University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 Vol. 107, No. 18

“About You,For You”

Low Crimes on Campus, Safety Still a PriorityA!er a recent sexual as-sault, students should be aware of their surround-ings despite low crime rate.

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Biology Major Opens Her Heart to Kids Around World Freshman Karah Baggett has been a part of service projects in several coun-tries.Full Story, Page 5

Razorbacks Struggle Against Gators!e Razorback volleyball team began Southeastern Conference play with a loss Friday night against the No. 13 Florida Ga-tors.Full Story, Page 8

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With 9:40 le! to play in the "rst quarter against Ala-bama Saturday night, the tone was already set. #e team was in punt formation, and the snap sailed over the head of punter Dylan Breeding.

To keep the ball away from the hard-charging Alabama players, Breeding kicked it through the end zone, lead-

ing to an illegal kicking pen-alty and a "rst and goal on the six yard line for Alabama. Running back Eddie Lacy ran the ball into the endzone and Alabama scored the "rst of seven touchdowns.

In 65 o$ensive plays, Ala-bama racked up 438 total yards. In only three fewer plays, the Razorbacks only managed 137 yards, 58 rush-ing and 79 passing. Despite the less than stellar perfor-mance, head coach John L.

Smith said the blame does not lay with the players.

“I refuse to place blame on those guys,” Smith said. “#e blame is here, that’s where the blame should come.”

In the absence of Tyler Wilson, both Brandon Allen and Brandon Mitchell took snaps at quarterback. Allen was 10-18 for 60 yards and two interceptions. Mitchell was 1-7 for 19 yards.

“#e two Brandons, I think we’re going to have to

take a look at that,” Smith said. “Maybe one role will expand, maybe one role will lessen.”

In addition to the two in-terceptions thrown by Allen, Arkansas fumbled the ball eight times, three of which were recovered by the Crim-son Tide.

“You can’t turn it over "ve times and win a game against anybody,” Smith said.

Smith admitted that the coaches knew early in the

week that Wilson would not play. However, they kept up the charade that he might be available all the way up until kicko$.

“It’s vital to our football team to have him out there,” Smith said of Wilson. Smith said having Wilson at prac-tice and throwing provid-ed a spark for the team on Wednesday that wasn’t there when Wilson was away seeing a specialist on #ursday.

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A group of freshmen have made tailgating at UA soc-cer games a popular pastime for students and community members.

“We wanted to get togeth-er and hang out on the week-ends and during the week. We just thought it would be cool to have something fun to do,” said Ian Coulter, freshman engineering major.

#e original group of 10 said they wanted to be able to support a team on campus that did not have a lot of fans. #ey went to other sporting events like volleyball games and football games before set-tling on the soccer team.

“#e football team already has thousands of fans,” Coul-ter said. “I think the soccer girls really appreciated it, and we have a lot of fun.”

Several soccer players and coaches have already stopped by the tailgate to thank the fans, Coulter said.

Beyond tailgating, the group grills, plays music, paints their bodies and starts chants. #ey are even willing to paint faces for children or

community members if they can get funding, Coulter said. So far the group has been splitting the cost of supplies and paying out of their own pocket.

“I think the best thing for us during the tailgate is just having fun and jok-ing around,” Coulter said. “I couldn’t pick my favorite part.”

#e tailgate is located in parking lot 56 next to the soccer "eld, and they typi-cally last about two hours. Everyone is invited, Coulter said.

“We try to make it for all ages, students, little kids, parents. Even the event sta$ is invited for food,” Coul-ter said. “We invite basically anybody.”

At the soccer games, fans can be more involved because the rules are less strict than at the football games, Coulter said. #e group laughs and jokes with the referees, and they can bring signs and bags to the game.

#ere have been two of-"cial tailgates so far, and

Freshmen Start Soccer TailgateJaime DunawaySta! Writer

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#e Razorback football team lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide and did not score any points.

#is was the "rst shutout at Donald W. Reynolds Sta-dium since Oct. 8, 1966 when the Razorback lost to Baylor with a score of 7-0, according to ESPN SEC blog.

“It’s kind of hard to say anything at this point,” John L. Smith said in an ESPN SEC blog. “#at’s about as bad as I can ever remember as a foot-ball team goes.”

#is game was also second consecutive shutout game for the Alabama team. Last weekend, they beat Western Kentucky with a score of 35-0 according to ESPN.

#is has not happened since 1980 when Bear By-rant’s team beat Kentucky and Vanderbilt, according to USA Today.

Hogs Have !eir First Shut Out Since 1966

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Courtesy PhotographUA students paint up and tailgate in Lot 56 before women’s Razorback soccer games.

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Kris Johnson Sta" PhotographerQB/WR Brandon Mithcell, 17, runs for a #rst down during the #rst quarter of Saturday’s football game against #1 Alabama. Arkansas went on to lose 52-0 in their #rst shut out in Fayetteville since 1966.

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UA o%cials received ap-proval Sept. 7 to begin reno-vating the Old Field House into what will soon become the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center, be-cause of a $6 million dona-tion.

#is center will have a seating capacity of 650, ac-commodating band, orches-tra, symphony and choir mu-sical performances, as well as large public lectures and guest speaking events.

Currently, events and mu-sical performances take place in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, seating 238, or the University #eater, seat-ing 250, said Danielle Strick-land, director of development communications for univer-sity relations.

Jim Faulkner graduated from the UA in 1954 and was also a member of the band, Strickland said.

#e Faulkner’s gi! of funding the new performing arts center will lead to more for other projects, an o%cial said.

“O!en these lead gi!s encourage other people to become a part of the project and to get on board and make contributions of their own,” Strickland said. “As people give to di$erent projects on campus and as they give in

di$erent ways to the univer-sity, it makes other people think about how they can get involved.”

Publicizing gi!s like these can have a major e$ect on the way people think about mak-ing their own philanthropic decisions, Strickland said.

Several other projects on campus are underway right now as a result of alumni and

student donations. September 21 will mark

the dedication of the Pi Beta Phi Centennial Gate on Ma-ple Street. Funded by alumni and Pi Beta Phi members, this gate is an example of how pri-vate gi!s of all sizes can have major e$ects on the univer-sity.

