Installation of the Einstein Bros Bagels kiosk in Bell Engi- neering has been delayed until next semester, officials said. “It’s an unfortunate delay,” said Danny Pugh, dean of Stu- dent Affairs, who originally said the kiosk would be fin- ished after spring break. The kiosk, which is slated to be built in the north lobby of Bell Engineering, encoun- tered “architectural design” problems, Pugh said. “There was debate about whether to put wheels on it or not as well.” The kiosk should have util- ities and health department approval by mid-May, said Morgan Stout, director of op- erations for Chartwells at the UA. “Due to the decreased cam- pus population of the sum- mer months, we plan to have the kiosk itself installed and opened for business in the be- ginning of the fall semester,” Stout said. Chartwells employees are working closely with Facili- ties Management officials to install the utilities required to run the kiosk, which caused the delay, Stout said. Many students said they are excited for the new kiosk. “It’s closer to the middle of campus and not secluded in the outskirts,” said engineer- ing student Brandon Pooree. “As long as it doesn’t affect [the Einstein Bros in Willard J. Walker Hall], I don’t think it would be bad,” said Derek Hamilton. “Plus, there’s not as many food options on that side of campus.” PAGE 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 Vol. 106, NO. 104 UATRAV.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL18,2012 VOL. 106, NO.104 12 PAGES WEATHER FORECAST TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 59° 57° 62° 69° 69° 66° Follow us on Twitter at @uatrav by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer Smartphones Fuel Compulsive Habits, Studies Show Studies show that many smartphone users are develop- ing compulsive habits, includ- ing repeatedly checking email, Twitter, Facebook and other applications for no reason, ac- cording to a CNN article. More than half of all U.S. cell phone users own a smart- phone, according to Nielsen. e smartphone users who participated in the sur- vey checked their phones an average of 34 times a day and the checks were usually done within 10 minutes of each other, according to the study in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. ese checks were found to be mostly out of compulsion, rather than the need to check email or other applications, according to the study. Compulsive smartphone checking can also lead to a lack of concentration, one Univer- sity of California San Francis- co study showed. e study also found that it was signicantly harder for the people in the study to focus back fully on what they were doing before they checked their phone, be it working or studying. e phenomena of texting while driving, or even walk- ing, illustrates how the com- pulsive need to check a cell phone could be dangerous. “Texting took a driver’s focus away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds— enough time...to travel the length of a football eld at 55 mph,” according to a study by CNET. A mobile device is the number one source of distrac- tion for drivers, according to a study by the American Auto Association. e habit could develop from mere procrastination or the desire to avoid interacting with people around you, the study also found. Constantly checking a smartphone can be a way to feel like you’re doing some- thing without thinking very hard, said Cliord Nass, pro- fessor of communication and Another “Undocumented: Liv- ing in the Shadows” forum, in sup- port of the DREAM Act will take place April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Center. Five undocumented students will share their experienc- es. e event is similar to previous ones, but the dierence this time is that UA ocials have invited state legislators, policy makers and the community to come out. It is all part of Chancellor David Gearhart’s latest push for passage. “We’re trying to acquaint the public with what we’re trying to do,” Gearhart said. “Trying to educate is really what we’re all about.” e DREAM Act would help undocumented students, who were brought here by their parents, nd a path to citizenship through the mili- tary or higher education. It is no secret that the UA Chan- cellor is a proponent of the concept. It is also no secret the bill has failed numerous times on both the state and national level. e DREAM Act has been pushed by mostly Democrats na- tion-wide, but in Arkansas, the Democratically controlled legisla- ture has failed to pass the bill. e stigma that the DREAM Act is a “hot potato” has hindered suc- cess, Gearhart said. “Basically, they sort of lump all this in with issues about coming across the border at night and it’s not that issue at all,” Gearhart said. “I have found that once you explain what we’re talking about to people, they will really understand.” Spreading of misinformation has posed a challenge for those who want to see passage, Gearhart said. “is is such political subject and the people on the other side can make it look like it’s a dire situ- ation,” he said, “a life or death situ- ation, that these people are taking our jobs; that these people are in- ltrating our schools. It’s possible too, frankly, to scare people to death by JACK SUNTRUP Staff Writer LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “We’re trying to acquaint the public with what we’re trying to do, said Chancellor David Geahart. “Trying to educate is really what we’re all about.” Arkansas legislators vot- ed last year to quadruple the amount of marijuana a person can have on them before receiv- ing a felony, but the UA does not deal with many arrests involving drugs, a police ocial said. In the past, a person found with one ounce or more of mar- ijuana was charged with a felo- ny. e amount was increased to four ounces before a person is charged with a felony, said Sgt. Craig Stout, spokesperson for Fayetteville Police Depart- ment. A person who has less that four ounces of marijuana can be charged with a felony if the drug is packaged in a way that looks like it is made to be sold, he said. is change occurred during the last legislative session that took place during the spring of 2011, said Lt. Gary Crain, UA police spokesperson. e most common drug found on campus is marijuana and most of the people arrested for drugs on campus are not stu- dents, Crain said. UA police ocers were not aected by this change, Crain said. “We don’t have many felony arrest anyway,” he said. In recent years, drug arrest practices of local law enforce- ment have been challenged. In 2008, the activist group Sensible Fayetteville made a res- olution that drug arrests should be a low priority for law enforce- ment, according to their Face- book. But drug arrests are not really a question of priority, Crain said. When ocers see a violation be- ing committed, they will make an arrest. Students who are arrested for drugs are taken to Washington County Jail, but they also face penalties from the university ju- dicial system, Crain said. No UAPD ocer has the specic goal of nding students with drugs. Most drug arrests by SARAH DEROUEN Staff Writer LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The establishment of Einstein Bagel’s proposed kiosk location in Bell Engineering has been postponed. A definite date on its opening has yet to be determined. Einstein Bros Bagels Kiosk Delayed Drug Legislation Lingers Dorrell Resigns Page 8 see GEARHART on page 2 In This Issue: Last Day to Pickup Kid Cudi Tickets Kid Cudi will perform i at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 29 in Barnhill Arena. Page 2 Mock Trial A mock sexual case will tak place 7 p.m. at the Lear Law Center. Page 2 Carrying On Arkansas players, coaches using practice as a release from drama sur- rounding Bobby Petrino’s ring. Page 8 The AMP Sets the Stage for a Successful Concert Series Starting April 19, another concert series from the Arkansas Music Pavilion begins in time for the warm months. Page 5 MS Walk Hopes to Raise $40,000 e fourth-annual walk aims to raise money for research and awaremess. Page 5 Trust and Integrity Goes a “Long” Way ASG President Michael Dodd dis- cusses how students are aected by the decisions made by athletic direc- tor Je Long. Page 4 News News Features Features Sports Opinion Gearhart Believes in the DREAM see LEGISLATION on page 2 by JANNEE SULLIVAN Staff Writer see SMARTPHONES on page 2
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Installation of the Einstein Bros Bagels kiosk in Bell Engi-neering has been delayed until next semester, officials said.
“It’s an unfortunate delay,” said Danny Pugh, dean of Stu-dent Affairs, who originally said the kiosk would be fin-ished after spring break.
The kiosk, which is slated
to be built in the north lobby of Bell Engineering, encoun-tered “architectural design” problems, Pugh said. “There was debate about whether to put wheels on it or not as well.”
