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University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906 Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 Vol. 107, No. 80 “About You, For You” Local Restaurant Ideas for Couples on Valentine’s Day Beat the crowd and eat like regulars at one of the many Fayetteville favorites. Full Story, Page 5 Hogs Beat Tide in Triple Over- time e Razorback women’s basketball team won just their fourth Southeastern Conference game of the season in a triple over- time game on the road at Alabama Sunday. Full Story, Page 7 Anderson Calling for Consistency from Hogs A monumental high in beating No. 2 Florida was short lived after another tough road loss at Vanderbilt. Full Story, Page 7 Today’s Forecast 50 / 33° Tomorrow AM Snow Showers 44 / 31° Navigating Music Purchases in a Complicated, Online World Page 5 Graduating seniors could face on average up to $21,000 dollars in student debt aer college in the midst of a slowly recovering economy, accord- ing to the Oce of Institution- al Research. “I encourage students to borrow as little as they need because they’ll eventually have to pay it back,” said Philip Lo- gan, associate director of - nancial aid. However, for some stu- dents, like Ben Batchelor, senior human resource man- agement major, taking out multiple loans is the only way to pay for higher education. In addition to taking out loans, Batchelor is working his way through school to help pay for Graduation Comes with a High Price Tag RIC has proposed to al- locate money to help ASG pay for 3 tables that will be placed outside of Hillside Auditorium. The three tables with be made of stone or concrete and will cost about $4,500, said Onnissia Harries, RIC president. Two tables will have ASG’s name on it, and one table will have RIC’s name on it. ASG will pay 75 percent of the cost leaving about $1,000 for RIC, said Harries. Other legislation intro- duced during the meeting included a proposal to al- locate $800 to help pay for a dance event in Holcombe Hall that will take place dur- ing diversity impact week. This money will help to cov- er the cost of catering from Kosmos, Taste of Thai and Qdoba’s. Last year, about 1,000 people attended the event, said Rachel Knight, RIC senator. The two pieces of legis- lation will be voted on 6:30 p.m. next Monday in the Graduate Education Build- ing. Also Nathan White, RIC senator was confirmed as Sustainability Coordinator, a new position that was cre- ated and a new RIC senator was inducted. Harries also let the sena- tors know that a new hous- ing building should be com- pleted by March 2014. The building will be constructed by the Tyson Child Develop- ment Building. On April 2, RIC and ASG will be having their first joint meeting, said Jordan Lutrell-Freeman, president of senate. The two groups will also have their annual joint retreat in two weeks. RIC Might Add Hillside Seating Kathleen Pait Sta Photographer Fayetteville locals attend the Mardi Gras Parade of Fools event on the Fayetteville Square, Saturday, Feb. 9. Let the Good Times Roll For a story about Mardi Gras, see Fat Tuesday Celebrations Come to Fayetteville on page 3 When one thinks of Pomfret Hall Honors Quar- ters, they may come up with a number of scenarios in- cluding long study hours, discussions about advanced science courses, dreams of working for NASA or any number of academic related topics. But on Sun- day, Feb. 10, the students of Pomfret had an entirely dif- ferent area of study on their minds. Pomfret hosted their rst “stoplight party” Sun- day, a popular themed event held across college campus- es and house parties nation- wide. e goal of these sorts of parties is to link together potential partners through a clever color coding meth- od, meaning that attendees wearing red are a no-go (already in relationships), those wearing yellow aren’t quite sure of their status and those wearing green are single and ready to mingle. When asked about their expectations for the events, many like the “green-shirt- ed” freshman Lexi Wallace, responded simply with, “cupcakes,” but as the night progressed it was clear that students were enjoying commingling with the op- posite sex a lot more than the pastries. Smiling, laughing and dancing with a bit of “wob- bling,” students quickly loosened up to the themed event. e event was hosted by local resident assistants, hoping to lure students away from the sometime perilous academic environ- ment that is the UA. “It keeps us sane,”said Kenneth Hamilton, fresh- man. Apparently many others in Pomfret thought the same, as evidenced by packed dance oors and numbers that easily ap- proached 100. While certainly not as popular as big stoplight parties hosted annually by fraternities such as Lambda Chi, this year’s Pomfret - esta will be remembered as denitely a “go.” Pomfret Hall Stoplight Party Is “Denitely a Go” e ceremonial ground- breaking for the College Ave- nue Flyover Bridge took place, Feb. 5, said Chris Brown, city engineer for the city of Fay- etteville. Brown said the contractor assigned to the job has been working since Jan. 28, and most of the work that has tak- en place so far is the moving of equipment and laying out the project. According to the city of Fayetteville website, con- struction will cost $6.3 mil- lion. e project is federally College Avenue Flyover Bridge Construction Begins McKenna Gallagher Sta Photographer Construction continues on the yover bridge from Fulbright Expressway to College Avenue Sunday, Feb. 10. David Wilson Contributing Writer Sta Report Stephanie Pullin Sta Writer Jaime Dunaway Sta Writer Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Graduate Series which includes information for graduating students. see PRICE page 2 see BRIDGE page 2

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Page 1: February 12, 2013

University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 Vol. 107, No. 80

“About You,For You”

Local Restaurant Ideas for Couples on Valentine’s DayBeat the crowd and eat like regulars at one of the many Fayetteville favorites.Full Story, Page 5

Hogs Beat Tide in Triple Over-time!e Razorback women’s basketball team won just their fourth Southeastern Conference game of the season in a triple over-time game on the road at Alabama Sunday.Full Story, Page 7

Anderson Calling for Consistency from HogsA monumental high in beating No. 2 Florida was short lived after another tough road loss at Vanderbilt. Full Story, Page 7

Today’s Forecast

50 / 33°Tomorrow

AM Snow Showers44 / 31°

Navigating Music Purchases in a

Complicated, Online World

Page 5

Graduating seniors could face on average up to $21,000 dollars in student debt a!er

college in the midst of a slowly recovering economy, accord-ing to the O"ce of Institution-al Research.

“I encourage students to borrow as little as they need because they’ll eventually have

to pay it back,” said Philip Lo-gan, associate director of #-nancial aid.

However, for some stu-dents, like Ben Batchelor, senior human resource man-agement major, taking out

multiple loans is the only way to pay for higher education. In addition to taking out loans, Batchelor is working his way through school to help pay for

Graduation Comes with a High Price Tag

RIC has proposed to al-locate money to help ASG pay for 3 tables that will be placed outside of Hillside Auditorium.

The three tables with be made of stone or concrete and will cost about $4,500, said Onnissia Harries, RIC president.

Two tables will have ASG’s name on it, and one table will have RIC’s name on it.