In addition, Ozark Hall is now under construction for renovations and additions, with plans to become the new home for the Honors College, Strickland said. #is project is expected to be completed in August 2013.

#roughout the years, the university has received a num-ber of record breaking dona-tions.

#e Walton Family Chari-table Support Foundation made a $300 million donation in April of 2002. #e founda-tion focused $200 million of this gi! toward the founding of the Honors College, with the other $100 million went toward the Graduate School.

“To this day, this is the larg-est single gi! to any institution

of American public higher ed-ucation,” Strickland said.

In October of 1998, the university received a $50 mil-lion gi! from #e Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation of Bentonville, Ark. #is represented the largest gi! to date to a school of business administration, Strickland said.

On average, the university receives $100 million per year, Strickland said.

Fundraisers in every unit of campus spend time with and personally get to know donors. #is allows fundrais-ers to discover where donors’ passions lay.

“We align donors’ passions with university needs,” said Kellie Knight, director of de-velopment for the College of Engineering.

Private gi! support is es-sential to the success of the university and especially to the individual colleges as-sociated with the university, Knight said.

Because state funding does not cover all the university’s needs, fundraisers have to look for additional ways to "ll the gap, Knight said.

Alumni have a connection with the UA and they want other students to be able have the same experience they did, Strickland said.

While alumni and cur-rent faculty and sta$ make huge contributions to fund new buildings and improve the campus, the university receives various outside gi!s as well. #ere are also people una%liated with the univer-sity who make large gi!s ev-ery year.

#e UA has a reputation for being forward looking and for producing great leaders, Strickland said.

“People also see the great work that students do once they graduate,” Strickland said. “#ey see the great re-search that our faculty con-ducts every day. #ey see the way that the research that stu-dents and faculty do impacts the world, and they want to be a part of it.”

With so many people giv-ing, this creates a “culture of philanthropy” and inspires more people to get involved, Strickland said.

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Coulter said they are hoping to keep it up for the rest of the soccer season and the rest of the year. #e next tailgate is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sept. 21 in parking lot 56 when the Razorbacks take on the Uni-versity of Kentucky at 7 p.m.

A Facebook group with about 90 members has been created, allthough typically only 20-30 people actually show up on game days, Coul-ter said. #e number varies depending on people’s sched-ules and other events being on campus.

#ey have named the stu-dent section at the soccer games #e Trough to match the name of the student sec-tion at football games, by re-quest of Associated Student Government.

“We’re happy people want it to grow. I think it’s been great. It’s what most of us were all hoping for,” Coulter said.

Mary McKay Sta" PhotographerUA students sing a Backstreet Boys song during a karaoke event at Friday night live. Students who sang at the karaoke event got thier free t-shirt early.

UA Students Sing for T-shirts

McKenna Gallagher Sta" PhotographerStudents walk near an emergency information pole Sunday, Sept. 16. !e stations throughout campus provide a way for students to alert UAPD in case of an emergency.

While the UA has a low crime rate, the UA population should be aware of their sur-roundings, especially a!er the recent sexual assault on cam-pus, a UAPD o%cial said.

“Right now, we know that individual is still unidenti-"ed and possibly still around this area,” said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD spokesperson. “We cer-tainly are checking any person that might "t that description. If we are alert to the fact that the person could still be here, we’re going to do all we can to identify him if possible.”

#e campus has a low crime rate, Crain said, and the UAPD is working hard to lower and attempt to eliminate violent crimes on campus.

#e attack is out of the or-dinary, Crain said, as it’s the "rst reported rape this year.

Since 2008, the amount of

reported sex o$enses have de-creased from 11 in 2008, nine in 2009 to two in 2010, accord-ing to the Clery Report.

“It’s very unusual for a stranger to attack someone on this campus,” Crain said.

#ere is safety in numbers while walking with a group, Crain said.

“It’s much better if every-one is watching out for each other; increasing the number of people works better for safe-ty,” Crain added. “At the same time, it doesn’t do any good if no one is paying attention and no one is reporting things.”

#e UA rarely has violent felony crimes other than the occasional "ght, which is in-comparable to a sexual assault, Crain added.

#e UAPD and other cam-pus services, such as the Pat Walker Health Center and University Housing, provide information emphasizing awareness so students can take action to protect themselves,

Crain said.#e UAPD o$ers a one-

hour credit course in women’s self defense, Crain said. Based on the RAD — rape aggression defense — systems, the eight-week course is o$ered twice a semester.

Additionally, the police of-"cers regularly give presenta-tions about safety and aware-ness. #ey want to disseminate information whenever they can, Crain said.

Facilities Management provides an important role in maintaining campus safe-ty, Crain said. #ey replace burned out lights, trim land-scaping, install emergency phones and create crosswalks for the safety of students, fac-ulty and sta$.

UAPD patrol o%cers, Safe Ride and bus drivers are asked by o%cials to report anything that seems out of the ordinary, whether it is a burned out street light or a suspicious per-son, Crain said.

“We even ask the students, faculty and sta$ to be alert if they see something that’s not working—if a light’s out and it should be on, report that so we can get it repaired,” Crain said.

#e Pat Walker Health Center o$ers several educa-tional and support programs for students.

STAR Central, the O%ce of Support, Training, Advo-cacy and Resources on Sexual Assault and Relationship Vio-lence provides educational programs, professional con-sultations and victim advocacy services, according to the Pat Walker Health Center website. Rape Education Services by Peers Encouraging Conscious #ought (R.E.S.P.E.C.T) is a group that presents informa-tion on behalf of STAR Cen-tral.

University Housing has in-formational programs for resi-dents as well, Crain said.

“Everyone has a role to play,” Crain said.

Despite Low Crime, Safety for Students Still a PriorityKayli FarrisSenior Sta! Writer

A local group is working to create and promote a commu-nity radio station in Fayette-ville. At 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 in the Omni Center, the group is screening an award winning "lm titled “Corporate FM” to increase awareness of local radio falling to large, almost monopolized, corporations that are reaping all the ben-e"ts, the group said.

