October 23, 2012

University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Vol. 107, No. 39

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Mark Rothko PaintingCrystal Bridges added Mark Rothko’s “No. 210/No. 211” to its alreadyvast repertoire of artists. !e painting has only been exhibited tothe public twice since Rothko painted it in 1960.Full Story, Page 5

Shawn James: A Product of Fay-etteville FolkShawn James, local Fayetteville folk musician, recently released his"rst full-length music video “!e Shadow” on YouTube.Full Story, Page 5

!e Razorbacks Seek Redemption in the Rock!e Razorbacks return to Little Rock, the site of an overtime defeat by ULM, to face the Ole Miss Reb-els Saturday. Full Story, Page 7

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Unemployment rates are dropping across the nation, and are signi!cantly lower in Arkansas and the northwest Arkansas region, suggesting that the job outlook for stu-dents is better locally.

For the !rst time since January 2009, the national unemployment rate fell below 8 percent in September, ac-cording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the month of September, the national unem-ployment rate was 7.8 percent.

Arkansas’ unemployment rate for September 2012 was 7.1 percent, while northwest Arkansas’ preliminary !gures for August 2012 were 5.3 per-cent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"e state has had an unem-ployment rate below the na-tional average for a while, re-maining below 8 percent since October 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"e northwest Arkansas region fares much better than the rest of the state, as well as the nation, based on the most recent data.

A#er graduating from the UA, many students have been able to !nd jobs in the cur-rent market, though one in !ve have not.

“"e latest report we have was for 2010-2011,” said Ange-la Seawood Williams, director of University Career Develop-ment Center. “Fi#y-two per-cent of UA graduates respond-ed to post-graduate placement surveys, and the placement rate for those who responded was 81 percent.”

With the lower unemploy-ment rate in the area, more students have jobs while they are in school, because they said it is not di$cult to !nd one.

“I have two jobs, actu-ally, an internship and an on-campus job while still tak-ing 15 hours of coursework,” said Sherri Higgins, a senior in agricultural business. “I’ve worked since I was 16, so it’s nothing new to me. Gaining experience in the real world while taking coursework is bene!cial for me, personally.”

It is an obligation, but one she doesn’t mind having, Hig-gins said.

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"e State Department will conduct international busi-ness meetings in northwest Arkansas this week and in December as a part of their international business pro-gram, Experience America.

"e State Department’s Protocol Chief Capricia Penavic Marshall will be lead-ing the events, the !rst of a series of trips where the State Department brings ambas-sadors to experience di%erent parts of the country, accord-ing to o$cials with the State Department.

Experience America is organized by the Diplomatic Partnerships Division of the O$ce of the Chief of Pro-tocol, whose mission is to foster international goodwill and cultivate the relation-ship between the Diplomatic Corps and the people and in-stitutions of the United States through an exchange of ideas, cultures, and traditions, said Marshall.

For three days, as part of its Experience America pro-gram, they will take the 45 ambassadors all around Ar-kansas to meet with local po-litical leaders in Little Rock, Fayetteville and Bentonville to explore the state’s historical and cultural landmarks.

"e meetings started Sun-day and continue through Wednesday. A#er the meeting in Little Rock Monday, today, they will travel to Fayetteville to visit the UA campus and later that night travel to Ben-tonville to tour Crystal Bridg-es Museum of American Art,

according to the Democrat-Gazette.

Former President Bill Clinton, whose meetings will not take place until Decem-ber, is set to meet with about 40 heads of state in Little Rock for a gathering of the Club de Madrid, an international or-ganization of former heads of state. President Clinton’s event will be Dec. 16-19 and will include events at the Clinton Presidential Center.

Details for both trips in December are still being worked out and itineraries are uncertain, said o$cials with the William J. Clinton Foun-dation, the Little Rock Con-vention and Visitors Bureau and the state Economic De-velopment Commission.

“While not bringing huge amounts of dollars to the state’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions, the bene-!ts to Arkansas are bountiful,” said Jordan Johnson, spokes-man for the Clinton Founda-tion.

"e Oct. 21-24 event will be hosted by the State Depart-ment and includes about 45 ambassadors accompanied

with their spouses and sta% members, said Gretchen Hall, president and chief executive of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau.

"e “magnitude” of the events will focus national and international attention on Lit-tle Rock and Arkansas, Hall said. “It will absolutely help our pro!le. It’s tremendous,” she said.

With so many power bro-kers from around the world descending on the state, the moment to impress is now, said Grant Tennille, executive director of the state’s Econom-ic Development Commission.

“Arkansas always exceeds expectations,” Tennille said. “You take every opportunity you can to spread the word about Arkansas as far and wide as we’re able to.”

Some of the former lead-ers in Club de Madrid are businessmen. Representatives from the agency will have ta-ble discussions for both meet-ings to promote the state of Arkansas as an international business destination.

“We look at an opportu-nity to showcase our state and our people and what we do here, particularly the things we do very well.”

Tennille acknowledged that the Clinton’s connection to Arkansas in&uenced and made both international busi-ness meetings possible.

When Gov. Mike Beebe traveled to China this sum-mer he noted that: “Every-body in China knows two things about Arkansas: the president and the secretary and they know Walmart. It’s an enormous calling card for us.”

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Drug violations increased at the UA in 2011, but liquor violations declined, according to the Clery Report, the annual federally mandated account of campus crime.

UAPD released the report, which is drawn from data gath-ered by campus security policy, campus crime statistics report and the annual !re safety re-port.

"e report provides infor-mation about calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011, UAPD spokesman Lt. Gary Crain said. "e report contains data from previous years for comparison purposes.

Drug law violations have increased in residence halls on campus, Crain said. "ese of-fenses are detected by housing sta% and reported to the judicial board through a speci!c chain of command.

"e rise in drug violations could be attributed to a better-trained housing sta%, allowing them to e$ciently detect drug use in residence halls, Crain said.

“It could be, in fact, more people were doing it, commit-ting that o%ense and got caught, and so the number of reports went up on that,” Crain said.

"e repercussions for drug violation arrests can be devas-tating, Crain said. A student has to endure an extensive le-gal process a#er being arrested, which o#en includes going to jail, posting bond, attending court and being arraigned, he said. A student also must en-dure university sanctions if a violation happened on campus,

Crain said. "at could mean getting kicked out of the resi-dence hall, or even out of school for the o%ense.

“It’s a serious o%ense,” Crain said. “Not to mention some oc-cupations — a person may be in a program studying because they want to do a certain job — some of those jobs they won’t be able to do because of that drug arrest and conviction.”

Any type of arrest is dam-aging, Crain said, but students need to understand the rules.

“"ere’s a no-tolerance policy,” Crain said. “Sometimes people just don’t avail them-selves to the information that’s out there, and then they get caught and caught up in that, and then it’s a little late.”

