University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906 Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 Vol. 109, No. 6 PAGE 3 Bikes, Blues & BBQ Begins Today Bikers from around the country travel to Fayetteville to celebrate the rally’s 15-year anniversary. PAGE 7 PAGE 10 Professor’s Dreams Fall into Place Daniel Sutherland, a UA history professor, wrote a biogra- phy about esteemed artist James McNeill Whistler, and his research on Whistler was featured in a PBS documentary. Know the Foe: Texas A&M The Razorbacks and Aggies return to Arlington this Saturday to face off in the Southwest Classic. The game’s outcome may rely heavily on both defenses. About 1,000 UA students, faculty and staf could lose access to daily parking if the oversold Harmon Ave- nue Parking Garage is closed to all ex- cept yearly permit holders, according to the number of parking spaces sold. Transit and Parking Department administrators shut down and then resumed selling parking permits for Harmon last week. For the irst time, there was a waiting list to buy passes for the garage, said Gary Smith, the UA Parking director. By Sept. 17, Transit and Parking had sold 2,480 Harmon parking per- mits for the fall and spring semesters. hat’s 331 more spaces than the ga- rage has, and oicials plan to sell 220 more, said Andy Gilbride, an educa- tion and instruction specialist for the department. It is routine to oversell Harmon, but it is being done in increasingly large numbers, Gilbride said. In ad- dition to guaranteeing space for all permit holders, Transit and Parking also allows approximately 900 hourly parkers into the nine-level structure daily, Smith said. To oversell Harmon, planners pre- sume that most drivers – pass holders and hourly parkers – will not use the garage at the same time, Smith said. In the past, this presumption has proved correct, but increased enrollment has raised the demand for parking. he student population rose by more than 9 percent from 2011 to 2013, according to the Oice for In- stitutional Research. In that same time, the available parking space on campus increased by 1.3 percent, ac- cording to the 2013 Transit and Park- ing Annual Report. Still, that doesn’t necessarily translate into an immedi- ate issue, Gilbride said. “he top level of Harmon stays pretty much, mostly, empty,” he said. “So we’re ine right now, but with the growth of campus, more students and more staf, that may not be the case in the future.” he Harmon ninth loor has 166 parking spaces, Gilbride said. When that loor is full, administra- tors will begin regulating access to the garage, Smith said. With an oversold lot and record enrollment, this scenario could be triggered by something as simple as a day of bad weather. However, there are also several new building projects likely to afect Harmon parking demand. Champions Hall, a $26.5 million math and science building across Harmon Garage Faces Capacity Problems; More Passes Will Be Sold, UA Oic ial Said Kris Johnson Photo Editor Cars line up to exit the Harmon garage on Sept. 23. While overcrowding is not uncommon, it is occurring in increasingly large numbers. he lack of available space may lead administrators to regulate access to the garage. Twirlers McKinsey Ogden and Emma Lambeth share similar stories of hard work and competing in baton twirling from early ages. he girls are the team’s two feature performers on the line. Many of their routines difer from the rest of the twirlers. hey are also the twirlers to spin ire at UofA pep rallies. “When I was 12, I came to a Ra- zorback game, saw the twirlers during their performance with the band, and decided I wanted to become a twirler for the UofA someday,” Lambeth said. “From that point until I graduated high school I practiced almost every day of the week and continued dance classes to work towards achieving this goal.” Lambeth, a senior, began twirling at the age of 6 and started compet- ing at 9. his is Lambeth’s fourth year on the twirling line of the Razorback Marching Band and her third year performing as a feature twirler. She competed both individually and with a team growing up. “I attended local, state, regional and national competitions,” she said. “Competitive twirling was the main focus of what I did growing up in ad- dition to twirling with my junior high and high school bands. Now my main focus is twirling for the RMB.” Outside of practicing three days a week with the marching band, Lam- beth practices on her own every other day of the week. She also runs and lits weights during the season to stay in shape. Ogden started twirling when she was 2 and began competing when she was 6. his is her ith year on the twirling line and fourth year as a fea- ture twirler. Before coming to college, Ogden would practice between three and six hours a day. At the university, she reduced her practicing to around two hours a day due to injuries and the demands of schoolwork. Ogden, like Lambeth, has per- formed in numerous competitions. Her career includes 16 trips to the na- tional championships. “his past July was my inal com- petition, as I have now oicially re- tired from competitive twirling,” Og- den said. “I am completely humbled and honored to have brought back an eighth place inish in the College Miss Majorette of America portion of nationals.” Lambeth, who also has retired from the sport, said she wouldn’t be a feature twirler in the RMB without the challenging level of routines and skills she learned while competing for 13 years. While competitive twirling has strict rules on what can and cannot be used in routines, Lambeth said twirling for a marching band allows for lexibility. “I’m focused on big entertaining tricks that the crowd will notice and appreciate,” she said. “he goal is to make yourself entertaining enough to where even people in the very top of Ogden and Lambeth Stun Crowds with heir Performances in the Razorback Marching Band Millie Hogue Staf Writer Bailey Kestner Staf Writer Adams Pryor Staf Photographer Emma Lambeth, a senior and a three year feature twirler for the Ra- zorbacks, practices for her halftime performance at the football game. continued on page 4 continued on page 8 UA Climbers Prepare for Competition Page 6
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University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Vol 109 No 6
PAGE 3
Bikes Blues amp BBQ Begins Today
Bikers from around the country travel to Fayetteville to celebrate the rallyrsquos 15-year anniversary
PAGE 7 PAGE 10
Professorrsquos Dreams Fall into Place
Daniel Sutherland a UA history professor wrote a biogra-phy about esteemed artist James McNeill Whistler and his research on Whistler was featured in a PBS documentary
Know the Foe Texas AampM
The Razorbacks and Aggies return to Arlington this Saturday to face off in the Southwest Classic The gamersquos outcome may rely heavily on both defenses
About 1000 UA students faculty and staf could lose access to daily parking if the oversold Harmon Ave-nue Parking Garage is closed to all ex-cept yearly permit holders according to the number of parking spaces sold
Transit and Parking Department administrators shut down and then resumed selling parking permits for Harmon last week For the irst time there was a waiting list to buy passes for the garage said Gary Smith the UA Parking director
By Sept 17 Transit and Parking had sold 2480 Harmon parking per-mits for the fall and spring semesters hatrsquos 331 more spaces than the ga-rage has and oicials plan to sell 220 more said Andy Gilbride an educa-tion and instruction specialist for the department
It is routine to oversell Harmon but it is being done in increasingly large numbers Gilbride said In ad-dition to guaranteeing space for all permit holders Transit and Parking also allows approximately 900 hourly parkers into the nine-level structure daily Smith said
To oversell Harmon planners pre-sume that most drivers ndash pass holders and hourly parkers ndash will not use the garage at the same time Smith said In the past this presumption has proved correct but increased enrollment has raised the demand for parking
he student population rose by more than 9 percent from 2011 to 2013 according to the Oice for In-
stitutional Research In that same time the available parking space on campus increased by 13 percent ac-cording to the 2013 Transit and Park-ing Annual Report Still that doesnrsquot necessarily translate into an immedi-ate issue Gilbride said
ldquohe top level of Harmon stays pretty much mostly emptyrdquo he said ldquoSo wersquore ine right now but with the growth of campus more students and more staf that may not be the case in the futurerdquo
he Harmon ninth loor has
166 parking spaces Gilbride said When that loor is full administra-tors will begin regulating access to the garage Smith said With an oversold lot and record enrollment this scenario could be triggered by something as simple as a day of bad
weather However there are also several new building projects likely to afect Harmon parking demand
Champions Hall a $265 million math and science building across
Harmon Garage Faces Capacity Problems More Passes Will Be Sold UA Oicial Said
Kris Johnson Photo EditorCars line up to exit the Harmon garage on Sept 23 While overcrowding is not uncommon it is occurring in increasingly large numbers he lack of available space may lead administrators to regulate access to the garage
Twirlers McKinsey Ogden and Emma Lambeth share similar stories of hard work and competing in baton twirling from early ages
he girls are the teamrsquos two feature performers on the line Many of their routines difer from the rest of the twirlers hey are also the twirlers to spin ire at UofA pep rallies
ldquoWhen I was 12 I came to a Ra-zorback game saw the twirlers during their performance with the band and decided I wanted to become a twirler for the UofA somedayrdquo Lambeth said ldquoFrom that point until I graduated high school I practiced almost every day of the week and continued dance classes to work towards achieving this goalrdquo
Lambeth a senior began twirling at the age of 6 and started compet-ing at 9 his is Lambethrsquos fourth year on the twirling line of the Razorback Marching Band and her third year
performing as a feature twirlerShe competed both individually
and with a team growing upldquoI attended local state regional
and national competitionsrdquo she said ldquoCompetitive twirling was the main focus of what I did growing up in ad-dition to twirling with my junior high and high school bands Now my main focus is twirling for the RMBrdquo
Outside of practicing three days a week with the marching band Lam-beth practices on her own every other day of the week She also runs and lits weights during the season to stay in shape
Ogden started twirling when she was 2 and began competing when she was 6 his is her ith year on the twirling line and fourth year as a fea-ture twirler
Before coming to college Ogden would practice between three and six hours a day At the university she reduced her practicing to around two hours a day due to injuries and the demands of schoolwork
Ogden like Lambeth has per-formed in numerous competitions
Her career includes 16 trips to the na-tional championships
ldquohis past July was my inal com-petition as I have now oicially re-tired from competitive twirlingrdquo Og-den said ldquoI am completely humbled and honored to have brought back an eighth place inish in the College Miss Majorette of America portion of nationalsrdquo
Lambeth who also has retired from the sport said she wouldnrsquot be a feature twirler in the RMB without the challenging level of routines and skills she learned while competing for 13 years
While competitive twirling has strict rules on what can and cannot be used in routines Lambeth said twirling for a marching band allows for lexibility
ldquoIrsquom focused on big entertaining tricks that the crowd will notice and appreciaterdquo she said ldquohe goal is to make yourself entertaining enough to where even people in the very top of
Ogden and Lambeth Stun Crowds with heir Performances in the Razorback Marching Band
Millie HogueStaf Writer
Bailey KestnerStaf Writer
Adams Pryor Staf Photographer Emma Lambeth a senior and a three year feature twirler for the Ra-zorbacks practices for her halftime performance at the football game
continued on page 4
continued on page 8
UA Climbers Prepare for
Competition
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Courtesy Photo e 2014-2015 ASG Executive Committee poses with Vice Provost Danny Pugh after their inauguration this year
Every morning Chris Downey rows the Oakland Estuary with the East Bay Rowing Club before he gets ready for his commute to the University of California Berkeley At his desk Downey gets an idea for a building and reaches for color coated cra sticks and he begins creating a blueprint
Once nished he leaves for home sporting sunglasses and his cane in hand Downey is blind
A er working for 20 years the architect lost his sight af-ter a successful brain tumor surgery in 2008
Downey visited the UA campus Sept 8 to talk about his life since becoming blind and the adaptations he has made to succeed in his pro-fession
He gave advice applicable to all students regardless of their ability
Approximately 19 percent of young adults with a dis-ability enroll in a four-year college or university accord-ing to the Institute of Educa-tion Sciences
Di erent organizations on and around campus mdash including the UA Center for Educational Access SOURC-ES for Community Indepen-
dent Living Services Inc and Life Styles mdash help students with disabilities nd com-munity and independence in Northwest Arkansas
At rst specialists recom-mended Downey pursue oth-er career focuses because they thought he could not design anymore However Downey had enough experience to know that wasnrsquot true
e Americans with Dis-abilities Act of 1990 was creat-ed to prohibit discrimination and ensure equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities
Before the law was passed advocates traveled to Wash-ington DC and staged a dramatic demonstration by crawling up the Capitol steps
One of the advocates was Jennifer Keelan then a sec-ond-grade girl with cerebral palsy She ditched her wheel-chair and climbed the steps using her hands and arms
ldquo ey say it was the image of me climbing those steps that was the nal decision that got the ADA passedrdquo Keelan
said in a YouTube lm clipDowney re ected on dis-
abled peoplersquos determination Once he focused on his other senses Downey began to no-tice nuances about buildings that werenrsquot as obvious be-fore such as reverberation in rooms and how intuitive the design was for blind and dis-abled people he told the UA audience
ldquo erersquos something about focusing on the other senses like smell and touch that make architecture more realrdquo Downey said ldquoIt stops being mostly visual and becomes an immersive experiencerdquo
When drawing structures Downey relied on Wikki Stix a kind of yarn coated in wax to translate his ideas to paper
ldquoI read drawings through touchrdquo Downey said ldquoI re-cover a PDF then print it so the drawing is now touch sensitiverdquo
Another tool Downey used is a computer program that emulates the sound of a person walking on a set path in relation to the structure
ldquoI can listen to the archi-tecture before itrsquos been builtrdquo Downey said
e Center for Educa-tional Access has provided services for students with disabilities for several years Services include note taking assistance golf cart transpor-tation and document conver-sions into Braille or audio-books
For disabled students whose tests require scantron sheets a CEA worker will ll in the answer dictated by the student assistant Hayden Luckenbach said
ldquoIn 2013 74 percent of the students that signed up with CEA had a nonvisible disabil-ity like attention de cit disor-der and post-traumatic stress disorderrdquo said Laura James interim director for the CEA
SOURCES is a federally funded organization and has been helping people with dis-abilities live independently in Northwest Arkansas Estab-lished in 1993 the four core ldquosourcesrdquo provided are infor-mation referrals peer sup-port programs independent and systems advocacy and independent living and em-ployment emphasis
SOURCES has helped adults as well as those as young as 14 years old Direc-tor Jim Mather said 51 per-cent of the people working on
Blind Architect Inspires UA StudentsNathan OwensStaf Writer
Associated Student Gov-ernment o cials announced the results of Senate vacancy elections Sept 12 electing 27 ASG senators and 21 represen-tatives for the Graduate Stu-dent Congress according to the ASG website
e Graduate Student Con-gress is beginning its inaugural year at the UofA e chair Alex Marino was just elected last week ASG President Dan-iel McFarland said
Elections began at 9 am Sept 9 and ended at 4 pm Sept 11 Results were posted at 10 pm Sept 11 according to the ASG website
Regular elections took place in spring 2014 ese
elections were to ll vacant seats McFarland said
Only 1997 students less than 10 percent of the total stu-dent enrollment voted during this election is number in-cludes graduate students who voted for their representatives on the Graduate Student Con-gress McFarland said
ere are a lot of returning senators this year e reten-tion rate for ASG Senate has gone up McFarland said
ldquoIrsquom ecstatic because therersquos a lot of great mindsrdquo McFar-land said ldquoItrsquos also a more di-verse Senaterdquo
Sophomore Hannah Bell said she got involved in ASG last year as a part of the Fresh HOGS program She was elected to ASG Senate during regular elections last spring
Last year ASG worked on the Work It O program for
parking tickets and Safe Ride Bell said
ASG is working to make scantrons more accessible rather than free and has made a new suggestion box available for student com-ments in the Arkansas Union Bell said
Bell said she wants ASG to work on increasing campus safety this year whether that be in the way students drive on campus or more campus lighting
ASG is also going to be nishing up several projects they started last year Bell said
ldquoWe have a great executive team and a Senate that is ready to workrdquo Bell said ldquoWe are hit-ting the ground runningrdquo
Sophomore Anna Kay Hil-burn said this is her rst year to be part of ASG She was elected
to the Senate during the recent fall vacancy elections
Hilburn also said she wants to work on campus safety by beginning a program to teach women self defense so theyrsquoll learn skills they can use even a er they leave the UA campus
ldquoI would love to hear any input on what the student body wantsrdquo Hilburn said ldquoI am ex-cited to be working with other senators who also want to make a di erencerdquo
McFarland said he is excited to work with the ASG Sen-ate this year and he has lots of plans and projects to work on throughout the year
ldquoWe are changing the cul-ture of ASG to make it more inclusiverdquo McFarland said ldquoWe want to make impactful chang-es on campus and make inten-tional legislation that means somethingrdquo
Associated Student Government Fall Election Results AnnouncedGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
ldquoI can listen to the architecture before itrsquos been builtrdquo
Chris DowneyArchitect
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e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 3
Bikes Blues amp BBQrsquos 15-year anniversary begins Wednesday and will continue to this Saturday
he annual event brings bikers from all over the coun-try with an estimated 400000 attendees last year his year marks the opening of venues new to the festival including Arvest Ballpark in Springdale and the Washington County Fairgrounds
ldquoWe have guests that come from Australia from Africa from Europerdquo said Joe Giles executive director of Bikes Blues amp BBQ
he bike rally has a vari-ety of events planned for this week on Dickson Street and other nearby locations Events include a beer garden special charity rides multiple bands and a steak cooking and eating championship
he Beer Garden on Dick-son will open at 3 pm Wednes-day with live music until 1130
pm here is no cost to attend Concerts will occur every day of the event at the Beer Garden Arvest Ballpark and the fair-grounds
he third annual car show will take place at Arvest Ball-park from 8 am and 430 pm Saturday More than 400 cars will be present to view he steak eating contest will also take place in the ballpark from 3-7 pm Saturday
Bikes Blues amp BBQ has generated $35 million for local businesses according to a study from the UA Center for Busi-ness and Economic Research Locals also cash in by subletting and renting their homes for the week of the event
In addition to bringing economic beneits to the Fay-etteville area through tourism Bikes Blue amp BBQ focuses on giving back to the community
ldquoOver the years wersquove do-nated over $600000 to local charities and wersquove generated at least half a million dollars to local charities through various efortsrdquo Giles said
Money for charity is gener-
ated from vendor fees sponsor-ships and beer and merchan-dise sales Around $114000 was donated ater the 2013 rally
ldquoBikers Against Child Abuse is big in itrdquo Kat Richard-son sophomore said ldquoI have a lot of family members in itrdquo
he rally operates as a 501(c)(3) nonproit and has donated to more than 22 local charities over the years includ-ing the Fayetteville Boys amp Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northwest Arkansas and Youth Bridge Charities focused on the Northwest Arkansas area are welcome to apply for funds each year his yearrsquos deadline is Oct 24 A nine-person board of directors decides how much charities will receive
he 15th anniversary also marks the end of Gilesacute role as executive director of the rally
umlIrsquom a little burned outrdquo Giles said umlItrsquos time for a bit of relaxation in my life Irsquom actual-ly looking forward to it Irsquoll have much more time for my banduml
Many students are antici-pating increased traic be-cause of the event but they also have expressed indifer-ence
ldquoI donrsquot like the traic but I donrsquot care about it either wayrdquo said freshman Tanner Wilson
Butch Robinson a driver for Razorback Transit also dislikes the additional traic
ldquoItrsquos a waste of spacerdquo said Robinson ldquoI donrsquot like how it afects traic because Irsquom a bus driver It puts a kink in thingsrdquo
Others see the event as a good source of economic ben-eits for Fayetteville despite traic concerns
ldquoI think itrsquos a good way for Fayetteville and charities to get moneyrdquo said freshman Kayla Mahen
Some students even plan on joining the festivities
ldquoIrsquom probably going to party on Dicksonrdquo said senior Brandon Shearin ldquoItrsquos just a cool event where people come up to have funrdquo
A full list of events can be found at httpbikesbluesand-bbqorg
Bikes Blues amp BBQ Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary in NWA
Traveler ArchiveMore than 400000 bikers cruised down Dickson Street during the Bikes Blues amp BBQ motorcycle rally last year
Lucas CoberlyStaf Writer
he UofA was ranked as the seventh fastest grow-ing public school with an increase of 53 percent from 2002 to 2012 according to he Chronicle of Higher Education
he fall enrollment for this year is 26301 with 21903 of those students en-rolled in the undergraduate program according to a UA press release
ldquoWe want to be the uni-
versity for the entire staterdquo said Suzanne McCray vice provost of enrollment and dean of admissions
The target number for the freshman class is 4500 students and this year the university met that goal McCray said
Five years ago enroll-ment for the freshman class was 2900 The freshman class reached the target goal because of an increase in recruiting an increase in faculty as well as the new attractive buildings the uni-versity has to offer McCray said
McCray said she cred-its such growth to the great programs UA officials pro-vide for students Coupled with a beautiful campus the university is appealing to new students The univer-sity has also increased and
expanded scholarship pro-grams
Enrollment numbers de-creased when the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was re-duced but they have come back up with an increase in scholarships McCray said
ldquoUniversity Relations has done a great job letting peo-ple know whatrsquos going onrdquo McCray said
The UofA has also seen an increase in its graduate program and law school which McCray said she thinks is a result of the fac-ulty The UofA hires faculty with terminal degrees the highest degree in an aca-
demic field of study McCray said
he UofA has also in-creased its inancial endow-ments he university had an increase of nearly 31 percent in donations from 2012-2013 according to he Chronicle of Higher Educa-tion As of last year the UofA received $82 million in en-dowments the largest in the state
he UofA is No 135 in the national universities sec-tion and No 69 in the top public schools category in the 2015 edition of Best Col-leges produced by US News amp World Report
he university is striv-ing to be within the top 50 schools in the nation Mc-Cray said
he UofA has a 60 percent graduation rate according to US News amp World Report
UofA Ranked 7th for Student GrowthGabby MellottStaf Writer
More students have moved out of temporary housing and have been assigned to perma-nent residences University Housing staf said
