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ASG Supports Gun Free UA Campus

Caroline Potts Sta# PhotographerASG Senators get sworn into o$ce at the beginning of the ASG Senate meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 12.

!e UA Career Devel-opment Center and the Veterans Resource Infor-mation Center will have a career fair available for all majors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. !ursday in the Arkansas Union Verizon Ballroom.

Employers from across the nation will be present during the event, accord-ing to a news release.

Students can attend the event to learn about full-time and part-time events or internships, network, practice talking and in-terviewing with employ-ers, and learn information about the industry and other companies, accord-ing to a release.

About 50 representa-tives will be attending the event, according to the Career Development Cen-ter website.

Students should pre-pare for the career fair by bringing copies of their resume with them. Busi-ness casual attire is re-quired.

“Professional dress sends a clear message to the recruiter that you are serious and interested,” according to the article “Making Career Fairs Work for You.”

ASG senators voted against legislation Tuesday night that would allow UA faculty and

sta" who have concealed-car-ry permits to carry guns on campus, hours a#er the state approved a proposal to allow concealed carry weapons on campuses.

!e student senators voted

against two concealed-carry bills, one that supported con-cealed carry for UA faculty and sta", and another that sup-ported changing the UA policy that “seeks disciplinary action against students, faculty and

sta" who attempt to exercise their other statewide license to carry concealed weapons law-fully and in accordance with existing laws,” according to the

Professional Career Fair Hosted !is !ursday

University Programs Day-time Committee held a Mardi Gras party dubbed “Mardi Gras Hogs” in celebration of Fat Tuesday. !e event was held in the Union Connections Lounge, where students were able to take a break from class-es and eat, paint masks and get some beads.

Mardi Gras is a traditional celebration in which people eat, drink and celebrate in a grand way before the begin-ning of the Lenten season, a period of fasting and religious obligations, which begins the following day.

One UA student, Victor Meza, a sophomore kinesiol-ogy major, was thrilled to see a Mardi Gras celebration on campus.

“It’s exciting to see the uni-versity supporting diverse cul-tures,” Meza said.

Rachel Ludeman, the Uni-versity Programs daytime chair, headed this event and

Popular Christian Band Has First Show in Fayetteville

Hype continues to build in Fayetteville as the remain-ing tickets for the upcoming Tenth Avenue North concert are quickly vanishing.

As part of !e Struggle Tour, Tenth Avenue North will play Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. at University Baptist Church on Maple Street.

“!ere are not many tick-ets le#,” said Steve Kieklak, UBC college leader. Tick-

ets are being sold at shofar-concerts.com., and there

are hard-copy tickets at the church o$ce, Kieklak said.

KLRC radio has been pub-

licizing this event, and there has been a lot of excitement

about it, Kieklak said.One UA student said she

was surprised to hear that Tenth Avenue North was coming to Fayetteville.

“‘By Your Side’ is one of my favorite songs,” said Marilyn Winston, sophomore business major. “I have always wanted to see them in concert.”

Tenth Avenue North has been nominated for various Dove Awards in the past. !e

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Rachel LudemanUP Daytime Chair

“I have always wanted to see them in concert.”

Marilyn WinstonSophomore Business Major

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, a UA HY-PER sta" member reported the posting of unauthorized photos on an anonymous Twitter ac-count.

Since then, the person in charge of the anonymous Twitter account, with the handle @HY-PERprobsUARK, has been iden-ti%ed. !e case is now being sent to the prosecuting attorney who will then decide what charges the suspect will face.

Two people who were in two of the more inappropriate photos posted will be interviewed by the prosecuting attorney.

“Interviewing the two in-dividuals whose photos were posted will help the prosecuting attorney decide what charges he will make,” said Lt.Gary Crain, UAPD spokesman.

If the two people want to press charges, then the suspect will most likely face harsher charges than if they don’t press any.

Because the investigation is still ongoing, the suspect’s and victim’s names can not be re-leased.

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Fayetteville was one the of the cities in Arkansas select-ed to participate in a sustain-able energy program.

!e program, Sustainable Energy Scorecards and Edu-cation for Municipalities, will include methods like gather-ing information about energy usage, o"ering education workshops and the option to work with UA students on di"erent projects, according to a press release.

!e Applied Sustainability Center at the Sam M. Wal-ton College of Business is sponsoring the program and receiving funding from the Arkansas Community Foun-dation through a grant as part of their Sustainable En-ergy Initiative.

!e other cities chosen for the program include Arkadel-phia, Gould, Harrison, Hot Springs, North Little Rock, Searcy and Wynne. !ese cities were selected based on “their reputation for being serious about sustainability initiatives and the ideas and commitment expressed in their applications to a pro-gram,” according to a release.

“!e program will opti-mize the success of munici-palities vested in developing the bene%ts of energy e$-ciency and renewable energy deployment for their commu-nities,” said Joanna Pollock, sta" sustainability strategist at the center, in a release.

Cities do not have to pay a fee to participate in the pro-gram.

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Bryan Hull hopes that the Ruger LC9 pistol holstered on his hip sends a clear mes-sage.

He’s not hiding the fact that he is armed and ready to protect himself.

“With conceal carry, all I can do is react when some-one has begun an attack,” said Hull, president and founding director of the Oklahoma Open Carry Association.

“With open carry, I may be able to stop an attack.”

Hull was among those who encouraged Oklahoma legislators to pass a law last year that lets those who are licensed to have concealed handguns openly carry their %rearms.

And he began openly car-rying his when the law took e"ect Nov. 1.

Now he and other neigh-bors to the north say it’s Tex-as’ turn.

“!e entire country is shocked that Texans can’t open-carry,” said Hull, 44, a

general manager of a wrecker service. “It doesn’t %t the cul-ture.”

At a time when gun con-trol has become part of the national conversation -- and gun stores are trying to keep up with the demand for am-munition, magazines and guns -- Rep. George Laven-der has %led a bill to change the way guns are carried in Texas.

Lavender proposes letting Texans with concealed hand-gun licenses openly carry their %rearms, as gun owners in states ranging from Okla-homa to Minnesota already do.

“Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not allow some form of open carry despite being one of the most pro-Second Amend-ment states in the country,” said Lavender, R-Texarkana. “It is important we pass open carry this session.”

Marsha McCartney hopes Lavender fails.

“Back in the Old West, people had to leave their guns at the edge of town,” said Mc-Cartney, a spokeswoman for the Texas chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “I thought that was very sensible.

“I wonder why that was changed.”

Texas is one of six states, plus the District of Colum-bia, that do not allow open carry.

For years, gun-rights proponents have urged state lawmakers to make it le-gal. And more than 77,000 people have signed an online petition calling on the Legis-lature and Gov. Rick Perry to allow it.

Lavender, who sought to pass such a bill in 2011, is trying again.

He has %led a bill with Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Mar-shall, to let licensed Texans carry handguns in shoulder or belt holsters.

Lavender said the odds of passing the measure -- HB700 -- are better this ses-sion.

“!is bill is important to many people for a variety of reasons,” he said. “For some, it is a matter of personal safety. For others, it simply is a convenience/personal pref-erence issue.

“And for some, it is a 10th Amendment/constitutional

issue.”John Pierce, who has ad-

vocated this change for years, will drum up support.

“We have high hopes for it in Texas this year,” said Pierce, co-founder of Open-Carry.org. “Texas has for so long in this country stood as a symbol of rugged individu-alism and freedom.

“I think it is embarrassing that people can sit at a Star-bucks in Minneapolis open-carrying ... but somehow the people in Houston or Dallas can’t handle that.”

Pierce said his group will start raising money to help inform Texans about this initiative through billboards and possibly radio ads.

He would love to see Tex-as move forward with open carry and leave Washington, D.C., Arkansas, Illinois, Flor-ida, South Carolina and New York as the only places that allow no form of it.

Twenty-nine states allow open carry and don’t require a license. Last session in Tex-as, proposals such as allow-ing concealed carry on col-lege campuses and in parking lots took a higher priority.

But now, Lavender said,

several senators have ex-pressed interest in backing the bill.

Texas Land Commis-sioner Jerry Patterson said it’s time for this proposal to move forward.

“I support open carry by license holders. What bet-ter way to determine who standing around you is a good guy?” said Patterson, a former state senator who car-ried the legislation that legal-ized concealed handguns in Texas 18 years ago. “You know the person standing there with a gun on their hip has passed a b ackg round check, is up on their child sup-port. ...

“One hundred years ago in Texas, honest men carried openly and only criminals carried concealed,” he said. “It’s interesting how in the last 25 to 30 years, open carry became bad.”

!e Legislature passed Texas’ concealed hand-gun law in 1995. More than 585,000 Texans hold licenses, according to the Texas De-partment of Public Safety.

Oklahoma’s lawOklahoma legislators ap-

proved a bill last year let-ting anyone with a concealed handgun license display a %rearm in a shoulder or belt holster as of Nov. 1.

!e state has 146,262 residents licensed to carry handguns, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

In Oklahoma, as in Texas, the number of requests for concealed handgun licenses increased in 2009, the year Barack Obama was sworn in as president, and last year, when there were several mass shootings and Obama was re-elected, records from both states show.

Oklahoma o$cials say they are aware of no inci-dents since open carry took e"ect that caused the state bureau to suspend or revoke licenses.

“!is enhances Oklaho-mans’ ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” state Sen. Anthony Sykes, a Republican, said a#er the bill passed.

“I think the evidence is clear that gun owners are some of the most responsible

people, and they’ve shown that in not just Oklahoma, where we’ve had concealed carry for quite some time and there’s never been an incident, but in these other states as well.”

Preventing crime?Hull was among those

clamoring for open carry.He said he knows that

openly wearing a handgun can prevent crime.

One day at his wrecker service, where he regularly wears his gun in plain sight, several people came to his workplace a#er their friend’s vehicle had been impounded.

!ey were bundled in bulky jackets on a summer day. A#er walking around -- and seeing the Ruger strapped to Hull’s hip -- they quickly le#.

“I never saw a weapon,” he said. “But clearly they weren’t coming to bring me a thank-you card.”

Since the law took e"ect, Oklahoma City bank man-ager Justin Merrick said, he may have seen two people he doesn’t know openly carry-ing handguns.

But he believes those numbers will grow.

Merrick said that when he’s in public with his wife and 3-year-old daughter, his Browning Hi Power 9 mm draws curious looks.

“I get smiles, nods from across the room,” said Mer-rick, 32, the secretary of the Oklahoma Open Carry As-sociation. “People approach me and ask, ‘How do you do that?’ !ey don’t know about the law.”

Becoming a target?Critics say they fear a rise

in violent confrontations if Texas allows open carry.

Many say it isn’t the right way to go because criminals will make anyone openly carrying a weapon their %rst target.

Hull said that’s just not the case.

“Armies walking into bat-tle don’t conceal their %re-arms,” he said.

He said he hasn’t had to %re his weapon, but he did draw it once, when someone

tried to mug him in his ve-hicle.

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“Unless the state has a very compelling reason, the state should allow law-abiding citizens to do exactly what they are asking to do,” he said.

Even if Texas does some-day allow open carry, not ev-eryone who carries a weapon plans to exercise that right.

Curtis Van Liew, 49, a concealed handgun license instructor who lives in Watauga, favors the law.

“I love it. !e more guns people see on people, the less likely they are to do something. But anyone who walks out of their door with their gun on puts a bull’s-eye on their chest,” he said. “If there’s a crime at a restau-rant, they are going to be the %rst one taken out.”

Because of that, Van Liew said, he would continue to keep his handgun concealed.

“It gives me the element of surprise,” he said.

Texas Revisits Allowing Open Carry of Handguns

McKenna Gallagher Sta# PhotographerStudents make crafts and enjoy refreshments in the Arkansas Union to celebrate Fat Tuesday, Tuesday, Feb. 12.

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discussed the importance of UA activities.

“I want students to feel as though they belong to a com-munity here at the U of A,” she said. “I know we can all get lost in the crowd of a big campus, so I like to make stu-dents feel welcome and com-fortable at my events.”