#is hour-long documen-tary focuses on the decline of commercial radio, “localism,” and the e$ects it has on the community, "lmmaker Kevin McKinney said.

“We want to promote this movie across the country be-cause we love the radio and what it can do for local voices, local bands and local chari-ties,” McKinney said.

Corporations, such as Bain Capital, have taken over local radio stations and are limiting disc jockeys to mainstream

music. DJs can no longer play music they want to and that locally owned radio could reach thousands of people among all incomes and all ages with a message that is relevant to their community, he said.

Bain Capital is an assets management and "nancial services company that was formerly run by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. #e company is also a major shareholder in Clear Channel Radio, which is the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S., according to the "lm.

“DJs have a gi! of listen-ing to the best of their com-munities and then presenting that back to them when live local voices are replaced with pre-recorded and satellite pro-grams, it ends an age old-sym-bolic relationship between radio and the community,” McKinney said.

Earlier this month, McK-inney was involved with a campaign attempting to bring

his "lm to college campuses and independent theaters across the U.S. Kickstarter, which is a fundraising web-site for creative projects, ac-cumulated $7,490 in pledged donations.

A graduate from the University of Kansas with a double major in theater/"lm and sociology, McKinney has a unique perspective and he said he believes “the sociolog-ical impact of radio for local communities is more power-ful than the Internet or any other technology.”

Some Fayetteville resi-dents, like as Joe Newman, have already become sup-porters and proponents of community radio.

“It is extraordinarily fun and o!en life-changing,” Newman said. “It typically leads to individual creativ-ity and self-empowerment. Participants "nd it extraor-dinarily satisfying, not just to make radio in this unique fashion, but to also help transform community life.”

Award Winning Film Makers of “Corporate FM” Looking For Supporters Hunter HawkSta! Writer

SOCCER continued from page 1

21Fri, Sep. 21 Kentucky7 p.m.Sun, Sep. 23 South Carolina 1 p.m.Fri, Oct. 5 Vanderbilt 7 p.m. Sun, Oct. 7 Alabama 1 p.m. Fri, Oct. 12 Texas A&M 7 p.m. Fri, Oct. 14 Auburn 1 p.m.

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Opinion Editor: Joe Kieklak

We can be !ckle fans.A"er Bobby Petrino took

the motorcycle ride that ended his career, we wanted him !red. A"er Je# Long announced his decision to terminate Petrino, we stood behind Long.

Last weekend, Razorback Nation watched in defeat as University of Louisiana Mon-roe took the heat to Little Rock and caused the “Meltdown on Markham.” Twitter trends gave rise to #BringBackBobby and #FireJohnLSmith.

What happened to, “Integ-rity goes a LONG way”?

$is weekend’s atrocious shutout against Alabama brought out some of the best and worst of Razorback Na-tion.

$e last time the Razor-backs had a shut out on home turf was in 1966 against Baylor, according to ESPN. $e !nal score for that game was 7-0. It’s hard to be humble, a"er all.

$e ‘Bring Bobby Petrino back to Arkansas in 2013’ Facebook group currently has

more than 17,000 supporters; the ‘Fire John L. Smith’ group has more than 13,000 support-ers.

We are the epitome of Southern charm and Razor-back spirit.

We can’t sugarcoat it — our season looks rough.

$e Razorback bandwagon looks rough, too.

“$ere’s been a lot of peo-ple jump o# the bandwagon and it’s my responsibility as a leader to keep everybody in this organization, in this team, in that locker room together,” said quarterback Tyler Wilson during a press conference Sat-urday. “I’m going to make sure of it going forward.”

We can’t be on the band-wagon one day, and o# the next.

“If you’re not in the boat, get the heck out,” Wilson said to the UA’s in-house TV crew Saturday.

Now, we understand that it’s hard to get out of a boat you might not be in, but we know what Wilson meant.

Either jump on the Razor-back band wagon, and stay through thick and thin, or get the heck out.

‘If You’re Not in the Boat, !en Get the Heck Out’

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It’s kind of hard to say anything at this point. !at’s about as bad as I can ever remember as a football team goes.

John L. Smith, Head CoachHogs Have !eir First Shutout Since 1966, Page 1

Editorial Board!e Arkansas Traveler

It has been a hard week to be a Razorback fan.

$e buzzing excitement surrounding our football team that electri!ed campus the !rst two weeks of school has passed.

Reality has set in.But football is not the

only thing happening on our campus, nor is it in the only thing causing UA students a little anxiety.

I can see it in my peers’ eyes: the back-to-school honeymoon is over.

As a senior, I am constantly asked about life a"er graduation. Where will I be? What will I be doing? Who with I be with? Friends and I sit and talk, wondering aloud where our lives will lead us in May. But the anticipation we once felt towards the next chapter of our lives has dulled.

We are so caught up in the hardships of daily college life that we do not have time to dream about the future.

Drowning in assignments, behind at work and ever-present exams. Football games, relationships and newfound college freedoms are getting out of hand.

All of these stressors have compiled to create some pretty overwhelmed college students on the Hill. All this stress can lead to overeating or over-drinking, which ampli!es the problem. Late night study sessions followed by early morning classes.

One too many nights on Dickson Street and you missed class … again.

Most of us are just trying to stay a%oat. Each weekend I tell myself I’ll !nish that paper, read those extra chapters, catch up on sleep and go on a long run to get myself back in the swing of things.

But every weekend I end up doing the same old thing: go out with friends, watch football and tailgate on Saturday and then feel badly because I did not keep my promise to myself.

When Sunday rolls around, my procrastination catches up with me. It is a vicious cycle.

I love college, but I can see its e#ects in my own life and in the lives of those around me.

Maybe you did not get the grade you had hoped for, you found out the guy you like has a girlfriend or you are a homesick freshman who just misses the comforts of home.

I am right there with you. $ings happen, and if

my Murphy’s Law college experience is any indication: what can go wrong, probably will. But, with three years of college under my belt, I am !nally learning to accept the fact that things do not usually go as planned.

