University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Vol. 107, No. 43

“About You,For You”

Parking O!-cials Prepare for GrowthParking o!cials have plans to add a parking lot near campus. Full Story, Page 3

Stand Out "is Homecoming Weekend in Winter StylesWith Homecoming and winter weather hitting campus soon, brush up on the latest fashions.Full Story, Page 5

Razorbacks Ex-cited for Home-coming Game John L. Smith spoke with press Monday about injuries and Brandon Mitchell’s “up in the air” status.Full Story, Page 7

Today’s Forecast

67/36°Tomorrow

Clear

67/40°

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorMorgan McGinnis hands out homecoming queen "yers outside the Union, Monday, Oct. 29, for homecoming candidate Sophie Leblanc.

Homecoming Week Events Begin

Safe ride will be transport-ing students from the Union to the county courthouse to vote between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

The service was funded by Associated Student Govern-ment for $810 through the student activity fee after the Motor Voter bill was passed by senate.

“Buses will pick up at Union Station and take stu-dents to the county court-house in enough time so that a student on a break in be-tween classes or a staff mem-ber on lunch break could quickly cast their ballot,” said Matt Seubert, president of the Young Democrats and author of the bill.

The event is sponsored by both the Young Democrats and College Republicans.

“By working with ASG, we could make the event bipar-tisan and trusted. A student knows that the buses will be reliable, timely and he or she will get to and from the poll-ing station without confu-sion or hassle,” Seubert said.

“The event also fits well into ASG’s core mission, and the university’s as well, to cre-ate lifelong citizens ready to use their educations in public life. Exercising the right to vote is at the very core of this mission.”

College Republicans pres-ident Grant Hodges hopes the service will increase stu-dent turnout, he said.

“I expect the UA will buck some trends and have a strong showing by students,” Hodges said. “ASG, College Republicans, Young Demo-crats and many other groups have been successful in regis-tering students. Now we just have to get them to the polls, which is where the ‘Motor Voter’ comes in. If just one student is able to vote who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to, I think it is worth the effort.”

This is not the first time the UA has sponsored a pro-gram like this,Seubert said .

“This program isn’t a new idea. ASG and the univer-sity have sponsored similar ideas for previous presiden-tial elections,” Seubert said. “This time through we are

!"#$%&'()$*!$+,-&.)

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorStudents in the Art Educators Association host a bake sale at the Union Mall, Monday, Oct. 29.

Selling Sweets and Treats

!e arts are generating more than creativity in north-west Arkansas. !e arts have had an increased impact on the local economy through-out the years, according to reports.

“!e arts have a pretty big impact on the economy in northwest Arkansas. Ameri-cans for the Arts calculated that !eatresquared had an estimated impact of $1.3 mil-lion last year,” said Martin Miller, managing director of !eatresquared.

!e 25 not-for-pro"t arts and culture organizations that participated in a recent study in the northwest Arkansas area reported that they re-ceived contributions with an estimated value of $528,019 during "scal year 2010. !ese contributions were received from a variety of sources in-cluding corporations, individ-uals, local and state arts agen-cies and government.

“!e new performing arts center that was recently do-nated to the UA will increase the in#uence the arts has in this community. Having such a high quality venue is most certainly a win,” Miller said.

!e arts industry nation-ally generated $135.2 billion of economic activity, accord-ing to a June 8, 2012, arts and economic prosperity report.

Revenue from admission, parking, eating out and lodg-ing are also factors in gener-ated revenue from the arts.

Arts Jobs Take Center Stage in Fayetteville

A UA researcher’s work inspired a Nobel Prize winner to experiment and discover a quantum physics observation.

In the early 1990s, Julio Gea-Banacloche, a physicist and professor in the J. Wil-liam Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, calculated that a single atom placed into an existing electromagnetic "eld would “split” the "eld, allowing it to exist in two states at once,

said Melissa Blouin, director of science and research commu-nication.

“He showed a new way to realize one of the fundamental problems in quantum physics, observing a particle in multiple states, leading one of the cur-rent Nobel Prize winners in physics to successfully do so in his experiments,” Blouin said.

In 1935, Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger was the "rst to experiment with this puzzling piece of quantum physics labeling his experi-ment, “Schrödinger’s cat.” !is thought experiment was ex-

plained by Gea-Banacloche in a research paper as he made his own assertions on the experi-ment.

“Imagine you have a cat in a cardboard box. Without di-rect observation, the cat could be thought of as existing in two states at the same time — both alive and dead — until the min-ute someone observes it, when it must be either alive or dead,” Gea-Banacloche explained.

“In the same way, quan-tum particles can have mul-tiple states at once, but when

UA #eory Leads to Nobel Prize

ASG WILL BE PROVIDING BUSES FOR STUDENTS TO VOTE EARLY

Miranda CampbellSta! Writer

see BUSES page 2

see NOBEL page 3

see JOBS page 3

Hunter HawkSta! Writer

Karen StigarSta! Writer

Gea-Banacloche

Halloween at Home: Plan a Spooky Night In

Page 5

More Traveler Stories At

UAtrav.com

#e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Page 3

#e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 2 Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

Contact119 Kimpel Hall

University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR 72701

Main 479 575 3406Fax 479 575 3306traveler@uark.edu

facebook.com/uatravtwitter.com/uatrav

Chad WoodardEditor-in-Chief479 575 8455traveler@uark.edu

Mark CameronMultimedia Editor479 575 7051

Emily DeLongCopy Editor479 575 8455

Sarah DerouenNews Editor479 575 3226travnews@uark.edu

Nick BrothersCompanion Editor479 575 3226travlife@uark.edu

Kristen CoppolaSports Editor479 575 7051travsprt@uark.edu

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor479 575 8455

Marcus FerreiraNews Designer

Brittany NimsManaging Editor479 575 8455travmgr@uark.edu

Saba NaseemSpecial Projects Editor479 575 8455

Joe KieklakOpinion Editor479 575 8455 travop@uark.edu

Jack SuntrupAsst. News Editor479 575 3226travnews@uark.edu

Shelby GillAsst. Companion Editor479 575 3226travlife@uark.edu

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor479 575 7051travsprt@uark.edu

