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!is year, Chartwells changed their customer sur-veys to an online format to make them more convenient for students and faculty to ac-cess.

Previously, students had to take the time to "ll out surveys at the locations they were eating. !is electronic format will replace the old fashioned, paper-scantron system, said Kim Johnson,

marketing director for Chart-wells.

Every semester customer surveys are made available for students and faculty to "ll out and provide Chart-wells with feedback on their services, Johnson said. !ese surveys provide a pulse check for what students like and what they would like to see improved in the dining halls and other Chartwells loca-tions on campus, Johnson said.

A#er students "ll out an online survey, they receive a coupon for one free hot or

cold beverage and also au-tomatically have their name entered in a drawing to win a Chartwells gi#card, Johnson said.

In the past, this feedback has helped Chartwells get an idea of what foods served in the dining halls are most popular with students.

Some students said that in the past they would love to see more !ai and Asian food in the dining halls. !is one reason Chartwells has started serving more of this type of

Menu Choices Decided with the Help of Students

A 2009 policy requiring newly built or renovated build-ings on campus to meet certain environmental standards is starting to show around cam-pus.

!e Hillside Auditorium under construction is just one of the construction sites that are “going green,” said Mike John-son, associate vice chancellor of facilities management. “All of our newest construction proj-ects are designed to meet the LEED silver ranking require-ments,” he said.

Buildings are judged by the U.S. Green building council, Johnson said. !e USGBC will rate a site based on "ve major credit categories. !e categories include the sustainability of the site, water e$ciency, energy consumption and atmospheric pollution, materials and re-sources that are used and in-door environmental quality.

Buildings can qualify for four levels of certi"cation. A building would need between 50 and 59 points to acquire a silver ranking, according to new.usgbc.com

!e Hillside Auditorium was designed to be as e$cient as possible, Johnson said.

“!e vegetated roof is the most overtly sustainable as-pect of this project. In addition, there are clerestory windows and Solar tube skylights that illuminate the main lobby, re-ducing the need for arti"cial lighting,” according to jone-sarch.com

“We wanted to make it as e$cient as possible. !is way we will not only cut spending during construction, but we will also have less maintenance costs in the long run,” Johnson said.

!e Jean Tyson Child De-velopment Study Center is an-other project constructed to meet a silver rating.

“!e facility was submitted for LEED silver certi"cation when construction was com-pleted,” said Bob Beeler, direc-tor of design and construction services.

!e building was designed with energy saving features like geothermal-assisted heat-ing and cooling, use of natural lighting and water conservation using a “grey water” collection system for toilet %ushing water, according to children.uark.edu.

O$cials are making plans to renovate all buildings on cam-pus to meet a LEED silver stan-dard, Johnson said.

“Since 2009, all projects

Green Construction Policies Start to Show

Ryan Miller Sta# PhotographerUA Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Je# Long made a statement Saturday that UA football coach John L. Smith would not be the head coach for the upcoming season.

Smith Out as Football Season Ends

For an analysis of the football season and LSU game, See Page 7

For another story about job hunting, See Page 3

Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Graduate Series which includes information for graduating students.

Uncertainty about future jobs may be what is in store for the 700 students graduating UA this December.

“In my experience, when students are prepared for their job search, they are successful in "nding positions that meet their career goals. In other words, UA students should begin preparing for their job search as early as freshman year,” said Angela Williams, career development center di-rector.

!ough still high, the un-employment rate for college graduates decreased in recent years.

For young college gradu-ates, the unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in 2010 and 9.4 percent last year, according to the economic policy insti-tute.

“All colleges at UA with the exception of Dale Bumpers Agriculture, Food and Life Sci-ences, College of Engineering and the Walton College of Busi-ness distribute their own post-graduate placement survey to their graduates to see where

they go a#er graduation,” Wil-liams said.

Fi#y-two percent of UA graduates in 2010-2011 re-sponded to the surveys, and the placement rate for those who responded was 81 percent, Wil-liams said.

“Students should meet with a career counselor to develop a career action plan and work on their resumes and interview skills as well as other profes-sional skills,” Williams said.

Industries and occupations related to health care, personal care and social assistance and construction are projected to have the fastest job growth between 2010 and 2020. Total employment is projected to grow by 14.3 percent through-out the decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs. Despite rapid projected growth, construction is not expected to regain all of the jobs lost during the 2007 to 2009 recession, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis-tics.

In economic recessions as well as expansions, the un-employment rate for workers under 25 years old is typically around twice as high as the overall unemployment rate, according to the economic in-stitute.

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One of the "rst six Afri-can American students who entered the UA School of Law died Nov. 20 in Little Rock.

Christopher C. Mercer, who is originally from Pine Blu&, attended the Univer-sity of Arkansas at Pine Blu& in 1946. In 1949, he entered the UA School of Law, ac-cording the encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Cul-ture.

“!is is a profound loss

for the law school commu-nity and the legal profes-sion,” said Stacy Leeds, dean of the School of Law in a news release. “Mr. Mercer set the perfect example of a lawyer as community leader and public servant. His life is marked by hard work and immeasurable sacri"ces, yet he never sought anything in return — he simply gave.”

!e six students were part of the law school’s in-tegration that were given the name “Six Pioneers.” A#er his time at the UA, he taught biology, chemistry and math classes at Carver High School in Marked Tree,

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Yes, the stores were crowd-ed on Black Friday. But aside from snatching up those door-buster bargains, shop-pers appeared to be cautious at the start of the holiday gi#-buying season, with sales o& 1.8 percent compared to last year.

ShopperTrak, a retail tech-nology company, said the number of shoppers out on Friday rose 3.5 percent com-pared to last year. But some consumers may have shi#ed

their spending to !anksgiv-ing, when many large retailers sought to jump-start the sea-son by opening on the holi-day, although that practice is banned in Maine, Massachu-setts and Rhode Island.

Nationally, sales Friday slumped to $11.2 billion, compared to $11.4 billion on the day a#er !anksgiving last year.

Bill Martin, the founder of ShopperTrak, said shop-pers are turning their atten-tion to the holidays a#er be-ing distracted by the election and Superstorm Sandy in the Northeast.

But, he said, those con-sumers are value-conscious and the sales "gures suggest

they focused most on sharply discounted door-buster sales.

!e National Retail Fed-eration is forecasting a 4.1 percent increase in retail sales during the November-December holiday period this year, down from the 5.6 per-cent increase posted in 2011.

Nationally, Walmart said it had its best Black Friday ever. As with other large chains, Black Friday began !ursday night and the retailing giant said it handled more than 22 million customers on !urs-day alone.