As of hursday there were ive female students living in overlow housing at Hum-phreys Hall said Florence Johnson executive director of University Housing Hous-ing oicials expect the rest of the students to be reassigned by the week of Sept 21-27 Johnson said She did not say where students moved to but said that it was ldquobased on availability of their desired re-locationrdquo
As of Tuesday all students in overlow housing at Yocum had been given permanent assignments and were in the process of moving said Sta-cia Smith a coordinator for residence education in Yo-cum Hall Some of the stu-dents moved to Gregson and Pomfret she said
Students are sent to over-low housing based on on
when they sign their con-tracts Johnson said
ldquoStudents are originally as-signed to overlow based on their contract daterdquo Johnson said ldquoOnce at capacity we have a priority order of ill-ing overlow spaces and then work the reverse for our exit strategyrdquo
What building students live in what loor they are on and where they would like to live can determine what hall they will eventually be moved to Johnson said
What students want or can aford also afects the moving process said Jefery Vinger director of Residential Fa-cilities Studentsrsquo inances can determine which hall they wind up in because of the dif-ferent rates charged for each hall Studentsrsquo scholarships can also afect the process as Housing tries to place stu-dents in the halls they want
Friendships between students can also afect the moving process Vinger said Sometimes students in over-low make friends with other residents in the building and they donrsquot want to break of friendships when itrsquos time for them to move to their new
rooms Housing then tries to accommodate both students
ldquoSo now wersquore not just looking for one bedspreadrdquo Vinger said ldquoNow wersquore look-ing for twordquo
he issue can sometimes be even more challenging when more than two students form friendships and seek to live as a group within the same building Vinger said
For students moving out Housing provides relocation services such as boxes and helpers to assist in moving belongings Vinger said he lodgings in Humphreys were renovated and they provided typical resident room furni-ture and other conveniences such as TVs couches chairs ottomans and carpet
Some students actually requested to stay in Hum-phreys Vinger said Students also elected to stay in Yocum Smith said
ldquohey were a part of the community just like anybody elserdquo she said
Housing will do every-thing possible to give students what they want Vinger said
ldquoWe will bend over back-ward to try to accommodate studentsrsquo desiresrdquo he said
Justin BarieldStaf Writer
Majority of Students Moved Out of Temporary Housing
the SOURCES board live with a disability
SOURCES is one of the pre-mier providers for people with physical disabilities Mather said
ldquohe largest issue wersquove faced has been housing in Northwest Arkansasrdquo Mather said ldquoItrsquos just hard inding apartments and housing for people in a college town Transportation has also been a problem and wersquove had employment issues for 30 yearsrdquo
Life Styles is another federal-ly funded program that provides services for people who want to live independently with disabili-ties but their services are pri-marily for people 18 and older with developmental disabilities
he main problem for peo-ple who enroll in Life Styles is maintaining meaningful em-ployment Assistant Director John Newman said
ldquoIndividuals with disabili-ties have the capabilities to
work task-oriented jobsrdquo New-man said
Life Styles has attracted people from all over Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Mis-souri
Downeyrsquos work since his vi-sual impairment specializes in keeping the blind in mind for diferent projects such as the Department of Veterans Afairs blind rehabilitation center and housing for the blind in New York City
Blind Architect Speaks to Studentscontinued from page 1
ldquoWe want to be the university for the entire staterdquo
Susanne McCrayVice Provost of Enrollment
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 4 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
h e UA online network crashed Sept 8 leaving stu-dents faculty and sta across campus without access to the Internet
h ough enrollment at the UofA has skyrocketed in re-cent years reaching 26000 for the rst time the UA core network hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 and is now dealing with a 23 percent increase in overall enrollment said Da-vid Bruce an associate chief information o cer for cam-pus networks
h is delay in technol-ogy advancement has caused problems for the university in the past and was likely a fac-tor in the network crash Sept 8 Bruce said h e network is beginning to feel the growing
pains of increased enrollmentldquoWe didnrsquot get ahead of it
wersquore behind itrdquo he said ldquoBut wersquore moving in the right direc-tionrdquo
A large campus population means the UA network handles a large amount of tra c Traf- c is the data sent and received by those on the network h e crashes last week were caused by ldquobad tra crdquo on the network Bruce said
ldquoh ere was a new vulner-ability in an internet protocol called the Network Time Pro-tocolrdquo Bruce said
Network Time Protocol or NTP is an Internet proto-col that is used to synchronize the clocks of devices such as phones computers and tablets connected to a network ac-cording to the Network Time Foundation website
ldquoA security issue with the protocol was discovered or
lsquofound in the wildrsquo meaning it was a security aw that has been there for a long time and somebody found it and wrote a program to exploit it and that generated a whole bunch of this bad Network Time Protocol tra crdquo Bruce said
h e program written to exploit NTP security is called a denial-of-service attack that generates a high volume of bad tra c on networks accord-ing to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Re-sponse Team website
ldquoh is doesnrsquot speci cally impact the wireless but the way it works is that in order for wireless to work there are no fewer than 12 systems that have to be functional behind the wirelessrdquo Bruce said
If one system is down then wireless access is lost on campush e major sources of bad tra c were identi ed and
stopped by the campus net-works Information Technology Services team Bruce said
An information technol-ogy assessment that covered the entire system on the whole campus was completed over the summer Bruce said
ldquoOne of the recommenda-tions was to view the network as a strategic resource and to engage in a more centralized model for fundingrdquo Bruce said ldquoI think the issues last week put a spotlight on it h e upper administration is beginning to take this seriously and we are going to be engaging in strate-gic planning that will discuss how we fund thingsrdquo
What the UofA has in place now did not protect campus from crashing but going for-ward the focus will be on a long-term solution that will protect the UA network Bruce said
Wireless Network Blackouts Cause Problems on Campus
the street from Harmon is scheduled to open by summer 2015 h e nine classrooms and 12 labs will attract hundreds of students and faculty
When the garage does be-gin to reach capacity o cialsrsquo primary concern will be ensur-ing that permit pass holders can park Transit will rely on entrance gate so ware to track the number of pass holders using the garage Smith said If pass holders begin to ll up available spaces the entrance gates will be programmed to refuse drivers who attempt to park and pay hourly Lot Full signs will be posted outside the garage Smith said
Hourly parking will be re-stricted ldquowhenever we feel it is necessaryrdquo Gilbride said add-ing that such an adjustment would likely take place at the beginning of a semester
Tracking cars would place greater reliance on entrance and exit gates to count parkers using Harmon Garage h ose gates use the same Internet network as the rest of the uni-versity and as a result they are also subject to crashes Smith said
Bad network tra c and a hacker-created virus shut down the UA core router Sept 8 said David Bruce associate chief information o cer for campus networks h e crash le drivers unable to use cred-it cards at Harmon exit gates and long lines stretched from the exit gates to the upper lev-els of the garage Smith said
If a similar scenario was to occur while the gates were being used to regulate which drivers were allowed into Har-mon Parking o cials might
have to deal with pass holders arriving at the garage a er it is full
h e network problem that snarled Harmon has been ad-dressed More problems how-ever could arise
ldquoYou canrsquot say wersquore not go-ing to have any more issues because we always dordquo Bruce said ldquoh ese issues we had last week arenrsquot even the worst outage wersquove ever hadrdquo
h e major network struc-ture at the UofA hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 Bruce said
ldquoI think the entire insti-tution everybody is feeling some of the growing pains from the increased enroll-mentrdquo Bruce said
He added that ultimately all UA o cials can do is work to anticipate and avoid the types of network issues that caused problems in Harmon
Parking o cials are also considering more long-term solutions to ease Harmon parking demand Gilbride said
ldquoWe have talked about expanding the garage to the south if neededrdquo he said
h is expansion could come sometime within the next ve years and because Harmon Garage cannot support extra parking levels the addition would be located at the site of several university owned houses on Harmon Avenue Gilbride said
Until then UA students and faculty may have to plan on walking farther
ldquoWe have hundreds of open spaces on campus theyrsquore just not as close to this areardquo Gil-bride said
Harmon Garage Fullcontinued from page 1
Haley PylandStaf Writer
Jarrett Hobbs Sta Photographer e sound of cooling units can be heard throughout the ITS Data Center server room located at the ADSB is room holds the majority of the universityrsquos computing hardware including the Wi wiring which goes out to wire-less routers located in buildings all around campus
Jarrett Hobbs Sta PhotographerAir Force ROTC cadet stands guard before an empty table and an eternal ame as a memorial to American ser-vice members still on foreign shores listed as missing in action or prisoners of war e POWMIA Vigil was a 24 hour dedication starting at 5 pm Sept 19 and concluding at 5 pm Sept 20
ROTC Memorial Vigil
h e Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating its ve-year anniversary by partnering with four universities across Arkansas including the Uni-versity of Arkansas to recog-nize and celebrate the students it has helped fund according to a news release from ASL
ASL is partnering with the UofA University of Central Arkansas Arkansas State Uni-versity and the University of Arkansas at Pine Blu accord-ing to the news release
ASL will honor students taking advantage of the schol-arship by recognizing one ev-
ery week at a football game h is information is expected to help to recognize the schol-arship funds and impact on students It will also encourage high school students to sign up for the scholarship since the application period will open soon said Bishop Woosley di-rector of the Arkansas lottery commission
ASL held a pre-game cele-bration on the West Lawn near Bud Walton Arena before the game against Northern Illinois Sept 20 and will hold another before the game against the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham Oct 25
ASL has had two on- eld recognition presentations for students Sept 6 and 20 h e director of the Arkansas lottery
commission special guests or students currently receiving the scholarship give the presenta-tions h ere will be ve more presentations one on Oct 18 at Little Rock and the other four on Oct 11 and 25 and Nov 15 and 22 according to the news release
ASL will honor over 150000 students that attend 47 univer-sities and colleges across Ar-kansas according to the news release
At the end of the third quar-ter of the Northern Illinois game Sept 20 ASL honored junior Nabil Tovar to celebrate the h year anniversary of the scholarship Woosley said
Since 2009 the lottery has supported about 160000 stu-dents across Arkansas with
over $450 million Woosley said
ldquoh e demand for distribut-ing the scholarship is too highrdquo Woosley said ldquoInstead of ex-cluding students from receiv-ing the scholarship we devel-oped a tier system much like other scholarship programs have done in the nationrdquo
h e tier system will reward students for working hard as well as extend the scholar-ships to reach more potential students It will give increas-ing amounts of money for each year the student stays in school h e rst year the student will receive $2000 the second year $3000 the third year $4000 and the last year the student will receive $5000 Woosley said
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Recognizes Students at Football Game CelebrationsGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
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Opinion Editor David Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 5 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Ray Ricersquos Punishment Doesnrsquot Fit the Crime
Enough time has passed Tempers over the incident have simmered slightly and now logic nally has an opportunity to make a guest appearance in the Ray Rice case that was re-leased in a shocking video just a few weeks ago
Prior to the videorsquos release NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received little resis-tance to the the Baltimore Ra-vens running backrsquos mere two-game suspension but when the tape eventually surfaced Rice was handed an inde nite league wide ban
National news commenta-tors launched on a month long tirade to bring up the issue of domestic violence and bash the league at every opportunity for its handling of crimes commit-ted by its athletes But was the truth lost somewhere in the process
Letrsquos start with the initial punishment being given to Ray Rice Many were critical of Ricersquos two-game ban not be-ing close to enough for a case of assault What many people tend to neglect is the monetary impact that those two games cost Mr Rice which most ana-lysts agree is somewhere in the range of $530000 is does not include the cost incurred by legal fees time lost due to inter-nal league punishments such as mandatory attendance to reed-ucation programs as well as the moral costs to his reputation
Also compared to how Goodell handled past incidenc-es of domestic violence Ricersquos punishment was extremely harsh In 2008 Ahmad Brooks was charged with knocking a woman unconscious and sus-pended only one game 2011 Eric Walden felony assault for
punching his own girlfriend one game 2012 Dez Bryant misdemeanor assault on his own mother no suspension To say that Rice got o scot free is both technically and scally just untrue
ere was also a strange campaign by news outlets to paint the NFL as an multi-bil-lion dollar organization built on a strong foundation of woman beating According to the statis-tics based blog Fivethirtyeight famous for predicting the 2012 election most accurately of all pundits the NFL has a much lower rate of domestic violence than the national average In fact the NFLrsquos average arrest rate is only 13 percent of the national average for all crimes To say that the league is full of rampaging thugs acting with-out legal consequence is based purely on prejudice ironically by social justice warriors look-ing to paint them in a negative light for their own agendas
en there was the state-ment released by Ricersquos then -ance and now wife which was all but entirely thrown in the garbage based on the assump-tion that she didnrsquot have the ability to analyze the situation as a victim
Ironically Janay Rice had the clairvoyance to subsequent-ly criticize the media frenzy over the incident and misrep-resentation of the facts in favor of a more favorable narrative complete with sound bites
erersquos more issues here than canrsquot be t into a space of a little more than a 500 word column Questions of Mrs Rice own case of assault where she initiated the violence by attack-ing her husband to be Why ex-actly this factoid was completely ignored rather than Ray Ricersquos response to the incident has to be the most ba ing fact of the case From a legal perspective she too should be charged with assault
But welcome to the age of digital media where the facts are all but assumed and the context doesnrsquot matter
David Wilson is a junior -nance major political science minor and the Opinion editor of the Traveler You can e-mail him at dew004uarkedu
MCT Campus
Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Managing Editor Opinion Editor
William BowdenLauren RobinsonDavid Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name student classi cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri cation Letters should be sent to traveleruarkedu
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Daniel McFarlandASG President
ldquoAssociated Student Government Fall Election Results Announcedrdquo
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I feel fairly comfortable assuming that most of my readers have at one time or another had experience with Advanced Placement classes
We all did them in high-school not only to bolster our resumeacutes but to come to college with credit and to make sure our mothers all had bumper stickers reading ldquoIrsquom proud of my AP stu-dentrdquo
According to an article recently published in the Northwest Arkansas Times public schools in the area are seeing large increases in the number of students enroll-ing in AP classes
ldquoO cials attribute the success largely to Act 2152 of 2005 which made Arkansas the only state that pays for its studentsrsquo AP tests according to the article Other factors include the addition of more pre-AP classes at the junior-high level and more training for teachersrdquo
is factoid although seemingly small gave birth to an inner monologue that led me to question the col-legiate version of AP class-esmdashthe honors college Is it worth it
More importantly do they make bumper stick-ers that read ldquoIrsquom proud of myself cause Irsquom an honors studentrdquo
According to the Hon-ors College website ldquoHon-ors students enjoy small in-depth classes priority registration special hous-ing increased interaction with faculty and enhanced opportunities for hands-on researchrdquo
at sentence makes enrolling in the honors pro-gram seem absolutely valu-able and may give an answer to the question posed ear-liermdashitrsquos probably worth it
but that doesnrsquot mean I have no qualms
Priority registration alone stands to justify enrolling in the honors program
It seems valuable at least for your time on campus But did all those AP classes in high school actually help you
Did having a more thor-ough knowledge of the Ming Dynasty than a student who took regular history have a long standing impact on your academic future
It may have and it may not
I was accepted to the UA with a good amount of cred-it which I received from AP classes
at was hugely helpful But in real life advanced credit doesnrsquot necessarily ex-ist
And a er you graduate the honors college or the regular one real life is what yoursquore going to get
But perhaps itrsquos unfair of me to judge the college based on a lack of advanced credit
It would be naiumlve indeed to assert that there is no value in being an honors stu-dent
Beyond the things listed above honors students have access to more scholarship money and study abroad op-portunities
I suppose the questions now raised would read something like this Is it fair to o er advanced opportuni-ties to advanced students Are we not all in theory ad-vanced
Are we not in a massive minority based solely on our title as ldquocollege studentsrdquo We are all advanced simply by being here
It bothers me ever so slightly that my place out-side of the honors college represents missed oppor-tunities for more in depth learning or smaller class size
It bothers me that some-one may give me less schol-arship money or that I may have less exposure to the universityrsquos top professors
ose honors should be-long to every single one of us
TJ Stallbaumer is a junior and a senoir sta writer for the Arkansas Traveler
UofA Should Strive to Provide Educational Bene ts for all Students Not Just for Honors
Private admission con-sulting has become a new trend amongst stressed out parents and students apply-ing for college across the na-tion
Data shows that getting help from these consultants does result in more accep-tances and better test score results but what about all the students that canrsquot a ord to pay for these services
Itrsquos not fair that individu-als with better nances get an upper hand when it comes to applying and getting ac-cepted into the top schools in the nation
In 2013 over 25 per-cent of all college applicants hired a ldquoprivate admissions consultantrdquo according to Ruth Starkman an academic teaching sta member at Stanford University
Many private admission consultants were once ad-missions readers at colleges which gives students an in-sight on what they are par-ticularly looking for
Most of these services base their models and pro-grams around collected data of previous clients that ap-plied and got accepted into
those institutionsOne of the most popular
services thatrsquos booming in the industry is called ink Tank Learning
It was founded by Steven Ma and over 10000 students are using it bringing in rev-enue of more than eighteen million dollars
ey say that about 85 percent of their applicants get into a top 40 college as ranked by US News and World Report
e average cost for a guaranteed admission in the ink Tank program is about forty thousand dollars
atrsquos roughly the cost of a state college undergraduate education
Sure the owners and CEOrsquos of major companies can a ord to pay this for their kids but the average middle class worker canrsquot even imag-ine doubling the cost for their childrsquos college education
A study by the Federal Re-serve released last month said that from 2010 to 2013 the wealth gap among US house-holds widened and in ation-adjusted income fell for all but the richest households
ldquoIn the more recent three-year period median income fell 17 for people without a high school diploma read the report 2 for high school
graduates and 11 for those with some collegerdquo
However there are less ex-pensive services that students can use such as one o ered by the Independent Educational Consultants Association that costs an average of 4000 dollars but even this can be pricey
To even apply to a school students pay hundreds of dollars Most schools require you to make certain scores on the ACT and SAT tests
Each one of these tests charge about y dollars each time you take them and usually students take them multiple times
Other expenses include application fees and visiting fees
Before a student even gets accepted into an institu-tion theyrsquove already spent so much money
A ording these types of private services can be very di cult for the average per-son
ese private services are critiqued by school counsel-ors and teachers because they believe that these businesses take advantage of the mis-conception that what school you go to really makes a dif-ference in your career
ldquoA good counselor helps students and families get
comfortable with the world as it is not how they wish
e world isnrsquot just iviesrdquo said CEO of IECA Mark Sklarow
ldquoCollege is a match to be made not a prize to be wonrdquo said Jim Conroy chair of post-high school counseling at New Trier Township High School
Colleges should be chosen based upon what suits you personally and what you plan to study and want
Most students strive to pick the top schools because they believe itrsquos whatrsquos going to help them in their careers but Denise Pope a senior lec-turer at Stanford disagrees
She says that research shows that in the majority of cases the undergraduate col-lege you attend doesnrsquot play a serious role in your long term careers
Private admissions con-sultants have gured out ex-actly what universities want and charge people outrageous amounts of money in order to give them the answers
is gives a major disad-vantage to all the underprivi-leged students who canrsquot af-ford it
Laura Quinonez is a sta writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler
TJ StallbaumerSenior Sta Writer
ldquoWe are changing the culture of ASG to make it more inclusive We want to make impactful
changes on campus and make intentional legis-lation that means somethingrdquo
Private Admissions Consultants Creating Unequal Playing Field for New Applicants
David WilsonOpinion Editor
Laura QuinonezSta Writer
ion Resuesults
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 6
Companion Editor Julia Trupp
Lead Designer Kristen Coppola
ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
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crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
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1 NBA scoring stat
2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 12 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
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Courtesy Photo e 2014-2015 ASG Executive Committee poses with Vice Provost Danny Pugh after their inauguration this year
Every morning Chris Downey rows the Oakland Estuary with the East Bay Rowing Club before he gets ready for his commute to the University of California Berkeley At his desk Downey gets an idea for a building and reaches for color coated cra sticks and he begins creating a blueprint
