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While consumers anxiously hang on to their income and await a definitive economic shift resulting from President Barack Obama’s stimulus packages, fewer Americans are putting out money for a new car. Simultaneously, the indus- trial American giants GM and Chrysler are fighting to keep their heads above water. Though many car dealer- ships are offering lower prices and better deals than seen in recent memory, car sales are still struggling to attract buy- ers. GM reported a net loss of $30.9 billion dollars in 2008, according to its Web site. But what would happen to car sales, and the declining industry, if there were a car that could retail, brand new, at about $2,000? And what if it were also more fuel-efficient than most cars available in the United States? One Indian-based com- pany seems to have the answer. By 2010, Tata Motors will introduce the Tata Nano into the American market, with a starting price of $2,200, according to the Car and Driver Web site. “I would by (the Nano) because my scooter cost over $3,000,” said Samantha Wempe, a senior mathematics major. Other similarly tiny cars are already available. Well known as a European car, the Smart Fortwo, or Smartcar, is becom- ing increasingly popular in the United States because of the high gas mileage. The Toyota Scion iQ, the Honda Insight and the Mitsubishi I MiEV are also a part of the microcar division. The Nano is a two-cylin- der car that seats five peo- ple, and once available to the United States in 2010, it can be bought directly from the maker, according to their Web site, Tatamotors.com. With a top speed of about 65 mph, the car can reach up to 55 mpg. An updated version with an air-compressed engine is expected to be released soon, according to Motorauthority. com. This technology, licensed by MDI Enterprises, suggests that the entire car could be fueled by cold, compressed air, according to the Web site. “They look dumb, but if you’re all for the environment, they’re great,” said Charlie Baker, a senior English major. Though the company’s name might not be easily rec- ognizable, it is the same com- pany that operates Jaguar, Land Rover and works with Fiat, an Italian company that also pro- duces a fuel-efficient microcar, according to Tatamotors.com. In 2007 to 2008 alone, Tata earned $8.8 billion in revenue, and is the second-largest bus producer in the world, accord- ing to the Web site. Though the Nano is the cheapest new vehicle available in the world, one main concern among car experts, as well as students, is the safety of these “micro,” or “mini,” cars. Crash test results for three major companies were released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety April 14. The tests were based on front-to-front crashes at 40 mph, according to the IIHS Web site. The test ratings were determined by how well the minicar held up to a collision with a sedan from the same company. “(Minicars) are only dan- gerous because everybody else is driving big car,” Wempe said. The Honda Fit was paired up with an Accord, and the likelihood of injury, particu- larly head and leg injury, was “less than good,” according to the press release. Out of the three companies tested, the Honda Fit was ruled to be the safest minicar. The Smart Fortwo was crashed with the Mercedes C University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. VOL. 103, NO. 81 | Single Issue Free WWW.THETRAVELERONLINE.COM About you. For you. For 103 years. Page 1 | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009 6 HIGH 77 LOW 57 WEATHER Partly cloudly and warm all day. Lifestyles Nightbird Books opens new location page 9 Sports Leavitt, Lyons lead Diamond Hogs page 6 Earth Day events planned all week Students start peddling To kick off the National Bike Month of May, Fayetteville is spon- soring a “Bike to Work Week” from May 11 to May 15 this year. Fayetteville has built many conve- nient trails available for public use this spring, as well as free use of bicycles for UA students. In preparation for hitting the trails this spring, students can con- sider bike availability, parking per- mits and trail options during the spring and summer seasons. UA Transit and Parking is in the process of changing their bicy- cle policy, according to the admin- istrators of UA Students Against Bicycle Parking Fees on Campus. In the future, bicycles must be registered and display a UA bicycle permit. Because of student opposi- tion, the permit will not cost $15; instead, the permits will be free. Once the policy is established, reg- istration will be made easy, espe- cially in obtaining permits, said Gary Smith, UA director of Transit and Parking. The new bicycle per- mits will be distributed either out- side the Union Station or Arkansas Union, Smith said. The use of highways, the head- ache of street lights and cross- walks might discourage an interest in bicycling, but the Fayetteville Alternative Transportation & Trail Plan is developing an intri- cate set of trail systems that are more pedestrian and bicycle-rider friendly. This is the 6th of 15 years in the FATT plan. The plan was developed to establish alternative modes of transportation and active recreation as an integral part of daily life in the City of Fayetteville, according to the FATT executive summary. The goal of the Trail Construction Program is to con- struct about five miles of new trail each year, which in FATT’s terms translates to a trail within a half- mile of every home. The City of Fayetteville now offers 10 miles of paved trails and will ultimately include 129 miles of trails and 163 miles of on-street linkages, according to the Trail Construction Program. The Frisco and Scull Creek trails are the base for this trail network. The two trails run north and south through Fayetteville and will have trails built from them extending east and west. The Frisco Trail on Center Street near to the UA campus is 0.6 of a mile. It passes the Blair Library, as well as the “Trailside Café and Tea Room,” and then For the UA community, one Earth Day just isn’t enough – UA students and staff will be partici- pating in an entire week’s worth of activities. UA student organizations began celebrating Earth Day Saturday, with events lasting until Sunday. The kickoff event was a plant sale sponsored by the UA Horticulture Club along with the Landscape Architecture Club and GroGreen, a student organization dedicated to organic gardening. About 500 people attended the sale, said John Gardner IV, hor- ticulture club member. Gardner is the greenhouse manager and former president of the horticul- ture club. Gardner said his hope is that, in the future, the horticulture club will be able to do more for the environment. For now, the plants left over from the plant sale are donated to the Bella Vista Gardeners Club to be distributed. The Agricultural Research and Extension center will offer a tour today of its biodiesel facility, where the waste vegetable oil from Chartwells food services is made into biodiesel fuel. Those attend- ing are encouraged to take the gray bus route from the station next to the Arkansas Union. Tours will be leaving at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Earth Day will be busy for the UA Sustainability Council, said Nick Brown, executive assistant for sustainability. At 8 a.m., representatives from the U.S. green buildings initia- tives will be presenting plaques at Duncan Avenue Apartments, certifying them as “Green Globes” buildings because of their ener- gy-efficient and environmentally friendly design. The apartments are the first buildings on the UA campus to receive the designation, but will certainly not be the last, Brown said. “We’re proud to build to those standards. It’s an important and useful building standard. Every Bike permits post- poned, up for debate Size or safety: minicars spark national debate VEORNICA PUCCI Staff Photographer For the May celebration of National Bike Month, recently expanded Fayetteville bike trails are being highlighted by the “Bike to Work Week” event May 11 to May 15. LARRY ASH Staff Photographer The Smart Fortwo is one of several minicars sold in the United States. Smartcars get up to 55 mpg. Jaclyn Johnson Assistant News Editor Nick DeMoss Senior Staff Writer April Robertson Staff Writer Bicycle owners can rest assured – they will not have to pay money to park their bikes on campus next year. The Transit and Parking Department recently decided against a controversial policy that would have required all bicyclists on campus to register and purchase a permit for $15. All unregistered bicycles would have been tagged and, after two weeks, impounded or immobilized. This policy was to be a pre- ventative measure against students who occasionally chain their bicy- cles to trees and damage them. In addition, two-thirds of the fees would have gone to install bike racks as well as to fund Razorbikes, a program designed to make com- munity bicycles available to stu- dents, faculty and staff. However, because of the out- pouring of negative student reac- tions, which ran the gamut from Facebook groups to personal phone calls to the TPD, the depart- ment decided not to implement the policy. “Believe it or not, Transit and Parking actually listens to stu- dents,” said Andy Gilbride, parking program adviser. For many students, the idea of attaching any fee, no matter how small, to bicycle parking was out of the question. “I’m happy this policy didn’t pass,” junior Katie O’Banion said. “We’re college students, and any additional amount of money that we’re forced to pay really adds up.” For other students, if the fee would have been applied, it might have spelled disaster for bicyclists. “I think it would have com- pletely discouraged people from riding bikes, and that’s not a good thing,” junior Ryan Ruffing said. Fayetteville bike trails offer more travel options See EARTH on Page 5 See MINICAR on Page 2 Justine Harrington Contributing Writer See TRAILS on Page 5

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  • While consumers anxiously hang on to their income and await a definitive economic shift resulting from

    President Barack Obamas stimulus packages, fewer Americans are putting out money for a new car.