Students were o"ered chicken tenders and sauce, an assortment of beverages, and a large cake to eat, and were given a chance to deco-rate some traditional Mardi Gras masks. !e masks were

black and white and could be painted, feathered and cov-ered with beads.

“I’m enjoying this mask painting,” said Je" Payne, se-nior music major, who took full advantage of this event as a break from his studies. “It’s nice to be able to stop work-ing and do something fun.”

In addition to this, there was a section set up by Play-station where students were able to play games and relax. Students played “Far Cry 3,” “Sony All Stars,” “God of War” and several other games on

the Playstation 3 and Playsta-tion Vita.

UA students in attendance were also given a chance to enter a contest in hopes of winning a Playstation Vita. Attendees received a small gi# including sunglasses, a drink koozie and a bottle opener.

“!e food is great, but what’s really helping me relax is the fact that I get to shoot sharks in the face,” said Blake Capps, senior music major, who enjoyed the free games and spent some time playing “Far Cry 3.”

band won New Artist of the Year in 2009 and the following year won New Song of the Year for the song “By Your Side.”

“I don’t know them very well, but every song I know of theirs, I like,” said Jacob Blakley, junior philosophy and psychology major. “I’m excited, and I will probably go and see them.”

!is contemporary Christian music band is from West Palm Beach, Fla. !e members met at Palm Beach Atlantic College and eventually formed a group, nam-ing it a#er a street in the area, ac-cording to the band’s website.

Tenth Avenue North had want-ed to do a show in Fayetteville, and they were the ones to actually con-tact UBC %rst. !e sanctuary at UBC is pretty big, and it can serve as a great venue for events like this with large audiences, Kieklak said.

!e church has hosted various concerts in the past, but this is one of the biggest concerts the church has hosted in a long time, Kieklak said.

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bill.Senators instead voted to keep the UA’s current gun policies.

Joe Youngblood, au-thor of the bill for con-cealed carry on campus, said that the accidental shooting Friday was an example of why concealed carry should be allowed on the UA campus.

“!e incident on Fri-day showed people who don’t carry their guns le-gally are going to bring guns on campus no mat-ter what,” Youngblood said, referring to Friday’s accidental shooting at KUAF.

ASG senators shared their time during the de-bate period with faculty members who gave their opinion of the issue.

“Let’s leave this to the professionals, hire more police men,” said Sidney Burris, an English profes-sor who started a petition against concealed carry on campus.

!e senators debated the %rst piece of legisla-tion — involving faculty and sta" being able to carry a gun on campus if they have a concealed car-ry permit — but bypassed debate on the following

two.!e bills that passed

will be forwarded to state o$cials and UA systems o$cials, Chair of Senate Mike Norton said in a previous Traveler inter-view.

Earlier Tuesday, Ar-kansas state legislatures voted to approve Repub-lican Rep. Charlie Collins’ proposal to allow con-cealed weapons on public college campuses. Collins plans to amend the pro-posal so that public col-leges and universities can opt out of allowing weap-ons on campus, according to Arkansas Online.

!e provision would allow school o$cials to choose areas that would be considered concealed-carry safe. Collins’s pro-posal already includes an opt-out provision for private universities and colleges.

Other bills that passed during ASG’s meeting supported adding more seating to the student section at UA basketball games, changing senators’ requirements for writing legislation and adding scanners to student print quota.

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“I want students to feel as though they belong to a community here at the UA. I know we can all get lost in the crowd of a big campus, so I like to make students feel welcome and comfortable at my events.”Rachel Ludeman, University Programs, Day Chair“UP Hosts ‘Mardi Gras Hogs’ Page 1

Why the Graduate-Law School Congress Should Fail

For the !rst 18 years of my life, the only pope I knew was Paul VI. Of course I use the word “knew” in the !gurative sense, since I’d never met the former Giovanni Battista Maria Montini during my childhood and youth.

I remember re"exively praying for him at Mass when the priest would get to the part about God’s “Servant Pope Paul” and his “Bishop John” re-ferring, of course, to Philadel-phia’s Cardinal Kroll.

To this day, whenever we reach that part in the liturgy, my inner voice still intones the names of those two good men, even though other popes and bishops have replaced them several times over. It’s like this, you see: the leaders of the Ro-man Catholic Church are not just names in books and still photos on newscasts. #ey be-come a part of you if you grew up in the spiritual family.

Paul’s successor John Paul I never had the opportunity to impress himself on my con-sciousness since he died only one month into his papacy. #e poor man will always be re-membered, for me at least, as a slightly-sad-looking, generally benevolent but entirely-forget-table footnote to my Catholic history.

And then came the “Rock of Peter” star, the man who

changed the way we all looked at the Vatican: John Paul II. #e !rst non-Italian in over half a millennium, Karol Wotyla of Kracow, Poland, revolutionized both the o$ce and its percep-tion by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. #is was a man who was much more a warrior for the faith than its caretaker, a man who had dealt with the Great Satan in communist form and also had to study for the priesthood, in secret, under Nazi overlords.

He taught my generation of young people, and the ones who followed, that moral rela-tivism is just another word for cowardice, and tolerance for everything is appreciation for nothing.

In my senior yearbook from Merion Mercy, nestled among the student portraits, are pho-tos of Paul VI and John Paul I, since they had both died dur-ing that !nal year and the nuns wanted to make sure we’d re-member them. No one had to include the photo of John Paul the Great in any book for him to be remembered, since his life was a monument so tall and so massive that it dwarfs the hori-zon of our Catholic experience.

#at’s why I felt a strange sense of sympathy for Jozef Ratzinger when he was elevat-ed to the papacy and became Pope Benedict. #is man who was called “God’s Rottweiler” because of his iron grip on the Congregation for the Doctrine

of Faith, the disciplinary arm of the church, had a di$cult job to ful!ll. Behind him was a Fisherman whose shoes he could never !ll, before him a road of controversy and criti-cism, especially from we in the democratic west who were angered at the exploding sex abuse scandal, the refusal to or-dain women as priests and the disa%ection of so many cradle and cafeteria Catholics.