Once nished he leaves for home sporting sunglasses and his cane in hand Downey is blind
A er working for 20 years the architect lost his sight af-ter a successful brain tumor surgery in 2008
Downey visited the UA campus Sept 8 to talk about his life since becoming blind and the adaptations he has made to succeed in his pro-fession
He gave advice applicable to all students regardless of their ability
Approximately 19 percent of young adults with a dis-ability enroll in a four-year college or university accord-ing to the Institute of Educa-tion Sciences
Di erent organizations on and around campus mdash including the UA Center for Educational Access SOURC-ES for Community Indepen-
dent Living Services Inc and Life Styles mdash help students with disabilities nd com-munity and independence in Northwest Arkansas
At rst specialists recom-mended Downey pursue oth-er career focuses because they thought he could not design anymore However Downey had enough experience to know that wasnrsquot true
e Americans with Dis-abilities Act of 1990 was creat-ed to prohibit discrimination and ensure equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities
Before the law was passed advocates traveled to Wash-ington DC and staged a dramatic demonstration by crawling up the Capitol steps
One of the advocates was Jennifer Keelan then a sec-ond-grade girl with cerebral palsy She ditched her wheel-chair and climbed the steps using her hands and arms
ldquo ey say it was the image of me climbing those steps that was the nal decision that got the ADA passedrdquo Keelan
said in a YouTube lm clipDowney re ected on dis-
abled peoplersquos determination Once he focused on his other senses Downey began to no-tice nuances about buildings that werenrsquot as obvious be-fore such as reverberation in rooms and how intuitive the design was for blind and dis-abled people he told the UA audience
ldquo erersquos something about focusing on the other senses like smell and touch that make architecture more realrdquo Downey said ldquoIt stops being mostly visual and becomes an immersive experiencerdquo
When drawing structures Downey relied on Wikki Stix a kind of yarn coated in wax to translate his ideas to paper
ldquoI read drawings through touchrdquo Downey said ldquoI re-cover a PDF then print it so the drawing is now touch sensitiverdquo
Another tool Downey used is a computer program that emulates the sound of a person walking on a set path in relation to the structure
ldquoI can listen to the archi-tecture before itrsquos been builtrdquo Downey said
e Center for Educa-tional Access has provided services for students with disabilities for several years Services include note taking assistance golf cart transpor-tation and document conver-sions into Braille or audio-books
For disabled students whose tests require scantron sheets a CEA worker will ll in the answer dictated by the student assistant Hayden Luckenbach said
ldquoIn 2013 74 percent of the students that signed up with CEA had a nonvisible disabil-ity like attention de cit disor-der and post-traumatic stress disorderrdquo said Laura James interim director for the CEA
SOURCES is a federally funded organization and has been helping people with dis-abilities live independently in Northwest Arkansas Estab-lished in 1993 the four core ldquosourcesrdquo provided are infor-mation referrals peer sup-port programs independent and systems advocacy and independent living and em-ployment emphasis
SOURCES has helped adults as well as those as young as 14 years old Direc-tor Jim Mather said 51 per-cent of the people working on
Blind Architect Inspires UA StudentsNathan OwensStaf Writer
Associated Student Gov-ernment o cials announced the results of Senate vacancy elections Sept 12 electing 27 ASG senators and 21 represen-tatives for the Graduate Stu-dent Congress according to the ASG website
e Graduate Student Con-gress is beginning its inaugural year at the UofA e chair Alex Marino was just elected last week ASG President Dan-iel McFarland said
Elections began at 9 am Sept 9 and ended at 4 pm Sept 11 Results were posted at 10 pm Sept 11 according to the ASG website
Regular elections took place in spring 2014 ese
elections were to ll vacant seats McFarland said
Only 1997 students less than 10 percent of the total stu-dent enrollment voted during this election is number in-cludes graduate students who voted for their representatives on the Graduate Student Con-gress McFarland said
ere are a lot of returning senators this year e reten-tion rate for ASG Senate has gone up McFarland said
ldquoIrsquom ecstatic because therersquos a lot of great mindsrdquo McFar-land said ldquoItrsquos also a more di-verse Senaterdquo
Sophomore Hannah Bell said she got involved in ASG last year as a part of the Fresh HOGS program She was elected to ASG Senate during regular elections last spring
Last year ASG worked on the Work It O program for
parking tickets and Safe Ride Bell said
ASG is working to make scantrons more accessible rather than free and has made a new suggestion box available for student com-ments in the Arkansas Union Bell said
Bell said she wants ASG to work on increasing campus safety this year whether that be in the way students drive on campus or more campus lighting
ASG is also going to be nishing up several projects they started last year Bell said
ldquoWe have a great executive team and a Senate that is ready to workrdquo Bell said ldquoWe are hit-ting the ground runningrdquo
Sophomore Anna Kay Hil-burn said this is her rst year to be part of ASG She was elected
to the Senate during the recent fall vacancy elections
Hilburn also said she wants to work on campus safety by beginning a program to teach women self defense so theyrsquoll learn skills they can use even a er they leave the UA campus
ldquoI would love to hear any input on what the student body wantsrdquo Hilburn said ldquoI am ex-cited to be working with other senators who also want to make a di erencerdquo
McFarland said he is excited to work with the ASG Sen-ate this year and he has lots of plans and projects to work on throughout the year
ldquoWe are changing the cul-ture of ASG to make it more inclusiverdquo McFarland said ldquoWe want to make impactful chang-es on campus and make inten-tional legislation that means somethingrdquo
Associated Student Government Fall Election Results AnnouncedGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
ldquoI can listen to the architecture before itrsquos been builtrdquo
Chris DowneyArchitect
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Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 3
Bikes Blues amp BBQrsquos 15-year anniversary begins Wednesday and will continue to this Saturday
he annual event brings bikers from all over the coun-try with an estimated 400000 attendees last year his year marks the opening of venues new to the festival including Arvest Ballpark in Springdale and the Washington County Fairgrounds
ldquoWe have guests that come from Australia from Africa from Europerdquo said Joe Giles executive director of Bikes Blues amp BBQ
he bike rally has a vari-ety of events planned for this week on Dickson Street and other nearby locations Events include a beer garden special charity rides multiple bands and a steak cooking and eating championship
he Beer Garden on Dick-son will open at 3 pm Wednes-day with live music until 1130
pm here is no cost to attend Concerts will occur every day of the event at the Beer Garden Arvest Ballpark and the fair-grounds
he third annual car show will take place at Arvest Ball-park from 8 am and 430 pm Saturday More than 400 cars will be present to view he steak eating contest will also take place in the ballpark from 3-7 pm Saturday
Bikes Blues amp BBQ has generated $35 million for local businesses according to a study from the UA Center for Busi-ness and Economic Research Locals also cash in by subletting and renting their homes for the week of the event
In addition to bringing economic beneits to the Fay-etteville area through tourism Bikes Blue amp BBQ focuses on giving back to the community
ldquoOver the years wersquove do-nated over $600000 to local charities and wersquove generated at least half a million dollars to local charities through various efortsrdquo Giles said
Money for charity is gener-
ated from vendor fees sponsor-ships and beer and merchan-dise sales Around $114000 was donated ater the 2013 rally
ldquoBikers Against Child Abuse is big in itrdquo Kat Richard-son sophomore said ldquoI have a lot of family members in itrdquo
he rally operates as a 501(c)(3) nonproit and has donated to more than 22 local charities over the years includ-ing the Fayetteville Boys amp Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northwest Arkansas and Youth Bridge Charities focused on the Northwest Arkansas area are welcome to apply for funds each year his yearrsquos deadline is Oct 24 A nine-person board of directors decides how much charities will receive
he 15th anniversary also marks the end of Gilesacute role as executive director of the rally
umlIrsquom a little burned outrdquo Giles said umlItrsquos time for a bit of relaxation in my life Irsquom actual-ly looking forward to it Irsquoll have much more time for my banduml
Many students are antici-pating increased traic be-cause of the event but they also have expressed indifer-ence
ldquoI donrsquot like the traic but I donrsquot care about it either wayrdquo said freshman Tanner Wilson
Butch Robinson a driver for Razorback Transit also dislikes the additional traic
ldquoItrsquos a waste of spacerdquo said Robinson ldquoI donrsquot like how it afects traic because Irsquom a bus driver It puts a kink in thingsrdquo
Others see the event as a good source of economic ben-eits for Fayetteville despite traic concerns
ldquoI think itrsquos a good way for Fayetteville and charities to get moneyrdquo said freshman Kayla Mahen
Some students even plan on joining the festivities
ldquoIrsquom probably going to party on Dicksonrdquo said senior Brandon Shearin ldquoItrsquos just a cool event where people come up to have funrdquo
A full list of events can be found at httpbikesbluesand-bbqorg
Bikes Blues amp BBQ Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary in NWA
Traveler ArchiveMore than 400000 bikers cruised down Dickson Street during the Bikes Blues amp BBQ motorcycle rally last year
Lucas CoberlyStaf Writer
he UofA was ranked as the seventh fastest grow-ing public school with an increase of 53 percent from 2002 to 2012 according to he Chronicle of Higher Education
he fall enrollment for this year is 26301 with 21903 of those students en-rolled in the undergraduate program according to a UA press release
ldquoWe want to be the uni-
versity for the entire staterdquo said Suzanne McCray vice provost of enrollment and dean of admissions
The target number for the freshman class is 4500 students and this year the university met that goal McCray said
Five years ago enroll-ment for the freshman class was 2900 The freshman class reached the target goal because of an increase in recruiting an increase in faculty as well as the new attractive buildings the uni-versity has to offer McCray said
McCray said she cred-its such growth to the great programs UA officials pro-vide for students Coupled with a beautiful campus the university is appealing to new students The univer-sity has also increased and
expanded scholarship pro-grams
Enrollment numbers de-creased when the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was re-duced but they have come back up with an increase in scholarships McCray said
ldquoUniversity Relations has done a great job letting peo-ple know whatrsquos going onrdquo McCray said
The UofA has also seen an increase in its graduate program and law school which McCray said she thinks is a result of the fac-ulty The UofA hires faculty with terminal degrees the highest degree in an aca-
demic field of study McCray said
he UofA has also in-creased its inancial endow-ments he university had an increase of nearly 31 percent in donations from 2012-2013 according to he Chronicle of Higher Educa-tion As of last year the UofA received $82 million in en-dowments the largest in the state
he UofA is No 135 in the national universities sec-tion and No 69 in the top public schools category in the 2015 edition of Best Col-leges produced by US News amp World Report
he university is striv-ing to be within the top 50 schools in the nation Mc-Cray said
he UofA has a 60 percent graduation rate according to US News amp World Report
UofA Ranked 7th for Student GrowthGabby MellottStaf Writer
More students have moved out of temporary housing and have been assigned to perma-nent residences University Housing staf said
As of hursday there were ive female students living in overlow housing at Hum-phreys Hall said Florence Johnson executive director of University Housing Hous-ing oicials expect the rest of the students to be reassigned by the week of Sept 21-27 Johnson said She did not say where students moved to but said that it was ldquobased on availability of their desired re-locationrdquo
As of Tuesday all students in overlow housing at Yocum had been given permanent assignments and were in the process of moving said Sta-cia Smith a coordinator for residence education in Yo-cum Hall Some of the stu-dents moved to Gregson and Pomfret she said
Students are sent to over-low housing based on on
when they sign their con-tracts Johnson said
ldquoStudents are originally as-signed to overlow based on their contract daterdquo Johnson said ldquoOnce at capacity we have a priority order of ill-ing overlow spaces and then work the reverse for our exit strategyrdquo
What building students live in what loor they are on and where they would like to live can determine what hall they will eventually be moved to Johnson said
What students want or can aford also afects the moving process said Jefery Vinger director of Residential Fa-cilities Studentsrsquo inances can determine which hall they wind up in because of the dif-ferent rates charged for each hall Studentsrsquo scholarships can also afect the process as Housing tries to place stu-dents in the halls they want
Friendships between students can also afect the moving process Vinger said Sometimes students in over-low make friends with other residents in the building and they donrsquot want to break of friendships when itrsquos time for them to move to their new
rooms Housing then tries to accommodate both students
ldquoSo now wersquore not just looking for one bedspreadrdquo Vinger said ldquoNow wersquore look-ing for twordquo
he issue can sometimes be even more challenging when more than two students form friendships and seek to live as a group within the same building Vinger said
For students moving out Housing provides relocation services such as boxes and helpers to assist in moving belongings Vinger said he lodgings in Humphreys were renovated and they provided typical resident room furni-ture and other conveniences such as TVs couches chairs ottomans and carpet
Some students actually requested to stay in Hum-phreys Vinger said Students also elected to stay in Yocum Smith said
ldquohey were a part of the community just like anybody elserdquo she said
Housing will do every-thing possible to give students what they want Vinger said
ldquoWe will bend over back-ward to try to accommodate studentsrsquo desiresrdquo he said
Justin BarieldStaf Writer
Majority of Students Moved Out of Temporary Housing
the SOURCES board live with a disability
SOURCES is one of the pre-mier providers for people with physical disabilities Mather said
ldquohe largest issue wersquove faced has been housing in Northwest Arkansasrdquo Mather said ldquoItrsquos just hard inding apartments and housing for people in a college town Transportation has also been a problem and wersquove had employment issues for 30 yearsrdquo
Life Styles is another federal-ly funded program that provides services for people who want to live independently with disabili-ties but their services are pri-marily for people 18 and older with developmental disabilities
he main problem for peo-ple who enroll in Life Styles is maintaining meaningful em-ployment Assistant Director John Newman said
ldquoIndividuals with disabili-ties have the capabilities to
work task-oriented jobsrdquo New-man said
Life Styles has attracted people from all over Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Mis-souri
Downeyrsquos work since his vi-sual impairment specializes in keeping the blind in mind for diferent projects such as the Department of Veterans Afairs blind rehabilitation center and housing for the blind in New York City
Blind Architect Speaks to Studentscontinued from page 1
ldquoWe want to be the university for the entire staterdquo
Susanne McCrayVice Provost of Enrollment
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 4 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
h e UA online network crashed Sept 8 leaving stu-dents faculty and sta across campus without access to the Internet
h ough enrollment at the UofA has skyrocketed in re-cent years reaching 26000 for the rst time the UA core network hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 and is now dealing with a 23 percent increase in overall enrollment said Da-vid Bruce an associate chief information o cer for cam-pus networks
h is delay in technol-ogy advancement has caused problems for the university in the past and was likely a fac-tor in the network crash Sept 8 Bruce said h e network is beginning to feel the growing
pains of increased enrollmentldquoWe didnrsquot get ahead of it
wersquore behind itrdquo he said ldquoBut wersquore moving in the right direc-tionrdquo
A large campus population means the UA network handles a large amount of tra c Traf- c is the data sent and received by those on the network h e crashes last week were caused by ldquobad tra crdquo on the network Bruce said
ldquoh ere was a new vulner-ability in an internet protocol called the Network Time Pro-tocolrdquo Bruce said
Network Time Protocol or NTP is an Internet proto-col that is used to synchronize the clocks of devices such as phones computers and tablets connected to a network ac-cording to the Network Time Foundation website
ldquoA security issue with the protocol was discovered or
lsquofound in the wildrsquo meaning it was a security aw that has been there for a long time and somebody found it and wrote a program to exploit it and that generated a whole bunch of this bad Network Time Protocol tra crdquo Bruce said
h e program written to exploit NTP security is called a denial-of-service attack that generates a high volume of bad tra c on networks accord-ing to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Re-sponse Team website
ldquoh is doesnrsquot speci cally impact the wireless but the way it works is that in order for wireless to work there are no fewer than 12 systems that have to be functional behind the wirelessrdquo Bruce said
If one system is down then wireless access is lost on campush e major sources of bad tra c were identi ed and
stopped by the campus net-works Information Technology Services team Bruce said
An information technol-ogy assessment that covered the entire system on the whole campus was completed over the summer Bruce said
ldquoOne of the recommenda-tions was to view the network as a strategic resource and to engage in a more centralized model for fundingrdquo Bruce said ldquoI think the issues last week put a spotlight on it h e upper administration is beginning to take this seriously and we are going to be engaging in strate-gic planning that will discuss how we fund thingsrdquo
What the UofA has in place now did not protect campus from crashing but going for-ward the focus will be on a long-term solution that will protect the UA network Bruce said
Wireless Network Blackouts Cause Problems on Campus
the street from Harmon is scheduled to open by summer 2015 h e nine classrooms and 12 labs will attract hundreds of students and faculty
When the garage does be-gin to reach capacity o cialsrsquo primary concern will be ensur-ing that permit pass holders can park Transit will rely on entrance gate so ware to track the number of pass holders using the garage Smith said If pass holders begin to ll up available spaces the entrance gates will be programmed to refuse drivers who attempt to park and pay hourly Lot Full signs will be posted outside the garage Smith said
Hourly parking will be re-stricted ldquowhenever we feel it is necessaryrdquo Gilbride said add-ing that such an adjustment would likely take place at the beginning of a semester
Tracking cars would place greater reliance on entrance and exit gates to count parkers using Harmon Garage h ose gates use the same Internet network as the rest of the uni-versity and as a result they are also subject to crashes Smith said
Bad network tra c and a hacker-created virus shut down the UA core router Sept 8 said David Bruce associate chief information o cer for campus networks h e crash le drivers unable to use cred-it cards at Harmon exit gates and long lines stretched from the exit gates to the upper lev-els of the garage Smith said
If a similar scenario was to occur while the gates were being used to regulate which drivers were allowed into Har-mon Parking o cials might
have to deal with pass holders arriving at the garage a er it is full
h e network problem that snarled Harmon has been ad-dressed More problems how-ever could arise
ldquoYou canrsquot say wersquore not go-ing to have any more issues because we always dordquo Bruce said ldquoh ese issues we had last week arenrsquot even the worst outage wersquove ever hadrdquo
h e major network struc-ture at the UofA hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 Bruce said
ldquoI think the entire insti-tution everybody is feeling some of the growing pains from the increased enroll-mentrdquo Bruce said
He added that ultimately all UA o cials can do is work to anticipate and avoid the types of network issues that caused problems in Harmon
Parking o cials are also considering more long-term solutions to ease Harmon parking demand Gilbride said
ldquoWe have talked about expanding the garage to the south if neededrdquo he said
h is expansion could come sometime within the next ve years and because Harmon Garage cannot support extra parking levels the addition would be located at the site of several university owned houses on Harmon Avenue Gilbride said
Until then UA students and faculty may have to plan on walking farther
ldquoWe have hundreds of open spaces on campus theyrsquore just not as close to this areardquo Gil-bride said
Harmon Garage Fullcontinued from page 1
Haley PylandStaf Writer
Jarrett Hobbs Sta Photographer e sound of cooling units can be heard throughout the ITS Data Center server room located at the ADSB is room holds the majority of the universityrsquos computing hardware including the Wi wiring which goes out to wire-less routers located in buildings all around campus
Jarrett Hobbs Sta PhotographerAir Force ROTC cadet stands guard before an empty table and an eternal ame as a memorial to American ser-vice members still on foreign shores listed as missing in action or prisoners of war e POWMIA Vigil was a 24 hour dedication starting at 5 pm Sept 19 and concluding at 5 pm Sept 20
ROTC Memorial Vigil
h e Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating its ve-year anniversary by partnering with four universities across Arkansas including the Uni-versity of Arkansas to recog-nize and celebrate the students it has helped fund according to a news release from ASL
ASL is partnering with the UofA University of Central Arkansas Arkansas State Uni-versity and the University of Arkansas at Pine Blu accord-ing to the news release
ASL will honor students taking advantage of the schol-arship by recognizing one ev-
ery week at a football game h is information is expected to help to recognize the schol-arship funds and impact on students It will also encourage high school students to sign up for the scholarship since the application period will open soon said Bishop Woosley di-rector of the Arkansas lottery commission
ASL held a pre-game cele-bration on the West Lawn near Bud Walton Arena before the game against Northern Illinois Sept 20 and will hold another before the game against the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham Oct 25
ASL has had two on- eld recognition presentations for students Sept 6 and 20 h e director of the Arkansas lottery
commission special guests or students currently receiving the scholarship give the presenta-tions h ere will be ve more presentations one on Oct 18 at Little Rock and the other four on Oct 11 and 25 and Nov 15 and 22 according to the news release
ASL will honor over 150000 students that attend 47 univer-sities and colleges across Ar-kansas according to the news release
At the end of the third quar-ter of the Northern Illinois game Sept 20 ASL honored junior Nabil Tovar to celebrate the h year anniversary of the scholarship Woosley said
Since 2009 the lottery has supported about 160000 stu-dents across Arkansas with
over $450 million Woosley said
ldquoh e demand for distribut-ing the scholarship is too highrdquo Woosley said ldquoInstead of ex-cluding students from receiv-ing the scholarship we devel-oped a tier system much like other scholarship programs have done in the nationrdquo
h e tier system will reward students for working hard as well as extend the scholar-ships to reach more potential students It will give increas-ing amounts of money for each year the student stays in school h e rst year the student will receive $2000 the second year $3000 the third year $4000 and the last year the student will receive $5000 Woosley said
