent every orphan in these four countries companied. If 990 at-tend, each person will represent 10,000 orphans, combined to the estimated 9.9 million.

Ozark Mountain Clothing Company, Fayettechill, has partnered with Forgotten-Song by creating a limited edition World On A String T-shirt. Shirts will be available by registering for the event online or on the day of the event.

Fayettechill works with many nonprof-its in the area, typically outdoor nonprof-its, but they are adding to the Fayettechill family by bringing on new organizations, like ForgottenSong. #is is the !rst time the pair has worked together on a project.

“#is event will be raising a good chunk

of money for charity, which is awesome,” said Fayettechill owner, Mo Elliott. “#e hammock theme goes with the laidback style of the [Fayettechill] company and if everything goes well, I hope we can contin-ue this partnership with ForgottenSong.”

FogottenSong and Fayettechill have been working on the event for two months.

“We wanted to partner with Fayettechill because they make excellent T-shirts and their logo is the hammock,” Davidson said. “A big draw to this event will be the limited edition Fayettechill shirt.”

Local bands will perform at the Greek #eatre, beginning with Little Chief at

6 p.m., Jared Sluyter at 7 p.m., and Goose at 8 p.m. Between sets,

the ForgottenSong team will show short documentary

!lms their media depart-ment has created to bring

awareness towards the cause.

“Donations from the event will go into ForgottenSong to fund self-sustainable projects in these war-torn countries, like the chicken farm we established in Uganda or pre-

school in Iraq,” Da-vidson said. “Malnutri-

tion is a huge problem in Uganda, especially among

orphan children.”#e ForgottenSong team is

working to get 10 chicken farms planted in Uganda, many near or-

phanages. With their business model, the chicken farms could quickly reproduce to become hundreds of farms throughout war-torn east Africa.

A Twitter sel!e contest will take place throughout the evening to help foster an online presence for the event. Students are encouraged to post a creative sel!e with the hash tag #WorldOnAString for the chance to win a hammock donated by Eno. #ere will be a winner every 20 minutes.

World On A String will be from 5 to 8 April 4 at the Greek #eatre on campus. Registration begins at 5 p.m. for $25 or pre-register online for $15 at forgottensong.org before April 4. Don’t forget your hammock.

Everyone’s heard the phrase "April show-ers bring may $owers," and with our current weather situation, a sturdy raincoat is de!nitely a must-have this season. Although rain is never fun, nor the ideal time to wear your best attire, but my question to you is; Why not make rainy weather fashionable? I think it's time to rip that rainy runway folks!

Rain coat vs. Rain jacketBefore you can even begin to decide what

type of "coat" you want we !rst must establish why you're purchasing it. Some of you may be

wonder why I don't call it a jacket. Because rain jackets are cre-ated for one purpose only; utility. In this day

and age any cloth-ing item you pur-chase should be multi-functional. Let's go even deeper. When you Google rain jacket it’s de-scribed as a "plas-tic water repel-lent item," versus rain coat which is described as "a clothing item worn to protect from rain and is treated to be water re-

pellent." #ese de!nitions may seem similar but word choice is ev-erything. When was wearing plas-tic clothing the popular thing to do? Furthermore,

when rain jacket is searched a large number of pictures of "children" come up versus when rain-coat is searched; fashion forward adults are at the forefront of the list. Rain jackets are a thing of the past and used for children we are adults now and raincoats are what we need!

PurposeNow that we have an understanding of the

di"erence between a rain coat versus a rain jack-et, it’s time to establish a clear understanding of your purpose or ideal goal when purchasing a rain coat. Normally your goal when purchasing a rain coat is strictly to protect yourself from the rain and the elements. I challenge you to add a new goal or two to the list of purposes for your next purchased rain coat. #e !rst thing you should do is shi% your views of what a rain coat is. From now on your new goal when purchas-ing a raincoat should be to look fashion forward and trendy. Rain is no excuse for you not to be presentable and just give up on looking nice. Use rain as an opportunity to comfortable, casual and most importantly still !erce.