Benedict had neither the charisma nor the stamina of his predecessor, and there were even those who stooped so low as to point out the di%erence between the anti-communist battles of John Paul II and the fact that, as a boy, the young pope once belonged to the Hit-ler Youth.

Benedict met his critics with grace, something that those who had observed him during his decades at the Vatican nev-er suspected. For the longest time the “Rottweiler” had been viewed as a severe man who imposed draconian punish-ments on those who diverged from o$cial church teachings. It didn’t help that he wasn’t the athletic, engaging Renaissance Man he served for almost 30 years and who was truly be-loved by his people.

And yet, Benedict did something that John Paul never did: he apologized for the hor-rible crimes committed against the most innocent among us, the children. In 2010, he wrote

a letter to the victims of abuse at the hands of the Irish Catho-lic church and called what had happened “sinful and criminal acts” and criticized the bishops for “grave errors in judgment and failures of leadership.” It wasn’t enough for a lot of people, especially here in the United States where we expect public executions in the town square.

But it was much more than any other ponti% had ever done.

#is, above all other things, should be his legacy. Benedict was a man who understood human frailty far better than most because he dealt with it for so many years as the leader of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. He also saw how humans can be twisted into evil facsimiles of them-selves by surviving the Nazi scourge. And he understood, in the !nal years of a life de-voted to Christ, that we need to ask forgiveness before we can be forgiven.

I do not have the same sad feeling of loss as I did when John Paul II passed away. But I am only now beginning to realize the caliber of the man who was a good caretaker of what we in the Catholic fam-ily hold sacred. God bless and keep him.

Christine M. Flowers is a lawyer and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News.

Pope Benedict’s Legacy, Understanding Human Frailty

So, the reports from the police and multiple media outlets are in and I want to make some things eminently clear. #e person who illegal-ly brought a gun onto the UA campus and injured himself in a NEGLIGENT discharge of his !rearm was, unsurpris-ingly, NOT a concealed car-rier.

I say unsurprisingly be-cause as anyone with exposure to !rearms or CCW (where safety training is a manda-tory part of the curriculum) knows, you don’t break the four rules of !rearms safety that speci!cally prevent these kinds of situations. Firearms and !rearm owners are over-whelmingly safe, studies sup-port this, even indicating that !rearms-related activities are safer than golf !

I hope the gentleman is alright, and this experience spurs him and everyone else on our campus to go and take a basic !rearms handling course to prevent these kinds of injuries.

Now, there are some who say this event lends credence to the anti-concealed carry point of view, but I vehement-ly disagree. #is incident highlights several important points that further emphasize why lawful concealed carry on campus is a good thing.

First, it shows how the current debate is not whether there should be no guns on campus or some guns, but rather that the status quo only allows the most danger-ous members of our society to bring guns onto campus, because people who don’t fol-low the law don’t care about what metal signs say and they don’t follow basic gun safety. Criminals don’t care what metal signs say, and they also have atrocious !rearms han-dling/safety skills.

Secondly, the police re-sponse to this incident took

six minutes. Our police of-!cers are dedicated and pro-fessional, but they will be the !rst to tell you that they CANNOT be everywhere at once, and in the meantime a criminal will have free reign of any situation they begin- UNLESS a trained and certi-!ed concealed carrier is able to defend themself and others until law enforcement arrives.

Had this careless person instead been a murderous criminal he would have been free to do as he pleased with the lives of every innocent person in the “gun free” zone of KUAF for six whole min-utes before any resistance was possible. “Gun free zone” laws provide this guarantee to shooters, and that is why ev-ery mass shooting since 1950, with one exception, has oc-curred in a gun free zone.

Had the person at KUAF proactively attempted to deny law enforcement entry to the building, as the Virginia Tech shooter did, the response time, and the attendant situ-ation, would have been even worse.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to in-dulge in the logical fallacy of keeping a “gun free zone” at the University of Arkansas for safety?

#e only “safety” this situ-ation provides is the com-fort that the law abiding and trained persons in our society will be unable protect them-selves and others, though all evidence/studies/data show they do this with aplomb, in any kind of situation where lives are in immediate danger.

I urge EVERYONE at the University of Arkansas to consider the rami!cations of the proposed bills, their proven bene!ts and the in-herent lack of legitimacy and evidential support of the op-posing arguments.

Joe Youngblood is a junior Criminal Justice and Sociology major and RIC senator.

KUAF Student’s Shooting Provides Clarity

You voted last week to replace empty seats in our Associated Student Govern-ment Senate and on three referred acts.

The first of these, entitled The Graduate Congress Es-tablishment Act of 2012 pro-vides for the establishment of a separate body, co-equal with the ASG Senate, just for graduate and law students, while taking four percent of the ASG general operating budget.

This particular referen-dum passed with 881 votes. However, taking into ac-count the 554 abstentions and 187 straight “no” votes, the act passed with a margin of only 150 votes.

Votes aside, the graduate and law school students have continually failed to provide candidates for ASG Senate.

During debates on whether to pass this bill along to the general body at large for a vote, several graduate students provided commentary citing demands on their time, such as being married, having kids, having a job and many other things preventing them from tak-ing a seat in the senate for an academic year.

In these same debates, there were examples of bills that were graduate-student specific, which they could resolve in their own body.

Agendas like a universi-ty-provided childcare center for those graduate students who have children or speed-ier delivery of their stipends

from the treasurer’s office.While these are indeed

noble goals, what prevented them from running for Sen-ate in the first place to pres-ent these proposals?

If we look at the histori-cal record and apply it ob-jectively to prognosticate upon the future, we see the following: a body that takes up a chunk of the budget of ASG. A body that hasn’t ac-complished anything that justifies its continued exis-tence. A body with the same historically low engagement as the current system, which has its own block of seats they can be elected to into and serve as coequal mem-bers with their fellow un-dergraduate students in the Senate.

Yes, some institutions have developed their own

legislative body for gradu-ate students; however, we must see if those institutions have similarly sized gradu-ate student populations and participation rates of gradu-ate students in student gov-ernment.