    Simultaneously, the indus-trial American giants GM and Chrysler are fighting to keep

    their heads above water. Though

    many car d e a l e r-

    ships are offering lower prices and better deals than seen in recent memory, car sales are still struggling to attract buy-ers. GM reported a net loss of $30.9 billion dollars in 2008, according to its Web site.

    But what would happen to car sales, and the declining industry, if there were a car that could retail, brand new, at about $2,000? And what if it were also more fuel-efficient than most cars available in the United States?

    One Indian-based com-pany seems to have the

    answer. By 2010, Tata

    Motors will introduce the Tata Nano into the American market, with a starting price

    of $2,200, according to the Car and Driver Web

    site.I would by (the Nano)

    because my scooter cost

    over $3,000, said Samantha Wempe, a senior mathematics major.

    Other similarly tiny cars are already available. Well known as a European car, the Smart Fortwo, or Smartcar, is becom-ing increasingly popular in the United States because of the high gas mileage. The Toyota Scion iQ, the Honda Insight and the Mitsubishi I MiEV are also a part of the microcar division.

    The Nano is a two-cylin-der car that seats five peo-ple, and once available to the United States in 2010, it can be bought directly from the maker, according to their Web site, Tatamotors.com.

    With a top speed of about 65 mph, the car can reach up to 55 mpg. An updated version with an air-compressed engine is expected to be released soon, according to Motorauthority.com. This technology, licensed

    by MDI Enterprises, suggests that the entire car could be fueled by cold, compressed air, according to the Web site.

    They look dumb, but if youre all for the environment, theyre great, said Charlie Baker, a senior English major.

    Though the companys name might not be easily rec-ognizable, it is the same com-pany that operates Jaguar, Land Rover and works with Fiat, an Italian company that also pro-duces a fuel-efficient microcar, according to Tatamotors.com.

    In 2007 to 2008 alone, Tata earned $8.8 billion in revenue, and is the second-largest bus producer in the world, accord-ing to the Web site.

    Though the Nano is the cheapest new vehicle available in the world, one main concern among car experts, as well as students, is the safety of these micro, or mini, cars.

    Crash test results for

    three major companies were released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety April 14. The tests were based on front-to-front crashes at 40 mph, according to the IIHS Web site. The test ratings were determined by how well the minicar held up to a collision with a sedan from the same company.

    (Minicars) are only dan-gerous because everybody else is driving big car, Wempe said.

    The Honda Fit was paired up with an Accord, and the likelihood of injury, particu-larly head and leg injury, was less than good, according to the press release. Out of the three companies tested, the Honda Fit was ruled to be the safest minicar.

    The Smart Fortwo was crashed with the Mercedes C

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    WEATHER

    Partly cloudly and warm all day.

    LifestylesNightbird Books opensnew locationpage 9SportsLeavitt, Lyons leadDiamond Hogspage 6

    Earth Day

    events planned all week

    Students start peddling

    To kick off the National Bike Month of May, Fayetteville is spon-soring a Bike to Work Week from May 11 to May 15 this year. Fayetteville has built many conve-nient trails available for public use this spring, as well as free use of bicycles for UA students.

    In preparation for hitting the trails this spring, students can con-sider bike availability, parking per-mits and trail options during the spring and summer seasons.

    UA Transit and Parking is in the process of changing their bicy-cle policy, according to the admin-istrators of UA Students Against Bicycle Parking Fees on Campus. In the future, bicycles must be registered and display a UA bicycle permit. Because of student opposi-tion, the permit will not cost $15;

    instead, the permits will be free. Once the policy is established, reg-istration will be made easy, espe-cially in obtaining permits, said Gary Smith, UA director of Transit and Parking. The new bicycle per-mits will be distributed either out-side the Union Station or Arkansas Union, Smith said.

    The use of highways, the head-ache of street lights and cross-walks might discourage an interest in bicycling, but the Fayetteville Alternative Transportation & Trail Plan is developing an intri-cate set of trail systems that are more pedestrian and bicycle-rider friendly.

    This is the 6th of 15 years in the FATT plan. The plan was developed to establish alternative modes of transportation and active recreation as an integral part of daily life in the City of Fayetteville, according to the FATT executive

    summary. The goal of the Trail Construction Program is to con-struct about five miles of new trail each year, which in FATTs terms translates to a trail within a half-mile of every home.

    The City of Fayetteville now offers 10 miles of paved trails and will ultimately include 129 miles of trails and 163 miles of on-street linkages, according to the Trail Construction Program. The Frisco and Scull Creek trails are the base for this trail network. The two trails run north and south through Fayetteville and will have trails built from them extending east and west.

    The Frisco Trail on Center Street near to the UA campus is 0.6 of a mile. It passes the Blair Library, as well as the Trailside Caf and Tea Room, and then

    For the UA community, one Earth Day just isnt enough UA students and staff will be partici-pating in an entire weeks worth of activities.

    UA student organizations began celebrating Earth Day Saturday, with events lasting until Sunday. The kickoff event was a plant sale sponsored by the UA Horticulture Club along with the Landscape Architecture Club and GroGreen, a student organization dedicated to organic gardening. About 500 people attended the sale, said John Gardner IV, hor-ticulture club member. Gardner is the greenhouse manager and former president of the horticul-ture club.

    Gardner said his hope is that, in the future, the horticulture club will be able to do more for the environment. For now, the plants left over from the plant sale are donated to the Bella Vista Gardeners Club to be distributed.

    The Agricultural Research and Extension center will offer a tour today of its biodiesel facility, where the waste vegetable oil from Chartwells food services is made into biodiesel fuel. Those attend-ing are encouraged to take the gray bus route from the station next to the Arkansas Union. Tours will be leaving at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

    Earth Day will be busy for the UA Sustainability Council, said Nick Brown, executive assistant for sustainability.

    At 8 a.m., representatives from the U.S. green buildings initia-tives will be presenting plaques at Duncan Avenue Apartments, certifying them as Green Globes buildings because of their ener-gy-efficient and environmentally friendly design. The apartments are the first buildings on the UA campus to receive the designation, but will certainly not be the last, Brown said.

    Were proud to build to those standards. Its an important and useful building standard. Every

    Bike permits post-poned, up for debate

    Size or safety: minicars spark national debate

    VEORNICA PUCCI Staff Photographer

    For the May celebration of National Bike Month, recently expanded Fayetteville bike trails are being highlighted by the Bike to Work Week event May 11 to May 15.

    LARRY ASH Staff Photographer

    The Smart Fortwo is one of several minicars sold in the United States. Smartcars get up to 55 mpg.

    Jaclyn JohnsonAssistant News Editor

    Nick DeMossSenior Staff Writer

    April RobertsonStaff Writer

    Bicycle owners can rest assured they will not have to pay money to park their bikes on campus next year.

    The Transit and Parking Department recently decided against a controversial policy that would have required all bicyclists on campus to register and purchase a permit for $15. All unregistered bicycles would have been tagged and, after two weeks, impounded or immobilized.

    This policy was to be a pre-ventative measure against students who occasionally chain their bicy-cles to trees and damage them. In addition, two-thirds of the fees would have gone to install bike racks as well as to fund Razorbikes, a program designed to make com-munity bicycles available to stu-dents, faculty and staff.

    However, because of the out-

    pouring of negative student reac-tions, which ran the gamut from Facebook groups to personal phone calls to the TPD, the depart-ment decided not to implement the policy.

    Believe it or not, Transit and Parking actually listens to stu-dents, said Andy Gilbride, parking program adviser.

    For many students, the idea of attaching any fee, no matter how small, to bicycle parking was out of the question.

    Im happy this policy didnt pass, junior Katie OBanion said. Were college students, and any additional amount of money that were forced to pay really adds up.

    For other students, if the fee would have been applied, it might have spelled disaster for bicyclists.

    I think it would have com-pletely discouraged people from riding bikes, and thats not a good thing, junior Ryan Ruffing said.

    Fayetteville bike trails offer more travel options

    See EARTH on Page 5

    See MINICAR on Page 2

    Justine HarringtonContributing Writer

    See TRAILS on Page 5

  • class and at the time of impact flew into the air and swung around 450 degrees. It was the smallest car tested, but the IIHS still gave it a poor rating.