I think it is these life lessons that will be our most valuable assets a"er college.

Learning to accept change, roll with the punches and get up and go when all you want to do is give up. $ose are the lessons I will use in my everyday life as a postgraduate.

Sure, I have made my fair share of college student mistakes. I took the wrong classes, changed majors four times, went out a few too many $ursdays and lost myself a

couple times along the way. But now, I understand that

my wrong turns have been setting me up for success all along. I will be a better person because of my time at the UA.

Instead of beating myself up over what goes wrong during my week, I am going to try and remember that being a UA student is a blessing.

Our college years are limited.

But remember that more than just an education, four years worth of cramming and lots of bumps along the way, we are also learning what we are made of and what kind of people we will be a"er we leave this campus.

$is week, instead of writing and rewriting my to-do list or complaining about that one teacher, I am going to try and remember to accept what the UA has to o#er me before my time here expires, and I hope you will do the same.

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

!e Honeymoon is Over and Reality Has Set In

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Ashley FlippinSta# Columnist

Just a week ago, members of a Muslim student organization on campus held a blood drive in honor of Sept. 11, as part of a nationwide “Muslims for Life” campaign spearheaded by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

$e purpose of this blood drive was to honor the victims of 9/11 by saving lives of people in the community. Muslims want to show that they are for peace and for life, and to dispel this image associated with violence and terrorism.

$at same day, however, in Libya, the U.S. consulate was attacked and the U.S. ambassador was killed along with three other Americans. In Egypt, the American embassy was stormed and the American %ag burned.

Since then, there have been protests in Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, Israel, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iraq

and many other countries. Some of these protests have been peaceful, but the majority of protests have involved burning the American %ag and burning down buildings or throwing stones at American embassies.

$ese protests come in response to an anti-Muslim !lm produced by a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. In trailers posted on YouTube, the !lm shows scenes of the Prophet Muhammad portrayed as a “womanizer, bu#oon, ruthless killer and child molester,” according to a CNN report.

As a Muslim, I’m shocked and o#ended by this !lm’s portrayal of the prophet. Like any Muslim around the world, I revere the prophet.

He is close to our hearts and we love him dearly. Just as any person would be o#ended if one insults his/her mother, insulting the prophet brings the same feeling of anger.

As a journalist, I support the right to free speech. However, with freedom comes responsibilities and limits.

I believe the producer of the !lm acted very irresponsibly in producing this !lm, knowing very well the consequences of this !lm. Why else would hide his identity behind the name of Sam Bacile? Anybody who has followed the news would have known that this sort of !lm would ignite anger and violence and would be a stab at the hearts

of Muslims around the world. Just six years ago, the Danish

cartoons brought about the same sort of reaction. $e producer should have known that he could possibly be endangering the lives of Americans abroad as well as our government’s relations with these countries.

I believe that all freedoms have their limits. Why else do we have laws? Why can’t we drive 120 mph on the highway with no consequence because we have the “freedom” to? Why can’t we carry around guns anywhere because we have the “right to bear arms?” Why can’t we publish articles full of racist remarks or slander, or shout “!re!” in a crowded area because we have the “freedom of speech?”

It’s because as humans, we have to protect humanity. $is !lm only incites hatred and an untruthful depiction of Islam.

But it’s not only the !lm that destroys this image of Islam; it’s the violent protesters themselves who are just giving people a reason to believe that Islam is a religion of violence.

As a Muslim American, who has had to defend Islam time and time again and tell people that Islam teaches peace, tolerance and love for all mankind, I am appalled at the Muslim world’s reaction to the !lm. Muslims on campus have, for years now, organized seminars, lectures and awareness weeks

to enlighten the community on the true teachings of Islam and to dispel this notion that terrorism and violence is part of the religion.

However, when Muslims react with violence, with burning %ags and by killing people, what is the world supposed to believe? Nakoula is not responsible for de!ling the face of Islam, rather, it’s the Muslims who spread violence in the name of religion who are ruining it.

As Lana Sheikha, a UA Muslim student from Iraq, said in an interview with the Traveler, “It wasn’t just two planes that were hijacked — it was an entire religion.”

And as Dusty Caler, a former UA student, and a convert to Islam, said on a Facebook status in reference to the violent protesters, “Did you not think of your Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam that live and love America. When you burn our %ag you hurt us too. $is is not what Islam says to do.”

$ese people have attacked my country, they’ve killed my people and they have, once again, destroyed the meaning of Islam.

Saba Naseem is the special projects editor. She is a senior French, middle eastern studies, and journalism- news/editorial major.

Never Ending Battle: Defending Islam

Saba NaseemSpecial Projects Editor

Men never do evil so com-pletely and so cheerfully as when they do it from reli-gious conviction. $at famous epigram was found in the notes le" by the 17th-century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal, who was preparing a defense of the Christian faith when he died in 1662.

$e evils wrought by Hitler and Stalin belie it. What hap-pened in Libya on Tuesday suggests it still holds some truth. On Wednesday the pro-tests spread to Yemen, Tunisia, Iraq and Iran.

Many people don’t do well with complicated and con-founding issues. $e ill-edu-cated youth of some Islamic nations prefer simple fervor.

Many of the supposedly better-educated citizens in the Western world, who have less excuse, prefer simple answers, too, even if they’re wrong. What is inexcusable, however,

is that a sophisticated, well-ed-ucated man like Mitt Romney would to try to politicize this tragedy. If an incident like the Benghazi attack can so befud-dle him, what would he do in a larger crisis?

$e United States long has reserved the right to levy a “proportional response” to attacks on U.S. interests. With the advent of unmanned attack planes, Mr. Obama has options that were unavailable to his 43 predecessors.

He doesn’t have to send Ma-rines to the shores of Tripoli. When someone in Libya iden-ti!es the killers –and someone will – Mr. Obama will have to decide whether to kill them or let Libya deal with them. $e !rst option will play better at home; the second may be bet-ter for long-term U.S. interests in the Arab world. Actions have consequences.

So do elections.

"is is an excerpt from a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial that appeared Sept. 14.