Sarah ColpittsLead/Features Designer

Carson SmithSports Designer

EditorialSta#

Elizabeth BirkinshaAdvertising Manager 479 575 3839lbirkins@uark.edu

Caty MillsAccount Representative479 575 3899

Kayla Nicole HardyAccount Representative479 575 3439

Emmy MillerGraphic Designer

Alex BradyGraphic Designer

Jeremy JohnsAccount Representative479 575 2223

Chelsea WilliamsAccount Representative479 575 7594

Amy Butter$eldAccount Representative479 575 8714

Guy Smith IIIGraphic Designer

Advertising & DesignSta#

Corrections#e Arkansas Traveler strives for accuracy in its reporting and will correct all matters of fact. If you believe the paper has printed an error, please notify the editor at 479 575 8455 or at traveler@uark.edu.

WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800-SKI-WILD • 1-800-754-9453

breckenridge

Breckenridge • Vail • Beaver CreekKeystone • Arapahoe Basin

COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price.

plus t/s

FROMONLY

!"#$%&'(%

!"#$%&'()$*+)$$ ,&--.+/0$!"#$%&'()$*+)$ $1#-.+/0$2'/$3"#$%&'()$4"5/$$ &'$+5+%)."'$6.)4"#)$7"#')3$8+-9.%+8:

!"#$%"&$'(')*#$"&+',-'$.+'/+0&+

)*+,*%#

-./*0(+"

1(,,"&"

2344,"

1+2+3+&$4514515'6789/5817:;

!"#$%&"'()*"#"(+*",(-./(,""0()*"12

LET THE ADVENTURE

BEGIN!

COME, SEE HOW THE GLOBAL CAMPUS CAN BRING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS TO YOU.

GLOBAL CAMPUSYOUR PORTAL FOR ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

University o$cials are mak-ing plans to establish more parking areas dedicated to uni-versity students and faculty, of-"cials said.

University o$cials plan to demolish the townhomes lo-cated on both Brenda Drive and Court Street and establish more university parking, said John Diamond, associate chan-cellor for university relations.

“We want to begin the de-molition process within the next three to six months,” he said.

University o$cials will make plans to “re-purpose” the property before they begin the demolition process, Diamond said. !e land will initially be used as a temporary parking lot until a more permanent struc-ture is established.

University o$cials have

been planning on demolishing the homes on Brenda Drive and Court Street since they purchased the property in April 2011, Diamond said.

“!ose homes are older and of poor quality. !ey are not at the standard the university feels worth investing more money as housing. It’s better use to the university for other purposes,” he said.

Despite a growing stu-dent population, o$cials with UAPD have not had an increase in the number of parking viola-tions around campus.

“We have not seen a sig-ni"cant increase in parking violations among students this semester,” said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD spokesman.

Some students have trouble "nding parking spots with the growing university enrollment rate.

“I gave up trying to park on campus a couple years ago. It’s too expensive, and I can never predict how crowded the lots

are. It’s easier for me to just park at a friend’s house and just walk from there. Hope-fully the new parking garages will ease the congestion,” said Ethan Moll, senior guitar per-formance major.

!is September, the univer-sity "nished construction on the Meadow Street Parking Ga-rage; this project was necessary to keep up with the school’s growing enrollment rate, said Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for facilities man-agement.

!e parking garage located on Meadow Street can hold up to 216 vehicles, Johnson said. !e project was completed in September and cost the uni-versity a total of $3,800,000 to complete.

“We fully expect the park-ing garage to eventually turn a pro"t, or at least pay for itself eventually,” Johnson said. “We would not have made this in-vestment if we thought other-wise.”

Parking O!cials Prepare for Growth

Rebekah Harvey Sta$ PhotographerA new parking garage, Meadow Street Garage, has opened recently for visitors just behind the HPER on the UA campus Monday, Oct. 29.

!e 25 not-for-pro"t arts and culture organizations that participated in the most recent study of its kind in the northwest Arkansas area re-ported that the estimated at-tendance to their events was 746,655 during 2010. !ese attendees spent an estimated total of $14.6 million, ex-cluding the cost of event ad-mission.

JOBS continued from page 1BUSES continued from page 1

NOBEL continued from page 1

ELF.

Visit First Security Bank and choose a child to help.

Purchase gifts for the child.

Return unwrapped gifts.3

2

1

First Security will donate $10 – up to $2,500 –

for every Angel adopted at our banking centers!

Member FDIC

Make a child’s Christmas bigger, brighter and better than ever! Adopt a Salvation Army Angel.

University Banking Center • 640 N. Garland, Suite 106 • 479.527.7040

fsbank.com

’

644 W. Dickson Street Fayetteville, Arkansas 479.301.2030

w e d n e s d a y s o p e n m i c n i g h tfeaturing local comics from nwa’s emerging comedy scene

uarkbowl.com

u a r k b o w l@

november 1-2

Thursday 8PM

Friday 8PM & 10:30PM

this week @ uark bowl

’DANNY

!e national median of money spent outside of cost of admission was $21,573,435 in 2010, ac-cording to the report.

Nationally, employment in the arts has stayed steady with a slight decrease from 2008 of 2.24 million to last year with 2.15 million peo-ple employed in arts-relat-ed "elds, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

!e recession could have had an in#uence in the decrease of jobs in the arts industry at that time, o$cials said.

“Most organizations report audience num-bers holding steady, even though ticket revenues are dropping. !is suggests that people may be taking advantage of free program-ming, rather than spending money on tickets. A signif-icant number, about four in ten, predict a decrease in ticket sales this year,” ac-cording to the Washington State Arts Commission in a 2009 report.