Shoppers were focused on electronics, video games, DVDs, Furbys, dolls, board games and slow cookers, Walmart said.

“We had very safe and suc-cessful Black Friday events at our stores across the coun-try and heard overwhelm-ingly positive feedback from our customers,” Bill Simon, Walmart U.S. president and chief executive, said in a state-ment, downplaying the impact of protests at its stores Friday by employees and union orga-nizers who say the chain o&ers poor wages and bene"ts.

Protesters in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont joined others across the na-tion in Black Friday pickets at Walmart stores. In Ellsworth, about 15 activists near the city’s Walmart Supercenter held signs with slogans such as “Boycott Black Friday!”

Black Friday Lures More Shoppers but they Spend Less than Last Year

!e Great Recession has been no friend to the college graduate. Some reports in-dicate that as many as half of recent college graduates are either jobless or underem-ployed in a weak U.S. labor market.

But not all students are having trouble "nding jobs. At Bradley University, "elds such as accounting, engineer-ing and nursing have been able to place 100 percent of their students in 2010 and 2011, according to school re-cords.

A recent job fair on the Bradley campus for nursing and physical therapy students demonstrated that it’s still a boom market for medical grads.

“We had 51 recuiters from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri,” said Marilyn Miller-Luster, the career fair coordinator who works in Bradley’s nursing department.

“!e recruiters that come here are looking for full- and part-time workers as well as those who need summer em-ployment,” she said.

!e search for quali"ed medical sta& brought Laurie Newlin, a healthcare recruiter from Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., to Peoria.

“Union Hospital is a 380-bed regional hospital that serves a population area of 120,000. We "nd that Bradley provides well-prepared stu-dents, very focused on their careers,” she said.

Sgt. Michelle Phillips, a recruiter with the U.S. Army, said she represented another side of the Army: the health-care side.

“(Healthcare) graduates who join the Army come in as commissioned o$cers,” said Phillips, noting that those joining could "nd themselves “anywhere in the world.”

Recruiters from the Navy and Air Force were also on hand at the Bradley job fair.

One of the bigger attrac-tions that had students lin-ing up for more information was Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Amanda Schroeder, a senior from El-gin, said she wanted to talk to as many potential employ-ers as she could while Jordan West, a senior from Naper-ville, said, “I just wanted to get my name out there.”

Another student in the

Rush line, Michelle Riemma, a junior nursing student from Lisle, explained she was look-ing for a summer job.

At the various tables around the room at the Brad-ley Student Center, recruit-ers o&ered small incentives for possible employees such as pens and chocolates but at the Freeport Health Network booth, Carol Boeke, a talent acquisition specialist, o&ered tote bags that looked like little bananas.

“We’re here to explain who we are and the services we provide,” said Boeke.

Danielle Mascagni, a physical therapist from Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, said her institution was look-

ing to "ll a variety of posi-tions including nurses, physi-cal therapists and marketing posts.

“Programs haven’t grown to meet the demands of an ag-ing population,” she said.

!e need for nurses and physical therapists will con-tinue into the future -- not just because patients are get-ting older but there’s a need to replace the nurses that want to retire, said Molly Cluskey, a nursing professor at Brad-ley and the assistant dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences.

Along with out-of-town hospitals, area hospitals were also well represented at the job fair. OSF Saint Francis

Medical Center had an ex-tensive presence with eight people manning an extended booth.

Brent Morgan, an admin-istrator with Petersen Health Care, a Peoria-based "rm with over 90 facilities across Illinois and Iowa, was also looking for healthcare gradu-ates.

“!ere’s a huge shortage of nurses in long-term skilled nursing facilities,” he said.

Steve Tarter is Journal Star business editor. Tarter’s phone number is 686-3260, and his email address is starter@pjstar.com. Follow his blog, Minding Business, on pjstar.com and follow him on Twitter @Steve-Tarter.

Job Market Booming for Some College Grads

Steve Pfost Dallas Morning NewsChristine Nicholson, a broadcast journalism student at the University of Texas at Arlington, works with professor Julia Ro-driguez in the school’s newsroom. She has been preparing for graduation by interning at a local TV station and sending out resumes.

!e International Business Club hosted the Sam M. Wal-ton College of Business Study Abroad Fair for all UA stu-dents.

!e fair was sponsored by the International Business Club, Global Engagement Of-"ce and the Associated Stu-dent Government. During the fair, students were able to hear about the WCOB’s eight faculty-led summer programs as well as direct enrollment programs, according to a news release from !e International Business Club.

“!e turnout was absolute-ly wonderful,” said Susan E. Anders, Administrative Sup-port Supervisor for the Global Engagement O$ce. “We had mostly business students at-tend but there were some students that are involved in foreign languages that were in-terested in the programs.”

!is will be made an an-nual event for the fall semester, although next year it will likely come sooner than November, Anders said.

“For all the people who put in hard work and were involved with the fair, it re-ally paid o&,” Anders said. “I’m so glad that we had students come out and show interest in these programs because its so important for students, es-pecially young students, to get involved on campus.”

Faculty also discussed Wal-ton College’s seven Exchange Programs in various countries including France, Germany, Denmark, Spain and Sweden, said Nick Dintelmann, UA student majoring in Interna-tional Business: Supply Chain Management with minors in French and Economics who is involved with the program.

“Students came to learn about the BS degree in Inter-national Business and minors at the fair,” Dintelmann said. “We really wanted young stu-dents to come and learn about these programs so they can see all opportunities the UA has to o&er.”

!e fair was open to all majors and o$cials from the Arkansas World Trade Center and UA foreign language de-partments were present. !is was the "rst year for the Inter-national Business club to host the fair, but with this year’s successful turnout won’t be the last.

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11 Days until Dead Day

Ashley Swindell Sta# PhotographerLocals shop at Northwest Arkansas Mall, Friday, Nov. 23 at the Black Friday Sales. "e mall opened at midnight for the Black Friday event.

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UA Medieval England Study Abroad Info. Meeting4:30-5:30 p.m. Old Main Room 421

Degree Recital: Dallas Tucker, Percussion7 p.m. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center

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food at Brough especially, Johnson said.

“I like that these surveys are available for us to give our input, instead of the univer-sity having to guess what stu-dents want on the menu,” said Nick Sergent, sophomore me-chanical engineering major.

Students can also "ll out comment cards year-round concerning the customer service they receive at the dining halls. YouFirst is a program dining services have put into place in order to encourage more custom-er-manager communication, Johnson said.

YouFirst is meant to drive a swing in morale among the associates and also to help them understand the power

of good customer service, Johnson said.

