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Lucas Coberly voter turnout rate among cal candidates,” said Emily Sta Writer young people. Less than 20 Carson, president of Young percent of people aged 18-29 Democrats. “Our o cial, voted in the 2010 midterm big meetings happen once election, according to a study every two weeks.” College Republicans and by  e Center for Information Abigale Rongey, a Young Democrats are at work & Research on Civic Learning freshman Young Democrat, to ensure their side’s victory in and Engagement.  ere was said she would like to see the 2014 midterm election. only a small increase to 30 per- young voters of both sides be Early voting for the mid- cent in the 2012 cycle. more involved. term election began Oct. 20, In addition to registrations, “I think that young vot- and the  nal day to Young Democrats sought to get ers are so apathetic and vote is Nov. 4.  e students politically involved. don’t care, and they midterm is crucial Several rallies and meet-and- need to care because for both parties. greet events have taken place they are the ones go- Several incumbents on campus and around Fay- ing to be a ected,” aren’t running, leav- etteville. Rongey said. ing many high- Former President Bill Clin- “Democrats and pro le positions ton visited campus Oct. 7 to Republicans available in the state campaign alongside state and need to work government.  e local Democratic candidates together.” governor’s seat is and to encourage students to College Re- open as well. vote. Young Democrats also publicans are also Young Democrats planned a watch party of the active on cam- focused on registering debate between Mark Pryor pus, organiz- local residents and stu- and Tom Cotton on Oct. 13, ing regular dents at the UofA to vote. and they organized a meet and meet-  ey also tried to ensure greet with Pryor at Arsaga’s the ings,i n g s , that people actually made it next day. to the polls. Young Demo- In addition to these special crats had many voter regis- events, Young Democrats also tration tables set up around calls and canvasses regularly. campus in September.  e “We have phone banks deadline to register to vote every Wednesday and Friday in Arkansas was Oct. 6. night, and we have canvasses Arkansas has a poor every single weekend for lo- continued on page 3 Photo Illustration Apple Cake and Ambition: Parenting in College

Alex Golden A er two high-risk preg- becoming pregnant with her Sta Writer nancies, she and Robert de- daughter, Leah. cided to move with their two  is time, though, her preg- small children back to Arkansas nant belly didn’t attract a buzz Car a er car pulls up, each where there would be a support of excitement, and the looks one with a child peering from system: family. it got were not those delighted the backseat, wide-eyed at the  ey moved Christmas Day looks she had seen on the faces petting zoo, corn maze and hay of 2010, and weeks later, Ainley of classmates and professors at rides that make up the pump- found herself a student at the her community college. kin patch in Springdale. Seven- UofA. “People stared at me,” she year-old Bella runs ahead of Her infant son had spent said. “ ey looked at me like her little brother, Josiah, so she time in the hospital with respi- there was something wrong can hide the bumpy pumpkins ratory problems and needed with me.  ey wouldn’t talk to behind hay bales because they lots of a ercare. Ainley strug- me. People would move away scare him. Her dad follows be- gled to juggle school and was from me, whisper behind your hind carrying her baby sister, not met with sympathy from back, talk loudly enough for whom he has just introduced to Alex Golden Sta Writer teachers, she said. you to hear, but not for you to the animals at the petting zoo. Ti ani Ainley, a UA student and mother of three, comforts her tired children at a “I had professors tell me, ‘I’m say anything … I was ready to Her mom stays close behind Springdale pumpkin patch. Ainley started an RSO for parent students at the UofA. sorry; it’s not my problem. You quit. I mean, it makes you feel her holding Josiah’s hand, re- chose to come back to school. so down.” sponding enthusiastically every around not having children she said. “And for him, that was Ainley had a teacher she said Do the work or get out,’” she Ainley would not have con- time he points to a pumpkin he a er doctors told her that was school. He did not believe that worked especially hard to help said. “And it wasn’t that I wasn’t tinued school if it had not been wants to show her. not going to happen. Instead, I should sit there and be an un- li her to university level. trying to do the work. It’s that I for the professors who worked Bella’s mother is Ti ani Ain- she set her mind to joining the educated person, that I should Ainley le school to take