PAGE 1 MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011 Vol. 106, NO. 1 UATRAV.COM MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011 VOL. 106, NO. 3 8 PAGES UATRAV.COM Razorbash Flash The Future of Music Page 5 Bikes, Blues & BBQ Expands UA Website Will Not Include Spanish Option Razorbash Sucessful for RSOs WEATHER FORECAST 94° 94° 98° e Spanish option on the Financial Aid website will likely not be expanded to the entire UA website, said Suzanne Mc- Cray, vice provost of enrollment. With 82,465 Spanish speakers in Wash- ington County, Spanish is a prominent language in the area and the second most spoken language in the world, according to Ethnologue Languages of the World. Approximately 861 Hispanic students were enrolled at the UA in fall semester according to the Oce of Institutional Re- search. e option, which can be found on the top right-hand corner of the nancial aid website, was created by the Oce of Ad- missions upon the employment of two new Spanish-speaking recruiters, McCray said. Although the Oce of Admissions sta doesn’t have every part of its website in Spanish, “we try to do as much as we can to make sure everyone has access to the resources,” McCray said. Accuracy is also a priority for the Span- ish version of the website, McCray said. While there are no plans to expand the Spanish option to other parts of the web- site, the Oce of Admissions will continue to provide Spanish-speaking students and parents with information in their native language on the nancial aid page. Some campus organizations would encourage the school to incorporate the Spanish option into the long-term plan for the new website – and even throughout the campus. UA enrollment in- creased by 53 percent dur- ing the past two years, said a UA ocial at a press con- ference Friday at Davis Hall. “As of today we have 23,153 students enrolled,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart. “is represents a milestone at the UA.” Of the more than 23,000 students, 4,400 are incom- ing freshman, who repre- sent the UA’s “largest and most accomplished class in our 100-year history,” Gearhart said . e university has also received an increase in transfer enrollment with 1,514 incoming transfers, said Vice Provost Suzanne McCray. “ese numbers are ex- traordinary,” Gearhart said. is number is subject to change over the next two weeks, Gearhart said, but the UA will still have the largest student body in its history. “is is by far an all-time record,” Gearhart said. “We predicted this num- ber last November,” Gear- hart said. ““Reaching our prediction is like jumping out of a plane on a windy day and hitting the one foot ‘X’ on the sidewalk.” is shows that the UA is the university of choice in Arkansas, Gearhart said. “Our school has stu- dents from every county in Arkansas, all 50 states and 125 countries,” Gearhart said. “is makes the stu- dent body the most diverse it has ever been.” “We have grown faster than we ever anticipated,” Gearhart said . “We have added 8,000 students over the past year.” “We have not sacriced quality for quantity,” Gear- hart said. “We have in- creased our number of Na- tional Merit Scholars to 41.” e incoming freshmen are still on par with the av- erage UA freshmen GPA and ACT scores. “e mean GPA of [this year’s] entering freshmen remains at 3.6 and average ACT score of a 26,” McCray said. “e number of enter- ing freshmen who had a high school GPA of 3.75 or higher grew by 22.9 percent over last year, and those with an ACT score of 30 or more grew by 10.1 percent,” McCray said. “We are recruiting not numbers, but alumni.” In This Issue: Course Evals Go to Emails Course evaluations will be given through emails in Fall of 2011. Page 3 Briefly Speaking A list of interesting events for the week. Page 2 RazorbacksVolleyball Razorbacks nish the Arkansas Invi- tational with two wins. Page 7 A Climber’s Dream La Casa Pollo contains 14,000 square feet of indoor climbling surfaces. Page 5 Pets in College? Pros and cons of having a pet during the college years. Page 5 RIC Changes Marks New Era for Organization Traveler Columnist Joe Kieklak dis- cusses changes made to RIC during the summer, and their implications. Page 4 News News Features Features Sports Opinion GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER MarTez Hammonds (left) and Ashley Del Ciello (right) lead a flash mob dance during Razorbash August 25. The dance was coordinated by Student Affairs and took place outside the Union. Students browsed more than 120 booths from a variety of local groups at Razorbash ursday at the Union Mall. Razorbash, sponsored by the oce of Student Aairs, welcomed students to campus and gave opportunities to win prizes, collect a variety of free samples and promotional items and gather information from local busi- nesses, Registered Student Organiza- tions and city groups. While Razorbash exposes fresh- men to a variety of information, up- perclassmen also enjoy and benet from the event. “I love Razorbash,” said Tori Pohl- ner, junior. “It’s the best way to get free stu and network people. You remem- ber all of the clubs you forgot about.” UA Enrollment Breaks Record SARAH CHAMPAGNE PHOTO EDITOR Chancellor G. David Gearhart, spoke about the record number of students enrolled at the UA. Enrollment has increased by 8 percent from the 2010 school year. by JANNEE SULLIVAN Contributing Writer by HAILEY RAY Staff Writer e 12th annual Bikes, Blues and BBQ motorcycle rally, which will take place September 28 - October 1, is expanding to locations in Springdale, said B.B.B directors in a press confer- ence Friday. “We’ll be expanding to Springdale this year in con- junction with the city of Springdale and the Spring- dale Chamber of Com- merce,” said Joe Giles, exec- utive director. “We’ve sim- ply outgrown Fayetteville, and Bikes, Blues & BBQ is good for all of Northwest Arkansas.” “is is a very impor- tant event for Fayetteville and for Northwest Arkan- sas,” said Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse.“I’m excit- ed for Springdale and just wanted to express my ap- preciation.” ere will be a stunt team of riders from Tulsa, Okla. at Bikes, Blues and BBQ. “ey will be really en- tertaining,” Giles said. “De- pending on how much you like sparks and ames.” ere’s going to be a high-wire motorcycle tra- peze show at the Washing- ton County fairgrounds, and there will be some mo- tocross events in Springda- le, Giles said. “e kid who rides a dirt bike could care less about my Harley, but he’ll show up to watch the mo- tocross races,” Giles said. e professional moto- cross races will start Friday, and the amateur races will start Saturday, Giles said. e amateur races in- clude age groups starting at 5 years old, Giles said. Cowboy Kenny Bartram will be at B.B.B. this year, Giles said. Bartram is a famous freestyle motocross driver, Giles said. “Bartram will be a ma- jor growth attraction,” Giles said. Another attraction will be the addition with more family-friendly events. is year, Bikes, Blues and BBQ has partnered with Cross Church and will provide free snow cones for kids. ere will be a family friendly area and a kids bi- cycle parade. “We are trying to help parents and kids to get more involved,” said Cole- son Burns, one of the coor- dinators of Bikes, Blues and BBQ. e festival will also have music. “It’s a rally full of free music,” Giles said.“Really good, totally free music.” Performances will start 5 p.m. Wednesday and will go until 11 p.m. every night see RAZORBASH on page 3 of the rally, Giles said. see BBB on page 2 see GEARHART on page 3 by LEIGH JACKSON Staff Writer by ADAM TABOR Staff Writer see SPANISH on page 2 ZACH JORDAN CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Thousands of bikers will flock to Northwest Arkansas this week for Arkansas’ biggest motorcycle rally. 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! e Spanish option on the Financial Aid website will likely not be expanded to the entire UA website, said Suzanne Mc-Cray, vice provost of enrollment.
With 82,465 Spanish speakers in Wash-ington County, Spanish is a prominent language in the area and the second most spoken language in the world, according to Ethnologue Languages of the World.
Approximately 861 Hispanic students were enrolled at the UA in fall semester according to the O" ce of Institutional Re-search.
! e option, which can be found on the top right-hand corner of the # nancial aid website, was created by the O" ce of Ad-missions upon the employment of two new Spanish-speaking recruiters, McCray said.
Although the O" ce of Admissions sta$ doesn’t have every part of its website in Spanish, “we try to do as much as we can to make sure everyone has access to the resources,” McCray said.
Accuracy is also a priority for the Span-ish version of the website, McCray said.