!is program awards as-sociates who have provided exceptionally good customer service with a metal and a gi# card, Johnson said.

Just as it is more fun to eat in a place with good customer service, it is equally as fun to work in a place with positive customer interaction, John-son said.

“It de"nitely makes a huge di&erence and I always re-member it when someone has particularly good customer service,” said Kara Kaiser, sophomore speech pathology major. “!e thing that really sets a place apart is not always the food, but sometimes just the people who work there.”

have been designed and con-structed to meet LEED’s silver standard. We are making ren-ovations to the older buildings in order to meet those stan-dards, although it may not be possible to reach that standard with some of the lesser quality buildings,” Johnson said.

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (US-GBC), and spearheaded by Robert K. Watson, Found-ing Chairman LEED Steering Committee from 1995 until

2006, LEED is intended to provide building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and imple-menting practical and mea-surable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions, ac-cording to new.usgbc.org.

LEED is a voluntary, con-sensus-based, market -driven program that provides third-party veri"cation of green buildings, according to new.usgbc.org.

ing Daisy Bates, one of the “Little Rock Nine” to and from school for her se-mester, according to a new release.

“Jane and I are sad-dened by the news of C.C. Mercer’s death,” said Chancellor G. David Gear-hart in a news release. “We had known him for many, many years and always had the utmost respect for him. He was an outstand-ing leader and advocate, a great Arkansan and a much loved member of the Razorback community. He will long be remembered and celebrated as one of our most in%uential alum-ni. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family and salute C.C. for his life of service to others.”

Mercer was the "rst African American in the South to be deputy state prosecutor. He also won the Silas Hunt Legacy Award in 2002, according to a news release.

!e Silas Hunt Legacy Award honors “individu-als who have made a sig-ni"cant impact on the University of Arkansas, the state of Arkansas, the nation and the world,” ac-cording to the Silas Hunt Legacy Award and Diver-sity Report.

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Friday, Nov. 16-A sta# member reported someone broke a !re extinguisher cabinet in the Harmon Avenue Parking Garage and emptied the !re extinguisher on the ground.

Saturday, Nov. 17-A student was arrested in the Phi Delta "eta Fraternity House.

-A non-a$liated person was arrested on Maple Street west of Leverett Avenue.

Sunday, Nov. 18-A sta# member was arrested on Maple Street west of Razorback Road.

Monday Nov. 19-A student reported someone damaged several vehicles while the vehicles

were parked in Lot 24. -A student was arrested on North Garland Avenue east of Stadium Drive.

Wednesday Nov. 21-Driving While Intoxicated; Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. A non-a$liated person was arrested on Razorback Road south of Mitchell Street.

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In my experience, when students are prepared for their job search, they are successful in "nding positions that meet their career goals.Angela Williams, Career Development Center Director“Experience Key When Job Hunting,” Page 1

!anksgiving has come and gone. I do not know about you, but I gobbled up my fair share of turkey, taste tested all the casseroles to please the family cooks and if I ever see a pecan pie again, it will be too soon.

Immediately following the annual feast, guilt set in. “I ate too much. What was I think-ing? My diet starts tomorrow.”

!e guilt that comes along with eating is something that I have been dealing with for

years, and I am not alone. !e holidays bring joy and happi-ness, but for some, they also bring stress, self-conscious-ness and guilt around the issue of body image.

“Ninety-One percent of women surveyed on a col-lege campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. Twenty-two percent dieted “o"en” or “always,” ac-cording to the National Asso-ciation of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

Today on campus, look around and think about that 91 percent of women who have attempted to control their weight. Why do we do it? Most of the time, those focused on weight are not doing it for health reasons, but because of societal pressures.

I mean, have you ever opened a Victoria’s Secret magazine? !at’s enough to send any 20-something college student into a weight-induced panic.

I, too, am in that 91 percent.

For years, I thought shedding weight would help me shed the unhappiness in my life.

Of course, I was wrong. Instead of losing #ve

pounds and feeling satis#ed, I wanted to lose #ve more. Or, I would cease dieting and gain the weight back, resulting in a vicious cycle of self-loathing and negativity.

I knew that losing those ex-tra #ve pounds would put me below the healthy weight for my 5’9 frame, but health was far from my mind when fo-cused on body image.

!e anxiety and obsession that go into an eating disorder is exhausting, and is plagued with negative consequences.

One day, someone sug-gested I change my thinking and pretend that the part of my body I was most unhappy with was actually what I loved most about myself.

!e idea seemed a little crazy, but I knew I needed to end the battle between mind and body. Like many of my

peers, I was tired of compar-ing myself to others and des-perately needed to change my mind-set.

A"er years of rigid work-outs, tirelessly counting calo-ries (I even counted the calo-ries in a stick of gum) and unhappiness, my thoughts, with help, really did begin to change, and so did my life.

I had an epiphany when talking to two con#dent 25 year-old women about curves. !ey were comfortable in their own skin and I wanted that too.

I mentioned that some-times as I walked through campus or $ipped through magazines, I would see petite, bone-thin girls and thought this was how I was supposed to look.

One of the women looked at me questionably and said “You’re a woman! Why would you want to look like a prepu-bescent boy?”

A smile spread across my face and I knew she was right.

From that moment forward, I understood that I looked the way I was meant to look. Not like a 12 year-old boy, but like a woman, curves and all.

While this may seem like an obvious conclusion to some, it was a turning point in my battle with body image. I began to like my body because it was just that: mine.

It was liberating. Now, have a healthy rela-

tionship with my body. I eat when I am hungry, stop when I am full. I workout when I feel like it, but do not beat myself up for missing one here or there.

By letting go of my obses-sion, things fell into place for me, just as it can for others bat-tling eating disorders.

I certainly do not have it all #gured out. Negatives thoughts still slip into my mind every now and then, but I #nally recognize the stress and pain I have been putting my body through for years, and I refuse to cause myself

any more harm.It pains me to read statistics

like the 91 percent #gure from the ANAD. Even more fright-ening is the ANAD statistic that “the mortality rate associ-ated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-24 years old.”

!ese statistics are directed at us: young females. Chang-ing these statistics begins and ends with us.

By sharing my experience with body image issues, I hope that someone else can relate and understand that overcom-ing it is not only possible, but also rewarding and freeing. Society no longer dictates how I feel about myself, and I hope you will not let it play a role in your life either.

Ashley Flippin is a sta! columnist. She is a senior English and creative writing major.

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Brace yourself, carols are coming.

Dust o% your wreaths and don your gay apparel – the holiday season is upon us.