needed some time. I needed a with her, she said. She o en had ley, a student at UofA. Ainley Marine Corps, she said, but that wallow in self-pity because I care of Bella when her husband, little help with extensions … I morning sickness throughout is in the minority at school be- plan came to a screeching halt had lost my dream.” Robert, was deployed in 2008. ended up withdrawing from the the day and was missing class cause she has children. Of more the day she was supposed to Ainley had been home- She returned, but was forced to university a er that  rst semes- because of it. When she apolo- than 26,000 students, only 691 leave for boot camp. She found schooled, but much of it was stop spring semester 2010 when ter, and I waited almost a year gized and explained to one of are known parents, said Susan out she was pregnant and she self-taught a er her mom got a second pregnancy put her on to come back because I was so her professors that the only Stiers, associate director for O would have to come up with a sick when Ainley was in third bed rest. When she was still able frustrated.” time she felt better was at night, Campus Connections. Ainley new plan, despite the devasta- grade. At 19 years old, she had to go to class, her pregnancy While attending school at her professor responded with, just founded a registered stu- tion of no longer being able to a GED behind her, but no con- was met with excitement from UofA for the second time, her “Well, I have a night class. Want dent organization dedicated to join the Marine Corps. cept of college or any idea of other students and professors, plans were again interrupted. to come to that?” pregnant and parenting stu- “My husband picked me how to navigate the social scene she said. People would o en ask Doctors had told her she was Without any hassle, Ainley dents, called Parenting and up, he dusted me o , and he that came with it, she said. her how far along she was and unable to have any more kids was allowed to move into an- Pregnancy on Campus. pushed me to become someone She started at a community tell her to be sure to bring the a er she had lyme disease, other class. Ainley planned her life better and do something better,” college in Washington, where baby to class when he was born. but that didn’t stop her from continued on page 8

Campus Construction Progresses Social Media Dating Is Burnt Out Allen Taking Brunt of Blame

Champions Hall and two other construction projects Tinder, a dating app that allows users to find potential It’s easy to point the finger at the quarterback after are underway and set to be finished by summer 2015. mates within a specific radius, is losing popularity as losses, but the blame should not fall all on Allen. the seasons change.

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Kris Johnson Photo Editor Contact e Student Athlete Success Center is being built between Pomfret Hall and the HPER. e center will be available to students who are not athletes occasionally. e center will have study rooms and a dining hall, a UA o cial said. 119 Kimpel Hall University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Campus Construction Should be Main 479 575 3406 Fax 479 575 3306 [email protected] Completed by Summer of 2015 facebook.com/uatrav Gabby Mellott neering Building, which pre- Johnson said. shell will be built inside, twitter.com/uatrav Sta Writer viously had the math testing The new athletic center Johnson said. center, will be repurposed for will include offices, study There will be tiered seat- Editorial Sta physics labs, general class- rooms, teaching areas and a ing with a large stage, John- William Bowden rooms and offices, Johnson dining hall, Johnson said. son said. The first few rows Editor Champions Hall, the Stu- said. The building may be open of seats will be on a hydraulic 479.575.8455 dent Athlete Success Cen- The vacated rooms in the occasionally for students lift. This will allow a bigger [email protected] ter and the Jim and Joyce Science Building will be used who are not athletes, Johnson stage for large events, such as Isabel Dobrin Lauren Robinson Faulkner Performing Arts to create chemistry labs, an- said. performances by the full or- News Editor Managing Editor Center should be completed thropology labs and biology The Student Athlete Suc- chestra and the full chorale. [email protected] [email protected] and ready for use for the labs, Johnson said. cess Center will cost $25 The performing arts cen- Drew Viguet David Wilson 2015 fall semester, a Facilities The cost for Champi- million, and will be paid for ter will cost $20 million. Asst. 