While there are no plans to expand the Spanish option to other parts of the web-site, the O" ce of Admissions will continue to provide Spanish-speaking students and parents with information in their native language on the # nancial aid page.
Some campus organizations would encourage the school to incorporate the Spanish option into the long-term plan for the new website – and even throughout the campus.
UA enrollment in-creased by 53 percent dur-ing the past two years, said a UA o" cial at a press con-ference Friday at Davis Hall.
“As of today we have 23,153 students enrolled,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart. “! is represents a milestone at the UA.”
Of the more than 23,000 students, 4,400 are incom-ing freshman, who repre-sent the UA’s “largest and most accomplished class in our 100-year history,” Gearhart said .
! e university has also received an increase in transfer enrollment with 1,514 incoming transfers, said Vice Provost Suzanne McCray.
“! ese numbers are ex-traordinary,” Gearhart said.
! is number is subject to change over the next two weeks, Gearhart said, but the UA will still have the largest student body in its history.
“! is is by far an all-time record,” Gearhart said.
“We predicted this num-ber last November,” Gear-
hart said. ““Reaching our prediction is like jumping out of a plane on a windy day and hitting the one foot ‘X’ on the sidewalk.”
! is shows that the UA is the university of choice in Arkansas, Gearhart said.
“Our school has stu-dents from every county in Arkansas, all 50 states and 125 countries,” Gearhart said. “! is makes the stu-dent body the most diverse it has ever been.”
“We have grown faster than we ever anticipated,” Gearhart said . “We have added 8,000 students over the past year.”
“We have not sacri# ced quality for quantity,” Gear-hart said. “We have in-creased our number of Na-tional Merit Scholars to 41.”
! e incoming freshmen are still on par with the av-erage UA freshmen GPA and ACT scores.
“! e mean GPA of [this year’s] entering freshmen remains at 3.6 and average ACT score of a 26,” McCray said.
“! e number of enter-ing freshmen who had a high school GPA of 3.75 or higher grew by 22.9 percent over last year, and those with an ACT score of 30 or more grew by 10.1 percent,” McCray said.
“We are recruiting not numbers, but alumni.”
In This Issue:
Course Evals Go to EmailsCourse evaluations will be given through emails in Fall of 2011.
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Briefl y Speaking A list of interesting events for the week.
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RazorbacksVolleyballRazorbacks ! nish the Arkansas Invi-tational with two wins.
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A Climber’s DreamLa Casa Pollo contains 14,000 square feet of indoor climbling surfaces.
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Pets in College?Pros and cons of having a pet during the college years.
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RIC Changes Marks New Era for OrganizationTraveler Columnist Joe Kieklak dis-cusses changes made to RIC during the summer, and their implications.
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GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERMarTez Hammonds (left) and Ashley Del Ciello (right) lead a flash mob dance during Razorbash August 25. The dance was coordinated by Student Affairs and took place outside the Union.
Students browsed more than 120 booths from a variety of local groups at Razorbash ! ursday at the Union Mall.
Razorbash, sponsored by the o" ce of Student A$ airs, welcomed students to campus and gave opportunities to win prizes, collect a variety of free samples and promotional items and gather information from local busi-
nesses, Registered Student Organiza-tions and city groups.
While Razorbash exposes fresh-men to a variety of information, up-perclassmen also enjoy and bene# t from the event.
“I love Razorbash,” said Tori Pohl-ner, junior. “It’s the best way to get free stu$ and network people. You remem-ber all of the clubs you forgot about.”
UA Enrollment Breaks Record
SARAH CHAMPAGNE PHOTO EDITORChancellor G. David Gearhart, spoke about the record number of students enrolled at the UA. Enrollment has increased by 8 percent from the 2010 school year.
by JANNEE SULLIVANContributing Writer
by HAILEY RAYStaff Writer
! e 12th annual Bikes, Blues and BBQ motorcycle rally, which will take place September 28 - October 1, is expanding to locations in Springdale, said B.B.B directors in a press confer-ence Friday.
“We’ll be expanding to Springdale this year in con-junction with the city of Springdale and the Spring-dale Chamber of Com-merce,” said Joe Giles, exec-utive director. “We’ve sim-ply outgrown Fayetteville, and Bikes, Blues & BBQ is good for all of Northwest Arkansas.”
“! is is a very impor-tant event for Fayetteville and for Northwest Arkan-sas,” said Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse.“I’m excit-ed for Springdale and just wanted to express my ap-preciation.”
! ere will be a stunt
team of riders from Tulsa, Okla. at Bikes, Blues and BBQ.
“! ey will be really en-tertaining,” Giles said. “De-pending on how much you like sparks and % ames.”
! ere’s going to be a high-wire motorcycle tra-peze show at the Washing-ton County fairgrounds, and there will be some mo-tocross events in Springda-le, Giles said.
“! e kid who rides a dirt bike could care less about my Harley, but he’ll show up to watch the mo-tocross races,” Giles said.
! e professional moto-cross races will start Friday, and the amateur races will start Saturday, Giles said.
! e amateur races in-clude age groups starting at 5 years old, Giles said.
Cowboy Kenny Bartram will be at B.B.B. this year, Giles said.
Bartram is a famous freestyle motocross driver,
Giles said. “Bartram will be a ma-
jor growth attraction,” Giles said.
Another attraction will be the addition with more family-friendly events.
! is year, Bikes, Blues and BBQ has partnered with Cross Church and will provide free snow cones for kids. ! ere will be a family friendly area and a kids bi-cycle parade.
“We are trying to help parents and kids to get more involved,” said Cole-son Burns, one of the coor-dinators of Bikes, Blues and BBQ.
! e festival will also have music.
“It’s a rally full of free music,” Giles said.“Really good, totally free music.”
Performances will start 5 p.m. Wednesday and will go until 11 p.m. every night
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of the rally, Giles said.see BBB
on page 2
see GEARHARTon page 3
by LEIGH JACKSONStaff Writer
by ADAM TABORStaff Writer
see SPANISHon page 2
ZACH JORDAN CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERThousands of bikers will fl ock to Northwest Arkansas this week for Arkansas’ biggest motorcycle rally. Students typically have mixed feel-ings about the rally – some enjoy participating while others fi nd it little more than a noisy disturbance.
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The Transit and Parking office handles parking permits and passes and transit for students, including bus routes and GoLoco Ride Sharing. Students with parking violations can contact the office to appeal their citation.
NEED TICKETS? CALL 1-800-982-4647
NEED A RIDE AT NIGHT? CALL 575 - 7233
NEED EMERGENCY HELP? CALL UAPD 575-2222
HAVE A TICKET? CALL 575-7275 TO RESOLVE IT
Otherwise known as 575-SAFE, the mission of the Safe Ride program is to provide students with a safe means of transportation from any uncomfortable or inconvenient situation. Safe Ride brings you home safely.
Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2010-2011 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.
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Opinions expressed in signed columns are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily refl ect the opinion of The Traveler. The editor makes all fi nal content decisions.
One copy of The Arkansas Traveler is free to every member of the UA commu-nity. Additional copies can be purchased for 50 cents each. Mail subscriptions for delivery within the continental United States can be purchased for $125.00 per se-mester. Contact the Traveler Business Manager to arrange.
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International Language Center! e Spring International Language Center sta" is hosting a teaching-training program for English teachers from Turkey from Aug. 4 to Sept. 9. ! e SILC sta" is looking for seniors or graduate students to be “teaching buddies” for the Turkish stu-dents. Time needed is 10 hours a week and volunteers will need to drive three students to di" erent locations. A small stipend will be paid for gas. If interested, please contact Alannah Massy at [email protected] or 575-7600.
Full Circle Food Pantry! e Full Circle Food Pantry sta" will be accepting donations un-til Sept. 15 from students, faculty and sta" . ! e items must be non-perishable. Contact Mehak Gupta, [email protected] or Kelsy Lichenberg, [email protected] for more infor-mation.