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Recognizes Students at Football Game CelebrationsGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
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Opinion Editor David Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 5 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Ray Ricersquos Punishment Doesnrsquot Fit the Crime
Enough time has passed Tempers over the incident have simmered slightly and now logic nally has an opportunity to make a guest appearance in the Ray Rice case that was re-leased in a shocking video just a few weeks ago
Prior to the videorsquos release NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received little resis-tance to the the Baltimore Ra-vens running backrsquos mere two-game suspension but when the tape eventually surfaced Rice was handed an inde nite league wide ban
National news commenta-tors launched on a month long tirade to bring up the issue of domestic violence and bash the league at every opportunity for its handling of crimes commit-ted by its athletes But was the truth lost somewhere in the process
Letrsquos start with the initial punishment being given to Ray Rice Many were critical of Ricersquos two-game ban not be-ing close to enough for a case of assault What many people tend to neglect is the monetary impact that those two games cost Mr Rice which most ana-lysts agree is somewhere in the range of $530000 is does not include the cost incurred by legal fees time lost due to inter-nal league punishments such as mandatory attendance to reed-ucation programs as well as the moral costs to his reputation
Also compared to how Goodell handled past incidenc-es of domestic violence Ricersquos punishment was extremely harsh In 2008 Ahmad Brooks was charged with knocking a woman unconscious and sus-pended only one game 2011 Eric Walden felony assault for
punching his own girlfriend one game 2012 Dez Bryant misdemeanor assault on his own mother no suspension To say that Rice got o scot free is both technically and scally just untrue
ere was also a strange campaign by news outlets to paint the NFL as an multi-bil-lion dollar organization built on a strong foundation of woman beating According to the statis-tics based blog Fivethirtyeight famous for predicting the 2012 election most accurately of all pundits the NFL has a much lower rate of domestic violence than the national average In fact the NFLrsquos average arrest rate is only 13 percent of the national average for all crimes To say that the league is full of rampaging thugs acting with-out legal consequence is based purely on prejudice ironically by social justice warriors look-ing to paint them in a negative light for their own agendas
en there was the state-ment released by Ricersquos then -ance and now wife which was all but entirely thrown in the garbage based on the assump-tion that she didnrsquot have the ability to analyze the situation as a victim
Ironically Janay Rice had the clairvoyance to subsequent-ly criticize the media frenzy over the incident and misrep-resentation of the facts in favor of a more favorable narrative complete with sound bites
erersquos more issues here than canrsquot be t into a space of a little more than a 500 word column Questions of Mrs Rice own case of assault where she initiated the violence by attack-ing her husband to be Why ex-actly this factoid was completely ignored rather than Ray Ricersquos response to the incident has to be the most ba ing fact of the case From a legal perspective she too should be charged with assault
But welcome to the age of digital media where the facts are all but assumed and the context doesnrsquot matter
David Wilson is a junior -nance major political science minor and the Opinion editor of the Traveler You can e-mail him at dew004uarkedu
MCT Campus
Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Managing Editor Opinion Editor
William BowdenLauren RobinsonDavid Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name student classi cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri cation Letters should be sent to traveleruarkedu
Traveler Quote of the DayTravTr
Daniel McFarlandASG President
ldquoAssociated Student Government Fall Election Results Announcedrdquo
Pg 2
I feel fairly comfortable assuming that most of my readers have at one time or another had experience with Advanced Placement classes
We all did them in high-school not only to bolster our resumeacutes but to come to college with credit and to make sure our mothers all had bumper stickers reading ldquoIrsquom proud of my AP stu-dentrdquo
According to an article recently published in the Northwest Arkansas Times public schools in the area are seeing large increases in the number of students enroll-ing in AP classes
ldquoO cials attribute the success largely to Act 2152 of 2005 which made Arkansas the only state that pays for its studentsrsquo AP tests according to the article Other factors include the addition of more pre-AP classes at the junior-high level and more training for teachersrdquo
is factoid although seemingly small gave birth to an inner monologue that led me to question the col-legiate version of AP class-esmdashthe honors college Is it worth it
More importantly do they make bumper stick-ers that read ldquoIrsquom proud of myself cause Irsquom an honors studentrdquo
According to the Hon-ors College website ldquoHon-ors students enjoy small in-depth classes priority registration special hous-ing increased interaction with faculty and enhanced opportunities for hands-on researchrdquo
at sentence makes enrolling in the honors pro-gram seem absolutely valu-able and may give an answer to the question posed ear-liermdashitrsquos probably worth it
but that doesnrsquot mean I have no qualms
Priority registration alone stands to justify enrolling in the honors program
It seems valuable at least for your time on campus But did all those AP classes in high school actually help you
Did having a more thor-ough knowledge of the Ming Dynasty than a student who took regular history have a long standing impact on your academic future
It may have and it may not
I was accepted to the UA with a good amount of cred-it which I received from AP classes
at was hugely helpful But in real life advanced credit doesnrsquot necessarily ex-ist
And a er you graduate the honors college or the regular one real life is what yoursquore going to get
But perhaps itrsquos unfair of me to judge the college based on a lack of advanced credit
It would be naiumlve indeed to assert that there is no value in being an honors stu-dent
Beyond the things listed above honors students have access to more scholarship money and study abroad op-portunities
I suppose the questions now raised would read something like this Is it fair to o er advanced opportuni-ties to advanced students Are we not all in theory ad-vanced
Are we not in a massive minority based solely on our title as ldquocollege studentsrdquo We are all advanced simply by being here
It bothers me ever so slightly that my place out-side of the honors college represents missed oppor-tunities for more in depth learning or smaller class size
It bothers me that some-one may give me less schol-arship money or that I may have less exposure to the universityrsquos top professors
ose honors should be-long to every single one of us
TJ Stallbaumer is a junior and a senoir sta writer for the Arkansas Traveler
UofA Should Strive to Provide Educational Bene ts for all Students Not Just for Honors
Private admission con-sulting has become a new trend amongst stressed out parents and students apply-ing for college across the na-tion
Data shows that getting help from these consultants does result in more accep-tances and better test score results but what about all the students that canrsquot a ord to pay for these services
Itrsquos not fair that individu-als with better nances get an upper hand when it comes to applying and getting ac-cepted into the top schools in the nation
In 2013 over 25 per-cent of all college applicants hired a ldquoprivate admissions consultantrdquo according to Ruth Starkman an academic teaching sta member at Stanford University
Many private admission consultants were once ad-missions readers at colleges which gives students an in-sight on what they are par-ticularly looking for
Most of these services base their models and pro-grams around collected data of previous clients that ap-plied and got accepted into
those institutionsOne of the most popular
services thatrsquos booming in the industry is called ink Tank Learning
It was founded by Steven Ma and over 10000 students are using it bringing in rev-enue of more than eighteen million dollars
ey say that about 85 percent of their applicants get into a top 40 college as ranked by US News and World Report
e average cost for a guaranteed admission in the ink Tank program is about forty thousand dollars
atrsquos roughly the cost of a state college undergraduate education
Sure the owners and CEOrsquos of major companies can a ord to pay this for their kids but the average middle class worker canrsquot even imag-ine doubling the cost for their childrsquos college education
A study by the Federal Re-serve released last month said that from 2010 to 2013 the wealth gap among US house-holds widened and in ation-adjusted income fell for all but the richest households
ldquoIn the more recent three-year period median income fell 17 for people without a high school diploma read the report 2 for high school
graduates and 11 for those with some collegerdquo
However there are less ex-pensive services that students can use such as one o ered by the Independent Educational Consultants Association that costs an average of 4000 dollars but even this can be pricey
To even apply to a school students pay hundreds of dollars Most schools require you to make certain scores on the ACT and SAT tests
Each one of these tests charge about y dollars each time you take them and usually students take them multiple times
Other expenses include application fees and visiting fees
Before a student even gets accepted into an institu-tion theyrsquove already spent so much money
A ording these types of private services can be very di cult for the average per-son
ese private services are critiqued by school counsel-ors and teachers because they believe that these businesses take advantage of the mis-conception that what school you go to really makes a dif-ference in your career
ldquoA good counselor helps students and families get
comfortable with the world as it is not how they wish
e world isnrsquot just iviesrdquo said CEO of IECA Mark Sklarow
ldquoCollege is a match to be made not a prize to be wonrdquo said Jim Conroy chair of post-high school counseling at New Trier Township High School
Colleges should be chosen based upon what suits you personally and what you plan to study and want
Most students strive to pick the top schools because they believe itrsquos whatrsquos going to help them in their careers but Denise Pope a senior lec-turer at Stanford disagrees
She says that research shows that in the majority of cases the undergraduate col-lege you attend doesnrsquot play a serious role in your long term careers
Private admissions con-sultants have gured out ex-actly what universities want and charge people outrageous amounts of money in order to give them the answers
is gives a major disad-vantage to all the underprivi-leged students who canrsquot af-ford it
Laura Quinonez is a sta writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler
TJ StallbaumerSenior Sta Writer
ldquoWe are changing the culture of ASG to make it more inclusive We want to make impactful
changes on campus and make intentional legis-lation that means somethingrdquo
Private Admissions Consultants Creating Unequal Playing Field for New Applicants
David WilsonOpinion Editor
Laura QuinonezSta Writer
ion Resuesults
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 6
Companion Editor Julia Trupp
Lead Designer Kristen Coppola
ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
9 Holy Roman emperor
crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
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2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
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Bikes Blues amp BBQrsquos 15-year anniversary begins Wednesday and will continue to this Saturday
he annual event brings bikers from all over the coun-try with an estimated 400000 attendees last year his year marks the opening of venues new to the festival including Arvest Ballpark in Springdale and the Washington County Fairgrounds
ldquoWe have guests that come from Australia from Africa from Europerdquo said Joe Giles executive director of Bikes Blues amp BBQ
he bike rally has a vari-ety of events planned for this week on Dickson Street and other nearby locations Events include a beer garden special charity rides multiple bands and a steak cooking and eating championship
he Beer Garden on Dick-son will open at 3 pm Wednes-day with live music until 1130
pm here is no cost to attend Concerts will occur every day of the event at the Beer Garden Arvest Ballpark and the fair-grounds
he third annual car show will take place at Arvest Ball-park from 8 am and 430 pm Saturday More than 400 cars will be present to view he steak eating contest will also take place in the ballpark from 3-7 pm Saturday
Bikes Blues amp BBQ has generated $35 million for local businesses according to a study from the UA Center for Busi-ness and Economic Research Locals also cash in by subletting and renting their homes for the week of the event
In addition to bringing economic beneits to the Fay-etteville area through tourism Bikes Blue amp BBQ focuses on giving back to the community
ldquoOver the years wersquove do-nated over $600000 to local charities and wersquove generated at least half a million dollars to local charities through various efortsrdquo Giles said
Money for charity is gener-
ated from vendor fees sponsor-ships and beer and merchan-dise sales Around $114000 was donated ater the 2013 rally
ldquoBikers Against Child Abuse is big in itrdquo Kat Richard-son sophomore said ldquoI have a lot of family members in itrdquo
he rally operates as a 501(c)(3) nonproit and has donated to more than 22 local charities over the years includ-ing the Fayetteville Boys amp Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northwest Arkansas and Youth Bridge Charities focused on the Northwest Arkansas area are welcome to apply for funds each year his yearrsquos deadline is Oct 24 A nine-person board of directors decides how much charities will receive
he 15th anniversary also marks the end of Gilesacute role as executive director of the rally
umlIrsquom a little burned outrdquo Giles said umlItrsquos time for a bit of relaxation in my life Irsquom actual-ly looking forward to it Irsquoll have much more time for my banduml
Many students are antici-pating increased traic be-cause of the event but they also have expressed indifer-ence
ldquoI donrsquot like the traic but I donrsquot care about it either wayrdquo said freshman Tanner Wilson
Butch Robinson a driver for Razorback Transit also dislikes the additional traic
ldquoItrsquos a waste of spacerdquo said Robinson ldquoI donrsquot like how it afects traic because Irsquom a bus driver It puts a kink in thingsrdquo
Others see the event as a good source of economic ben-eits for Fayetteville despite traic concerns
ldquoI think itrsquos a good way for Fayetteville and charities to get moneyrdquo said freshman Kayla Mahen
Some students even plan on joining the festivities
ldquoIrsquom probably going to party on Dicksonrdquo said senior Brandon Shearin ldquoItrsquos just a cool event where people come up to have funrdquo
A full list of events can be found at httpbikesbluesand-bbqorg
Bikes Blues amp BBQ Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary in NWA
Traveler ArchiveMore than 400000 bikers cruised down Dickson Street during the Bikes Blues amp BBQ motorcycle rally last year
Lucas CoberlyStaf Writer
he UofA was ranked as the seventh fastest grow-ing public school with an increase of 53 percent from 2002 to 2012 according to he Chronicle of Higher Education
he fall enrollment for this year is 26301 with 21903 of those students en-rolled in the undergraduate program according to a UA press release
ldquoWe want to be the uni-
versity for the entire staterdquo said Suzanne McCray vice provost of enrollment and dean of admissions
The target number for the freshman class is 4500 students and this year the university met that goal McCray said
Five years ago enroll-ment for the freshman class was 2900 The freshman class reached the target goal because of an increase in recruiting an increase in faculty as well as the new attractive buildings the uni-versity has to offer McCray said
McCray said she cred-its such growth to the great programs UA officials pro-vide for students Coupled with a beautiful campus the university is appealing to new students The univer-sity has also increased and
expanded scholarship pro-grams
Enrollment numbers de-creased when the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was re-duced but they have come back up with an increase in scholarships McCray said
ldquoUniversity Relations has done a great job letting peo-ple know whatrsquos going onrdquo McCray said
The UofA has also seen an increase in its graduate program and law school which McCray said she thinks is a result of the fac-ulty The UofA hires faculty with terminal degrees the highest degree in an aca-
demic field of study McCray said
he UofA has also in-creased its inancial endow-ments he university had an increase of nearly 31 percent in donations from 2012-2013 according to he Chronicle of Higher Educa-tion As of last year the UofA received $82 million in en-dowments the largest in the state
he UofA is No 135 in the national universities sec-tion and No 69 in the top public schools category in the 2015 edition of Best Col-leges produced by US News amp World Report
he university is striv-ing to be within the top 50 schools in the nation Mc-Cray said
he UofA has a 60 percent graduation rate according to US News amp World Report
UofA Ranked 7th for Student GrowthGabby MellottStaf Writer
More students have moved out of temporary housing and have been assigned to perma-nent residences University Housing staf said
As of hursday there were ive female students living in overlow housing at Hum-phreys Hall said Florence Johnson executive director of University Housing Hous-ing oicials expect the rest of the students to be reassigned by the week of Sept 21-27 Johnson said She did not say where students moved to but said that it was ldquobased on availability of their desired re-locationrdquo
As of Tuesday all students in overlow housing at Yocum had been given permanent assignments and were in the process of moving said Sta-cia Smith a coordinator for residence education in Yo-cum Hall Some of the stu-dents moved to Gregson and Pomfret she said
Students are sent to over-low housing based on on
when they sign their con-tracts Johnson said
ldquoStudents are originally as-signed to overlow based on their contract daterdquo Johnson said ldquoOnce at capacity we have a priority order of ill-ing overlow spaces and then work the reverse for our exit strategyrdquo
What building students live in what loor they are on and where they would like to live can determine what hall they will eventually be moved to Johnson said
What students want or can aford also afects the moving process said Jefery Vinger director of Residential Fa-cilities Studentsrsquo inances can determine which hall they wind up in because of the dif-ferent rates charged for each hall Studentsrsquo scholarships can also afect the process as Housing tries to place stu-dents in the halls they want
Friendships between students can also afect the moving process Vinger said Sometimes students in over-low make friends with other residents in the building and they donrsquot want to break of friendships when itrsquos time for them to move to their new
rooms Housing then tries to accommodate both students
ldquoSo now wersquore not just looking for one bedspreadrdquo Vinger said ldquoNow wersquore look-ing for twordquo
he issue can sometimes be even more challenging when more than two students form friendships and seek to live as a group within the same building Vinger said
For students moving out Housing provides relocation services such as boxes and helpers to assist in moving belongings Vinger said he lodgings in Humphreys were renovated and they provided typical resident room furni-ture and other conveniences such as TVs couches chairs ottomans and carpet
Some students actually requested to stay in Hum-phreys Vinger said Students also elected to stay in Yocum Smith said
ldquohey were a part of the community just like anybody elserdquo she said
Housing will do every-thing possible to give students what they want Vinger said
ldquoWe will bend over back-ward to try to accommodate studentsrsquo desiresrdquo he said
Justin BarieldStaf Writer
Majority of Students Moved Out of Temporary Housing
the SOURCES board live with a disability
SOURCES is one of the pre-mier providers for people with physical disabilities Mather said
ldquohe largest issue wersquove faced has been housing in Northwest Arkansasrdquo Mather said ldquoItrsquos just hard inding apartments and housing for people in a college town Transportation has also been a problem and wersquove had employment issues for 30 yearsrdquo
Life Styles is another federal-ly funded program that provides services for people who want to live independently with disabili-ties but their services are pri-marily for people 18 and older with developmental disabilities
he main problem for peo-ple who enroll in Life Styles is maintaining meaningful em-ployment Assistant Director John Newman said
ldquoIndividuals with disabili-ties have the capabilities to
work task-oriented jobsrdquo New-man said
Life Styles has attracted people from all over Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Mis-souri
Downeyrsquos work since his vi-sual impairment specializes in keeping the blind in mind for diferent projects such as the Department of Veterans Afairs blind rehabilitation center and housing for the blind in New York City
Blind Architect Speaks to Studentscontinued from page 1
ldquoWe want to be the university for the entire staterdquo
Susanne McCrayVice Provost of Enrollment
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 4 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
h e UA online network crashed Sept 8 leaving stu-dents faculty and sta across campus without access to the Internet
h ough enrollment at the UofA has skyrocketed in re-cent years reaching 26000 for the rst time the UA core network hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 and is now dealing with a 23 percent increase in overall enrollment said Da-vid Bruce an associate chief information o cer for cam-pus networks
h is delay in technol-ogy advancement has caused problems for the university in the past and was likely a fac-tor in the network crash Sept 8 Bruce said h e network is beginning to feel the growing
pains of increased enrollmentldquoWe didnrsquot get ahead of it
wersquore behind itrdquo he said ldquoBut wersquore moving in the right direc-tionrdquo
A large campus population means the UA network handles a large amount of tra c Traf- c is the data sent and received by those on the network h e crashes last week were caused by ldquobad tra crdquo on the network Bruce said
ldquoh ere was a new vulner-ability in an internet protocol called the Network Time Pro-tocolrdquo Bruce said
Network Time Protocol or NTP is an Internet proto-col that is used to synchronize the clocks of devices such as phones computers and tablets connected to a network ac-cording to the Network Time Foundation website
ldquoA security issue with the protocol was discovered or
lsquofound in the wildrsquo meaning it was a security aw that has been there for a long time and somebody found it and wrote a program to exploit it and that generated a whole bunch of this bad Network Time Protocol tra crdquo Bruce said
h e program written to exploit NTP security is called a denial-of-service attack that generates a high volume of bad tra c on networks accord-ing to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Re-sponse Team website
ldquoh is doesnrsquot speci cally impact the wireless but the way it works is that in order for wireless to work there are no fewer than 12 systems that have to be functional behind the wirelessrdquo Bruce said
If one system is down then wireless access is lost on campush e major sources of bad tra c were identi ed and
stopped by the campus net-works Information Technology Services team Bruce said
An information technol-ogy assessment that covered the entire system on the whole campus was completed over the summer Bruce said
ldquoOne of the recommenda-tions was to view the network as a strategic resource and to engage in a more centralized model for fundingrdquo Bruce said ldquoI think the issues last week put a spotlight on it h e upper administration is beginning to take this seriously and we are going to be engaging in strate-gic planning that will discuss how we fund thingsrdquo
What the UofA has in place now did not protect campus from crashing but going for-ward the focus will be on a long-term solution that will protect the UA network Bruce said
Wireless Network Blackouts Cause Problems on Campus
the street from Harmon is scheduled to open by summer 2015 h e nine classrooms and 12 labs will attract hundreds of students and faculty