With the passage of !anksgiving, the segue to celebrating holiday cheer is complete. Carols are upon everybody’s lips, candles are brought out in force and egg-nog is scribbled at the top of grocery lists.

Ideally, students should return to Fayetteville having eaten enough cranberry rel-ish and le"over turkey sand-wiches to satisfy their !anks-giving cravings for at least the next few weeks.

While you were sitting down at your food-laden tables, hopefully you noticed whom you were sitting beside.

I’ll let you in on a not-so-profound little secret – !anksgiving is about giving

thanks. It’s about recognizing and appreciating those that you are thankful for, the fam-ily, friends and loved ones gathered around you.

Is one day of grateful-ness really enough though? Instead, let this appreciation of the special people in your life carry over, and keep these folks in mind throughout the season of giving. Perhaps that’s why the holiday sea-son follows !anksgiving so closely.

!e holidays weren’t ini-tially pegged as a time for self-ishness.

If your sole source of en-joyment from the holidays comes from unwrapping things tied with pretty rib-bons, you may want to spend some quality time with the ABC Family and Hallmark holiday specials. All of the movies and TV shows end by showing how it is always bet-ter to give than to receive.

For once, Hollywood has hit the mark.

Gi"s and presents are only a minor part of the holiday tradition. Far more weighty is the laughter, time and memories shared between loved ones. Sometimes simple sentimentality conveys more than any tangible present ever could.

!e best presents don’t al-ways cost much. A kind word, a handmade gi" or spending

time with somebody can work just as well. You can even gi" an inside joke. Remember that you know these people best. !e most important part of gi" giving is simply letting somebody know that you care about them.

Shopping for a gi" shouldn’t be a source of stress, yet shopping has turned into something that closely resem-bles a war zone. !e pressure to #nd the perfect gi" can turn even the sweetest people into violent shoppers. Mix in competition and a time crunch, and bad things hap-pen.

Take Black Friday for in-stance. Before the !anksgiv-ing dishes have been cleared from the table, shoppers brave crowds, temperatures and un-favorable hours in their rush to spend. As Forbes online reported, websites and stores were visited by 226 million shoppers Black Friday week-end, with a total estimated bill of $52.4 billion.

During last year’s day af-ter !anksgiving sales, CNN reported that one tenacious L.A. shopper sprayed people with pepper spray in her #ght to get a video game console last year. !e same article re-ported incidents in six other states.

While there’s nothing wrong with wanting to get a good deal, keep in mind that

shopping really shouldn’t need police regulation. Gi"s should be from the heart, not out of obligation.

Try to relax by partici-pating in those crazy family traditions and just focus on enjoying one another’s com-pany. !e only stress should come from when you acciden-tally set the kitchen on #re. Or when your beloved Pomerani-an steals the Christmas turkey from the broiler. Or when you have to mediate a squabble to keep grandma from getting in a #st #ght in the candy cane aisle of Walmart.

Even then, the stress of the moment pales in comparison to the value of the memories themselves.

Surround yourself with your favorite people, and let them know how much they mean to you. You may not get along all the time…or even most of the time. Even so, try to see and appreciate the good in those around you.

So do a nice little favor for a friend or give your Pops an extra hug. Keep the spirit of thankfulness around you throughout the holidays this year.

Shawnya Wethington is a staff columnist. She is a sophomore English and journalism major.

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!e Traveler sta% would like to welcome students back from what we hope was amazing break with family and friends. We have certainly #lled our bellies with turkey, cas-seroles, stu&ng and an endless variety of pies. In fact, like many of you, we’ve been eating pumpkin for breakfast the past few days.

As we came back to work Sunday a"ernoon, I think it dawned on us that there are only two weeks le" of this se-mester. !at means two weeks to bring up grades, to work on presentations and write 10-page papers.

It is going to be a stressful two weeks. To help alleviate some of that stress, we’d like to give,

what we believe are, some helpful tips. 1. Keep a planner and write down everything you have to

do. Sometimes it is just stressful writing down everything, but once you have it written, you can prioritize your list.

2. Be sure to take breaks between assignments or work, even if it is a short 10 minute break. You can go for a walk, take a short nap or do something as simple as stretches.

3. Eat healthy and work out. Stress messes up normal eat-ing schedules — it either leads to binge eating or not enough eating, depending on the person. Either way, however, it is taking a toll on one’s health. It’s important to remember that healthy foods are what keep our brain going and our body functioning. Also, don’t forget to get exercise, even if it is only 15 to 30 minutes a day.

4. Limit you distractions. Try to #nd a quiet area or cor-ner where you can e%ectively work. And as we all know, oth-er people are not the main distraction these days — technol-ogy is. So stay o% of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Reddit and don’t spend all your time texting.

5. Get sleep. And no, not small two-hour increments of sleep, but a good seven hours. Your brain and body need rest and it will get you ready for another productive day.

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Hebron Chester Sta# Cartoonist

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Nov. 26, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

An air of quiet, calm sophistication can be felt as one walks into the KUAF build-ing. White walls, tiled !oors and nicely dressed workers speak of the high qual-ity of the radio station. Behind the scenes, reporters are busy at work writing and re-cording the shows that will later go on air. "is calm and ready radio station raised a record-breaking sum during this year’s on-air fundraiser, raising the already high expectations for its success.

"e public radio station, which is sup-ported primarily by listener donations, has a unique lineup of news shows and clas-sical music that has helped it grow into a popular station across northwest Arkan-sas and an integral part of the Fayetteville community.

Rick Stockdell, KUAF station manager, created the station in 1980. From a small station that only reached the Fayetteville area, KUAF now airs from a $2.5 million building and reaches 15 counties that ex-tend state lines. "ey have 11 full-time sta# members, including $ve journalists who put on local news shows daily.

“Most of the money we operate on comes from our listeners, and twice a year we go on the air and tell our listeners, ‘Okay, we’re listener-supported, so give us money,’ and they do,” Stock-dell said. “We just $nished the most successful on-air fundraiser we’ve ever done. We raised $175 thousand in 10 days, and there were over 1,600 of our listeners who either wrote a check, went on our website or called to send money.”

"e rest of the funds for the station come from grants and from the UA, which owns the station. Stockdell is on faculty with the journalism department at the UA and has an advanced radio news class that he allows to come to the station to learn how to do radio news stories. "at experience leads to better job op-portunities for the students in the future.

“Most of the people who work here are U of A grads,” Stockdell said. “It’s not a requirement; it just happened that way. "at connection is great because we’re able to give some students experience, and then later down the line they get hired full time.”

