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Hogs Handle Tigers Page 5 PAGE 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011 Vol. 106, NO. 21 UATRAV.COM In This Issue: Breaking Ground ! ursday marked the groundbreak- ing ceremony for Vol Walker Hall. News Page 2 Career Fair UA students had the opportunity to present resumes to various busi- nesses. News Page 3 Change of Face: Students React to Site Changes As Facebook unveils new changes, students love it, hate it and everything Features in between. Page 7 The Waiting Game CONTESSA SHEW STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Profi le From the Hill: ASG As the names end along the senior walk, questions arise for current students about how long they must wait to see their name engraved after graduation. President Michael Dodd by MEGAN HUCKABY Staff Writer quality and durability of that area to add new names, said Glenn “In this and in all situations, ! e ASG president is an easy-going of sidewalk,” said John Diamond, Grippe, director of business and we expect that when we contract people person with the student body Etching new sections into Se- associate vice chancellor for uni- support services. with businesses, they will ful% ll Features in mind. nior Walk has been delayed be- versity relations. ! e problem originated with their obligations by providing cause of the poor quality of con- How that is going to be done either the contractor or the sup- quality products and services,” Page 7 crete in the area near the Chi is still being determined, he said. plier, Grippe said. Diamond said. Omega Greek ! eater, o" cials ! e issue was discovered ! e UA is negotiating with see SENIOR WALK said. when Facilities Management the contractor to resolve the on page 2 Hogs Cruise Past Tigers “! e plan is to improve the tried to sandblast the concrete problem. No. 10 Arkansas scored 31 unan- swered points and pulled away in the second half for a 38-14 win over No. 15 Auburn. Sports Page 5 Bolivians Increase Diversity at the UA by MATILDE BONIFAZ said Cecilia Grossberger, market- website. certain requirements. Students Solutions for Students With Staff Writer ing and PR representative for First UA o" cials also o# ers a Ca- have to meet all admissions crite- Year Experience. ribbean tuition advantage, non- ria and accepted as a degree seek- Math Anxiety Arkansas has partnered with Ever since 1964, UA o" cials resident tuition award and Pana- ing student, they have to be citi- Math anxiety is a common problem the country Bolivia through the have provided a tuition advantage manian and a Rwandan tuition zens and permanent residents of for many people, but UA sta# mem- Partners of the Americas pro- for all qualifying undergraduate advantage, as well as more than a Bolivia and are at the freshmen, bers have developed programs to help gram, and because of this Boliv- Opinion and graduate level students from hundred programs in a wide vari- transfer, or graduate level, accord- them overcome their fears. ians are a growing population at Bolivia. Year by year more Boliv- ety of disciplines, according to the ing to the UA website. Page 4 the UA. ians come to Arkansas to have the UA website. ! is year there are approxi- see BOLIVIAN opportunity to experience the UA ! e Bolivian Tuition Advan- on page 3 mately 64 Bolivian undergraduate and its many academic programs tage pays the out of state portion and graduate students on campus, of excellence, according to the UA of Bolivians tuition if they meet ASG Borrows From Texas A&M Playbook by SARAH DEROUEN SGA programs, including one later on down the road.” Staff Writer called Fish Aides, which al- A&M’s entrance into the lows freshmen to be involved Southeastern Conference will in SGA. ! at could be used as take e# ect July 1, 2012, ac- ! e UA Associated Student a model for a similar program cording to the university’s Government might adopt a at the UA, Dodd said. website. program from the Texas A&M ! e overall purpose of ! e mission statement of University Student Govern- the program is to develop 40 the SEC is “to assist its mem- ment Association, o" cials freshmen into the future lead- ber institutions in the main- said. ers of A&M, said Clay Smiley, tenance of programs of inter- UA ASG president Michael Fish Aides executive director. collegiate athletics, which are Dodd contacted Je# Picker- Freshmen are selected compatible with the highest ing, A&M SGA president, af- for the Fish Aides program standards of education and ter the news that A&M would through an application pro- competitive sports.” be joining the Southeastern cess. A$ er the Fish Aide ex- “I think their overall aca- Conference. ! e two met in ecutive team reviews each stu- demic side and athletics, and BRITTANY WULF STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Dallas on