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UA O!cials Forecast High Summer EnrollmentIncrease in student population has caused an increase in summer course enrollment.
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Textbook Vendors Warily Adapt to E-booksE-books do not yet pose a threat to traditional bookstores, however, vendors are adapting to the trend.
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Hogs Win in ExtrasNo. 3 Arkansas beat Mississippi State 8-4 in 11 innings to earn another SEC series win.
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Vintage Violet!e kitschy home goods and clothing boutique o"ers vintage treasures that span the decades.
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Donating PlasmaBy donating plasma, students can contribute to a good cause and earn some cash.
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After Spring Break: Return of the DUIDrunk driving in Fayetteville provides more consequences than we think. How students can stay safe in the last weeks of the semester.
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!e O"ce of Greek Life and University Housing are collaborat-ing to provide housing for Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Mu and two future fraternities in 2013, o"cials said.
Hotz Hall and Founder’s Hall will add more than 600 beds in fall 2013, said Florence Johnson, direc-tor of University Housing.
!e goal is “to provide a space for those groups that are coming in and colonizing, physically hous-ing the students in a combined loca-
tion,” Johnson said.“Starting fall 2013, the four new
Greek colonies will temporarily live in Walton Hall on Stadium Drive,” said Parice Bowser, director of Greek Life.
What fraction of Walton Hall will be used for Greek Life is not yet determined.
“!e O"ce of Greek Life is also looking into expansion on the fra-ternity side, so it really depends on what happens over the next couple of weeks and months on that,” John-son said. “Until we get further into it, we really don’t know what the
numbers are going to be.”!ough the number of students
is unknown, some room must be made in Walton Hall for the O"ce of Greek Life itself.
“!is summer the O"ce of Greek Life will also be moving to Walton Hall permanently as a way to help transition new groups to campus as well as o#er the support they will need to ensure their suc-cess in the years to come,” Bowser said.
As with Alpha Omnicron Pi, the new sororities will not immediately have a house. New ones will be built
over the next few years.“!e soonest we could probably
get one done with all of the process would be for the fall of 2014,” said Mike Johnson, associate vice chan-cellor of Facilities Management.
!e new sorority colonies have begun discussions concerning housing projects, Bowser said.
“I think we’re still in the two-year ballpark, but at some point in the not too distant future, we start to lose that fall of 2014 date, and it makes it more challenging,” Mike Johnson said.
UA Plots New Greek Life Housing
Book War: Traditional vs. E-books
LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERWith the popularity of e-books on the rise, booksellers like the Dickson Book Store, which is known for its floor-to-ceiling paper book collec -tions, may find themselves in compromising situations. See page 3 for story.
COURTESY PHOTO MCT CAMPUSWith nearly one-third of Netflix users considering canceling their service, according to a survey by Magid and Associates, a cable partnership could allow Netflix to increase their client base and retain subscribers by making it easier to access Netflix.
UA Admissions views the Facebook pages of potential students during the admis-sions process, an o"cial said.
“We have gone out on Facebook to check out things on students’ applications, to make sure it’s the right person but we don’t monitor them,” said Suzanne McCray, vice provost for enrollment.
More and more employers and colleges are monitoring students’ social media activ-ity. Some even ask applicants for their Facebook passwords.
Most students think schools or employers even looking at students’ Face-books is a breach of privacy, not to mention demanding their passwords, said fresh-man childhood development major Nikki Baynes.
“I honestly think social and work life are completely dif-ferent things. !ey have noth-ing to do with each other,” Baynes said.
It could also lead to unfair judgements of the student, she said.
“I do know of situations at bigger schools where some-one has sent in a snapshot of
Facebook a Factor for
Scholarships, UA Officials Say
!e popular on-demand, media streaming company Net$ix was report-edly in talks with cable providers about a partnership that would allow people to stream Net$ix movies by adding Net$ix to their monthly cable bill. !e partner-ship could be tested in about a year, ac-cording to Reuters.
!e move comes as a step up in the competition with HBO, the award-win-ning premium cable TV station.
With nearly one-third of Net$ix us-ers considering canceling their service, according to a survey by Magid and As-sociates, a cable partnership could allow Net$ix to increase their client base and retain subscribers by making it easier to access Net$ix.
Many cable companies, including Comcast, have knocked the deal.
Comcast recently launched its own online streaming service, “Streampix,” instead of o#ering Net$ix to customers. Net$ix o"cials still have not relented.
“It’s not in the short term, but it’s in the natural direction for us in the long term,” said Reed Hastings, CEO of Net-$ix, speaking at an investor conference last week. “Many [cable service providers] would like to have a competitor to HBO, and they would bid us o# of HBO.”
Some students have mixed feelings about the possible deal.
Netflix Bids to Become
Cable Channel
see NETFLIXon page 2
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by JANNEE SULLIVANStaff Writer
see FACEBOOKon page 3
by JANNEE SULLIVANStaff Writer
Who’s HelpingCobi?Page 8
NEWS
The women and men of the University of Arkansas Police Department, in partnership with the community, are committed to protecting the future of Arkansas by promot-ing a safe and secure environment.
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 2012-2013 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.
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“I think [Net# ix is] $ ne just the way it is,” said Nikki Baynes, freshman child development major. “I don’t even have cable at my apartment, I just use Net-# ix on my computer.”
If she wants to use a TV, she can access Net# ix through a Playstation or other device.
Derek Jones, sophomore mechanical engineering major, agreed that the service is $ ne the way it is for him, but said o" ering Net# ix through cable could greatly increase the num-ber of users.
“I usually use it on my com-puter or through the Wii on my TV,” he said. “! at’s $ ne for me, but I can see that it would be re-ally convenient not to have to hook up through a device that gets Internet.”
Some students said the part-nership is a good idea, though it may not be useful to everyone.
“I’m sure a lot of people would bene$ t and it would broaden their customer base,” Baynes said, “but I don’t even watch cable anymore because I have Net# ix.”
Cable companies have seen an increasing number of people “cord-cutting,” or cutting their expensive cable services in fa-vor of Net# ix’s $7.99 service, according to Reuters.
In a further e" ort to remain competitive, despite price hikes and # eeing subscribers, Net# ix has begun to produce original content. Net# ix plans to have $ ve original series available for streaming by 2013, according to Bloomberg.
A cable deal could also help protect Net# ix from changing data fees by internet providers.
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UA Officials Forecast High Summer EnrollmentIncreasing student popu-
lation has caused an increase in the number of students taking summer courses, of-$ cials said.
“Except for a minor one-year dip here or there, the number of students enrolling in the two main summer ses-sions has usually increased each summer since 2001,” said Charlie Alison, manag-ing editor of University Re-lations.