While drug violations in residence halls rose last year, alcohol violations decreased, according to the Clery Report.

A group on campus special-izes in bystander intervention in di$cult situations involving alcohol and drug abuse.

Step Up informs students about how to intervene when a peer might be in trouble, said Mary Alice Sera!ni, Pat Walker Health Center director.

“It also works on the pre-vention side of not getting in those situations — how to help a friend not get in a situation where they might be at risk for overuse of alcohol, for mak-ing a terrible decision because of alcohol or drugs, for expos-ing themselves to, perhaps, a situation where they might be harmed physically,” Sera!ni said.

A new group, the Substance Education and Alcohol Re-source program, involves peer

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Meet Your Representa-tives Day, as part of the “Who’s RIC” campaign, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Union Mall in an attempt to help stu-dents make their voices heard. It is sponsored by the Resi-dent’s Interhall Congress.

“"e purpose of this is to let people know that we are the voice of the on-campus stu-dent,” said Adrian Ordorica, sophomore civil engineering major and director of adver-tising and public relations for RIC. “We are here to listen and we are here to help. "e pur-pose is not to show us o% but to inform the students who we are and inform the students who to go to.”

Meet Your Representatives Day is a way for students to

meet their executive represen-tatives of RIC. It will also help inform RIC senators about legislation and the funding for multiple projects on campus, Ordorica said.

RIC senators will be com-ing and going, but there will be plenty of representatives there to inform the students, Ordorica said.

“I’m looking forward to seeing all the students and try-ing to get some information out about RIC and hopefully get people involved and excit-ed about their on campus life,” said Lizzie Reynolds, fresh-man psychology major and Pomfret hall senator.

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Many international stu-dents are having trouble !nd-ing a job a#er graduation, and as a result are having to go back to their home countries or continue their education here.

Tight government regu-lations are making it harder for international students to !nd a job. "is is disappoint-ing for those who want to stay here and work, students inter-viewed said.

“I came to the United States as an exchange student when I was 15 years old,” said Candace Juhyun Park, a UA student. “Initially I just want-ed to experience the di%erent culture of the states and I fell in love with the lifestyle of Western culture so I decided to continue my education in the states.

“I will be graduating in May 2013, so I have been try-ing to get a job. I attended the University of Arkansas career fairs and other national ca-reer fairs since my sophomore year,” Park said. “Every time I was frustrated by the fact that the majority of companies do not hire international students for full time jobs and intern-ships.”

International students who would like to work here can only work at places that accept their visas.

“"ose with a non-immi-grant status such as an inter-national student are required to !nd a company who is willing to sponsor H-1B visas, which is a temporary work permit,” according H1 base, a government website.

“I decided to stay in the U.S.A. a#er I graduated in or-der to get some experiences of working at a di%erent country on my resume,” said Jaeyong Cho, a UA alumnus. “I heard from my friend that I can ap-ply for H-1B visa and then it would be easier for me to get a job opportunity.”

It has not been smooth sailing for Cho since he ap-plied.

“I went to several of career fairs, but most of the compa-nies said straight away that they do not hire anybody whom they have to sponsor. I saw some of my friends who

got hired easily but then the company found out that they had to do sponsor work, so they ended up not hiring,” he said.

Some students are choos-ing to persevere through the regulations and rocky job market for the sake of staying in the U.S.

“Based on my experience, companies were more &exible hiring international students for internships for full-time jobs,” Park said. “It’s under-standable that companies are not willing to hire us because all the paperwork and e%ort

they have to go through to hire us when they can hire just Americans to accomplish the same task.”

"e cost and time involved with international students is a burden, an o$cial said.

“"e reason why compa-nies do not want to hire in-ternational students is that it costs a lot, takes a long time to do all the paperwork,” said Jessica Luhn, international students’ advisor. “Also, there are some people who might quit their jobs and !nd anoth-er job, which means the e%ort of giving them H1B visa will be wasted for the companies. "ey do not want to take a risk of turnover students.”

"ere have been some op-tions made available by the Obama administration for students studying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics !elds. Students can now stay up to 29 months a#er graduation if they con-tinue their studies, according to the Department of Home-land Security.

“U.S. immigration law of-fers some new options for for-eign graduates of U.S. univer-sities with STEM degrees,” said Heather M. Stewart, counsel and director of immigration policy at the Association of International Educators. “Not enough American students are interested in these !elds, so employers cannot usually !nd enough people with the high-tech and scienti!c knowledge and skills they need to !ll available positions.”

"ere are 600,000 jobs in the STEM !elds that are un!lled because without im-migrants, the U.S. lacks the workforce to !ll them, accord-ing to U.S. News and World Reports.

International Students Struggle Finding Jobs a great job in the future if you

don’t have experience to show you can do anything?” Higgins said.

Students said they think it is relatively easy to !nd a job in Fayetteville.

“In my opinion, a job in Fayetteville is always there if you want it,” Higgins said.

Michael Ludolph, a senior accounting student, said he has a job to pay tuition and other expenses, but said the ease of !nding a job in Fay-etteville depends on how picky a person is.

Students who do not get !nancial support from their parents !nd it incredibly im-portant to !nd a job in order to a%ord their expenses.

Katherine Barnett, a senior journalism and art student, said she has worked multiple jobs at a time during college, because her parents don’t sup-port her !nancially. She said she could never a%ord not to have a job.

“I have had a work-study job at the Boys and Girls Club of Fayetteville since my sopho-more year, along with some other jobs on the side ever since then throughout col-lege,” Barnett said. “I person-ally think it’s very di$cult to balance going to school and having even a part-time job.”

Some students said it is dif-!cult to balance their course load, even without a job.

Melissa Mabry, a freshman psychology student, said she does not have a job right now because her parents told her that her only job is to do well in school.

“I feel like I would be really overwhelmed working and trying to keep up with school,” Mabry said. “It’s already di$-cult without one.”

"ere are a few students who said it is hard to !nd a job, either from relocating or from lack of experience.

Bethany Fay Crow, a fresh-man history major, said she desperately needs a job, but has not been able to !nd one.

“I don’t have any previous work experience aside from babysitting and volunteer stu%,” Crow said.

Tami Swartout, a junior public relations student, said she has been looking for a job here since she transferred here from California over the sum-mer.

“I need one to make up the di%erence in my school loans and rent and living expenses,” she said.

For students seeking jobs, the holiday season provides an opportunity for many sea-sonal jobs in the area. Retail stores such as Target, Academy Sports and several stores in the Northwest Arkansas Mall of-fer seasonal positions for help during the holidays, according to online job searches.