Conversation ClubConversation Club training will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m Tuesday in the ISIS Room of Holcombe Residence Hall.
Football 101Football 101 will be from 5 p.m to 6 p.m on Aug. 31 in the Hol-come Hall living room. Grant Bear# eld and Emily Lhamon will teach the basic rules of football and some UA cheers. Snacks will be provided.
SNL Comedian at Union BallroomSaturday Night Live comedian, Jay Pharoh, will be in the Union Ballroom from 9 p.m to 10 p.m on Aug. 31. ! is event is host-ed by the University Programs Comedy Committee. Pharoh is known for his many celebrity impressions, including Barack Obama, Will Smith and Jay-Z.
International Culture Team! e International Culture Team is partnering with Fayetteville First ! ursday to create the “Fest of All” event. ! e “Fest of All” will feature song, dance, art and traditional music from cultures that are not frequently represented in Northwest Arkansas. ! e festival will be from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Fayetteville Square. ! e International Culture Team will be meeting at 4 p.m. at Holcombe Hall.
Arkansas v. Missouri State! e Arkansas v. Missouri State football game will be Sept. 3 at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Kick-o" will begin at 6 p.m. Tick-ets can be purchased in advance at the UA ticket o$ ce with a valid student, faculty or sta" ID card.
! ere will be a $200 V.I.P ex-perience o" ered to Bikes, Blues and BBQ participants this year, Giles said.
! ere will be two concerts at the Arkansas Music Pavilion: Candlebox and Jamie Johnson, Giles said.
Bikes, Blues and BBQ has become a recognized event in the state.
“Gov. [Mike] Beebe even said that we are the o$ cial Ar-kansas state BBQ cook-o" ,” said Ron Autry, one of the coordina-tors of Bikes, Blues and BBQ.
“When Bikes, Bikes & BBQ started, there were only six teams in the cook-o" . Last year, there were 52,” Autry said.
! ere will be a “people’s
choice awards” BBQ cook-o" event Friday night at the Wash-ington County fairgrounds. ! e # rst 3500 ticket buyers will be allowed to vote, Autry said.
! e tickets will be $6 each: $5 for a tasting kit, and one for parking, Autry said.
“Bikes, Blues & BBQ is not only a great event, but it gives some folks help when they think they don’t have a hope,” said Lioneld Jordan, mayor of Fayetteville. “! at’s what it’s about, people helping people.”
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“! ere is not a uni-form policy for producing Spanish resourcing across campus. In our new O$ ce of Latino Academic Ad-vancement and Commu-nity Relations, a campus wide clearinghouse for La-tino related initiatives, we will gladly advise the dif-ferent units on which ma-terials would be bene# cial to translate,” said Luis Re-strepo, the assistant vice provost for diversity.
“I consider [it] impor-tant to acknowledge and value the students’ native language. In my work with Latino students, Spanish is an important component in our outreach programs, especially those reaching the parents,” Restrepo said.
To many, representing language diversity on cam-pus is an important goal.
“I love my diversity, and I think it’s important for the University to pro-vide resources, not just for Spanish-speakers but for all foreign students,” said Brenda Medina, a Bolivian native and a UA freshman.
“It is great we are in-cluding Spanish, which is de facto the second lan-guage of this country. We should value this linguistic
diversity as an asset, not a problem,” Restrepo said.
! ough the UA may not make it a priority to expand resources for Spanish-speaking students any further than the infor-mation provided on the # -nancial aid website, there are many groups on cam-pus dedicated to promot-ing diversity of language and ethnicity.
In addition to the His-panic student body, the UA also plays host to more than 800 international stu-dents from more than 125 countries.
Although the website doesn’t cater to the na-tive languages of all inter-national students, the UA provides intensive Eng-lish language learning op-portunities, such as those found through the Spring International Language Center.
! e SILC is a 9-week accelerated English course for international students to prepare for living in America.
Despite the fact that the UA will not provide a par-allel Spanish website for its Spanish-speaking stu-dents, the O$ ce of Ad-missions is taking steps to make its website more ac-cessible to UA students.
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SaturdayThe o! cial cook-o" :
Noon-pork ribs12:30-chicken1:00-pork butt/shoulder1:30-pork brisket Winner announced at 3 p.m. sharp
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! e UA administration be-gan using online course evalu-ations this summer as a trial and will continue to use them throughout the year as an at-tempt to lower expenses, ac-cording to a policy passed by the UA faculty senate.
Online evaluations are ex-pected to serve three purposes: feedback on how students rate existing and potential ways to promote teaching and learning, easier use and quicker feedback so, a" er grades are submitted, the faculty can consider the feedback in a timely manner for the next semester said David Gay, chair of faculty senate.
“Whether students will be more or less likely to respond depends upon the student,” Gay said.
! e paper evaluation re-sponse rate was also dependent on students who attended class, which was not an issue with evaluations online, Gay said.
However, if a response has not been received by students, they will continue to receive a follow-up email, which is expected to increase the response rate, according to the
new policy. “I hope that students treat
the evaluations seriously. I treat their responses seriously,” Gay said.
! rough the trial period for online evaluations during the summer, administrators found that it took students an average of three days to respond to on-line evaluations as opposed to the average 15 minutes it took for in-class evaluations, which will hopefully lead to a more honest response, Gay said.
Many colleges have already made the switch to online eval-uations, such as Boston College and the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
! ere are several reasons why colleges and universi-ties are transferring to online course evaluations.
! e main reason is the e# -ciency of doing evaluations on-line. When course evaluations are online, administrators can more easily sort and organize the information, without cut-ting into class time, and to help faculty to adjust and to use what works well and adjust for what are hoped to be improvements, said Lynn Burley, director of ac-ademic assessments at UCA.
“We made the transfer be-
cause of funding in particular — in terms of sta$ and time and also losing half of the classes time, whereas online no time is taken out of class,” Burley said.
UCA administrators cut ex-penses by using online course evaluations, Burley said.
! e involvement from stu-dents, however, did decline the % rst year, but by the second year of using online course evalua-tions, student involvement in-creased, Burley said.
Madison Watt, a student at Austin College in Sherman Texas, takes course evaluations seriously, she said.
“Course evaluations give the universities and colleges an idea of what is working and how to correct things that are not,” Watt said, “so I always answer them fully and with my honest opinion of the course and teachers.”
She wouldn’t take evalu-ations more seriously if they were online because they take out of her free time, and there is no pressure to get them done when outside of the classroom, Watt said.
Austin College still adminis-ters course evaluations in class, using paper and pencil.
Course Evaluations Moving to Online Formatby KAREN STIGAR
Staff Writer
“It’s free stu$ . It’s good for everybody,” said Marcus Romes, psychology major.
“I was grateful for the op-portunity to walk around and meet with di$ erent groups in person,” said Rachel Chase, freshman.
“It’s a really great way to see what is available around cam-pus,” she said.
Chase had attempted to % nd out more information about di$ erent RSOs on the univer-sity’s website, “the website is a mess,” she said.
A variety of RSOs spread in-formation to students to attract new members and spread the word about upcoming events
— from Young Democrats and Associated Student Govern-ment, to the Japanese Student Association.
! e social work action group, set up a booth to spread information about the social work program, as well as attract students interested in becom-ing involved or volunteering, said Whitney Ghassani, senior.
“It’s a place where peo-ple come, and it’s easy to put the word out,” Ghassani said. “! ey can enter the ra& e and get some information, and we can pass out more [to them.]”
! e group received quite a bit of interest,and gathered more than three pages of sign-ups from interested students, said SWAG President Kaylee Lark.
Many businesses, both new
and established, drew students in with promotional items and free samples.
Area vendors also provided free pizza and drinks.
Pack Rat Outdoor Cen-ter gave away about $1,000 in prizes during the event, said Seth Hollingsworth, sales ' oor manager.