“!e arts are a big driver of the economy and people want to be involved in them,” Miller said.

a scientist tries to observe these multiple states, they collapse into one,” said Gea-Banacloche.

In 2003, 12 years a%er Gea-Banacloche’s published his "nd-ings, a team led by Serge Ha-roche, one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in physics, pub-lished experimental "ndings showing the theoretical predic-tions of Gea-Banacloche to be true, said o$cials with the Na-tional Institute of Standards and Technology in a press release.

“Haroche and his team had made ‘cat’ states before by other methods, but they found my proposal intriguing enough to pursue,” Gea-Banacloche said. “!eir experiment was beauti-ful. !ey essentially were able to see ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ in the two states inside the box.”

Haroche, along with fellow

colleague David J. Wineland, of the National Institute of Stan-dards and Technology in Boul-der, Colo., won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for their work in measuring and manipulat-ing individuals quantum sys-tems applying principles that Gea-Banacloche theorized and worked on in his paper.

Gea-Banacloche has contin-ued work in quantum theory, but has moved from cats to computing. He spent the past 15 years looking at the theory behind quantum computing – a revolutionary way of using si-multaneous multiple quantum states to generate and store vast amounts of information using only a tiny number of quantum particles, said Matt McGowan, UA science and research writer.

!e Nobel citation notes

that Wineland and Haroche’s methods have enabled science to take “the very "rst steps to-wards building a new type of superfast computer based on quantum physics,” according to o$cials with the Nobel Prize committee.

“Perhaps the quantum com-puter will change our everyday lives in this century in the same radical way as the classical com-puter did in the last century,” said Patrick Gallagher, secretary of commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director. “!e research has also led to the construction of extremely precise clocks that could be-come the future basis for a new standard of time, with more than hundred-fold greater pre-cision than present-day cesium clocks.”

Travis PenceSta! Writer

emphasizing early voting both because it give students more chances to vote as well as making it convenient for on and off-campus students. I think this will help the pro-gram reach more students and alleviate confusion on election day.”

There are 2,500 registered

voters in and immediately around the university and even more students regis-tered locally who are eligible, as well as faculty and staff ac-cording to the Voter Activa-tion Network, Seubert said.

“Getting folks started ear-ly by voting creates lifelong habits,” Seubert said. “It al-

lows them to use the educa-tion they gained here to make decisions for the community they live in now, Fayetteville, the community they will live in moving forward and the nation. We are just giving students as many opportuni-ties as possible to vote and participate.”

Walton College Career Closet Overstock10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Willard J. Walker 216

Turkish Classes5 p.m. - 6 p.m.Arkansas Union 515

Brie%y Speaking

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 4 Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

MCT Campus

It’s that time of year again. Homecoming season is upon us. Time to spend hours pomping, primping and preparing for the plethora of Homecoming activities taking place this week.

At the surface, Homecoming appears purely ceremonial. It is a time for alumni to come back and see the progress their university has made. Unfortunately, a lot of the traditions, like the Homecoming Parade, lawn decorating competitions and even Homecoming queen have very little meaning.

Homecoming queen is a great example. !e process to becoming Homecoming queen is long and vigorous.

First, potential queens have to be nominated by a student organization. Nominees "ll out an extensive information packet. From there, girls are selected to go through two rounds of interviews. Finally, a court of "ve girls is selected. Of those "ve girls, the student body votes on the queen.

And all for what?!ese are exceptional

girls who have worked very hard to be on Homecoming Court, but they are hardly rewarded with anything but a title. It seems, at least to me, that these girls should be given a scholarship and some sort of responsibilities to the university along with their title.

It may all seem like a bit of a show, simply a competition for the Greek community, Registered Student Organizations and resident halls. However, Homecoming actually serves a purpose beyond competition: philanthropy.

Several of this year’s Homecoming events are aimed at raising awareness for and making contributions to various philanthropic organizations.

Every year the Student Alumni Association puts

on a Homecoming blood drive. !e 2012 blood drive took place last week. SAA set a goal of 1,800 donations and reached 718 on the "rst day. !ey donations from the "rst day alone were enough to save 2,154 lives, according to the blood drive Facebook page.

SAA is also holding their "rst 5K, the Arkansas Homecoming 5Kans Razorback 5K. In order to enter the run, contestants had to bring "ve cans of canned food to donate to the UA Full Circle Food Pantry.

It was important to the UA Homecoming Planning Committee to include the Full Circle Food Pantry in the Homecoming events. UA students started the food pantry program in 2011 through the UA Volunteer Action Center. It was one of "ve student projects selected to be presented at the White House as part of the 2011 Campus Champions of Change Challenge.

!e food pantry is still student-run and “distributes food and personal products to all members of the University of Arkansas community,” according to their page on the UA website.

Wednesday in the Union Connections Lounge, SAA is holding an event called Create-A-Hog. For the event, homecoming pairings create a 3-foot by 3-foot Razorback and decorate the Hog according to the Homecoming theme, Hog Holidays. Each pairing will place a bucket by their Hog. Passersbys are encouraged to donate to the March of Dimes organization by putting coins into the bucket of their favorite Hog. Whichever pairing receives the highest dollar amount of donations wins.

March of Dimes is an Arkansas organization that advocates for healthy babies. !eir mission statement states that they “help moms have full-term pregnancies and research the problems that threaten the health of babies.”

!e competitions and Homecoming events may be meaningless, but each event can still be fun. However, without SAA’s e#orts to focus Homecoming on philanthropy, the week would be simply super"cial.

Ruth Bradley is a sta! columnist. She is a senior art and political science major.

!"#$%&'(()$*++&,(-&."*&/(0*1(02$3&4"25#$."-(67

Ruth Bradley Sta! Columnist

Traveler Quote of the DayNow we just have to get them to the polls ... if just one student is able to vote who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to, I think it is worth the e"ort.