Color#e !rst step in weeding out the jackets that

are “fashion-don’ts” is choosing the proper color. #e biggest suggestion I would make in deter-mining the right color for you would be to de-termine whether you want to be one rain coat that can be worn with several di"erent pieces on a regular basis or if you might be interested in purchasing multiple coats in a variety of shades and colors. Let’s take on the majority of shoppers who will buy a rain coat that can be worn on a regular basis. #e ideal shades for a rain coat are grey, black, taupe, and ivory. #ese colors are all base colors that can easily go with any colored blouse, trouser, or accessory. For the more dar-ing shopper, or our fashionistas, I would suggest !nding rain coats and colors that compliment your skin tone, eye color, and hair color. For the fairer skinned shopper pastels like blush pink, light blue and canary yellow are great colors that compliment you. Jewel tones such as royal blue, fuchsia and burnt orange are wonderful compli-mentary colors for the darker skinned shopper.

Silhouette#e next pieces of criteria on the list are cut

and silhouette. No matter how amazing the col-

or of your rain coat, how expensive it is or who the designer may be sil-houette and cut is ev-erything. If your rain coat is not $attering to your body and does not compliment your body and even more so who you are it is not the coat for you.

Popular silhouettes to look into are the double breasted coat with dra-matic lapels. Because of its button layout it serves as a sort of wrap to provide a slimming look in the mid-section and the dramatic lapels will bring attention to more $attering areas of your body. #e other popular silhouette is the single breasted coat with traditional lapels and a cinched belt. Each one of these silhouettes comes in three-quar-ter, waist, and k n e e - l e n g t h cuts. #e three-quarter cut is for shorter individuals, waist is for the aver-age wearer and the knee-length for the taller person.

Rain is gloomy, dark and even some might say de-pressing but don’t allow it to a"ect your style. You now have all the tools you need to decide your purpose, color, cut, and silhouettes to look for when purchasing your rain coat. April is here and the showers are just begin-ning so get out there and rip that rainy runway today.

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

COMMENTARY

Opening Day. !e time of year when baseball fans every-where rejoice. Spring Training began over a month ago, but nothing replaces the excite-ment of Opening Day.

College baseball is in full swing, and the pros are "nally gearing up for their long and grueling schedule as well.

ESPN asked many of their experts who they believe are the favorites this year. Surpris-ingly, a lot of chatter has been made of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League. Some have stated picks of the De-troit Tigers and there is a little support for the Los Angeles Angels.

National League picks have displayed a little more par-ity. Many analysts picked the Washington Nationals or the Cincinnati Reds and a few picked the Los Angeles Dodg-ers.

Don’t sleep on the St. Louis cardinals, however. !ey are a "rst class organization that always "nds their way into the postseason and is always more than capable of making a mag-ical postseason run.

Major League Baseball is a sport that many di#erent peo-ple are attracted to. It may be a long season, but every game has importance for "nishing positions when the season concludes.

Also, many college fans can continue the support of for-mer players making their way through the system to play un-der the changing circuit that is Major League Baseball.

Arkansas has had a lot

of success putting players in the major leagues. !is list includes guys such as Drew Smyly, Cli# Lee and Blake Parker to name a few of the most recent men to make it into the league.

!is is only a small sample of the Razorbacks who are now professionals, as many others are playing in the mi-nor leagues across the country.

A recent change of expand-ing the playo#s has also added a little more signi"cance and excitement to baseball. Many have criticized a one-game play in game that has already knocked a team out with a better record than the team who won (Braves/Cardinals).

Excitement is always a good selling point to attract more fans, to add to the al-ready faithful and loyal ones throughout baseball’s rich his-tory.