Students who could show that they “liked” Pack Rat on Facebook were also entered into a drawing for gi" cards, he said.
“! ere are a lot of new stu-dents who don’t know who we are,” he said.
Pack Rat has been in Fay-etteville for 38 years, and at-tended Razorbash for the last % ve years, he said.
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“[! ese numbers] put us more in line with other SEC schools and major research universities,” McCray said.
“! is also enhances our state’s attractiveness to new jobs,” Gearhart said, “and it helps to keep tuition costs down, which is very impor-tant.”
“We are considering holding student enrollment at 25,000,” Gearhart said, “at least until we can catch up.”
! at number should take three to four years to realize, Gearhart said.
UA o# cials also noticed a large increase in the diversity among its students, McCray said.
! e total number of fresh-men increased by 17 percent since last fall, McCray said, and in that increase, the UA has re-ceived a 25 percent increase in African American students, 28 percent increase in Latino stu-dents, 23 percent increase in Asian students and a 24 percent increase in students who iden-tify themselves as two or more racial or ethnic backgrounds.
! is marks one of the high-est ratings of diversity in UA history, McCray said.
McCray also addressed some possible contributing fac-tors to the large increase in stu-dents.
“No question the lottery has helped,“ said McCray, “espe-cially those students who leave with debt.”
Students are always looking for a way to fund school, Mc-Cray said, but the important thing is they are choosing the UA to use those funds.
! e student body is not the only rapidly growing body on campus.
! e UA added 32 tenure-track faculty members in the past two years, Gearhart said.
Growing comes with pain and the UA is experiencing those pains; however, everyone that they will subside and, in the end, be well worth it, Gear-hart said.
Gearhart addressed the campus construction to accom-modate the rapidly growing population of students.
Some of the new buildings will be opening soon, with oth-
ers opening over a course of the next two years, Gearhart said.
UA o# cials plan to add new buildings across campus to ac-commodate the growing stu-dent body as well as o$ er new and improved facilities, he said.
! e university administra-tion has plans to buy any ad-jacent property, as it becomes available, Gearhart said .
“We think we have room for growth for the next 25-30 years,” Gearhart said.
“Currently, we need more intramural space and parking,” Gearhart said .
Gearhart also addressed the housing situation and strategies the UA is employing to deal with the lack of room for stu-dents to live on campus.
Several older, decommis-sioned residence halls are being renovated to house students, Gearhart said.
“! ough it is not ideal for the students who want to live on campus,” Gearhart said, “it is important and fortunate that there is plenty of outside hous-ing available in Fayetteville.”
! e university is growing in an e$ ort to catch up and be able to accommodate all stu-dents who wish to live on cam-pus within the next few years, Gearhart said.
! e largest problem, Gear-hart said, is trying to build what the UA needs without over-building and creating wasted space.
Despite the increase in stu-dents and the growing pains the UA is experiencing, the student outlook of the school does not seem to have diminished, said Kiera Brown, freshman.
“! e UA emphasizes the ‘YOU’ of A, Brown said. “I did not choose the UA; the UA chose me.”
“! is university feels like a close-knit, family-oriented place,” Brown said.
Another student agreed with Brown.
“[UA] is a place where I can feel at home and call my home,” said freshman Hubert Lee.
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HEBRON CHESTOR STAFF CARTOONIST
If you’ve watched the news during the last four days you might have heard a little something about Hurricane Irene that landed in North Carolina Saturday morning. It then bar-reled its way into New York City and the Northeast Sunday. Actually if you’ve watched the news since Wednesday night or Thursday Hurricane Irene was probably all you heard about, unless you’re observant enough to read the ticker at the bottom of the screen. (Then you’ve might have read about President Obama and his family leaving Martha’s Vineyard and other hurricane-related snippets.)
During, and because of, the Hurricane Irene coverage val-id points were brought up about how effective broadcast re-porting of the storm was. Jeff Jarvis, a journalism professor at City College in New York City, called the coverage over-hyped, and that projecting a worst-case-scenario or end-of-the-world type in broadcast television makes viewers less in-clined to believe reporting for future storms. (They become, in effect as others have pointed out, the reporters that cried wolf.) Anderson Cooper, a Traveler favorite, validated Jarvis’ statements by projecting what would happen if Hurricane Irene hit New York City as a category three hurricane, even though the National Weather Service had shown ,by Saturday evening, that wasn’t going to happen.
Maybe you haven’t watched cable news since Wednesday though for the exact reasons we’re talking about. Maybe you haven’t watched cable news since last Monday or Tuesday. Back then Hurricane Irene was in the Caribbean and the lead story, and for most part the only story, was progress in Libya, particularly the rebel groups taking control of Tripoli, and the (still continuing) hunt for Qaddafi.
We aren’t saying these stories aren’t important, they are. Though overblown by some cable news stations, a hurricane should always be taken seriously, and the news media is an easy outlet to make sure as many people as possible know about evacuation plans. But the influence of that powerful megaphone is lessened when people stop listening because reporters exaggerated the last time. Likewise, Libya is im-portant too. (If anything we wish more people paid attention to news from Africa- or the Middle East, South America or really anywhere besides the U.S. and Western Europe- when riots, severe famine or revolutions weren’t involved.)
But when the major news stations give a significant mo-nopoly of their time to one story, it does a disservice to the approximately 58 percent of people that get their news from cable news shows, according to the Pew Center’s “State of New Media 2011”.
If you had gone online or read a newspaper, you would also know that there was a bombing in Nigeria, Japan’s Prime Minister announced his resignation, and Andrew DeMillo, a reporter in AP’s Little Rock bureau, wrote a piece about po-tential fall out from the West Memphis Three decision.
We know what “new media” is doing to our brain (and if you don’t you should Google Nicholas Carr and read some of his articles) but don’t do the injustice of thinking we can only handle one story at a time.
And in an era where 63 percent of Americans think the news organizations get facts wrong and 60 percent think news organizations are biased, according to a Pew Center re-port from 2009, sensationalizing a serious event only under-lines the cracks Americans are seeing in the media, and gives readers a viewers another reason to withhold the trust we ask of them when they watch our station, read our paper or go to our website.
The Nature of the Beast?
Being a Lead Hog was
one of those volunteer op-portunities that I immedi-ately jumped on with my best friend when we were given the opportunity. With four little siblings, I couldn’t wait to head out of the house.
Not only could we move in early, but also it would be a great opportunity to meet people by helping them move in their belongings, which I then found out would be at 6:30 a.m. A total downer.
In the end, however, the process was a blast, and all residents are moved in. It’s odd that the first campus in-volvement I’ve had as a fresh-man has concluded. Yet there are so many more for myself, and all others to try.
Whether one is involved in recruitment and rush, in-termurals, religious groups, No Women Left Behind or any other of the myriad of organizations and clubs we have on campus, unlike high school, it seems there is something for everyone on campus.
For those interested in politics and government and are staying in campus resi-dence halls, the UA has an platform for on-campus stu-dents —Residents’ Interhall Congress.
Being elected through a residence hall senate or stu-dent interest and activities board in one’s residence hall,
a student may then run for a spot on the RIC Senate, and ultimately the RIC executive team.
This year, however, RICs election processes are re-formed.
Noting that previous fall elections for RIC were “pret-ty inconsistent across the board,” Mussar said he be-lieved change was needed.
This summer, Mus-sar, RIC Vice President Ty-ler Priest, and RIC President Pro Tempore Conrad Witte teamed up over an e-confer-ence and made the decision to reform the process.
As well as fixing incon-sistencies, Mussar feared that the organization was losing legitimacy, a paramount is-sue when shepherding in the largest UA freshmen class in history.
Finally, Mussar felt it was necessary to take the elec-tions solely out of the hands of hall coordinators.
RICs new system fea-tures more involvement from the congress, as RIC mem-bers are helping to run the elections, and requiring each hall to have a competitive election as opposed to indi-viduals merely signing up for the congress.