Grant Hodges, President, College Republicans ASG Helps UA Vote, Page 1

Oct. 31 is upon us. Tomorrow is Halloween, which originated from ancient times and cultures to become a popularly celebrated holiday across the world.

It is believed to have stemmed from an ancient Celtic festival, Samhain, on Oct. 31. !e new year for the Celtic people was Nov. 1 and they believed that the night before was a time during which the worlds of the living and dead could coexist. During this festival, people would gather around massive sacred bon"res, tell prophecies and wear costumes in order to stave o# wandering ghosts.

!is festival was later combined with two of Roman origin; Feralia and Pomona,

according to the History Channel. Feralia was a day during which the Romans paid tribute to the passing of the dead. Pomona was a day for Roman citizens to honor the goddess of fruit and trees, the symbol being the apple. !is may have been where the practice of bobbing for apples came.

Hundreds of years later, in the eighth century, Pope Gregory III appointed Nov. 1 as All Saints’ Day, a time to celebrate all saints and martyrs. Toward the end of the 18th century, American immigrants helped make the holiday a nationally celebrated one.

Traditions were borrowed from both English and Irish cultures and this is where the practice of “trick or treating” came from. Communities were encouraged to lose anything “frightening” or “grotesque” from Halloween celebrations and this led to the loss of most religious or superstitious associations by the beginning of the 1900s.

Halloween began as a pagan and superstitious celebration, allowing an ancient culture to believe that they had control over the uncertain world in which they lived. It is amazing how

di#erent it has become in the centuries since.

Now, Halloween is highly commercialized; stores advertise all di#erent brands of candy and the decorations that patrons can buy to ornament their houses and yards. Have you been to Walgreens? It has been Halloween since Labor Day.

Even clothing is made just for this holiday: socks with candy corn, hats with black cats and T-shirts with a jack o’lantern face on the front. Costumes seem to become more and more expensive every year. !ey are advertised on television and catalogues for ages ranging from just months old to more than 70, encouraging citizens of all ages to spend their money on something they will likely only wear once.

It has also been a running joke for years how women use Halloween as an excuse to wear the skimpiest out"t possible and how the most seemingly innocent characters can be turned into something scandalous for these purposes.

Modern culture has taken a once sacred and religious celebration and turned it into yet another way to turn a huge pro"t. I suppose that

the marketing of holidays is something that we cannot ignore. For parents, it is presumed that they will buy their children, no matter how young, an expensive costume to parade around in and massive bags of candy to pass out to other children who really do not need it. Pumpkins, power rangers and princesses -- the costumes are piled in the attic.

For those of our generation, Halloween is a time of crazy parties and lots of alcohol. Maybe a few scary movies and haunted houses thrown in for fun.

Either way, it is a time to spend an unnecessary amount of money on things we will never look at a$er All Hallows’ Eve. It is just like our culture to take something once so important to people and manipulate it into just another excuse to make money.

So is Halloween just a trick on our culture or a treat to enjoy every year? I think both, but either way, no one ever said it wasn’t fun!

Katherine Kortebein is a sta! columnist. She is a junior English- creative writing major.

Halloween: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going

Katherine KortebeinSta! Columnist

It seems like I was walking into my classes yesterday and I am already going through the hair-pulling process of choos-ing my courses for next semes-ter.

Priority registration began Monday and for some, this will be the last time to choose classes. For others, this may be the "rst time to do it on your own. It can go horribly wrong, no exaggerations, so be careful.

!ere are a few things to consider. For instance, as much as you might enjoy a course, will that be the course that causes us to be chained to cam-pus for an extra semester? As much fun as Human Nature and the Meaning of Life might be (heck yes I’m endorsing the class), make sure it "ts into your degree plan.

!ere is nothing worse than

taking course that you did not like and also did not need. Moreover, if you are still un-declared, work on getting the prerequisite and “gen eds” out of the way. Watching seniors su#er through the boredom of Physics and Human A#airs has inspired me to get my ducks in a row now. It is not worth put-ting it o#.

Also, watch out honors stu-dents. If you dipped below the 3.5 GPA minimum for Honors College, take courses that will bring you back up. Set goals now and secure your honors status.

Moreover, there is no problem taking a course with friends. Be interested in the course and make sure it has use in your degree plan, but taking a course with friends builds instant accountability. Unless both you and your friend com-mit to skipping class all semes-ter, the accountability system ought to work.

Finally, challenge yourself with one class. Whether it is the challenge to get up early to go to a class or just a di%cult course, step up to the plate.

Joe Kieklak is the opinion editor. He is a sophomore philosophy and political science/journalism- news/editorial major.

Choosing Classes, Good Luck

Joe KieklakOpinion Editor

Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief

Managing Editor Opinion Editor

Chad Woodard Brittany Nims Joe Kieklak

"e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student classi#cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri#cation. Letters should be sent to traveler@uark.edu.

Students are now able to cast their ballots for home-coming queen at vote.uark.edu until 4 p.m. Wednesday.

While we plan to endorse local candidates soon, we will refrain from endorsing a Homecoming queen.

To us, all candidates would represent us well on the "eld at the Tulsa game Saturday.

Our bottom line is that we hope all students participate in our campus election. If we don’t vote in elections that we hold for ourselves then cred-ibility is gone.

We will once again be viewed as students who lack any kind of potential to be taken seriously as a voting bloc.

It sounds silly, maybe a general point, but it is more true than we think many re-alize. No, not all eyes are on us to vote for Homecoming queen, but she will represent us to the eyes of thousands of returning alumni and fans

as they watch us send the Golden Hurricanes home this weekend.

We know you can do it, John L.

A quick reminder is in or-der that Election Day is a week from today and early voting began in Arkansas Oct. 22. Un-less you particularly have an af-"nity for Election Day, beat the rush and cast your ballot now.

First, however, make an informed decision. Sure, you may be able to make a game-time decision on president, but we bet that nobody knows who they are voting for in the water district election.