America’s pastime. It has a nice ring and $ow to it. A game that demands a lot and sometimes gives very little back. A game in which it is considered successful when a person fails seven times out of 10. Major League Baseball puts on display the men who are the best at the trade.

Each team will play 162 games to determine the failure or success of their respective season.

Keeping up with the Ra-

zorback baseball team and constantly checking major league scores is a habit many will develop in the upcoming weeks. Who knows who will come out on top this year in both college and the pros.

Hog fans have an exciting time ahead with the Razor-backs o# to a good start in Southeastern Conference play. Fans can continue the love of baseball throughout the sum-mer and fall now that big-league baseball is back.

Zack Wheeler is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

MLB Opening Day Brings Predictions and Excitement

Zach WheelerSta! Writer

GOLF TENNIS

!e Arkansas women’s golf team traveled to Brown Sum-mit, N.C., to compete in the Bryan National Collegiate last weekend where they came away with a second-place "n-ish a%er three highly competi-tive rounds against many high-ly ranked teams.

!e Hogs have been recent-ly upped to No. 6 in the nation, and this past weekend saw them up against No. 2 Duke, No. 5 Florida, No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 9 North Carolina.

Despite the higher-ranking teams competing in the tour-nament, it was No. 15 Virginia that took "rst and a surprising third-place "nish was earned by No. 46 Wake Forest.

Arkansas "nished at 9-over-par, just four behind Virginia’s 5-over-par. !ese two teams pulled ahead of the other competition early on and "nished strong ahead of the other teams.

!ere was a 12-point dif-ference between the Hogs and Wake Forest, who "nished 21-over-par.

Vanderbilt "nished 22-over-par, Florida at 23-over-par, and Duke at 30-over-par and North Caro-lina with 33-over-par.

!e Hogs "nished the "rst day of play tied for third with North Carolina and just be-hind Virginia and Vanderbilt.

!e second day saw the Hogs "nd their way into sec-ond place behind Virginia, and

then the third day ended with a continuation of day two’s tempo.

“I’m proud of this group’s e#ort this week,” head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor said. “It was a total team e#ort.”

!e Hogs were led by Emily Tubert who "nished "rst the previous weekend at the LSU Golf Classic and is ranked No. 31 in the nation individually.

Tubert tied for seventh overall with UNC Wilming-ton’s Lori Beth Adams, Duke’s Laetitia Beck, Virginia’s Bri-

ana Mao, Vanderbilt’s Kend-all Martindale and Auburn’s Marta Sanz. Her three-day score on the par-72 course was 73-71-75.

Tubert was followed closely by teammates Gabriela Lo-pez and Victoria Vela, who both tied for 13th place with NC State’s Augusta James and Georgia’s Manuela Carbajo Re.

Lopez went 72-71-77 for the weekend, and Vela went 74-75-71.

Emma Lavy and Regina Plasencia both tied for 23rd

along with Wake Forest’s Ola-"a Kristinsdottir, Tennessee’s Erica Popson and Virginia’s Portland Rosen. Lavy went 78-74-70 for the weekend, and Plasencia went 75-73-74.

“Emma’s 70 today is just a fantastic round of golf on the "nal round,” Estes-Taylor said. “She was close all week and to see her put it together is awe-some, and she came up big for our team today.”

“Everyone contributed for us this week and played at a high level. We leave North

Carolina with a lot of momen-tum heading into the postsea-son,” Estes-Taylor added.

!is was the last tourna-ment before postseason for the Hogs; they play next at the Southeastern Conference Championships in Birming-ham, Ala. !ey will be compet-ing Friday, April 19-21.

“We have about two weeks before the SEC Champion-ships to continue to improve and prepare and we are look-ing forward to it,” Estes-Taylor said.

Hogs Finish 2nd in Bryan National

It was a rough weekend for the Razorback women’s tennis squad, as it went 0-2 at home this weekend, including a loss to the No. 2 Florida Gators.

Florida took hold of the match from the beginning and swept the Hogs 7-0 at the Bill-ingsley Tennis Complex.