KUAF has become very involved in the Fayetteville community as well. "eir new location across from the Fayetteville Public Library has helped them be more accessible and vis-ible to the community. Recently, the library held a gala to show UA professor Larry Foley’s $lm on the history of Fayetteville, and about 500 people attended. "e station hosted a reception prior to the event, serving Lindt chocolates and wine.

“"e library and radio sta-tion share a lot of the same kinds of people and donors, so this was kind of a do-nor event,” Stockdell said. “We do a lot of things in conjunction with other community groups, and since we’re across the street from the library, we do a lot of things with them.”

About 50,000 people now tune into KUAF every week, proof of the incredible growth the radio station has undergone.

“I think people tune to us primarily because we’re doing things

nobody else is doing, like classical music, or jazz on Friday and Saturday nights, and we’re doing serious, in-depth news that isn’t necessarily available anywhere else,” Stockdell said.

KUAF is an NPR station, meaning they buy their national and international news programs from NPR to air on their show. "e news programs from NPR air in the morning from 5-9 a.m. and in the a%er-noon from 3-7 p.m. Local news is reported every weekday by KUAF’s full-time sta# at noon and on Sunday mornings as well.

Stockdell’s goal for the station is to develop its local news capabilities. "at would mean hiring more people to be on their news team.

“We only have $ve full-time people working on this news show,” he said. “I don’t know if there’s another station in the country that does what we do with $ve people. News is very labor-intensive and takes a lot of people to put a radio station together.”

Another thing that makes KUAF unique is that because it is a public station and does not make its money from adver-tising, it stays commercial-free. "e station announces businesses that give them sup-port, but it is only an identifying piece of information, not an advertisement.

“We play classical music, and you can’t hear classical music anywhere else in town,” Stockdell said. “We have national and international news, and people can lis-ten to us for in-depth stu#. We do things nobody else does, and we’re noncommer-cial, and that in itself appeals to a certain kind of person.”

Stockdell’s mission for KUAF is “to provide high quality in depth news and arts programming,” and that is what he hopes the station will continue to do as it grows and develops in the community.

"e Bear State, the Land of Op-portunity and the Wonder State have all been past nicknames of Arkansas. "e Arkansas Fisheries Society takes pride in Arkansas’ current nickname of the Natural State as it aims to uti-lize the state’s natural water resourc-es and wildlife for environmental purposes.

"ere are over 100 American Fisheries Society chapters nation-wide, with a total of over 9,000 mem-bers.

“"e mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of $shery resources and aquatic eco-systems by advancing $sheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of $sheries profes-sionals,” said Dustin Lynch, Ph.D. student and AFS president. “We pro-mote interest in this through activi-ties such as involving education, rec-reation and environmental cleanup.”

"e national organization was

founded in 1870 as the American Fish Culturists' Association, accord-ing to the national website. "e dues are $20 for a student member and $80 for a regular member.

“"e Arkansas Fisheries society at the UA currently has around 15 members,” Lynch said. “People can join by sending a message to the AFS Facebook page with email contact info, and we will include them on our mailing list with time and place for the meetings.”

"e UA chapter of AFS is also in-volved with the state chapter, and in September of 2013, the national AFS meeting will be held in Little Rock, Ark.

“"is past spring, several mem-bers of the club attended the Arkan-sas chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting,” said Brad Austin, biological sciences Ph.D. student. “At the meeting, members learned about research in the $elds of stream ecology and $sheries, providing an experience that members would not normally get in the classroom.”

"e Natural State has hundreds of lakes to $sh in, according to Arkan-

sas.com, but many people are still foreign to the sport. AFS is mainly comprised of experienced mem-bers who are avid about having new members engage in their hobby. AFS envisions a future where worldwide $shery production is optimized and sustained while structural and functional conditions of marine, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems are maintained, according to the na-tional website.

“Currently, our membership consists mainly of undergraduate and graduate students within the department of biological sciences,” said Brad Austin, biological sci-ences Ph.D. student. “So, one of our goals is to increase our membership, bringing in members from across campus.”

AFS has a division speci$cally for “$sh culture,” which was formed in 1974, according to the national AFS website. "e local chapter in Arkan-sas also participates in promoting and engaging in $sh culture.

“Fish culture refers to advanc-ing cultivation technology of aquatic organisms for food, commercial and

recreational $sheries enhancement, ornamental purposes, and conserva-tion, emphasizing things like nutri-tion, economics, breeding, et cetera,” Lynch said.

"e AFS national website has a tab for job postings so that members have the opportunity to apply for graduate assistant, research and full-time jobs within the organization’s many $elds.

“"is RSO has provided the abil-ity to invite speakers in to talk about their work in the $eld of $sheries management,” Austin said. “I think this is good for myself and other members because it makes us aware of the potential jobs that we are pre-paring ourselves for in the $elds of $sheries management and stream ecology.”

"e Arkansas Fisheries Society is close in friendship among its mem-bers, but it is also involved with oth-er RSOs on campus.

"e club assisted in putting on a booth with Springfest 2011 with the biological graduate student associa-tion, Austin said. “With our booth, BGSA members talk about the im-

pacts of improper waste disposal and not recycling our trash on the envi-ronment, while the AFS club focuses on the diversity of organisms that can be found in local streams, and in the past our booth has included live $sh and bugs that kids can touch and/or hold.”

"e RSO began in the spring of 2011, and since then it has focused on creating clearer lakes. Members participate in cleaning up the area around Lake Fayetteville every se-mester. ASF allows those who enjoy the outdoors of Arkansas to be in an organization that brings a diverse group of $sh culture interests to-gether.

“"e types of people who join this organization are varied and have a wide variety of interests and reasons for joining,” Lynch said. “A lot of people are primarily into sport $sh-ing for recreation, and game $sh spe-cies. I actually am not a $sherman myself and have more of an interest in smaller non-game stream $sh, their ecology and conservation. It's an organization that encompasses a lot of di#erent interests.”

Arkansas Fisheries Society Promotes Various ‘Fish Culture’ InterestsStephanie EhrlerSta! Writer

While walking around the UA campus, everyone sees faces — fa-miliar faces, unrecognizable faces, unacknowledged faces. An artist, however, sees the stories within these faces walking around on campus. Sophomore art history major Beth Buckley recently had her series of drawings, “Fayetteville Faces,” displayed in the Anne Kittrell Art Gallery in the Arkansas Union.

“I just like being able to convey personalities and souls through pictures ... Faces and bodies are beautiful, and they deserve to be shown,” she said. "e exhibit featured 12 colored pencil drawings of real people in Fayetteville.