Moreover, the RIC ex-ecutive board established a handbook for running elec-tions, “with all the informa-tion they (election officials) could ever want on our and their hall’s election process,” Mussar said.
Finally, the board has es-
tablished an application pro-cess similar to an “intent-to-run” form that one would return to a county clerk, and even a hall-by-hall electronic ballot.
All this in an effort to show administrators and “other campus governing or-ganizations that RIC means business,” Mussar said, as well as wanting “to make sure that our voice is legitimately carrying its weight.”
Mussar and RIC are on the right track.
The changes made have helped shift responsibility and control inconsistencies that “didn’t feel right,” to any of the RIC senate and faculty members, said Breffle, a RIC cosponsor.
In addition to RIC step-ping in, RAs have more re-sponsibilities with the new procedures. Many dorms have assigned individual RAs to help oversee election pro-cesses.
Assigned RAs are in charge of getting the word of RIC elections out to students in dorms, as well hanging fly-ers for hall senate and SIAB elections.
Often, it’s hard to give a 100 percent approval rat-ing of any government body or organization, however it seems that a new administra-tion of RIC headed by Pres-ident Mussar is going in the right direction.
Hall election processes were fractured, but with ref-ormation and a division of responsibility, that doesn’t
place all responsibility on re-sources already spread thin, it’s clear that election pro-cesses will quickly have more legitimacy and will run more efficiently.
Not only are there more hands running the election, the election handbook gives clear guidelines for those un-familiar in running the elec-tions, one attempt in giving more legitimacy and weight since election officials know what they’re doing. Giving more confidence to both of-ficials and students interested in running.
Finally, with more awareness for the elections, competition among halls has a chance to build, putting the best in office to lead both halls and the campus as RIC senators.
RIC has already solidi-fied its prowess this year as a powerhouse organization, bringing a huge success to the table in election reformation — the test now is will those elections run smoothly.
Time can only tell, but one thing is certain, they have readily prepared and have taken steps this year to create a 2011-2012 Residents’ Interhall Congress that will not only run well within the organization, but lead the university with an explosive number of attendees to un-paralleled success.
RIC Changes Marks New Era for Organizationby Joe Kieklak
Staff Columnist
! e fever and frenzy of mid-terms last semester prompted a baby-faced, stressed-out stu-dent to lament, “I can’t wait to " nish college. I’m so sick of this place.” I thought to myself, “Spend ten years in the work force and then let me hear you say that.”
Nontraditional students are drawn to each other, and maybe this is one reason why—we know that college is a privilege, and we relish the opportunity to be here.
We rarely miss class; and if we do, there is a good reason—our child or spouse is ill or the car blew up. We are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, despite the age (wisdom) around our eyes. You will not of-ten see a nontraditional student clandestinely sur" ng the Internet during class. ! e Internet and the Mac inspire awe in those who re-member antique computers, the kind that occupied entire rooms. We remember the Dewey Deci-mal System, disco, the Berlin Wall and (gasp!) life before cell phones.
Almost 45 percent of the American public (from teenagers
to seniors) uses social media, ac-cording to the Pew Research Cen-ter. Painting in broad strokes with a wide brush, generational di# er-ences seem apparent in the de-gree of obsession with social me-dia. Shockingly, for many older students it is not traumatic to go hours without checking email or Facebook. It is commonplace to see students walking down steep stairs or crossing the street staring at “smart phones.” How smart is that? I can wait until I am on $ at ground to check my Facebook account, and live another day.
O# Campus Connections is part of the UA Division of Stu-dent A# airs. OCC administra-tion and sta# are committed to helping nontraditional students adjust to 21st century college life. Nontraditional status requires a student meet at least one of eight criteria, which o% en overlap. Sin-gle parents, students over age 25, married students, those with de-pendents, those working full time and those who are " nancially in-dependent are all nontraditional.
! is is a broad demo-graphic; clearly, one col-umnist does not speak for
all nontraditional students. At the UA, students older
than 25 represented 25 percent of the total student enrollment (including law and graduate stu-dents) in 2010, according to data from the UA O& ce of Institu-tional Research. Almost 13 per-cent of the undergraduate popu-lation in 2010 were older than 25. Arkansas Department of Higher Education data from the 44 higher education institutions in the state indicate that 35 per-cent of the 173,000 college stu-dents in 2010 were older than 25.
An anthropologist (me) asks why it seems nontraditional stu-dents hang out together so of-ten. ! e short answer is ba-sic human tribalism. ! ere is a natural tendency to seek com-panionship with people with whom we have a lot in common.
! ere are many other rea-sons, however. For one thing, we actually look around and see each other because cell phones and iPads do not com-pletely consume our attention.
Another reason for friend-ships among nontraditional stu-dents is the sharing of priori-
ties; family and education reign supreme. Finding that elusive place to park on Dickson Street or shopping for the newest and coolest “app” are not priorities.
Nontraditional student Beth Owen agreed that there is a unique cohesion among older students. “I think a lot of us bond because we understand each oth-er in ways traditional students don’t,” she said. “Most of us work; we have families to take care of.”
Owen pointed out the add-ed stress students with children face. “My hat is o# to them,” she said. “! ey raise children and manage a family and part-time job, all while keeping steady on their goal of getting that degree.”
Even though older stu-dents have a tendency to hang out with each other, nontradi-tional students relish the oppor-tunity to learn about new ideas and technology from younger students. College is about learn-ing new perspectives. So, look up from your smart phones, take your headphones o# and chat with an older or nontra-ditional student—who knows, we may both learn something.
by Emily HilleySta! Columnist
Despite Differences, Students Can Help Each Other
Quote Of The Day“Our school has students
from every county in Arkansas, all 50 states and 125
countries.”
-UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart, “UA Enrollment Breaks Record”
Joe Kieklak is a freshman majoring in philosophy and journalism- advertising/ public relations.
A Nontraditional Way
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Each year, thousands of students move o! campus into houses and apartments and gain nearly un-limited freedom to make choices not possible in residence halls. For many, adopting a pet is high on the “to-do” list for the start of the year.
Before heading down to the lo-cal animal shelter or pet store, be sure that the decision you make today is one that you won’t regret tomorrow. Choosing to adopt an animal is a huge responsibility, and the cost and time involved in taking care of another life is of-ten more work than many think.
Brittany Johnson, a hospital-ity major, adopted Aspen, a Chi-huahua, at the start of her ju-nior year, and now she under-stands the amount of work that goes into caring for an animal.
“Aspen is a " nancial burden, a serious distraction and she al-ways makes a mess,” Johnson said.
# e two main factors that pets require are time and money. As a student, can you provide your new animal with the endless hours of bonding and training time and always be prepared for buying supplies and paying for unexpected medical expenses?
Senior Ellen Barber adopt-ed two dogs with her room-mates last year — a choco-late lab and a black lab mix.
“I’d say we’ve probably spent about $500 or $600 on them so far, and it has only been a year,” Barber said. “We’ve replaced everything from textbooks to remotes to our couches, and we’ve had to scrub every square inch of our carpet.”
With all of the expenses aside, pets bring constant companion-ship, protection and endless laughs.
Before deciding on adoption, make sure that any roommates also want a pet. While it may seem easy to take care of a pet by one-self, anyone else in the house will always end up joining responsi-bility in cleaning up messes, feed-ing treats and going on walks. If a roommate already has pets, make sure that the breed you want works well with the current pet.
Another issue to tackle is mak-ing sure that the landlord is okay with a new pet and that the liv-ing situation allows for an ani-mal. Many apartment complex-es charge high pet deposits, and evading deposit payment can cost much more in the long run. Bringing home a new puppy to your studio apartment may seem like the best decision of the year, but the day he chews up the car-pet and rips through your new door blinds it will become a " -
nancial decision to be regretted. # e cost of owning a pet
goes much farther than buying the occasional bag of pet food. # ough dressing your pet for Halloween may seem like the most pressing issue when sign-ing the adoption papers, pur-chases like crates, grooming supplies and toys can break the bank when they become routine.