!e loss drops Arkansas to 10-12, 3-7 Southeastern Con-ference on the season. !ey entered the match ranked No. 44 in the nation.

“Florida just did not let us get into our game plan today,” head coach Michael Hegarty said. “It was a good experience that we will bene"t from mov-ing forward.”

A%er a four game win streak, the Razorbacks su#ered a setback a%er losing to the Gators and the South Carolina Gamecocks, who they faced earlier in the weekend.

!e Hogs dropped a 5-2 decision to the Gamecocks. Yang Pang and Brittany Huxley picked up the only individual wins for Arkansas.

!e duo also added a dou-bles win against Florida, the only match the Hogs would win that day.

Arkansas dropped the doubles point against South

Razorbacks Lose 2 in FayettevilleBen Enyart

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Eric HarrisSta! Writer

see LOSE page 8ATHLETICSBASKETBALL

March Madness once again proved not to be a disappoint-ment. With what seemed to be a vast amount of parity this year in college basketball, many upsets have ensued thus far in the tournament.

With the Final Four of Lou-isville, Michigan, Syracuse and Wichita State now set, it is a good time to look back at the major upsets up to this point.

A fan favorite, No. 15 Flor-ida Gulf Coast captured the attention of many. !e Eagles danced their way past No. 2 Georgetown, No. 7 San Di-ego State and "nally ran out of magic when they faced an in-state opponent in the No. 3 Florida gators.

What is even more remark-

able is that FGCU was estab-lished in 1991, meaning they have reached this level of suc-cess in very little time.

A Final Four team in No. 9 Wichita State also upset teams that many thought had a chance at making their title hopes a reality. Beating No. 1 Gonzaga was a major shock to many.

A%er defeating No. 13 La Salle, the Shockers knocked o# No. 2 Ohio State to ultimately wind up in a Final Four match-up against another No. 1 in Louisville. !e Shockers have shocked many already and look to continue their streak through the tournament.

!e tournament has been "lled with a vast amount of bracket busters. No. 10 Iowa State, No. 14 Harvard, No.

Upsets Lead to Final Four with 1 No. 1 SeedZack WheelerSta! Writer

see MADNESS page 8

!e Razorbacks have ex-celled on the diamond recently, with the so%ball team earning a sweep of a ranked opponent for the "rst time since 2000 and the baseball team win-ning its second straight week-end series, and that has led to weekly honors for two major contributors.

Sophomore Devon Wallace earned Southeastern Confer-ence so%ball Player of the Week honors for her performance in Arkansas’ victories over No. 22 Georgia and UMCK.

!e Double Oak, Texas, na-tive hit .625 in the three games against the Bulldogs. She hit a home run in each of the three games including a walk-o# grand slam to earn the vic-tory for the Hogs in the second game.

!e "rst-baseman scored three runs, drove in seven and put up a slugging percentage of 1.556 during the weekend

Hogs Earn Weekly SEC HonorsHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsGabriela Lopez swings at the Bryan National Collegiate in Brown Summit, North Carolina, Saturday, March 30.

see HONORS page 8Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media Relations

Devin Wallace was named SEC player of the week Monday, April 1. Wallace hit .625 with three home runs in the weekend series against the Georgia Bulldogs.

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12 California, No. 11 Min-nesota and No. 12 Oregon all knocked o# higher seeded teams to turn many brackets into nothing better than "re starters.

No. 1 Kansas being knocked o# also came as a surprise. No. 4 Michigan de-feated them and No. 3 Florida to earn their spot in the Final Four for the "rst time since 1993 when the “Fab Five” cap-tured the attention of basket-

ball fans everywhere.Michigan contains many

matchup problems that have them poised at a title shot.

No. 4 Syracuse has also made their mark in the tour-nament. Downing No. 1 Indi-ana and No. 3 Marquette with their sti$ing 2-3 zone helped the Orange earn their spot in the "nal four.