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their ideas.“If they get to know their

hall senator it opens a door for them to change things for the better in their halls,” said Shauntell Mathis, freshman chemical engineering major and hall senator in Holcombe. “"ey can change things they never thought were possible. "ere are always ways to im-prove the halls, but we can’t change things if no one tells us.”

Students will also receive free RIC “swag” gear for at-tending. RIC will be giving out T-shirts, RIC cups, lan-yards, cupcakes and more to those students who have obtained a free coupon. Stu-dents who do not have a cou-pon before the event starts can like RIC on Facebook or Twitter on available comput-ers at the event.

RIC is the governing body of all hall senates. "e Who’s RIC campaign is a year-long advertisement of RIC to re-mind students of the quality of life they can bring to ev-eryone on campus, Ordorica said.

"e best way to make changes is for students to talk to their hall senate, but RIC senators can help with writ-ing legislation. Legislation can range from individual hall projects to campus-wide projects, Ordorica said.

“Every student has a voice in the student body,” Ordori-ca said.

In the past, RIC has part-nered with Associate Student Government to complete projects such as the garden on the north side of campus. "ey have also partnered with Friday Night Live and pro-vided funds to multiple pro-grams such as Casino Night, which hundreds of people attended. "e FNL and RIC program Fight Night, which raises awareness about all cancers, was Oct. 19.

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INCREASE continued from page 1educators who speak on cam-pus about reducing alcohol and substance abuse, Sera!ni said.

Debbie Morgan, the coor-dinator of substance abuse pre-vention, initiated SEAR. Dur-ing a meeting, SEAR members discussed how to get their mes-sage across to students.

“Some things that stick with me whenever I think about al-cohol abuse is the scary side of it that we don’t give mind to,” said Sam Atkinson, junior account-ing student. “You get a DUI and your professional career is in jeopardy. It’s scary to think that you’re coming to college when you’re 19 and you get out when you’re 22, then you’re out in the real world. You have four years where you can either make or break your life, and a DUI freshman year, your sophomore year, that can de!nitely break it. And that just scares me.”

"e health center o$cials noticed the e%ectiveness of these programs, Sera!ni said. Certain groups provide pre- and post-tests when presenting to students and organizations.

“We’re always looking for ways to change behaviors that might lead to violence, and we have seen that (improvement),” Sera!ni said.

PWHC o$cials said they try to help students in what-ever ways they can. "at can include assisting victims of vio-lence and trying to help them stay in school, and seeing them through recovery, Sera!ni said.

Seeing results and improve-ment with alcohol abuse is a bit tougher, Sera!ni said. O$cials said they hope to see fewer in-stances of binge drinking and hospitalizations, but they also want students to seek medical attention when necessary.

“So, yes, we do see some good results, but we want to see better results,” Sera!ni said. “It’s not where we ought to be.”

Aggravated assault is among the other crimes that have in-creased, Crain said.

“"e number of reported aggravated assaults, nine in 2011, is quite a jump from the two in 2009 and one in 2010,” Crain said. “While violent

crime is still rare, it does hap-pen and citizens should exer-cise caution before escalating confrontations.”

Crain de!ned aggravated as-sault as “there is some injury to a person or a weapon that has threatened to be used.” People should use caution to not exac-erbate a situation, which could cause someone to threaten in-jury or harm with a weapon to another person, Crain said. In-stead of creating more con&ict, a person could use de-escala-tion techniques or remove him or herself from the situation entirely.

Reports of sex o%enses in-creased from two in 2010, to !ve in 2011, according to the Clery Report. Five events were reported in 2011, although those !ve o%enses might not have occurred during that year, Crain said. As police receive re-ports of sexual assault, they !le them at the time they are made.

PWHC also o%ers informa-tion about sexual assault and rape.

One group, STAR Central is

involved with preventing sexual assault, but also teaching stu-dents prevention methods, Se-ra!ni said. Additionally, there is the RESPECT group consist-ing of peer educators who teach about bystander intervention and how to help and prevent friends from entering risky situ-ations.

“We try to make sure stu-dents know about these pro-grams,” Sera!ni said. “We want to reduce risks for safety rea-sons on campus.”

"e Clery Report addresses two important pieces of infor-mation, Crain said.

“One, it discusses the poli-cies the university has relat-ing to safety and security on campus,” Crain said. “And it describes how a person should report a crime and what they can expect a#er they make a report and who to contact, and that type of thing.”

"e second part the Clery Report addresses are the statis-tics, allowing a person to com-pare changes in crime within the past three years, Crain said.

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“Every time I was frustrated by the fact that the majority of companies do not hire international students for full time jobs and internships.”

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Saturday October 16Rape-UAPD is investigating an alleged acquaintance rape in Gregson Hall.

Wednesday October 17Criminal Mischief-A student reported someone punctured a tire on her vehicle while the vehicle was parked in Lot 64.

Friday October 19 DWI, Possession Of Fraudulent Or Altered

Personal Identi"cation Document -A student was arrested on North Garland Avenue south of Cleveland Street. #eft Of Property-A student reported someone stole his wallet from his room in Futrall Hall.#eft of Motor Vehicle-A student reported someone stole his scooter from the scooter parking area east of the Reynolds

Center.Reckless DrivingA student was arrested at Sang Avenue and Phillip Drive.Criminal Mischief -A student reported someone threw eggs at the Delta Sigma !eta Sorority House and dumped trash in the yard

Saturday October 20Public Intoxication-A student was arrested in Reid Hall.

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Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

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For the !rst time ever recorded, Protestant Christians no longer make up a majority in the U.S. with only 48 percent of Americans falling under that category, according to Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life.

Historically, religion has played a major role in presidential elections. How will this new statistic a"ect the 2012 election?

Gov. Al Smith of New York was the Democratic candidate in the 1928 presidential election. Prior to 1928, the South was a solid Democratic force, know by historians and political scientists as the “Solid South.” In order to win the election, Smith needed the South. Unfortunately, Smith was Catholic.

At the time the South was made up of Protestant Christians who unfortunately were not comfortable electing a Catholic to president. Smith lost in a landslide, only maintaining six of the 11 Southern states,

the Deep South (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.) #is is likely partially due to his running mate, Arkansan Joseph Taylor Robinson. Robinson spent a year studying at UA, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture.

#is is the !rst time since 1876 that a signi!cant number of Southern states voted for a Republican. Some political scientists even cite the 1928 election as the beginning of party realignment in the South. All of this is because of religion.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected as the !rst Catholic president and the only Catholic president to date, according to Pew Forum. In the election, Kennedy also won six Southern states, including Arkansas and two states that Smith did not win: Texas and North Carolina. Kennedy lost Mississippi and most of Alabama. However, Kennedy gained more popularity in the North and Midwest than Smith had.

By 1968, only one Southern state, Texas, voted for a Democrat in the presidential election, and the South has voted almost solidly Republican since.