Last year, 6,643 students were enrolled in summer courses, marking the highest enrollment in 11 years, ac-cording to the O% ce of Insti-tutional Research.
UA o% cials don’t yet have $ gures for the impend-ing summer. Priority enroll-ment does not start until ear-ly April, said UA Registrar Dave Dawson.
“I expect there will be a slight increase in summer class attendance this year,” Dawson said.
More than 23,000 stu-dents enrolled during fall 2011. Each spring, the num-ber of students enrolled usu-ally declines because of grad-uating students, Alison said.
“! e number of students enrolled in summer courses rises steadily, even with few-er students in the spring se-mester,” Alison said.
Any student may sign up for summer courses.
“! ere are students in ev-ery stage of their college ca-reer that take summer classes and it is growing each year as the student population grows,” Alison said.
UA o" ers six consistent summer sessions. ! is year the $ rst session begins May 23, according UA Catalog of Studies.
Generally, enrollment for Session I, Session III, Ses-sion IV and Session V are counted at the same time and combined for Summer I en-rollment, and enrollment for Session II and Session VI are combined for Summer II, Al-ison said.
Students can use schol-arship money for a summer session, but it reduces the availability of the scholar-ship for a later semester, said Wendy Stou" er, director of the Academic Scholarship O% ce.
“If a student is given a scholarship for eight semes-ters and the student uses the scholarship for summer en-rollment, it counts as one of the semesters,” Alison said.
! e UA awards more than $3,000 in scholarships total-ing more than $12 million for students each year, according to the Catalog of Studies.
Time commitment dur-ing a summer session varies among students. Generally, a student takes two to three classes each summer ses-sion because the classes can be more di% cult than tradi-tional spring or fall semester courses, Alison said.
“! e summer classes are more concentrated, so I think it is probably best that students don’t try to take more, because essentially they are learning something in about a month that nor-mally is taught throughout a whole semester,” Alison said.
Tuition fees during the summer remain the same throughout the year. Under-graduate tuition for in-state students is $196.26 per credit hour and $544.02 per cred-it hour for out-of-state stu-dents, according to the Of-$ ce of Financial Aid website.
by KAREN STIGARStaff Writer
The Waiting Game
MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERMoviegoers flood a Cinemark theater for the midnight premier of “The Hunger Games” Friday.
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inappropriate behavior on Facebook and students have had their o! er of ad-mission withdrawn,” Mc-Cray said. “A lot of schools and employers do this.”
Approximately one-fourth of scholarship pro-viders responded that they use social media sites to check out applicants, ac-cording to a survey from the San Francisco Chron-icle.
" ree-fourths of those who said they check social media sites, such as Face-book, Twitter, Google, Linked-In or YouTube, said they were looking for material that might re# ect badly on the scholarship. Behavior such as underage drinking, illegal drug use, provocative or o! ensive photos or racial slurs were red lights for those schol-arship givers, according to the survey.
Another reason to mon-itor applicants’ Facebook pro$ les is to verify the in-formation in the applica-tions.
" e study goes on to show that about one-third of those scholarship pro-viders actually denied a student a scholarship based on what they found
on Facebook and one-fourth actually awarded scholarships because of the positive information they found.
Most schools, like the UA, aren’t combing stu-dents’ Facebooks for bad behavior — they are skim-ming content to get a better idea of who students are, according to the article.
Some state legislators have taken notice of em-ployers requiring appli-cants to give their pass-words. Illinois state leg-islator introduced a bill last month that would ban employers from asking ap-plicants for their personal
passwords and other states may follow suit as the prac-tice becomes more popu-lar, according to a “Hu! -ington Post” article.
" e bill does not pre-vent employers from us-ing public information on applicants’ Facebooks, ac-cording to the Hu% ngton Post.
“I would just suggest students should be careful about who they are friends with on Facebook,” Mc-Cray said. “Facebook is a nice way to share inter-ests and information with friends, but you want to be careful you don’t lose something because of it.”
Textbook Vendors Warily Adapt to E-books
E-books do not yet pose a threat to textbook sales, but will become a major issue in the future, store owners said.
“Based on the data we have, textbook sales are not being a! ected by e-books,” said Ali Sadeghi, manager of the UA Book-store.
E-books are harder for students and professors to use in an academic setting for many reasons, name-ly that textbook materials are not readily available to students on e-readers, Sa-deghi said.
Issues presented by students using e-books instead of textbooks in-clude: battery life, appro-priate readers or tablets, compatibility of e-readers to assigned textbooks for a speci$ c course and note-taking. Most e-books have expiration dates too, Sade-ghi said.
Textbook sales at Beat
the Bookstore on Garland Avenue have not been af-fected by e-books either, said owner Mike Carron.
“I do see the future of textbooks becoming obso-lete but hopefully we won’t be in the textbook busi-ness when that happens,” Carron said.
Despite the inevitable increase in e-book sales, bookstore owners are aware of and adapting to the trend.
“We are in support of the digital books and are aware that they will be-come a bigger issue as the e-book market evolves,” Sadeghi said.
Students can purchase digital versions of some textbooks at the UA Book-store, Sadeghi said.
“Students can buy a book code from the Book-store and use e-readers as an alternative to text-books,” Sadeghi said.
E-books bought from the UA Bookstore are used through the online e-book
community Copia, Sade-ghi said.
Copia is a digital book provider that also has built-in social features, ac-cording to the UA Book-store website. Students can follow professors and oth-er students in their class.
" e UA Bookstore $ rst received Copia in the Gen-eral Books Department, Sadeghi said.
" e price of individual textbooks varies depend-ing on subject matter and many other factors. " e average price for a book in 2010 was $62 new and $52 used, according to the Na-tional Association of Col-lege Stores.
" e UA Bookstore sells tablets and iPads and re-cently received a shipment of the newest iPad, Sade-ghi said.
“We have sold a lot of tablets and iPads this year, but I wouldn’t say the sales are more than previous years,” Sadeghi said.
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Internships: An Experience,Not a Paycheck
In a recent article on USA Today College, the idea of unpaid internships hurting students was noted, followed by an outcry of college-age applicants asking for pay on the side of college credit. ! ough we can’t argue that taking part in an internship that gives us both class credit and a paycheck would be nice, it’s important to remember that internships are a classroom alternative, and should be treated in a similar manner.
Many of us take internships to get hands-on experience out-side of the classroom, others do it to get a foot in the door of the company we one day dream of working for. Whatever our rea-sons are, we must take on the idea of doing the unpaid work now so that we can later get our dream jobs. In an age where intern-ships are many times required to work in a particular " eld, we should not only apply for as many as possible but also accept the fact that internships o# er experience, networking and opportu-nity - not a paycheck. We wouldn’t expect our professors to pay us for coming to class and learn, so why would we expect our in-ternship to o# er a payout for our work?