Ignorance Meets Intolerance in TragedyEditorial BoardSt. Louis Post-Dispatch

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Sept. 17, 2012 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

When walking around cam-pus, sitting in class or waiting in line for co!ee at the UA, it is very likely that you will hear the phrase “Ugh, I am so tired” or “I can’t wait to take a nap.” With classes to attend, shi"s to work, friends to hang out with and homework to do, a great deal of college students feel tired during the day, especially during those early morning classes.

Although it seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get enough sleep, along with accomplishing needed tasks and having a social life, there are cer-tain things the average student can do to combat grogginess during the day. #ere are also certain things that many people do during the day that can hin-der falling asleep and getting a restful night of sleep.

“I’m de$nitely sleep de-prived,” said Sarah Haley, a ju-nior chemical engineering ma-jor. “One of my professors told me that if you are sleeping be-tween the hours of midnight and daylight, you are wasting time. I also have too much homework, and I work too much.”

Sleep disorders and inter-

mittent sleep patterns can nega-tively a!ect health, alertness and safety, according to the National Institutes of Health. Sleeping disorders have been linked to diabetes, depression, strokes, heart disease and other diseases. Although many students are young and fairly healthy now, these ailments can appear later in life. So getting enough sleep now is not only bene$cial to the present, but also to the future.

“I’m usually not too tired during my classes, but the morn-ings a"er I got out to Dickson and when I stay up cramming for a test I’m exhausted,” said Tyler Clark, a junior psychology major.

#is is a common trend among students. Whether you lose sleep because of a fun night out, a hard test, a late-night movie marathon or plain old in-somnia, one of the best ways to ensure that you get enough sleep is to stick to a schedule.

Going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day will make it easier to get fully rested. Many people say that they do not fall asleep easily be-cause they are stressed out about their daily life. Journaling each night before bed is a good way to get out many of the issues faced during the day and relax, mak-

ing sleep easier to accomplish.Many studies have shown

that the use of cell phones around bedtime can lead to sleep deprivation. Plugging your cell phone into your charger, leaving it on your nightstand and resist-ing the urge to check it every time it buzzes can help you fall asleep much more quickly.

Sleepyti.me is a website that calculates the time that you should fall asleep at in order to get the best rest. You enter in the time you need to be awake by, and they count back sleep cycles and tell you the most opportune times to fall asleep in order to get the most rest.

Sleepyti.me states that sleep cycles last 90 minutes and wak-ing up during sleep cycles is what causes you to feel sleepy when you wake. Waking up in between the cycles can help you feel more energized and well-rested. #e website also states that it takes the average adult 14 min-utes to fall asleep. So, in order to get enough rest, you should be in bed trying to fall asleep 14 minutes before the time that sleepyti.me designates for you to fall asleep.

Even if you cannot fall asleep at an early time, there are still things you can do to $ght o! drowsiness during the day. Mov-

ing your workout time is a great way to get out of the usual “I’m tired” mode of morning classes. Exercising in the morning can increase endorphins, giving you a boost of energy during the day.

Eating breakfast is another way to keep up your energy during the morning. One of the most popular ways to $ght o! the morning grogginess is a large dose of ca!eine.

“I have a class at 7:30 a.m., so I always make sure to have at least two cups of co!ee before I go to class,” said Hannah Slaugh-ter, a junior nursing major.

Although napping for hours on end sounds tempting to a tired college kid, taking long naps can o"en make you feel more tired and mess up your daily sleep schedule. When nap-ping, make sure to set an alarm. Many specialists believe that a 10- to 20-minute nap is best to refresh your body and mind.

Even though it is o"en di%-cult to get an adequate amount of sleep, it is incredibly impor-tant enough to get rest, not just because it will help you feel bet-ter during the day, but because it is bene$cial to your future.

Re-adjusting your schedule and a few habits can greatly im-prove your sleep and your gen-eral well-being.

From rebuilding the bat-tered shores of post-Katrina New Orleans to teaching Eng-lish in the tropics of Panama and making a di!erence in Canada, this UA freshman has been through it all.

Karah Baggett is a biology/pre-med major who plans to be a pediatrician.

“I always really loved kids,” she said. “I think they have a lot to teach us. #ey live with such excitement.”

Baggett has worked with children while on mission trips to New Orleans, Panama and Canada.

“#e kids are so much fun,” she said. “#ey’re so loving and accepting. #ey’re so excited about things that adults forget are exciting and become mun-dane.”

While in New Orleans, Baggett worked with Habitat for Humanity and helped re-store the damage following Hurricane Katrina.

Baggett said mission trips also provided her with oppor-tunities to learn about other cultures.

“#eir relationships with other people and the commu-nity is totally di!erent,” she

said of the people in Panama. “Everyone helps each other and knows each other. It’s a tighter-knit community … It was neat to see life on a simpler basis. We make it complicated here.”

She taught English as a sec-ond language to children in Panama, which she said not only improved her Spanish skills a"er three years of junior high and high school Spanish, but her teaching skills as well.

Baggett worked with West-ern Christian Academy and performed service projects in Canada.

“We went there to love the people and see how we could help them,” she said.

Baggett said that one en-counter she had with a child

while on her $rst mission trip to Canada sticks out in her mind as a reason she wants to work with kids. She taught a young girl as part of a vacation bible school program who she said she was shy, but happy and sweet. Baggett said she made it a point to include her in order to bring her out of her shell, and she gradually got more comfortable.

“#e night before we le", I found out she was abused at home,” Baggett said. “It made me realize how easily we hide things. If kids are hiding things so well, how well are we hiding things with so many years of experience?”

“I was really shocked and re-ally sad for her. I can’t imagine

growing up in a home like that. I was amazed by her strength that she could still open up to people. She didn’t let her situa-tion de$ne her,” she said. “Kids should be role models.”

“You don’t know other peo-ple’s stories, and you have to give them a chance because you don’t know what’s going on,” she said.

Baggett said she has always been interested in medicine in addition to children and may also go into oncology, the study of cancer, in order to develop better treatments for patients.

“I don’t understand how your body can create cells over and over again,” she said.