When the garage does be-gin to reach capacity o cialsrsquo primary concern will be ensur-ing that permit pass holders can park Transit will rely on entrance gate so ware to track the number of pass holders using the garage Smith said If pass holders begin to ll up available spaces the entrance gates will be programmed to refuse drivers who attempt to park and pay hourly Lot Full signs will be posted outside the garage Smith said
Hourly parking will be re-stricted ldquowhenever we feel it is necessaryrdquo Gilbride said add-ing that such an adjustment would likely take place at the beginning of a semester
Tracking cars would place greater reliance on entrance and exit gates to count parkers using Harmon Garage h ose gates use the same Internet network as the rest of the uni-versity and as a result they are also subject to crashes Smith said
Bad network tra c and a hacker-created virus shut down the UA core router Sept 8 said David Bruce associate chief information o cer for campus networks h e crash le drivers unable to use cred-it cards at Harmon exit gates and long lines stretched from the exit gates to the upper lev-els of the garage Smith said
If a similar scenario was to occur while the gates were being used to regulate which drivers were allowed into Har-mon Parking o cials might
have to deal with pass holders arriving at the garage a er it is full
h e network problem that snarled Harmon has been ad-dressed More problems how-ever could arise
ldquoYou canrsquot say wersquore not go-ing to have any more issues because we always dordquo Bruce said ldquoh ese issues we had last week arenrsquot even the worst outage wersquove ever hadrdquo
h e major network struc-ture at the UofA hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 Bruce said
ldquoI think the entire insti-tution everybody is feeling some of the growing pains from the increased enroll-mentrdquo Bruce said
He added that ultimately all UA o cials can do is work to anticipate and avoid the types of network issues that caused problems in Harmon
Parking o cials are also considering more long-term solutions to ease Harmon parking demand Gilbride said
ldquoWe have talked about expanding the garage to the south if neededrdquo he said
h is expansion could come sometime within the next ve years and because Harmon Garage cannot support extra parking levels the addition would be located at the site of several university owned houses on Harmon Avenue Gilbride said
Until then UA students and faculty may have to plan on walking farther
ldquoWe have hundreds of open spaces on campus theyrsquore just not as close to this areardquo Gil-bride said
Harmon Garage Fullcontinued from page 1
Haley PylandStaf Writer
Jarrett Hobbs Sta Photographer e sound of cooling units can be heard throughout the ITS Data Center server room located at the ADSB is room holds the majority of the universityrsquos computing hardware including the Wi wiring which goes out to wire-less routers located in buildings all around campus
Jarrett Hobbs Sta PhotographerAir Force ROTC cadet stands guard before an empty table and an eternal ame as a memorial to American ser-vice members still on foreign shores listed as missing in action or prisoners of war e POWMIA Vigil was a 24 hour dedication starting at 5 pm Sept 19 and concluding at 5 pm Sept 20
ROTC Memorial Vigil
h e Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating its ve-year anniversary by partnering with four universities across Arkansas including the Uni-versity of Arkansas to recog-nize and celebrate the students it has helped fund according to a news release from ASL
ASL is partnering with the UofA University of Central Arkansas Arkansas State Uni-versity and the University of Arkansas at Pine Blu accord-ing to the news release
ASL will honor students taking advantage of the schol-arship by recognizing one ev-
ery week at a football game h is information is expected to help to recognize the schol-arship funds and impact on students It will also encourage high school students to sign up for the scholarship since the application period will open soon said Bishop Woosley di-rector of the Arkansas lottery commission
ASL held a pre-game cele-bration on the West Lawn near Bud Walton Arena before the game against Northern Illinois Sept 20 and will hold another before the game against the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham Oct 25
ASL has had two on- eld recognition presentations for students Sept 6 and 20 h e director of the Arkansas lottery
commission special guests or students currently receiving the scholarship give the presenta-tions h ere will be ve more presentations one on Oct 18 at Little Rock and the other four on Oct 11 and 25 and Nov 15 and 22 according to the news release
ASL will honor over 150000 students that attend 47 univer-sities and colleges across Ar-kansas according to the news release
At the end of the third quar-ter of the Northern Illinois game Sept 20 ASL honored junior Nabil Tovar to celebrate the h year anniversary of the scholarship Woosley said
Since 2009 the lottery has supported about 160000 stu-dents across Arkansas with
over $450 million Woosley said
ldquoh e demand for distribut-ing the scholarship is too highrdquo Woosley said ldquoInstead of ex-cluding students from receiv-ing the scholarship we devel-oped a tier system much like other scholarship programs have done in the nationrdquo
h e tier system will reward students for working hard as well as extend the scholar-ships to reach more potential students It will give increas-ing amounts of money for each year the student stays in school h e rst year the student will receive $2000 the second year $3000 the third year $4000 and the last year the student will receive $5000 Woosley said
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Recognizes Students at Football Game CelebrationsGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
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Opinion Editor David Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 5 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Ray Ricersquos Punishment Doesnrsquot Fit the Crime
Enough time has passed Tempers over the incident have simmered slightly and now logic nally has an opportunity to make a guest appearance in the Ray Rice case that was re-leased in a shocking video just a few weeks ago
Prior to the videorsquos release NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received little resis-tance to the the Baltimore Ra-vens running backrsquos mere two-game suspension but when the tape eventually surfaced Rice was handed an inde nite league wide ban
National news commenta-tors launched on a month long tirade to bring up the issue of domestic violence and bash the league at every opportunity for its handling of crimes commit-ted by its athletes But was the truth lost somewhere in the process
Letrsquos start with the initial punishment being given to Ray Rice Many were critical of Ricersquos two-game ban not be-ing close to enough for a case of assault What many people tend to neglect is the monetary impact that those two games cost Mr Rice which most ana-lysts agree is somewhere in the range of $530000 is does not include the cost incurred by legal fees time lost due to inter-nal league punishments such as mandatory attendance to reed-ucation programs as well as the moral costs to his reputation
Also compared to how Goodell handled past incidenc-es of domestic violence Ricersquos punishment was extremely harsh In 2008 Ahmad Brooks was charged with knocking a woman unconscious and sus-pended only one game 2011 Eric Walden felony assault for
punching his own girlfriend one game 2012 Dez Bryant misdemeanor assault on his own mother no suspension To say that Rice got o scot free is both technically and scally just untrue
ere was also a strange campaign by news outlets to paint the NFL as an multi-bil-lion dollar organization built on a strong foundation of woman beating According to the statis-tics based blog Fivethirtyeight famous for predicting the 2012 election most accurately of all pundits the NFL has a much lower rate of domestic violence than the national average In fact the NFLrsquos average arrest rate is only 13 percent of the national average for all crimes To say that the league is full of rampaging thugs acting with-out legal consequence is based purely on prejudice ironically by social justice warriors look-ing to paint them in a negative light for their own agendas
en there was the state-ment released by Ricersquos then -ance and now wife which was all but entirely thrown in the garbage based on the assump-tion that she didnrsquot have the ability to analyze the situation as a victim
Ironically Janay Rice had the clairvoyance to subsequent-ly criticize the media frenzy over the incident and misrep-resentation of the facts in favor of a more favorable narrative complete with sound bites
erersquos more issues here than canrsquot be t into a space of a little more than a 500 word column Questions of Mrs Rice own case of assault where she initiated the violence by attack-ing her husband to be Why ex-actly this factoid was completely ignored rather than Ray Ricersquos response to the incident has to be the most ba ing fact of the case From a legal perspective she too should be charged with assault
But welcome to the age of digital media where the facts are all but assumed and the context doesnrsquot matter
David Wilson is a junior -nance major political science minor and the Opinion editor of the Traveler You can e-mail him at dew004uarkedu
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Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Managing Editor Opinion Editor
William BowdenLauren RobinsonDavid Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name student classi cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri cation Letters should be sent to traveleruarkedu
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ldquoAssociated Student Government Fall Election Results Announcedrdquo
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I feel fairly comfortable assuming that most of my readers have at one time or another had experience with Advanced Placement classes
We all did them in high-school not only to bolster our resumeacutes but to come to college with credit and to make sure our mothers all had bumper stickers reading ldquoIrsquom proud of my AP stu-dentrdquo
According to an article recently published in the Northwest Arkansas Times public schools in the area are seeing large increases in the number of students enroll-ing in AP classes
ldquoO cials attribute the success largely to Act 2152 of 2005 which made Arkansas the only state that pays for its studentsrsquo AP tests according to the article Other factors include the addition of more pre-AP classes at the junior-high level and more training for teachersrdquo
is factoid although seemingly small gave birth to an inner monologue that led me to question the col-legiate version of AP class-esmdashthe honors college Is it worth it
More importantly do they make bumper stick-ers that read ldquoIrsquom proud of myself cause Irsquom an honors studentrdquo
According to the Hon-ors College website ldquoHon-ors students enjoy small in-depth classes priority registration special hous-ing increased interaction with faculty and enhanced opportunities for hands-on researchrdquo
at sentence makes enrolling in the honors pro-gram seem absolutely valu-able and may give an answer to the question posed ear-liermdashitrsquos probably worth it
but that doesnrsquot mean I have no qualms
Priority registration alone stands to justify enrolling in the honors program
It seems valuable at least for your time on campus But did all those AP classes in high school actually help you
Did having a more thor-ough knowledge of the Ming Dynasty than a student who took regular history have a long standing impact on your academic future
It may have and it may not
I was accepted to the UA with a good amount of cred-it which I received from AP classes
at was hugely helpful But in real life advanced credit doesnrsquot necessarily ex-ist
And a er you graduate the honors college or the regular one real life is what yoursquore going to get
But perhaps itrsquos unfair of me to judge the college based on a lack of advanced credit
It would be naiumlve indeed to assert that there is no value in being an honors stu-dent
Beyond the things listed above honors students have access to more scholarship money and study abroad op-portunities
I suppose the questions now raised would read something like this Is it fair to o er advanced opportuni-ties to advanced students Are we not all in theory ad-vanced
Are we not in a massive minority based solely on our title as ldquocollege studentsrdquo We are all advanced simply by being here
It bothers me ever so slightly that my place out-side of the honors college represents missed oppor-tunities for more in depth learning or smaller class size
It bothers me that some-one may give me less schol-arship money or that I may have less exposure to the universityrsquos top professors
ose honors should be-long to every single one of us
TJ Stallbaumer is a junior and a senoir sta writer for the Arkansas Traveler
UofA Should Strive to Provide Educational Bene ts for all Students Not Just for Honors
Private admission con-sulting has become a new trend amongst stressed out parents and students apply-ing for college across the na-tion
Data shows that getting help from these consultants does result in more accep-tances and better test score results but what about all the students that canrsquot a ord to pay for these services
Itrsquos not fair that individu-als with better nances get an upper hand when it comes to applying and getting ac-cepted into the top schools in the nation
In 2013 over 25 per-cent of all college applicants hired a ldquoprivate admissions consultantrdquo according to Ruth Starkman an academic teaching sta member at Stanford University
Many private admission consultants were once ad-missions readers at colleges which gives students an in-sight on what they are par-ticularly looking for
Most of these services base their models and pro-grams around collected data of previous clients that ap-plied and got accepted into
those institutionsOne of the most popular
services thatrsquos booming in the industry is called ink Tank Learning
It was founded by Steven Ma and over 10000 students are using it bringing in rev-enue of more than eighteen million dollars
ey say that about 85 percent of their applicants get into a top 40 college as ranked by US News and World Report
e average cost for a guaranteed admission in the ink Tank program is about forty thousand dollars
atrsquos roughly the cost of a state college undergraduate education
Sure the owners and CEOrsquos of major companies can a ord to pay this for their kids but the average middle class worker canrsquot even imag-ine doubling the cost for their childrsquos college education
A study by the Federal Re-serve released last month said that from 2010 to 2013 the wealth gap among US house-holds widened and in ation-adjusted income fell for all but the richest households
ldquoIn the more recent three-year period median income fell 17 for people without a high school diploma read the report 2 for high school
graduates and 11 for those with some collegerdquo
However there are less ex-pensive services that students can use such as one o ered by the Independent Educational Consultants Association that costs an average of 4000 dollars but even this can be pricey
To even apply to a school students pay hundreds of dollars Most schools require you to make certain scores on the ACT and SAT tests
Each one of these tests charge about y dollars each time you take them and usually students take them multiple times
Other expenses include application fees and visiting fees
Before a student even gets accepted into an institu-tion theyrsquove already spent so much money
A ording these types of private services can be very di cult for the average per-son
ese private services are critiqued by school counsel-ors and teachers because they believe that these businesses take advantage of the mis-conception that what school you go to really makes a dif-ference in your career
ldquoA good counselor helps students and families get
comfortable with the world as it is not how they wish
e world isnrsquot just iviesrdquo said CEO of IECA Mark Sklarow
ldquoCollege is a match to be made not a prize to be wonrdquo said Jim Conroy chair of post-high school counseling at New Trier Township High School
Colleges should be chosen based upon what suits you personally and what you plan to study and want
Most students strive to pick the top schools because they believe itrsquos whatrsquos going to help them in their careers but Denise Pope a senior lec-turer at Stanford disagrees
She says that research shows that in the majority of cases the undergraduate col-lege you attend doesnrsquot play a serious role in your long term careers
Private admissions con-sultants have gured out ex-actly what universities want and charge people outrageous amounts of money in order to give them the answers
is gives a major disad-vantage to all the underprivi-leged students who canrsquot af-ford it
Laura Quinonez is a sta writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler
TJ StallbaumerSenior Sta Writer
ldquoWe are changing the culture of ASG to make it more inclusive We want to make impactful
changes on campus and make intentional legis-lation that means somethingrdquo
Private Admissions Consultants Creating Unequal Playing Field for New Applicants
David WilsonOpinion Editor
Laura QuinonezSta Writer
ion Resuesults
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 6
Companion Editor Julia Trupp
Lead Designer Kristen Coppola
ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
9 Holy Roman emperor
crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
DOWN
1 NBA scoring stat
2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
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h e UA online network crashed Sept 8 leaving stu-dents faculty and sta across campus without access to the Internet
h ough enrollment at the UofA has skyrocketed in re-cent years reaching 26000 for the rst time the UA core network hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 and is now dealing with a 23 percent increase in overall enrollment said Da-vid Bruce an associate chief information o cer for cam-pus networks
h is delay in technol-ogy advancement has caused problems for the university in the past and was likely a fac-tor in the network crash Sept 8 Bruce said h e network is beginning to feel the growing
pains of increased enrollmentldquoWe didnrsquot get ahead of it
wersquore behind itrdquo he said ldquoBut wersquore moving in the right direc-tionrdquo
A large campus population means the UA network handles a large amount of tra c Traf- c is the data sent and received by those on the network h e crashes last week were caused by ldquobad tra crdquo on the network Bruce said
ldquoh ere was a new vulner-ability in an internet protocol called the Network Time Pro-tocolrdquo Bruce said
Network Time Protocol or NTP is an Internet proto-col that is used to synchronize the clocks of devices such as phones computers and tablets connected to a network ac-cording to the Network Time Foundation website
ldquoA security issue with the protocol was discovered or
lsquofound in the wildrsquo meaning it was a security aw that has been there for a long time and somebody found it and wrote a program to exploit it and that generated a whole bunch of this bad Network Time Protocol tra crdquo Bruce said
h e program written to exploit NTP security is called a denial-of-service attack that generates a high volume of bad tra c on networks accord-ing to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Re-sponse Team website
ldquoh is doesnrsquot speci cally impact the wireless but the way it works is that in order for wireless to work there are no fewer than 12 systems that have to be functional behind the wirelessrdquo Bruce said
If one system is down then wireless access is lost on campush e major sources of bad tra c were identi ed and
stopped by the campus net-works Information Technology Services team Bruce said
An information technol-ogy assessment that covered the entire system on the whole campus was completed over the summer Bruce said
ldquoOne of the recommenda-tions was to view the network as a strategic resource and to engage in a more centralized model for fundingrdquo Bruce said ldquoI think the issues last week put a spotlight on it h e upper administration is beginning to take this seriously and we are going to be engaging in strate-gic planning that will discuss how we fund thingsrdquo
What the UofA has in place now did not protect campus from crashing but going for-ward the focus will be on a long-term solution that will protect the UA network Bruce said
Wireless Network Blackouts Cause Problems on Campus
the street from Harmon is scheduled to open by summer 2015 h e nine classrooms and 12 labs will attract hundreds of students and faculty
When the garage does be-gin to reach capacity o cialsrsquo primary concern will be ensur-ing that permit pass holders can park Transit will rely on entrance gate so ware to track the number of pass holders using the garage Smith said If pass holders begin to ll up available spaces the entrance gates will be programmed to refuse drivers who attempt to park and pay hourly Lot Full signs will be posted outside the garage Smith said
Hourly parking will be re-stricted ldquowhenever we feel it is necessaryrdquo Gilbride said add-ing that such an adjustment would likely take place at the beginning of a semester
Tracking cars would place greater reliance on entrance and exit gates to count parkers using Harmon Garage h ose gates use the same Internet network as the rest of the uni-versity and as a result they are also subject to crashes Smith said
Bad network tra c and a hacker-created virus shut down the UA core router Sept 8 said David Bruce associate chief information o cer for campus networks h e crash le drivers unable to use cred-it cards at Harmon exit gates and long lines stretched from the exit gates to the upper lev-els of the garage Smith said
If a similar scenario was to occur while the gates were being used to regulate which drivers were allowed into Har-mon Parking o cials might
have to deal with pass holders arriving at the garage a er it is full
h e network problem that snarled Harmon has been ad-dressed More problems how-ever could arise
ldquoYou canrsquot say wersquore not go-ing to have any more issues because we always dordquo Bruce said ldquoh ese issues we had last week arenrsquot even the worst outage wersquove ever hadrdquo
h e major network struc-ture at the UofA hasnrsquot been updated since 2008 Bruce said
ldquoI think the entire insti-tution everybody is feeling some of the growing pains from the increased enroll-mentrdquo Bruce said
He added that ultimately all UA o cials can do is work to anticipate and avoid the types of network issues that caused problems in Harmon
Parking o cials are also considering more long-term solutions to ease Harmon parking demand Gilbride said
ldquoWe have talked about expanding the garage to the south if neededrdquo he said
h is expansion could come sometime within the next ve years and because Harmon Garage cannot support extra parking levels the addition would be located at the site of several university owned houses on Harmon Avenue Gilbride said
Until then UA students and faculty may have to plan on walking farther
ldquoWe have hundreds of open spaces on campus theyrsquore just not as close to this areardquo Gil-bride said
Harmon Garage Fullcontinued from page 1
Haley PylandStaf Writer
Jarrett Hobbs Sta Photographer e sound of cooling units can be heard throughout the ITS Data Center server room located at the ADSB is room holds the majority of the universityrsquos computing hardware including the Wi wiring which goes out to wire-less routers located in buildings all around campus
Jarrett Hobbs Sta PhotographerAir Force ROTC cadet stands guard before an empty table and an eternal ame as a memorial to American ser-vice members still on foreign shores listed as missing in action or prisoners of war e POWMIA Vigil was a 24 hour dedication starting at 5 pm Sept 19 and concluding at 5 pm Sept 20
ROTC Memorial Vigil
h e Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating its ve-year anniversary by partnering with four universities across Arkansas including the Uni-versity of Arkansas to recog-nize and celebrate the students it has helped fund according to a news release from ASL
ASL is partnering with the UofA University of Central Arkansas Arkansas State Uni-versity and the University of Arkansas at Pine Blu accord-ing to the news release
ASL will honor students taking advantage of the schol-arship by recognizing one ev-
ery week at a football game h is information is expected to help to recognize the schol-arship funds and impact on students It will also encourage high school students to sign up for the scholarship since the application period will open soon said Bishop Woosley di-rector of the Arkansas lottery commission
ASL held a pre-game cele-bration on the West Lawn near Bud Walton Arena before the game against Northern Illinois Sept 20 and will hold another before the game against the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham Oct 25
ASL has had two on- eld recognition presentations for students Sept 6 and 20 h e director of the Arkansas lottery