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Lucas Coberly mitment and become full- Sta Writer time teachers at a school in the state. Fellows also re- ceive a $15,000 stipend on top of their salary, which is Arkansas Teachers paid over three years. Corps, a UA program that Applicants must pass helps graduates become certain certi cation tests teachers and sends them to before the training period areas in Arkansas that are to gain their provisional in need of quali ed instruc- teaching license, which all tors, is accepting applica- Arkansas teachers must tions for 2015 fellowships. take. Applicants who are Anyone with a bachelor’s accepted receive hands-on degree, or anyone who is training for six weeks to planning to get one by June prepare for teaching, and 2015, and a GPA of 2.75 is they become fully licensed welcome to apply. ere is teachers at the end of their no cost to apply. three years. e program is in its “We have people apply third year and will accept from all over,” Watermann 30-40 fellows for 2015, up said. “We do give preference from 20-30 from last year. to those applicants who ei- Most teachers are sent to ther went to an Arkansas southern and central Ar- university or are an Arkan- kansas. sas native.” Margaret Watermann, ere are 35 fellows in assistant to the executive di- the program, and that num- Wayne Tomlinson Sta Photographer rector at Arkansas Teachers ber is expected to grow. Alpha Delta Pi sisters campaign for Margaret Watermann, their candidate for Homecoming Queen. Corps, said she hopes to see “We started with about ey passed out candies and ribbons to promote Watermann, one of  ve women running. Homecom- many applicants this fall. 21, and then we added 20 ing will be Oct. 25. “ ere’s a great need for more,” Watermann said. people who are interested “We’re looking to add 30 to to apply and to serve in the 40 more and continue plac- state,” Watermann said. ing the schools that we’re Fellows in the program placing in and add new ASG Working to Add a Sign join for a three-year com- placements as well.” Language Course at the UofA Students Prepare to Vote Ginny Monk continued from page 1 quire a lot of thought and de- guage. Some UA students had proposes would be a beginner Senior Sta Writer liberation,” Bell said. taken a sign language course course open to all students, Al- Sign language would be in high school and wanted to lison said. recruiting students at the the country,” said freshman helpful for people of all ma- continue learning. Auburn University o ers a Union and volunteering Giovanni Orsi. Associated Student Gov- jors as a foreign language, but “We are trying to raise the course through its Recreation with the Republican Party Junior Nicole Scott ernment members will vote particularly for students who bar to be like other universities and Wellness Center, and stu- of Arkansas. Kristin Day, a agreed that getting young on legislation Oct. 28 that sup- want to have a career in special or pass them,” Farr said. dents can receive a certi ca- member of College Republi- people out to vote is impor- ports the creation of a course education or communication e ASG Twitter account tion at the end of the course, cans and an intern with the tant. in American Sign Language at disorders, Allison said. tweeted Oct. 9 asking about Allison said. ASG o cials will Republican Party of Arkan- “I think it’s good because the UofA. Fran Hagstrom, an assis- student interest in a sign lan- consider a similar program if sas, volunteers her time to our demographic is the low- ASG is still researching tant dean in the College of guage course. e tweet re- none of the UA colleges will help her party. est voting demographic,” student interest and talk- Education and Health Profes- ceived 15 retweets, 62 favorites agree to o er a sign language “We make phone calls to Scott said. “It’s our future.” ing to faculty to get them on sions, said there is not a faculty and several other comments. course. people who are registered to Both College Republi- board with the project. ere member on sta who teaches ASG members saw this as is is the  rst time ASG vote and go door to door to cans and Young Democrats are plans in place to talk to has worked to create a new citizens who are registered are looking for new mem- the dean of Fulbright College course, although they have to vote,” Day said. bers to help volunteer. Stu- and the dean of the College of “We are trying to raise the bar to be like worked in the past to amend ese e orts help candi- dents who are registered to Education and Health Profes- other universities or pass them.” courses like University Per- dates gauge where they stand vote can also expect to see sions. ere is also hope that spectives, Farr said. in the election, she said. buses on campus that will the course could work as the ASG has received positive College Republicans also take them to polling loca- foreign language requirement Taylor Farr feedback from students about worked on registering stu- tions. for certain majors, although ASG Director