Baggett is participating in UA’s UTeach program in or-der to get a teaching certi$cate along with her degree when she graduates. UTeach is a program for math and science majors where students have class for one hour a week to work on their teaching skills.

Baggett said she is looking into volunteering for cancer re-search at hospitals and possibly getting involved with Baptist Collegiate Ministry.

Baggett is from Allen, Texas, and chose to venture to Fay-etteville because she has always loved the area and wanted to join the UA honors program.

A typical fraternity con-sists of a house of young men who are keen to grow in brotherhood, but the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega include women and have a strong interest in volunteering.

According the APO Beta Rho website, “The purpose of this Frater-nity shall be to: assemble college students in a Na-tional Service Fraternity reflecting the fellowship and principles of the Scout Oath and Scout Law of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica; develop Leadership; promote Friendship; pro-vide Service to humanity; and to Further Freedom that is our national, edu-cational, and intellectual heritage.”

The co-ed fraternity is based on the Boy Scouts of America, which is what the chapter was founded on in 1990.

“There was an eagle scout on campus that was looking for an organization to get affiliated with on campus, and with research he found APO,” said Bruce

Drebenstedt, vice president of APO and senior electri-cal/computer engineering major. “He and his friends decided to re-charter the organization.”

The RSO focuses main-ly on giving back to the community by volunteer-ing at the animal shelter, at soup kitchens and with projects on campus.

There are currently 24 brothers, but all students are able to become mem-bers. Although rush week recently ended on Sept. 9, those who are still interest-ed in joining should con-tact alphiom@uark.edu.

“Joining on a whim was the best decision that I could have made for myself as a new student because it got me involved on campus and helped me meet that special group of friends who have made this college experience unforgettable,” said Matt Meyers, pledge recruiter of APO and se-nior psychology major.

Pledging consists of seven weeks of learning about the fraternity, bond-ing with members and participating in service projects. Dues are $90, and pledges must also complete 20 hours of service over the semester, according to their website.

“There are weekly chapter meetings on Sun-days at 7 p.m. in Walton room 116,” Drebenstedt said. “Pledges attend a pre-chapter meeting at 6 (p.m.) where members teach them about the fraternity.”

The main goal of the RSO is to help the commu-nity while creating lasting bonds with their brothers, but APO members can also receive credit for service they do outside the frater-nity as well.

“Hours that you com-plete within the fraternity

are called ‘inside’ hours, but I also do leadership seminars for fencing, which count as ‘outside’ hours,” Drebenstedt said.

APO helps out around the Northwest Arkansas community in addition to staying close to campus. This semester, the service fraternity has helped Uni-versity Programs run Fri-day Night Live.

“We help run the booths, keeps track of the rules and guide people through their experience at Friday Night Live,” Dre-benstedt said. “On Sept. 7, I helped run the spoon-relay booth by demonstrating the task and then stamp-ing their card to get a free T-shirt at the end of the night.”

The members of APO are also able to meet broth-ers from chapters nation-wide.

“This year, nation-als is in Anaheim, Calif.,” Drebenstedt said. “Last time I went, it was a day of seminars, and then the last night we had a formal where we got to dance and hang out with people from other chapters. We also have regionals every even year where we meet with

chapters from Oklahoma and Texas.”

It can be nerve-racking to join a group of unknown people, but APO strives to create friendships with a common root of helping others while also encour-aging skills that can help in the future.

“It’s true that APO is a great place to do service and meet awesome people, but it’s also a place that develops people as lead-ers,” Meyers said. “We have lots of opportunities for our members, both new and old, to take up leader-ship positions both big and small, from chairing a ser-vice event to becoming an officer. We really try to get people involved and to get them comfortable leading and organizing people be-cause that is such a critical skill to have.”

APO is a family of a variety of people across campus who are dedicated to volunteering and fellow-ship.

“Usually people join groups that are academi-cally focused, but when they do that, they don’t have the opportunity to branch out and meet the other types of people out there on campus,” Meyers said. “APO is great because we all come from different backgrounds, have differ-ent majors, are in differ-ent academic colleges, are involved with other differ-ent organizations, and are in different stages in our college careers, but still have this common group of friends with a common goal helping people. It’s a great support group to have on a social level, but beyond that it opens us up to reaching different and more diverse group of people who need help and service.”

Georgia CarterSta! Writer

RSO OF THE WEEK

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UA Fraternity Serves Both Campus and CommunityStephanie EhrlerSta! Writer

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“Joining on a whim was the best decision that I could have made for myself as a new student because it got me involved on campus and helped me meet that special group of friends who have made this college experience unforgettable.”

Matt MeyersPledge recruiter of APO and senior psychology major

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!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperMonday, Sept. 17, 2012 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

I tried to be optimistic. I told myself over and over that John L. Smith was the right guy for the job. He wasn’t go-ing to disrupt anything and the players would get to con-tinue doing things the way they always had. !at was

supposed to be the best thing for the program.

Well, I’m done being opti-mistic. A loss to a team that you are supposed to beat handily followed by a 52-0 beating at the hands of a con-ference foe really has a way of killing optimism.

“Well, I really don’t know what to say,” head coach John L. Smith said a"er the loss Saturday night. “I don’t know what to say to the team as well.”

!at seems like a problem to me. If I am in the locker room a"er that humiliating defeat and my head coach comes in and tells me he doesn’t know what to say, it sure doesn’t boost the amount

of con#dence I have in him.Sure, the players need

someone to assure them that the coaches are partly to blame for the loss and that they will get better because of it. But they also need some-one to look them in the eye and tell them that the way they performed was unac-ceptable.

In a perfect world, both of these roles would be #lled by the head coach. But, as we are all very well aware of, Ra-zorback football is certainly not a perfect world right now. Smith made it very clear that the he was perfectly #ne with the blame sitting squarely on his shoulders. And a good portion of it belongs there,

but the players do deserve some of the blame. !ey just stopped playing Saturday night. Teams that quit when the going gets tough don’t win very many games.

!ankfully, there is some-one in the locker room that understands this.