As interns, we are at the bottom of the food chain, and al-though it might be a lot of work we don’t want to do, if we do it now and don’t complain, we have one more step towards our dream job later.
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It’s come to my attention over the past few months that drunk driving among college students is now the norm. ! rough numerous friends telling me they are " ne to drive while obviously intoxicated, a few getting DUI tickets the week before spring break, and others spending their week o# school receiving minor in possession tickets, it’s important for us to take a step back and look at the damage we can cause by making the decision to drive while intoxicated.
I recently wrote an article for a class where I interviewed the Fayetteville Police Department about the dangers of drunk driving and student trends within automobile-alcohol pairings. I can honestly say that the consequences of drunk driving shocked me.
It may seem a little naïve, but the most I thought could happen to a student driving while intoxicated was a night in jail, a suspended license and a court date – what I didn’t know was that it could also result in losing academic scholarships and " nancial aid and, in some cases, a prison sentence.
Needless to say, most students have been warned about the dangers of drunk driving - the issue is that many of us just don’t care. From wrecking that brand new car to harming ourselves and others because we thought we were at a safe level, it’s apparent that there are deadly consquences. Yet, it seems that somewhere along the road, students have become cold and uncaring to the idea that drunk driving is dangerous.
Every year, the bar gets pushed higher and higher to what students believe is a “safe” driving level – whether it’s two beers or 20, we have all heard the exuses for being safe drivers.
! e bottom line is that, as students, we have a lot to lose for one night of fun and an attempt to get home. We need to take a second look at what is really safe and how we should go about getting home on the weekends.
Now that spring break is over, it’s important to note that
UAPD is here on campus, and Fayetteville Police are on the lookout for drunk driving.
! e beach police are gone, and though a public intoxication ticket on Panama City Beach might have been the worst that happened on our break away from campus, it’s only the beginning of what can happen when our parties return to Fayetteville and we are responsible for getting home.
It’s no walk from the ocean to our condo anymore - it’s getting from Dickson Street to our apartments and homes, a distance that for many students includes operating a vehicle.
With only six weeks le$ in the semester, why are students so willing to throw away everything we have worked for? ! at’s not to say that we shouldn’t be able to head out on the town on a Friday night, but we seriously need to look at other options for travel if we want to have a successful rest of semester.
! ere are countless other ways to get home, whether it’s calling a friend or sibling, taking Safe Ride, or taking a taxi. And with many of these services completely free, why would we want to even take the risk of driving? ! e bad side of having to get our cars back the morning
a$ er cannot compare to calling a friend to bail us out of jail, or losing scholarships and " nancial aid a$ er police report these incidents to the university.
It’s important in these last few weeks to ensure that we are being safe, even when the weather is warming up and the nights on Dickson are more fun than ever.
If we can’t be responsible enough to get a safe way home, then we probably aren’t responsible enough to be drinking. We are given so many opportunities to have a great college experience, and need to ensure that we protect it throughout our years here at the UA. It only takes one night of bad judgement to change the rest of our lives.
Take the opportunity to ensure that the weeks leading up to graduation or a long-awaited summer break before another semester are " lled with fun, hard work, a little relaxation and a clean record. If we don’t, we only have ourselves to blame when we lose our scholarships, our license and ultimately our freedom.
Emily Rhodes is the opinion editor.
Her column appears every other Monday.
After Spring Break: Return of the DUI
After Our Spring Break:The Home Stretch
Whether you headed to the beach or stayed in town, we all can agree that this year’s spring break was a much needed week o# school. From surf and sand to an extra few hours of sleep, spring break gave us a chance to reset and relax in the middle of a busy semester. Yet, the week came and went, and today we are back in the classroom, writing our papers, completing homework and preparing for the last stretch of the semester and the dreaded " nal exams.
! ough, it’s not something to fear - if we think about the weeks and weeks that we have been in school, with only six le$ , it’s hardly something to complain about. With " nals in the near future, it’s time to buckle down and start preparing for the home stretch of the spring 2012 semester.
In the next few weeks, we have much to look forward to both in and out of the classroom. Whether it’s " nishing up those last papers or getting a head start on the " nal semester projects, we can look forward to a busy and hectic last six weeks before dead day with enthusiam for " nishing up another semester. We should be using this time to boost our grades and get down to business with our studies.
Not only do we have only a few weeks of hard work le$ in our classes, but a jam packed schedule of UA fun events. From baseball games spanning until the end of the semester (which, of course, will include grilling out in le$ " eld and spending time with friends) to choosing our classes, attending our upcoming advising appointments or pressing our cap and gown ready for graduation, spring semester brings a plethora of events to look forward to.
! ough it can be di% cult to return to campus and get back into the swing of student life, we should come back down from our spring break high and get ready for a great rest of semester. Summer is now days away, and that is something we can look forward to. As for now, welcome back to campus - spend the next few weeks cracking open the books and remember to enjoy the rest of your semester.
American politics are just plain ugly right now. We’re faced with a slugfest of a GOP primary that is seemingly coming down to Mitt Romney, former Mass. governor and Sen. Rick Santo-rum. Yet there is another dispute over the national budget and a nation that is split by social is-sues.
! e whole process could easily make one cynical. With no end of rigid partisanship in sight, many people are giving up on the issues in political Amer-ica.
! is is best illustrated in U.S. voting patterns, in which only 12 percent of Americans actu-ally connect their vote to policy decisions made by candidates running for o% ce, according to “! e American Voter,” a study of American voting.
! e sad bottom line of all
this information is that most people in the “land of the free” are apathetic about how things are shaping up in the county and only take a stance on an issue when it a# ects them personally.
Recently, however, one man rose above political apathy and made one of the greatest leaps in U.S. political history.
Svante Myrick was elected the youngest mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., at 24. Yes, you read cor-rectly, a mayor at 24-years-old.
Myrick’s story is a tough one. He grew up with a single moth-er raising him and his siblings. Myrick looked for work wherev-er he could to contribute to the family, even washing windows at his elementary school.
Myrick joined a very spe-cial club of young policymakers in the U.S. Arkansas also has a member in that club, when Jim-my Rhodes was elected mayor of Augusta, Ark. at 23.
! ese young policymakers cast a strong light in the 2012 political hurricane.
It shows that young people have been able to get involved today, like Myrick, and make change for years, like Rhodes.
While politics isn’t every-one’s area of expertise, we can all give back to the campus in some way. RSOs have long been one way that students can make an impact on campus.
! is commitment is one of
the most integral parts of the federal government, as well. We don’t have to be Svante Myrick to make change, it’s just as im-portant to be an expert in a " eld of study so that we can help our policymakers and other mem-bers of the community make guided decisions, especially on campus.