To ensure tomfoolery and bad policy don’t get enacted just by the will of the major-ity, referendums go to the chancellor for final approval.

For these reasons, and I am sure many more have been raised, it is my sincere hope Chancellor Gearhart does the right thing and ve-toes Referendum One.

Tyler Wells is a political correspondent on UATV’s Campus Crossfire, live Wednesday at 7. Follow cam-pus, state and national poli-tics on Twitter @UACrossfire.

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Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

It’s been said for years that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” But it usu-ally depends on what kind of breakfast you eat. Many people believe that eating a healthy breakfast is essential to a healthy lifestyle.

“I try to eat healthy in the mornings because if I start my day healthy, I’ll be more likely to eat healthier throughout the day,” said Taylor Nelson, a junior dental hygiene major from Bryant, Ark.

Many college students don’t eat breakfast on a regular basis, though.

“On weekends I usually eat breakfast, but I never have time to during the week,” said Grace Hughes, a senior communica-

tions major from Springdale, Ark. “I know that it is probably better for me if I do eat breakfast regularly, but I don’t.”

During a time of the year where many people are focusing on shedding those extra pounds that creep up during the holidays, breakfast may be an essential part of losing weight. Eat-ing some breakfast protein (like an egg) every morning is key to losing weight, said Mehmet Oz, known as “Dr. Oz”, a TV personality.

Breakfast is also a good idea if you want to maintain a healthy weight. First o!, it helps re-duce hunger throughout the day, which helps you avoid overeating later on. "e prolonged fasting that occurs when you skip breakfast can increase your body’s insulin response, which increases fat storage, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Breakfast also gives you energy, which in-creases your physical activ-

ity during the day. Hav-ing more energy can help motivate you to exercise later in the day. A healthy breakfast refuels your body and replenishes the energy your muscles lose while you have been sleeping.

Breakfast has also been said to help concentration throughout the day.

“I think it is better to eat breakfast because it helps me stay full and able to concentrate in my classes,” Nelson said.

“I always feel a di!erence when I don’t eat breakfast,” Hughes said. “I’m

hungry, and then I eat stupid things that aren’t healthy for me.”

Many cereals, like Special K, boast that they are healthier cereal options for breakfast. Spe-cial K even has a “Special K Challenge,” which uses their products to help customers lose weight and keep it o!. "eir cereal is made with whole grain and has high #ber content, which can help you maintain a healthy weight and lower the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

Shredded wheat cereals are also high in #ber and lower in fat and sugars, and can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

“I usually eat a #ber granola bar with pro-tein in it, which helps me stay full and is easy to eat on the go,” Nelson said. “If I have more time, I’ll eat a bagel or some Special K cereal.”

"ere are countless combinations of di!er-ent foods that you can eat for a healthy break-fast. Many breakfast foods can be easily put into a Ziploc bag so they can be eaten on the go.

Apple slices, cheese cubes and walnuts is a good combination for breakfast because you get some of your fruit intake of the day, but also dairy. "e cheese and walnuts provide pro-tein to help you power through early morning classes.

A whole-grain wa$e spread with peanut butter can help satisfy a sweet tooth. Adding some nuts or dried fruit to the peanut butter can help give this breakfast an extra boost.

Hard-boiled eggs, cooked the night before, provide a great deal of protein and are portable.

When you have a little more time, making a smoothie can be a great way to start your day. Frozen fruit is great for smoothies because it does not spoil as quickly as fresh fruit. You can also add some soy milk, greek yogurt, and even spinach or kale along with the fruit. "e fruit can help mask the taste of the vegetables if you don’t enjoy eating your greens.

Even though college students are pressed for time, it is still important to eat breakfast. It is a crucial part of the day because breakfast helps maintain concentration and energy throughout the day. If you are concerned with maintaining a healthy weight, breakfast can help you do this.

Even though it may seem like a hassle, the bene#ts

of breakfast far out-weigh the time it takes to make it.

Cover letters, also known as job-appli-cation letters, are tremendously important when applying for a job and can determine whether or not the applicant can score an in-terview or get hired.

“"ere is no one way to write a cover let-ter,” said Erica Estes, the Associate Director at the Career Development Center.

Employers look for a personalized, well written, cover letter that represents the po-tential employee well. "e applicant needs to show interest and passion for the applied position.

"e #rst step to take when writing a cover letter is to do research. Knowing the busi-ness or company gives the candidate more knowledge in how their skills can be used for the position and allows the letter to be more personalized and detailed in their strengths. When researching, it is critical to #nd out who will be reading the cover letter, which helps determine the appropriate salutation and closing.

“"is also helps knowing how assertive or aggressive to be in the letter,” Estes said.

"e cover letter should be written as a formal business letter; this is the preferred format and re%ects professionalism to the audience. At the top of the page, aligned to the le&, the applicant should include their address. It is optional for the applicant to include their name and email address un-der their address. "ere should be a space a&er this information. "e date the letter is written should be included a&er the address followed by a space. "e name of the reader, their title, organization, and address should follow with a space.

"e applicant should address the letter to the reader, followed by a colon. For example,

“Dear Mr. Smith:”If the applicant does not know who the

audience will be, the letter should be ad-dressed, “To whom it may concern:” or “Dear hiring manager:” Using a coma to ad-dress the letter re%ects informality and lacks professionalism. A colon is essential. Once the salutation is taken care of, the applicant can begin their #rst paragraph, which should include the position the applicant is applying for; why they are interest in the job, compa-ny, or industry; and it should highlight the candidate. "e letter should be personal; the reader should be able to hear the applicant’s “voice” throughout the letter, but be sure to keep the focus on the job.

"e second paragraph should include quali#cations included on the resume, but in detail. "is includes educational accom-plishments that connect to the skills needed for the position. Making the connection with the resume is important, but relaying enthu-siasm about the position through writing is the thing that will set one letter apart from another, according to a handout provided by the Quality Writing Center.

"e third paragraph highlights job ex-perience and explains skills gained and ac-complishments made while working. Keep the job in perspective while writing—do not write about skills gained if they do not per-mit to the position. It is acceptable to explain gaps in employment during this paragraph.