commission special guests or students currently receiving the scholarship give the presenta-tions h ere will be ve more presentations one on Oct 18 at Little Rock and the other four on Oct 11 and 25 and Nov 15 and 22 according to the news release
ASL will honor over 150000 students that attend 47 univer-sities and colleges across Ar-kansas according to the news release
At the end of the third quar-ter of the Northern Illinois game Sept 20 ASL honored junior Nabil Tovar to celebrate the h year anniversary of the scholarship Woosley said
Since 2009 the lottery has supported about 160000 stu-dents across Arkansas with
over $450 million Woosley said
ldquoh e demand for distribut-ing the scholarship is too highrdquo Woosley said ldquoInstead of ex-cluding students from receiv-ing the scholarship we devel-oped a tier system much like other scholarship programs have done in the nationrdquo
h e tier system will reward students for working hard as well as extend the scholar-ships to reach more potential students It will give increas-ing amounts of money for each year the student stays in school h e rst year the student will receive $2000 the second year $3000 the third year $4000 and the last year the student will receive $5000 Woosley said
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Recognizes Students at Football Game CelebrationsGinny MonkSenior Staf Writer
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Opinion Editor David Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 5 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Ray Ricersquos Punishment Doesnrsquot Fit the Crime
Enough time has passed Tempers over the incident have simmered slightly and now logic nally has an opportunity to make a guest appearance in the Ray Rice case that was re-leased in a shocking video just a few weeks ago
Prior to the videorsquos release NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received little resis-tance to the the Baltimore Ra-vens running backrsquos mere two-game suspension but when the tape eventually surfaced Rice was handed an inde nite league wide ban
National news commenta-tors launched on a month long tirade to bring up the issue of domestic violence and bash the league at every opportunity for its handling of crimes commit-ted by its athletes But was the truth lost somewhere in the process
Letrsquos start with the initial punishment being given to Ray Rice Many were critical of Ricersquos two-game ban not be-ing close to enough for a case of assault What many people tend to neglect is the monetary impact that those two games cost Mr Rice which most ana-lysts agree is somewhere in the range of $530000 is does not include the cost incurred by legal fees time lost due to inter-nal league punishments such as mandatory attendance to reed-ucation programs as well as the moral costs to his reputation
Also compared to how Goodell handled past incidenc-es of domestic violence Ricersquos punishment was extremely harsh In 2008 Ahmad Brooks was charged with knocking a woman unconscious and sus-pended only one game 2011 Eric Walden felony assault for
punching his own girlfriend one game 2012 Dez Bryant misdemeanor assault on his own mother no suspension To say that Rice got o scot free is both technically and scally just untrue
ere was also a strange campaign by news outlets to paint the NFL as an multi-bil-lion dollar organization built on a strong foundation of woman beating According to the statis-tics based blog Fivethirtyeight famous for predicting the 2012 election most accurately of all pundits the NFL has a much lower rate of domestic violence than the national average In fact the NFLrsquos average arrest rate is only 13 percent of the national average for all crimes To say that the league is full of rampaging thugs acting with-out legal consequence is based purely on prejudice ironically by social justice warriors look-ing to paint them in a negative light for their own agendas
en there was the state-ment released by Ricersquos then -ance and now wife which was all but entirely thrown in the garbage based on the assump-tion that she didnrsquot have the ability to analyze the situation as a victim
Ironically Janay Rice had the clairvoyance to subsequent-ly criticize the media frenzy over the incident and misrep-resentation of the facts in favor of a more favorable narrative complete with sound bites
erersquos more issues here than canrsquot be t into a space of a little more than a 500 word column Questions of Mrs Rice own case of assault where she initiated the violence by attack-ing her husband to be Why ex-actly this factoid was completely ignored rather than Ray Ricersquos response to the incident has to be the most ba ing fact of the case From a legal perspective she too should be charged with assault
But welcome to the age of digital media where the facts are all but assumed and the context doesnrsquot matter
David Wilson is a junior -nance major political science minor and the Opinion editor of the Traveler You can e-mail him at dew004uarkedu
MCT Campus
Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Managing Editor Opinion Editor
William BowdenLauren RobinsonDavid Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name student classi cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri cation Letters should be sent to traveleruarkedu
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Daniel McFarlandASG President
ldquoAssociated Student Government Fall Election Results Announcedrdquo
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I feel fairly comfortable assuming that most of my readers have at one time or another had experience with Advanced Placement classes
We all did them in high-school not only to bolster our resumeacutes but to come to college with credit and to make sure our mothers all had bumper stickers reading ldquoIrsquom proud of my AP stu-dentrdquo
According to an article recently published in the Northwest Arkansas Times public schools in the area are seeing large increases in the number of students enroll-ing in AP classes
ldquoO cials attribute the success largely to Act 2152 of 2005 which made Arkansas the only state that pays for its studentsrsquo AP tests according to the article Other factors include the addition of more pre-AP classes at the junior-high level and more training for teachersrdquo
is factoid although seemingly small gave birth to an inner monologue that led me to question the col-legiate version of AP class-esmdashthe honors college Is it worth it
More importantly do they make bumper stick-ers that read ldquoIrsquom proud of myself cause Irsquom an honors studentrdquo
According to the Hon-ors College website ldquoHon-ors students enjoy small in-depth classes priority registration special hous-ing increased interaction with faculty and enhanced opportunities for hands-on researchrdquo
at sentence makes enrolling in the honors pro-gram seem absolutely valu-able and may give an answer to the question posed ear-liermdashitrsquos probably worth it
but that doesnrsquot mean I have no qualms
Priority registration alone stands to justify enrolling in the honors program
It seems valuable at least for your time on campus But did all those AP classes in high school actually help you
Did having a more thor-ough knowledge of the Ming Dynasty than a student who took regular history have a long standing impact on your academic future
It may have and it may not
I was accepted to the UA with a good amount of cred-it which I received from AP classes
at was hugely helpful But in real life advanced credit doesnrsquot necessarily ex-ist
And a er you graduate the honors college or the regular one real life is what yoursquore going to get
But perhaps itrsquos unfair of me to judge the college based on a lack of advanced credit
It would be naiumlve indeed to assert that there is no value in being an honors stu-dent
Beyond the things listed above honors students have access to more scholarship money and study abroad op-portunities
I suppose the questions now raised would read something like this Is it fair to o er advanced opportuni-ties to advanced students Are we not all in theory ad-vanced
Are we not in a massive minority based solely on our title as ldquocollege studentsrdquo We are all advanced simply by being here
It bothers me ever so slightly that my place out-side of the honors college represents missed oppor-tunities for more in depth learning or smaller class size
It bothers me that some-one may give me less schol-arship money or that I may have less exposure to the universityrsquos top professors
ose honors should be-long to every single one of us
TJ Stallbaumer is a junior and a senoir sta writer for the Arkansas Traveler
UofA Should Strive to Provide Educational Bene ts for all Students Not Just for Honors
Private admission con-sulting has become a new trend amongst stressed out parents and students apply-ing for college across the na-tion
Data shows that getting help from these consultants does result in more accep-tances and better test score results but what about all the students that canrsquot a ord to pay for these services
Itrsquos not fair that individu-als with better nances get an upper hand when it comes to applying and getting ac-cepted into the top schools in the nation
In 2013 over 25 per-cent of all college applicants hired a ldquoprivate admissions consultantrdquo according to Ruth Starkman an academic teaching sta member at Stanford University
Many private admission consultants were once ad-missions readers at colleges which gives students an in-sight on what they are par-ticularly looking for
Most of these services base their models and pro-grams around collected data of previous clients that ap-plied and got accepted into
those institutionsOne of the most popular
services thatrsquos booming in the industry is called ink Tank Learning
It was founded by Steven Ma and over 10000 students are using it bringing in rev-enue of more than eighteen million dollars
ey say that about 85 percent of their applicants get into a top 40 college as ranked by US News and World Report
e average cost for a guaranteed admission in the ink Tank program is about forty thousand dollars
atrsquos roughly the cost of a state college undergraduate education
Sure the owners and CEOrsquos of major companies can a ord to pay this for their kids but the average middle class worker canrsquot even imag-ine doubling the cost for their childrsquos college education
A study by the Federal Re-serve released last month said that from 2010 to 2013 the wealth gap among US house-holds widened and in ation-adjusted income fell for all but the richest households
ldquoIn the more recent three-year period median income fell 17 for people without a high school diploma read the report 2 for high school
graduates and 11 for those with some collegerdquo
However there are less ex-pensive services that students can use such as one o ered by the Independent Educational Consultants Association that costs an average of 4000 dollars but even this can be pricey
To even apply to a school students pay hundreds of dollars Most schools require you to make certain scores on the ACT and SAT tests
Each one of these tests charge about y dollars each time you take them and usually students take them multiple times
Other expenses include application fees and visiting fees
Before a student even gets accepted into an institu-tion theyrsquove already spent so much money
A ording these types of private services can be very di cult for the average per-son
ese private services are critiqued by school counsel-ors and teachers because they believe that these businesses take advantage of the mis-conception that what school you go to really makes a dif-ference in your career
ldquoA good counselor helps students and families get
comfortable with the world as it is not how they wish
e world isnrsquot just iviesrdquo said CEO of IECA Mark Sklarow
ldquoCollege is a match to be made not a prize to be wonrdquo said Jim Conroy chair of post-high school counseling at New Trier Township High School
Colleges should be chosen based upon what suits you personally and what you plan to study and want
Most students strive to pick the top schools because they believe itrsquos whatrsquos going to help them in their careers but Denise Pope a senior lec-turer at Stanford disagrees
She says that research shows that in the majority of cases the undergraduate col-lege you attend doesnrsquot play a serious role in your long term careers
Private admissions con-sultants have gured out ex-actly what universities want and charge people outrageous amounts of money in order to give them the answers
is gives a major disad-vantage to all the underprivi-leged students who canrsquot af-ford it
Laura Quinonez is a sta writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler
TJ StallbaumerSenior Sta Writer
ldquoWe are changing the culture of ASG to make it more inclusive We want to make impactful
changes on campus and make intentional legis-lation that means somethingrdquo
Private Admissions Consultants Creating Unequal Playing Field for New Applicants
David WilsonOpinion Editor
Laura QuinonezSta Writer
ion Resuesults
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 6
Companion Editor Julia Trupp
Lead Designer Kristen Coppola
ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
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crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
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1 NBA scoring stat
2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 12 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
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Opinion Editor David Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 5 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Ray Ricersquos Punishment Doesnrsquot Fit the Crime
Enough time has passed Tempers over the incident have simmered slightly and now logic nally has an opportunity to make a guest appearance in the Ray Rice case that was re-leased in a shocking video just a few weeks ago
Prior to the videorsquos release NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received little resis-tance to the the Baltimore Ra-vens running backrsquos mere two-game suspension but when the tape eventually surfaced Rice was handed an inde nite league wide ban
National news commenta-tors launched on a month long tirade to bring up the issue of domestic violence and bash the league at every opportunity for its handling of crimes commit-ted by its athletes But was the truth lost somewhere in the process
Letrsquos start with the initial punishment being given to Ray Rice Many were critical of Ricersquos two-game ban not be-ing close to enough for a case of assault What many people tend to neglect is the monetary impact that those two games cost Mr Rice which most ana-lysts agree is somewhere in the range of $530000 is does not include the cost incurred by legal fees time lost due to inter-nal league punishments such as mandatory attendance to reed-ucation programs as well as the moral costs to his reputation
Also compared to how Goodell handled past incidenc-es of domestic violence Ricersquos punishment was extremely harsh In 2008 Ahmad Brooks was charged with knocking a woman unconscious and sus-pended only one game 2011 Eric Walden felony assault for
punching his own girlfriend one game 2012 Dez Bryant misdemeanor assault on his own mother no suspension To say that Rice got o scot free is both technically and scally just untrue
ere was also a strange campaign by news outlets to paint the NFL as an multi-bil-lion dollar organization built on a strong foundation of woman beating According to the statis-tics based blog Fivethirtyeight famous for predicting the 2012 election most accurately of all pundits the NFL has a much lower rate of domestic violence than the national average In fact the NFLrsquos average arrest rate is only 13 percent of the national average for all crimes To say that the league is full of rampaging thugs acting with-out legal consequence is based purely on prejudice ironically by social justice warriors look-ing to paint them in a negative light for their own agendas
en there was the state-ment released by Ricersquos then -ance and now wife which was all but entirely thrown in the garbage based on the assump-tion that she didnrsquot have the ability to analyze the situation as a victim
Ironically Janay Rice had the clairvoyance to subsequent-ly criticize the media frenzy over the incident and misrep-resentation of the facts in favor of a more favorable narrative complete with sound bites
erersquos more issues here than canrsquot be t into a space of a little more than a 500 word column Questions of Mrs Rice own case of assault where she initiated the violence by attack-ing her husband to be Why ex-actly this factoid was completely ignored rather than Ray Ricersquos response to the incident has to be the most ba ing fact of the case From a legal perspective she too should be charged with assault
But welcome to the age of digital media where the facts are all but assumed and the context doesnrsquot matter
David Wilson is a junior -nance major political science minor and the Opinion editor of the Traveler You can e-mail him at dew004uarkedu
MCT Campus
Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Managing Editor Opinion Editor
William BowdenLauren RobinsonDavid Wilson
e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name student classi cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri cation Letters should be sent to traveleruarkedu
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Daniel McFarlandASG President
ldquoAssociated Student Government Fall Election Results Announcedrdquo
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I feel fairly comfortable assuming that most of my readers have at one time or another had experience with Advanced Placement classes
We all did them in high-school not only to bolster our resumeacutes but to come to college with credit and to make sure our mothers all had bumper stickers reading ldquoIrsquom proud of my AP stu-dentrdquo
According to an article recently published in the Northwest Arkansas Times public schools in the area are seeing large increases in the number of students enroll-ing in AP classes
ldquoO cials attribute the success largely to Act 2152 of 2005 which made Arkansas the only state that pays for its studentsrsquo AP tests according to the article Other factors include the addition of more pre-AP classes at the junior-high level and more training for teachersrdquo
is factoid although seemingly small gave birth to an inner monologue that led me to question the col-legiate version of AP class-esmdashthe honors college Is it worth it
More importantly do they make bumper stick-ers that read ldquoIrsquom proud of myself cause Irsquom an honors studentrdquo
According to the Hon-ors College website ldquoHon-ors students enjoy small in-depth classes priority registration special hous-ing increased interaction with faculty and enhanced opportunities for hands-on researchrdquo
at sentence makes enrolling in the honors pro-gram seem absolutely valu-able and may give an answer to the question posed ear-liermdashitrsquos probably worth it
but that doesnrsquot mean I have no qualms
Priority registration alone stands to justify enrolling in the honors program
It seems valuable at least for your time on campus But did all those AP classes in high school actually help you
Did having a more thor-ough knowledge of the Ming Dynasty than a student who took regular history have a long standing impact on your academic future
It may have and it may not
I was accepted to the UA with a good amount of cred-it which I received from AP classes
at was hugely helpful But in real life advanced credit doesnrsquot necessarily ex-ist
And a er you graduate the honors college or the regular one real life is what yoursquore going to get
But perhaps itrsquos unfair of me to judge the college based on a lack of advanced credit
It would be naiumlve indeed to assert that there is no value in being an honors stu-dent
Beyond the things listed above honors students have access to more scholarship money and study abroad op-portunities
I suppose the questions now raised would read something like this Is it fair to o er advanced opportuni-ties to advanced students Are we not all in theory ad-vanced
Are we not in a massive minority based solely on our title as ldquocollege studentsrdquo We are all advanced simply by being here
It bothers me ever so slightly that my place out-side of the honors college represents missed oppor-tunities for more in depth learning or smaller class size
It bothers me that some-one may give me less schol-arship money or that I may have less exposure to the universityrsquos top professors
ose honors should be-long to every single one of us
TJ Stallbaumer is a junior and a senoir sta writer for the Arkansas Traveler
UofA Should Strive to Provide Educational Bene ts for all Students Not Just for Honors
Private admission con-sulting has become a new trend amongst stressed out parents and students apply-ing for college across the na-tion
Data shows that getting help from these consultants does result in more accep-tances and better test score results but what about all the students that canrsquot a ord to pay for these services
Itrsquos not fair that individu-als with better nances get an upper hand when it comes to applying and getting ac-cepted into the top schools in the nation
In 2013 over 25 per-cent of all college applicants hired a ldquoprivate admissions consultantrdquo according to Ruth Starkman an academic teaching sta member at Stanford University
Many private admission consultants were once ad-missions readers at colleges which gives students an in-sight on what they are par-ticularly looking for
Most of these services base their models and pro-grams around collected data of previous clients that ap-plied and got accepted into
those institutionsOne of the most popular
services thatrsquos booming in the industry is called ink Tank Learning
It was founded by Steven Ma and over 10000 students are using it bringing in rev-enue of more than eighteen million dollars
ey say that about 85 percent of their applicants get into a top 40 college as ranked by US News and World Report
e average cost for a guaranteed admission in the ink Tank program is about forty thousand dollars
atrsquos roughly the cost of a state college undergraduate education
Sure the owners and CEOrsquos of major companies can a ord to pay this for their kids but the average middle class worker canrsquot even imag-ine doubling the cost for their childrsquos college education
A study by the Federal Re-serve released last month said that from 2010 to 2013 the wealth gap among US house-holds widened and in ation-adjusted income fell for all but the richest households
ldquoIn the more recent three-year period median income fell 17 for people without a high school diploma read the report 2 for high school
graduates and 11 for those with some collegerdquo
However there are less ex-pensive services that students can use such as one o ered by the Independent Educational Consultants Association that costs an average of 4000 dollars but even this can be pricey
To even apply to a school students pay hundreds of dollars Most schools require you to make certain scores on the ACT and SAT tests
Each one of these tests charge about y dollars each time you take them and usually students take them multiple times
Other expenses include application fees and visiting fees
Before a student even gets accepted into an institu-tion theyrsquove already spent so much money
A ording these types of private services can be very di cult for the average per-son
ese private services are critiqued by school counsel-ors and teachers because they believe that these businesses take advantage of the mis-conception that what school you go to really makes a dif-ference in your career
ldquoA good counselor helps students and families get
comfortable with the world as it is not how they wish
e world isnrsquot just iviesrdquo said CEO of IECA Mark Sklarow
ldquoCollege is a match to be made not a prize to be wonrdquo said Jim Conroy chair of post-high school counseling at New Trier Township High School
Colleges should be chosen based upon what suits you personally and what you plan to study and want
Most students strive to pick the top schools because they believe itrsquos whatrsquos going to help them in their careers but Denise Pope a senior lec-turer at Stanford disagrees
She says that research shows that in the majority of cases the undergraduate col-lege you attend doesnrsquot play a serious role in your long term careers
Private admissions con-sultants have gured out ex-actly what universities want and charge people outrageous amounts of money in order to give them the answers
is gives a major disad-vantage to all the underprivi-leged students who canrsquot af-ford it
Laura Quinonez is a sta writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler
TJ StallbaumerSenior Sta Writer
ldquoWe are changing the culture of ASG to make it more inclusive We want to make impactful
changes on campus and make intentional legis-lation that means somethingrdquo
Private Admissions Consultants Creating Unequal Playing Field for New Applicants
David WilsonOpinion Editor
Laura QuinonezSta Writer
ion Resuesults
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 6
Companion Editor Julia Trupp
Lead Designer Kristen Coppola
ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
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6 Sitcom interrupters
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crowned in CMLXII