“"ere is a variety of people here, and I want to emphasize the appeal of that, the beauty of that,” she said. Buckley wanted to show the diversity that exists in Fayetteville and tell the stories of her sub-jects through art, she said.

“Even if (viewers) don’t know the person, I want them to get a sense of who they are,” Buckley said.

Buckley grew up in Fayetteville and said that her parents’ and teachers’ support has encouraged her to pursue art. Her AP Studio Art teacher at Fayetteville High School and the class itself helped prepare her for college art classes because she had to adjust to peo-ple seeing the process of her art, instead of the $nal product, and taking constructive criticism along the way.

About college art classes, she said, “Nothing is private; people see your work all the time.”

"e classes Buckley has taken have made her understand that artists do what they do and use the mediums they use on purpose for the sake of getting across what they want to convey, which has caused her to think more deeply about why she uses the techniques she uses, she said. Buckley primarily uses colored pencils and draws people. She has tried doing landscapes, but said that there is just something really appealing about drawing pictures of people.

Buckley originally wanted to go out of state to pursue art, but wound up taking a year o# a%er high school to support herself and decide what she wanted to do. "e fact that her parents had enough faith in her to put up the money for her to go out of state to pursue art gave her encouragement, she said.

Her parents had always fostered her talent and supported her, Buckley said.

“I’ve always done art, and it’d be awesome to make that my ca-reer someday,” Buckley said. “I just really enjoy it. It’s therapeutic, and it gives me con$dence because people like it.”

"e reception for “Fayetteville Faces” was on Nov. 8, and Buck-ley was surprised to see so many unfamiliar faces in addition to the guests she had invited.

“A lot of people I didn’t know were there,” she said. “I got a lot of (positive) feedback from strangers.” Buckley said it made her feel really con$dent about her work when people actually wanted to buy it and when many of her friends she did not expect to come out to see the exhibit did, in fact, come to see the series.

“It makes me feel like I can do something really important with it,” she said. “(Fayetteville Faces) happened all of a sudden, and I felt really good about it, so I just went with it.”

Art Gallery Coordinator Lana Hackler contacted Buckley via Facebook, where she had posted several drawings. Buckley was ex-cited to have her artwork displayed in a real gallery for the $rst time, she said. She has also been impressed with the number of people who have requested her to draw them, their kids and their pets.

NPR A!liate Raises the Bar for Local Radio StationsCasey Freeman Sta! Writer

RSO OF THE WEEK

Gareth Patterson Sta" PhotographerUA Sophomore Beth Buckley’s work includes “Fayetteville Faces” and can be found on her website at bethbuckley.carbonmade.com.

Art Student Tells the Stories of Local Faces

Alex GoldenSta! Writer

Courtesy PhotoRick Stockdell, station manager, works during the KUAF Spring Fundraiser. Students can listen to KUAF broadcasts on 91.3 FM from their radios, computers, phones or even download the station’s podcast.

STUDENT PROFILE

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 6 Monday, Nov. 26, 2012

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Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson

Doonesbury Garry Trudeau

Non Sequitur Wiley Miller

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ACROSS1 Ed of “"e Mary Tyler Moore Show”6 “Mystery solved!”9 Spear13 Picked14 Artist’s studio site16 “Arsenic and Old __”17 Mischievous girl in classic comics19 Fairy tale menace20 Display for the $rst time, as a product21 Rajah’s spouse23 Until this time24 Grilled $sh in Japanese unadon26 “Exodus” actor Sal28 Florida NBA team, on scoreboards31 Jack LaLanne, for one35 Tries to make it alone37 Funereal stacks38 Unaccompanied39 Baggage handler, e.g.42 Actress Amanda43 Put the kibosh on45 Idle47 1984 South African Peace Nobelist50 Williams with a .344 lifetime batting average51 High-altitude nest52 Lavish bash

54 Slap-on-the-forehead cry56 "e “height” part of a height phobia58 Dress to the nines62 __ hygiene64 “Star Trek” role for George Takei66 Late-night Jay67 Genesis garden site68 Scrabble pieces69 Bustle70 Big name in ice cream71 Monica of tennis

DOWN1 Rights protection gp.2 Knee-to-ankle bone3 Misbehaving child’s punishment4 Makeup maven Lauder5 Raised sculptures6 Musketeer motto word7 Time of day8 On $re9 __-mo replay10 Cry that starts a kid’s game11 Ranch division12 Borscht ingredient15 North African capital for which its country is named

18 Mama Cass’s surname22 Clouseau’s title: Abbr.25 D-Day city27 Nile Valley country28 Eyed lewdly29 TV sports pioneer Arledge30 Pitches in32 Cry that con!icts with 10-Down33 Christopher of “Superman”34 “¿Cómo está __?”36 Boss’s “We need to talk”40 Su&cient, in slang41 Too violent for a PG-1344 Nickelodeon explorer46 Figures made with scissors48 Ornamental wall recess49 Put down53 Cow on a carton54 Birdbrain55 A%er-school cookie57 Gave the green light59 Quiet spell60 Beekeeper played by Peter Fonda61 Kisser63 Lav of London65 “__ questions?”

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Nov. 26, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

Friday, the Razorbacks fought to a 7-point loss against the LSU Tigers in the Battle for the Golden Boot played in Razorback Stadium for the !rst time in 20 years.

On the !rst drive of the game, senior running back Dennis Johnson made a spec-tacular catch and powered the Hogs deep into the Tigers’ red zone only to fumble the ball on the 2-yard line.

"e Tigers scored on the ensuing drive, which began when senior defensive end Chancey Aghayere (CQ) re-covered the fumble.

"at has been the eau de toilette of the 2012 Razor-back season, which began its decline six months before the embarrassing loss to the Uni-versity of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks in September.

Students, alumni and fans may argue that the Razor-backs can blame all of the woes on interim-head coach John L. Smith, but that is akin to blaming the janitor for the wet #oor a$er mopping up the havoc a drunken fresh-man wreaked in a Pomfret bathroom. "e #oor will be slippery until it dries com-pletely, and those who need to use the facilities will need to tread carefully, change their tactics or wait.

But there is no waiting in college football, and treading carefully would be viewed as weakness, so the Razorbacks ran full speed ahead onto the

slippery #oor, and everyone was shocked when they fell down in a heaping mess.

"e confusion set in on April 10 a$er Bobby Petrino was !red for the inappropri-ate behavior with Jessica Dor-rell that came to light because of his motorcycle accident with Dorrell on the !rst of the month.