# e annual cost of owning a medium sized dog is $1,580, ac-cording to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Medical expenses ac-count for 46 percent of annu-al costs, and what can begin as a $35 vet check-up can escalate into a $200 surgery when the un-expected happens. Setting aside even $10 a month can help when facing large-price-tag vet visits.
“De" nitely do your research before you adopt a pet because they cost a lot of money and are responsibility,” Barber said.
While the cost of owning a cat is much lower than owning a dog, at $1,035 per year, budget-con-scious students may consider tak-ing a kitten home instead. Cats are naturally cleaner, less active than dogs and easier to train and handle. For those with limited liv-ing space and time, this may be something to take into account when picking a new furry friend.
# ough money can be the great-est obstacle, time is also an impor-tant factor in being a good owner.
Choosing to bring home a tiny pup may make your heart melt, but always being busy can hurt more than help. If you live in the library all semester, party nonstop on the weekend or can’t provide love and bonding time each day, it may be better to go solo. # rough walking your dogs around the neighborhood, interacting with your new cat over his favor-ite feather toy and training, new pets will be happier, less stressed and much less likely to act out.
Even though sometimes owning a pet and being a stu-dent seems too much to han-dle, pets provide constant loy-alty, love and fun, and quickly become members of the family.
“Even though owning a dog is a lot of trouble, I know that at the end of the day when I come home she is going to love and accept me no matter what,” Johnson said.
Being sure that the decision you make is one you intend to keep makes adoption is a ful-" lling experience, just be sure you are ready to provide your new pet with all the supplies, love and attention they need.
Pets: A Burden or a Companion?
by EMILY RHODESStaff Writer
“I named these walls—this is Slabmeister,” said 66-year-old Richard Ruhland as he moved frenetically through his free-climbing gym, La Casa Pollo—the chicken house.
La Casa Pollo, is aptly named — 14,000 sq. feet of indoor and outdoor climbing surfac-es and 11,000 holds in an old poultry house, said Ruhland.
# e gym, located at 17496 Lake Sequoyah Rd, looks like a teetering, ramshackle house from a Tim Burton " lm, but Ruhland built it with love and an incredible attention to detail.
“I have roughly 2,000 natural hand holds that I made myself of all natural rock,” he pointed out as he moved through the gym.
Ruhland, a small man with a scraggly, yellowing beard and intense blue eyes, continued to explain the work and detail he has put into La Casa Pollo as he demonstrated his climbing abili-ties. Within seconds, he was overhead hugging the ceiling of an area he called the cave, mov-
ing with the $ uid athleticism of someone 40 years his junior.
“I like to climb, he said. “So each wall has a speci" c climb-er-orientated design reason. About every eight to 10 feet is a unique angle that will chal-lenge you. It’s not just to im-press you. It’s very functional.”
For Ruhland — a Viet-nam veteran, published poet and former " ghter — climb-ing was a way to keep living his high-octane lifestyle with-out putting himself in danger.
“I was a maniac. I stepped across the line a lot,” he said of his younger days. “Once I climbed that " rst rock—it was about a 55, 60-foot triple over-hang, and I pulled it o! on my " rst try wearing tennis shoes.”
“It just—boom—my whole world changed that instant,” Ruhland said of his " rst ma-jor climb back in 1988. “# at was the epiphany. # is is the coolest thing I’ve ever done in my life, and it’s responsible.”
With his newfound pas-sion for climbing in full bloom, Ruhland needed a place to climb. Necessity was the moth-
er of invention, he said. And so he built La Casa Pollo.
He built the gym, the pinnacle of which is a tower nearly 75 feet tall, to meet the needs of climb-ers of every caliber, who are all welcome as long as they don’t come in with attitudes, he said.
“We’ve known a few—huh, huh—knuckle draggers in our day,” Ruhland said, grunting and mimicking a gorilla. “Usu-ally for the most part they’re not even welcome here. If you come out here to be J-cool, you’re kind of in the wrong place.”
Katie Russell, a senior com-munications major, got her start climbing at La Casa Pollo.
“When I " rst went there I knew nothing [about climbing], and it’s kind of intimidating to be around a lot of strong people at the beginning,” she said. “# e people are very welcoming. # ey taught me how to climb. # ey taught me technique. # ey taught me what I can do to get stronger and how to climb on problems.”
La Casa Pollo feels like home to the climbers that frequent the gym.
“It’s not the cleanest place ever, but I think that just adds to the
homey feel,” Russell said. “He [Ruhland] cares about the peo-ple there and about their safety, but he also realizes that looks aren’t everything. Richard is the exact same way. He looks like a gru! old man, but he’s very kind.”
Aside from the personal at-tention Ruhland gives to the climbers in his gym, he also decided to make things easi-er for climbing fans by mak-ing his gym a! ordable.
“It’s $7 for a day pass and $3 to rent shoes—that’s re-ally cheap compared to other gyms,” Russell said.
“I guarantee you, if you walk into any other 14,000 square-foot gym, it’s going to be any-where from about $20 to $35. I price it for the people in Arkansas,” Ruhland said.
“It may be uglier than a mud fence,” Ruhland said. “But it is genuinely a climber’s gym.”
Monthly membership at La Casa Pollo is $35, or climbers can pay $350 for a one-year membership.
La Casa Pollo is open 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
La Casa Pollo: A Climber’s Dreamby EDDIE GREGG
Staff Writer
CHANDLER CRACRAFT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA students scale the walls of La Casa Pollo Friday evening after thier first week of classes.
Access to millions of songs—for free: # at’s what music streaming services like Pan-dora, Grooveshark and Spo-tify o! er. And it’s all per-fectly legal (minus a few lawsuits here and there).
While iTunes and similar programs continue to domi-nate online music sales, over the last few years these on-line music-streaming servic-es and others like them have become increasingly popular.
Why? Because access, not ownership, is the future of mu-sic, said Daniel Ek, founder of music streaming service Spotify, said in a recent CNN.com story.
Spotify, which is based in Swe-den, launched its music stream-ing service in the United States in July, o! ering free access to 15 million songs from any com-puter and most smart phones. # ere are a few catches, though: You have to be connected to the Internet, you have to suf-fer through the occasional ad and you are limited to 10 hours of listening time per month.
For ad-free listening on Spotify, users can pay $4.99 a month. For unlimited lis-tening time and o% ine ac-cess to Spotify’s music, us-ers can upgrade to Spotify Premium for $9.99 a month.
Compare that to iTunes
where songs range in price from $0.69 up to $1.29 each and al-bums usually cost $9.99. ITunes does have Spotify beat, though, when it comes to selection, with more than 18 million songs.
For roughly $120 you could get 12 albums on iTunes, or you could use that same $120 to get one year of un-limited, ad-free access to Spotify’s 15 million songs.
Grooveshark is similar to Spotify—a basic membership o! ers free access to Groove-shark’s 12 million-song cata-log. For $6 a month users can enjoy ad-free listening and for $9 they can take advantage of unlimited access to Groove-shark’s music catalog from any computer and some smart phones. # e Apple App store pulled Grooveshark’s iPhone because of legal issues, but those with a jail-broken iPhone can get around this problem.
While Spotify and Groove-shark allow users to cre-ate playlists, Pandora works more like a radio station.
Pandora creates “stations” of similar music for listen-ers based on their initial se-lection of an artist or song. Pandora does this by us-ing its Music Genome Proj-ect, which considers hundreds of music “genes” when pick-ing songs for users’ stations.
“[I use] Pandora if I want to " nd new music that's similar
to stu! I like or if I don't want to have to worry about mak-ing my own playlist,” said Kris-tina Drenckpohl, who grad-uated from the UA in May.
However Pandora doesn’t always hit the mark when making music selections:
“Pandora’s awesome, ex-cept when it takes my Jenny Lewis station and assumes I also love Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw,” said Elizabeth Hall, a senior English major.