ASG will pay 75 percent of the cost leaving about $1,000 for RIC, said Harries.

Other legislation intro-duced during the meeting included a proposal to al-locate $800 to help pay for a dance event in Holcombe Hall that will take place dur-ing diversity impact week. This money will help to cov-er the cost of catering from Kosmos, Taste of Thai and Qdoba’s.

Last year, about 1,000 people attended the event, said Rachel Knight, RIC senator.

The two pieces of legis-lation will be voted on 6:30 p.m. next Monday in the Graduate Education Build-ing.

Also Nathan White, RIC senator was confirmed as Sustainability Coordinator, a new position that was cre-ated and a new RIC senator was inducted.

Harries also let the sena-tors know that a new hous-ing building should be com-pleted by March 2014. The building will be constructed by the Tyson Child Develop-ment Building.

On April 2, RIC and ASG will be having their first joint meeting, said Jordan Lutrell-Freeman, president of senate. The two groups will also have their annual joint retreat in two weeks.

RIC Might Add Hillside Seating

Kathleen Pait Sta" PhotographerFayetteville locals attend the Mardi Gras Parade of Fools event on the Fayetteville Square, Saturday, Feb. 9.

Let the Good Times Roll

For a story about Mardi Gras, see Fat Tuesday Celebrations Come to Fayetteville on page 3

When one thinks of Pomfret Hall Honors Quar-ters, they may come up with a number of scenarios in-cluding long study hours, discussions about advanced science courses, dreams of working for NASA or any number of academic related topics. But on Sun-day, Feb. 10, the students of Pomfret had an entirely dif-ferent area of study on their minds.

Pomfret hosted their #rst “stoplight party” Sun-day, a popular themed event held across college campus-es and house parties nation-wide. $e goal of these sorts of parties is to link together potential partners through a clever color coding meth-od, meaning that attendees wearing red are a no-go (already in relationships), those wearing yellow aren’t quite sure of their status and those wearing green are single and ready to mingle.

When asked about their

expectations for the events, many like the “green-shirt-ed” freshman Lexi Wallace, responded simply with, “cupcakes,” but as the night progressed it was clear that students were enjoying commingling with the op-posite sex a lot more than the pastries.

Smiling, laughing and dancing with a bit of “wob-bling,” students quickly loosened up to the themed event.

$e event was hosted by local resident assistants, hoping to lure students away from the sometime perilous academic environ-ment that is the UA.

“It keeps us sane,”said Kenneth Hamilton, fresh-man. Apparently many others in Pomfret thought the same, as evidenced by packed dance %oors and numbers that easily ap-proached 100.

While certainly not as popular as big stoplight parties hosted annually by fraternities such as Lambda Chi, this year’s Pomfret #-esta will be remembered as de#nitely a “go.”

Pomfret Hall Stoplight Party Is “De!nitely a Go”

$e ceremonial ground-breaking for the College Ave-nue Flyover Bridge took place,

Feb. 5, said Chris Brown, city engineer for the city of Fay-etteville.

Brown said the contractor assigned to the job has been working since Jan. 28, and most of the work that has tak-en place so far is the moving

of equipment and laying out the project.

According to the city of Fayetteville website, con-struction will cost $6.3 mil-lion. $e project is federally

College Avenue Flyover Bridge Construction Begins

McKenna Gallagher Sta" PhotographerConstruction continues on the #yover bridge from Fulbright Expressway to College Avenue Sunday, Feb. 10.

David WilsonContributing Writer

Sta! Report

Stephanie PullinSta! Writer

Jaime DunawaySta! Writer

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

see PRICE page 2

see BRIDGE page 2

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$e %yover bridge is a proj-ect planned to address tra"c problems and will serve as an alternative route for north-bound drivers on College Av-enue who usually make a U-turn at Joyce Boulevard to get to the Fulbright Expressway.

“$e bridge will provide a direct connection from Col-lege Avenue to Fulbright Ex-pressway and to the Target and Kohl’s shopping area,”

Brown said. “$is will alle-viate the tra"c at Joyce and College, and will provide better access to the Uptown shopping areas and restau-rants.”

Two other projects that are already in progress are a roundabout at Futrall Drive and an extension and wid-ening of Van Asche Drive between Gregg and Garland Avenue.

$e %yover bridge project will be completed by June 2014, Brown said.

A UA student voluntarily launched a Korean language RSO, which is not the one of the languages currently taught at the UA.

$ere are many Korean ex-change and visiting students at the UA, and many were inter-ested in taking a Korean lan-guage class.

Rallied by his fellow stu-dents’ wishes, UA student Scott Lavigne decided to start a Ko-rean language RSO called “Say Kimchi” that teaches not only the Korean language, but also Korean culture.

$e class will start Feb. 13 from 6-7 p.m. for the beginner class and 7-8 p.m. for the inter-mediate class.

Kimchi is a traditional fer-mented Korean food made of many di&erent vegetables with spicy seasonings.

“We noticed that people who want to learn Korean have increased, and they want a Korean class on campus,” said Scott Lavigne, the RSO’s presi-dent. “I am not sure why there was no class to begin with, but now there is. Students sign up simply by coming to the class, and it is completely free. $ere are beginner and intermediate classes.”

Lavigne studied abroad in Korea for a year, so he knows

the culture well. Many students around him ask him about the language and culture.

“$e reason I started to open a Korean class is because I had so many friends asking me to teach them Korean,” Lavigne said.

Lavigne thought it would be nice if he could teach the language to many students all together with Korean-native volunteers, he said. Also, they

could share the di&erences be-tween American and Korean cultures, he said.

$ere are many other lan-guage classes besides Korean, but students appreciate that stu-dents attend the Korean class of their own free will.

“It would be interesting to have Korean class on campus,” said Pink Neyone, UA student. “Korean entertainment has be-come a pretty major in%uence in my country, Vietnam. So I have learned Korean by myself. I believe that teaching languag-es ties with teaching cultures.”

New Korean Language RSO Launched by Student

Fayetteville residents can enjoy the Fat Tuesday with-out leaving the state. Various events will take place in Fay-etteville and on campus.

Saturday’s parade started on Dickson Street and ended on West Avenue. $e parade included %oats, costumes and beads to kick o& the cel-ebrations.

$e Demented Krewe, along with Krewe of Olym-pia, Calliope Krewe and Barkus Krewe, volunteers every year at Mardi Gras to help carry on the parade’s 20-year tradition, according to the Fayetteville Mardi Gras website. $e group will host the Fat Tuesday pub crawl beginning 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Events on campus include Mardi Gras Hogs, a program put on by University Pro-

grams, that will take place from 12 a.m.-4 p.m., Tues-day in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge and the Mardi Gras Party, sponsored by the Kappa Chapter of Phi Sigma Rho, will take place from 7 p.m.- 8 p.m. in the Union Room 305.