Don’t let the infomred votes stop there by any means. !is also goes for Homecoming queen.

Candidates went through a long selection process and they deserve our respect. So, while we do not particularly want to endorse any of the "ve quali"ed candidates; we are all proud that we voted for some-body.

Congratulations to the "ve candidates up for Homecom-ing queen.

At Least ‘Crown’ SomebodyEditorial Board"e Arkansas Traveler

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

With homecoming festivities on this week’s horizon, preparations must be made in the style depart-ment. Every year, homecoming falls right when the weather has changed and is your !rst big step into winter fashions. "ere are just a few must-have items that you need to stand out at all the homecoming festivities this week.

WOMENLadies, homecoming fashions

this year are all about being bold, daring and one of a kind. "ose de-scriptions may seem like a pretty tall order for you fashionistas, but always remember those descriptions are re#ections of your personal interpretation of them. No matter what your style is, there are op-tions for you.

Dresses this winter are all about saturated colors paired with accents of black. High necklines, cinched waists and three-quarter length skirts are all essential styles this season. One signature dress style to look for is A-line dresses with sheer over-lays. "ey are warm enough for winter and unique enough for you. "ese d r e s s e s look great in colors such as hot pink or coral red and p a i r

nicely with shawl cardigans for those late nights on Dickson Street.

A signature skirt this homecoming week is a won-derful statement to make. Her-ringbone and tweed are great prints to use as a center of focus for an out!t. "ese skirts paired with a short blazer or prep-style sheer collar shirt can really make you shine at a game watch party.

"is winter, sheer colored tights are coming back. "ey are a great style addition to any skirt combo and also provide utility in the form of preserving warmth. As temperatures continue to drop, colored pants are working their way further into the back of our closets, but don’t worry, replacements have arrived. Cordu-roy and leather straight-leg pants are making their way into our wardrobe this winter and are a great excuse to buy new shoes. "ese pants, al-though retro in stereotype, have been reinvented and updated with accents like riveting and distressing.

Outerwear this homecoming is all about expressing individual style. Motorcycle jackets are a great way to add e$ortless edge to an out!t or keep emphasis on your bad-girl image. "ese jackets come both in simple forms and in double-breasted zipper and stud patterns and can be a great performance out!t if you’re participating in the talent show. Pea coats in jewel-tone colors create a sense of sophistication to any out!t and are also wonderful statement pieces for a cocktail party or function on a "ursday evening. Trenchcoats in bold colors like red and royal blue add #air to a great reveal of an out!t you’re proud of on a date. "ese also are perfect style additions to a game-day out!t if you want to be simple yet chic.

"is homecoming is all about the bootie. Tall booties in suede or leather are stylish, whimsical and versatile. "ey pair wonderfully with pants, skirts, dresses and all things in between.

MENBlue, green and yellow are the

staple colors to feature this winter in

men’s fashion. Blazers with sig-nature cuts, cardi-gans in daring patterns and distressed leather boots are the must-haves this homecoming week. "e slim !t Italian-cut blazer can really make a statement this home-coming in bold colors like teal and burgundy. "ey provide sophistica-tion and transition wonderfully from an early dinner with family to a party or night on the town a%er the game.

Patterns this homecoming season are how to stand out as an individual. Nontraditional Cosby-style sweaters and cardigans will immediately catch anyone’s attention at a watch party or talent show.

Leather and corduroy pants aren’t just making a comeback in women’s fashion; they are showing up in men’s clothing as well. "e trench coat has never been featured heavily in men’s fashion, but for this winter, it de!-nitely can help you stand out. Trench coats in gray and khaki can help keep you warm during a game while add-ing style to your wardrobe.

"is homecoming, men’s boots are all about length, color and style. "e ideal length is lower to mid-calf, and the boots should lace all the way up. "e colors to target are camel, dark brown and black in a distressed worn look.

Although adjusting to the new weather conditions may take a mo-ment, the end result is quite amaz-ing. Homecoming this year should be looked at as an opportunity to test out your new winter style ideas and out!ts. Even though you may not be getting crowned this homecoming season, you can still rule the fashion world. So go out there and get your fashion crown today.

With Halloween falling on a Wednesday, many students have already shown o$ their costumes and celebrated All Hallow’s Eve this past weekend. "is gives people the opportunity to celebrate twice. A%er the raucous par-ties of Halloween Part One, many prefer a more chilled-out Halloween-day celebration. Luckily, there are still many things you can do to celebrate the spookiest of holidays that are both rest-ful and fun.

Many basic cable networks o$er marathons of classic Halloween mov-ies and countless horror movies during the month of October. ABC is playing the classic “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on Halloween night. ABC Family has a 13 Days of Hallow-een marathon, playing movies from when the average college student was a child like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Beetlejuice,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Casper” and “"e Addams Family.” "e Disney Channel also plays their classic Disney Channel Original “Halloweentown” movies, along with a few other Hallow-een-themed DCOM’s during the weeks leading up to Halloween.

For those of you with a DVR, scan through your TV guide, !nd the Hal-loween movies of your childhood, re-cord them and hold a nostalgia-!lled movie fest on Halloween night. Watch-ing these movies years a%er you !rst saw them can be a fun trip down mem-ory lane with your friends.

For those of you who are less into nostalgic movies and more into scary movies, AMC is having a “Halloween” marathon on Oct. 31, playing all the movies in the Michael Myers series. TCM is playing scary movies from the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s like “Fran-kenstein,” “"e Invisible Man” and “"e Wolf Man.”

Renting various scary movie series is an alternative to movie marathons on cable. "e Scream series has four movies and is a satire of classic hor-ror movies along with being scary. "e Saw series is more appropriate for those who to watch things that are gory and horri!c. Award-winning movies that are also quite chilling like “Silence of the Lambs,” “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “"e Shining” are great choices for !lm bu$s.