    Lastly are the Toyota mini-car Yaris and the sedan-sized

    Camry. The door of the Yaris was mostly torn away and extensive injury was seen on the neck and legs of the test dummy.

    They might be cute, but it seems like drivers could come up with something with better safety and storage space, said Lauren Airola, a junior horti-culture major.

    In the number of deaths

    resulting from multiple-vehicle collisions, the death rate was almost twice as high for mini-cars, according to the IIHS.

    Anything with four cyl-inders is better than a hybrid or a Smartcar, said Rocky Thompson, the service man-ager at the Fayetteville Subaru. Smartcars wont be a big advantage if drivers run into an SUV, he said.

    The Tata Nano is first and foremost a car for India, according to the Car and Driver Web site. The densely populated country needed a travel solu-tion that was easily affordable and could fit the whole family into one vehicle, rather than several scooters, according to the Car and Driver review by Ray Hutton.

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    Anthropology colloquium hosted April 22

    A colloquium Back to Carden Bottom will be hosted 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in Room 322 of Old Main as part of the Arkansas Archeological Survey/Society Training Program.

    Womens giving circle to present 2009 grant recipients

    The UA womens giving circle will host a reception and check presentation event 5 p.m. Friday, April 24, to announce this years grant recipients. The event will be at the University House on campus. Last year, six programs received grants totaling $60,000. The initia-tives included a literacy program for the Marshallese community, a student Safe Ride program to provide pro-tected transportation to and from campus, an Arkansas history curriculum initiative, a green roof experiment, a math remediation program for female students and a study of Arkansans who serve in the military.

    Biological sciences seminar hosted April 23

    Joon Jin Song, part of the department of mathemati-cal sciences, will present a seminar titled Statistical Analysis of Microarray Data 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Room 604 of the Science Engineering Building. Cof-fee and cookies will be available at 3:30 p.m. in Room 502.

    Entomology lecture hosted April 24

    James Hagler from ARS-USDA, Arizona, will present Protein Marking: A Tool for Dispersal and Biological Control Research 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 24, in Room 332 of the Agriculture Building. All interested parties are invited.

    Department of Music to feature student recitals

    The Fulbright College Department of Music will feature students selected for this years Honors Recital in concert 6 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. They will be performing a variety of pieces they selected to audition for a chance to per-form in this recital.

    This years Honors Recital students are Greg Battista, Jennifer Dolkos, Lynn Francis, Olga Greenhut, Emily Nelson, Maja Sevo and Chelsea Williams.

    For more information, please call the department of music at 479-575-4701.

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    Speakers voice need for future

    alternative energySustainability has been a

    prominent point of discussion on the UA campus for the past couple of years. While the UA has taken action on many sub-jects to make the campus more eco-friendly, some still might wonder about what sustainabil-ity means.

    Two leading researchers recently visited the UAs campus to discuss sustainability, specifi -cally alternative fuel and energy options.

    T. Boone Pickens, the geol-ogist turned billionaire from building the largest indepen-dent oil company in the United States, was a recent lecturer for the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

    He spoke on his Pickens Plan, the initiative to harness domestic energy alternatives. The plan will generate new jobs for the economy by building a 21st century backbone electri-cal grid that runs on electricity from wind and solar capacity. The plan will ultimately use Americas natural gas to replace imported oil as a transpiration fuel, according to the Pickens Plan Web site.

    Carl Koval, faculty direc-tor of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was a recent speaker at the UA for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Fulbright College of Arts

    and Science to address the ener-gy and climate challenge.

    Koval spoke on what he called the crisis, the track of the world doubling its consumption by 2050. During the same time, energy effi ciency is supposed to double, as well, and Koval and the energy initiative are aimed at increasing the production of energy from renewable resourc-es like wind energy, solar energy and biofuels, according to the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory Web site.

    Some students and alumni disagree with the sustainability practices that Pickens and Koval want.

    The problem is that Americans use too much power, said Stephen Baccus, a mechanical engineer and phys-ics alumni. Americans have no sense of personal respon-sibility. As long as people are under the impression that we will ever fi nd a perfect energy source, America is going to be in trouble.

    Brian Chandler, a recent alumnus of the University of Texas at Dallas, believes that people need to be more energy-conscious.

    Its kind of a big infrastruc-ture change, he said. Unless they fi nd a way to retrofi t either cars or gas stations, its either going to take a lot of time or money.

    Baccus agreed.People want houses too

    cold, too warm, lights and fans in every room, and people drive too much, Baccus said. The

    way we live is incredibly inef-fi cient. If we are going to ever rely solely on sustainable ener-gy, people will need to use less power.

    Koval and Pickens strive for sustainable energy from sources like wind energy, but according to Baccus and Chandler, wind turbines take more energy to create than they will ever pro-duce in its lifetime.

    And, Chandler said, they kill birds like you wouldnt believe.

    Some UA students have con-fi dence in sustainability.

    I think we should be looking into it more, said Jarred Sneed, junior international business major. If we keep using oil, it will harm the planet. We need a more sustainable way to act.

    Richard Potts, a non-degree seeking student, pointed out Brazils successful conversion to ethanol for renewable energy.

    However, in the long run, Potts doesnt think that alterna-tive fuels will be successful.

    The emphasis should be on oil, shale and coal, Potts said. We should turn natural occur-ring deposits into something that can be used for vehicles. Alternative fuels might be useful for stationary powerhouses.

    Justin Millsap, a junior crim-inal justice major, doesnt think there is enough technology to convert to a sustainable energy in his lifetime.

    The next generation, though our kids may have the technology to do it, he said.

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  • The Arkansas Razorback is a sight for any fans eyes. Its a sign of our states premier institute of higher education, but more so, its a reminder of the fierce zeal Arkansas athletes embody.

    The Razorback can be seen in many forms, from the lovable Pork Chop mascot adorning the sidelines and walking through the stands at sporting events to the live Russian boar himself, Tusk II. Any Razorback mascot brings a smile to UA fans and reminds us of the pride we have in the UA. But while Pork Chop can sit on your lap, sign your memorabilia and remain calm (most of the time she doesnt bite!), Tusk II is the true embodiment of Arkansas pride, as he is our one and only live Razor-back mascot.

    Tusk II can often be seen parked outside the stadium before football games or traveling down Dickson Street before pep rallies. The Razorback you see is one of just a few legacy mascots in the Southeastern Conference meaning we dont simply use any wild hog trapped in a traveling trailer, but a true descendent from the mascot that reigned before. While Florida might be content finding any gator from the swamplands, the UA chooses to keep the bloodlines going. This is a unique tradition and one that speaks volumes about our schools pride in our mascot.

    Im sure you have all heard the story of how we became the Razorbacks. After the 1909 Arkansas Cardinals beat the Louisiana State University Tigers, Coach Hugo Bezdek proclaimed the team performed like a wild band of Razorback hogs. Lucky for us, the name stuck Hog hats make much better souvenirs than a stuffed bird, and Arkansas

    still remains the only Razorbacks in college athletics.

    As for our live mascot tradition, it began in the 1960s and has taken the form of sev-eral different Razorback families. Tusk II is, of course, a second-generation live mascot for Arkansas and, we hope, the second in a long line of Tusks to come.

    Tusk I took the reins in 1997, and baby boy Tusk II took over in 2004. The Tusk tradition is one that should surely survive and become an invaluable part of Razor-back athletics. Arkansas is one of only three schools in the SEC to have the legacy mascot program, along with Mike the Tiger at LSU and UGA at Georgia. It is important that the legacy program, still young at only 12 years old, continues as an integral tradi-tion at the UA.

    Unlike student mascots in the form of Pork Chop or Sue E., a live mascot like Tusk II takes some rather hefty main-tenance. From transport expenses from his home near Russellville to veterinary upkeep, our live legacy mascot comes with a price tag, and that is why you often only see him at football games. Ideally, through

    the newly established Tusk Fund, Arkansas fans will soon see Tusk become a valued part of all athletic events. The Tusk Fund was implemented last year, and under the leadership of Toni Bahn, athletic depart-ment special events director, it may well be the campaign needed to keep our mascot tradition alive.