$e Demented Krewe, also known as Krewe De-mentia, was formed in 1992 when a group of friends vol-unteered to put on Mardi Gras at Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, according to the Fayetteville Mardi Gras website. Mardi Gras began #-nanced out of pocket and to-day has 23 sponsors, includ-ing Jose’s, KUAF and many other local businesses.

$e Demented Krewe now has 15 working mem-bers at any given point in

time, said Dixie Rhyne, member of the Demented Krewe.

Bellard’s Event Manage-ment organized Mardi Gras in conjunction with the Fay-etteville Chamber of Com-merce, Rhyne said.

“In 2003, the sponsors let it go and the Demented Krewe chose to incorporate under the name Committee for Mardi Gras Inc. and res-urrected the event under the new name, ‘$e Fat Saturday Parade of Fools,’” Rhyne said.

In 2005, the Krewe, with the help of Billy Zydeco Band, started performing a parade, Parade of Pearls, at the city hospital, Rhyne said. $e additional annual parade is not only given to bene#t the residents, but to honor Suzanne Ray, who instigated the event.

Audiences can expect to see the Demented Krewe selling traditional Mardi Gras supplies before and dur-

ing the event, Rhyne said.$e #rst o"cial Mardi

Gras parade started in 1999 when a newly formed Krewe of Olympia decided to join the celebration, according to the Fayetteville Mardi Gras website. $e tradition con-tinued with the addition of Calliope Krew and Barkus Krewe.

Krewes and other outside volunteers all share a passion for Mardi Gras.

“None of the organiza-tional sta& receive compen-sation for their time, and all money raised goes toward the expenses incurred in put-ting on the Krewe’s events,” Rhyne said.

Because of the dedication the Krewes have to the event, Fayetteville Mardi Gras lives on.

Fat Tuesday Celebrations Come to Fayetteville

$e Arkansas Music Pa-vilion, also known as the AMP, recently asked the Fayetteville Planning Com-mission for a two-year ex-tension to continue to have concerts at the Washington County Fairgrounds until 2014 if the AMP has not found a permanent location by then.

“$e fairgrounds have served as the AMP’s home since last year, and we are committed to being there in 2013 as well,” said Hai-ley Ray, communications intern for the Walton Arts Center. “$e fairgrounds have proved to be a great site, allowing us to expand the diversity of program-ming and bringing more people to the AMP than ever before.”

Kendall Pendergra! with the Washington County Fairgrounds said they are “excited” about the AMP wanting to continue to have concerts with them.

$e Walton Arts Cen-ter expansion is going well, with the top priority being their Fayetteville expan-sion, which includes 30,000 square feet of space added to the current campus.

“As the city moves for-ward with plans to build a new parking deck on the side of our administrative o"ces, the Walton Arts Center Board of Directors voted to ‘fast track’ e&orts for the Fayetteville expan-sion so the projects can happen in a coordinated and cooperative manner,” Ray said.

According to their web-site, the AMP is ranked as one of the top 100 amphi-theaters in the nation. It has brought headlining shows to northwest Arkansas for the past six years.

A number of popular artists from di&erent genres have had concerts there, in-cluding Luke Bryan, Hank Williams Jr, Colbie Caillat, Ted Nugent, NEEDTO-BREATHE and Five Finger Death Punch.

Last year, ticket sales had a 300 percent increase com-pared to the previous year. $is is partly because of the mix of artists in all genres, including rock, heavy metal, pop and country, Ray said.

$e City of Fayetteville may request $24 million in bonds to help with the AMP and Walton Arts Center ex-pansions. Peter Lane with the Walton Arts Center re-quested $8.5 million from the Advertising and Plan-

ning Commission. $e funds would be used

on improving the Fayette-ville campus to keep up with its current level of pro-gramming and it also would be used to transform Dick-son Street. Other projects include expanding the AMP and #nding it a permanent home in Fayetteville for 2015.

Some city commission-ers think funding a sports center instead would be a more pro#table investment. It could bring events to the area but would cost millions of dollars.

It would take 25 years to pay o& the two bonds ac-cording to a city memo. A decision about the bonds will be made during Febru-ary’s city meeting.

AMP Requests Two-Year Expansion at Fairgrounds

some of his educational costs and daily expenses.

For students who must get loans, the O"ce of Finan-cial Aid recommends federal subsidized loans because the government pays the inter-est during college. Subsidized and unsubsidized loans are not credit-based, which quali-#es students to receive a loan if they meet eligibility require-ments.

A!er graduation, some stu-dents may have a six-month grace period before they must begin paying interest depend-ing on the type of loan, Logan said. It’s important for students to pay o& loans quickly because of accumulating interest, he said. Students should have a plan on how to make payments.

“A lot of people, of course, can’t a&ord to pay o& (loans) quickly, and they just pay the minimum,” Logan said. “Life happens, and you have other bills.”

Furthering the predica-ment is the less-than-healthy economy, which makes it more di"cult for students to receive a steady source of income to pay o& their debt. Although unemployment has decreased over the last year, the economy is still in recovery.

Batchelor said he is worried about #nding a job a!er col-lege, but that the only plan he had for quickly paying o& his student debt was to “get a job.”

For students who have loans, the O"ce of Financial Aid has resources on how to manage payments a!er gradu-ation. $e National Student Loan Data Systems is a website that allows students to view all of the federal loans they borrowed during school. If students have trouble making payments, they can call their lender and ask for help, Logan said.

“A lot of times it’s just a phone call, and they’ll put the loan on forbearance and you have more time to make pay-ment,” he said.

$ere are also several di&er-ent payment options based on income that students can uti-lize to pay o& loans faster.

Students are taking many price-cutting measures to in-crease savings to pay o& stu-dent debt.

“Live within your means,” Batchelor said. “Don’t act like you’re making a big paycheck until you actually are.”

Some options include pay-ing o& loans that have the high-est interest rate #rst, saving loose change, carpooling and avoiding credit cards around the holidays.

Despite cost-saving mea-sures and help for paying o& debt, students are calling for university and government of-#cials to make college more af-fordable.

“I think one of the biggest things would probably be to help lower interest rates on student loans,” Batchelor said. “$ey also had that proposition to do school for $10,000 or less here recently, and it’s all online classes, but that doesn’t appeal to me.”