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19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
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31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
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warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
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neighbor
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5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
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and weapons
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a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
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shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
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59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
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ldquoMaking the Travelerrsquos Journey Worthwhilerdquo
Will Purdy Sta PhotographerUA students Alec DeHaven and Tyler Casey put in last-minute training for the upcoming climbing competition 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell At 10 am Friday team CaseyndashDeHaven will compete against 149 other two-man teams to see who can climb the greatest number of routes in 24 hours Casey and DeHavenrsquos goal is to reach 150 routes each
At least four students will compete in a rock climbing competition that has climbers from all over the country traveling to Jasper Arkansas to com-pete Sept 24-28
24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell will be at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and is more than a competi-tion ndash it includes camping food music and games Competitors must have a partner and teams have the option of choosing between participating in a 12 or 24 hour event Teams are placed into one of four categories recreational in-termediate advanced and elite Each climbing route is designated a certain number of points based on diiculty level and competitors earn points for
each route they climb he winner is who has earned the most points at the end 24 HHH strives to bring in a well-known professional climber each year Alex Honnold known for climbing large clifs with no rope to protect him if he falls will be at this yearrsquos 24 HHH competition
Senior Andrew Mayes has been rock climbing for six years his is his irst year to compete in 24 HHH
ldquoClimbing to me in general is about communityrdquo Mayes said
Mayes said rock climbing is a life-style to him and something he was inspired to do Being a professional climber is not the goal
Rock climbing by nature is a little scary and it is typical to fall he said
ldquoItrsquos inspiring to face your fears to be the best that you can berdquo he said
Seeing people have enough passion
to push their limits and work toward their goals is a way to get people to do what they love Mayes said
Something that started out as a hobby became more serious recently when Mayes took a trip to Las Vegas to climb at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area here he did tra-ditional climbing which difers from sport climbing in that climbers must place their own gear to protect against falls In sport climbing there are pro-tection and anchor points permanently installed prior to the climb
ldquoherersquos a lot more to it You almost have to take a step backrdquo Mayes said
Traditional climbing made him see the sport in a new light and traditional climbing felt more authentic and genu-ine he said
ldquoTo me it was like going deeper and deeper into a cave With every step
you take you continue to conquer that fearrdquo Mayes said
Mayesrsquo partner for the competition is junior Courtney Blake
ldquoTogether we had the desire to go out and do a bunch of diferent thingsrdquo Mayes said ldquoWe feed of each otherrdquo
Blake works in the Outdoor Con-nections Center assisting rock climbers at the HPERrsquos rock wall She has also led rock climbing trips She said that she and Mayes motivate each other
For Blake rock climbing is still all about having fun She was irst intro-duced to it her freshman year when she lived in Pomfret and her friends con-tinuously invited her to go climbing with them at the HPER
ldquohe environment is so welcoming which is why I think I kept going back freshman yearrdquo Blake said
Mayes said the competition is re-
ally about endurance and that it can be hard to distinguish diiculty levels Some routes can be harder or easier depending on the climberrsquos height or lexibility for example He and Blake are placed in the intermediate division
his is senior Tyler Caseyrsquos third year to compete in 24 HHH His part-ner for the competition is junior Alec DeHaven
ldquoOnce you get into it you donrsquot real-ly want to get outrdquo Casey said ldquoherersquos a whole culture to itrdquo
He became serious about climbing his sophomore year and said he has met some of his best college friends through going camping and climbing together Itrsquos an accepting crowd he said It began as something he wanted to push himself to be better at and evolved into what consumes most of his free time
Competitive Climbers Find Culture and Fun
Alex GoldenStaf Writer
Studying abroad is the quintessen-tial college experience that impacts students in numerous ways Coming from those who have already been involved there is no shortage of en-couragement for their peers to enjoy the opportunity as well
he possibilities seem almost endless for UA students About 800 students studied abroad last year according to Laura Smith gradu-ate assistant for programming who helped organize an honors study abroad event Tuesday Sept 16
ldquoImmersing yourself in another culture has many beneits both aca-demically and socially Being around other languages food belief systems and cultural outlooks adds fresh perspective and unique experience to any majorminorhellip Exposure to people who are diferent from you is what higher education is all aboutrdquo Smith said
Students can travel to any desti-nation as long as that city doesnrsquot have a travel warning Last year study abroad trips were made to 48 diferent countries in six diferent continents according to Chelsea Hodge assistant director of recruit-ment and speaker at the honors study abroad event Trips are avail-able for speciic majors with partner organizations and exchange pro-grams where international univer-sities swap students with the UofA
Studying abroad helps many stu-dents gain higher level credits and real-world experience in their cho-sen ield For many students seeing their chosen major in a diferent cul-ture is eye-opening
Ryan Wendt a pre-med major studied with the popular Health Teams Abroad program in Sweden to gain six credit hours in his upper level classes Seeing the health care system in Europe was important and the program allowed him to spend half his time visiting diferent hospitals and clinics overseas
For Abby Terlouw studying in Belize for three weeks provided an experience she couldnrsquot gain in the classroom Ater taking classes and learning the facts about her engineering major she inally got the chance to go out and apply her knowledge making the experience unquestioningly valuable for her career
Studying abroad does not have to be all business though Students can also study abroad to earn credits in basic core requirements as well as electives
Jill Tyler an anthropology pre-med major attended the well-estab-lished UofA Center in Rome his destination includes a UofA campus that has been ofering classes since 1989 according to the study abroad website Tyler earned her honors art history and Italian credits while in Rome and said she considers loca-tion of the studies a key piece in the study abroad puzzle
ldquoI had the rest of my college ex-perience to get grades and prepare for the MCAT I wanted summer to be for merdquo Tyler said
She advocated strongly for stu-dents to seek out a country that they can spend time exploring geograph-ically and culturally and in the meantime fall in love with During her stay Tyler traveled through nine
diferent countries in two weeks en-joying herself as well as taking care of required courses
he length of a study abroad trip can vary from two weeks to an entire summer or semester While abroad students stay in hotels dorms or in the homes of a local family in their destination country depending on the program Some of the most popular destinations for students last year were Italy England Spain and Belize
Of course funding is an im-portant consideration for study-ing abroad Knowing the price tag ahead of time allows students to ind scholarships and grants to help them along their way
ldquoStudy abroad trips can range pretty broadly in terms of price de-pending on where you go and how
long you stay Summer programs can cost around $5000 while a se-mester at Oxford could cost close to $30000rdquo Hodge said
here are numerous funding op-portunities for UA students Hodge said Federal inancial aid in the form of Pell Grants or loans are available as well as departmental scholarships Many colleges ofer speciic study abroad funding to their students such as the College of Engineering or Walton Honors students can also apply for special funding like the Sturgis Grant Help is available for students via an advi-sor an appointment with the study abroad oice or the study abroad website
While the application process might seem daunting Hodge also shared several tips She advised
looking for several funding oppor-tunities not just one
Students need to provide tran-scripts letters of recommendation and sometimes essays for certain grants or scholarships If an essay is required speciic relatable details about oneself are the most desirable and successful ingredients for suc-cess
ldquoEmployers graduate schools medical schools etc deinitely look for international experiences on stu-dentsrsquo resumes It indicates an open-ness a desire to connect with the world and with people from a difer-ent culture Itrsquos also just an incred-ible amount of fun When you study abroad you are forced out of your comfort zone and what you can ind there can change your liferdquo Hodge said
Students Explore Benets of Study Abroad ProgramsMichele DobbinsStaf Writer
Julia Trupp Features Editor
Lauren Robinson Managing Editor
Upper left irteen students studied eatre in London this summer
Upper right and bottom right Fourteen students studied international reporting in Santa Cruz Bolivia this summer
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 7 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
9 Holy Roman emperor
crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
DOWN
1 NBA scoring stat
2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
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Bikes Blues Barbecue Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville at this time of year knows that the week-end will not ofer any escape from the roar of motor-cycles the blaring of music the smell of barbecue and deinitely not the sight of leather Bikes Blues amp BBQ is one of the largest bike rallies in the country but itrsquos not all about the motorcycles here will be a car show air show BBQ contest Miss BBB contest and nearly nonstop musical performances to name a few attractions A complete list may be found at bikes-bluesandbbqorg For those looking to stay on the outskirts of the Bikes Blues amp BBQ scene Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery and the UofArsquos Fine Arts Gallery will be hosting events and graduate student original works ldquoV is for Violinrdquo and ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be performed as a part of University heatrersquos stu-dio series
MusicGeorgersquos Majestic Lounge is especially packed this
weekend It starts Wednesday with Mountain Sprout at 9 pm and Andy Frasco at 11 pm and the lineup for hursday night starts early with Gary Hutchison at 5 pm followed by Foleyrsquos Van at 7 pm Samantha Fish will be performing at 9 pm in the lounge and Andy Frasco will be performing for the second night in a row at 11 pm on the garden stage
Friday itrsquos Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Jesse Dean at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 7 pm Chubby Carrier at 9 pm Samantha Fish at 930 pm Andy Frasco at 11 pm and Mountain Sprout at 1130 pm he lineup for Saturday at Georgersquos is Gary amp John at 12 pm Foleyrsquos Van at 3 pm Nace Broth-ers at 6 pm Steve Pryor at 830 pm Chubby Car-rier at 9 pm Isayahrsquos Allstars at 11 pm in the lounge and Mountain Sprout at 11 pm on the garden stage Fayettevillersquos Basement Brew will be performing a free show at Georgersquos Sunday night
Fayetteville band Yokohama Driters will be play-ing at Smoke amp Barrel Tavern at 1030 pm Friday Bluescountry band Strange Deranger will be playing at Smoke amp Barrel at 7 pm Saturday followed by Jef Kearney
he Avett Brothers will be performing at the Ar-kansas Music Pavilion Friday night Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm Ticket prices range $32-5350
Arthe Fayetteville Underground Art Gallery on the
Downtown Square will celebrate the last Saturday of the month with its Last Saturday Fayetteville event where Northwest Arkansas performers and artists entertain with a variety show Also the audience will judge a Word War ndash a competition where competitors must entertain using their own original words Ad-mission to Last Saturday Fayetteville is free although donations or purchases are welcome
here will be an exhibition reception for ldquoStation-ary Realmsrdquo curated by Cynthia Norse hompson he artwork of Jane Callister Erin Harmon Jennifer Steinkamp and Mary Temple will be featured 5-630 pm hursday in the Fine Arts Gallery he reception is free
UA eventsStudents will freestyle in the University Programs
hrow Down hursday Rap Battle 8 pm hursday in the Verizon Ballroom in the Arkansas Union Judges will name irst second and third place winners and grant prizes
Two drama graduate studentsrsquo works will be per-formed throughout the weekend as part of University heatrersquos studio series Show times for Brittany Tay-lorrsquos ldquoV is for Violinrdquo include 730 pm Friday 2 pm Saturday and 730 pm Sunday Robert Flaherty Hartrsquos ldquoPoor Relationsrdquo will be on stage 730 pm hursday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Tickets for both shows are $5 for students $8 for faculty and staf $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and may be purchased at University heatrersquos ticket oice in the lobby of the Fine Arts building Tickets may also be reserved by calling 479-575-4752
WeekenderBikes Blues amp BBQ(And Alternatives)
Alex GoldenEntertainment Writer
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerAfter years of writing Daniel Sutherland rests his arm on top of a published copy of his book Whistler A Life for Artrsquos Sake His book was released in March and focuses on the life and work of the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler
At 12 years old on a school ield trip to the Detroit Institute of Art a boy stood mesmerized by an impressionistic paint-ing of ireworks ldquohe Falling Rocketsrdquo but it would be decades before he satis-ied his boyhood fascination and wrote a biography about the artist behind the American masterpiece James McNeill Whistler
Daniel Sutherland a distinguished professor of history at the UofA began his research on Whistler in 1999 ater a making a career of writing and teaching about the Civil War
Whistler was born in Massachusetts
in 1834 but moved to Paris early in his adult life to begin his career as an artist in Europe He produced 2700 paintings drawings etchings and lithographs
ldquoI was just looking for a new projectrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI wrote mostly about the Civil War and I was honestly tired of writing about the Civil War I always wanted to write a biography and I decid-ed to try my hand at Whistlerrdquo
he research and writing took him 14 years to complete but Sutherland said ldquoWhistler A Life for Artrsquos Sakerdquo became his favorite out of the nine he has writ-ten
ldquoIt is so diferent from what I have been doingrdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhistler is such a character He sees and thinks about the world in ways that are just new
to me At his time he was really stretch-ing the bounds of what he considered proper art and understandable art He was an impressionist before impression-ism came aboutrdquo
Critics gave Sutherlandrsquos biography high praise and many commented on how well he interwove Whistlerrsquos life and art by using letters he wrote his was the irst biography written about Whistler in 20 years and the irst to give equal atten-tion to his life events as it did to his art and technique
ldquoMost of the other biographies about Whistler were written by art histori-ans who are so focused on the art and explaining technique and things like
Childhood Dreams Fall Into Place for Distinguished History ProfessorAshton EleyStaf Writer
With all of the advances in technology and the widespread knowledge of English worldwide many English speakers oten ind it diicult knowing what beneits there are in learning a foreign language Studies suggest that within 10 years many universities will discontinue language courses due to their inefectiveness in the professional ield
Learning another language has long term beneits Students at the UofA study-ing a variety of languages have plenty to advise on this issue
Andrew Billingsley junior is studying international relations and Middle East-ern studies with a minor in Arabic
ldquohe Middle East is where the world has deemed important in the current times I got into Arabic for potential gov-ernment and military jobsrdquo Billingsley said ldquoMy hope is to obtain a government position in counter-terrorism and intel-ligence Arabic is absolutely necessary for this due to our nationrsquos interest in that re-gionrdquo
Another student senior Macyn Hunn is in the same Arabic class Intensive Ara-bic III as Billingsley
ldquoI started taking Arabic because my best friend was taking itrdquo Hunn said ldquoAf-ter a while I found that I enjoyed it It has steered the career path I am wanting to go into I might work for a company that is employed by the military or government he way I see it if you know Arabic yoursquore pretty much guaranteed a jobrdquo
Another up-and-coming language is Mandarin Taylor Weiss freshman has had previous experience from high school with Chinese and said she plans on mi-noring in it for her international business major here were many languages to choose from but she chose Chinese
ldquoI originally chose to learn Chinese because I was interested in joining the Navy However once my interest changed towards business I realized how perfect Chinese would be for thatrdquo she said ldquoA large majority of our countryrsquos trade and business is done with China making it highly strategic to become an expert in their language Not to mention that I love the culture Learning it is deinitely chal-lenging but Irsquom enjoying every minute of itrdquo
Alex Webb is a sophomore health nu-trition and hospital major with a minor
in Japanese As a kid he loved watching cartoons like ldquoDragon Ball Zrdquo in Japanese subtitles His interest for that grew into passion and he watched more and more advanced shows
ldquoLast summer I went to study abroad in Japan It was an incredible experience As for my future I am in the military so knowing Japanese will help beneit my marketability and also ofer more beneits now and for future jobsrdquo he said
Webb plans to continue to learn the Japanese language and pursue their cul-ture
he two most commonly studied and known foreign languages in the United States are Spanish and French Students oten wonder how they could beneit from knowing one of these more common lan-guages
Junior Darcie Nixon is a Spanish ma-jor She said her long-term goal in using this degree is to be able to relate better to Spanish-speakers and do mission work overseas
ldquoMy dream job is to be an interpreter for a missionrsquos base or an English teacher for a Spanish-speaking schoolrdquo she said
When asked why she chose Spanish when so many other people know it she said ldquoKnowing Spanish is a good skillset
to have As for it being too common and a waste of time I think itrsquos arrogant to think that learning a new skillset will hinder you Itrsquos better to be a master of something rather than staying stagnantrdquo
Drew Steinbeck a senior and French minor said ldquoPeople donrsquot really realize it but French is one of the biggest business languages in the world right up there with Chineserdquo
Steinbeck is majoring in apparel stud-ies and plans to live in Paris and work in the fashion industry and business He looks forward to being an expert in the French language and combining it with his dream job for apparel
In addition to these languages the uni-versity ofers courses in even more such as Italian Russian German Swahili and the classics which consists of Latin and Greek
It has never harmed anyone to be-come knowledgeable or even luent in a language Not to mention it is fun chal-lenging and always helpful and impres-sive when traveling to a country where you can speak some of the native peoplersquos tongue Its beneits for life and boosting of marketability to the professional ield are reasons enough to consider furthering an education in a foreign language
Language Skills Boost Work GoalsRebekah HarveyStaf Writer
Rebekah Harvey Sta PhotographerAlex Webb a student minoring in Japanese practices his kanji skills He acquired an interest for the language during his childhood
continued on page 8
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 8
the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
9 Holy Roman emperor
crowned in CMLXII
14 In on with ldquotordquo
15 Keg attachment
16 ldquoYeprdquo
17 Corfu or Crete
19 Hopping mad
20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
29 Dumbbell abbr
30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
60 Spiced rice dish
61 Cinque meno due
62 Preix with -dactyl
63 Keep in the
warehouse
64 IRS W-4 info
65 Saudi Arabia
neighbor
DOWN
1 NBA scoring stat
2 Like some reduced
mdse
3 Commit perjury
4 Supervises
5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
9 Seacuteance accessory
10 Good scores on par-
fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
22 Probably will ater
ldquoisrdquo
23 Persian sovereigns
24 Jabs in the ribs
26 hick-soled shoe
28 Serrated kitchen tool
31 Pension supplement
for short
32 First Bible bk
33 USN oicers
34 Keats notably
35 Change of __ trial
request
36 Early at hour
38 Game with rooms
and weapons
39 Republican region on
a political map
43 Toyota Prius eg
44 Wheel-supporting
shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
48 Homes in trees
49 Sock purchases
50 Humorous poet Nash
54 Catch sight of
57 NASA moon crat
58 ldquoWe __ the Worldrdquo
59 Maia boss
Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 12 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
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the stands will still see you Being able to show-case a talent that Irsquove worked at for 16 years is a very rewarding feelingrdquo
Ogden said she agreed that collegiate twirl-ing is all about pleasing the crowd
ldquoMy main goal is to be an entertainer on the eld I have the opportunity to do whatever I pleaserdquo she said ldquoIt is more like a freestyle compared to the competitive twirling stylerdquo
Both girls said their time performing for the UofA has been an incredible journey
ldquoe RMB is an amazing organizationrdquo Og-den said ldquoere is nothing better than spending game day with the Razorback Marching Band Performing pregame and haltime are absolute highlights of my years in college so farrdquo
Lambeth also said she enjoys the camara-derie that comes with being on a team of nine other twirlers
ldquoIrsquove met many wonderful friends and enjoy the atmosphere that all of the band members
bring to practices and game daysrdquo she said ldquohe RMB is full of members who are passion-ate and positive about what they do which is a great environment to be a part ofrdquo
Coaching is something Lambeth and Ogden both see in their futures
ldquoBaton twirling is a sport that has taught me so much about goal setting hard work determination and teamworkrdquo Lambeth said ldquohrough coaching I would be able to pass these skills down to younger twirlers and hope-fully help them receive college scholarships someday toordquo
Ogden who has been teaching since the age of 13 is currently working to achieve all her re-quirements to become a judge for the sport She said she looks to gain more students now that she is retired from competing
ldquoI hope to continue teaching until I canrsquot anymorerdquo she said ldquoI would also like to receive my judging license in the next few yearsrdquo
Adams Pryor Sta PhotographerMcKinsey Ogden practices for her game day performance as a feature twirler is is her fourth year in the band
that that they kind of skim over his life and the events in his life that really explain much of the art and the directions he tookrdquo Sutherland said
Not only did 14 years of hard work pay of in the form of a com-pleted and well-praised work of writing Sutherlandrsquos work also be-came part of a PBS documentary ldquoJames McNeill Whistler amp he Case for Beautyrdquo he documentary aired nationally Sept 12 on PBS af-iliates and is available to buy