    Our living mascot adds an overwhelm-ing degree of life, tradition and support to Arkansas athletics and school spirit. OK, donating to the Tusk Fund wont get your name on a building. However, any thoughtful fan who donates even a few bucks plays a large role in assuring Tusk is always where he belongs. Additionally, each donor simultaneously buys stake in the Tusk tradition.

    The Associated Student Government is leading the way in the fundraiser with a $750 pledge made just last weekend at the Red-White Game. President Carter Ford proclaimed that Tusk II represents the lifeblood of the student body.

    Lifeblood may be a stretch, even for a president who is known for having adora-tion for UA mascots, but students young and old need to have a mascot tradition they can all be part of, and one that will be around for many generations to come.

    The Tusk Fund is available to keep a tradition alive, and this fund is one all Arkansas fans can be a part of and take pride in every time they see Tusk ride down Dickson Street or Razorback Road with the spirit of Arkansas by his side.

    Cody Kees is a columnist for The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every other Wednesday.

    By 2010, the Tata Nano will reach U.S. markets and instantly become the cheapest new car available at about $2,200.

    Other cars already on the American market, like the Smart Fortwo, get up to 45 mpg. This appears to be a good solution for car buyers wanting to take advantage of low prices while trying to find a car that gets decent gas mile-age.

    Many students also agree that they are a great alterna-tive to large SUVs and can help reduce harmful greenhouse gases.

    This higher gas mileage is certainly a benefit to these minicars, but it just cant outweigh the risks of being air-borne during a crash with a mid-sized sedan.

    In an ideal world, we could throw out SUVs and replace them with tiny, fuel-efficient cars or better yet, cars that are run on an air-compressed engine.

    Unfortunately, this technology is only in the making and may or may not be released on to the market in the next few years.

    As for the small, fuel-efficient cars, the American high-way and love of the SUV does not mesh well with the idea of tiny cars.

    Europeans are accustomed to gas prices that are routinely about double what consumers pay in the United States, so small cars have long been much more common.

    Minicars are a superb option for those brave enough to try them, or to try to confine them to in-the-city driving. But for the most part, a car that cant survive a 40 mph crash with a sedan just doesnt seem like a good idea on the American roadway.

    What does need to be pushed, however, is a higher mpg requirement for all new vehicles made by American compa-nies and further research into alternative fuels.

    Trying to save the environment, even one small car at a time, is more than commendable. But when the car is still dependent on oil and cant meet proper safety inspections, other options need to be considered.

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    Immediately, I must declare that this is a nonpartisan critique because I see intense corruption in both parties.

    However, America just witnessed politically important nationwide Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Parties centrally organized by partisan Republican lobbyists and the FOX News corporation. Most importantly, this movement exposed nu-merous intellectual inconsistencies within Republican politics.

    The spearhead for Tea Parties was for-mer Republican Congressman Dick Armey and FreedomWorks, his corporate lobbying firm. Interestingly, the Tea Parties were a plastic grassroots or AstroTurf move-ment that was falsely advertised as truly grassroots. Typical grassroots movements originate with average citizens and are funded by average citizens from the bot-tom up, but in the case of FreedomWorks, the movement was organized by corpo-rate lobbyists and funded by millionaires with a top-down approach.

    In addition to the efforts of Freedom-Works, Tea Parties were incalculably aided by millions of dollars worth of free promo-tional propaganda and coverage through FOX News.

    This Tea Party rallying cry exposes the blatant, mind-numbing intellectual incon-sistency inherent within Reagan-forward Republican politics.

    Since Ronald Reagan declared govern-ment is the problem, Republicans have preached about deficit hawkishness, small

    government, corporate deregulation and anti-taxism. But it is factually incoherent to simultaneously oppose taxes for the wealthy and debt while vastly increasing military spending.

    Trickledown economics and deregula-tion have proved an abysmal failure. Mas-sive tax cuts led to massive deficits and catastrophic economic inequality. Massive military spending also led to massive debt and vastly bigger government.

    Moreover, banking deregulation proved to be a central cause of our economic collapse, which, according to Bloomberg News, is currently costing nearly $13 tril-lion when secret Federal Reserve bailouts are included.

    Critically, Tea Party participants were instructed by corporate sponsors to protest against taxes, but the economic elite cun-ningly and intentionally failed to define which taxes the masses were supposed to oppose. Should we loath sales tax, property tax, excise tax, tariffs, capital gains tax, corporate tax, income tax or inheritance tax? Or should we oppose all taxes and abolish government?

    Obviously, the elite organizers are prin-cipally concerned with taxes that affect their superrich bedfellows, so naturally the issue is corporate tax and income tax. This is directly logical considering Obama already cut taxes for the middle class but is contemplating repealing Bushs elite tax cuts and closing corporate tax loopholes.

    Another inconsistency relates to the original Boston Tea Party itself, which was antithetical to our current Tea Parties because the original was a protest against

    corporate tax cuts for the worlds largest multinational corporation, the monopo-listic British East India Company. Our Re-publican Tea Party was the inverse because it was a protest organized by corporate interests to protect elite tax cuts, which have harmed the poorer supermajority.

    Despite dark realities of Tea Parties, there is light within. The original source of the Tea Party idea was libertarian-minded Republican Ron Paul, but this idea was co-opted by the greater GOP. However, accidental beauty occurred because after FOX and FreedomWorks co-opted and promoted the protests, their events were counter-co-opted by thinking libertarians and progressives.

    FreedomWorks instructed organizers on message management, but libertarians and progressives undermined this confor-mity. At many events, individuals brought messages criticizing the Federal Reserve and other non-elite messages.

    My favorite message distortion is provided in an online Tea Party video of Republican Congressman Gresham Barrett, a supporter of the Wall Street bailouts, be-ing booed off stage.

    The far right also distorted the message by promoting Texas secession and anti-Obamaism, which entertainers like Rush Limbaugh and FOX News have stimulated because Obama may be unpatriotic, for-eign, socialist, fascist, etc.

    Overall, the Tea Parties proved price-lessly educational in exposing the mental-ity of the shrinking Republican base and the political inconsistencies that helped destroy America.

    The Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student classification and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for verification. Letters should be sent to [email protected]. Letters appear in the order they were submitted as space permits. The editor reserves the right to edit or refuse letters on the basis of length, accuracy, fairness, liability and sensibility.

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    The city of Fayetteville has spent extensive time and money to build walking, jogging and bike trails around the city. These trails connect many of Fayettevilles main at-tractions, specifically the UA campus, with other frequently visited sites, such as the Northwest Arkansas Mall, Dickson Street and many creeks and parks around the area.

    But beyond creating a nice experience for recreational walkers and cyclists, these trails also provide students and residents with the option of using a safe, well-constructed and eco-friendly alternative to driving around town.

    Although Fayetteville officials plan to build a total of 129 miles of trail and 163 miles of on-street linkages, the city trail committee already has built numerous trails that are largely going unnoticed by many students who might think the city lacks mass public transportation or any safe method of enjoying Fayettevilles natural beauty while run-ning errands across town.

    The trails are also reasonably well-lit compared to other areas of Fayetteville where some of the UAs population might feel uncomfortable, and they also offer students who travel at odd hours of the night a walkway next to danger-ous railroad tracks.

    The Fayetteville trails should be used to their fullest ex-tent, especially by UA students theyre a great way to burn some calories while biking from campus to get a combina-tion platter from Taco Bueno.

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    building from now on will be certifi ed to the highest standards, he said. The next building to be affected will be the Garland Avenue parking deck, which is under construction.

    At 1 p.m., the winners of the Recyclemania student recycling competition will be announced in Room 508 of the Union.

    For Brown, one of the most anticipated Earth Day events is the fi nal decision on the Students F1rst Sustainability competition. Student teams submitted ideas this semester representing their ideas for projects to reduce the UAs carbon footprint. In all, 38 teams entered, but less than half were fully qualifi ed for consideration. The fi eld has been narrowed to three teams, and each will make a fi nal 15-minute presentation to the contests judges beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Union.

    The UA Honors College provid-ed $30,000 in prize money for the winning teams, and the fi rst place

    team will receive half of that. The rest will be divided between the remaining two teams.