New ASG Legislation:ASG Senate Bill No. 16- SFRB RemovalASG Senate Bill No. 15- #e Legislative Requirement ActASG Senate Resolution No. 34- Copying PrintSmart QuotasASG Senate Resolution No. 35- Teacher Concealed CarryASG Senate Resolution No. 36- Right to Self-DefenseASG Senate Resolution No. 37- Gun Free CampusASG Senate Resolution No. 38- Student Basketball Seating

Students can make their opinion heard during the ASG meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Graduate Education Building. !ere is a public comment section during each meeting where students can speak for two minutes before the legislation starts, said Mike Norton, ASG Chair of Senate.

Results of these legislations will be published a"er they are voted on.

Addison Morgan Contributing PhotographerDr. Steve Hill speaks at a Kraft foods lecture at the Food Science building, Monday, Feb. 11. Hill spoke to students about future opportunities and challenges for food science and technology.

Food-Science Students Learn the ‘Kraft’BRIDGE continued from page 1

PRICE continued from page 1

Nuri HeoSta! Writer

Stephanie PullinSta! Writer

Jeannette Bridoux Sta! Writer

“I am not sure why there was no class to begin with, but now there is.”

Scott LavigneRSO President

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Razorback Yearbook Individual Photos10 a.m.-2 p.m. Arkansas Union Lounge Room

Mardi Gras Hogs 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Arkansas Union Connections Lounge

Brie$y Speaking

“Don’t act like you’re making a big paycheck until you actually are.”

Ben BatchelorSenior Human Resource

Management Major

“!e fairgrounds have proved to be a great site... bringing more people to the AMP than ever before.”

Hailey RayCommunications Intern for the Walton Arts Center

“!e Fat Saturday Parade of Fools.”

Dixie Rhyne

Demented Crew Member

Is your RSO spon-soring an event on campus?Want !e Traveler to cover it?-Email news editor Sarah Derouen at [email protected]

-Call 575-3226-Stop by the Traveler O$ce *If you would like an event covered, please notify !e Traveler sta" at least one week in advance of event date.

AT T EN T I O N !

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Opinion Editor: Joe DelNero

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Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief

Managing Editor Opinion Editor

Chad Woodard Brittany Nims Joe DelNero

!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 [email protected].

Traveler Quote of the DayIf the act of carrying a gun has the intention to protect life, then that would be a moral thing to do.

Aquinas “Gun Debate on Campus Extends to Churches” Page 1

Millennials Want Bang for Charitable Buck

People can be single for 364 days of the year and never la-ment a thing. Yet as soon as Feb. 14 hits, people start cou-pling up faster than you can say “conversation hearts.”

Is it worth it? Should you re-ally !ght that hard to abandon your single status, just for one night?

It can be pretty tempting, having a Valentine comes with some perks.

All those overpriced con-fections line store shelves – the little boxes of chocolates, fuzzy bears with patchworked hearts, the sentimental cards – peo-ple don’t buy those things for themselves. People buy them with someone else in mind.

Without a special someone, there’s a really good chance you’ll be gi"-less on Valen-tine’s Day unless you spring for something yourself.

About 14 percent of women buy themselves #owers, found

surveys by In Retail Advertis-ing and Marketing Association and Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions.

Of course, you can always try to console yourself with the half o$ sales that hit on Feb. 15. However, those decadent treats in the heart-ridden wrappers somehow seem just a little less sweet when they’re tossed in a cart alongside shampoo, eggs and the jumbled mix of grocery items.

Flip on the T.V. and you’ll !nd romantic specials play-ing on almost every station. Your choices are either curl-ing up with your guy or with a box of tissues and a container of chocolate frosting. Option one is probably a bit healthier. Who doesn’t want to feel in-credibly special though? A"er watching a chick #ick, you’d be hard-pressed to !nd a girl who doesn’t want to be told how awesome she is.

Hallmark alone has over 1,400 Valentine’s Day greet-ing card options, the Hallmark website listed. Each one is a re-minder someone cares. If you don’t receive one, what’s the implied message? Sad deal.

If nothing else, avoid being one of the bitter singles who Red Rover their way through the hand-holding couples strolling through the midst of campus.

Sure, you can cringe a bit when you see the overly en-

twined languorously walking along. But please, try to refrain from actively breaking them apart. When you have some-one, you can share in the slow shu%e so favored by couples.

So, ladies, getting a man may not be a bad idea. Howev-er, actually getting one may be a little tricky. Since Valentine’s is on &ursday, the time-crunch adds a new level of di'culty.

It may be tough, but you’d better start now if you want to get a guy in three days.

&e !rst step is reconciling yourself to the fact that what you’re attempting is about three steps shy of prostitution. You want a man for the mate-rial bene!ts. You’re looking for a guy to buy you things for 24 hours, not a relationship.

Now, lower your standards. You aren’t looking for the man of your dreams; rather your search is for a warm body who can de"ly handle a slim, plastic card.

You may want to consider dressing up a bit for the dura-tion of the week. As comfy as those sweatshirts and ponytails may be, they don’t speak vol-umes to your level of beauty. If you want to stand out, put in some e$ort to look hot.

Moving on. Step two is get-ting out there. In order to get a guy, you have to !nd one !rst. Ask for some racquetball lessons while you’re hanging around the HPER. Maybe

take a stroll through the Union food court – nothing beats the romantic glow of #uorescent lights re#ecting o$ the pool-ing grease of your late night. If those options fail, just remem-ber, there ain’t no party hotter than Club Mullins.

Once you have your guy spotted, make a move. If you’re struggling, turn to #Uo-fAPickupLines for inspiration. On second thought... Don’t do that.

Ladies, a"er you meet your guy, make sure you stay on his mind. &e night is a success if the guy has your number by the time you leave. Bonus points if you can arrange an “acciden-tal, imagine-seeing-you-here meeting” later in the week.

&en, just wait. Your stun-ning beauty and witty conver-sation will have him making a mad call to the #orist Wednes-day night.

If, despite your best e$orts, you still don’t think you’ll man-age to catch a guy by Valentine’s day, don’t fret. I have yet to meet a single lady who hasn’t found Ben & Jerry to be a sat-isfactory Valentines. So grab a spoon and take a personal day. &en, you can focus your ef-forts on how to get a guy in 364 days.

Shawnya Wethington is a journalism, English major and marketing minor, and colum-nist for the Arkansas Traveler.

How to Get a Guy in !ree Days

&e Super Bowl XLVII was on Feb. 3 and while watch-ing it, I started thinking about how much professional athletes are paid and how their money could be used to help oth-ers. In 2011, the average NFL player made around $1.9 mil-lion and the minimum rookies made was $770,000, according the Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.

I am sure this number has only gone up in the last couple years. Peyton Manning, quar-terback for the Broncos, had a salary of $18 million this past season, according to Sports City.