“Do I feel that we, at times, gave up out there? Yeah, ab-solutely,” senior quarterback Tyler Wilson said a"er a game that he did not get to play in due to an injury sustained in the loss to the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

“As a leader, it sucks to see people not do their jobs and things go wrong. !ere have been a lot of things have gone that way,” Wilson said.

!ere are few things in life that I hate more than one of my teams losing, but my team quitting on me is de#nitely one of them. I understand that losses happen. When the team gives absolutely every-thing it has to give and loses, I can handle that. But a team giving up is something I can-not handle.

Hearing Wilson’s speech truly made my day a little bet-ter. It reminded me that there really is someone on the team that cares as much as we do as fans.

So, to Wilson, I say thank you. To the other players and coaches, you should be ashamed. Ashamed that the only player that seems to be

#ghting for this team is the one that could be having the biggest pity party.

Wilson could be in the NFL making a ton of money, but he came back to Arkansas to make a run at the South-eastern Conference title, and maybe even a national title. But the o$ensive line couldn’t do its job and Wilson had to watch what could have been the biggest game of the sea-son from the sideline.

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

!anks to Wilson for Remaining PassionateHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

COMMENTARY

!e No. 9 UA women’s cross country team traveled to Jop-lin, Mo., Saturday morning to bring home second place in the First To Finish Southern Stam-pede.

!e Stampede marked the third competition of the sea-son for the Hogs. Five runners competed for the team.

!e Razorbacks showed their depth with a young lineup but proved that they have what it takes to compete against anyone.

Sophomore Jessica Jack-son led the Razorbacks with a third-place #nish. !ree Ar-kansas runners placed in the top 10.

Jackson led the team with a 17:35.74 5K #nish. Junior Ra-chel Carpino #nished eighth in her second race as a colle-

giate runner. Freshman Valerie Reina came right a"er with a ninth-place #nish. Carpino #nished with a time of 17:56.10 while Reina #nished with a time of 18:00.23.

!e fourth runner in the lineup, Kelsey Wheelhouse, #nished 25th overall. She #nished the 5K in a time of 18:27.45. Junior transfer Codi Fritchie, the #"h runner for the Razorbacks, #nished with a time of 18:58.08 and placed 42nd in her #rst run as a Ra-zorback.

“We ran in some tough conditions today with all the rain. !ere was a point where the runners were shin-deep in water. Despite all that, I thought we ran well today with some of our younger runners getting the opportunity to run up front and lead the team,” head coach Lance Harter said.

!e Razorbacks ran a total time of 1:28:29.64 and aver-aged a 5K time of 17:41.93. Ar-

kansas scored 72 team points Saturday and #nished the race behind overall winner, Tulsa.

Tulsa had 11 women com-peting. Of those 11, six #n-ished within the top 10, taking second, fourth-seventh and 10th. !e other #ve runners #nished 15th, 22nd, 24th, 40th, 48th and 59th, respectively.

Missouri Southern, Mid-western State University and Pittsburg State University rounded out the top #ve teams in competition.

A total of 18 schools took part in the invitational. !ere were 163 runners who #nished within 11 minutes of each oth-er.

Last weekend, Jackson, Car-pino, Reina and Wheelhouse proved the team’s depth and reserved places nine through 12 at the Adidas/UCI Invi-tational in Irvine, Calif. !e Razorbacks took #rst overall, which helped them move up two spots in the USTFCCCA

coaches’ poll.!e Razorbacks are one of

only three teams representing the Southeastern Conference in the national top 30.

!e Razorbacks will take next weekend o$ to pre-pare themselves for upcom-ing competition. !e team’s next scheduled competition is Sept. 29. !e team will travel to the Greater Louisville Clas-sic in Louisville, Ky. !is race will serve as a preview for the NCAA Championships, which will be held Nov. 17 on the same course.

A"er the Greater Louisville Classic, the rest of the season consists of the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 13), SEC Cham-pionship (Oct. 26), NCAA South Central Region Cham-pionship (Nov. 9) and NCAA Championship (Nov. 17). !e Chile Pepper Festival and NCAA South Central Region Championship will be held at Agri Park in Fayetteville.

Hogs Place Second at First to Finish Southern StampedeJessie McMullenSta! Writer

!e Razorback men’s ten-nis team traveled to Midland, Texas, over the weekend to participate in the Midland In-vitational.

“!is is such a great op-portunity,” head coach Robert Cox said. “Our guys are step-ping up to the challenge and we are excited to see what the tournament brings.”

On the #rst day of play, the Razorbacks compiled four to-tal wins. !ree of the victories came in singles matches as Hall Fess defeated Joe Schafer of Davidson, Victor Hoang defeated Zach Sivalls of Ty-ler Junior College and Jovan Parlic defeated Dusty Boyer of Nebraska.

Following singles play on Friday, Parlic and Pete !om-ason won their doubles match against Arbiza/Emiciciou of UT-Arlington.

“I was very pleased with today’s play,” Cox said of the #rst day of play. “!ey end-ed very strong with a win in doubles.”

Both Arkansas doubles teams who competed on Sat-urday won their #rst match

before falling in their second. Fess and Hoang won their

#rst match as a doubles team this season against Texas-Christian’s Stein and Stevens before dropping a match to Wichita State.

!ompson and Parlic de-feated Davidson’s Kunz and Schafer before falling 8-0 to a strong pair from ACU.

“Overall these four guys had some bright spots this weekend,” Cox said. “We need to be more consistent from match-to-match, but that is also what the fall sea-son is all about — developing their game and con#dence.”

Parlic was the only Razor-back to compete in singles on Saturday. He lost a close match to the No. 2 seed Vic-tor Manzini of Texas Tech 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8).

“I saw some good things this weekend,” Coach Cox said. “I also saw some things that we need to work on. We are going to just keep moving forward and prepare for our next tournament.”

Next up for the Razor-backs is a trip to Louisville, Ky. for the 2012 Louisville Fall Invitational this week-end.

Men’s Tennis Competes in InvitationalLiz BeadleSta! Writer

TENNIS

CROSS COUNTRY

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsJessica Jackson "nished in third place overall in the First to Finish Stampede in Joplin, Mo., Saturday, Sept. 15.