    Although not all of the projects could be winners, the Sustainability Council was still able to glean some ideas from other entries, Brown said.

    We got some great ideas that were not winning proposals, he said. Those will keep us busy for a long time.

    From 4 to 6 p.m., the Sustainability Council will be host-ing a cleanup of Mullins Creek, the creek that runs through The Gardens, next to Lot 56 on the UA campus. Brown said he anticipat-ed involvement from Fayetteville High School, community activists and the Landscape Architecture Club, but more volunteers were needed.

    For Thursday, the UA Sustainability Council plans to roll out its greenhouse gas inven-tory of Fayetteville High School, assessing the campus carbon footprint.

    Representatives from the entomology department in the College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences will have a display

    of insects and other arthropods and be available to answer ques-tions about the roles of insects in the environment at the Ozark Botanical Gardens all day Wednesday and Saturday.

    Also on Saturday, the UA Intramural/Recreational Sports Department, Fayetteville Parks & Recreation and Lewis & Clark Outfi tters will be hosting the fi rst Lake Fayetteville Outdoor Festival. The event will include kayaking, group bike rides, fi shing dem-onstrations, disc golf demonstra-tions, yoga and Pilates classes and live music, among other activities. The festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be moved to Sunday if it rains Saturday.

    For some UA students, Earth Day is about spending time appre-ciating nature.

    Sophomore Frances Wilson said she plans to see the movie Earth, a Disney fi lm about the planets natural wonders. Disney has committed to plant a tree in honor of anyone who purchases a ticket during the opening week. Wilson also said she plans to roll-erblade to the movie theater on Earth Day.

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    opens onto Dickson Street. Nearby, Scull Creek Trail

    begins on Gregg Street and passes through various Lindsey & Associates properties and the Washington Regional Medical Center in its four miles. The con-crete trail is 12-feet wide and has benches along the way. It also has many tall lamps to maximize safe riding hours.

    While trails make it easier for some students to bike around Fayetteville, other aspects of safety and comfort should be kept in mind, as well, including cloth-ing choice, distance of the trip, weather, safety and bicycle acces-sories. Loose-fi tting, light-colored clothing maximizes the cyclists

    comfort. U-locks are optimal for parking and storing a bike while at school or work. A basket, rear-rack or pannier (a bag that fi ts onto a rear rack) is useful when riding to destinations that require luggage.

    Even if students do not have their bike in town, bikes are available at no charge through Razorbikes, a group that distrib-utes community bikes to UA stu-dents, alumni, faculty and staff, according to the UA Transit and Parking Department Web site. After registering with Razorbikes in the Parking Offi ce, the bicycles are available for a full day at no fee and can be taken off cam-pus. Basic Razorbike guidelines include wearing a helmet, follow-ing state and local bicycle laws and not sharing the combination with another person while using the bicycle. The fi rst Razorbikes were supplied by the Regions bank

    and other businesses, but the pro-gram accepts donated bikes from students, alumni, faculty and staff.

    The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has outlined laws for bicyclists. Cyclists should ride on the right side of the road (never the left side or the sidewalk), obey all traffi c signals and control devices, yield to crossing traffi c, when chang-ing lanes yield to traffi c in the new lane, at intersections face the direction of their destination and also position themselves accord-ing to the speed relative to other traffi c.

    The Bike Commuter Challenge Kick-off & Mayoral Proclamation, a biking competition that rewards the business with the highest per-centage of bicycle commuters, will commence the Bike to Work Week at 10 a.m. May 9 in the Town Center Plaza.

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    The UA Residents Interhall Congress is sponsoring the Feed the Sexy auction event Wednesday night to help a local nonprofi t organization.

    Feed the Sexy is a date auc-tion that will start at 6 p.m. in Pomfret Honors Quarters Great Room. The RIC will auction off 16 students, eight boys and eight girls, through a points system made up of various donations.

    Students will be able to win a dinner date with dona-tion points, according to the Feed the Sexy fl ier. Bidders can donate clothing items for 10 points, canned food for any-where from two to six points, and money, with $1 earning a student fi ve points.

    They will then use their donation points to bid for stu-dents being auctioned off as dinner dates. The auction will last until 8 p.m. with all of the donations going to LifeSource International.

    We are proud to accept the

    donation from the Resident s Interhall Congress, said Cecilia Smith, a representative of LifeSource International in Fayetteville. She said the dona-tion would go to helping fami-lies in fi nancial distress.

    LifeSource International is going on its eighth year in south Fayetteville and provides health services as well as after-school care and summer camps for kids, and free family and indi-vidual counseling. Smith also stressed they would be glad to accept volunteers from the uni-versity.

    After the auction ends at 8 p.m., the event moves to Grubs Bar and Grille, located at 220 N. West Ave., where the bidders who won at the auction and their dates will get their dinner for free. The event will last at Grubs Bar and Grille until 11 p.m.

    Feed the Sexy is a wonder-fully multifaceted event, RIC President Steve Clement said. It offers a fun night for the bid-ders, the people being auctioned off and LifeSource International, our benefi ciary. This is our fi nal

    program of the year, and we plan on going out with a bang.

    My biggest fear is that Ill be the one guy that nobody bids on, said Johnny Biggs, RIC member. He said that he liked the event because students step out of their comfort zone and have a great time.

    Im sure it will be fun, though, and its an honor to sacrifi ce a little for such a great cause, Biggs said. Even though he said that no one was par-ticularly comfortable with put-ting themselves up for action, it takes guts and it takes courage.

    This is the second year for the RIC to sponsor the Feed the Sexy event. Interviews for participants in the Feed the Sexy event were April 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Arkansas Union. Last year, the event was hosted at the UARK Bowl on Dickson Street.

    Over the past academic year, the RIC has hosted events including Casino Night, cook-outs on the Humphreys lawn and Razorback Idol, whose win-ner will perform this Friday at Friday Night Live.

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  • Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn hasnt had trou-ble penciling in who will bat first and second on the lineup card this year.

    More often than not, seniors Chase Leavitt and Scott Lyons are atop the batting order for Arkansas.

    And for good reason.The duo has helped spark the

    Razorback offense by combining for a .318 average with 38 runs, four home runs, 50 RBIs and 38 walks in 255 plate appearances.

    Lyons, who prides himself on the ability to bunt and play small ball, can move a runner over. But this season he has used his bat to drive runners home.

    For the No. 2 hit-ter, Lyons has a lot of RBIs, Van Horn said. He is right up there with our three and four hole hitters.

    Lyons who is one RBI shy of the team leader has proved he can do more than just score runs for Arkan-

    sas.A lot of the times the

    two hole is moving run-ners around by sacri-ficing, Van H o r n

    said. They usually doesnt drive in many runs. But when Lyons has had

    opportunities to drive people in, he has usually come through.

    Leavitt said having Lyons bat behind him in the lineup has helped him throughout the sea-

    son.He is having a great year, Leavitt said. Scott is swinging it well. It is great to have a great

    hitter behind me to move me over or score me if he hits one in the gap.

    Wanting to improve on his 0-for-20 start to the season last

    year, Lyons rededicated himself in the weight room during the sum-mer to become a better player.

    He got stronger and it is really paying off, Van Horn said. He stayed all summer and really, really worked on his body.

    After finishing the weekend against Georgia 0-for-13, Lyons will look to regain confidence on the road against Tennessee this weekend.

    He has been a little frus-trated, Leavitt said. But

    it is good to see him have a positive atti-tude and stay in there.

    He is having a great season.Arkansas avoided the sweep

    against Georgia on Sunday when Leavitt, who ranks third in the con-ference with a .493 on base percent-age, drove in both runs during a 2-0 win.

    But despite being atop the lineup, Lyons and Leavitt have shown the ability hit a few home runs.

    In a 10-9 win over Louisiana-Monroe last week, Leavitt and Lyons both left the yard.

    Stepping to the plate in the 10th inning with a runner on base, Ly-ons said he wanted to just keep the inning alive and move the runner over.

    Lyons did more than that, hitting his third home run of the season to win the game.

    I was definitely not thinking home run, Lyons said. Im not a home run hitter by any means. I try to get the next guy to the plate and try to get on base anyway I can.

    Van Horn said the home run was one of the harder hit balls he has seen Lyons ever hit.