The kiosk should have util-ities and health department approval by mid-May, said Morgan Stout, director of op-erations for Chartwells at the UA.
“Due to the decreased cam-
pus population of the sum-mer months, we plan to have the kiosk itself installed and opened for business in the be-ginning of the fall semester,” Stout said.
Chartwells employees are working closely with Facili-ties Management officials to install the utilities required to run the kiosk, which caused the delay, Stout said.
Many students said they
are excited for the new kiosk.“It’s closer to the middle of
campus and not secluded in the outskirts,” said engineer-ing student Brandon Pooree.
“As long as it doesn’t affect [the Einstein Bros in Willard J. Walker Hall], I don’t think it would be bad,” said Derek Hamilton. “Plus, there’s not as many food options on that side of campus.”
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Smartphones Fuel Compulsive Habits,
Studies ShowStudies show that many
smartphone users are develop-ing compulsive habits, includ-ing repeatedly checking email, Twitter, Facebook and other applications for no reason, ac-cording to a CNN article.
More than half of all U.S. cell phone users own a smart-phone, according to Nielsen.
!e smartphone users who participated in the sur-vey checked their phones an average of 34 times a day and the checks were usually done within 10 minutes of each other, according to the study in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.
!ese checks were found to be mostly out of compulsion, rather than the need to check email or other applications, according to the study.
Compulsive smartphone checking can also lead to a lack of concentration, one Univer-sity of California San Francis-co study showed.
!e study also found that it was signi"cantly harder for the people in the study to focus
back fully on what they were doing before they checked their phone, be it working or studying.
!e phenomena of texting while driving, or even walk-ing, illustrates how the com-pulsive need to check a cell phone could be dangerous.
“Texting took a driver’s focus away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds—enough time...to travel the length of a football "eld at 55 mph,” according to a study by CNET.
A mobile device is the number one source of distrac-tion for drivers, according to a study by the American Auto Association.
!e habit could develop from mere procrastination or the desire to avoid interacting with people around you, the study also found.
Constantly checking a smartphone can be a way to feel like you’re doing some-thing without thinking very hard, said Cli#ord Nass, pro-fessor of communication and
Another “Undocumented: Liv-ing in the Shadows” forum, in sup-port of the DREAM Act will take place April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Center. Five undocumented students will share their experienc-es.
!e event is similar to previous ones, but the di#erence this time is that UA o$cials have invited state legislators, policy makers and the community to come out.
It is all part of Chancellor David Gearhart’s latest push for passage.
“We’re trying to acquaint the public with what we’re trying to do,” Gearhart said. “Trying to educate is
really what we’re all about.”!e DREAM Act would help
undocumented students, who were brought here by their parents, "nd a path to citizenship through the mili-tary or higher education.
It is no secret that the UA Chan-cellor is a proponent of the concept. It is also no secret the bill has failed numerous times on both the state and national level.
!e DREAM Act has been pushed by mostly Democrats na-tion-wide, but in Arkansas, the Democratically controlled legisla-ture has failed to pass the bill.
!e stigma that the DREAM Act is a “hot potato” has hindered suc-cess, Gearhart said.
“Basically, they sort of lump all
this in with issues about coming across the border at night and it’s not that issue at all,” Gearhart said. “I have found that once you explain what we’re talking about to people, they will really understand.”
Spreading of misinformation has posed a challenge for those who want to see passage, Gearhart said.
“!is is such political subject and the people on the other side can make it look like it’s a dire situ-ation,” he said, “a life or death situ-ation, that these people are taking our jobs; that these people are in-"ltrating our schools. It’s possible too, frankly, to scare people to death
by JACK SUNTRUPStaff Writer
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER“We’re trying to acquaint the public with what we’re trying to do, said Chancellor David Geahart. “Trying to educate is really what we’re all about.”
Arkansas legislators vot-ed last year to quadruple the amount of marijuana a person can have on them before receiv-ing a felony, but the UA does not deal with many arrests involving drugs, a police o$cial said.
In the past, a person found with one ounce or more of mar-ijuana was charged with a felo-ny. !e amount was increased to four ounces before a person is charged with a felony, said Sgt. Craig Stout, spokesperson for Fayetteville Police Depart-ment. A person who has less that four ounces of marijuana can be charged with a felony if the drug is packaged in a way that looks like it is made to be sold, he said.
!is change occurred during the last legislative session that took place during the spring of 2011, said Lt. Gary Crain, UA police spokesperson.
!e most common drug found on campus is marijuana and most of the people arrested for drugs on campus are not stu-dents, Crain said.
UA police o$cers were not a#ected by this change, Crain said.
“We don’t have many felony arrest anyway,” he said.
In recent years, drug arrest practices of local law enforce-ment have been challenged.
In 2008, the activist group Sensible Fayetteville made a res-olution that drug arrests should be a low priority for law enforce-ment, according to their Face-book.
But drug arrests are not really a question of priority, Crain said. When o$cers see a violation be-ing committed, they will make an arrest.
Students who are arrested for drugs are taken to Washington County Jail, but they also face penalties from the university ju-dicial system, Crain said.
No UAPD o$cer has the speci"c goal of "nding students with drugs. Most drug arrests
by SARAH DEROUENStaff Writer
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe establishment of Einstein Bagel’s proposed kiosk location in Bell Engineering has been postponed. A definite date on its opening has yet to be determined.
Einstein Bros Bagels Kiosk Delayed
Drug Legislation
Lingers
Dorrell Resigns
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Last Day to Pickup Kid Cudi TicketsKid Cudi will perform i at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 29 in Barnhill Arena.
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Mock TrialA mock sexual case will tak place 7 p.m. at the Le!ar Law Center.
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Carrying OnArkansas players, coaches using practice as a release from drama sur-rounding Bobby Petrino’s "ring.
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The AMP Sets the Stage for a Successful Concert SeriesStarting April 19, another concert series from the Arkansas Music Pavilion begins in time for the warm months.
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MS Walk Hopes to Raise $40,000
#e fourth-annual walk aims to raise money for research and awaremess.
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Trust and Integrity Goes a “Long” WayASG President Michael Dodd dis-cusses how students are a#ected by the decisions made by athletic direc-tor Je# Long.
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that they’ve got to do something about this.”
Gearhart was recently drawn into the political rhetoric. In re-sponse to the news of the public forum, State Rep. Jon Hubbard, R-Jonesboro, sent an email to Gearhart blasting him for spon-soring the “illegal activity.”
Gearhart proceeded to invite Hubbard.
“I think that representative Hubbard is an outlier,” Gearhart said. “He’s sort of on the fringe. I don’t ! nd a whole lot of peo-ple that feel that way. Now, I will say this: there’s a whole lot of ig-norance out there about the law and what we’re trying to do.
“He’s certainly entitled to his opinion,” Gearhart said. “But I just basically disagree with his outlook on this particular is-sue.”
A call to Hubbard was not immediately returned.
While getting the bill through the legislature has failed, reform does not have to come from it, Gearhart said.
In 2008, Jim Purcell, the for-mer Arkansas Dept. of Higher Education Director, declared that students must present a social security number to re-ceive in-state tuition, according to USA Today. Undocumented students do not have a social se-curity number.
Gearhart contends that Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe can reverse the policy by “the stroke of the pen.” However, as Attorney General, Beebe wrote that undocumented students could not be granted in-state tuition as long as there were restrictions to out-of-state stu-dents.