And unfortunately Pan-dora’s free version has a few more drawbacks:
All listeners are only al-lowed to skip six songs per hour and are only allowed to skip 12 songs per day, but if you upgrade to a premium ac-count for $36 a year, the daily limit on skips is removed (but you will still only be able to skip up to six songs per hour).
Also, the free version of Pandora limits the listener to 40 hours of music streaming per month. If a listener hits 40 hours, a small fee of $0.99 will provide unlimited listen-ing for the rest of the calendar month. Similarly, a payment of $36 will upgrade a listen-er to a yearlong premium ac-count for unlimited listening.
While Spotify, Groove-shark and Pandora all of-fer free or relatively a! ord-able access to huge amounts of music, in terms of users
they have a ways to go before they catch up to iTunes, which purportedly has more than 200 million account holders.
Spotify, which was founded in 2006, was barred from of-fering its services in the Unit-ed States until this July for le-gal reasons. But it already has more than a million users in the United States in addition to the more than 10 million users in Europe, and Ek aims to reach 50 million Spotify users on this side of the Atlantic within a year.
Current estimates for the number of Grooveshark users range from 10 to 35 million.
Pandora boasted 80 million account holders at the time of its initial public o! ering back in February. In July, the ser-vice announced that the num-ber had jumped to 100 million.
If these music streaming sites continue to grow in popularity like they have over the last few years, iTunes may face some se-rious competition in the future.
While all this free (or at least relatively cheap) access to mu-sic is great for consumers, where does it leave artists big and small who make the music we can’t get enough of? If ac-cess, not ownership, is the fu-ture of music, than the future of musicians could be pretty bleak " nancially. But hey, musicians thrive on hard times, right?
Access, Not Ownership, is the Future of Music
by EDDIE GREGGStaff Writer
JACKI FROST STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERTuned in, freshman Chelsea Anderson listens to Pandora to soothe her nerves as she begins the first paper of her college career.
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SPORTSYoung Razorbacks
Still on Learning CurveArkansas came out ready
and energized against No. 7 Oklahoma State team but fell short to the Cowgirls 4-0.
OSU led 2-0 at hal! ime and pulled away in the second half.
“We made some bad mis-takes and we didn’t capitalize on some opportunities,” said coach Erin Aubry. “Ultimately, that’s the di" erence between going from good to great.”
Arkansas falls to 1-2 on the season while the Cowgirls re-main unbeaten at 4-0.
# e game was physical throughout the duration with Oklahoma State racking up six fouls and Arkansas with eight
# e match was an early sea-son Senior Night for Arkansas in front of 1,073 fans, although a majority of the attendance were Oklahoma State fans.
“With it being the begin-ning of the season, it’s not as bad,” Tidwell said. “But we’re already getting sad to leave; being a member of this team has meant so much to me.”
Krista Lopez scored the Cowgirls $ rst goal 32 min-utes into the match. # en with just 10 seconds remaining in the $ rst half, Taylor Matthews chipped in a goal to give Okla-
homa St. a 2-0 hal! ime lead.“# at is a team that’s ranked
in the country right now, and you guys played with them the majority of the time,” Aubry said. “We had plenty of goal-scoring opportunities.”
# e Cowgirls scored their third goal of the game 34 min-utes into the second half, run-ning the score to 3-0.
“# ey scored their third goal and it de% ated us, just like it did at Kansas,” Aubry said. “We’ve got to learn to over-come that: you can win games 4-3. I think we’re giving up a little too easily right now and that’s a problem we’re going to have to solve pretty quickly.”
Kendra Boydstun scored the $ nal goal of the game for the Cowgirls with less than three minutes remaining in the game, making the score 4-0. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Lillard struggled for a second straight game, allowing eight goals in her last two games.
“I think we were a little in-timidated, hearing No. 7, No. 7 all week long,” Aubry said. “We’ve got some young players who still need to get out of that mentality.”
# e weather also played a
Fundamentals the Key for SmothersFreshman offensive tackle
Mitch Smothers takes pride in doing the little things right.
The Springdale High School product continuously works on his technique as a tackle in hopes of making the team better.
“My technique,” Smothers said. “I came in with a good technique and look for that to help the team. It is something I work hard at every day.”
The coaching staff has liked the 6-foot-4, 295-pounder’s hard work in fall camp. Smothers has split time in fall practice with fel-low newcomer – junior col-lege transfer Jason Peacock – as one of the first-team weak tackles.
“He really has accepted what [offensive line] coach [Chris Klenakis] is teaching,” offensive coordinator Garrick McGee said. “His technique is what he’s done to earn reps with the ones.”
Fellow true freshman
Brey Cook graduated from high school early and went through spring practice at offensive tackle. Cook has moved to back-up guard in fall practice, while Smothers gotten increased work with the first-team offense.
“Doing what I do, it’s kind
of what I expected, but I am a little bit (shocked),” Smoth-ers said. “The biggest adjust-ment has been the speed of the game and the quality of players.”
Offensive linemen rare-
ly contribute or start as true freshmen, but Smothers is not new to the big stage. He was an Under Armour All-Amer-ican after his senior year and appeared in the Under Ar-mour All-American game held in Tampa, Fla., as well as
being a member of the Arkan-sas all-state high school foot-ball team.
He picked the Razorbacks over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Oklahoma State and
others.He has caught the eye of
fellow teammates with his technique and skill in fall camp.
“He takes it seriously and works hard,” senior offensive lineman Grant Freeman said. “He has a lot of natural ability and should do really good.”
The transition has had bumps along the way. The Hogs’ offense isn’t the same as Springdale’s.
“He’s made some assign-ment errors, gone the wrong way a couple times,” coach Bobby Petrino said.“They called plays a little different-ly than we do, but I like him a lot.”
With the starting position still up in the air and Smoth-ers still in the mix, it would be a long time coming for the highest-ranked recruit in Ar-kansas’ 2011 recruiting class, according to ESPN.com.
“It has been a dream of mine my whole life, so if I do indeed earn the starting job it will be a dream come true,” Smothers said.
FOOTBALL
Razorbacks Finish Arkansas Invitational with Two Wins
VOLLEYBALL
Arkansas’ volleyball team defeated Middle Tennessee in straight sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-21) to finish the Arkansas Invitational with its second consecutive win at Barnhill Arena.
The Razorbacks (2-1) used a strong offense against Mid-dle Tennessee Saturday eve-ning, as junior Jasmine Nor-ton led the Razorbacks to victory with 10 kills and five digs.
“I think we were a little more organized, a little more relaxed,” Arkansas coach Robert Pulliza said. “Our of-fense really flowed, so we felt good about our perfor-mance.”
Arkansas and Middle Ten-nessee traded points early in the first set, but the Razor-backs won 25-22.
In set two, Arkansas pulled ahead 12-6 early. Four Mid-dle Tennessee attack errors helped the Razorbacks and Arkansas won the set 25-20.
Back-to-back service aces from Alvarez gave the Razor-backs a 13-8 third-set lead and Arkansas held on to win
the set 25-21, clinching the match.
“It was an exciting win,” Pulliza said. “We did some very, very good things. Mid-dle Tennessee is a very good
program with some great tra-dition. It’s a good step for our program for us to keep going where we want to go.”
Middle Tennessee started
five seniors in their match against Arkansas.
“Well I think for a team with five starters back, plus our libero back, I didn’t think the experience thing would
be a factor, and it turns out it probably was, so we have a lot of work to do,” Middle Ten-nessee coach Matt Peck said.
Three Arkansas play-
ers from Arkansas — Acos-ta, Heckelman and Santos— were selected to the All-Tour-nament Team.
“Individual awards are a testament of team effort,” Pulliza said. “The fact that we could get three, that tells as a group that we did some great things for those guys to be able to shine. But one per-son that did not get an award was Janeliss Torres. Let me tell you, she actually was six months out. She hasn’t prac-ticed once, and she was our starting middle today and did some great things, so she might not be All-Tournament Team, but that’s a kid that I really think did some great things.”