Fayetteville City Council has more than 20 committees that help it make decisions. UA even has a representative that sits on the Parks and Recreation Advi-sory Board, ASG Senate chair Grant Hodges. Hodges took ad-vantage of the opportunity to as-sist our City Council in an area of expertise.
ASG works in a similar model, o$ en taking outside sup-port on issues.
! ose who don’t want to be the policymaker or the behind-the-scenes expert are in luck, however, as the most important part of politics are its " lters and ampli" ers. ! ese are the out-lets through which the voice of America is heard.
Positive change can only happen if our policymakers know something needs to be changed. In the same vein, the only way we can expect a di# er-ence on campus is if our voices are heard. We’re at a disadvan-tage, though, we don’t have An-derson Cooper or Brian Wil-liams to let ASG know, we only
have ourselves.So, we need to chalk it up.Yes, literally chalk on the
sidewalk, put up signs, and band together to let our student gov-ernments know what must be done on campus. We’re lucky in that we elected a bright team of ASG executives to lead us, but they don’t know what the cam-pus needs until we stand up and tell them.
Senior Matt Seubert exem-pli" ed that when he let ASG know what the campus needed when he worked to establish the 9/11 vigil and events in the Fall.
First, we have to shake our apathy. Myrick and Rhodes made huge political leaps as mayors. Hodges works to help the city on acute issues. Seubert rose up and voiced student need on campus. Students must fol-low in their footsteps.
We’re expected yet again to have the largest class on campus next semester, construction is getting closer to being " nished every day, we’re set up better than ever to in& uence our cam-pus.
It’s time to get to work on politics in any way we can, not give up on them.
Joe Kieklak is a Traveler columnist.
His column appears every Monday.
Chalk It Up: A Youth Change in U.S. Politics
by JOE KIEKLAKTraveler Columnist
“We have gone out on Facebook to check out things on students’ applications, to
make sure it’s the right person but we don’t monitor them,”
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It’s a! er spring break, and the real-ity of college life is settling back into the minds of UA students. Although memories of our week-long vacation may be hazy, our wallets are feeling signi" cantly lighter than when we " rst le! campus. To supplement this, many students turn to plasma donation for an opportunity to make extra mon-ey each week and increase the he! of their pocketbooks.
Plasma is the yellow liquid portion of blood that consists of mainly wa-ter and proteins, according to the Bio-Life Plasma Services webpage. Plasma helps the body control bleeding and infection, and also treats disorders such as hemophilia and immune sys-tem de" ciencies.
# e nearest facility to donate is the BioLife plasma center in Fayetteville on Millsap Road.
“# e process is pretty intense. When you enter, you go through a questionnaire — about your health, whether you've been to jail recent-ly, if you've taken any medication re-cently,” said Mark Blanco, senior ap-parel studies major. “When you " nish that, then they prick your " nger to test your blood to ensure that your plasma
meets the minimum requirements. If you do get the ‘ok,’ then you go to a booth where they stick you, and then the fun begins.”
According to the BioLife plasma webpage, a donor must be 18 years old and must weigh at least 110 pounds. People who have been out of the coun-try for three months or longer during the years of 1980 to 1996 are not eligi-ble to donate because of the possibility of having mad cow disease.
Donors can give plasma as many as two times per week, which allows do-nors to earn much-needed cash if they do not mind the time commitment.
“If one donates twice a week, one can usually make between $50-$60 a week, and the pain de" nitely isn’t much of an issue a! er a few donations,” said Aaron Douglas, sophomore mechani-cal engineering major. “# e main issue is time. It takes around three hours the " rst time due to all the paperwork and to do a physical. A! er that it’s probably an extra hour and a half out of the day twice a week, which is a long time for a student.”
Unlike blood donation, snacks are not a common perk of donating plas-ma, but the atmosphere at the centers can be inviting.
“[You receive] gold" sh on the " rst day that you go, and sometimes the
people sticking you are enjoyable to talk to,” Blanco said.
# e main drawback to donating plasma is the pain that comes from the large needles used to extract the plas-ma. # e blood is taken from the donor and, a! er the plasma is extracted from the blood, the blood is re-injected into the body.
“Donating plasma wasn’t frightening, but I’m cool with nee-dles,” Douglas said. “Although I ob-viously never look forward to being pricked, but the slight pain is worth it.”
# e BioLife website explains that plasma is manufactured into many health products, while many hospitals use plasma to treat shock and injury burns. Plasma contributions may not be as popular as blood donations, but they can help thousands of people every day.
With the rising prices of gas and consumer goods, getting that extra cash each week can add up to a signi" -cant amount.
“I would de" nitely recommend it. # ough I’m no doctor, I’ve researched it thoroughly and it’s completely safe,” Douglas said. “I’d just say try it and if your body responds to it decently, keep at it. I have made $700 in one semes-ter.”
Other students may " nd that they
just want to donate plasma a few times for a little bit of extra cash.
“I would say that
it is worth it for a season, but I would never do it for an extended period of time,” Blanco said. “If you are tight on cash and have an extra hour or two twice a week, I would recommend donating plasma. I never had any is-sues and it was de" nitely nice to have a little bit of extra money each week. Unfortunately, if you are afraid of nee-dles, then I would say don't do it. Espe-cially if you can barely give blood be-
cause of the needle, the plasma needle is over twice the size, and it is a little more uncomfortable than giving blood.”
A few hours of time sacri" ced from the week with an added few moments of pain in the arm can help ease the college student’s worry of less money in their bank account.
# e adrenaline overcame the fatigue when the plane’s wheels touched down in Athens, Greece that June a! ernoon. Everything was moving faster as the adrenaline propelled Yvonne forward. We exited the plane and began power walking toward baggage claim.
# e 10 students Yvonne Oakes, who works at Chi Alpha Ministries on the UA campus, had invited to come with her were still taking in the fact that we had just landed in Greece for our " rst trip abroad. # e 15 hours on the plane felt like an eon and our energy level was grasping for what was le! in our reserve tanks.
Nothing phased her, though. She had been here before. Twice to be ex-act.
We got closer to the opaque slid-ing doors of the exit and the tears be-gan forming in her eyes. She tried with little success to hold them back.
# e doors slid open revealing us to the other side and the other side to us.
When they saw each other the tears could no longer be contained. # e third visit was just as powerful as the " rst.
# ere waiting to embrace her was one of her four brothers.
Yvonne Oakes was born in Con-necticut. When she was " ve years old, her parents separated. While with her dad the summer a! er the separation, she discovered something that would change her life.