In response, Gearhart sent a legal brief to the Governor two weeks ago arguing that cases since the 2005 statement allow the state to change policy.
Cases in Texas and Kansas, “have ultimately been decid-ed in favor of the states allow-ing for in-state tuition, and are now ! nal as the Supreme Court denied certiorari,” according to the brief.
Noting that the DREAM Act only o" ers ways to citizenship, not in-state tuition, Gearhart said, “We very much believe in the DREAM Act and would like to see it passed, but we go one step further than that and want to get this particular decree [by Purcell] reversed.
“We’ve given all this to the Governor and are waiting to see how he reacts to it,” he said.
Meanwhile, Gearhart’s e" ort to “educate” moves on.
Changing opinions will not be an easy task. Locally, Jon Woods, R-Springdale, co-spon-sored a bill last year banning in-state tuition unless a student was a legal resident or citizen. Woods will be a no-show on Monday.
“I don’t think I will go be-cause it’s not something I agree with,” he said.
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are made as a secondary of-fense, he said. For example, a police o# cer will stop a person for speeding and a$ er smelling drugs, arrest him or her for that o" ense.
In March, eight people were arrested for drugs on campus, Crain said. In 2010, before the amount of marijuana a person could have on them changed, 72 people were arrested for drugs on campus, according to the Clery Report.
% e resolution made by Sensible Fayetteville has not changed the way that the Fay-etteville Police Department does business, Stout said .
Fayetteville police o# cers also normally ! nd drugs during another o" ense, he said.
“In my career, I wasn’t ever gonna go look for a misde-meanor drug charge,” said Stout. “[Drugs are] very rarely the sole charge.”
Most drug arrests in Fay-etteville are for marijuana and are misdemeanor charges, Stout said.
Marijuana is easier to detect because of its smell odor. Some new prescriptions drugs are harder to detect because they do not have an odor and there is not any paraphernalia involved, he said.
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Students don’t necessarily see checking their phones as a compulsive habit, though.
“I do look at Twitter, most-ly,” said Julie Isenhower, fresh-man food sciences major. “I check my phone every couple of hours or so. I don’t think it dis-
tracts me.”One investigation by % e At-
lantic, however, found that sites like Facebook tend to make people feel lonelier and more so when they’re constantly within reach.
Compulsive smartphone checking isn’t really harmful, though it can be annoying to friends and family, according to a study in the Journal of Person-al and Ubiquitous Computing.
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! e primary goal of many students’ university experience is to earn a degree. With a degree is a lot of time spent in the classroom, but I also believe that there is a part of every college experience that provides learning experiences outside of the classroom. ! ere are all kinds of extra-curricular activities that we get involved in. And then there’s the “Je# Long Case Study.”
We were lucky enough to witness Je# ’s decision just a week ago, and I’d like to give my take on his decision, but also why his leadership will impact future decisions of other business executives around the world. Integrity goes a “Long” way, and there’s no doubting every Razorback student has taken this to heart.
Je# was faced with a monumental choice that in some ways set him up to fail. With so many complications that came alongside what many might call a “clockwork” decision to terminate Petrino, Je# had little wiggle room in the minds of many Arkansans.
Our state was loyal to Bobby Petrino, respected his track record as a winner, and believed he was the only shot at a Hog national title this year. A big question mark was raised as to how fundraising, attendance, and overall Razorback morale would be a# ected if Petrino were " red. Another huge question was what would it do to our current players, and how would the future of recruiting be a# ected? Finally, on the other end, how could he ever look Bobby in the eye and trust him again?
Trust is one of the most di$ cult things to gain, but one of the easiest to lose. From a leadership perspective, we must value the trust and con" dence that we have in those around us, and if con" dentiality or trust is broken we o% en lose respect and con" dence in that person.
What about our national reputation as a growing public University with a great academic and athletics
experience? Je# took all of these considerations to heart, and was able to make an emotional decision less than a week a% er " nding out.
My biggest takeaway was that no matter how you look at it, through watching Je# ’s press conference we will be positively in& uenced in our future work decisions. No matter what direction you go in, Je# will always be a part of your thought process if you ever run into a similar situation. And I’m proud that we can o$ cially say his decision was the right one, the true one and loyal one.
His loyalty was permanently " xed with the university’s values and vision. And in respect to the students, I’m proud to say that I was able to work with Je# and his team this year, and know for a fact that they are always looking for ways to better serve the students. I also believe that most of my friends are proud to call Je# one of the best athletic directors in the nation.
! ink about it- whether you end up at Walmart or Tyson or as a doctor or lawyer, if you’re in a position that manages a person or a group of people, or even an entire company, this situation could very well be something that faces you. And more
than likely you will have a complicated decision to make. But at the end of the day, sticking with your company’s values, with your values, and with integrity is always the correct decision.
In presenting the decision, showing “care for your people” is something Je# certainly proved was valuable. He made it known that the decision wasn’t easy in regards to his relationship with Bobby. He was emotional talking about his discussion with the football team, proving that he did not make a hasty decision without thinking about his student athletes. He even caught the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Razorback and non-Razorback fans with his emotions, and with his candor involving the situation’s complicating factors.
! at is why Je# will be featured in many “case studies” in Business Schools, curriculum around the country, and in many of the decisions UA graduates will make in the future. And that’s why I will be proud to call the Hogs each and every down next football season.
Michael Dodd is the 2011-2012 ASG president.
Trust and Integrity Goes a “Long” Way“Basically, they sort of lump all this [the DREAM Act] in with issues about coming across the border at night and it’s not that
issue at all. I have found that once you explain what we’re talking about to people, they will
really understand,”
- Chancellor Gearhart, ‘Taking a Stand: Geahart Believes in the DREAM,’ page 1
by MICHAEL DODDASG President
UA Receives $1.25 Million Gift For Leadership
Athletic director Je# Long was applauded among students and locals for his leadership last week in the termination of football head coach Bobby Petrino. In addition to the campus-wide support, Long’s character and decision-making prompted the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to donate $1.25 million to the Student-Athlete Success Center on UA campus. In addition to the $1.25 million donation, Fred W. Smith, the foundation board chair, also gave $250,000 to the program.
! e facility, which is part of the athletic department’s upcoming expansion, will be funded in part by the donation by the Reynolds Foundation.
When Long made his initial decision, many were worried that there would be a vicious recoil for students. Every day we are a# ected in some way by donations made by alumni, friends and other organizations that support campus, whether it’s scholarships and grants, the facilities we learn and work in or the people on campus who we support.
To see those donations slow or falter would have been detrimental for students, faculty and sta# on campus, so we’re glad to see that school donations have stayed strong. It is reassuring to see that the standard that we hold our students, faculty and sta# to is shared by those who support the UA.
Having these gi% s is a great opportunity for the university to expand on the already advancing campus. ! e new academic center will provide student athletes with additional facilities, and we look forward to the upcoming expansion.
Regardless of the fund that our alumni and friends give to, each donation re& ects the strong committment to students that we see every year. As we add more students every year to our Razorback Family, we hope that this pattern of leadership and rectitude displayed by Je# Long will continue.