Candy corn is another essential Halloween item. "is candy can rarely be found in any month besides Octo-ber. "ere are a variety of recipes using candy corn that would be perfect for a Halloween movie marathon among friends.

"is Candy Corn and Pretzel Bark recipe will satisfy those with a craving for something both sweet and salty.

Candy Corn and Pretzel BarkPrep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

1/2 pound chopped white chocolate1 cup pretzels1/2 cup candy corn1/3 cup dried cranberries

Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment, leaving an overhang on 2 sides.

Heat the chocolate in a double boiler or medium heatproof bowl set over (but not in) a saucepan of simmering water, stirring o%en, un-til melted and smooth.

Spread the chocolate in the prepared pan, and sprinkle with the pretzels, candy corn and dried cranberries. Chill until !rm, about 1 hour.

Remove the bark from the pan, and break into pieces.

For those with more of a basic taste, Candy Corn Cupcakes are a quick and easy dessert to make for any Halloween gathering.

Candy Corn CupcakesServings: 24 cupcakes

For the cake:1 cup whole milk, room temperature6 large egg whites, room temperature2 teaspoons almond extract1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 1/4 cups cake #our1 3/4 cups sugar4 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces and so%enedFor the frosting:3 sticks unsalted butter, cut into chunks and so%ened3 tablespoons heavy cream2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/4 teaspoon salt3 cups confectioners’ sugarFood coloring of your choice of color (optional)

For the cupcakes: Adjust oven racks to the upper-

middle and lower-middle positions, and heat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 12-cup mu&n tins with cupcake liners.

Whisk the milk, egg whites and ex-tracts together in a small bowl.

In a large bowl, whisk the #our, sugar, baking powder and salt together.

Using an electric mixer on medi-um-low speed, beat the butter, one piece at a time, into the #our mixture, about 30 seconds. Continue to beat the mixture until it resembles moist crumbs, 1 to 3 minutes.

Beat in all but 1/2 cup of the milk mixture, then increase the mixer speed to medium and beat the batter until smooth, light and #u$y, 1 to 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low, and slowly beat in the remaining 1/2 cup of the milk mixture until the batter looks slightly curdled, about 15 seconds.

Use a greased 1/4-cup measuring cup to pour the batter evenly into the cupcake liners.

Bake the cupcakes, switching and rotating the pans halfway through baking, for a total of 15-20 minutes.

Let the cupcakes cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the frosting: Beat the butter, cream, vanilla and

salt together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.

Reduce the mixer speed to medi-um-low and slowly add the confection-ers’ sugar, beating until incorporated and smooth, 4 to 6 minutes. Increase

the mixer speed to medium-high and beat until the frosting is light

and #u$y, 5 to 10 minutes.Divide the frosting into

three bowls, and tint each with desired food color-ing.

Using a pastry bag and desired tip, pipe the frosting in a cone shape on the cupcakes. Garnish with a piece of candy corn on the top.

Pinterest has many additional candy corn recipes along with vari-ous food blogs.

With Halloween fall-ing on a Wednesday, the

parties of the weekend are making way for a laid-back

evening at home with scary movies and Halloween treats.

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorStudents build a Halloween maze at the Union Mall, Monday, Oct. 29. !e maze runs Monday through Wednesday and is put on by the Chi Alpha Christian fellowship RSO.

Christian Fellowship Builds With “A-maze-ing” Grace

Stand Out !is Homecoming Weekend in Winter Styles

Georgia CarterSta! Writer

Halloween at Home: Plan a Spooky Night In

Courtesy Photos

Justin BryantSta! Writer

follow him on Twitter at @Just_InStyle

Across1 Well-constructed6 Formal agreement10 Carried a balance14 Boxing venue15 Turkish honori!c16 Kolkata cover-up17 2003 horse movie that won Best Picture19 Early 11th-century date20 Bunny gait21 Important bee22 Runs easily23 "row for a loop25 __ acid27 Su&x with neat or beat28 One who’s not on the honor roll31 Tee o$34 Gets moving35 Stick around36 Pal of Piglet37 Stress, as a key point40 DSL o$erer41 Banjo ridge43 WWII females44 Like Stallone’s persona46 “Yes, ma’am,” in Madrid48 “Fresh Air” airer49 Colgate rival50 Bench or Berra54 Manager who managed the Mets,

Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers56 ‘70s sitcom family name58 Fire!ghter’s tool59 Antioxidant berry in fruit juices60 Primer sentence62 Idle63 Cologne that sounds forbidden64 Sidestep65 About 5.88 trillion mi.66 Comical Laurel67 Uses a stopwatch for

Down1 Malia Obama’s sister2 Black-and-white treats3 Jumped4 Having !ve sharps, musically5 Rum cocktail6 Walked around the waiting room7 Fluish feeling8 Waters near Hong Kong and Shanghai9 One might have “Mom” in a heart, brie#y10 Utah singing family11 Woo like Cyrano12 New York’s __ Canal13 Parts of depts.18 Done for22 Lucy of “Kill Bill”

24 Small number26 __ Helens, Wash.28 About, chronologically29 “A bit of talcum/Is always walcum” poet30 Proofreader’s pickup31 Fido’s greetings32 “Me neither”33 Flips out34 Chest pulsation

38 “Terrible” age39 Uncontested, like some hockey goals42 Jack Russell or wirehair45 Rainbow shape47 Word before a maiden name48 Zilch50 Like some Louisiana fare

51 __-scarum52 Radiate53 Auberjonois and Russo54 Hard to believe, as a tale55 One __: kids’ ball game57 Singer McEntire60 Rds.61 Actor Wallach

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 6 Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

Crossword

By Don Gagliardo & C.C. Burnikel

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

!e BCS and all its glory are "nally upon us again. Re-member earlier this year when it was announced that college football would be adopting a four-game playo#? Unfor-

tunately, we have to wait two more years until we get to experience a much needed change.