“When I was spending the sum-mer with my dad I was sitting on his lap going through his wallet and I came across a picture of four boys,” she said. “I asked him who they were and he told me that these are your brothers, and they live in Greece.”
At " ve years old she had many ques-tions. # ose questions followed her throughout her life.
“I wanted to know who they were, and I wanted to meet them,” she said.
“No,” her dad would answer. “I don’t want to interfere with their life and bring them harm.”
As she got older the questions got harder, more complicated than what a " ve year old would ask, but her father’s answer was always the same, “No.”
In 2007 John Koumbis, her father, was diagnosed with leukemia. He died that June. He had never contacted his family in Greece.
“I thought my dreams of meeting my brothers had died with my dad.”
Just two years later, a! er her father had died, she got a call that would alter her view on life forever.
“In 2009 I received an email from a reality show called Pame Paketo ($%&' $()*+,),” she said. “# ey invited me to come to Greece and meet my brother on the show.”
Pame Paketo is a reality show that involves human interest stories and re-uniting people who want to correct past mistakes.
In Yvonne’s case, it was to meet one of her brothers for the " rst time.
In the show’s search for Yvonne’s dad they discovered his death and found her name on the death certi" cate.
For the " rst time in her life she - ew to a foreign country where she knew nothing of the language nor the people she was going to meet.
Luckily, the Oakes, Yvonne, Jimmy and their two sons, are missionaries with the First Assembly of God church. # rough this they were able to make contact with an associate in Greece. # is gave Yvonne some peace about go-ing, but her anxiety was undeniable.
Yvonne was only meeting one brother. # e others would wait to meet her o. of the television screen.
On the day she was to meet the one brother for the " rst time, Oakes re-ceived some disturbing news.
“I found out about " ve minutes be-fore I was to go on the show that they had not told my brother that my father had died,” she said. ”# ey were going to tell them on the show.”
Yvonne did not protest the decision even though she strongly disagreed with it. She knew that she had to do this now. No matter what.
# e news made the anxiety worse. She was afraid that her brother would not accept her and now, with this new information, if he and the others would be angry with her.
# e show was full of drama. But, Yvonne and her brother connected from the moment they " rst saw each other through tear " lled eyes.
She met the rest of her brothers af-ter the show. # ey too connected in-stantly. Now, Yvonne’s days are " lled with Skyping a completely new branch of her family.
“I have an extended family of about 40 people that I have to get to know,” she said.
One of her brothers, Stephanos, couldn’t say enough about his new sis-ter. He and Yvonne laughed and spoke with each other over Skype as if they had known each other their whole life. # ere was no apprehension, no awk-wardness.
“I had a good feeling [when I " rst met her],” he said. “I can’t say with words what I felt.”
“I felt like I knew her for many years before.”
He wants to teach her Greek as well as all he can about the culture that is as much hers as it is his. He has more than 40 years of being a big brother to catch up on. # e biggest question was how this was going to happen with half a world standing in his way.
# e answer: it wasn’t. Something would have to change and Yvonne and her husband Jimmy knew what it was.
With their oldest son getting ready for college and their youngest old enough to understand what was going on, it was the perfect time.
# eir third trip to Greece with us, the young friends they had come to love and who had come to love them, would be their " nal trip.
# eir oldest son will remain in Ar-kansas while the rest of his family takes on a challenge many would call insane. # ey will move to a foreign country, willingly, and adapt to a new way of life.
“My life will be better and happier when she moves to Greece,” Stephanos said.
I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found: Finding Family in Greece
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people sticking you are enjoyable to
# e main drawback to donating plasma is the pain that comes from the large needles used to extract the plas-ma. # e blood is taken from the donor and, a! er the plasma is extracted from the blood, the blood is re-injected
frightening, but I’m cool with nee-dles,” Douglas said. “Although I ob-viously never look forward to being pricked, but the slight pain is worth it.”
# e BioLife website explains that plasma is manufactured into many health products, while many hospitals use plasma to treat shock and injury burns. Plasma contributions may not be as popular as blood donations, but they can help thousands of people
With the rising prices of gas and consumer goods, getting that extra cash each week can add up to a signi" -
just want to donate plasma a few times for a little bit of extra cash.
“I would say that
it is worth it for a season, but I would never do it for an extended period of time,” Blanco said. “If you are
cause of the needle, the
Donating to a Good Cause, With a Great Gain
A recent poll showed that 66 per-cent of young voters chose Barack Obama for president, according to the Washington Post, revealing just how consequential a student’s vote really is. With the 2012 election less than eight months away, students are becoming more and more involved with political groups on campus.
# e UA Young Democrats, Col-lege Republicans, and the Youth for Ron Paul group are all organizations recruiting student members.
“We are always working to get stu-dents involved in politics and to build lasting civic participation, both in the Democratic Party and our democratic system,” said Matthew Seubert, presi-dent of Young Democrats.
Conservative UA students can " nd others who share their political beliefs by joining the College Republicans.
“Currently, we meet on the " rst and third # ursday of every month. # e best way to join is to like our Facebook page, and secondly, come to a meeting,” said Isaac Foley, presi-dent of College Republicans. “Attain-ing formal membership is as simple as " lling out a membership form and attending one meeting per semester.”
# e main point of the College Re-publicans is to spread the support for the Republican party and change the government through electing a wor-thy candidate.
“UACRs are active in recruiting, educating and motivating our fellow students to become involved in poli-tics,” Foley said. “# e situation we are currently facing in Washington is sim-ply unacceptable.”
# e College Republicans’ main motive is to share their political views with others, but they also just want to encourage young college students to vote for what they believe.
“Our state committee set a goal of registering 1,000 new college-age vot-ers by the end of this year,” Foley said. “# e greater our numbers, the more e. ective we can be in in- uencing the results of the 2012 election.”
On the other hand, students who have a more liberal view on poli-
tics can " nd their place in the Young Democrats RSO.
“We normally have a scheduled meeting on the " rst Tuesday of each month, generally in the Union at about 5 p.m., and we have other meet-ings when it is possible to bring in a candidate or have another event like a phone bank,” Seubert said. “If anyone is interested to join they can stop by our RSO o/ ce on the 6th - oor of the Union or email us at [email protected], as well as " nd us on Facebook at University of Arkansas Young Demo-crats.”
# e Young Democrats allow for its members to utilize their network-
ing while providing a group of people who hold the same views.
“We are working to bring candi-dates into our meetings as well as to connect students with campaigns through internships, group events and personal connections with elected of-" cials,” Seubert said.
For students that already have Ron Paul chosen as their candidate vote for the 2012 election, Youth for Ron Paul is a group dedicated to spreading their support for him statewide.