Athletic Director Je% Long tried to take care of the con-fusion by bringing in a fa-miliar face with Smith, who had coached special teams for the Razorbacks for three years and had just accepted

the head coaching position at Weber State.

"e idea was to supply con-tinuity while Long searched for a new coach to !ll the po-sition permanently, but this was not quite fair to Smith be-cause he is not Petrino.

“I’m a di%erent guy than Bobby, so it brings in some things that are di%erent, but it’s not major change,” Smith said in an August interview.

Yes, Smith had coached under Petrino, but he was the special teams coordinator, not Petrino’s understudy. It would be unreasonable to ex-

pect Alabama’s special teams coordinator Bobby Williams to replace defensive genius Nick Saban, yet the Razor-backs convinced themselves that forcing continuity onto Smith’s shoulders was a good idea.

So the Hogs charged to-ward the slippery #oor and talked of National Champion-ship contention without hesi-tation.

“We want to be a National Championship football team, and I think everybody looks at us as ‘okay, this could hap-pen.’ Now, we’re going to have

to make it happen,” Smith said in August.

"en the Razorbacks played the Jacksonville State Gamecocks for the season opener. Arkansas pulled o% the 49-24 win, but Jackson-ville State led 14-7 in the sec-ond quarter.

"e !rst drive of game re-sulted in a fumble by senior quarterback Tyler Wilson, which was recovered by the Gamecocks. Looking back, this eerily foreshadowed the rest of the season.

"e Razorbacks won four of 12 games, beating only a third of their opponents.

In a twist of irony, the sea-son will go down in the record books for more than the high loss percentage.

Seniors Tyler Wilson, Dylan Breeding and Cobi Hamilton and junior Zach Hocker broke UA records.

On the side of career re-cords, Wilson wrote his name in the books for career com-pletions and career passing yards, while Hamilton broke the record for career recep-tions and Hocker broke the record for career points by a kicker.

Breeding broke the UA record for the highest aver-age yards per punt in a game. Hamilton also broke the UA and Southeastern Conference single game record for receiv-ing yards during the loss to Rutgers.

A plethora of other records were broken by the senior class, yet those records were overshadowed by the win-loss record.

A Red Zone Fumble: !e Essence of 2012Kristen CoppolaSports Editor

FOOTBALL COMMENTARY FOOTBALL

COMMENTARY

"e season that wouldn’t end is !nally over. Razorback fans will forever remember this season as one that began full of hope and ended in bit-ter disappointment.

Arkansas !nished the sea-son with a 4-8 record and are bowl ineligible for the !rst

time since the 2008 season.At the end of a season like

this, it is hard to think that there might be something to celebrate, but oddly there is.

At the start of the season, quarterback Tyler Wilson held nine UA records. In his senior season, he added 19 to !nish his career as a Razor-back with 28 school records.

In the game against LSU, Wilson passed for 359 yards to !nish his career with 7,765 yards and the record for ca-reer passing yards.

Wilson also holds the re-cords for career completions with 562 and career comple-tion percentage, as he con-nected with his receivers 62.7 percent of the time.

Wide receiver Cobi Ham-ilton broke the school record

for career receptions against LSU. With his 10 catches against the Tigers, Hamilton brought his career total to 175.

Hamilton !nished his career with 2,854 receiving yards, third behind Jarius Wright and Anthony Lucas.

Running back Dennis Johnson !nished his career with 5,330 all-purpose yards, placing him behind only Dar-ren McFadden for the UA re-cord.

Johnson also !nished his season with 2,784 career kick-o% return yards, more than any other Southeastern Con-ference player.

"ese three seniors have been big contributors to the Arkansas football team the last two seasons. Losing these

three players, along with the other seniors that were hon-ored Friday before the game against LSU makes the fu-ture for Razorback fans look bleak.

However, there are many young players that got valu-able playing time. I’m sure Razorback fans will remem-ber that just a few very short years ago, guys like Joe Ad-ams and Greg Childs were playing as freshmen.

A$er a rough couple of years, those players led Ar-kansas to two of the best seasons in school history, in-cluding the Razorback’s !rst appearance in a BCS bowl and the !rst 11-win season since 1977.

Razorback fans have seen #ashes of brilliance out of two

young o%ensive players this season.

Receiver Mekale McKay averaged 15.1 yards per catch and !nished his freshman season with 317 yards and two touchdowns.

Running back Jonathan Williams saw the !eld in 11 games and averaged 5.1 yards per attempt, only .4 yards less than Johnson.

"e defense has been a concern for Razorback fans for several seasons, but two freshmen linebackers, A.J. Turner and Otha Peters, have shown they may be the real deal.

Arkansas fans watched in dismay this season as a few outstanding seniors tried to overcome the problems caused by numerous inju-

ries and mental mistakes by young players.

"is season was by no means fun. Saturdays did not come with the same excite-ment as they did in previous years. However, some good may have come from all the bad.

With any luck, the talented freshmen were able to learn a thing or two from the expe-rienced seniors and maybe, with the right coach, the next few seasons won’t be as bad as many of the Razorback faith-ful fear.

Haley Markle is the assis-tant sports editor for "e Ar-kansas Traveler. Her column appears every Monday. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

Razorbacks’ Poor Season Not as Bad as It Seems

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

In retrospect, every Hog fan knew quarterback Tyler Wil-son could have and probably should have declared for the dra$ a$er last season. In hopes of a National Championship, Wilson stuck with Arkansas for another year.

Some predict that Wilson will be dra$ed this year as high-ly as in the top 20; however, giv-en Arkansas’ season this year, it seems as if his dra$ stock has taken a hit.

Despite the Razorbacks’ 4-8 season, though, Wilson has managed to not look com-pletely ridiculous. "e experi-enced receivers he played with last year took their leave into the NFL and injuries have le$ Wilson with less options and less coverage.

Not to mention the fact that the man who just started to mold Wilson into a potential National

Championship quarterback got !red before summer even started.

Of course, Wilson couldn’t have seen most of that coming. When he decided to not declare to dra$, Wilson had high ex-pectations for the season. Ev-erything was in place to keep improving a$er 2010’s 10-3 re-cord and 2011’s 11-2 record.

Tyler Wilson: Final Season in ReviewTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

see WILSON page 8

FOOTBALL

For the !rst time since 1992, the annual Battle for the Golden Boot game between Arkansas and LSU was played in Fayette-ville Friday.

When the 2012 schedule was released and the LSU game was set for Fayetteville, UA Athletic Director Je% Long said that it was on a one-time basis and future home sites for the LSU game were yet to be deter-mined.