Sports City also gave a list of the salaries for players in the NBA and MLB. Accord-ing to them, Kobe Bryant was paid $27,849,000 for the 2012-2013 season. LeBron James was paid $17,545,000 and the low-est number I saw was around $475,000. In the MLB, Johan Santana, for the New York Mets, will be paid $25,500,000 and the lowest salary I saw was $100,000 for a buyout. &ese salaries are all higher than those of people whose job it is to save lives and help other; such as, !re!ghters, doctors, police o'cers, social workers and teachers, which I !nd absolutely ridiculous.

&ere are 32 NFL teams in the U.S. and each team is al-lowed to have 53 players on its roster, bringing the total to 1,696 players in the nation, according to Infoplease.com. &ere are 30 teams in the NBA and a maximum of 15 play-ers on each team which makes a total number of 450. In the MLB, there are 25 active play-ers and 30 teams which makes a total of 750 players. If we added the number of players from the NBA and MLB to the NFL play-ers, the total number increases to 2,896 professional athletes. If each of these players donated

$1,000, this would be $2,896,000 that could go to helping those in their surrounding communi-ties. &e $1,000 would only be 0.13 percent of an NFL rookie’s salary, 0.21 percent of the lowest paid NBA player, and 1 percent of the lowest paid MLB player. &ese are such small amounts of the players’ annual salaries, but would be a huge donation for charities in need all across our country.

For example, the Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of America foundation is a great program mentoring children around the country to ensure they are given the best opportunities possible. &is is not only help-ing thousands of children, but also creating a brighter future for America. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has 370 agencies across the nation and supports over 250,000 children annually. With the money from the NFL, $7,827.03 could go to each agency or $11.58 to each child. &is does not seem like much, but this is if each player took a mere 0.13-1 percent out of their annual paycheck. &e ideal situation would be if more was taken out or if the players o$ered to donate more.

In 2005, Dikembe Mutom-bo, of the Houston Rockets, had given back $7,945,682 through his foundation, which paid to build a three-hundred bed hospital in his native country Congo, according to the Wall Street Journal. Peyton Man-ning’s Peyback Foundation gave money to 28 foundations, which help at-risk youths, total-ing $1,424,631. Brian Griese, of the Chicago Bears, began Judi’s House and has given $1,252,404 to help support children who have lost loved ones. More re-cently, the Tim Tebow Founda-tion, which helps brighten the lives of orphans and children with life-threatening diseases, raised over $4 million in its !rst year, according to &e Hu'ng-ton Post. If all 2,896 profession-al athletes chose to do as much as these previous athletes did, our nation would be a much better place. It is my hope that these athletes will choose to be-come so generous in the years to come.

Katie Kortebein is a sta! writer for the Arkansas Traveler. She is a junior English and cre-ative writing major.

Pro Athletes should be more Charitable

“&e Millennials,” as this generation has been dubbed, seems contradictory when it comes to philanthropy. In 2012, Millennials seem to be less con-cerned for others than the pre-ceding generations, according to an article in the American Psychology Association’s Jour-nal of Personality and Social Psychology. However, a project called the Millennial Impact claims we care a considerable bit. Apparently around 75 per-cent of us have given donations to charities, and 70 percent have even appealed to their family and friends to help.

From my window on the UA campus, I agree with the Mil-lennial Impact. Greek houses adopt their own philanthropy

issues, RSOs are formed purely for community service and there are 5Ks, concerts, movie showings, food sales and more bene!ting some charity every week. Furthermore, the people I know—and I myself—want to help those su$ering here in the US and around the world.

However, I have observed a general caveat. We want to help… as long as we get some-thing out of the deal. We are capitalist in our caring.

&ink with me. How many times have you seen a banner on a website or in a store plead-ing, “Buy this T-shirt/purse/handmade toilet seat warmer and we’ll donate all the money to feed children in Africa?” &ose o$ers appeal to me, es-pecially when the T-shirt (pref-erably V-necked, of course) colorfully announces to those in my presence I helped feed starving babies in Africa. Be-ing gut-honest, I’m pretty likely to fall for this deal, as are most people I know. Yet I’m not like-ly to drop a $20 in a donation basket and walk away empty-handed.

It goes deeper than material things, though. We might be willing to give money without receiving a product in return, but how many of us will give

money or time without receiv-ing recognition for it? A guide for charitable organizations to get Millennials to give wrote “An e$ective way to attract and retain Millennial donors and volunteers is to attach symbols of prestige and public recogni-tion to their contributions,” ac-cording to the University of In-diana’s Center for Philanthropy. &is can be seen as well in cases when a certain charitable cause is fashionable. &e examples jumping to mind are Kony 2012 and human tra'cking. In those cases, supporting the causes (and advertising you’ve done so through stickers, pins and T-shirts) make you part of the in-crowd of the social jus-tice seekers.

Even more, I see a larger trend among university stu-dents in which social justice itself is a fad, an accessory. We give a few dollars, talk about how much we hate this injus-tice then congratulate each other on how sel#ess we are while sipping lattes held in manicured hands. We like our third-world charities when they are convenient to our !rst-world lifestyles. We wear causes like T-shirts. We wear it while it’s bright and popular but as soon as the colors fade or the

tag starts to bother us we toss it aside in favor of the next.

Don’t misunderstand me, I think we care. Nonetheless, our hearts and motivations are #awed. Are prestige, popularity and rewards the point of char-ity? Are those the right reasons to donate time, money or tal-ent to organizations that work hard to make the world a better place? I don’t think so.

Our generation can change the world. We can dig wells in deserts, educate the next gen-eration and feed impoverished families. We have untold cre-ativity and ability to do those things and more in fresh, e$ec-tive ways. But I don’t think we can live up to this potential as long as we stay stuck in a mode of capitalist caring.

&e best way to do that is to be motivated by the cause itself. Find a cause that you can be truly passionate about. Donate directly to them. Volunteer for them. Tell other people about them. And by all means run a 5K—but do it for more than a T-shirt.

Clara Spann is a sophomore English and creative writing major and a sta! columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

Clara Spann Sta# Columnist

Shawnya WethingtonSta# Columnist

Hebron Chester Sta" Cartoonist

Katherine KortebeinSta# Columnist

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Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

If you’re taking a special someone out for dinner this Valentine’s Day, call ahead, beat the crowd and eat like regulars at one of the many Fayetteville favorites.

Classics are never overrated, so try out or return to some local top picks: Hugo’s, Hammontree’s or Geraldi’s.

Tucked below historic Block Street, Hugo’s serves fresh-cut juicy burgers and seasoned fries on blue-checkered table-cloths. Its brick-walled, underground at-mosphere is a Fayetteville hotspot.

“Usually on Valentine’s day we try to attract younger and newer people who haven’t been here,” said Server Aaron Barschengar.