I love college football and all the importance each and every game possesses, but the BCS seems to leave a lot of room for error in crowning the best team in football.

Alabama and LSU were two of the best teams in the country last year, but it was very clear Alabama was way more deadly with a month to prepare for the game, espe-cially a$er seeing them once already during Southeastern Conference play.

!is year, I believe "ve

teams have a real shot to com-pete for the national title. In order of the chance I think they have of playing in the title game, those teams are Alabama, Notre Dame, Kansas State, Oregon and LSU.

I hate knowing that only two of these teams can com-pete, when at least three other schools have a shot to play for their own chance to make a statement against formidable opponents. !ere is a lot of grey area in ranking the BCS, and I can’t wait for that to be alleviated starting with the 2014 football season.

I also believe that automat-ic bids for schools from the

top conferences to BCS bowls should be done away with.

!ose conferences won’t agree with me due to all the money that would be lost, but BCS games should follow the rankings of the BCS or AP poll (whichever they decide upon).

Teams that play their whole season and only lose two or three games are sometimes replaced by a team who barely "nishes with a .500 record in a top BCS bowl.

If you’re not going to be the top one or two in your confer-ence, there’s no real incentive to bust your tail to only lose two to three games, and not make the top tier bowls.

!is isn’t really a feasible option that schools and con-ferences will consider, but it is more fair for top teams of non-marquee conferences.

Despite all of the %aws the BCS possesses, we still must live with it for the remainder of this year along with the next.

With the loss to Ole Miss Saturday, the Hogs’ chance of even making a low-tier bowl is very slim. !e playo# system that will be used beginning in 2014 will bene"t many teams not named Alabama. As long as Nick Saban is at Alabama, it doesn’t matter what system is in place, they will be in con-

tention for the title.So, for now, we will con-

tinue to wait for every Sunday a$ernoon to see who jumped and who fell in the BCS rank-ings. We may hate it, but it is always captivating to see how things shake out.

!e encouraging news out of the whole situation is that we only have one more season to endure the madness that is the BCS.

Zack Wheeler is a sta! writer for !e Arkansas Trav-eler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow the sports sec-tion on Twitter @UATravS-ports.

Fans Must Endure BCS Despite Playo" Agreement

Zack WheelerSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

In the ninth week of college football, the Southeastern Con-ference provided a few close games, along with blowouts and upsets.

Arkansas took a heartbreak-ing loss to Ole Miss on a last-second "eld goal with a "nal score of 30-27. Arkansas took an early 10-point lead in the "rst quarter but then allowed Ole Miss to score 21 points in the second quarter.

Both teams’ quarterbacks threw for over 200 yards. Ar-kansas’ Tyler Wilson threw for 297 yards and two touchdowns, but also had two interceptions on the day.

Ole Miss’ Bo Wallace threw for 278 yards and one touch-down along with one intercep-tion. Dennis Johnson played outstandingly for the Hogs with 27 carries and 161 yards with one touchdown.

!e Razorbacks fell to 3-5 on the season while Ole Miss moved to 5-3. Both teams will face tough schedules the rest of the season.

No. 10 Georgia came up with a huge upset of unbeaten No. 2 Florida, 17-9. Todd Gur-ley led the Bulldogs with 27 carries for 118 yards and one touchdown.

!is game moved both teams to a record of 7-1 and dropped Florida to No. 7 in the BCS rankings, while Georgia moved ahead of them into the No. 6 spot. Winning this game put Georgia’s fate in their own hands, when it comes to win-

ning the SEC East.No. 1 Alabama proved again,

as they do week a$er week, that they deserve to be the No. 1 team in the nation. Alabama held Mississippi State scoreless until the fourth quarter and de-feated the No. 11 Bulldogs 38-7, handing them their "rst loss of the season and dropping them to No. 15 in the BCS.

AJ McCarron led the Crim-son Tide with 208 yards for two touchdowns and, once again, no interceptions. McCarron has not thrown an interception this season.

No. 13 South Carolina picked up a close victory over Tennessee, 38-35. South Caro-lina had a 28-14 lead at half but Tennessee cut into that lead in the fourth quarter to make it a three-point game.

Both quarterbacks threw for over 300 yards. South Caro-

lina’s quarterback Connor Shaw threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns with one inter-ception. Tennessee’s Tyler Bray threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns with one intercep-tion.

!e Gamecocks’ tailback Marcus Lattimore was carted o# the "eld with a severe leg injury a$er rushing for 70 yards on 11 carries and one touch-down.

No. 20 Texas A&M put it to Auburn, 63-21. In the "rst half, Texas A&M put up 42 points and held Auburn to only seven.

Once again, quarterback Johnny Manziel, or “Johnny Football,” led Texas A&M with 260 passing yards and two touchdowns.

Trey Williams led the Aggies in rushing with 19 carries for 109 yards and one touchdown.

!e Aggies moved to 6-2 on

the season while Auburn, who won the National Title a short two years ago, is having what could be the worst season pos-sible, falling to 1-7 on the sea-son, without an SEC win.

Missouri picked up their "rst SEC win with a 33-10 win over Kentucky. Kentucky hung on for the entire "rst half before allowing 16 unanswered points in the second half.

Kendial Lawrence ran for 108 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns to help Mizzou overcome their sloppiness.

Missouri is now 4-4 on the season and Kentucky fell to 1-8 on the season.

Vanderbilt picked up a big win against nonconference op-ponent Massachusetts, 49-7. Vanderbilt quarterback Jordan Rodgers led the team with 217 passing yards for two touch-downs and zero interceptions.

Week 9 Features Surprising UpsetsFOOTBALL

Jessie McMullenSta! Writer

Sophomore Arkansas men’s tennis player Victor Ho-ang won the Flight B bracket championship Sunday at Northwestern University’s Wildcat Invitational.

Hoang defeated DePaul’s Adam Reinhart in his third singles match in as many days to capture the title in straight sets 6-0, 6-3.