#ere are other factors that play into presidential campaigns, but the fact that the South was virtually solidly Democratic in all elections between 1876 and 1964 except those in which a

Catholic was running shows that historically, religion does matter.

How much importance will religion have in 2012?

In 2008, Republicans made a fuss over Barack Obama’s religion. #ere was speculation that he was Muslim despite his claims to belong to the United Church of Christ.

Because of the uproar over religion in 2008, I expected more controversy in 2012 over Mitt Romney’s religion. If elected, Romney will be the !rst Mormon president.

Is the lack of speculation over Romney’s religion due to the fall in percentage of Protestant Christians in the U.S.? Given the elections of 1928 and 1960, it seems like the decrease could work in favor of Romney.

However, when you take a closer look at the new study, it appears it might work in President Obama’s favor.

#e drop in the percent of Protestant Christians is not because of a rise in the percent of Catholics or other religions, but because of a rise in religiously una$liated Americans.

Religion, it appears, is becoming less important to Americans, making it less important that Romney is Mormon. However, 23 percent of likely Obama supporters identi!ed themselves as religiously una$liated in a recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute. Only 8 percent of

likely Romney supporters are religiously una$liated according to the poll.

Overall, more religious groups identi!ed themselves as Romney supporters. Fi%y-six percent of likely Romney supporters are Protestant Christians, while Protestant Christians make up 24 percent of likely Obama supporters.

So, although religion is becoming less important, the religiously una$liated are more likely to support Obama, bending the drop in percentage of Protestant Christians in Obama’s favor.

It is still strange to me that Protestant Christians support Romney. #e Mormon Church considers itself a sect of Christianity just like the Catholic church. I would expect Protestant Christians, particularly in the South, to oppose Romney just as they opposed Smith and Kennedy, but the South is expected to vote solidly for Romney.

It seems that religion has become less important, even to the religious. Protestant Christians, in general, have become more concerned with Republican party a$liation than with the religion of the candidate.

It may be unclear whether this change is good or bad, but it will certainly have a very interesting impact on this election and elections to follow.

Ruth Bradley is a sta! columnist. She is a senior art and political science major.

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Homecoming kicked o" this week with Make a Dif-ference Day Saturday and the American Red Cross Blood Drive happening Wednesday and #ursday.

Next week, the other com-petitions will take over campus including: the Homecoming Cook-O", Banner Contest, Create-A-Hog Event, Razor-back 5K, Lawn Decorating Competition and the Pep Rally.

As well as creating friendly competition for the entire campus to participate in, the events throughout Homecom-ing also go toward helping our community and great causes.

Make a Di"erence Day, through the Volunteer Action Center, allowed volunteers to help northwest Arkansas through a variety of di"er-ent projects. Last year, 1,100 people turned out to help their

community and made an eco-nomic impact of more than $82,000, event organizers said.

#e American Red Cross Blood Drive and the Create-A-Hog Event are the two big Homecoming events that do the most for outside causes. Each year, more than 4 million Americans need a blood trans-fusion and the blood drive allows us to have a part in en-suring the Red Cross is able to help these people, according to America’s Blood Centers.

#e Create-A-Hog event challenges students to cre-ate a Razorback model. #e theory is that the best model will earn the most donations. #e money raised through the Create-A-Hog Event goes to the March of Dimes, which is a nonpro!t organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies, according to the March of Dimes website.

Both of these causes are wonderful activities to be a part of, but do we even think about that when participating

in these competitions or are we just in it for the win?

In other words, would we be helping these causes if we did not have a competition to win?

For the blood drive, the organization with the most participants to donate blood wins and gains an extra 150 points towards their total. #e winner of the Create-A-Hog Event is the organization with the most money collected and also acquires another 150 points. However, while partici-pating in each of these events, is anyone thinking about how much money they can give to the March of Dimes or how many lives they will be saving with their blood or are they just thinking about how much they need in order to win?

While many are concerned, most seem to care primarily about points.

It is easier to think about who we are helping when we are actually laying on a table with a needle in our arm. For

many people, that may be the only thing that gets them to the blood drive. Yet, some people may even go just because they know that they will get a free T-shirt and pizza a%erwards. It is much easier to forget about the organization when all we are doing is donating money.

I will admit that, although I do like helping others, I cer-tainly do not do it enough.

I like to think that I am a charitable person, but the competition is a de!nite mo-tivation for me and forces me to get out and do my part. If asked, most people would say something along those lines.

So, when you are voting for your favorite Hog or donating blood these next two weeks, remember the purpose. Do not just think of how little you can get away with donating and still win.

Katherine Kortebian is a contributing columnist. She is a senior English- creative writing major.

Homecoming is Here, Just in It For the Win?Katherine KortebianContributing Columnist

Some polls indicate that voter enthusiasm, especially among young and minority voters is ebbing — a marked change from 2008.

Whomever you support for president this year, it’s a con-cern if fewer people decide to exercise their right to have a say in the political process. Anyone who is eligible should vote. Voting is the one way you can have your concerns heard.

As the saying goes: If you don’t vote, don’t complain. And while we realize that the question of voter identi-!cation is contentious, we’re glad that Wisconsin’s vot-ers will not have to contend with that during this election. #at means that 300,000 eli-gible voters who do not have a driver’s license or a state ID card, according to at least one estimate, can remain a part of the process.

Election integrity is es-sential but there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Even if there was, it couldn’t be stopped with a voter ID card. In the absence of fraud, there is no reason for a voter ID law — unless the point is to discourage voting.

Consider the situation in Tennessee. On (last) #ursday, with less than 20 days before the presidential election, a judge is still trying to deter-mine whether the state’s photo ID law is constitutional. #is comes a day a%er voters have already begun casting early ballots for the general elec-tion. With so little time le% be-

fore the election, it could be a nightmare for any state to sud-denly change its law. In Wis-consin, a voter ID law pushed through by Republicans has been hung up in the courts.

Texas, South Carolina and Pennsylvania are delaying im-plementation of similar laws. Wisconsin residents can still register at a polling place on election day and vote, an ele-ment of state law that we hope never changes. And about those billboards in some low-income and minority commu-nities and elsewhere: “Voter Fraud is a Felony,” they say. #at sort of intimidation should be answered en masse — by voting.

Such messages are de-signed to confuse and dis-courage eligible voters from doing their duty.

Answer them. Voting needs to be free, fair

and accessible to everyone. When it is, voter enthusiasm goes up because people are participants in the process. But to ensure that people are a part of the process, they need to know their rights — what is required of them when they go to vote. And they need to know where they can quickly !nd the right information.

Organizations such as the League of Women Voters have traveled to many states, in-cluding Wisconsin, to pass out &iers with the latest informa-tion and get people registered. #ey will have volunteers at some polling places.