of Communications the sign language course. dents to vote on National Voters no longer need to the course would be open to Sophomore Logan Nelson Voter Registration Day, and bring a photo ID with them all majors, said Caitlin Al- sign language, and there are no a su cient amount of student said he would take sign lan- they plan to have tailgates to the poll. e Arkansas Su- lison, a member of ASG and plans to o er a sign language feedback to pursue the idea, guage class if it was o ered as a before football games and a preme Court struck down author of the legislation. course in the near future. Farr said. foreign language requirement. dinner on Lincoln Day. ey the law requiring voter IDs e course will be avail- Work on the project began “I want to get in contact “I’m surprised it’s not al- also organized a special din- Oct. 15. e law was intro- able within one year, said when students approached with as many students as pos- ready o ered,” Nelson said. “A ner with Cotton. duced last year a er the state Taylor Farr, ASG director of ASG o cials, frustrated that sible to gauge student interest,” lot of other colleges, and even Students are generally legislature overruled a veto communications. several other universities, such Allison said. high schools, already have it.” welcome to the idea of polit- by governor Mike Beebe, Steven Bell, chairman of as Auburn, the University of Interested students can Freshman Nathan Smith ical involvement on campus, making voters bring their World Languages, Litera- Mississippi, the University of tweet @UofAASG or email said he was also surprised that regardless of party. IDs to the May primary. tures and Cultures, said he Alabama, the University of [email protected], Farr said. sign language was not o ered “I think that encouraging Polling o cials can still ask would be open to discussing Missouri and Baylor Univer- e UofA o ers a 4,000 lev- at the UofA. students to vote is very pro- a voter for their ID, but vot- the idea of a sign language sity, o ered sign language el course called Sign Language “I think it’s awesome,” active because a democracy ers are not required legally course. courses, but the UofA did not, and Deafness for students Smith said. “I would take sign doesn’t work unless it has to produce any identi ca- “ at would de nitely be Allison said. Baylor University majoring in communication language in a heartbeat. Ev- active people who care about tion. something that would re- even o ers a minor in sign lan- disorders, but the course ASG eryone should know it.”

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Nathan Owens electricity, lighting, heating and cooling in the designated build- Sta Writer ings. e feedback charts are a pi- lot run, Halsell said. e 15 per- Kimpel Hall’s energy con- cent reduction goal might be too X sumption spiked three weeks low for the study, she said. ago because of the dehumidi - e Walton College of Busi- ers that have run nonstop since ness reduced electricity usage by a major water leak last month, 5,615 kilowatt-hours from last W but other buildings have de- year’s data, which is 2,213 kwh creased electricity consumption, lower than the 15 percent reduc- according to a UA weekly en- tion target. ergy report. “Hopefully this will appear Halsell associated the results as a temporary ‘blip’ on the with more e cient computer Kimpel energy chart, and en- servers installed last year. e ergy use will be at or below 2013 servers showed an 88 percent levels next week,” said Michele decrease in electrical consump- Halsell, the managing director tion compared to traditional of the Applied Sustainability systems, according to a 2013 UA Center. sustainability study. A chiller pipe stopped work- JB Hunt and the law school ing at 1 p.m. Sept. 28, gushing an both had a similar reduction estimated 1,500 gallons of water trend. Hunt’s energy use de- into the building. Most of the creased by 2,208 kwh, and the damage hit the  rst and fourth law building decreased by 968  o o r s . kwh. Both showed an overall e maintenance crew decrease in energy use, but they placed dehumidi ers with fans missed the 15 percent reduction on all the  oors of Kimpel Hall goal. Y on Oct. 3 and kept the machines Energy use in Kimpel Hall KHW KHW KHW KHW running 24/7 over the weekend. increased by 6,807 kwh because In a few buildings on cam- of the dehumidi ers a er the pus, energy feedback charts  ooding. Nathan Owens Sta Photographer were placed in high tra c ar- People should be aware that e graph above shows energy consumption in kilowatt-hours (KWH), speci cally the increased energy con- eas to raise awareness about the keeping chargers and utilities sumption in Kimpel Hall for Oct. 11. Dehumidi ers, placed throughout the building after the  ood, are the main importance of energy conserva- plugged in drains