Sutherland said he was irst ap-proached to help with the docu-mentary in 2005 He was inish-ing his research on Whistler and beginning to write while visiting Cambridge when the producer of the ilm Karen homas contacted him
ldquoSomeone had told Karen about me and that I was one of the peo-ple she needed to talk tordquo Suther-land said ldquoShe asked me if I would be one of the consultants on the script which I agreed to dordquo
Sutherland helped show hom-as around the places Whistler had lived gave hours of interview time and proofed the script for accura-cy Nine years later they arrived at the inished product
ldquohese things take timerdquo Sutherland said ldquoWhen you get down to the end it has to be so precise I remember with the last drat she said lsquoWe have to cut ive seconds Where can we cut ive secondsrsquo It was a challenge in that respectrdquo
Anyone thinking about enter-ing the ield of history must be willing to dedicate years to school Sutherland said
ldquoItrsquos tough nowadaysrdquo Suther-land said ldquoMake sure that is what you want to do that you are will-ing to devote six or seven years to graduate school It takes as much time as it does to become a medical doctor and the inancial rewards are not as great
ldquoBut I am one of those who de-cided that that really was what I
wanted to do And if luck is with you and you stick to it you can re-alize that ambitionrdquo he said
Sutherlandrsquos background in-stilled in him the ambition to pur-sue history speciically the Civil War he said
Although he grew up in Detroit and attended northern schools he said his family originally came from southern farmlands Both sets of grandparents moved in the 1920s to work in the auto shops
ldquohey were always talking about the Civil War and from a south-ern perspectiverdquo Sutherland said ldquoHearing their stories and then attending northern schools and seeing a northern perspective on the war it was always kind of fas-cinated to merdquo
Again it took Sutherland time to realize his fascination could turn into more than an interest It was not until ater his time in the Navy and when he decided to go to graduate school that he decided to pursue history he said
ldquoI always had a boyhood inter-est in historyrdquo Sutherland said ldquoI came back ater my service and there were no jobs teaching so I just decided to go to grad school It was only then really at the age of about 24 that I decided this (being a historian) looked like a possible careerrdquo
Aside from the nine books he wrote Sutherland has edited or co-edited six other books Most of them were focused on the Civil War and 19th century American society He has received more than 40 honors awards and research grants for his work
Sutherland is working on a new book this time about Whistlerrsquos mother who is the subject of one of Whistlerrsquos most famous works
ldquoI have had so much fun writing about Whistlerrdquo Sutherland said ldquoMy new project I am working on is a biography about his mother the famous portrait I am reluctant to leave that world Itrsquos so much funrdquo
Baton Twirling Not Just for Entertainmentcontinued from page 1
History Professor Finds Passioncontinued from page 7
Mary McKay Sta PhotographerScientist TV personality author and speaker Bill Nye visited the UofA Sept 19 His lecture drew approximately 7500 fans to Barnhill Arena and Nye encouraged his audience to ldquochange the worldrdquo Nye spoke of his childhood environmental issues and his recent debate with creationist Ken Hamm
On UAtravcom Bill Nye Campaigns for Science
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 9 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
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Crossword
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copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
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crowned in CMLXII
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Ziploc bag
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Forum
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Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
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Hodgson Burnett
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email address
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childhood ailment
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aptly placed part of 17-
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e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
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Sudoku
Crossword
By Adam Prince
copy 2011 he Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved
ACROSS
1 Sitcomrsquos test episode
6 Sitcom interrupters
9 Holy Roman emperor
crowned in CMLXII
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20 Close again as a
Ziploc bag
21 Volkswagen sedan
22 Scary Nile snakes
25 Salute heard at the
Forum
27 Friend of Monica and
Rachel on ldquoFriendsrdquo
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30 Selish sort
31 Snow-block home
34 Ab __ from day one
37 Classic Frances
Hodgson Burnett
childrenrsquos novel
40 CIA precursor
41 Arkin and Alda
42 Queen in France
43 End of a professorrsquos
email address
44 Makes sense
45 Once-common
childhood ailment
51 Flower stalk
52 Boca __
53 Young bird of prey
55 Primitive calculators
56 Entreacutee go-with or the
aptly placed part of 17-
25- 37- or 45-Across
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warehouse
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neighbor
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mdse
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5 Trike rider
6 On the ocean
7 __ Lama
8 Wizardrsquos incantation
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fours
11 ldquo__ a wraprdquo
12 ldquo__ sightrdquo
13 ldquoWord on the street
is rdquo
18 ldquo__ Deadrdquo Mark
Twain play
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ldquoisrdquo
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24 Jabs in the ribs
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28 Serrated kitchen tool
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for short
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request
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and weapons
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a political map
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shat
45 High rollerrsquos game
46 Nunrsquos wear
47 __-Turkish War
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Comics
Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Dilbert Scott Adams
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur Wiley Miller
e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Page 12 Wednesday Sept 24 2014
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e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperWednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 10
Sports Editor Scottie Bordelon
Sports Designer Haley Markle
COMMENTARY
h e Razorbacksrsquo quick turn-around at er their season open-ing loss to Auburn has turned heads and caught the attention
of national mediaArkansasrsquo improvement is
evident to every person who has tuned in to a game this season If those same people have tuned in to a game featur-ing another SEC West school however they would realize the quick impressive start by Ar-kansas is just par for the course in the division
h e Southeastern Confer-encersquos Western division is sim-ply the best division in all of college football Itrsquos been this way for quite some time and itrsquos not even debatable h e SEC West is practically a Power 5 conference all on its own
What also is not debatable is that the division is at an all-
time high in regards to compet-itiveness from top to bottom
Six of seven schools in the Western division are ranked in the most recent Amway Coaches Poll which was re-leased Sunday Arkansas was the odd man out h e remain-ing six schools were all ranked in the top 18
Mississippi State found its way into the top 25 at er an impressive win in Baton Rouge in front of more than 102000 screaming Cajuns h e Bull-dogs jumped 11 spots to No 16 while LSU fell 10 spots to No 18
Alabama heads the division at No 2 followed by Auburn at No 5 Texas AampM at No 7
and Ole Miss at No 11 It isnrsquot as if Arkansasrsquo performances the past few weeks are going unnoticed however h e Ra-zorbacks considered a bottom feeder in the SEC again this preseason received 17 votes in the Coaches Poll
Teams in the division can-not af ord to take a week of h ere is no overlooking teams or guaranteed wins like in the other so-called ldquotop football conferencesrdquo
h e Big Ten has Illinois Minnesota and Purdue h e Big 12 has Iowa State Kansas and dare I say Texas who is of to a tragically slow start h e Atlantic Coast Conference has Wake Forest Boston College
and Syracuse and the Pac-12 has Washington State and Col-orado to beat up on each week
h e SEC has only Vander-bilt but the Commodores gave No 15 South Carolina all they wanted and more last Satur-day It took a 21-point fourth quarter for the Gamecocks to escape Nashville alive
Kentucky also not a push-over anymore and Arkansas have been the surprises of the SEC thus far Both programs are vastly improved over the teams they i elded a season ago Opponents can no longer deem the schools guaranteed wins
With the current state of the SEC and the Western di-
vision in particular Arkansasrsquo quick start is seen by many as just what they needed to do to keep up Alabama Auburn Texas AampM and the other divi-sion opponents wait for no one Teams have to either get busy winning or be the black sheep of the division
Herersquos a i nal stat to ponder the SEC West is the only divi-sion among Power 5 confer-ences ndash Pac 12 Big 12 Big Ten ACC and SEC ndash to not have a team at or below the 500 mark this season
Arkansasrsquo start to the season is impressive considering low expectations but these days in the SEC West itrsquos just par for the course
Scottie BordelonSports Editor
Arkansasrsquo Quick Start Par for Course in Tough SEC West
h e Razorbacks head to Arlington Texas on Satur-day to take on No 6 Texas AampM in the much anticipated Southwest Classic
h is is the i rst time the game will be played in ATampT Stadium since AampM joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012
h is matchup which dates back to 1903 has a rich ri-valry h e teams stopped their annual matchup in 1991 when Arkansas joined the SEC h e series was renewed in 2009 under the name Southwest Classic and the teams now return to a neutral site ndash the
home of the Dallas Cowboysh e Razorbacks lead the
all-time series record 41-26-3 though AampM has won the last three years h e Aggies (4-0 1-0 SEC) have won all of their games by at least 24 points scoring 163 points so far this season
Some worried about what would happen to the Aggie of ense this season at er los-ing Johnny Manziel Mike Evans and Jake Matthews to the NFL but those fears were quickly put away at er sopho-more quarterback Kenny Hillrsquos record breaking season opener against South Caro-lina
Virtually unstoppable Hill not only broke Manzielrsquos single game passing record
but his 1094 passing yards in the i rst three games also beat Manzielrsquos record of 984 set in 2013 Hill has completed 97 passes for 1359 yards and 13 touchdowns with one inter-ception so far While Hill is a force in the pocket he is also competent on his feet rushing for 106 yards this season
h e Aggiesrsquo passing game is extremely dangerous large-ly in part to the depth of the receiving corps Any receiver on the roster is likely to make a catch making the Aggies in-credibly dii cult to defend
Seven Aggie receivers have more than 100 yards receiving so far this season and nine have caught touchdowns Se-nior Malcome Kennedy has been targeted most this sea-
son putting up 334 yards and a touchdown Josh Reynolds however has made it into the end zone four times and racked up 247 yards receiving
Despite averaging 405 passing yards a game this season the Aggies are 40th nationally in rushing yards averaging 207 a game
Like their receivers the Aggies give playing time to a host of running backs Six dif erent backs have more than 100 yards rushing Trey Williams Brandon Williams James White and Tra Carson see the most carries averag-ing 64 yards per carry col-lectively Carson and Wil-liams lead the team in rushing touchdowns with four each
AampMrsquos dynamic and pow-
erful of ense which was in-credibly dii cult to slow down last year with Evans and John-ny Football looks to be just as hard if not harder to stop this year
On the other side of the ball AampM has allowed only one touchdown in the last three games and is averaging
nearly four sacks a game so far this season
While the Aggies rank sec-ond in the country in points scored with an average of 55 a game Arkansas is third with an average of nearly 49 h e outcome of the game should be determined by whose de-fense can get the most stops
Kendyl DawsonStaf Writer
Know the Foe Defense Could Decide Southwest ClassicFOOTBALL
h e Arkansas club hockey team an up-and-coming and continually successful pro-gram lost one of its top play-ers but it has gained some new talent as well
h e Hogs have won the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference champi-onship four times since 2009 and have appeared at nation-als twice
h is season the team will play to defend its SECHC ti-tle But this time theyrsquoll have to do it without Martin Sund-stedt who led the team with 27 goals a season ago
h e teamrsquos inaugural sea-
Hogs Open Defense of SECHC Crown
HOCKEY
Tyler HartneyStaf Writer
continued on page 11
Quick Game FactsArkansas Razorbacks vs
Texas AampM AggiesKicko Time 230 pm
TV CBS
At er a third straight win of more than 20 points it may be hard to i nd nega-tives h ere are certainly a lot of positives to take from the third week of the season but no game has been perfect and the cup-cake schedule is over for the Hogs h ree straight games against top-15 teams are up next With the meat of the schedule looming here is a look at both the good and bad from SaturdayBuy Brandon Allen Pass-ing
All season Bret Bielema has called the passing game ldquothe best kept secret in Fay-ettevillerdquo
h is week fans got a little glimpse of what they could do It wasnrsquot spectacu-lar but it was ei cient Al-lenrsquos 68 percent completion percentage was the highest of his career when throwing 10 or more passes
His 199 passing yards
might not jump of the stats page but both touchdowns were well-thrown balls and Bielema raved about the job Allen did of going through his progression
Seven dif erent Razor-backs caught a pass and that was without Demetrius Wilson who was sidelined with an ankle injurySell Brandon Allen Diving
As much as players love to see their quarterback go all out for the team for the love of God Allen quit div-ing into the end zone
Last seasonrsquos shoulder in-jury against Southern Miss was because of diving into the end zone His shoulder is the key to Arkansas mak-ing a bowl game this season meaning those risky dives arenrsquot something he should be doing
His mobility is a tool and a weapon though He had a key scramble on a third down to keep a drive alive but if Allen is going to run he needs to learn to slide
Eric HarrisStaf Writer
FOOTBALL
Kris Johnson Photo EditorBrandon Allen drops back to pass against Northern Illinois Allen threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-14 win
Buy or Sell Allenrsquos Play Defense FG Kicking
continued on page 11
Kris Johnson Photo Editor e Razorbacks held Northern Illinois to 14 points Saturday but the defense will have its work cut out for it this weekend against Texas AampM
e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper
Wednesday Sept 24 2014 Page 11
continued from page 10
Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
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Razorback Hockey Club Looks to Continue Winning Tradition
son was in 2008 and coach Brian Gallini has headed the Ice Hogs since the 2009-2010 season Since Gallini has been
head coach Arkansasrsquo record is 138-38-2 winning at nearly 80 percent of their games
Last year the Razorback
hockey team went 31-8 in the regular season h ey con-tinued into the postseason and beat Alabama to win the SECHC championship
Much of this success can be attributed to the work eth-ic of the team Gallini said
ldquoOur winning tradition comes from a fundamental belief in the strength of our programrsquos culture ndash a culture that emphasizes the impor-tance of players placing the team before themselvesrdquo Gallini said ldquoSo long as each player buys into our culture and how we do things the scoreboard alongside our overall season record takes care of itselfrdquo
h e team made an appear-ance at nationals last season dropping their opening game
to Adrian College At er the loss Arkansas pummeled Neumann University 14-6 and thumped the University of Central Florida 6-2
h e leading scorer two of the past three seasons was Sundstedt In 2011 he led the team with 25 goals In 2012 he fell short of the teamrsquos top scorer by just three goals but accounted for 39 assists Last season he led the team with 27 goals
Ryan Machos has also been a signi cant player on the team He led the team in goals with 30 in 2012 and was just behind Sundstedt and Marcel Toure with 22 goals in 2013
h e loss of Sundstedt will leave a void in the team and someone will have to take
initiative to become the next scoring leader
ldquoMarty was a special player who contributed an extraordinary amount to the Razorback hockey programrdquo Gallini said ldquoOur team will miss his on-ice skill alongside his of -the-ice leadershiprdquo
However there are new weapons for the Hogs that will help ll his place
Gallini said he expects a lot from new recruits Landyn Howze Matt Robinson and Colin South h ese players are expected to contribute to the of ense immediately
Veterans Machos and For-est Mudgett are projected to continue their of ensive success Meanwhile Oliver Easton will remain a power-ful weapon on defense
ldquoh is yearrsquos team is excep-tionally deeprdquo Gallini said ldquoOn any given night we ex-pect dif erent players to ll the void Martyrsquos departure leavesrdquo
Arkansasrsquo hockey season began against Metro State with two games h e Hogs lost the rst game but won an overtime shootout to win the second game
Arkansas opened confer-ence play against Auburn on Sept 19 winning 29-0 Fol-lowing the loss Auburn elect-ed to forfeit the second game h e blowout score indicates the Hogs may again dominate the SECHC
Next weekend the Razor-backs will travel to Oklahoma to play the Sooners on Friday and Saturday
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and get down before contact comesBuy Big Hits on Defense
Whether itrsquos ldquoBody by Herbrdquo new defensive coor-dinator Robb Smith or just more experience on the de-fensive side of the ball this Arkansas team likes to hit and hit hard
h e ability to make big hits can change momentum and the Razorbacks have done that all season Some of the best hits of the season came from Saturdayrsquos game
All positions are tackling better cornerbacks are mak-ing open- eld tackles the de-fensive line is stu ng the run at the line of scrimmage and Martrell Spaight continues to light people up
h e big hits are even lead-ing to points Trey Flowersrsquo strip-sack led to the always fun ldquobig man touchdownrdquo
courtesy of Darius PhilonSell Field Goal Kicking
Replacing Zach Hocker was never going to be an easy task Hocker made long eld goals look ef ortless and may have spoiled Razorback fans
A missed eld goal didnrsquot hurt the Razorbacks against Northern Illinois but an Southeastern Conference game could possibly hinge on a 42-yard eld goal and John Henson needs to make them
In his career Henson is 5-for-7 kicking eld goals which is respectable but the longest of those is just 25 yards Both of his attempts from outside 30 yards were missed
College football has shown that solid eld goal kicking is a must and the Hogs need Henson to step up and knock down a big one later this sea-son
continued from page 10
Hog Defense Hits Back Special Teams an Issue
Razorback Football de-stroys Northern Illinois
h e Arkansas Razorbacks beat Northern Illinois Uni-versity 52-14 Saturday night at Donald W Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium
h e Razorbacks extend-ed their winning streak by dominating of ensively Alex Collins led the way with 15 carries for 79 yards and Jonathan Williams recorded 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown Collins leads the Southeastern Confer-ence in rushing yards with 490
Quarterback Brandon Al-len completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touch-down on a drive to close out the rst half Allenrsquos 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Cornelius capped of
the drive and was one of the many highlights of the game
Not only did Arkansas display an impressive of-fensive but the defensive stepped up as well Defen-sive end Trey Flowers re-corded nine tackles includ-ing a sack and forced fumble
Defensive tackle Dar-ius Philon got the crowd pumped up with a scoop and score at er Flowersrsquo sack and landed in the end zone for his rst career touchdown Razorback Volleyball
Arkansas recorded a four-set loss to No 24 Kan-sas in the nale of the Jay-hawk Classic on Saturday
Senior Meredith Hays led the Hogs with 13 kills and junior Monica Bollinger re-corded a game high 16 digs
Hays along with ju-nior Chanell Clark-Bibbs received spots on the all-tournament team over the weekend Bollinger was also
etched into program history at er recording her 562nd career dig
h e Razorbacks will open SEC play at 7 pm Sept 26 against Tennessee h e game can be viewed on the SEC Network Womenrsquos Soccer
h e Razorbacks defeated Kentucky on Friday night in their SEC opener h e dra-matic victory came at er two overtimes
Kentucky committed a foul 35 yards from the goal a few minutes into the second overtime Senior free kick specialist Tyler Allen deliv-ered the ball into the upper let corner of the goal to give Arkansas its rst victory in an SEC opener since 2011
Allenrsquos goal landed a spot on ESPNrsquos SportsCenter Top 10 Plays coming in at No 5 It was Allenrsquos second goal of the season and the fourth of her career
Razorback Football Special Teams
Running back Korliss Marshall returned to the eld Saturday with his eyes on the prize Marshall didnrsquot play in the Hogsrsquo matchup against Texas Tech because of an injury
h e 6-foot sophomore started the Hogs of in style as he ran the opening kick-of for a touchdown against NIU
Marshall went 97 yards untouched to give the Hogs a 7-0 lead within seconds Marshallrsquos kickof return for a score to open the game was the rst for the Razor-backs since Dennis John-sonrsquos against Missouri State in 2009
Arkansas competes against SEC rival Texas AampM at 230 pm Satur-day in Arlington Texas at ATampT Stadium h e game can be viewed on CBS
rsaquoAuburn showed they may be vulnerable to tough defenses h e Tigers scored just 20 points in a win over Kansas State on h ursday and racked up the fewest rst half rushing yards in the Gus Mal-zahn era
rsaquoMississippi State could have something to say about who wins the SEC West h e Bulldogs went to Louisiana State University and won in Death Valley arguably one of the toughest environments in college football
rsaquoArkansasrsquo rushing attack again looked dominant tally-ing 212 yards and nearly ve yards per carry h e Razor-backs defeated Northern Illi-nois 52-14 to improve to 3-1
rsaquoh e Alabama-Florida game has had national cham-pionship implications over the years In four of the last ve meetings the winner has gone on to win the national championship Alabama dominated Florida 42-21 in Tuscaloosa
rsaquoAt er Alabama quarter-back Blake Sims got of to a rough start against the Ga-tors he settled in and passed for 445 yards h e Crimson Tide racked up 645 total yards in the game the most ever given up by a Florida de-fense
rsaquoGeorgia rebounded from the South Carolina loss by trampling Troy 66-0 h e Bulldogs totaled 547 yards of of ense compared to Troyrsquos 216
rsaquoNo 18 Missouri was up-set by Indiana at home 31-
27 Indianarsquos game-winning touchdown came with only 22 seconds let on the clock
rsaquoKevin Sumlinrsquos Aggies continue to roll blowing out Southern Methodist Univer-sity 58-6 Texas AampM is of to its best start since the 2006 season h ey travel to ATampT Stadium to face Arkansas on Saturday
rsaquoLes Miles lost to Missis-sippi State for the rst time in his coaching career He was previously 9-0 against the Bulldogs LSU fell 34-29 be-hind a monster performance from Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott
rsaquoSteve Spurrier is now sec-ond all time in SEC coaching wins He passed Vince Dool-ey with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday He has to win 90 more games to tie the great Paul ldquoBearrdquo Bryant
Tye RichardsonStaf Writer
Photo Illustration Courtesy of Everyday Should Be Saturday SB NationSouth Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier passed Vince Dooley to move into sec-ond in SEC coaching wins
Southeastern Conference Football Weekend Wrap-Up
Raya ClayStaf Writer
Weekend Takeaways Razorbacks Stomp Huskies Soccer Wins SEC Opener in OT
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS
Kris Johnson Photo EditorNoseguard Taiwan Johnson rushes the quarterback in the 52-14 win over Northern Illinois Sept 20 2014Kris Johnson Photo Editor
Place kicker John Henson connects on an extra point after a touchdown against Texas Tech Sept 13 2014
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