#e American political process works best when peo-ple get to the polls and make their voices heard. Make sure you do that on Nov. 6.

"is is a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that appeared Oct. 19.

Do Your Duty !is YearEditorial BoardMilwaukee Journal Sentinel

Early voting began in Ar-kansas Monday. If you live in Arkansas, now is the time to go vote.

Sure, one could wait for elec-tion day, but the sticker is not worth it.

We have pledged time and time again to keep our readers informed “On the Issues.”

Our message today does not serve as an informative issue concerning 2012 candidates, it is one we would call “Ameri-can.”

Below, we have printed an

editorial concerning voting laws in states speckled across the U.S.

If you read the editorial be-low, you will learn the stories of states across the nation that struggle to provide what we call a “healthy voting atmosphere.”

Luckily, in Arkansas that is not an issue.

#e national voting spot-light has shi%ed to youth and much of the 2012 voting analy-sis portrays students as a group who will not show up to the polls in November.

Let’s prove them wrong by showing up early.

Head to the courthouse to-day.

Rock !e Vote, EarlyEditorial Board"e Arkansas Traveler

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

!e huge rectangles of color in the works of Mark Rothko tend to evoke powerful re-sponses from the public, ranging anywhere from awe to reserved thoughts of, “Well, I could have done that.” Rothko has, accord-ing to Guggenheim.org, “a painting style with mythological content, simple "at shapes, and imagery inspired by so-called primitive art.”

With a recent acquisition Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., has added a Rothko to its already vast repertoire of artists. !e piece, “No. 210/No. 211 (Orange),” has only been exhibited to the public twice, according to a statement re-leased by Crystal Bridges.

UA Art Professor Cindy Wiseman recent-ly viewed the piece and said Rothko’s work is a di#erent experience for each person.

“Rothko’s work is subjective and leaves room for personal interpretation — he doesn’t give you all the answers,” Wiseman said. “!ere is room for your imagination to explore.”

Rothko’s work is identi$ed with the Abstract-Expressionist school of art, which represents the period during which Ameri-can artists $rst in"uenced the international art scene. Wiseman said that while each Abstract-Expressionist artist used particular techniques, a common thread exists in all of their works.

“Making art wasn’t about trying to show a particular object or scene to the viewer,” Wiseman said. “Instead, they o#ered an emo-tional, spiritual or reactive use of light, color and medium.”

Wiseman said that the enormous painting does not stop at the canvas, but spills out into the space around it.

“!e painting is transcendent, calmly commanding the gallery walls,” Wiseman said. “It isn’t o%en that a person is allowed a public meditative place where warm veils of color hover, balanced in light embraced by blushed hues of darkened purple borders.

“When examined closely, the painter’s subtle mark is clearly there, placing the pig-ment of earthly orange in an uncommon ter-ritory for the visual senses.”

“210/No. 211 (Orange)” debuts as part of the new exhibit, “See the Light: !e Luminist Tradition in American Art.” According to Crystal Bridges’ website, the exhibit examines the “concept of light as a metaphor for tran-scendent experience” throughout movements in American art. !e exhibit will run until Jan. 28, 2013, at which time the Rothko work will join the museum’s permanent collection.

Crystal Bridges, founded by Alice Walton, purchased the painting from a private collec-tion for an undisclosed amount of money, though the Arkansas Times art blog Eye Candy suggested that Walton paid around $25 million for the work. Wiseman said Rothko’s work rarely comes up for auction, with most of his work already hanging in museums around the world.

Because it comes from a private collec-tion, the Rothko acquisition has been less controversial than other larger purchases, like the $restorm-inducing “Kindred Spirits” by Asher B. Durand or the Georgia O’Keefe collection from Fisk University in Nashville. In both cases, people were upset that major works would be moving away from tradi-tional culture centers to Bentonville, Ark.

!e Rothko will only add to the draw of Northwest Arkansas for art lovers. Art pa-trons come to the area with cash to spend on hotel rooms and restaurant meals. !e Bentonville Square has experienced a renais-

sance thanks to the museum, with a new hotel currently in construction. !e tour-ism boom has spilled over into the rest of Northwest Arkansas. !e area pops up on a new magazine destination list almost every week.

!e acquisition further cements Crystal Bridge’s position as one of the preeminent American art museums in the world, all in a town of 40,000 people. !e orange blocks of color in “210/No. 211 (Orange)” stand for more than they actually are, just as Crystal Bridges is more than just a museum. !e outside world no longer just sees lakes and mountains in Northwest Arkansas; it sees a creative Mecca.

“!e collection at Crystal Bridges Muse-um exempli$es the changing and evolving tradition of American art,” Wiseman said. “!e museum is continually expanding their art collection to include a broad ex-panse of American art that o#ers a world-class art-viewing experience in our area.”

While music is a hobby for most musicians, it is a life-style for Shawn James. Hailing from Chicago, James may not seem like a native of Fayetteville, Ark. He originally moved down here a%er he joined a few friends who had a band here in Arkansas for their show at the Midwest-ern music festival RiverStomp. Fayetteville became a second home for James. In fact, his album cover is done by local UA artist Stephanie Petet, his video is $lmed by a local $lmmaker and his new album has various musi-cal appearances from locals accompanying James during his most soulful ballads like “Eating Like Kings.”

!ere is a particular Fayetteville charm to the music of James. His voice is similar to John Paul White of the Civil Wars, and his musicianship is similar to bands like Murder By Death. Some of his major in"uences include Son House, Otis Redding and Nick Cave. !e end result is a musical mix of haunting and ghostly folk with the lyrical soul of a broken blues player. !ere’s a distant, yet familiar, quality to James’ songs.

James grew up in school and church choir as well as in the orchestra playing trumpet. He explains that sing-ing is what he identi$es with most.

“Music was always an outlet, or therapy, for me,” James said. “I was always around music; there was no escaping it. It was always going to be a part of my life.” To James, music is the purest and most natural form of art and expression.

Aside from singing and playing trumpet, James also plays guitar and piano. He plays both of these on his new album as well as during his live show, but he has many guest appearances from local friends on his $rst full-length, “Shadows.” However, singing is still his favorite way to express himself.

“Singing is the most natural instrument,” James said. “It’s a lot more personal — it’s me.”

James’ favorite song on the album as well as his favor-ite song to play live was not even written by him. “Eating Like Kings” was written about Afghanistan by one of his closest friends and is about serving in the army amid the chaos of war. James asked if he could cover it on the new album, and his friend basically “gave” him the song.

“I play it a lot slower than he does,” James said. “He told me I gave it a completely di#erent spin.”