electricity, of- cause of the increase. tion, UA o cials said.  cials said. e charts plot data from “ ere’s stu plugged in ev- Sept. 20 to Dec. 27, showing erywhere,” Halsell said. “One electricity usage for last year. phone charger is not a big deal, e chart also outlines a 15 per- but it’s not just one. It can be as Homecoming Charity E orts cent reduction target and will many as 4,000 phone chargers, plot data for this year. and if they’re plugged in and Facilities Management, the nobody takes them out, then Applied Sustainability Center they’re just constant. Even when Bene t NWA Area is Year and the O ce for Sustainabil- the phone isn’t plugged up to it, ity are conducting the program it’s still pulling electricity.” Just in Bar eld 5K. Schedule con icts forced pantry through the 5K, said o took place Oct. 14 at the “Every Kilowatt Counts.” Seventy-seven percent of the Sta Writer the SAA to extend Homecom- Tammy Tucker, director of Arkansas Union, said Alyssa Emails informing recipi- electricity used on campus is in- ing 2014 to two weeks instead communication and market- Strodel, student outreach coor- ents about their energy use and doors, and 42 percent of overall of the traditional one week, al- ing for the Alumni O ce. Last dinator for the Arkansas Alum- asking them to spread energy electric consumption comes e Student Alumni Asso- lowing the SAA to plan more year’s donations were 14,000 ni Association. e cook-o awareness were sent to faculty from academic buildings, ac- ciation’s fundraising e orts for events, said Connor Flocks, items, according to the SSA was open to students, faculty and sta in JB Hunt, Kimpel, the cording to a 2013 electricity Homecoming 2014 have been one of the Homecoming co- website. and sta who could purchase a Walton College of Business and benchmark report. successful so far, with almost chairs. Another charity involved cup of chili for $1, Miller said. the law school. Reducing this value by 1 per- double the number of food e SAA plans new events in Homecoming was the e money, as well as any food e university has made sig- cent saves 498,520 kwh of elec- items donated this year com- every year, Flocks said, citing American Red Cross, which donations, supported the 7hills ni cant strides in energy savings tricity, which equates to $31,522, pared to last year, a UA o cial last year’s dodgeball tourna- organized a blood drive from Homeless Center. and the reduction of its carbon according to the report. said. ment. e inspiration for the Tuesday to ursday. e Red More than $715 was col- footprint in recent years. e Halsell said she hopes the en- “One thing we’re focusing Color ose Hogs 5K came Cross had a goal of 1,200 units lected for the shelter, Strodel UofA is working to become car- ergy charts will remind people on this year, speci cally, is giv- a er looking at other schools, of donated blood, said Dani- said. While the number of stu- bon neutrality by 2040. to turn o everyday appliances ing back to the University of such as the University of Flori- elle Ray, a communications dents who participated was not e total electricity used on that are normally forgettable. Arkansas and Northwest Ar- da and Auburn University, and manager present at the drive. recorded, the Union Mall was campus from 2005-2013 was “Some people have micro- kansas,” said Ryan Miller, the seeing that both schools had For this drive, 870 units were packed, Tucker said. mostly stagnant except for a wave ovens, refrigerators, cof- assistant director for students thriving color runs. donated. Last year, more than ough not very interested small peak in 2012, according fee pots and radios, and a few and young alumni. About 1,800 students par- 1,000 units were donated. in Homecoming, freshman to the UA Electricity Bench- even have televisions,” she said. e charities represented ticipated in the run, which Each donation helps three Mazin Ebbini said the events mark Report. However, the UA “It’s almost a home away from during Homecoming are the stunned SAA members, Flocks people, and the blood drive could be good for the commu- fall enrollment increased by 30 home. Space heaters and fans, Full Circle Campus Food Pan- said. could help more than 3,000 nity. percent during the same pe- phone chargers, this stu is try, 7hills Homeless Center “We expected maybe 400 people in need, according to a “If it’s helping the com- riod. at means UA electricity plugged in everywhere.” and the American Red Cross, or 500 people would sign up Red Cross news release. is munity, I agree that it’s a good use has stayed the same as the Miller said. from the beginning,” Flocks drive is one of the largest in the thing,” he said. campus population has grown. A version of this story was e SSA strives to make said. “When it came down to it, state of Arkansas, according to Sophomore