For as long as I have been enrolled in the UA, it was pretty important to me to graduate within the four years that college is “supposed” to take. A big part of this motivation was because my scholarship, that I rely on heavily to be able to go to school here, only lasts for four years. But I would be lying if there were not super" cial reasons I wanted to graduate in exactly four years. I wanted to prove that I could, mostly.
For some reason, challenging myself to
graduate “on time” would mean that my degree was more worthwile. And now, with less than a month until graduation, I could not be more envious of my friends who have a semester (or two) le% to go before they walk across that stage.
While I am begging time to slow down, just a little bit, I can say I never took college for granted. ! ink about it: you have the oppourtunity to think like an adult, without any of the big kid stress that goes along with it. You don’t have to tell mom and dad if you want to go on a weekend road trip, but you also don’t have to worry about a mortage or paying o# student loans. While I always took the time to seize the oppourtunity of being young without great responsibility, I am " nding it quite di$ cult to let go now that my time as a college coed is ending, and the promise of student loans are beginning.
Also, don’t rush through college if you are doing something that you hate.
I have seen many people realize that they hate their course of study, but hey, it is sophomore year and if they change now they’ll have to stick around for another year at least. ! ese are the people I watched truly hate college, and many just threw in the towel and moved back home.
If the major you picked as a baby 18-year-old in high school isn’t what you are passionate about anymore, change it. Are you really in that big of a rush to grow up and enter a job market that, at best, can be described as dismal? Sure you might be a " % h-year senior, but at least you can delay the panic that many of us are feeling now. And you have an extra year to network and meet people to help you get the job (or into the graduate school) of your dreams.
Over spring break, I had the good fortune of visiting the best friend that I made during my semester in London who lives in Boston. She graduated last May and over the course of the week
she bemoaned being an adult. “I hate paying student loans,” “! e monotony of a 9-5 really gets old,” and my personal favorite: “You have no idea how lucky you are to be in college.”
Don’t get me wrong, I am more than ready to not have to worry about studying and making good grades. And I am very proud of myself for getting through two minors in addition to my major in exactly four years. What I am trying to say is just not rush yourself. Don’t beat yourself if you end up needing to withdraw from a class and retake it. Don’t stress if, big deal, you want to change your major from English to Architecture. You may have an unconventional college experience, but really, who really wants to enter the world of loan payments and big decisions. If you can get through in four years, congrats. If not, take your time.
Mattie Quinn is the 2011-2012 managing editor. She is a senior journalism major.
Don’t Rush It: The Real World is Stressful
by MATTIE QUINNManaging Editor
“Integrity” Shirts To Be Handed Out This Week
In support of athletic director Je# Long and recent decisions made on UA campus, shirts will be handed out ! ursday, April 19, from 12-1 p.m.
! e shirts, which state “Integrity goes a long way,” were created by University Relations and will be handed out by UA students Holly Hilburn and ASG President Michael Dodd ! ursday, in an e# ort to promote integrity across campus.
Students can pick up the free shirt outside the Arkansas Union.
! e shirts, which are a reminder of the standard that we hold our faculty and sta# to, were created to show student support for Long in his decision to " re head coach Bobby Petrino last week. Having a committee that provides these simple reminders is a great bene" t to being a student at the UA, and one way that we can show that we are a uni" ed student body.
Pick up a shirt this ! ursday, and remember to wear it around campus and to the Red and White football game Saturday.
EDITOR: SABA NASEEM MANAGING EDITOR: MATTIE QUINN
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OPINIONPAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
From the Managing Editor
FEATURES EDITOR: LAUREN LEATHERBY ASST. FEATURES EDITOR: KELSI FORD
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FEATURESPAGE 5 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
UA junior Jordan Carr is on a $40,000 mission.
Carr is the organizer of the annual Fayetteville Multiple Sclerosis Walk, and he is optimistic about its success. ! e purpose of the event, which will take place Saturday, April 21 at Lake Fayetteville Park, is to raise money for the National MS Society, an organiza-tion devoted to research for a cure to the progressively debilitating disease.
“I would like to see at least 300 people this year,” Carr said. “Last year we set our goal at $30,000 and reached $40,000, so I guess we’ll set our goal at $40,000 and hope to reach $50,000.”
Multiple sclerosis attacks the cen-tral nervous system, damaging nerve " bers between the brain and the spi-nal cord. ! is creates a variety of problems, including di# culty walk-ing, vision problems, muscle atrophy and even seizures.
! ere is no known cause or cure for MS.
What sets the annual MS Walk apart from other charity events is not just the good it does for people with the disease, but the personal invest-ment its organizer has in the event’s success. Carr’s mother was diagnosed with MS in 2007, inspiring his old-er brother, Wes, to organize the " rst event in 2009.
Since then, Jordan and his two brothers, one a UA graduate and both of them Air Force o# cers, have tried to learn as much as they can about the disease and educate others.
“We weren’t involved with the MS Walk before this, but once we found out that my mom got diagnosed, we " gured that it’s time to do something about that,” Carr said. “It’s time to make a di$ erence and do something to help out this organization.”
His mother, Jan, was an accom-plished triathlete prior to her diagno-sis. Carr said the speed of her physical decline was shocking.
“It’s hard to see your mom struggle up the stairs when last year she was running maybe 15 miles a day,” Carr said.
Jan had no family history with the disease, which made the diagnosis even more startling. In addition, the fact that she, a woman in great physi-cal shape, would contract MS was completely unexpected.
! e year his mom was diagnosed, Carr was a sophomore in high school, and his two older brothers were away at college. He said that their absence made the news harder to bear.
“It was di# cult because I was the only child le% at home,” Carr said. “It was scary " rst hearing of it, because I had no idea what it meant as far as se-riousness. ! e doctors had been do-ing a lot of tests on her, but my par-ents never explained why. But I guess
it was good that I was kept in the dark at that time.”
Since then, Carr has done his best to shed light on the importance of " nding a cure.
“Once you hear about one per-son with MS, it kind of branches o$ , and you hear about other people who have it,” Carr said. “You hear, ‘Oh, my friend has it, and her friend’s mom has it,’ and your circle just sort of ex-pands.”
Indeed, connections have fuelled the event’s growth since the " rst MS Walk in 2009. In 2010, 225 people at-tended the walk. Last year, a crowd of 350 walkers showed up, a 55 percent increase from the year prior.
Last year’s walk alone garnered $36,517 for the MS Society. In three years, the walk has raised more than $80,000 for research, Carr said.
He credits increased awareness on campus with the success of the event. He told a story from last year that il-lustrated the importance of becoming more visible to the public.
“We did sidewalk chalk as adver-tising last year, and I never thought it would work,” Carr said. “But one person, a transfer student, saw it and is on our committee now. She got in-volved with the walk because her mom has MS. She spread the word to her sorority sisters, and it turns out one of their moms had MS. And it went from there.”
According to Carr, that sorority is “super involved” now, and will be attending the walk. Among others, the sororities Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi have all pledged to attend this year’s MS walk.
Simply coming to the event means a great deal to people with MS, Carr said.
“For people with MS, you are part of their support team,” he said. “You show that you are trying to change their lives by showing up.”
TCBY, the frozen yogurt compa-ny, hosted a sponsor night at its Gar-land location for MS in advance of the walk on April 17. ! e company will donate a percentage of its proceeds to the MS Society from that evening.