“Our membership currently stands at 77 members, and we are actively re-cruiting and promoting our group both on campus and through vari-ous social networking outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and MeetUp,” said Dominic Box, head of the Ron Paul group. “We hold weekly meetings usually Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Union TV Lounge. To join the group, one simply needs to attend our meet-ings and join our Facebook group.”
# e UA Youth Ron Paul group allows more than just UA students to join the political campaign, by opening its group to the public and al-lowing anyone to voice an opinion.
“# e great thing about Youth for Ron Paul is that membership is not limited to just students,” Box said.
“Our Membership/Associate Mem-bership program allows for anyone in the NWA area who supports Ron Paul, the liberty movement, limited government, sound monetary policy and a return to the Constitution as the guiding doctrine of our government to both join the group, and be an ac-tive, vocal and visual aid to Ron Paul's 2012 Presidential campaign.”
Only 47 percent of Americans age 18 to 24 voted in the 2004 presiden-tial election, according to the last U.S. census. College students may have thought they were too busy or thought the registration process was too di/ -cult, but apathy was also a factor in
many students’ decision to avoid the polls.
“# ere is nearly always some issue on the ballot or that will come up in the near future that has the ability to change the way we live,” Seubert said. “Whether the question is should your hometown pass a millage increase to build a new high school or a vote for who will be your next congres-sional delegate, it is really important to vote, because the decision-makers will make the choices that change our towns, district, country and even our world.”
Students who are not from Arkan-sas would have to change their citizen-ship to vote in the state, but those who already are citizens can go to www.voterview.org to register. Registration must be complete 30 days prior to voting time. Early voting is o. ered 15 days before the regular election time for those who want to submit their opinion early.
“As students, and more important-ly as the future of our nation, we have possibly the most responsibility in re-gards to not only voting in presiden-tial elections, but educating ourselves on the issues and preparing to take hold the reigns of government when our time comes,” Box said.
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“We are always working to get students involved in politics and to build lasting civic participation.”
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Vintage Violet, a vintage home goods and clothing store, opened in November on North College Street and joined the already vibrant vintage community of Northwest Arkansas. Stephanie Oelschlaeger, owner, runs the store with the help of her two as-sociates, Leea Ewing and Susan Perry.
Oelschlaeger and her Vintage Vi-olet associates vary in their ages and style, but they all have one thing in common: they love vintage treasures. ! e three women met in Vintage Vio-let shortly a" er its opening.
“! ey found my store and we all be-came friends,” Oelschaeger explained. “! ey literally walked in o# the street. We found that we all had very similar tastes.”
Ewing, in her early twenties, was re-ferred to Oelschaeger for her collection of 50s dresses. She now works in the store and sells daywear pieces. Perry, in her 60s, sells kitchen accessories in part of the store.
“It is so cool to see both Leea and Susan living their dreams through my dream [of Vintage Violet],” Oelschae-ger said.
While Ewing and Perry have specif-ic areas of interest, they also help Oe-schlaeger with decorating and arrang-ing other areas of
the store.Recently, when Oeschaleger found
a vintage vanity, Perry stayed a" er hours to help her repaint it.
“We are really good at helping each other,” Oeschaleger said.
Since the opening of the store in November, Oeschaleger said that the store has done extremely well. Each month they have been able to meet and exceed their income goals.
“It is amazing to see how well Fay-etteville has supported us,” Oeschleger said. “It is very neat to see Leea and Su-san making so much money, too.”
! e store is accessible to vintage $ ends, with styles spanning the de-cades. In addition to vintage furniture
they sell funky chairs, artwork made from old magazines, vintage prom gowns, clothing, shoes and jewelry.
“What makes it so special is there are kids who are 5 years old who love it and then people in their eighties who love it,” Oeschleger said.
Although Oeschlaeger is living her dream through her store, she hopes to someday be able to expand Vintage Vi-olet.
“I want to go much bigger. I feel like we are busting at the seams,” she said. “I want to make it feel like you are walk-ing through someone’s house snooping and you can buy whatever you want from the house. And I really want to have a little mini-bakery in the store.”
Vintage Violet is located at 704 N. College, in the same building as Maude Boutique. ! ey are open Tues-day through Saturday from 11 a.m. to
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FOOTBALL
COMMENTARY
Why Isn’t March Madness a Holiday?
March Madness is an American phenomenon.
It does not simply trans-late to those people who fol-low college basketball all year. It encompasses every-one.
Whether you are like my roommate who spent five minutes filling out his brack-et, my friend who examines every record for every pos-sible matchup only to come up with Missouri as national champion or the guy who ev-ery year buys into the Flori-da State hype.
Everybody enjoys the NCAA Tournament because at its very core it is the pure element of competition.
It is win or go home and every game is potentially the last. This component of the tournament is what gives the Madness to March.
Everyone knows that the best part of March Mad-ness is the first two days of the tournament. In this case
quantity is better than qual-ity. The entire day is packed from 11 in the morning to 11 at night it is nonstop bas-ketball across four channels and multiple locations for TWO days straight.
The first two rounds in-volve everything that people love about college sports —an underdog and jumping on a bandwagon.
The underdog story is what people watch the tour-nament for. There is the part of you that wants your bracket to do good and log-ic to rule the day, but then there is the side of you that says screw it, and jumps on board with VCU or Butler.
You get to watch teams you have never heard (Nor-
folk State, Lehigh) take down teams you hate (Duke, Missouri). There is truly nothing better than watch-ing stunned Missouri fans.
Another great part of the first two days is falling in love with players and coach-es from the smaller schools who seem to defy the odds against their greater com-petition. Everyone remem-bers when they first caught a glimpse of Steph Curry draining threes while lead-ing Davidson to an Elite Eight appearance or last year when Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens were the young geniuses behind the Final Four appearances of VCU and Butler.
This year it has been the
play of Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn who just would not allow the Spartans to be beat by Missouri. He played harder than every single player the Tigers put out on the court and it showed in the stat line with 26 points and 14 rebounds.
The first two days of the NCAA Tournament is like nothing else sports has to offer.
It is a unique experience each year and should be en-joyed as one. This needs to be a national holiday with no school or work, just basket-ball.
Think about it.Watching all of these in-
credible moments unfold throughout the day in the
comfort of your local sports bar. The atmosphere at Far-rell’s would be amazing as a room full of Arkansas fans cheered rabidly for Norfolk State to take out future SEC opponent Missouri.
I don’t know what has to happen for this dream of a 48-hour basketball haven to come true. It’s probably a pipe dream.
The first round of the tournament is clear-ly something that needs to be properly enjoyed, though, not seen through an iPhone while you’re sit-ting in class.
Harrison Stanfill is a staff writer for The Arkan-sas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.