In reference to his album artwork, James said, “I gave her (Stephanie Petet) the name of the album, ‘Shadows,’ and she just went with it. I love what she did. It conveys exactly what I wanted the name of the album to say.”

“Shadows” recently came out on Aug. 19 and is avail-able at many music stores in Fayetteville as well as on iTunes and Spotify.

Recently, James and a few of his friends, including Anna Hutchison, a friend and local $lmmaker, created a video for his title track, “!e Shadow.” James explains the song as a somber blues ballad inspired by the people who used to be in his life.

“It’s about people you want to wash clean of from your life,” he said. “It’s more or less about moving on.”

!ey decided to $lm the music video by an old facto-ry in south Fayetteville where there is an old, abandoned white house next to a slaughterhouse.

“Everything there is overgrown and barred up,” James said. “It had an incredible atmosphere.”

!ey used a generator to light the area and cast their shadows upon the scene.

“!e video gives the song an even deeper meaning than the song originally did,” James said. “I love that blend between $lm and music; there are so many possi-bilities open to explore.” James said that he plans to $lm another video for another song o# of “Shadows” in the next couple of weeks.

!e most interesting aspect of James’ music is that his work is essentially a fabrication of Fayetteville. !e artists, painters and $lmmakers are from Arkansas; the musicians are Fayetteville musicians; his favorite song was written by a close friend. If there is any artist the Fayetteville folk scene would want to represent itself, it would be Shawn James.

With eyes opened and ears peeled, be sure to check out Shawn James. To $nd out more about more about Shawn James, check out his Facebook page for informa-tion on shows, videos and new songs.

Cracking the code to Halloween costumes is very simple; all it takes is an ad-equate balance of reality and fantasy. Halloween, in its traditional form, is a time when people dress in extreme costumes and allow their alter egos to walk the streets. Even though self-expression and exhibitionism is encour-aged during this holiday, every good thing can go bad if pushed too far. !ese simple tips will push you to venture to $nd new and innova-tive ways to make your Halloween attire all that more special.

WOMEN!e usual concept of Hallow-

een costumes in the girl world is simple: Take any occupation, animal or insect, and make it as sexy and seductive as possible. Cady from the movie “Mean Girls” said it best when she said, “In the regular world, Hallow-een is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything

about it.” For many college girls, this is their view as

well. Normal Hallow-een costume choices are sexy bumble-bees, cops, nurses and cheetahs. All of these out$ts expose

excess amounts of skin, incorporating $sh nets and extreme-ly high heels.

!is Halloween, focus on making

your costume something dif-

ferent instead of just your sexy alter

ego. Some cre-ative costume ideas are Be-yonce’s baby bump, one of Rihanna’s many crazy out$ts or even Bella

from the Twilight series. !e concept of dressing up for Hal-loween was not created so that sex appeal could be displayed without abandon. Sex appeal comes from within and will shine through regardless.

Reinvention of the normal sexy out$t is not as hard as it seems. !e easiest recipe is to think more in terms of fash-ion than of sex. In the example of a bumblebee costume, most would purchase just a leotard and tights. Instead, I suggest

$nding a tulle skirt with tons of layers, not wearing the tights and adding a spicy red heel. !e tulle will add drama and "air to the out$t, your legs will be shown o# without the tights and the heels will add a rebellious spunk to it all.

MENIn the other extreme, most of

the time “the gorier, the better” is the token choice for guys in the costume department. Although being scary is fun, a%er a cer-tain age costumes need a level of maturity added to them. For the most part, being directly scary is simple because of its comfort and accessibility. !is year, ven-ture from your comfort zone and try something new and fresh. Some costume ideas to consider are a vampire Justin Beiber, Bob Marley back from the dead or Tom Cruise in “Top Gun.”

Re$ned, more mature cos-tumes for guys are de$nitely the direction to go. !ese costumes can even make you stand out from those at parties who are still living in the past with their costume choices. Also, it may just be the catalyst for a meeting between you and someone spe-cial that night.

For those guys who still want to be a kid for a night, I suggest you go completely retro. Cos-tumes like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, a Street Fighter character or even an original

Power Ranger are some great picks from the vault of old cos-tumes past. To reinvent these and pop some life into them, take the basic themes about them and replace them with fashion-able pieces. Consider dressing like Ryu from the Street Fighter video game series; instead of the normal martial arts uniform, wear a white denim vest, white jeans or ecru khaki pants, and a black statement belt. !is is a great, mature way of thinking outside of the box, and also it can be very cost-e&cient when working on a college budget.

Halloween is a time to be inno-vative, unique and uncon-ventional. Be-ing di#erent only takes a little bit of thought and prepa-ration and will make anyone the star of a party. So browse Pinter-est for inspira-tion, Google some pictures, go in the back of your closets and make fashion work for you this Halloween.

Crystal Bridges Acquires Mark Rothko PaintingAlex MarchSta! Writer

Cracking !e Code to CostumesJustin BryantSta! Writer

Shawn James: A Product of

Fayetteville FolkMason SamsSta! Writer

PROFILE

Kris Johnson Sta" PhotographerShawn James of Fayetteville plays music in front of the Fine Arts building Aug. 28.

Courtesy PhotoMark Rothko, abstract-expressionist, painted No. 210/No. 211 in 1960 and it has only been exhibited to the public twice.

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ComicsPearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Dilbert Scott Adams

Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson

Doonesbury Garry Trudeau

Non Sequitur Wiley Miller

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ACROSS1 Athenian with harsh laws6 Sink-cleaning brand10 Greenish-blue14 Put one’s feet up15 Olympics sled16 Expressions of disapproval17 57-Across best-seller made into a 1971 $lm, with “!e”20 Golf club now made of metal21 Line on a graph22 Move crab-style23 Heredity unit25 Lake formed by the Aswan Dam26 57-Across best-seller made into a 1993 $lm31 Japanese cartoon art32 Exposes33 Shortest mo.36 Despicable37 57-Across best-seller made into a 1995 $lm39 Tear go-with40 Chopper41 Head of the manor42 Windy City airport43 57-Across best-seller made into a 1997 $lm46 Across the sea49 Accessories for a

“Just Married” sign50 Plumbing woes51 Not real53 Ref ’s call57 Doctor-turned-novelist born 10/23/194260 Concept61 Turn sharply62 Stunned63 It may be standardized64 “Don’t get excited”65 Sports page $gures

DOWN1 Deadlock2 Gambling mecca near Carson City3 Fashion’s Gucci4 Bridge, e.g.5 Tic-tac-toe dud6 Former Soviet premier Kosygin7 Dench of “Iris”8 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s __ ...”: Rolling Stones lyric9 Symbolic signatures10 Vulnerable11 Campus courtyards12 Practical13 Ed of “Lou Grant”18 Controls, as a helm19 Nicholas and Peter

24 Houston-to- Miami dir.25 Bosnia peace-keeping gp.26 Mud in a cup27 Operating system on many Internet servers28 Agitate29 Time-share unit30 Flat-nosed dog33 Dread34 Banjoist Scruggs35 Reared37 Not just for males38 Basketball’s Magic, on scoreboards39 Question of identity41 Tibetan capital42 MYOB part43 Astaire/Rogers musical44 Flee, mouse-style45 Curbside call46 Ticket word47 Bouquet tosser48 Reduces to small pieces, as potatoes51 __ circus52 Hard-to-hit pitchers54 Chichén __: Mayan ruins55 Champagne brand56 Finishes58 Holiday lead-in59 DJ’s assortment

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

It seems all the focus is di-rected towards football these days. But who could forget America’s pastime, baseball?