While he is focused on the success of this year’s event, Carr has plans for the future of the walk a% er he gradu-ates next year. As an Air Force ROTC cadet at the UA’s Detachment 030, he will commission into the Air Force as a pilot candidate in 2013. He said that he hopes to start a similar walk wher-ever he ends up on active duty.
“What’s cool is that its not that hard to start something like this,” Carr said. “You just have to get your hands dirty and talk on the phone a little bit. If you really want it, you can make it happen.”
! e MS walk will begin at the Lake Fayetteville marina at 10 a.m. If you are interested in helping out with the 2013 walk, contact Jordan Carr at 918-770-6927.
As dusk settles on the sloping lawn of the Washington County Fair-grounds, another day of work for the Arkansas Music Pavilion draws to an end.
Preparations are under way to pre-pare the stage and seating for the AMP. Owner Walton Arts Center has under-gone a tumultuous year of planning in order to ensure a genuine experience for fans in 2012.
A% er failed negotiations to keep the AMP at its prior venue in the mall parking lot, the WAC found an exem-plary location for the shows. For pub-lic relations manager Beth Goodwin, the new scenery is more of a blessing than a curse.
“! e move really helped us out in the end,” Goodwin said. “! e spacious lawn, built-in parking, and greater vis-ibility are all going to create a much more memorable experience for the audience.”
With 15 to 20 shows making their way through Fayetteville starting on April 19, a venue with a unique touch was always the goal. ! e expected at-mosphere is one of exhilaration — a place where friends can mingle and notes will reach the ears of passionate concertgoers.
Music festivals like Wakarusa at-tract artists from all over the coun-try, creating hotbeds of musical activ-ity, and Fayetteville has the bene" t of resting on the path of these incoming
bands. ! e WAC hopes to capitalize on this gold mine of opportunity.
“So many amazing artists come through Fayetteville every spring and summer,” Goodwin said. “We really bring in a more diverse group of fans every year, solely because of the fact that we have so many di$ erent music genres on display.”
! e inaugural show on April 19 is already on sale, with Cake taking the stage in a spring concert expected to draw big crowds. However, shows like Hank Williams, Jr. and Five Finger Death Punch promise to be the sell-outs.
Goodwin is optimistic about the 2012 roster. “We have metal bands, rock bands, country stars, duos like Colbie Caillat and Gavin Degraw, so many di$ erent kinds of music,” she said. “We fully expect to draw up to eight thousand people on some nights.”
! e thunderous beats of Big Gigan-tic are a far cry from the so% hearted melodies from Colbie Caillat, but this diversity is what makes lineups like those at the AMP so unique. It is not con" ned to one sound, but rather is an explosive amalgam that remains fresh throughout the year.
“! ere’s going to be a lot of people here, drawn to a lot of talented artists,” Goodwin said. “Our main concern now is preparing for all of them, but that is a great problem to have when you really think about it.”
Addictive beats, entrancing melo-dies and southern drawls all coalesce at AMP to create an experience that
can be likened to music festivals like the aforementioned Wakarusa or Bon-aroo, albeit spread over a much longer time period.
Several of the year’s shows have yet to be announced, while shows have been selling out with weeks to go until Cake takes the stage.
“We know that the fairgrounds can house more people than the parking lot at the mall could, especially with the lawn factoring in along with the covered seating,” Goodwin said. “But we really think it is the atmosphere that will bring fans back weekend a% er weekend.”
Even as the renovations contin-ue, the tension is palpable. With such a gargantuan jump from mall park-ing lot to recognized summer venue, hopes for a perennial success are not far out of reach.
Goodwin is certainly optimistic. “We really believe that this year will solidify the [Arkansas] Music Pavilion even more in the music scene around Fayetteville,” she said.
Not only are locals & ocking to the ticket booths, but out of state travelers are, too. “About 80 percent of our cus-tomers come from out of state,” Good-win said. “! e fact that such a large part of our fan base travels to see our shows is a pretty great testament to our achievements.”
While the tickets continue to dwin-dle as the concerts make their ap-proach, the only thing le% for anxious fans to do is wait.
! e Arkansas Music Pavilion Sets theStage for a Successful Concert Season
by MIKE MAHARDYStaff Writer
Fourth Annual MS Walk Hopesto Raise $40,000 for Research
by ANDREW VAN GENDERENStaff Writer
Summer is approaching quite rap-idly, and with the heat already deter-mining our daily wardrobes, there is no time to waste in preparing for this summer’s weather. We’ve talked shoes, we’ve talked color, now we need to talk hair.
! e summer months in Arkansas are sweltering, to say the least. ! e hu-midity will suck the breath out of you, and the sun will leave you burnt to a crisp. But don’t let this deter you from looking hot... in a more & attering way.
New York Fashion Week always sets the tone for the rest of the year. HarpersBazaar.com and realbeauty.com listed a slew of hairstyles from spring and summer collections shown at NYFW that will surely help you keep cool and “stand-out.”
Not a fan of drying your hair? ! en
don’t. Keep it simple with a wet, slicked back look. Or a wet, disheveled look. You can bring it back into a ponytail or twirl it around into a messy bun. To keep the style in place, comb through gel or spray wax. Mold the hair into a sleek pony for dinner with your guy or a messy bun for shopping with the girls. Either way it’s a " ve-second hair-do that’s fashion-week approved.
Another style that was popular among designers during fashion week was scarf-wrapped hair. Large looping and tied scarves were shown in sever-al collections.! e looks ranged from side-tied scarves giving a hippie/bo-hemian look to front-knotted scarves adorning up-dos with a more hobo-chic feel. ! e awesome thing about using scarves to wrap hair is that they can be used in many di$ erent ways to embrace various styles. ! ey are the perfect accessory for the best fashion chameleon.
! is next style may have haunted students in elementary school, but it’s making a comeback whether you like it or not. ! e center part is a simple style that gives o$ a dramatic look. No matter the hair— texture, curly, straight, wavy— the center part can turn an average walk on campus into a pretend fashion show. ! is look can work with di$ erent lengths of hair as well. Spice up the look with a cute side braid or pulling back a few strands that frame the face to go for a more retro style. From short, neck-length bobs to lengthy locks, the center part is the way to go if simplicity and sexiness is your goal.
! ough these styles aren’t crazy and over the top, they work perfectly to help you style your summer look. Besides, summertime is all about sim-plicity, fun and sun, and there’s noth-ing crazy about that. Right? Happy sty-lin’ everyone!
Sleek and Sexy: Hairstyles Perfect for Summerby ROSALYN TAYLOR
Staff Writer
JACKI FROST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA senior Brynn Gannaway wears the popular sock bun frequently as it is an easy up-do as the weather heats up.
COURTESY PHOTOThe fourth annual Fayetteville Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk will take place on Saturday, April 21 at Lake Fayetteville Park. It will benefit the National MS Society.
LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERPreparation for the AMP’s new location is still underway. The Washington County Fairgrounds will provide a more open and natural setting for audiences to enjoy music.
FEATURES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 PAGE 6
A Sweet Escape: Local Art Gallery Encourages Student WorkO! en UA art and architecture stu-
dents’ work gets displayed in a gallery, but not necessarily the gallery on cam-pus or even a gallery in Fayetteville. Some of the most successful art and architecture students’ work gets dis-played in the sUgAR gallery.
" e sUgAR gallery, located in downtown Bentonville, o# ers a unique opportunity for art and architecture students to display their designs in an exhibition-space setting. " e studio is student-run, but the gallery has host-ed several up-and-coming local artists’ works as well as UA student work.