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RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas wide receiver Cobi Hamilton has played in all 39 games of his Razorback career catching 85 passes for 1,519 yards and 13 touchdowns in three seasons. The 6-foot-3 senior will be the Hogs’ No. 1 target in 2012 and is starting along side juniors Javontee Herndon and Julian Horton.
Re - U p p i n g t h e Re c e i v i n g C o r psArkansas quarterback Ty-
ler Wilson returned for his senior season, but he has to find replacements for three of his top receiving targets.
The Hogs’ 2008 recruiting class of receivers — Joe Ad-ams, Jarius Wright and Greg Childs — have all graduated and are all three pursuing a career in the NFL. With two days of spring practice in the books, junior receivers Julian Horton and Javontee Hern-don have emerged alongside senior Cobi Hamilton as the three Razorback starters.
“I think they can be play-makers,” Wilson said. “I also
think we will have a new identity on offense. It won’t be exactly like last year. We are going to change it up a little bit. If we have to charge the ball down the field, then that is what we will have to do.”
Last season Horton and Herndon combined for 17 catches for 222 yards, with Herndon leading the team with an impressive 17.1 yards per catch.
“Those guys are more than capable of making plays for the offense and I am ex-cited,” Wilson said.
As freshmen in 2010, Horton and Herndon com-bined for just six catches and 117 yards. Neither has scored
a touchdown in their Arkan-sas careers during their two seasons.
“It is now our time to fill in,” Horton said. “It has felt good getting out there and showing what we can do. We are not young anymore; we are older and have gotten ex-perience the last two seasons. It is just now we have a real role and are starters now so we have to step up.”
With the makeover at the receiver position and oth-er young players like soph-omores Marquel Wade and Keante Minor getting their chance to earn playing time, Wilson said timing is impor-tant to the Hogs’ success.
“We have worked togeth-
er in the offseason and some in seasons past, so I think it is pretty good,” Wilson said. “There is always some jit-ters from guys in the first few days and a few more dropped balls than we would like to see, but I expect those to be cleaned up in the days to come.”
Arkansas does return its biggest target from last sea-son in 6-foot-3, 209-pound Cobi Hamilton. Hamilton has seen extensive playing time ever since his freshman season and has played in all 39 games of his Razorback career.
W h a t Yo u M i s s e d ove r S p r i n g B r e a k
Arkansas’ women’s basket-ball team had its best season in more than a decade end in a 61-59 loss against No. 3 seed Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tourna-ment.
The Razorbacks (24-9) ral-lied from a 13 -point deficit to take a one-point lead with less than one minute remaining in the game.
The Aggies then hit 3 of 4 free throws and took advan-tage of two Arkansas missed shots to pull out the win on
their home court.“We didn’t quite get the
look we wanted at the end of the game but I couldn’t be more pleased with the effort of this team all year,” Arkansas coach Tom Collen said.!
The loss ended the Razor-backs’ winningest season since 1991 and first NCAA appear-ance since 2003. It also ended the career of five Arkansas se-niors that helped turn the pro-gram around under Collen’s guidance, ending their careers by leading the Razorbacks to a
SPRING BREAK
Hogs Win in ExtrasSTARKVILLE, Miss. ––
STAFF PHOTO Arkansas coach Tom Collen led the Razorbacks to their winningest season since 1991 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003, a trip that ended with a 61-59 loss to No. 3 seed Texas A&M in the second round on March 19.
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by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor
see SPRING BREAKon page 9
Razorback women end stellar season in NCAA second round
by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor
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UA MEDIA RELATIONS
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Razorbacks have to replace Adams, Childs and Wright’s production
SPORTSPAGE 9 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
Pisani Wins SEC Title, Razorbacks Finish Sixth
GYMNASTICS
DULUTH, Ga. — Senior All-American Jaime Pisani won the Southeastern Confer-ence beam title at the gymnas-tics championship meet on Sat-urday on the way to setting an Arkansas school meet record in the all-around as the Razor-backs ! nished sixth.
No. 10 Arkansas bounced back a" er a rough start in the ! rst rotation to post good scores in their last three events.
With all-arounders Kath-erine Grable and Jordan Sals-berg out with injuries, the Ra-zorbacks struggled on # oor and had to count two mistakes for a 47.575. Arkansas regrouped and followed with a 49.05 on vault, a 48.85 on bars and a 48.70 on beam for a 194.175 to-tal.
“We’re disappointed to come in here and start the ! rst event with three falls,” co-coach René Cook said. “$ at’s not the way you want to start any com-petition, but we did ! ght hard on vault and for the rest of the meet.”
No. 1 Florida won the title with 197.15 points, followed by No. 3 Alabama, No. 5 Geor-gia, No. 8 LSU, No. 24 Kentucky and No. 10 Arkansas 194.10.
$ ough the Razorbacks’ 194.175 was a season-low, Pisani showed why she is ranked No. 1 in the nation on both # oor and in the all-around.
She had a 9.875 vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.90 on beam and 9.90 on # oor for a 39.50 title, break-ing the previous school meet re-cord in the all-around of 39.40 by Casey Jo Magee in 2010.
She won the SEC beam title with her 9.90 and ! nished sec-ond on # oor with a 9.90.
“Jaime has done a great job all year and it’s nice to see her continue to do great,” Cook says.
Arkansas opened on # oor and Bailee Zumwalde led o% with a 9.80, but the next two Ra-zorbacks had mistakes. Stepha-ni Canizaro stumbled on her second pass and Sammy Kolbas fell on her second pass, scor-ing a 9.125 and 8.90, respec-tively. Kelci Lewis, who missed the last two weeks with an an-kle injury, stumbled on her sec-ond pass and couldn’t complete her routine, although she tried to ! ght through it before being told to stop. She scored an 8.30.
Junior All-American Amy Borsellino followed with a 9.85 and Pisani closed the rotation with a 9.90. Pisani’s score ties the school record for the SEC Championship, which she set in 2010 and 2011 and shares with Dana McQuillin from 2004.
Borsellino’s 9.85 ties the ninth-best mark in school his-tory for the SEC meet.
“Kelci couldn’t ! nish so we had to count those falls,” Cook said. “We put ourselves in a hole and it’s hard to get out of it. People start to tighten up be-cause they are worried about making their routines and that makes it even harder. We’ll get back home and start working harder than we have been.”
Arkansas scored a 47.575 as a team. A" er the ! rst rota-tion, Alabama led with a 49.275 on bars, followed by Georgia at 49.175 on vault, Florida 49.05 on beam and Arkansas.
$ e Razorbacks then went
to a bye before moving to vault where they put up good num-bers.