!e Razorback soccer team (3-5) traveled to Ath-ens, Georgia Sunday to take on the Bulldogs (5-3-1). A"er a scoreless #rst half, Georgia’s Meghan Gibbons scored two quick goals to start o$ the second half, resulting in a 2-0

loss for the Hogs.“We can’t give up goals to

good teams and we did that today,” head coach Colby Hale said.

“We’re learning from our mistakes, but we have to grow from them and not keep mak-ing the same ones.”

!e game was a story of two halves in many ways. In the #rst half, each team had

#ve shots, Georgia had two shots on goal, and Arkansas had three. In the second half the Bulldogs had 13 shots and six shots on goal while the Razorbacks had only one shot and no shots on goal. Georgia also maintained a 9-2 advan-tage in corner kicks through-out the game.

“We need to focus for 90 minutes,” Hale said. “In

the second half, we got out-worked. !ey were #rst to #rst and second balls. We work on those things, but we have to execute.”

In the #rst half, in the 28th minute of the game, Arkansas took several shots. Yvonne DesJarlais took a shot from 25 yards which was de%ected, allowing Tyler Allen to take a shot from 20 yards that was also blocked. Blake Pruitt took one more shot at scoring for the Razorbacks during the barrage of shots but it too was blocked.

Both goals by Georgia were by Meghan Gibbons in the 48th and 50th minutes of the game. Gibbons got a pass from Carli Shultis at the le" corner of the 18 yard line then split the defenders, pulled Arkansas goal-keeper Kelly Roliard out of the goal and scored.

Only two minutes later, Nikki Hall passed the ball right to Gibbons behind the defense and the shot went right past Roliard into the goal.

“In the #rst half, our game plan worked,” Hale said. “!ey adjusted at the half. We made some adjustments, but before they took place, we gave them two goals.”

Next up for the Razor-backs is a weekend at home where they will face Kentucky on Friday and South Carolina on Sunday.

Hogs Continue Losing Streak

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media Relations!e Razorback soccer team lost to Georgia Sunday afternoon to move to 0-2-0 in SEC play.

SOCCER

Liz BeadleSta! Writer

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperPage 8 Monday, Sept. 17, 2012

Even though he did not play, Wilson made it a point to make sure fans knew the teams performance was not acceptable.

“Obviously it wasn’t very pretty to watch. It wasn’t pret-ty for me to sit on the side-line and watch as a player. It sucks that I can’t be out there to do anything about it,” Wil-son said. “Do I feel that we, at times, gave up out there? Yeah, absolutely.”

Wilson did not stop there. He went on and made it very clear that he is the leader of this team and that he will get the other players refocused

and ready to play.“As a leader at this point,

you’ve got to look forward,” Wilson said. “!ere’s been a lot of people jump o$ the bandwagon and it’s my re-sponsibility as a leader to keep everybody in this orga-nization, in this team, in that locker room together. I’m go-ing to make sure of it going forward.”

Now the team must try to put this game behind them and focus on the rest of the season.

“We’re going to look at it all and try to become better,” Smith said of Saturday’s game.

“!at’s all we can do. We can come in tomorrow and get to work on Rutgers and that’s what we have to do.”

Wilson echoed this senti-ment.

“We’ve got a big game against Rutgers next week,” Wilson said. “I’m going to do everything in my power to be a part of it and be the starting quarterback to run out there on the #eld and get a win. You’ve got to start with one before you can get the rest of them. I give you my word, I’m going to do the best in my ability and the best in my power to make that happen.”

LOSS continued from page 1

!e Razorback volleyball team began Southeastern Con-ference play in front of 3,015 fans in Barnhill Arena with a loss Friday night against the No. 13 Florida Gators. !e Gators won three out of #ve sets (25-23 Arkansas, 22-25 Florida, 22-25 Florida, 25-19 Arkansas, 13-15 Florida.)

Senior outside hitter Jas-mine Norton and senior oppo-site hitter Roslandy Acosta led the team in attacks with 22 and 16 kills, respectively.

!e Razorbacks led in kills in each set except the #"h.

Arkansas got o$ to a strong lead halfway through the #rst set, but Florida began to close in, eventually tying the set up at 21. Fortado hit a kill to put the Razorbacks at set point. !e set

was won by a kill from Norton.!e second set was closer

than the one before, both teams taking turns scoring, keep-ing the game tied until the last three points for Florida. Flor-ida broke out of the tie with a kill from outside hitter Gabby Mallette that bounced from the %oor to the stands. Senior middle blocker Amanda An-derson responded with a kill for the Razorbacks, tying the score again at 8-8 before Florida #-nally took a two-point lead at the very end.

!e Razorbacks came back from hal"ime and started the third set o$ with a kill from Norton. A"er a Florida serve, junior setter Raymariely Santos made a kill to the back line, slip-ping the ball through Florida’s #ngertips.

A kill from Florida won the set for the Gators.

!e fourth set started evenly

for the teams, both teams hit-ting multiple kills. Arkansas gained a large lead a"er Florida hit two consecutive balls out of bounds. !e Razorbacks stayed in control to earn a 24-15 lead over the Gators.

Florida tried to gain mo-mentum and ring up enough points to win the set, but the Razorbacks scored their set point and tied the set scores to 2-2.

!e last set gave Hog fans hope when the Razorbacks tried to rally back to a lead before the Gators could score their #nal two points to win the match. Freshman opposite hitter Liz Fortado and Norton sent kills down to bump the score to 11-13, but Arkansas couldn’t block Florida’s Tangerine Wiggs’ hit for Florida’s set point.

!e Razorbacks’ next game is Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. at Tennes-see.

Razorbacks Struggle Against Florida GatorsTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

VOLLEYBALL

FOOTBALL

Emily Rhodes Photo Editor!e Razorback defense gave up 438 yards to the Crimson Tide during Saturday’s 52-0 loss.

Photo courtesy of Athletic Media Relations!e Razorback volleyball team opened Southeastern Conference play with a loss to the Florida Gators in front of 3,015 fans in Barnhill Arena Friday.