    He smoked one to dead center, Van Horn said. I felt like he would hit a few home runs this year, but I didnt think he would hit any to dead

    center.But Lyons said the previous at

    bat by Leavitt, who worked the count and took pitches, helped scout the relief pitcher.

    Thats how Leavitt is every at bat, Lyons said. He puts in tough at bats. It seems like he draws seven pitches every time. It allows me on deck to see what the pitcher is throw-ing, the location and just what he is throwing for strikes.

    Leavitt, who leads the team with 11 doubles, showed a power bat of his own in the win, hitting his first home run of the season.

    I was wondering when it would come, Leavitt said. I didnt want to think about it too much because you can get in trouble. But its good to get it out of the way. Hopefully I can continue to hit the ball hard and maybe some more can come.

    Now with four career home runs at Arkansas, Leavitt joked sophomore Andy Wilkins wouldnt have to worry about being passed with his team-high 11 home runs.

    Wilkins has a few up on me, Leavitt said smiling. I dont have room to talk there.

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    Pelphrey adds Nobles to recruiting class

    With three recruits already signed for next season, Arkansas coach John Pelphrey has add-ed a fourth member to his class.

    High school guard Julysses Nobles of Jack-son, Miss., has signed with the Hogs, it was an-nounced Monday.

    A 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Callaway High School, Nobles averaged 20.9 points, 6.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds as a senior on a team that finished 33-6 and won the Class 4A state cham-pionship. He was named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledgers Dandy Dozen list and was a finalist for the states Mr. Basketball Award.

    We are very excited to have Julysses Nobles as a Razorback and in our program, Pelphrey said in a statement. He played against strong competition in Mississippi and won a state championship. Hes a really good player and a

    tough kid. Hes committed to playing both of-fense and defense, and hes committed to being a student-athlete.

    Ranked as the No. 47 point guard prospect by ESPN, Nobles signed with the Razorbacks after also receiving offers from Florida State, Baylor, Wichita State, Alabama-Birmingham, Tulane and Georgia State.

    Nobles joins a class which already includes early signees Anthony Borden, Jemal Farmer and Marshawn Powell.

    Borden, a 7-foot center from West Memphis, averaged 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 7.0 blocked shots for West Memphis High School and earned Class 6A all-state honors as a se-nior. He is ranked as the No. 18 center in the nation by ESPN.

    A 6-foot-5 junior guard from Cloud Com-munity College in Concordia, Kan., Farmer averaged a team-high 17.1 points to go along with 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals this season, earning him second-team All Jay-

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    ARKANSAS COMMITMENTS

    Anthony Borden, center7-0 | 230 lbs. | West Memphis High School2009 Averages: 13.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 7.0 blkRanked as the No. 18 center by ESPN

    Jemal Farmer, guard6-5 | 213 lbs. | Cloud (Concordia, Kan.) CC

    2009 Averages: 17.1 ppg, 4.2 rpgNamed to the second-team All-Jayhawk Conference

    Marshawn Powell, forward6-7 | 220 lbs. | The Miller (Charlottesville, Va.) School2009 Averages: 22.0 ppg, 12.0 rpgRanked as the No. 25 power forward by ESPN

    There were plenty of positives to draw from Arkansas Red-White Game Saturday night, but you cant take too much away.

    Thats because several pieces of the puzzle still arent in place for next seasons squad. Injuries decimated the Razorbacks backfi eld in the spring. Last seasons leading rusher Michael Smith missed all contact drills with a hamstring injury left over from last season.

    True freshman Knile Davis broke his ankle in the second week of drills. Senior Brandon Barnett broke his tibia the next week.

    Broderick Green, a promising big back who transferred in from Southern Cal over the Christmas break, showed fl ashes of good things to come but his status with the team in 2009 is still up in the air as he petitions the NCAA for immediate eligibility. Another highly touted back, St. Louis Ronnie Wingo, wont make it on campus until the summer.

    At receiver the Razorbacks trio of Joe Adams, Jarius Wright and Greg Childs might be the most underrated in the SEC, but one has to wonder where Lucas Miller fi ts in after missing the spring. The Greenwood native was arguably the Hogs most produc-tive weapon at the end of last season, including a 10-reception, 201-yard re-ceiving day at Mississippi State. A torn ACL a week later against LSU shelved him for the spring.

    The secondary is where Arkansas fans will likely see the most improve-

    ment between April 18 and the Sept. 5, season-opener against Missouri State.

    Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino praised the play of safety Tramain Thomas following the spring game and cornerbacks Isaac Madison and Ramon Broadway showed improvement, ac-cording to defensive coordinator Willy Robinson.

    But those players will have to work hard in the offseason to stave off competition from highly recruited and anticipated newcomers.

    Anthony Leon, a former Florida State lettermen and cousin of the late Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, was arguably the biggest defensive pick-up on National Signing Day in February. His 6-foot-3 frame, 42-inch vertical jump and 4.4-speed are certainly attributes missing from a secondary that ranked last in pass defense in the SEC last season and gave up 574 passing yards Saturday night.

    If Leon wasnt the biggest pick-up on the defensive side of the ball, West

    Helena cornerback Darius Winston was.

    Winston was Arkansas only Scout.com 5-star commitment in the 2009 signing class that ranked among most services top 20, nationally. With a 4.3, 40-yard dash and what his high school coach called, coverage skills you cant teach, much will be expected from the blue-chipper from the minute he steps on campus this summer.

    So with all the question marks, what can be taken from Saturdays game?

    At quarterback, Ryan Mallett likely secured the starting job heading into the summer, though Tyler Wilson did everything he could to make the decision a diffi cult one by tossing 13 touchdown passes in Arkansas fi nal three scrimmages of the spring, includ-ing the Red-White game.

    Malletts short passing game improved over the spring, but is by no means where the coaching staff hopes it will be come September. His deep

    ball is also an advantage but what might set the Michigan-transfer apart more than anything else is an extra year learning the system, having set out last season.

    The lines should also be strengths next season. The Hogs will start at least four upperclassmen on the offensive line and a talented crop of newcom-ers will help solidify a defensive front with numbers issues a year ago. Both squads did well Saturday night with the offensive line opening up holes for long touchdown runs from DeAnthony Curtis and Adrian Moore, while the defensive line held its own for plenty of 1-yard gains and runs for loss.

    In the instances of all three posi-tions, competition will make the team better. The 2009 spring will go down as one of the more competitive the pro-gram has seen, but there is certainly more on the way.

    Matt Jones is a senior staff writer for The Arkansas Traveler.

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    TWO AT THE TOPTWO AT THE TOP

    He has been a little frus-trated, Leavitt said. But

    card this year.More often than not, seniors

    Chase Leavitt and Scott Lyons are atop the batting order for Arkansas.

    And for good reason.The duo has helped spark the

    Razorback offense by combining for a .318 average with 38 runs, four home runs, 50 RBIs and 38 walks in 255 plate appearances.

    Lyons, who prides himself on the ability to bunt and play small ball, can move a runner over. But this season he has used his bat to drive runners home.

    For the No. 2 hit-ter, Lyons has a lot of RBIs, Van Horn said. He is right up there with our three and four hole hitters.

    A lot of the times the two hole is moving run-

    ners around by sacri-ficing, Van H o r n

    said. They usually doesnt drive in many runs. But when Lyons has had

    opportunities to drive people in, he has usually come through.

    Leavitt said having Lyons bat behind him in the lineup has helped him throughout the sea-

    son.He is having a great year, Leavitt said. Scott is swinging it well. It is great to have a great

    hitter behind me to move me over or score me if he hits one in the gap.

    Wanting to improve on his 0-for-20 start to the season last

    year, Lyons rededicated himself in the weight room during the sum-mer to become a better player.

    He got stronger and it is really paying off, Van Horn said. He stayed all summer and really, really worked on his body.

    After finishing the weekend against Georgia 0-for-13, Lyons will look to regain confidence on the road against Tennessee this weekend.

    Leavitt, Lyons lead Diamond HogsHarold McIlvain IISenior Staff Writer

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    from Crozet, Va., averaged 22.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as a senior at The Miller School, and he helped lead his team to the Virginia Independent Schools Division II title. He is ranked as the No. 25 power forward by ESPN.