!e Orange haven’t al-lowed opponents to get com-fortable on o#ense, leaving

their impact felt on opposing teams’ side of the scoreboard.

No. 1 Louisville seemed to e#ortlessly make their way into the Final Four as well. En route to Atlanta, the Cardi-nals beat N.C. A&T, Colorado State, Oregon and the Duke Blue Devils.

Russ Smith has been the catalyst thus far for Louisville, and they look to continue to-ward their goal of winning a National Championship in

their matchup against Wichita State.

!e upsets have added drama and continue to attract more viewers to watch the games. !e number in front of a team continues to have less value each and every year it seems.

FGCU’s Cinderella run has come to a halt, but Wichita State looks to keep the hopes alive of the nonpower confer-ence teams.

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Photo Courtesy of Associated PressArizona’s Mark Lyons shoots between Harvard’s Kenyatta Smith, right, and Laurent Rivard, left, in the second half during a third-round game in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament in Salt Lake City on Satur-day, March 23, 2013. Arizona defeated Harvard 74-51.

series.Wallace drew three walks

from Bulldog pitchers, bring-ing her walk total to 46, which leads the NCAA. Her .636 on base percentage and 44 runs scored leads the conference.

“Devon deserves it,” head coach Mike Larabee said. “She put in extra time with the coaching sta# last week and some time by herself.”

Wallace was also named the CollegeSportsMadness.com NCAA Player of the Week.

!e Razorback so%ball team takes the "eld again Tuesday when the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes come to town for a doubleheader be-ginning at 3 p.m. at Bogle Park.

!e Hogs will then face No. 13 LSU in a weekend series.

!e baseball team earned its third SEC Freshman of the Week award this week when Tyler Spoon was honored for

his performance against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Spoon hit .417 in the series, scored three runs and drove in one.

He had multiple hits in each of the "rst two games and hit the game-winning RBI double that clinched the "nal game and the series for the Razor-backs.

Spoon is the only Razor-back that has started each of the 29 games this season and is hitting .325 with three home runs and 34 RBIs.

Spoon and the rest of the Razorbacks return to action this weekend in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where they will face the Crimson Tide with "rst pitch set for 7 p.m. !ursday night. !e "rst game of the series will be broadcast on ESPNU.

!e series will continue at 6:35 p.m. Friday and 1:05 p.m. Saturday.

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Carolina, but Kimberley-Ann Surin and Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez cruised to a 8-3 win over the Gamecocks.

“!ere were a lot of ups and downs, but I thought we fought extremely hard. !ere was a lot of good things out there for us today, and we took a step forward,” said Hegarty about the loss to South Caro-lina.

!e Gators stormed out to a quick lead, winning the "rst two doubles matches by a score of 8-1.

Singles would prove to be just as di&cult, as all six Ga-tors were nationally ranked, including the No. 1 player in the country, Lauren Embree.

Embree quickly put away Yang Pang, who had worked her way up to a No. 47 rank-ing, by a score of 6-2, 6-1.

Flavia Araujo and Kris-ten Mee were both swept by Gators by a score of 6-0, 6-0, giving Florida a 4-0 lead that

would be impossible to over-come.

Segou Jonker dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Olivia Janowicz, while Huxley lost 6-3, 6-2 to Alexandra Cer-cone.

All six Hogs lost in straight sets, and the closest to winning was senior Claudine Paulson, who took the No. 12 ranked So"e Oyen to a tiebreaker in the "rst set, but eventually lost 7-5, 6-3.

!e losses to Florida and South Carolina this weekend were the "rst losses for Paul-son in SEC play, dropping her record to 8-2.

Arkansas will look to re-bound in their "nal three games of the regular season and build some momentum for the upcoming SEC Cham-pionships in Starkville, Miss.

A road trip to Tennessee and Georgia will come before the "nal home match of the season against LSU.

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