Hoang and fellow sopho-more Jovan Parlic began the invitational Friday with the intent to win, and they acted accordingly.

!e two went undefeated to start the weekend, with Hoang beating Toledo’s Matt Wareti 6-4, 6-2. Parlic also took care of Toledo’s Terence Weigland in his "rst match, 6-3, 6-2.

!e duo also fared well in doubles Friday. !ey beat Marquette’s Javier Hernani and Gleb Sklyr by a score of 8-2, then defeated Western Michigan’s Andrew Cahn and Nadin Indre 8-6.

Saturday, Hoang contin-ued his strong play and beat Marquette’s David Packowitz by a score of 7-5, 6-1 to ad-vance to Sunday’s "nal.

Parlic lost Saturday to Northwestern’s Sidarth Balaji 6-1, 6-3, which advanced him

to a consolation match Sun-day.

!e team ended their dou-bles run Saturday by drop-ping the match to Marquette’s Vukasin Teofanovic and Dan Mamalat in a tough match 8-6.

Hoang clinched the Flight B title over Reinhart Sunday, and Parlic ended up losing a three-set match to Toledo’s !omas Tillman 6-3, 3-6, (10-4).

Head coach Robert Cox said he was pleased with the way his two players showed determination and tough play in the Invitational.

Hoang improved his singles match record to 7-3 for the fall season, and Parlic moved his record to 2-3. !e fall season concludes this weekend for the Razorbacks with the UNLV Larry Easley Invitational in Las Vegas, be-ginning Nov. 2.

Hoang Earns Singles Victory For Razorbacks

TENNIS

Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

Photo Courtesy of Associated Press

Coming o# a last-second, 30-27 loss to Ole Miss, UA interim head coach John L. Smith told his team to move past last week and focus on this week’s game.

“We tried to get (the game) buried as quickly as we could so we can get on to Tulsa,” Smith said.

Injuries are again a factor for the Razorbacks. Senior tight end Chris Gragg and ju-nior running back Knile Davis will not play this Saturday.

Gragg “re-aggravated” his knee during the second quar-ter against the Rebels, Smith said. Davis will be out due to a hamstring injury. No time-table has been set for either of their returns, Smith said.

In the "rst quarter against Ole Miss, Gragg caught a 42-yard touchdown pass, making his injury particularly dis-heartening for the Razorbacks. He had missed the previous three games with the same in-jury.

“You really feel bad for

him,” Smith said. “We could certainly use him, but that’s part of football.”

Smith also said that he is hoping senior defensive tackle DeQuinta “D.D.” Jones’ “legs can get a little better” and that his status for this Saturday is uncertain.

!e injury news wasn’t all bad, though. Senior quarter-back Tyler Wilson su#ered a minor hip bruise during the game, but will not miss any practice or game time.

Despite the injuries, Wil-son expects Arkansas to be "ne.

“It’s frustrating when you have key guys go down,” Wil-son said. “But we’ve always prided ourselves in guys step-ping up.”

Junior Austin Tate and red-shirt freshman Alex Voelzke will both take snaps at tight end this week and senior Den-nis Johnson will receive the bulk of the carries at running back, just as he did last week.

Junior wide receiver Bran-don Mitchell’s status remains “up in the air” a$er missing last week because of a viola-tion of team rules, Smith said.

Saturday, the Razorbacks face the Tulsa Golden Hurri-cane, which is 7-1 overall and 5-0 in Conference USA play. Tulsa is coming o# a bye week and is the fourth opponent to play Arkansas following a bye week.

“It seems like everyone on our schedule has a week o# to prepare for us,” Smith said. “!ey’ll be prepared and they’re going to come in, be-ing a close neighbor, and play well.”

Tulsa’s o#ense comes into this week averaging 248.8 rushing yards per game, which is ninth-best in the country. Senior Alex Singleton and ju-niors Ja’Terian Douglas and Trey Watts have all gained over 475 yards on the ground so far this season.

“I expect them to line up and run the football,” Smith said. “!ey have a good of-fensive line, and they’ll throw it enough to keep you honest.”

O#ensively, the Razorbacks must deal with the country’s leading defense in sacks and second best defense in tackles for loss. Wilson thinks that Ar-kansas’ key this week is "nish-

ing drives with touchdowns.“We’ve done a real good job

moving the ball from 20 yard line to 20 yard line, but we’re settling for "eld goals,” Wilson

said.Saturday’s game will be the

91st homecoming game in school history.

“It’s going to be a good

week,” Smith said. “We’ll have a lot of family coming into town and hopefully a lot of fans will be here. We are ex-cited about Homecoming.”

Razorbacks Prepare for Homecoming GameAndrew HutchinsonSta! Writer

FOOTBALL

Hoang

Mary McKay Sta" PhotographerHead football coach John L. Smith met with the media Monday to discuss putting Saturday’s loss in the past and focusing on the upcoming game against Tulsa.

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 8 Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

bookstoreuniversity ofarkansas®

Contest is at 2pm on Wed, Oct 31st.

1st place - $100 gift card2nd place - $50 gift card3rd place - $25 gift card

PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN

Just bring in your carved pumpkin!Contest opens at 9am - 12pm

Wed, Oct 31st WINNER GETS A $50 GIFT CARD.

ZAXBY’S®

REPEAT DAY

Bring your October 30 receipt back any time during the month of November, and we’ll give

you the same order absolutely free.

Tuesday, October 30, order allof your Zaxby’s favorites and getthe same order FREE once during

the month of November!

Offer valid at the location above only from 11/1/12 through 11/30/12. Offer not valid without October 30, 2012, original receipt. Each restaurant independently owned and operated. Offer not valid at any other locations. Gift cards excluded. No cash value,

no substitutions. © 2012 Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc. “Zaxby’s” is a registered trademark of Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc.

Only at this location:3251 N. College Ave. Fayetteville

479.935.4575