Right now, the baseball

playo!s are in full swing. "e Detroit Tigers have already punched their ticket to the Fall Classic, otherwise known as the World Series. "e Tigers are waiting to see the winner of the National League cham-pionship series, which went to seven games between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.

"e Cardinals are looking for a return trip to the World Series, fresh o! a win last year over the Texas Rangers. Ironi-cally, in the year of 2012 this would be the Cardinals’ 12th World Series victory.

I believe baseball is a genu-inely great sport. It is the only

sport that it is considered a success when you fail seven out of 10 times. It is a very tough game that demands enormous commitment to excel. Some may have the misconception that baseball is a lazy man’s sport, but that couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Baseball is also a very un-predictable sport. Who would have thought the league’s two richest teams wouldn’t make the World Series? It does my heart good to see smaller-market teams defeat the big buyers, like the Yankees and Red Sox.

Despite the excitement and unpredictability baseball

gives us, we still seem to push it aside to focus on football. Some may even #nd more in-terest in the preseason NBA.

What are some reasons for this? Is it because the game progresses slowly? Because Nobody is getting their head knocked o!? Whatever the reason for people turning away from baseball, it is re-ally a shame, because they are missing out on a very unpre-dictable sport.

As long as I can remember,I have been a fan of baseball. "e sport has meant a lot in my life, and I feel it also is a big part of other people’s lives as well. It is always a lot of fun

to get the family together for an a$ernoon spent at the ball-park.

"is also has sparked some interest on how our own Ar-kansas Razorbacks will fare on the diamond this season.

Last year the Hogs were knocked out by a talented South Carolina team, who lost to Arizona in the cham-pionship series of the College World Series. "e Hogs have aspirations to rebound from that heartbreaking loss and #nd their way back to Omaha, Neb. once again this year.

Coach Dave Van Horn al-ways seems to bring in a solid recruiting class and this year

looks to be no di!erent. Ar-kansas always tends to have solid pitching and defense, supplemented by timely hit-ting to make their way through the tough Southeastern Con-ference schedule.

So, while you are %ipping through the channels, you should always keep an eye out for baseball games that are coming up. You might see something happen that you have never seen before.

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

Let’s Return Attention to America’s Favorite Pastime

Zack WheelerSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

A$er the eighth week of college football, the second week of BCS standings were revealed Sunday. "e rank-ings held little surprise.

"e Alabama Crimson Tide maintained the No. 1 spot, which is where they have been in the other polls since they defeated Michigan 41-14 in the #rst week of the season.

"e Tide is o! to a 7-0 start and continues to prove each week, with large-margin victories, why the team de-serves to be ranked above the rest. Alabama will face a test this weekend against No. 11 Mississippi State.

"e Florida Gators came in at No. 2 in the BCS rank-ings. "e Gators are coming o! a 44-11 rout of the South Carolina Gamecocks, earn-ing them a No. 2 spot.

Kansas State was ranked as No. 3 Sunday. Collin Klein

and the Kansas State Wild-cats keep proving themselves week a$er week. Kansas State is coming o! a huge victory over West Virginia, 55-14. Klein, a possible Heisman candidate, is leading the Wildcats with 1,397 yards and 10 touchdowns.

"e Oregon Ducks took the No. 4 spot in the BCS standings. "e Ducks are av-eraging 51 points per game and are only allowing an av-

No Surprise in Second Week of BCS RankingsJessie McMullenSta! Writer

FOOTBALL

Coming o! their bye week, UA interim head coach John L. Smith believes the Razor-backs are prepared for this Saturday’s game.

A$er a regular week of practice last week, the team met Sunday for another day of practice. Instead of only conditioning to work out soreness, like they would fol-lowing a game, they had a full pads practice, Smith said.

“It was a little di!erent to come out and have a practice on Sunday night, but we came out with a lot of excitement,” senior defensive tackle Alfred Davis said. “It was a good way to start this week.”

Arkansas is as “healthy as we can be,” Smith said, re-

garding injuries.Senior tight end Chris

Gragg is back, although his knee gets a little sore from time to time. He has missed the previous three games be-cause of an injury sustained during the Rutgers game.

Smith also added that senior running back Ron-nie Wingo, Jr.’s shoulder is “#ne” and that senior defen-sive tackle DeQuinta Jones is “gradually getting a little bet-ter.”

Con#dence seems to be high for the Razorbacks, as they are coming o! consecu-tive Southeastern Conference victories over Auburn and Kentucky.

“We’re gaining con#dence daily,” Smith said. “We got our swagger back a little bit and our energy has always been good.”

Several players are anxious to get back on the #eld a$er sitting at home and watching other games on TV last Sat-urday.

“It was kind of frustrating just sitting around, not play-ing and watching all of the other games going on,” senior center Travis Swanson said. “We were happy to get back out there (Sunday).”

"e Razorbacks play the Ole Miss Rebels at 11:21 a.m. Saturday in Little Rock. "e game will be aired on the SEC Network. Smith feels that the early start works in Arkansas’ favor.

“We’ll be up "ursday ear-ly, we’ll be up Friday early, so getting up Saturday early and going to play the game is not going to be a bother to us or

!e Razorbacks Seek Redemption in the RockFOOTBALL

Andrew HutchinsonSta! Writer

Mary McKay Sta" Photographer“We’re gaining con#dence daily,” John L. Smith said in a press conference Monday. “We got our swagger back a little bit and our energy has always been good.”

"e Razorback men’s ten-nis team competed at the ITA Central Regional Champion-ships at the Baseline Tennis Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis over the weekend, but no play-er advance past the second day of the tournament.

On the #rst day of play, the Hogs collected two singles wins and one doubles win.

It was a great day for junior Mike Nott, as he collected his #rst victory of the Central Re-gionals with a win over Brad-ley’s Ahmed Albitar 6-4, 6-4.

Senior Greg Lehmann picked up the other singles win with a victory over Iowa’s Gar-rett Dunn, 7-5,6-3.