"e concluding paragraph should sum-marize the applicant’s credentials; request the next step (which is typically an inter-view), and mention contact information along with the enclosed resume.

"ere should be a space separating each paragraph, and none of the paragraphs should be indented. Everything should be aligned to the le&. "ere should be a space between the conclusion paragraph and the closing; the proper salutation to close the letter should preferably be “Sincerely.” Stray-ing away from professionalism in the letter will re%ect negatively on the applicant. "ere should be four spaces in between the closing and the applicant’s name. In this space, the applicant should write their signature. "e applicant’s name should be followed by their contact information, phone number and email address, according to a handout pro-vided by the Quality Writing Center.

Grammar mistakes, an impersonal “voice,” and lack of enthusiasm will negative-ly a!ect the applicant. It is okay to brag about what makes you great for the job, but caution against making the cover letter longer with unnecessary information. "e cover letter is not about length, it is about the quality of the letter and that is will set the applicant apart from other candidates. Enthusiasm and pas-sion for the position is what the employer will search for.

"e Career Development Center o!ers walk-ins on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for cover letter assistance and the Quality Writing Center has helpful handouts available as well

Making a Healthier and Better Breakfast

How to Write a Winning Cover Letter

Georgia Carter Sta! Writer

Morganne RhodesContributing Writer

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Valentine’s Day — the one day of the year when it’s acceptable to publicly display your a!ection, sur-prise the one you love with %owers and chocolate, and generally feel good about the people you are sur-rounded by.

I love the week leading up to the February bliss — planning the per-fect date night, buying a whimsical gi& for my husband. "e actual day, not so much. Heart-shaped candy boxes, cheesy cards and $10 teddy bears — it's a marketing dream with a giant "L" for lame on it. In middle school it was okay; now I sit in agony as people interrupt class to give Val-entine’s candy grams to those they fawn a&er.

However, there is one part to the day of love each year that is genu-inely enjoyable, and that is the food. I'll take any excuse to eat at one of the great restaurant choices around Fayetteville, and a homemade and extremely chocolatey dessert is hard to resist. And while baking may take the back burner as the school year heats up with tests, research papers and applying for graduation, this recipe takes less than 10 minutes to make and costs less than $8. Now, that's a Valentine’s day treat that even I can enjoy.

Fudge — it's easy to make and completely delicious. Combine just three ingredients to get the right consistency and texture, and you're on your way to creative chocolate heaven. Add fruit, nuts or any other combination of sweet foods to make some great %avor combinations. "e best part is that it keeps for days in

the fridge, making it a simply sweet treat to indulge in this week.

While fudge is generally made on the stove, this recipe calls for nothing more than a microwave — dorm room residents, you too can enjoy homemade treats this year without having to use the residence hall kitchens. Head down to the su-permarket, pick up your favorite in-gredients and prepare for the easiest dessert ever.

Strawberry Pecan FudgeServings: 20 pieces

1 12-ounce bagmilk chocolate chips

3/4 can sweetenedcondensed milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 1/2 tablespoons water4 large strawberries1/2 cup chopped pecans

Total cost: $7.79In a microwave-safe dish or

Pyrex jug, combine the chocolate chips, water and condensed milk. Cook on high in the microwave for 1 minute, then remove and stir again. Place back in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute, until the chocolate has completely melt-ed and incorporated with the other ingredients. At this point, if the chocolate mixture is too thick and looks grainy, add extra condensed milk to get the right consistency.

While the mixture is cooking, take 4 large strawberries and dice, adding more or less for preference. Chop the pecans, if whole. Add the pecans to the fudge mixture (be careful, it will be hot) and fold into the batter.

Line a deep cookie sheet or small baking pan with wax paper, ensuring that the sides of the dish

are partially covered up to 1 inch. Pour the fudge batter into the pan, then top with the diced strawber-ries. Cover and let set in the refrig-erator for 1-2 hours, or until solid. Using a sharp knife, cut the fudge into small squares, and serve.

"e strawberries create a sweet, fresh bite on an otherwise ex-tremely chocolatey fudge, and the crunch from the pecans is the per-fect end note to this year’s Valen-tine’s Day celebration.

However you choose to cel-ebrate your big day this week, this recipe is sure to please and is easy to create while on a college student budget. So, whether you forget that giant heart card or just want to make something homemade and from the heart, all you need is a pan, a few ingredients and a microwave to create a recipe that is totally unforgettable.

Valentine’s Day Sweets: Strawberry Pecan FudgeEmily RhodesPhoto Editor

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

As spring arrives and baseball reclaims its place as America’s sweetheart of sports, football season is no more.

But that doesn’t mean that I’m just going to sit here and forget about it all. No, in fact,

it has come to my attention that some pretty juicy news has been going on in the past month that averted my atten-tion back to the leader of fall sports, and I’m not talking about the Manti Te’o scandal.

I’m talking about the pay-ment to keep, and more inter-estingly, to get rid of college football coaches.

Sometimes, I wonder if football coaches at the col-legiate level are overpaid for their jobs. Sure, they devel-op a program that is viewed nationally and grow young athletes into potential profes-sionals.

You don’t have to like Nick Saban to know that he’s earned his keep as Alabama’s head coach. For the 2013 sea-

son, Saban is slated to receive $5.3 million, supposedly the highest amount paid to a coach at a public university.

Arkansas o!ered our very own former interim head coach, John L. Smith, what seems to be a measly amount of $850,000.

At any rate, football coaches get paid more than I likely ever will. I sometimes think to myself that I should opt out of a journalism career and instead try to become a football coach.

Not because I think I’d be good at it. I’ve never played football, or even powder-pu! football for that matter. I think I’d actually be a terrible coach. But here’s the kicker, and why I could make a living

o! it: sometimes it pays to be a bad coach. Literally.

Take Houston Nutt, the whole reason I paid attention to coaching salaries and buy-outs. In 2011, in the middle of what would be a no-win Southeastern Conference season and only two wins overall, it made sense that Ole Miss would want to hop o! the train before it even stopped.