With burgers under $7, Hugo’s low prices are a quick save for anyone in need of a last-minute date. But Hugo’s “walk-ins only” policy means showing up for a table around 5 or 6:30 p.m. to beat the dinner rush, Barschengar said.

If you’re the cheesy type, check out Hammontree’s Grilled Cheese, a local restaurant dedicated to the legacy of the classic grilled cheese sandwich. Again, at under $7 an entree, it’s a casual classic, friendly to last-minute planners.

Nestled in the quaint neighborhood surrounding South University Avenue, Geraldi’s is a great pick for those wanting a cheaper Italian option.

“We get most of our business by word of mouth,” said server Joel Siemens.

“!e lasagna’s our best seller. We’ve also got fantastic other dishes like our chicken alfredo and spaghetti. And you have to get our garlic bread,” Siemens said. “Our New York-style pizzas, cal-zones and cannoli are also popular.”

For the overachieving romantics, Greenhouse Grille is holding a $100-per-couple "ve-course meal this Valentine’s Day, including live jazz music.

“!e nice part about it is that every-thing is pre-set for you ... and you know what you’re going to be spending. It’s real-ly actually a pretty good deal,” said server Rose Stanton.

Stanton highly suggested couples re-serve tables as soon as possible.

“It’ll make everything a lot easier and impress your date,” she said.

Greenhouse Grille boasts a vegan and vegetarian menu as well as locally sourced food.

“It’s quality food that you can feel good about eating,” Stanton said.

Adventurous eaters wanting to try stray away from typical Valentine’s day venues could try out some ethnic op-tions: Celi’s True Mexican Cuisine, Hu-nan Manor Chinese Restaurant or Petra Mediterranean Cafe.

Finding a vibrantly colored seat at Celi’s could be di#cult if you don’t call ahead, said Waitress Banny Sermandez, and walk-ins are usually a 30-minute wait.

“We do get pretty full (on Valentine’s Day),” Sermandez said. “We don’t have any reservations yet, but we usually get them a week or couple days before.”

“We’re authentic Mexican, not Tex-Mex,” Sermandez said. Customers can enjoy a festive atmosphere, fresh food, Celi’s exclusive sweet salsa and an a-la-carte menu that’s light on the wallet, like $4 tacos. Specials right now include the 80-ounce Hog Bowl for $15 and daily drink specials.

Should you care for a little more spice, Hunan Manor Chinese Restaurant, Taste of !ai or !ai-E-San are all local Asian food options, and it may be easier to get a last-minute table.

Hunan Manor is more of a family res-taurant, but lots of students frequent its contemporary, slanted structure. It’s rated one of the best Chinese restaurants in town on Urbanspoon, a website and app that ranks local restaurants by user “likes” and “dislikes.”

A server said Hunan Manor’s General Tso’s Chicken is their best seller.

For those who can’t make a dinner reservation, Petra Cafe on the downtown Square is a lunch-only menu of tradition-al Mediterranean fare. A cozy little dive, Petra’s atmosphere makes for a fun lunch

date. Pita bread pockets, including classic gyros, are only $5, and daily lunch spe-cials are $8.

If you’re looking for a di$erent kind of Valentine’s day noodle, check out !ai-E-San on College Avenue or Taste of !ai on the Square.

Couples can expect Valentine’s Day specials on Taste of !ai’s menu but should reserve a table a couple days in advance.

“We will be busy on Valentine’s Day,” said Server Kim Sihapanya. It will be about a 30-minute to a one-hour wait for walk-ins, she said.

Sihapanya suggested pad thai or pine-apple curry for couples at about a medium (three-star) spice level. Both run about $10 to $15, depending on the order size.

Another !ai option, !ai-E-San of-fers a cheaper menu as well as a Valen-tine’s Day two-for-$20 special. Couples can pick up coupons for the special, which includes two entrees, one appetizer and one dessert.

As far as spiciness goes, “it all depends on your level of heat tolerance,” said Serv-er Abby Barahome. “But most people get a medium, which is about three stars or less,” she said.

!ai-E-San is a relatively new restau-rant, so they’re not expecting too large a crowd on Valentine’s Day, making it walk-in friendly.

If all else fails, check out Urbanspoon or Yelp for more great eats.

Fi%een years ago, listening to a new album or song involved one of two things: going to a record store or turning on the radio. Today, lis-tening to new music spans dozens of choices, all with their own merits and drawbacks. !e number of choices involved can be overwhelm-ing.

As it turns out, there is no clear answer as to what listening medium is the best, as it really depends on what you want most out of your music. With all of the choices out there in the music world today, music buyers must make some tough decisions, prioritizing what mat-ters most about their music, be it convenience, cost, artist pro"ts or sound quality.

If you want convenience more than anything else, use a cloud or streaming service that allows you to listen on multiple computers as well as your smartphone, like Spotify or Amazon Cloud Player. iTunes is a close second place, but it has some compat-ibility issues with non-iPhone smartphones like Android phones as well as the inconvenience of manually transferring music among devices.

If you want the most music for the lowest price (and don't mind deal-ing with ads), use Spotify or YouTube, both of which are free and have large selections.

Online radio services are also free and boast large selections. While their popularity is fad-ing due to the inability to directly choose the music you listen to, they remain a great plat-form for discovering new artists.

If you want the most ad-free music for the lowest price, Spotify does have an ad-free ser-vice that has other convenient features, includ-ing the ability to make playlists, for a $9.99 monthly fee. Be advised, though, that some of your favorite artists may not be on Spotify.

If you still want to own the music you buy, Amazon has some of the best deals on albums and singles on the Internet, although their cloud service is free only up to the "rst 5 GBs; a%er that, it's a charge of $1 per GB annually.

If you want to give artists the highest percent of your money, buy directly from the artist either through their website, their label's website or Bandcamp, which gives artists 85 percent of digital sales, according to the Bandcamp website. In general, the fewer middlemen involved in your transac-tion, the better it is in terms of ensuring your money is going where you want it to go.

Spotify has received criticism recently for its payments to artists. For artists not on a ma-jor label, one play pays them three tenths of a cent, according to the Atlantic. Using this ratio, 100,000 listens would earn an artist only $300. !ose on major labels likely receive more than that, as major labels own a portion of Spotify, according to NPR. Online radio services like Pandora and Last.fm give slightly more, but it's safe to say that artists are making less than a penny per stream on Pandora, according to Rolling Stone.

Buying directly from artists and labels en-sures that artists receive the biggest cut. !at said, no one can control how the labels split their pro"ts with the artists, and most artist-label agreements are kept tight-lipped. Artist payments may never be entirely fair, but avoid-ing getting all your music from YouTube and Spotify (or even worse, pirating it) is the best way to help right the situation.