“" e head of downtown Benton-ville proposed the idea,” said Cambry P.D. Newton, co-director of the sUg-AR gallery.
“" ey wanted to bring some art to that area and it seemed like a great op-portunity with the opening of Crystal Bridges,” she said.
Newton said they’d had an increase in tra$ c at the sUgAR gallery since Crystal Bridges opened in November.
" e gallery is a cooperative e# ort between art and architecture students. Last semester the gallery saw an un-dergraduate art show, an architecture student furniture exhibit, national ju-ried exhibitions, thesis defenses and other student programming.
Luke Knox, a senior art major, re-cently defended his thesis at the sUg-AR gallery.
“Speci% c majors, like arts or music, where the academic content is less ver-bal, do a project or exhibition,” Knox said, describing what his thesis de-fense entailed.
Knox displayed several large-scale 3D installations and paintings in which he “[examined] animal mythol-ogies through an artistic medium.”
Knox said it was di$ cult to trans-port his large-scale sculptures from Fayetteville to Bentonville. He said he had help from friends from % ve in the evening until 1 or 2 in the morning be-fore the opening of his show.
It took Knox % ve days to set up his exhibition, and it was on display for four days.
Emily Jones, senior journalism ma-jor, said the gallery’s shape and small size lent itself perfectly to Knox’s
exhibition.She described the gallery as small and boxy, with
no free-standing walls as are present in many stu-dios.
“Luke showed a lot of giant installations that % lled up the entire room,” she said. “It created a real-
ly nice atmosphere and an idea of a fantasy world. “Jones said that it was worth the drive to Benton-
ville to see Knox’s show because of the quality of the exhibition and the gallery. She described the down-town Bentonville area as quaint and easily walkable with interesting shops and restaurants to check out
before or a! er visiting the sUgAR gallery." e sUgAR gallery is located at 114 Central
Ave. in Bentonville and is open " ursday through Saturday.
byYANI KOStaff Writer
LUKE KNOX CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERLuke Knox, a senior art major, is one of several art and architecture students whose work has been displayed at the sUgAr gallery in downtown Bentonville. The exhibition-space setting gives students a chance to have their work showcased off campus and outside of Fayetteville.
MADDIE LOGAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERPatton Hughes, of the newly-formed Delta Bends, performs at a benefit concert. The Green Village Foundation, a nonprofit that benefits sustainable development for Africa, held the event at George’s Majestic Lounge on Monday, April 16.
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DOWNTIME PAGE 7 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 Comics, Games, & Much Much More!
Q: What’s an educated hole in the wall?
A: A wisecrack.
Q: Why did Ebenezer Scrooge go to New York City?
A: To see the Grumpire State Building.
Q: What kind of dog can jump higher than a building?
A: Any dog. A building can’t jump.
Q: Why don’t blind people like to skydive?
A: It scares the heck out of the dogs.
SPORTS EDITOR: JIMMY CARTER ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: ZACH TURNER
THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER
SPORTSPAGE 8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
FOOTBALL
COMMENTARY
RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior receiver Cobi Hamilton, other players and coaches said practicing has provided a relief from the attention surrounding the program and Bobby Petrino’s April 10 firing. The Razorbacks have practiced three times since Petrino was fired, will practice Wednesday and Friday, then play the annual Red-White game at 2 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
Reynolds Razorback Sta-dium has become a place of relief for Arkansas players and coaching staff.
It has been a week since Bobby Petrino was fired, but the Razorbacks have still continued on with their scheduled routine practices.
“When you are out there, you see your brothers,” se-nior receiver Cobi Hamilton said. “That is something we take to heart. You see your teammates out there, not the media and others in the out-
side world. The people that come to practice are the peo-ple that sacrifice everything every day and that are what you come to practice for.”
One of those brothers, fellow senior Chris Gragg, said he has viewed the prac-tice field the same way as Hamilton the last two weeks.
“It is a lot of fun when you get out there,” Gragg said. “My thing is that I try to perfect my craft. I have been a starter for one year and I think I can step up and
TRACK
Another Razorback Player Suspended
Arkansas sophomore de-fensive end/linebacker Tyler Gilbert was “suspended in-definitely” by associate head coach Taver Johnson after being arrested on felony ag-gravated burglary and theft charges Tuesday afternoon.
Gilbert was booked in the Washington County De-tention Center at 11:19 a.m. Tuesday, then released on $10,000 bail at 4:27 p.m.
He was one of three peo-ple implicated in a burglary resulting in the theft of $285.
Gilbert’s arrest is the latest off-field issue in an eventful offseason for the football program, including the firing of Bobby Petrino
on April 10.Gilbert joins offensive
tackle Jason Peacock as Ra-zorback football players ar-rested on felony burglary charges this spring. Redshirt freshman receiver Kane Whitehurst was arrested on a charge for possession of a controlled substance April 1.
Program receives $1.25 million in donations
The Donald W. Reyn-olds Foundation and board chairman Fred W. Smith an-nounced two donations to-taling $1.25 million to the athletic department Tues-day, honoring the “coura-geous leadership” recently displayed by athletic direc-
Sorting Through Long’s Interim Options
The right decision by athletic director Jeff Long would be to name an inter-im coach for the 2012 sea-son.
Even if none of the four potential candidates have any collegiate head coach-ing experience.
The parallels have been made between the current Arkansas football situation to the Ohio State situation last year. After Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel resigned just three months before the season started, Ohio State’s athletic director was forced to promote co-defensive co-ordinator Luke Fickell to in-terim head coach.
It didn’t work out so well for the Buckeyes, who fin-ished the season 6-7 with a loss in the Gator Bowl. OSU hired Urban Meyer as its coach in November of 2011 and bumped Fickell back to defensive coordinator.
Arkansas is left in a bet-ter situation than that Ohio State team was, though.
Returning their starting quarterback and running back, as well as a three-year starter at receiver, the 2012 Hogs are primed to make a run at the Southeastern Conference crown and po-tential national champi-
onship regardless of who claims the head coaching title.
The candidates start with the most experienced Hog coach on the staff –– Tim Horton.
Horton, the team’s run-ning backs coach, got the endorsement from star tailback Knile Davis to be tagged the interim coach for 2012. Horton is the only coach remaining from the Houston Nutt era and is also the team’s recruiting coordi-nator.
The main experience working in Horton’s favor is he has the best knowledge of the state, the university and recruiting.
Next up, the assistant coach in charge of the foot-ball operations since Petri-no was put on leave then later fired –– Taver Johnson.
Johnson is the newest ad-dition to the Hogs staff, but was lured away from Ohio State with the associate head coach label in addition to coaching linebackers. Johnson has got high praise from starters such as safety Eric Bennett in just the few months he has been on staff.
Johnson has the most re-sponsibility of any of the coaches at this moment, but the least experience. Out of the four candidates, John-son seems to have the lon-gest shot to assume the in-terim role.
Paul Haynes is a third coach that has the poten-tial to be selected by Long should he go the interim route. Haynes coached the Razorbacks’ defense dur-ing the Cotton Bowl and the
COURTESY PHOTOArkansas sophomore defensive end/linebacker Tyler Gilbert was suspended indefi nitely after being arrested on felony aggravated burglary and theft charges Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Hogs Sweep Lumberjacks
Time to Play “Catch Up”
Arkansas’ men’s track team hasn’t been as good as coach Chris Bucknam wants early in the outdoor season.