The Razorbacks host Oral Roberts Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Arkansas 3McNeese State 0
Getting swept by Colora-do State in their first match on Friday was all the Razor-backs needed to bounce back and return the favor to Mc-Neese State early Saturday.
by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor
SOCCER
by MARTHA SWEARINGEN &MONICA CHAPMAN
Staff Writer
by LIZ BEADLEStaff Writer
Mitch Smothers
POSITION:OFFENSIVE TACKLE
HEIGHT: WEIGHT:6-4 296
YEAR:FRESHMAN
HOMETOWN:SPRINGDALE, ARK.
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sophomore striker Raymariely Santos and Arkansas’ volleyball team lost to No. 15 Colorado State in straight sets Friday, then bounced back with straight-set wins against McNeese State and Middle Tennessee Saturday in the season-opening Arkansas Invitational at Barnhill Arena.
LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Freshman forward Jeri Ann Okoro and Arkansas’ soccer team dropped a 4-0 decision to unbeaten and No. 7 Oklahoma State Sunday at Razorback Field.
On the Edge of GloryCOMMENTARY
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino is no stranger to winning. It’s no secret that he holds his team to high standards, a value which the players have adopted for themselves.
When Petrino was hired, Razorback fans knew what they were getting. In his short history here, he has already produced a 10-win season and the school’s first
BCS bowl berth.Petrino has a 60.5 percent
winning rate in three seasons at Arkansas, 72.7 percent as a college coach overall.
However, along with Petrino’s play calling pedi-gree came talk of his inabil-ity to stay with a program for more than a few seasons, leaving many to doubt his commitment to the Razor-back program.
In hopes of salvaging a proud tradition after the resignation of then-coach Houston Nutt, many turned a deaf ear to the controver-sial circumstances that end-ed Petrino’s brief stint coach-ing NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. It was more important to Hog Nation to win.
Petrino’s track record of leaving programs prema-turely, though, seems to have
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“Obviously we weren’t quite there yet but we were able to make some adjust-ments that they exposed and we’re a better team for it,” Pulliza said, referring to the loss against Colorado State.
McNeese State got an early lead in all three sets, but Ar-kansas came back each time. In the first set, McNeese took a 2-0 lead in the opening minutes, but Arkansas was never down after that.
The Razorbacks led by eight and went on to win the set, 25-19.
McNeese took the same lead to start to the second set, but the Razorbacks got go-ing again. The Cowgirls kept it close, but dropped the set 25-19.
In the final set, McNeese kept the lead most of the game until Arkansas tied it at 16. Arkansas came back to win, 25-19 after two consecu-tive McNeese State errors.
“We knew we needed to
get ourselves going especial-ly from an offensive stand-point.! We accomplished ev-erything on the defensive side that we wanted to and just felt like our offense never got go-ing yesterday,” Pulliza said. “So being able to come in the morning, right out the bat and bounce back and get the offense going. To hit .421 on the second match of the year is pretty good, so we’re excit-ed about that.”
No. 15 Colorado State: 3Arkansas: 0
Arkansas fell to No. 15 Colorado State in three sets (25-22, 25-16, 25-21) Friday night in front of a program-best 1,407 fans at Barnhill Arena in Razorbacks’ season opener and the opening game of the Arkansas Invitational.
“The first thing I saw was an unbelievable crowd out there,” Pulliza said. “I mean the Razorback Nation showed up to support us. They were unbelievable. I mean 1,400 people, that’s what it’s all
about. And it obviously shows that we have an excit-ing team and that were go-ing in the right direction, but unfortunately it didn’t go our way today. Got to keep it in perspective, the first match of the season.
“We wanted to play this match to see exactly where we are at because we knew they were going to be a good team. They exposed some weaknesses, now we’ve got an overnight time to fix some of those things and go out against McNeese State.”
Colorado State (1-0) to-taled 12.5 blocks and 36 kills to defeat Arkansas in the sweep. The Razorbacks had five total blocks and 30 kills.
Arkansas kept the match close playing in front of the record crowd.
“It was awesome, and it definitely fired us up more. I think we need to learn to use that energy to fuel us instead of kind of make us shocked, and that comes with just more preparation,” Stipanov-ich said.
see VOLLEYBALLon page 7
GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Coach Robert Pulliza and freshman Christa Alvarez opened the 2011 season 2-1, with back-to-back wins against McNeese State and Middle Tennessee, following a loss to No. 15 Colorado State.
been eliminated by the newly signed a seven-year extension with the UA. The only con-cern now is to improve Petri-no’s Southeastern Conference win percentage, which stands at a mere 45.8 percent.
The high expectations for the team harken back to the old days of the South-west Conference, dating from 1958 to 1989. During that era, coaches Frank Broyles, Lou Holtz and Ken Hatfield accu-mulated 70.8, 67 and 76 per-cent win rates, respectively.
The three coaches won at least 70 percent of their con-ference match ups. Frank Bro-yles also produced the only national championship that Arkansas has won in 1964. Since joining the SEC, Arkan-sas has yet to win a confer-ence championship.
Petrino’s conference re-cord suffers from having to rebuild a team that struggled to get a foothold in arguably the toughest division in col-lege football.
It is this problem that Petrino hopes to solve by building a team capable of
handling the stiff competi-tion in the SEC. It is this drive from him, the coaches and the players that has led the program to turn the dream of winning in the SEC Champi-onship game in Atlanta into a possibility.
Many are concerned that having such high expecta-tions for the team can only lead to disappointment. Last year’s loss to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl was a prime example of yet another Ar-kansas team coming close to making a national statement only to fall short at the very end.
While winning a BCS championship every year is not possible for even peren-nial heavyweights (like Ala-bama, Texas and Ohio State), to raise standards and expect the performance of a high-caliber team from players is a good thing.
There is no prestige in being an overachieving team. Being the underdog year in and year out in big games only means that the football program is unable to reach the level of competence that relieves fans of the frustration of rooting for team that is expected to lose.
On the other hand, the confidence of being a mar-quee program that is recog-nized by the whole country is only possible when the play-ers practice and play like a national championship team. It prepares them mentally and physically for the grueling de-mands of high-pressure situa-tions under the national spot-light.
Being unafraid of high expectations has turned the team’s eyes onto college foot-ball’s biggest prize—the BCS National Championship game.
Petrino’s record at Arkan-sas is on track to be among the best in program histo-ry. The steady upward trend means that the state is getting what it paid for; it is what ev-eryone expected him to ac-complish after his hiring.
So it is unreasonable for anyone to shy away from what he brings to the table: the knowledge and leadership required to mold Arkansas into a national championship team.
Rumil Bautista is a staff writer for The Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears every Monday.
from COMMENTARYon page 7
factor in this game with highs reaching the upper-90s. Half-way through each half, there were “O" cials’ Water Breaks” so that everyone could hydrate in the midst of the sun beating down on Razorback Field.
Jeri Ann Okoro took three shots with two on goal. Tyler Allen, Kailey Anders, and Al-lie Chandler also took shots for the Razorbacks.
Oklahoma State took 20 to-tal shots, eight of them being shots on goal. Arkansas took 11 shots with only # ve being on goal.
“Our leadership is so strong this year from that class that we
wanted to go ahead and use the opportunity to highlight these seniors throughout their last
year,” Aubry said. “It’s not just
about the last home game, it’s about their last season and we need to play for that all season long.”
From here, Coach Aubry says she is thankful for the tough competition they have had so that the Razorbacks can keep moving forward in their schedule.
“We’re just going to contin-ue to build,” Aubry said. “We don’t focus on our opponents, we focus on ourselves. Nobody ever wants to lose in athletics but we can look back and know that we are a better team right now than we were last week and we’ll be a better team next week than we are right now.”
$ e next match for Arkansas is a game Friday at Nebraska.
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