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    Razorbacks take break from conference play

    SOFTBALL

    Chalk one up to the schedule-maker.The Razorback softball squad is set to host

    Missouri State (17-18) at Bogle Park tonight. While the game is not a lock, it is a much-needed break in conference action, Arkansas coach Jamie Pinkerton said.

    Were really happy about being able to play at home again, Pinkerton said. With the brutal stretch of the schedule that were in I think its good to get away from it for a day or so.

    The Razorbacks (25-20, 10-11 Southeastern Con-ference) take on the Bears after being outscored by a combined 23 runs while be-ing swept at No. 5 Alabama. While Missouri State doesnt pose the same threat that the Crimson Tide does, Pinkerton said the Razorbacks cant afford any missteps.

    Whats really good about our players, theyre resilient, Pinkerton said. I think theyll bounce back against Missouri State. They always play us tough. Going through the scouting reports, its a game that if we take care of business we should be alright. But if we come in flat or unprepared as a team its an opportunity for us to get knocked off.

    With our RPI at 27, its an important game for us to stay where we need to be RPI-wise and to getting into postseason. It should give us a little confidence going into Gainesville.

    The Razorbacks will start junior Miranda Dixon (16-8, 3.67 ERA) on the mound. Pinker-ton said that he would ideally be able to rest both Dixon and No. 2 starter Kim Jones, but

    Arkansas need for a win played into his deci-sion.

    Miranda, at 16-8, is our best pitcher, Pinkerton said. I dont have any wiggle room to give a three or four (pitcher) a start. If we wouldve had the start we had last season, where we were like 27-5 in non-conference, I could give Miranda or Kim the night off, but were in a position right now we cant do that.

    The 7 p.m. start time marks a rare night game for Arkansas as the squad will attempt to regain some confidence before heading to Gainesville, Fla., to face top-ranked Florida (46-3, 23-1). The Gators outscored No. 19 LSU 16-0 while sweeping the Tigers in a three game series last weekend.

    Arkansas could mathematically enter the SEC tournament as the No. 2 seed or fail to make the tournament. Pinkerton said he was confident the Razorbacks would clinch a spot with one more victory.

    The Razorbacks will enter the weekend se-ries at Florida in third place in the SEC West-ern Division and fifth place overall. Arkansas is one-and-a-half games back of LSU for second place in the West.

    Were in a position now where we can de-pend on ourselves (to get into the SEC tour-nament), Pinkerton said. I think one victory out of the last six (games) takes care of it. But, I dont want to go into a tournament going 1-9 in our last 10 conference games, but we also have a lot on our plate.

    The stars would have to line up for every-body else and wed have to have a bad (last) two weeks of the season. If we do what were supposed to do then no ones going to catch us.

    Jimmy CarterStaff Writer

    NFL DRAFT

    Former Abilene Christian star Bernard Scott believes hell be a draft-day steal

    CARROLLTON, Texas Abilene Christian running back Bernard Scott didnt know much about Randy White before Scott began training under him earlier this year. He was, after all, only 4 years old when Whites 14-year ca-reer with the Dallas Cowboys ended.

    I knew that he played for the Cowboys, but I didnt re-alize how good he was, Scott said. I didnt realize he was a Hall of Famer.

    NFL scouts know Scott. His pro career will begin next week when the NFL Draft is held in New York. Most draft sites project Scott as a late-round choice, but Scotts agent, Scott Casterline, expects Scott to go earlier. New England and Cin-cinnati, both of which are in need of a young running back, worked out Scott in Abilene. Green Bay and Chicago also have shown interest.

    Since winning the Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in NCAA Division II football last season, Scott has been training in Dallas with White, learning to apply martial arts to football. He also has been kickboxing with mixed martial arts fighter Guy The Sandman Mezger.

    At the beginning, it was (a little foreign), said Scott, who also is doing traditional con-ditioning in addition to mar-tial arts. But I always heard about football players doing that for extra conditioning. I was willing to learn something new. Anything that helps, Im willing to give it a try.

    White began applying the principles of martial arts to football soon after he was drafted by the Cowboys in 1975. White now holds camps

    for young football players, including one in Hebron on Saturday, and he works weekly with more experienced play-ers, including Cowboys defen-sive end Marcus Spears and Texas receiver Quan Cosby.

    White believes the tech-niques improve hand-eye co-

    ordinat ion, balance and speed.

    B a s i -cally what it does is it gives the people who take the time and pay the

    price to work on this, it gives them an edge over the other guy, White said. Theyve got another mousetrap to use.

    Scott is hoping the training techniques help him as much as White insists they helped White during his career.

    Scott put up some eye-popping numbers in college: 1,892 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns in one season at Blinn Junior College; 1,026 yards and 11 TDs in one sea-son at Central Arkansas; and 4,321 rushing yards and 63 TDs in two seasons at ACU. He also had 103 catches for 1,462 yards and 10 TDs in his two seasons with the Wildcats.

    Hes had an amazing ca-reer, ACU coach Chris Thom-sen said. The numbers speak for themselves. The rushing numbers are pretty stagger-ing, but then you throw in his ability to catch the ball as well as he does. I think one of the most impressive things about Bernard is he played 46 col-lege games, and he never came out because of injury. The guy is incredibly durable. Every-where hes been, obviously people have fed him the ball, because hes so gifted, but hes

    never been hurt. Thats a tes-tament to his work ethic and his elusive ability as a running back.

    If not for some off-field concerns, Scott likely would have gone to a Division I school and could have been the top-rated running back in the draft. He has been honest about his past, which included being kicked off his Vernon High School team for fighting, and was suspended at Central Arkansas before deciding to transfer to ACU.

    Teams have done their homework, Casterline said. Theyve talked to Bernard, and my observation is theyre satisfied with the answers theyve gotten from Bernard and from their researchHes past it. Hes a mature young man, and hes working hard.

    Thomsen, who has known Scott since high school and coached at Central Arkansas when Scott played there, points out that Scott was a team cap-tain and well respected by his teammates.

    Scott said hed like to change the past, but at the same time, his mistakes have made him the person he is to-day.

    You go through differ-ent stuff for a reason, Scott, 25, said. I think everything I went through made me a bet-ter person, made me a better man.

    Maybe made him a better player, too.

    I dont know if I was ready for this at 21 or 22, Scott said. Im ready nowNot to take anything away from the other backs, but I think Im the steal of this draft. I didnt get the media attention some of those other guys got, but once I get to a team, Im going to help my team.

    Charean WilliamsMcClatchy Newspapers

    Pinkerton

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    Kyle McKenzies masters of fine arts thesis exhibition, Empty Walls, is displayed at the Fine Arts Center Gallery. The theme of the exhibit is inspired by memories of his childhood home.

    Local fashion is alive and open for you to enjoy in Fayetteville for the rest of the spring semester. Events to attend are: a fashion show at the Fayetteville Athletic Club, an exhibit in the Anne Kittrell Gallery and the Live United Fashion Show.

    Sustainable Fashion: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Green fashion show will be presented by the apparel studies program and the University Womens Club 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today at the Fayetteville Athletic Club.

    The apparel studies students and UA faculty has created green garments for the runway. There are no limitations on what materials designers may use as long as they are recycled. The show will feature recreations of jean jackets by the students and a green wedding dress finale.

    Apparel studies students are also setting up the Designer Call exhibit in the Anne Kittrell Gallery in the union today. Lona Robertsons visual merchandising students are exercising their visual design talent for class by setting up all the garments, mannequins, art, space, lighting and more for the exhibit.

    The exhibit will feature clothes made by many local designers. The garments will range from casual everyday wear to wearable art. It will begin later this week and run through September when chosen gar-ments will be in a Runway Show in the Union Connections Lounge.

    Project: Live United is a runway show featuring apparel studies students designs. The Live United T-shirt design must creatively be incorporated into the garment. Once again, no creations are off limits. Fashion forward and wearable art is highly encouraged for the cause.

    Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Masons and United Way of Northwest Arkansas are working together on this event to benefit the Live United theme of giving, advocating and volunteering. The show will run from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 7 at Masons on Joyce Street.

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    Natalie Johnson is a staff columnist for The Arkansas Traveler. This is her last column of the semester.