Junior Hall Fess dropped a tough three-set match to Min-nesota’s Brendan Ruddock 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, and junior Manfred Jeske fell to Axel Alverez of Oklahoma 6-2, 6-4.

Last year, Jeske had a strong sophomore campaign for the Razorbacks and #nished third on the team in singles wins (14) and earned his #rst singles ranking of his career when he started the 2012 spring as the No. 109 player in the nation.

In doubles, Fess and Lehm-ann defeated Nebraska’s duo of Eric Sock and Brandon Vi-

detich, 8-3. Jeske and Nott fell to another Nebraska team – Andre Stenger and Ford Zitsch – 9-8.

A$er advancing past the #rst round, junior Matt Nott dropped a tough match to Drake’s Robin Goodwin on the second day of play.

Lehman also dropped his second round match to Min-nesota’s Rok Bonin 6-1, 6-2.

Jeske was the only Hog to record a singles victory on the day. Jeske defeated St. Louis’s Bobby Kidera in straight sets, 6-1,6-4.

In doubles, Fess and Lehm-ann fell in the round of 16 to a strong Oklahoma duo of For-mentera and Warden 8-4.

Hogs Fall in Second Day at ITA RegionalMEN’S TENNIS

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Raya ClaySta! Writer

"e Arkansas women’s tennis team competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Associ-ation Central Regional at the University of Tulsa over the weekend. Four Razorbacks competed at the tournament in the #eld of 64, featuring some of the best players from the region.

Freshman Yang Pang ad-vanced to the quarter#nals in singles play as the highest #nishing Razorback at the in-vitational.

"e team had a strong showing Friday to start the tournament. Pang won her match against Iowa State’s Si-mona Cacciuttolo in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

In her second match, Pang rallied back from a 4-6, 0-4 de#cit to beat Tulsa’s Maria

Sant’Anna by a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Sophomore Sarah McLean played well Friday, upsetting the No. 6 seed in the tourna-ment Natallia Pintusava from Minnesota in straight sets 6-3, 6-0. A$er the upset, McLean lost to Kansas’ Maria Cardona in a tough match, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Senior Claudine Paulson lost her #rst round match to Tulsa’s Isuara Enrique 6-1, 6-2. Freshman Kimberly–Ann Surin also was on the losing end in the #rst round, dropping her match to the seventh seeded C.C. Sardinha from Oklahoma State, 6-1, 6-1.

Paulson and McLean also competed in doubles Friday, winning their #rst match against a duo from Drake University 8-2. "ey then went on to drop the second round match to a pair from

Wichita State, 8-5. Saturday, Pang continued

her impressive play in the round of 16, beating the num-ber #ve seed Jannie Weinreich from Nebraska, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Pang’s victory allowed a Ra-zorback to progress to the quarter#nals at the ITA Re-gionals for the #rst time since 2010.

Claudine Paulson defeated UCA’s Simona Horsikyan 6-1, 7-5 in consolation play on Saturday.

Pang’s run ended Sunday with a loss in the quarter#nals to Missouri’s Cierra Gaytan-Leach in a well-fought match, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. "e match lasted well over three hours for the No. 1 players for their respective teams, with both players reaching match point on separate occasions.

"e Razorbacks continue play on Nov. 2 in Houston for the Houston Cougar Invite.

Razorbacks Return to Quarter#nals with PangCameron McCauleySta! Writer

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerJuniors Manfred Jeske (left) and Mike Nott (right) lost to Nebraska double’s partners, Andre Stenger and Ford Zitsch, 9-8 in the second day of the ITA Regional.

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something we’re not used to,” Smith said.

O!ensively, Arkansas will have to control a Rebel de-fense that ranks fourth in the SEC in both tackles for loss, with 7.86 per game, and sacks, with 2.71 per game.

“"ey’re not the biggest defense, but they’re very ath-letic,” Swanson said. “"ey move around a lot and rely on their scheme to mess up your blocking schemes.”

On the defensive side of the ball, the Razorbacks will face yet another versatile quar-terback. Sophomore Bo Wal-lace is averaging 231.6 total yards per game, and last week against Auburn he collected two rushing touchdowns, one passing touchdown and one receiving touchdown.

“"eir quarterback does a great job of managing the game,” Smith said. “He’s not a Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M’s

quarterback), but he’s very ca-pable. He’s a good passer and a good runner.”

"is will be Arkansas’ #rst game at War Memorial Stadi-um since ULM pulled o! the upset with a 34-31 defeat of the Razorbacks in overtime.

“I’m excited to go back to Little Rock,” Davis said. “I feel like we need to go back and redeem ourselves, go back and defend the Rock like we always have in the past.”

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erage of 20.1 points per game. Oregon will continue to be tested with upcoming games against USC, Stanford and Or-egon State.

"e Notre Dame Fight-ing Irish took the No. 5 spot. "e Irish are 7-0 for the #rst time since 2002. "e team is progressing without trouble, despite playing what is pos-sibly the toughest schedule in college football.

"e Irish have already beat-en three ranked opponents: Michigan, Michigan State and Stanford. Possible Heisman candidate Manti Te’o is lead-ing the team this season. "e Irish will travel to Oklahoma to take on the Sooners next weekend in their toughest matchup yet.

"e rest of the top 10 is rounded out by LSU, Oregon State, Oklahoma, USC and Georgia.

LSU is the #rst-ranked one-loss team, that loss com-ing from the No. 2 Gators. LSU has a bye-week this week but will face No. 1 Alabama af-ter the break. A$er playing the Tide, the Tigers will face No. 11 Mississippi State. "ese two

games could make or break the season for LSU.

Oregon State is still un-defeated, but the strength of LSU’s schedule puts the Tigers in front of the Beavers. Or-egon State will face Stanford and Oregon later in the season for a real test.

Oklahoma stands with one loss to Kansas State, but the Sooners will face their tough-est matchup this week against Notre Dame. "is game will prove which of the two teams deserves to be in the top #ve.

Quarterback Matt Barkley and the USC Trojans are the #rst team in the BCS rankings to have a loss to a non-top 10 team, with a loss from Stan-ford. USC faces the bulk of their schedule in the second half of the season, when they play Oregon and Notre Dame. Barkley leads the team with 22 touchdowns and 1,773 passing yards.

Georgia #lls the last spot in the top 10, with one loss to South Carolina, who dropped to No. 13 in the BCS rankings a$er a loss to Florida. "is just goes to show how tough the Southeastern Conference re-

ally is — you never know what will happen week to week.

"e next 15 teams in the BCS rankings include Mis-sissippi State, Florida State, South Carolina, Texas Tech, Rutgers, Louisville, Stanford, Clemson, West Virginia, Texas A&M, Boise State, Michigan, Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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