Canizaro took Lewis’ place following the injury and led o% with a 9.75. Borsellino, sopho-more Scarlett Williams and senior Mariah Howdeshell all followed with a 9.80. Pisani scored a 9.875 and Zumwalde ended the order with a 9.775 for a 49.05, which is Arkansas’ third-best for the SEC Champi-onship.
Pisani’s score ties the school’s third-best in the SEC meet.
$ e Razorbacks had their second bye before going to bars.
Following three rotations, Georgia led with 98.375 points, followed by Florida with 98.25, Alabama 98.10, Kentucky 97.30, Arkansas 96.625, LSU 49.15 and Kentucky 48.90.
On bars, Arkansas scored a 48.85, the school’s fourth-best for an SEC meet. Pisani and sophomore Shelby Salmon led the way with a 9.825, followed by Howdeshell with a 9.80, and Borsellino and Canizaro with a 9.70.
& $ e Razorbacks closed on beam and scored a 48.70. Pisani led the way with a school meet record-tying 9.90, followed by Borsellino and Salmon with a 9.725, and Williams and Kolbas with a 9.675.
Arkansas competes again on April 7 in the NCAA South Central Regional, which the Razorbacks are hosting in Barnhill Arena. NCAA selec-tions are announced on Mon-day and the other ! ve teams competing in Fayetteville will be released at that time. $ e re-gional meet begins at 4 p.m.
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STAFF PHOTO Arkansas senior Jamie Pisani won the beam title at the Southeastern Conference Championship, but the Razorbacks finished just sixth out of seven teams.
program-record nine South-eastern Conference wins.
“This has been one of the most enjoyable senior classes I have ever coached,” Collen said.&“They took a chance on me four years ago and it has been great coaching them.”
Peacock arrestedArkansas starting offen-
sive tackle Jason Peacock was suspended indefinitely by coach Bobby Petrino after be-ing arrested on a felony theft charge March 16.
The senior was booked at the Washington County De-tention Center and released on $2,5000 bond five hours later, according to the Wash-ington County sheriff ’s office. Peacock admitted to stealing a female classmate’s wallet and using her debit card for a $1 preauthorization charge and $35.01 worth of gas at a Fay-etteville EZ Mart on March 5, according to a UAPD report.
& “I am aware of the situa-
tion and he has been suspend-ed indefinitely,” Petrino said in a statement.
Peacock had a hearing on March 19 and has a court date April 16.
The victim’s purse was stolen when she left it unat-tended in a Fine Arts Build-ing classroom on March 5, ac-cording to the UAPD report. The purse was later found in a men’s restroom, but her wallet and student ID card had been removed.
The student’s online bank account showed the card had been used at the EZ Mart pump where Peacock’s silver Lincoln Town Car was iden-tified on the security camera.
This is the second consec-utive year a Razorbacks start-ing offensive tackle has got-ten in legal trouble. Anthony Oden was kicked off the team last summer following his second arrest in a year.
Peacock started at tackle for the final nine games of the 2011 season.
Basketball to Italy?Arkansas’ basketball team
will likely take a trip abroad in early August.
Razorbacks coach Mike Anderson said he wants his team to travel to Italy and play Italian club and professional teams this summer.
In addition to the game experience, the Hogs would be allowed 10 days of practice in preparation for the trip, a
potential bonding period for a team that will have at least three, likely more, newcom-ers.
“We’re going to have such a new basketball team, so many new players coming in,” Anderson said. “I think even with the players that are com-ing back, it gives you an op-portunity to get some prac-tice time in, and not only that, have a chance to go play some games.”
The NCAA allows pro-grams to make an interna-tional summer trip every four years to participate in exhi-bitions. Arkansas traveled to Cancun in 2003 and 2007.
Baseball sweeps first SEC series, runs win streak to 10
Arkansas opened South-eastern Conference play with a three-game sweep against Alabama at Baum Stadium, a weekend that resulted in the Razorbacks moving to No. 3 in the nation.
The Hogs beat the Crim-son Tide 4-3 in a 12-inning Friday thriller that includ-ed an over-the-fence catch by left fielder Matt Vinson, a grab that robbed Alabama of a home run and was SportsCen-ter’s No. 1 play of the week on ESPN.
Arkansas cruised to 8-4 and 7-4 wins against Alabama on Saturday and Sunday, then beat Nevada 10-2 on Sunday to extend its winning streak to 10 games.
from SPRING BREAKon page 8
The Texarkana, Texas, na-tive is now the Hogs’ No. 1 receiver and no longer in the shadow of the record-setting receivers from the 2008 class. Being the Razorbacks’ top target in 2012 includes new leadership responsibilities.
“Cobi has done a great job during the whole offseason,” Horton said. “He has been more a more vocal leader, but has also proved it by his
actions. He clearly wants to be a vocal leader of this team and has stepped up to coach Petrino’s challenge of need-ing more leaders.”
Hamilton amassed 85 catches for 1,519 yards and 13 touchdowns in his first three seasons, making him easily the most experienced returning receiver.
“Most of these guys have been here long enough that they know how we work,” Hamilton said on being a mentor. “They have been fol-
lowing for the past two years now, so their time has come and they will do things right. I haven’t had to say too much to them.”
Hamilton’s 4.37 40-yard dash was fifth on the team in offseason testing, but he worked on more than speed in the winter.
“I really got stronger and took the weight room more serious,” Hamilton said. “The weight room has help me fo-cused and it will show during this spring.”
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Junior Javontee Herndon is part of a receiving corps that will try to replace Ja-rius Wright, Joe Adams and Greg Childs. Herndon has just 10 career catches and hasn’t scored a collegiate touchdown, but enters the spring as one of Arkansas’ three starters at receiver.
For guys like you and Julian Hor-ton, is this ! nally the opportunity to make a big impact you’ve been wait-ing for?
We’ve been here it’s coming up on three years. We’re pretty much the old heads now. We’ve been learning from the best - J. Wright, Joe Adams and Greg - now we’ve just got to do what they taught us.
What’s it like following in their footsteps?
It’s great. Last two years I played under Jarius, so I’ve pretty much been trying to copy what he’s been doing. I switched positions this year. I pretty much, everything they taught me from catching balls to running it down the ! eld a" er making a catch, I just try to carry it on.
What receiver positions have you learned?
I know all the positions. I’ve been learning them since I’ve been here. I’ve been in the one Cobi and Greg played last year. # at’s the X, outside receiver.
Do the returning receivers view this as your time now?
Oh, we talk about that every day in
the locker room. We’ve been waiting for this for two years, it’s time for us to do what the people before us did and keep it going.
Javontee HerndonWide Receiver
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Junior
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and Demarcus Henderson to
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LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore right fielder Jimmy Bosco hit a key two-run double in the eleventh in-ning of the Razorbacks 8-3 series-clenching win at Mississippi State on Sunday.
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