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    The Northwest Arkansas Music Awards, the states largest music awards event, is back for its 14th year. NAMA hosts performances by local up-and-coming artists and honors seasoned mu-sicians.

    The nominees are chosen based on three criteria, said Susan Porter, the edi-tor of the Fayetteville Free Weekly. The anonymous panel, made up of mem-bers of the local music industry, looks for performance and achievement in the past year, talent and popularity, she said.

    Some nominees are divided into groups by their musical genre, such

    as Best World Music and Best Party Band, while others are considered on a more general basis, with categories like Best New Band or Band of the Year. Also honored at this years NAMA will be two Hall of Fame award recipients and a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, according to the events Web site. The winners are chosen by fans in an online poll at NAMAs Web site.

    We strive to have five nominees in each category, and the categories change every year according to whats popular, Porter said.

    Additions to this years ceremony include the Urban and Electronic/Groove categories. NAMA remains rele-vant 14 years after its beginning because of this sensitivity to musical trend.

    But Porter said the ceremony is not meant as a popularity contest.

    Its a great way to publicize undis-covered bands or ones that just havent learned how to draw an audience yet, she said. She cited Fayettevilles Mem-phis Pencils, who performed at last years ceremony, as one of the events success stories.

    They were one my favorites and it seemed like their audience really grew after last year, she said. We invite pop-ular bands, but we also like having the ones that no one would hear of other-wise.

    This years performers include Jarris, Souled Out, Pat and Mattie, Cletus Got Shot, and Kory Montgomery Band.

    Its more than saying this is the best

    band in the region, Porter said. Its a celebration, a way to honor everyone in-volved in the local musical community. I love that musicians and music fans can mingle and interact in a way they nor-mally cannot. Thats part of why its such a unique event.

    NAMAs intimate nature can be cred-ited to the Dickson Theater, which has hosted the event in recent years.

    Weve tried holding the ceremony elsewhere, but the musicians didnt like it as much, Porter said. The Dickson Theater is just very personal.

    NAMA has grown from a simple on-line poll into a Grammy-style ceremony, which Porter said now features a red car-pet reception.

    The nominated musicians will ar-

    rive in a limousine and be videotaped as they enter, she said.

    The event has even reached political consciousness. Mayor Lionel Jordan re-cently declared April 23 to be Northwest Arkansas Musicians Day.

    But the event isnt finished with rein-venting itself.

    There has been talk of growing it into a more-than-one-day event next year, Porter said. So theres a bit of privileged information for you.

    The Northwest Arkansas Music Awards is a benefit for the Fayetteville-based Northwest Arkansas Free Health and Dental Clinic. It will be held tomor-row at the Dickson Theater. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 8 p.m.

    Nightbird Books, a destination for book lovers and local authors alike, has moved to a new location on Dickson Street.

    The local bookstore opened on South School Avenue about three years ago, said owner Lisa Sharp.

    Sharp originally wanted to open it in her new location on Dick-son, but it was occupied by Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, owned by her grandfather-in-law, Roy

    Sharp, who opened the restaurant in 1946. When the space recently became available, she called her grandfather-in-law about renting it, Sharp said.

    I knew, after being at the other space, that I needed to be on one level, Sharp said. Her displays were on two levels in her previous building, but half her stock was

    not visible because customers ei-ther could not or would not climb the stairs, she said.

    NIGHTBIRD MAKES A NEW NEST

    The Northwest Arkansas Music Awards is back for its 14th yearBrady Tackett

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    LARRY ASH Staff Photographer

    Lisa Sharp, owner of Nightbird Books, answers a phone call at the stores new location on Dickson Street.

    See NIGHTBIRD on Page 10

    A series of oil paintings that portray interiors from Kyle McKenzies childhood home is the artists subject for his master of fine arts thesis exhibition. Five large multi-paneled paintings make up McKenzies Empty Walls ex-hibit and depict the vacancy of his parents former house in Webb City, Mo.

    His parents house was imperatively purchased by the city to allow for an exten-sion of a street. As McKenzie was helping his parents move their belongings a few months ago, the artist said revisiting the house where he lived for 22 years was a strange concoc-tion of memories and observa-

    tions of an unfamiliar place which became a shell of my former home, he said.

    These paintings began as observations of the empty space, said McKenzie, who painted his pieces by using the dualistic nature of light and shadow by juxtaposing earth-toned colors with gray dim-ness. I have always been in-terested with the peculiar way in which light and shadow are created in the visual world.

    Its interesting that a few geometric shapes can create a real illusion of space, he said.

    The artists interest in light and shadow is observed in his paintings. Bunk Beds and Picture Window are darker than the artists pieces, as the colors highlight the overcom-

    ing of shadows of the homes emptiness.

    McKenzie cites Pieter de Hooch, Giorgio de Chirico, Edward Hopper and Robert Bechtle as influences during his creation of Empty Walls.

    Their influence can be seen primarily in the tension between the flat organization of the picture plane and the illusion of depth in the im-ages, he said.

    Despite the simplicity of the spaces, the nude interiors offer a quiet introspective op-portunity for the audience.

    I want the viewer to have an extension of the space when (he) enters the gallery and feel a sense of familiarity and intimacy of the (paint-ings), McKenzie said.

    McKenzie said the emo-

    tional response that he wants to evoke through his paintings is not easy to classify.

    The paintings do not con-vey a concrete story, he said. There is a personal interac-tion between the paintings and me, which the viewer will get, but they wont get the whole narrative.

    The paintings are univer-sal in their depiction of sim-ple domestic spaces, but hold deeply personal reflections on the specific home, McKenzie said.

    A reception for the artist will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in the gal-lery.

    Empty Walls will be dis-played at the Fine Arts Center Gallery through April 30.

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    Sharp also liked the idea of being another type of evening des-tination on Dickson Street, in ad-dition to the restaurants and bars, she said.

    Nightbird Books has regu-larly scheduled events, including three open microphone nights, a playwrights group and the Profes-sional Womens Network meetings, Sharp said.

    Marty Smith and Kathy Skaggs are patrons of Nightbird Books and attend meetings of Her Words Out Loud, or Howl, a womens open microphone event held ev-ery third Sunday of each month, Smith said.

    At Howl, women are invited to read poetry by women, share short prose or sing. The event is hosted by local poet Mendy Knott, Smith said. Howl is usually attended by about 30 to 40 people, Skaggs said.

    Smith and Skaggs said that they are happy that Nightbird Books has moved to Dickson Street.

    Dicksons probably the heart-beat of Fayetteville, Skaggs said.

    Authors are often brought in to Nightbird Books to do readings and book signings. Local Author Spotlight, where readers are in-vited to meet two or more authors from the community, is the last Saturday of each month, Sharp said.

    Many local and nationally known authors frequent Night-bird Books, including UA professor

    Geoffrey Brock and his father Van. Nationally known authors, such as Trenton Stewart, who was on The New York Times Best Seller List for his childrens book The Mysteri-ous Benedict Society, have also visited the bookstore.

    The new location only in-creases the floor space by about 10 percent, but there is more storage and office space, and the room up-stairs allows for the Fayetteville In-dependent Business Alliance office, an organization that Sharp helped begin, she said.

    There is also an additional space, which Sharp will be sub-letting for the opening of a coffee shop. Sharp is hoping the coffee shop will be open by June 1, she said.

    Its heartwarming to see a little independent bookstorebe able to expand, Smith said.

    The move to the new location was quick, with the books being moved in about four hours. About 30 people volunteered to help Sharp move into the new space, she said

    Even the guys from Dickson Street Bookshop came and did a load, Sharp said.

    Nightbird Books will be cel-ebrating poetry month, the move and its third anniversary this Sat-urday with a reception and spot-light on several local authors. Van and Geoffrey Brock will be reading their contributions in The Poets Guide to the Bird, Sharp said.

    LARRY ASH Staff Photographer

    Jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins performs with his road trip. The Sonny Rollins 2009 Tour kicked off last Wednesday in Fayetteville.

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    Artist Golsa Yaghoobi stands next to one of her paintings at the reception for The Art of War located in the Fayetteville Underground. The exhibit will be dis-played in the Underground through Memorial Day.

    A NIGHT IN THE UNDERGROUND

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