The Razorbacks had six event titles over the week-end at the Arizona State Tri-Meet, but had just one ath-lete place in the top 10 at the Stanford Invitational the week before.
“We’re about where we thought we were going to be,” Bucknam said. “When you look at some of the oth-er programs that are in the top five along with us we might be a little bit behind schedule in their terms, but we feel like we have a lot of
room to improve.”For the women’s team,
bad weather caused prob-lems for some of the team in the UTEP Invitational on Saturday. Three Razor-backs still recorded runner-up finishes in the one-day meet, though.
“The highest wind condi-tions I’ve ever seen reported at a track meet (at UTEP),” women’s coach Lance Har-ter said. “The wind meter only goes to 10, and there were many events where it was 9.9 so you had basical-ly just this side of a torna-do working its way thru the stadium.”
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas freshman multi-event athlete Gunnar Nixon will be making his outdoor season debut over the weekend at the California Mt. SAC Relays.
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas pinch hitter Joe Serrano hit a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth scoring second baseman Bo Bigham giving the Hogs a 4-3 win over Stephen F. Austin and a two-game series sweep of the Lumberjacks on Tuesday night.
by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor
see SUSPENDEDon page 10
see COMMENTARYon page 9
Men’s coach wants Hogs to pick it up
by ZACH LIGIStaff Writer
see TRACKon page 9
Practice Field Relief Dorrell ResignsBobby Petrino’s mistress
is no longer employed by Ar-kansas.
Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year old whose affair with Petrino led to his April 10 firing, has resigned from her position as football student-athlete devel-opment coordinator, the UA announced Tuesday night.
Dorrell will be paid ap-proximately $14,000 by the university in a settlement and agreed “not attempt to sell or profit from her affiliation with Razorback athletics,” ac-
cording to the UA.“While Ms. Dorrell had a
legitimate right to apply for
Dorrell
see RESIGNEDon page 10
by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor
by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor
see FOOTBALLon page 10
No. 17 Arkansas defeated Stephen F. Austin 4-3 in front of 3,014 fans at Baum Stadium to close out a doubleheader sweep Tuesday evening.
The Hogs were led by freshman designated hitter Joe Serrano with two hits and the game-winning RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Tied 3-3 with the bases loaded in the ninth, a single up the middle from Serrano scored senior second baseman Bo Bigham for the game-win-ning run.
“I just saw the ball well and tried to do what was best for the team,” Serrano said. “Can’t shy away from those mo-
ments. I looked at Coach, and he wasn’t taking me out, so I just went out there and tried to win a ball game.”
It was a rare final at-bat win for the Razorbacks this season.
“We haven’t really won one like this in a while,” coach Dave Van Horn said. “For us to find a way to come back, it was a good win. I think it was good for the morale, especial-ly since it’s been such a long day. We played well, we didn’t make many mistakes.”
The Razorbacks took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third when first baseman Dominic Ficociello’s fielder’s choice scored center fielder Jacob
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see BASEBALLon page 10
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unit allowed just 16 points and 80 yards rushing to Kansas State, who averaged 185 yards rushing per game during the season, in Ar-kansas’ bowl victory.
Haynes seems to be the favorite for the job at this time because of the ex-perience from his previ-ous stops at Ohio State as co-defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach at Michigan State and Louis-ville, as well as time in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The majority of play-ers seem to be in favor of Haynes over the other three assistants that would likely be hired, likely be-cause of his tough mindset on the field combined with a young personality at 44 years old.
The last candidate to be named interim in the spot left vacant by the fired Bob-by Petrino is no other than his younger brother, Paul.
A choice by Long to pro-mote Paul would come with some potential scrutiny for placing another Petri-no in a position of pow-er, but all that would eas-ily get washed away if the Hogs started the season with blowout victories over Jacksonville State and Loui-siana-Monroe heading into the Alabama game.
Paul will replicate Bob-by’s offense to the best of his abilities, which will be like a mirror of the past two seasons. Paul has no head coaching experienced, but has more experience than anyone but his brother in Arkansas’ offense.
The discipline would re-main the same, the play-book, the demands on the
players, but the intensity would decrease a bit. That could be a positive.
I have always been a be-liever that Arkansas fans fell in love with Bobby Petrino’s football style and genius rather than his per-sonality.
If Paul Petrino brings his own set of intangibles combined with the way the program has been run the past four seasons, the 2012 Hogs might not miss a beat.
If younger brother one-upped older brother and beat Alabama, something Bobby never did, just think of how high of a pedes-tal Paul would be perched on in the eyes of Arkansas fans.
Zach Turner is the assis-tant sports editor of The Ar-kansas Traveler. His column appears every Wednesday. Follow him on Twitter @zw-turner.
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The high winds brought many dust storms that had to stop some events. It even-tually caused Harter to pull athletes from events, then take the team back to Fay-etteville.
“We chalk that one up to experience I guess,” Harter said. “We didn’t get much out of it so this weekend is crucial.”
Big Week AheadBoth teams will be split
between home and away meets this week.
Both teams will send ath-letes to California for the Mt. SAC Relays over the weekend, while also host-ing teams in Fayetteville for the John McDonnell Invita-tional.
The men’s team will leave Wednesday and will send multi-event competitors.
The women start Thursday.“This weekend is para-
mount,” Harter said. “Be-sides our home meet we’re going to be taking some key distance individuals to the Mt. SAC Relays. It’s one of the largest track and field meets in the United States, there are over ten-thousand entries. Some of our key dis-tance runners are going to be headed out there to get some quality times as well.”
The Razorbacks have just three home meets in the outdoor season, including just one after the John Mc-Donnell Invitational.
Teams start multi events When the Arkansas men’s
team takes its multi-event crew to Mt. SAC this week-end, it will be the group’s opener for the outdoor sea-son.
Freshman Gunnar Nixon will be making his outdoor debut for Arkansas. In his
indoor debut in the heptath-lon, Nixon set a junior world record and broke a score of 6,000 in the heptathlon.
Sophomore Kevin Lazas scored six points in indoor nationals for the Hogs. Both will be competing in the pentathlon, hoping to qual-ify for regionals.
The decathlon is a big event for the men’s team and Bucknam said he hopes to get a solid performance from his team.
“We feel like (Nixon) is actually a better decathlete than heptathlete,” Bucknam said “You might find a few kids that are good heptath-letes, but (in the pentath-lon) there’s extra events outdoors, they may slide back in the rankings. We feel that both Gunnar and Kevin’s best multi event is the pentathlon. Hopefully that translates into nation-als.”
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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore Kevin Lazas will be competing for the Razorbacks in the pentathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays in California over the weekend.
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tor Jeff Long.Long, who fired Bobby
Petrino on April 10, was the cause for a $1 million gift from the foundation, funds that will be used in building the planned Student-Athlete Development Center, ac-cording to the UA.
“The courageous leader-ship demonstrated by Jeff Long in the course of recent events has further affirmed our confidence in his lead-ership and his vision for in-tercollegiate athletics at the University of Arkansas,” Smith said in a statement. “Mr. Long acted with integ-rity and with the best inter-ests of Razorback student-athletes and the University of Arkansas in mind.”