"at meant Ole Miss had to pay up, and the payment was not insigni#cant. In his contract, Nutt was to receive $6 million over six years. By this January, he had been paid nearly $2 million when Ole Miss and Nutt decided to call their relationship completely quits and settle for a one-time

payment of $4.35 million.Ole Miss decided that go-

ing ahead and loading Nutt up with money beat all the di$culties they would #nd in taxes.

"en we have Joker Phil-lips, the former coach of Kentucky, the team everyone knew they could beat in 2012. A%er a losing season, Ken-tucky opted for a $2.5 million buyout rather than let Phil-lips continue his career with its team. Now Phillips will earn money coaching wide receivers at Florida while he gets compensation for not be-ing a great head coach.

Former Auburn head coach Gene Chizik earned a staggering $7.5 million buy-out a%er Auburn’s embarrass-

ing 2012 season. I say earned in the sense that Chizik had such a bad season that he earned the right to be dis-missed as a head coach.

Unfortunately for Chizik, whatever he earns on his own during the rest of the term of his contract detracts from the amount of the buyout.

And those are just the numbers for the Southeastern Conference notables.

So maybe, just maybe, it really does pay to be the loser every once in a while.

Tamzen Tumlison is a writer for the Arkansas Trav-eler. Her column appears ev-ery other Wednesday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

College Football Coaches, Does It Pay to Be a Loser?

Tamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

It’s very early in so%ball season, and records are al-ready being broken.

A%er #nishing their #rst tournament of the season a perfect 5-0, the program’s #rst 5-0 start ever, the Arkan-sas Razorback so%ball team looks to continue their suc-cess heading into the week-end.

Head coach Mike Larabee couldn’t have asked for a bet-ter start to the season than a perfect record at the Red Desert Classic in St. George, Utah. "e Razorbacks were able to go undefeated, sweep-ing Colorado State, Southern Utah, Loyola Marymount, Weber State and Utah.

“We went out there with a goal of going 5-and-0. I think our players stepped it up,” Larabee said.

Freshman out#elder Stephanie Can#eld had an excellent start to her college career, hitting .571 at the Red Desert Classic, good for #%h-best batting average in the Southeastern Conference this year. Can#eld also hit two tri-ples and tallied #ve RBIs on the weekend. Coach Larabee said that despite being only a freshman Can#eld is a “true triple-threat player.”

Razorbacks Ride Wave of 5-0 Start

GOLF SOFTBALL

see RIDE page 8

Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

TRACK & FIELD

"e No.12 Razorback women’s golf team opened up their spring season with a sec-ond-place #nish in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.

"e tournament was held from Sunday to Tuesday at the Rio Mar Country Club’s River Course. "e course is a par 72 and covers 6,191 yards. Weather was an issue on the second and third day of the tournament, as the players had to deal with strong winds and rain from time to time.

Arkansas junior Emily Tu-bert posted a 3-under par 213 in the three-round tourna-ment, making her the individ-ual champion Tuesday as the tournament came to a close. Tubert won the event by just one stroke.

“Seeing Emily back in the winner’s circle is special,” head coach Shauna Estes-Taylor said. “She’s worked really hard a%er a tough fall. She per-severed and we made some changes mechanically and that really worked for her this week. "e golf shots she had to hit coming in were a taste of what she is capable of.”

"e Razorback team #n-ished with a score of 884, gaining them a second-place #nish 13 strokes behind No. 6 Alabama, who came away with the tournament win.

“Overall it was a solid start for us,” Estes-Taylor said. “Obviously, our team goal is to win titles and to give ourselves

that opportunity and we had that chance going into the #-nal day of the tournament.”

Arkansas senior Victoria Vela #nished the tournament tied for 14th and junior Emma Lavy tied for 18th.

“Emma’s round of 71 today was fantastic in tough condi-tions,” Estes-Taylor said of the #nal day of competition. “Vicky was just solid all week;

she played to her strengths and did a great job.”

Two Razorback freshman also had notable performanc-es with Gabriela Lopez #nish-ing at 34th and Regina Plasen-cia at 50th.

“Both Regina and Gaby are great players,” Estes-Taylor said. “Each week they play with us they become better and more mature on the golf

course. We are excited about their future as Razorbacks. "ey both counted for us dur-ing the week and we needed every stroke for the second-place #nish.”

"e Razorbacks had been leading the tournament a%er day one, but fell behind Ala-bama on day two and never made it back to the top. No. 20 Texas Tech, Texas Chris-

tian and No. 25 Iowa State rounded out the top #ve #n-ishers. Arkansas #nished only one stroke ahead of No. 20 Texas Tech to hold on to that second-place #nish.

“My coaching philosophy has always been to work re-ally hard, prepare and get bet-ter and we will play our best golf at the end of the season,” Estes-Taylor said.

Razorbacks Place Second in Puerto RicoLiz BeadleSta! Writer

Two Razorbacks were named Southeastern Confer-ence Runner of the Week, it was announced Tuesday.

Razorback seniors Caleb Cross and Regina George were recognized for their per-formances at the Tyson Invi-tational.

Cross won the 60-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 7.65 seconds Friday. He now holds the top time in the SEC and is ranked No. 2 in the nation in that event.

"e win was the second for Cross this season and this is the #rst time in his career he has been named the SEC Runner of the Week.

“We had some outstand-ing performances over the weekend,” head coach Chris Bucknam said. “"at race for Caleb puts him second in the nation. Our guys are compet-ing well. I think how we’re competing is as important as the times.”

"ree other members of the men’s track team have been honored with weekly awards this season.

Cale Wallace has been named the Freshman of the Week twice, and juniors Ray-mond Higgs and Kevin Lazas have each been recognized once.

George won the 400-me-ter at the Tyson Invitational in a time of 51.67. "at time broke the Arkansas record

George, Cross Runners of the Week in SECHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

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Regina George competes in the Razorback Invitational at the indoor track, Friday, Jan. 25.

In Southeastern Confer-ence gymnastics, the season is demanding and full of compe-tition, and this week is more of the same for Arkansas this weekend.