Although if you do use a service that gives little money to the artist, there isn't much cause to worry. !e adage that artists make much more of their money touring than they do from music sales is certainly true, especially today. Even with CDs, a recording artist only makes about 11 percent of the price of a CD, according to Rolling Stone. Whatever method you choose, the best way to support bands may be to attend their shows and share their music with friends.

If you want the highest pos-sible sound quality, go with vinyl. Unlike all other mediums, including CDs, mu-sic stored on vinyl is not compressed, meaning that the highest and lowest ranges of sound are retained, and you don't hear that tinny sound that you may hear when you listen to music on a computer with earbuds.

If vinyl is not an option, CDs still retain higher sound quality than MP3s; while a CD contains about 705,600 bits of information, MP3s contain only 70,000, according to USA Today. And if you're unwaveringly commit-ted to your 70 GB iTunes library, a nice pair of headphones can go a long way in upping sound quality.

Navigating Music Purchases in a Complicated, Online WorldEmily DeLongCopy Editor

Caroline Potts Sta" PhotographerKadarrius Green and Keith Aldrige play MLB ‘13 at the Playstation Campus Tour in the Union Mall, Monday, Feb. 11.

Playstation Campus Tour Comes to Union Mall

Madelynne Jones Contributing Writer

Mary Kate P!"ner Sta" PhotographerHugo’s restaurant in the Fayetteville Square will likely be busy !ursday, as Fayetteville locals will dine out for Valentines Day celebrations.

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ACROSS1 Employment agency listings5 Fried Cajun veggie9 WWII conference site14 Billion extension15 Steady guy16 He hunted with a club in the “Odyssey”17 Club used as a weapon, say20 Nonagenarian actress White21 Yeats or Keats22 Color, as Easter eggs23 Summer quencher24 Dorm VIPs27 Where Lux. is29 Kid-friendly comfort food36 Soothing additive38 River through Sudan39 Country rocker Steve40 Sable maker, brie&y41 Turn __ ear43 Pub projectile44 Former Portuguese territory in China46 Pre"x with -pus47 Abates48 Tests during which checking notes is allowed

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!e No. 12 Razorback men’s golf team opened the 2013 season in Gainesville, Fla., at the Gator Invitational and "nished sixth in the 14 team tournament.

!e Hogs started the "rst round tied for fourth a#er a score of 287 and fell a little a#er a second round score of 288.

Arkansas shot their best round of the tournament Sun-day, when the "nal of three rounds was held. !e Hogs posted a 285, good for 5-over par.

Over the course of the In-vitational, the Razorbacks shot an 869, which was 20-over par for the tournament.

!e meet was dominated by the No. 23 Florida State Seminoles, who were the only team to "nish 8-under par.

North Florida and South Alabama were second and third with respective scores of seven- and 10-over par.

!e third-ranked Florida Gators "nished fourth and were 11 strokes over par.

!e Gators led the event a#er the "rst round, but dropped to fourth a#er rounds of 288 and 281.

Finishing "#h and just one stroke ahead of the Hogs was

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

Despite the fact Winter Storm Nemo wreaked hav-oc over the weekend in the North, this week marks the beginning of baseball season for many college teams across the nation.

!e University of Arkan-sas Razorback baseball team is no exception, as the No. 1 team in many preseason polls opens its season with a week-end series against Western Il-linois.

Arkansas has a very po-tent pitching sta$, along with depth at the "elding positions that head coach Dave Van Horn can rotate around de-pending on who is perform-ing the best. I pulled some statistics from last year’s team, which featured a lot of talent that is on this year’s roster.

!e 2012 baseball pitching sta$ recorded a team ERA of 2.83 with an overall record of 46-22. Another big statistic

I highlighted was that they only allowed 24 home runs throughout the entire season.

!e Razorback hitters also had some important notes. !ey "nished with a .271 bat-ting average, 39 home runs and "nished 68-102 on stolen base attempts last season. !e 2012 teams didn’t have the most "repower on o$ense, but they did the little things that ultimately enabled them to make a deep run into the College World Series before falling to runner-up South Carolina.

I feel with what looks to be more o$ensive "repower this season, along with one of the best pitching sta$s in the nation, anything short of the

College World Series would be a disappointment for the 2013 team.

One of the biggest losses from last year’s team is pitch-er D.J. Baxendale. Baxendale "nished last season with a record of 8-5 along with an ERA of 3.11. Despite that be-ing said, pitchers Ryne Stanek and Brandon Moore return with a combined 2012 record of 13-6. !e success of these two starters, along with Bran-don Moore, could be a huge factor as to where the Hogs will go this year.

I would also like to con-tinue to see the Hogs be ag-gressive on the basepaths. Even with good o$ensive bat-ting averages and home run

totals, base running mistakes can erase a lot of good work at the plate.

!e Razorbacks need to continue their ways of smart, cerebral baserunning which Van Horn has seemed to con-tinually do each year. Steals, hit and runs and good deci-sions on when to advance can decide the outcome of a game a lot of times. If the Hogs stay on top of this category, there is no limit on how good they can become.

I don’t like to put a whole lot of stock into a preseason No. 1 ranking, but this team has a chance to live up to the hype. As I have stated, it all hinges upon good pitching and smart baserunning. As

long as timely, consistent hit-ting supplements these two aspects, wins will continue to pile up for this group.

So take some time this spring to sit in the out"eld grass at Baum Stadium to cheer on the Hogs as they make their push to what they hope can be a great year. No. 1 rankings sometimes can spell danger for a team, but under the leadership of coach Van Horn, I sense this team is focused to make it a special year.

Zack Wheeler is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tues-day. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

A Potentially Potent Diamond Hog Baseball Season

Zack WheelerSta! Writer

COMMENTARY

BASKETBALL GOLF

!e Razorback women’s basketball team won just their fourth Southeastern Conference game of the sea-son in a triple overtime game on the road at Alabama Sun-

day.!is moves the Razor-

backs to 16-8 overall and 4-7 in the SEC, while the Crim-son Tide fall to 12-12 and 2-9 in the SEC.

“I’m worn out,” head coach Tom Collen said. “It was about who had the will and could "nd a way to win.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of a team. We have been so close so many times and I think we deserved this. Alabama did a great job but I’m just so happy for our team.”

Dominique Wilson had a standout day for the Ra-zorbacks, accounting for 19

points including going 8-for-8 from the free throw line.

Two of her free throws in the bonus were crucial in forcing the "rst overtime period. Wilson was also re-sponsible for a big 3-pointer during the second overtime to keep the game alive.