Oct. 1 when the Ra- dent’s application, about 200 all that, are really top-notch. Tanner Sutton, 5th year architect major, is working on a community housing project for people in Rwanda, Africa. Tanner was one zorback football team defeat- to 220 students are picked for ! ey really are a top-notch of the winners of the Knedak Bobo Competiton. ed the Aggies, Dodd said. the % rst round of interviews, school,” Dodd said. “Texas A&M is considered Smiley said. Texas A&M University is to have one of the best student Students who are selected ranked 19th among the top a# airs in the nation, and their for the program, which was 111 public universities, ac- student government is very Architecture Students Win Big started in 1979, are placed on cording to U.S. News and prestigious as well,” Dodd committees and help other World Report. ! e UA is by BAILEY KESTNER ! e Knedak Bobo Com- assistant professor of archi- said. “! ey have some of the SGA members, he said. ranked 65th. Contributing Writer petition is an architectural tecture and member of the largest populations involved “What’s unique about Fish During the Dallas meeting, design contest, said Michelle competition jury. in student organizations and Aides is that it’s basically giv- Dodd also invited Pickering to Parks, director of commu- Hiley, Moriya, and Sutton di# erent student groups.” ing freshmen the opportu- visit Fayetteville in January for Five UA architectural stu- A&M has 725 registered nity to get involved in stu- the SEC exchange, a confer- dents won awards for designs nications at the Fay Jones created a group design in- student organizations. In dent government really early ence for student governments this year at the fourth annual School of Architecture. Stu- spired by Tacubaya, Mexico comparison, UA has 340 reg- in positions that not a lot of in the conference. Knedak Bobo Competition. dents submitted architectural entitled “La Cuna Urbana”. istered student organizations, other freshmen get involved “Hopefully, we will be able Ken Hiley of Little Rock, designs and drawings based Blansit created a design in- according to the Princeton in,” Smiley said. “We can try to collaborate a lot over the Akihiro Moriya of Tomat- o# countries they visited over spired by Trastevere, Rome Review. to cultivate these leaders as next couple of years and really suri, Japan, Tanner Sutton of the summer, she said. entitled “Ludoteka”. “! ese winners created During the meeting, Pick- freshmen to enable them to learn from each other,” Dodd Gentry, and Erica Blansit of see KNEDAK BOBO ering showed Dodd various better serve these committees said. Branson, Mo. submitted their what I call timeless values in on page 3 pieces. design,” said Santiago Perez, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011 TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Follow us on VOL. 106, NO. 21 WEATHER 77° 78° 76° 75° 73° 74° 8 PAGES Twitter at UATRAV.COM FORECAST uatrav.com NEWS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011 PAGE 2 ‘Rollin’ with the Razorbacks’ returns by SARAH DEROUEN year, ASG is sponsoring a first-come, first-serve ba- $4,000 from Residents’ Staff Writer trip to Oxford, Miss., for sis, Hodges said. Interhall Congress. Last the Oct. 22 football game Students are not allowed year, one trip cost about A bus filled with ex- against Ole Miss. to attend if they are on aca- $12,800. cited Razorback students The program is for stu- demic probation, said Bai- The Ole Miss trip is the can only mean one thing dents who would other- ley Moll, ASG secretary. only one planned for the — Rollin’ with the Razor- wise be unable to go to the The trip costs $20, year, ASG officials said. backs. game because of travel, which covers the game Last year, Rollin’ with the ABOUT THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER Rollin’ with the Razor- said Grant Hodges, chair ticket and bus fare. Each Razorbacks took a group of backs is a program spon- of ASG Senate. student also receives a T- students to an away base- sored by UA Associated Rollin’ with the Razor- shirt, Hodges said. ball game, but that was not The Arkansas Traveler, the student newspaper of the University of Arkansas, is Student Government that backs will offer two char- Rollin’ with the Razor- as successful, Hodges said. published every day during the fall and spring academic sessions except during exam transports students en ter buses with a total of backs will be funded by periods and university holidays. masse to away games. This 100 spots to students on a $10,000 from ASG and Opinions expressed in signed columns are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily refl ect the opinion of The Traveler. The editor makes all fi nal content decisions. One copy of The Arkansas Traveler is free to every member of the UA commu- nity.