Kevin Trainor, associate athletic director for public re-lations, reiterated this, saying the venues for Razorback home football games were decided “year-to-year.”

"e decision for this year’s LSU game being in Fayetteville fell back to several reasons, Trainor said.

“With two road games be-fore (playing LSU) and a short week, it was best to have it in Fayetteville,” Trainor said.

Having the game in Fayette-

ville also allowed more fans to come to the game, as Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium has a capacity of 72,000, com-pared to 54,120 in Little Rock at War Memorial Stadium.

Despite the disappointing season, several fans were still excited for the Battle for the Golden Boot, including Nicole Allbritton, Arkansas Alumni Association assistant director for communication.

“I think it’s a great idea that (the LSU game) was moved up here,” Allbritton said. “Even though it happens during "anksgiving, people still re-schedule their "anksgiving plans around this game.”

Graham Stewart, the execu-tive director of the Alumni As-sociation, was glad the game was in Fayetteville because “otherwise, I’d have to drive to Little Rock the day a$er "anksgiving.”

However, he thinks the “pas-sionate fans in Little Rock” will result in the game not perma-

Will the Golden Boot Series Return to Fayetteville?Andrew HutchinsonSta! Writer

Ryan Miller Sta" PhotographerSophomore receiver Jarvis Landry made a spectacular touchdown catch during the second quarter to put the LSU Tigers up 10–0 going into halftime. !e Tigers went on to defeat the Razorbacks 20–13.see LSU page 8

Photo by Sarah Bentham, Courtesy of Arkansas News BureauAfter a 7-yard reception, senior running back Dennis Johnson fumbled the ball on LSU’s 2-yard-line ending the #rst drive for the Razorbacks.

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LSU continued from page 7nently being played in Fay-etteville. Allbritton agreed and predicted that the game will be played in both Fay-etteville and Little Rock in the future.

“I think it’ll be rotat-ing,” Allbritton said. “I don’t think we’ll get lucky enough to have it (in Fayetteville) ev-ery year.”

With the addition of Texas A&M and Missouri into the Southeastern Con-ference, there have been ru-mors that Texas A&M could replace Arkansas as LSU’s !nal regular season game.

Instead, Missouri would become Arkansas’ new post-"anksgiving opponent. Allbritton doesn’t want this to happen because it would ruin a tradition.

“Every year "anksgiv-ing rolls around and every-one is saying, ‘Who is going to win the Golden Boot this year?’” Allbritton said. “I would hate to lose that tra-ditional game.”

Next year, the game is set to return to Baton Rouge, La., for LSU’s turn as the home team. "e 2014 season is still up in the air, though.

"e SEC Commissioner is still coordinating the new schedules for all of the con-ference members. An an-nouncement on the date of the LSU game won’t be made until the SEC releases all of the schedules and an announcement of the venue for the LSU game will be made following that.

In anticipation of the revela-tion of the new football coach, I have made a few selections for who might lead the Razorbacks next season.

My !rst pick for the position is Chris Petersen. I am pick-ing him because amongst my sources, that is the name being thrown around more than any other — but, of course, that could mean nothing.

Petersen is the head coach at Boise State University. He would not be the !rst Arkansas coach to come straight from Boise State. Houston Nutt was the head coach of the Broncos before departing for Fayette-ville in 1998.

Petersen was born in Yuba City, Calif. and attended the University of California-Davis where he played quarterback and then started his coaching career there soon a$er graduat-ing in 1987.

Petersen is the 48-year-old husband of Barbara Petersen and the father of Jack and Sam Petersen.

Petersen has been on sta% at Boise State since 2001, proving he can and will make long-term commitments. He became the

head coach of the Broncos in 2006, which is his !rst and only head coaching job of his career.

Petersen has mostly coached at west coast schools besides a year as a quarterbacks coach at Pittsburgh. He has never coached anywhere near the Southeastern Conference.

Under Petersen’s leadership, the Broncos won four Western Athletic Conference champi-onships and two Fiesta Bowls in 2007 and 2010 over Okla-homa and Texas Christian Uni-versity, respectively.

"e 2007 Fiesta Bowl was the capstone of Petersen’s !rst year as head coach. He was only the fourth rookie head coach to lead a team to a BCS bowl game.

"at game and Boise State’s undefeated 2006-2007 season pushed Petersen into the na-tional spotlight. "e game was

famously won on a gutsy Statue of Liberty play call to get a two-point conversion in overtime and defeat the Sooners. Since then, Petersen has been known for high-powered o%enses and bold play calling.

Petersen has been awarded the Bear Bryant Award twice, was named the WAC Coach of the Year in 2008 and was named the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year in 2010

"e Broncos are 82-8 in Pe-tersen’s seven seasons as head coach. "ey have gone to a BCS game twice and ended the sea-son ranked in the top 10 four times

Petersen did sign a new con-tract at Boise in January. He is getting a base salary of $2 mil-lion with $200,000 raises each season. "at contract is still awaiting !nal approval by the Idaho State Board of Educa-tion.

Petersen has clearly been an attractive candidate for head coaching jobs in the past. It will be hard to lure him away from a program he basically built from the ground up

I think he is an exciting, competent coach and a good leader. Seeing what he has done at a school with relatively limit-ed resources makes me excited to see what he can do when the resources are virtually endless.

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Gareth Patterson Sta" PhotographerQuarterback Tyler Wilson threw for 7,765 career passing yards breaking the UA record set by Ryan Mallet.

However, since the quar-terback dra$ class this year is a fairly average group, Wilson has penetrated the top !ve quarterback picks in the 2013 NFL Dra$ Tracker, falling be-hind Geno Smith of West Vir-ginia, Matt Barkley of USC, E.J. Manuel of Florida State and Zac Dysert of Miami.

In 2011, Wilson had 24 touchdowns and 3,638 pass-ing yards with only six inter-ceptions. "is season, Wilson had 21 touchdowns, 3,387 passing yards and 13 inter-ceptions.

What can’t be found on the stat sheet, though, is how of-ten Wilson threw a completed pass while under pressure, or most commonly, while being tackled, his passion for the

game and the reasons behind the poor season.

Wilson made his way into Arkansas’ record book this season. With 7,765 passing yards in his career, Wilson be-came the all-time leader in ca-reer passing yards at the UA, beating Ryan Mallett’s previ-ous record of 7,493.

"e LSU game marked Wilson’s seventh game of his career and !$h game of this season with over 350 passing yards, also UA records.

Wilson shows promise for any NFL team with a coach willing to build him up from where he le$ o%.

Given this season, Wilson still looks to be dra$ed as highly as late !rst round or second round.

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