Senior Sarah Watkins

fouled out in regulation, meaning that many other Razorbacks had to step up in overtime.

Freshman Jhasmin Bow-en had a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds in 38 minutes of play. Se-

Hogs Beat Tide in Triple Overtime

Liz BeadleSta! Writer

BASKETBALL

Eric HarrisSta! Writer

Jingyu Wan !e Crimson WhiteSenior guard Meghan Perkins picks up her dribble to pass against a sti" Razorback defense Sunday afternoon. !e Hogs proved too much for the Tide in a triple overtime duel that ended 91-80 in favor of Arkansas.

Hogs Come in Sixth in Gainesville

see GOLF page 8see OVERTIME page 8

Addison Morgan Sta" PhotographerHead basketball coach Mike Anderson discusses the upcoming road game against Auburn this Wednesday at a press conference, Monday, Feb. 11.

!e "rst full week in Feb-ruary could not have been more of a roller coaster ride for Arkansas basketball.

A monumental high in beating No. 2 Florida was short lived a#er another tough road loss at Vander-bilt. Mike Anderson and the Hogs can only focus on the future, which happens to be another road game at Auburn Wednesday.

!e two teams met once so far this year Jan. 16 in a double-overtime thriller, the Hogs eventually prevailing 88-80. !at game was a turn-ing point in the Tigers’ sea-son, as they went on to lose six of their next seven and now sit at 9-14 (3-7) in the SEC.

Arkansas’ loss at Vander-

bilt was as puzzling a loss the team has had all season. !e Hogs saw a season low in points with 49, a season low in "eld goal percentage at 30 percent and Marshawn Pow-ell being a non-factor because of foul trouble. All against a Vanderbilt team they beat by 23 points in Bud Walton Are-na nearly a month ago.

Another loss is now in the past, and Mike Anderson made it clear what he wants to see from his team Wednes-day.

“More than anything else, you’ve got to be consistent for 40 minutes,” Anderson said.

Defense and taking care of the basketball have been focal points in road game prepa-ration, two things the Hogs have done well in Bud Walton Arena but somehow aren’t ca-pable of on the road.

For the Hogs to get their "rst road win, Powell needs

to play a substantial role in Arkansas’ game plan. Pow-ell only played 17 minutes against Vanderbilt a#er early foul trouble, and "nished with "ve points on only four "eld goal attempts. Powell had his second best scoring night of the season against Auburn in January, "nish-ing with 28 points and 11 re-bounds.

As the Razorbacks’ most dependable scoring threat, Powell needs to play well and show leadership at Auburn to improve the team’s con-"dence. As the Hogs fought back against Vanderbilt in the second half, Powell reached in on a drive to the basket to pick up his fourth foul, send-ing him back to the bench and taking the wind out of Arkansas’ sails for the rest of the game.

Anderson Calling for Consistency from Hogs

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Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

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the UCF Knights, who rallied in the "nal round shooting a 279 to jump from 10th to "#h.

!e only other school in the Southeastern Conference at the invitational was Missis-sippi State.

!e Bulldogs, ranked 41st nationally, struggled out of the gates shooting a 296 in the "rst round and "nished seven strokes behind the Hogs.

Individually, Junior Se-bastian Cappelen was the top "nisher for the Razorbacks and tied for 12th in the tour-nament.

Cappelen was one of only seven golfers in the tourna-ment to be under 72 strokes in all three rounds, as he shot a 71 in the "rst and "nal rounds and a 70 in the second round.

!e lowest round for the Hogs came from Taylor Moore. !e freshman "n-ished the tournament with a "nal round of 69 to "nish 25th overall.

!e individual winner of the Invitational was Daniel Berger from Florida State with a score of 203.

His "nal round of 65 jumped him from two strokes behind Scott Wolfes from Georgia Southern to a three-stroke victory.

Other top "nishers for the Razorbacks were Joe Dora-mus and !omas Sorensen, who both "nished in the top 50 with scores of 218 and 219, respectively.

Austin Cook rounded out the scoring for Arkan-sas, shooting 221 with a "nal round of 73.

!e Razorbacks will not have a meet until Feb. 24, when they travel to Ponte Ver-da Beach, Fla.

Arkansas will participate in the three-day John Hayt Invitational, where the Hogs scored a surprise victory over teams like LSU, Florida and Auburn in 2011.

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was also a major player, posting her "#h double-double this season with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Alabama had momen-tum and control on their home court for much of the "rst half, a#er which !e Tide led 31-28.

!e Hogs fought back in the second half and were leading 58-55 with three seconds le# in regu-lation. Alabama’s Shafon-taye Myers hit a fall away three-point basket as time expired to send the game to overtime.

!e "rst overtime pe-riod ended almost identi-cally to regulation. Arkan-sas was up 68-65 with 18 seconds remaining, then Myers once again hit a three to force the second overtime with the score tied 68-68.

Alabama carried that excitement and momen-tum into the second over-

time, where they built up a seven point lead. !e Ra-zorbacks responded with a three by Williams and a few defensive stops.

Bowen was fouled and made both her free throws to bring the Hogs within two as 39 seconds re-mained on the clock in the second overtime. A quick foul by the Razorbacks gave the Tide a three-point lead and the Hogs had the ball with 14 seconds to score. Wilson drained a three to tie the game at 76 and force the third and "-nal overtime period.

!e momentum was clearly in favor of the Ra-zorbacks as they ran o$ a 10-2 run to start the third overtime. !e Tide never recovered and the game ended with a score of 91-80 in favor of the Hogs.

Next up for Arkansas is a matchup against Mis-souri Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bud Walton Arena.

“He’s got to be smart enough to know when and when not (to foul) especial-ly with the kind of fouls he’s getting,” Anderson said.

BJ Young also needs to show more consistency, a#er going scoreless in the second half against Vanderbilt. He has good competition at Auburn with Frankie Sullivan and Chris Denson, two upper-classmen guards leading the Tigers’ scoring threat.

Auburn’s second lead-ing scorer Denson missed the "rst matchup against the Hogs this season with a stress fracture, but has proved he’s a threat with a 15 point performance against Kentucky Feb. 9.

“He gets to the free throw line, and he’s very

aggressive,” Anderson said. “He gives them more depth.”

!e only road win for the Razorbacks last sea-son was at Auburn Feb. 25, 2012, as Arkansas ventured into Auburn Arena and came away with a 77-71 victory. Anderson made it clear that the two teams facing o$ this year aren’t the same as in the past, but hopes that last year’s win gives the guys a con"dence advantage.

“Maybe those guys can reach back on those memo-ries,” Anderson said.

According to Anderson, consistency on both ends of the court can put the Hogs over the hump and get their "rst road victory at Auburn.

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