"e 19th ranked Razor-backs are now 1-4 a%er a loss at Auburn and the season doesn’t get any easier as now they are taking a trip to Baton Rouge, La., to take on the No. 7 LSU Tigers.

Every team the Razorbacks have faced this year has been ranked in the top-25 and it was more of the same against Au-burn.

"e Razorbacks lost a tough match to the Tigers 196.325-195.650.

Hogs Look For SEC Triumph

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GYMNASTICS

Eric HarrisSta! Writer

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsEmily Tubert earned "rst place in Puerto Rico at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic Monday, Feb. 10. !e Razor-backs came in second place behind Alabama in their "rst tournament of the Spring season.

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BASEBALL

Add another preseason honor to the Diamond Hogs’ list. "e Southeastern Con-ference baseball coaches vot-ed the top-ranked Arkansas baseball team to win the SEC Western Division and the SEC title Tuesday.

"e Diamond Hogs tal-lied 90 points in the SEC Coaches Preseason poll, 15 points higher than projected

second-place #nisher LSU. Coaches voted on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale, where the best team in the division gets the highest number, and coaches couldn’t vote for their own team.

Arkansas has been voted as the No. 1 team in the na-tion in three separate pre-season polls, and now holds the title as the preseason fa-vorite to win the SEC. "e Hogs haven’t won the SEC since 2004, but with 17 re-turning lettermen it is easy to call them the class of the

conference. Being so highly ranked,

the Hogs are scheduled to ap-pear on television 18 times during the regular season, two more than the 16 times they were scheduled for in 2012. Eleven games will ap-pear on Cox Sports Televi-sion, three on ESPN’s family of networks and the remain-ing on Fox Sports Networks.

"e Diamond Hogs open the season Friday at Baum Stadium against Western Il-linois. "e #rst pitch is sched-uled for 3:05 p.m.

Coaches Pick Arkansas to Win the Conference

Mary McKay Sta# PhotographerHayden Barnett pitches at the baseball scrimmage, Saturday, Feb. 9 at Baum Sta-dium.

Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

Junior Chloe Oprzedek also played well in Utah, hit-ting .538 with a triple and a home run.

“We have been working hard on our swings, and it paid o! for us in Utah.”

"e Razorbacks utilized four pitchers at the Red Des-ert Classic to great avail. Kimmy Beasley, Chelsea Co-hen, Hope McLemore and Kelly Young, combined for a 1.40 ERA over the weekend.

Cohen #nished with two complete games and 19 in-nings pitched, while striking

out 16 in the process. Beasley struck out eight in 4.2 innings pitched in her only appear-ance on the weekend.

“"ey all pitched at a high level. As a coach, when you get to the postseason, you want great pitching and de-fense,” Larabee said.

"e Razorbacks next face a trying week starting with play at Jackson State Wednesday and followed by the Uncon-quered Invitational in Talla-hassee, Fla., starting Friday.

Arkansas defeated Jack-son State in two games last

year, 5-4 and 4-3, but Larabee doesn’t want his team over-looking the Lady Tigers. De-spite starting this season 1-3, they were able to go 32-17 in 2012.

“"ey are a very well-coached team,” Larabee said. “"ey gave us all we could handle last year.”

"e Unconquered Invita-tional will feature sti! com-petition as well, as Arkansas has 2012 NCAA tournament quali#ers Hofstra, Florida State and Tulsa on the sched-ule.

and is the fastest time in the world so far this year.

She crossed the #nish line more than a second before the other competitors, #ve of which hold times in the top 15 in the nation.

George became the only collegiate athlete to post a sub-52 second time a%er tak-ing more than half a second

o! her previous personal best.“(Regina) really made a

statement about what she intends to do as this season continues,” head coach Lance Harter said. “She’s obviously very gi%ed and special, and a great role model for others to follow as far as competition goes because once she puts on that jersey, she’s ready to

go.”A%er this performance,

George now owns the record for both the indoor and out-door 400-meter.

"is is the second honor of the season for George, and senior Makeba Alcide, junior Sandi Morris and sophomore Tamara Myers have each been recognized once.

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"e Hogs fought hard, out-scoring the Tigers in the un-even bars 49.05-48.85, includ-ing the individual title.

Junior Shelby Salmon won the title with a score 9.9, out-performing Auburn’s Megan Walker who scored a 9.825.

"e Hogs passed Auburn a%er the second rotation at vault, scoring a 49.2 on beam, giving them a score total of 98.25, just a one-tenth lead of Auburn.

Again, a Razorback won the individual title, All-Amer-ican Katherine Grable tied Auburn’s Caitlin Anderson with a score of 9.925.

“Katherine had a phenom-enal vault; I thought it should have been a perfect 10,” co-head coach Mark Cook said.

A%er the third rotation, Arkansas went to the &oor and

Auburn had beam, the two teams entered the #nal rota-tion tied at a score of 147.225.

Led by Brianna Guy’s score of 9.9 on the &oor, Auburn scored a 49.1 on the rotation and won the match while the Hogs struggled on the beam for the second straight week.

“Bars is the hardest event mentally; we want to make training more di$cult than competition,” Cook said about their training for beam.

Aside from the last two meets, Arkansas has per-formed very well on beam with three Hogs, Keara Glov-er, Sydnie Dillard and Grable all averaging a 9.8 or higher.

Looking at the meet in Baton Rouge, La., a tough matchup will only be tougher with the atmosphere in the Pete Maravich Assembly Cen-

ter.“LSU is always an interest-

ing place to compete, because the fans are a little testy down there,” Cook said. “"ere is a lot of noise and fans down there, so you really have to focus.”

"e meet against LSU will have one of the highest crowds the Hogs will see this season, LSU ranks 7th nationally in attendance with an average of 3,697 fans.

Arkansas may not have the wins on the season they would like, but they have still per-formed among the tops in the country in many disciplines.

"e Razorback’s top event is the uneven bars, where they rank 19th in the country.

Arkansas is also No. 23 in the country in both vault and the beam.

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Caroline Potts Sta# PhotographerCo-head coach Mark Cook speaks to media about the upcoming meet v. LSU.