Smith donated an addi-tional $250,000 to go toward the center and to rename the student-athlete development program the Jeff Long Stu-dent-Athlete Development Program.
“My family is extremely proud of the University of Arkansas and all that it rep-resents,” Smith said. “We are grateful to Chancellor [G. David] Gearhart and Vice Chancellor Long for their tremendous leadership and guidance of this great insti-tution that continues to hold a special place in the hearts of the Smith family.”
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LONG
and accept a position with-in the football program, the circumstances surrounding the former coach’s decision to hire her compromised her ability to be effective in such a position,” athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement. “She and I believe she should have the opportunity to move on.” !
In the 14-page document
signed by Dorrell, she agreed not to sue the university or anyone affiliated, including Long and Petrino.
The settlement agreement doesn’t ban Dorrell from do-ing interviews, but she agreed “not to engage in any com-mercial, media or publishing services, regardless of the me-dium, that adversely affect the reputation of the University of Arkansas or that portrays Ms. Dorrell’s employment at
the University of Arkansas in a negative manner.”
Petrino’s extramarital af-fair with Dorrell began while she worked for the Razorback Foundation and was revealed when an April 5 police report listed her as Petrino’s passen-ger in his April 1 motorcycle accident, a wreck he said he was alone in.
Both parties admitted Petrino gave Dorrell a gift of $20,000, which she used to
buy a black Acura the first week she began work in the football department, a hir-ing announced March 28 and a job Petrino helped her get over 158 other applicants. From Sept. 12 to April 5, the two exchanged 288 phone calls and 4,388 text messages.
The UA will not attempt to fill Dorrell’s position, though her duties will be reassigned to other staff members, ac-cording to the release.
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Morris.The Lumberjacks scored
their first run on a fifth-in-ning walk with the bases load-ed. Morris’ RBI double in the bottom of the inning put the Hogs back up 2-1.
A wild pitch from Arkan-sas allowed Lumberjack soph-omore shortstop Hunter Doz-ier to score and tie the game 2-2 in the top of the sixth.
In the eighth, the Lum-berjacks took a 3-2 lead af-ter Loveless grounded out to shortstop to send Dozier home.
Serrano began the bot-tom of the eighth with a sin-gle to right field. He advanced to second and third on wild pitches and scored on Sam
Bates’ fly out to right field to tie the game 3-3.
Sophomore right-hander Nolan Sanburn started on the mound for Arkansas.
Sanburn had a scoreless ap-pearance last weekend against No. 3 Kentucky. He threw for 3.1 innings and struck out four while walking one and allowed no hits.
Five relievers also pitched for the Razorbacks.
Junior left-handers Tyler Wright and Cade Lynch each threw a scoreless inning.
Wright relieved Sanburn in the fourth inning and gave up two hits and one run while striking out one. Lynch re-placed Gunn in the top of the sixth with runners on second and third, but managed to al-low no runs or hits.
Freshmen left-handers Mi-
chael Gunn and Mark Reyes also pitched in relief, then sophomore right-hander Col-by Suggs pitched the eighth and ninth innings, earning the win.
The Razorbacks will re-turn to Southeastern Confer-ence play this weekend as they travel to play Ole Miss.
Tuesday, Game 1 –– Ar-kansas 8, Stephen F. Austin
Arkansas topped Stephen F. Austin 8-3 in game one of the doubleheader Tuesday af-ternoon.
Senior right fielder Sam Bates led the Razorbacks at the plate with four hits and four RBIs.
Junior left-hander Ran-dall Fant started the game for the Hogs and struck out four while allowing one hit in three innings.
“It was a good team win to-day,” Fant said. “Hopefully we can get it done today and then get ready for Ole Miss.”
Freshman right-hander Chris Oliver relieved Fant in the fourth and struck out four while allowing four hits and three runs in two innings. Redshirt junior left-hander Trent Daniel closed the game and struck out two while al-lowing one hit.
Arkansas started strong, scoring four runs in the first inning. The Razorbacks also scored a run in the second, third, fourth and sixth in-nings.
The Lumberjacks’ runs came from redshirt senior first baseman Bobby Loveless on a three-run homer in the fourth to half the Hogs’ lead to 6-3.
really help this offense again this year. I just go out ev-ery day trying to perfect my craft.”
The coach related to Petrino, younger brother Paul, has also used the prac-tice field as an escape from the news that has clouded the program for the past 17 days.
“I think sometimes when you have different things go-ing on in your life and you or an athlete or a coach, the nicest thing is to go out on that practice field,” Paul said. “To be honest with you the days you don’t practice are harder than the days you do practice.
“On days off you have to sit there and think about it, but when you get out on the
grass and get to run around and play, that’s something they love and we love to do as coaches.”
Hamilton and Gragg are the most experienced players at their positions, receiver and tight end, respectively. With their experience comes leadership that is needed in times like this Paul said.
“I think when you can be really good as a team is when you have a leader with-in each position group,” Paul said. “I think on offense that we are fortunate to have one of those guys in each group. You have Cobi Hamilton at receiver and you have Chris Gragg at tight end.”
Quarterback Rotation Undetermined
Arkansas won’t split into two teams for Red-White game, but rather play first team against second team.
However, with two ca-pable backups behind start-er Tyler Wilson, coaches haven’t decided how junior Brandon Mitchell and red-shirt freshman Brandon Al-len will be used Saturday.
“I would like to see both of them get in with the ones (first team) in the second half,” offensive coordinator Paul Petrino said. “It would be good to get both of them one series if not more.”
Allen came into spring practice listed No. 2 on the depth chart since Mitchell played basketball.
“They have both really improved in the last week and a half,” Petrino said. “They have both really come along and understand the of-fense a lot better.”
Players, Coaches Want Big Crowd
With three days until the
annual Red-White spring game, Arkansas players and coaches are excited for the fans to come out and watch.
The Razorbacks will be in their first spring game with-out coach Bobby Petrino, as well as their first since it was nationally televised on ESPN last year.
“We are looking to go out there and get better,” offen-sive coordinator Paul Petri-no said about not expecting any sympathy from the fans. “We have had a good spring; we have had a great spring.”
Gragg said he sees the op-portunity to show off what everybody has learned dur-ing practice.
“We are the Arkansas Ra-zorback football team and this is our first performance, so we want to put on a good show for our fans,” Gragg said.
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Arkansas point guard C’eira Ricketts was drafted with the 12th pick in the sec-ond round of the WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury on Monday.Ricketts was the 24th se-
lection overall. She is the sev-enth Razorbacks women’s bas-ketball player drafted and the third-highest draft pick for Ar-kansas.“This is an exciting oppor-
tunity for C’eira to be draft-ed,” Arkansas coach Tom Collen said. “I’m excited for her. She certainly is one of the best guards of the country and worthy of this opportunity. I think this says a lot about the program we are building here that we can turn out a WNBA player.”
15 last year and 11-11 in the Western Division. They open the season May 20 at Minne-sota.“Phoenix is a good team
for her,” Collen said. “They
in transition as hard as any
team in league and she will do well with that type of sys-tem. C’eira has a chance to be effective on both sides of
two guard and I think the great thing about C’eira is that she is versatile enough to play ei-ther and she’ll be given an op-portunity to prove that in their camp. “Any time you can play
more than one position you have a chance.”She helped the Razorbacks