Ava Graham, O cials described this as a huge published in  e Razorback Homecoming more than just people got excited and showed the release. who ran in the 5K and also do- decrease in energy consumption Reporter, a product of the Walter a celebration, according to the up. It was really, really cool.” Junior Candace Brown said nated blood, said the 5K was per person. J. Lemke Department of SAA website. e organization To sign up for the 5K, stu- she donated blood because she fun and  t Homecoming well. e energy data includes Journalism. tries to make the week an event dents had to pay $35 or make a knew there was a need to give. Graham, a member of Kappa that impacts the community donation of canned goods. e “Homecoming gives an Kappa Gamma, also said she by planning activities that give Homecoming committee will opportunity for fundraising loves Homecoming because it Follow Us students the chance to do just plan another 5K because of the groups to come to campus and brings the UA community to- On Twitter that. high turnout, Flocks said. for students to participate,” she gether. A new event introduced this Students raised more than said. “Our school is in unity for year was the Color ose Hogs 27,000 food items for the food Additionally, a chili cook- one weekend,” Graham said. @UATRAV FOLLOW US @UATRAV I'M VOTING FOR ISSUE #4 On November 4th say YES to legalize alcohol sales throughout Arkansas. VOTE FOR AMENDMENT 4 AND SAY YES TO FREEDOM!

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Razorbacks Should Foster Arkansas State Rivalry tory with Auburn last year and the latter of which is well on his way to winning his  rst as the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. ere are many theories as to why the athletic department refuses to schedule Arkansas State over such nail biting com- petition as the Nicholls State Colonels and the UAB Blazers. e prevailing theory is fear. David Wilson Fear that a Hog loss to Red Opinion Editor Wolves could provide a le- gitimate threat to interstate re- cruiting as young players begin Alabama and Auburn. Flor- to see Arkansas State on their ida and Florida State. South radar as a legitimate alterna- Carolina and Clemson. Ole tive to the UofA. Fear that an Miss and Mississippi State. A-State victory would split fan Arkansas and ______? bases across the state and that ere is a long and storied they would go from from buy- history of college football and ing $49.99 pig merchandise to intense interstate rivalries, but that of the dogs, of which the for some reason the Arkansas UofA has enjoyed an exclusive Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal Razorbacks are not remotely a monopoly on for many years. part of this lineage. At least to Instate students may even some degree. think to take their tuition dol- e UofA has played virtu- lars to Jonesboro rather than Mandatory Scooter Insurance for Students ally every team in Arkansas, Fayetteville. As our program even two high school teams, improves, the administration yet has never opted to play the should think more about ex- Improves Safety for UofA and Fayetteville most competitive team in the panding the football love with- Depends how you look at the Fayetteville City Attorney By recognizing the moped state by far. in our state’s boundaries. the glass. said. as a legitimate motor vehicle, e Arkansas State Red Many students here who ac- ey say there are two “Many of the scooters you and requiring its drivers to Wolves. tually come from Arkansas, in- types of riders: ose who see are below 50 ccs and do possess insurance, the city of From Oklahoma and OSU cluding myself, went to school have already crashed, and not required to be licensed. Fayetteville would be placing to Texas Tech and UT to UCLA with people who now attend those who will someday crash. e drivers do not even need a helpful standards on moped and USC, there is no shortage A-State. Not only would this be I don’t know who they refers license to my knowledge. At- riders. of these types of games in the a great opportunity to social- to, but I dare say that they’re tempting to require insurance Insurance would also cause college football arena, but why ize, it would bene t the instate correct. may be beyond our statutory moped riders to drive with is Arkansas actively avoiding economy rather than literally It doesn’t matter whether powers or preempted by exist- perhaps more interest in safe- the best team in the state? paying glori ed high school you straddle a moped or a ing state law. Are you planning ty, as everyone who’s ever been In this case the previous teams such as Nicholls State Harley-Davidson, you’ll go on requiring insurance for bi- in accident knows exactly question might have provided several hundred thousand dol- T.J Stallbaumer down eventually. cycle riders on the streets?” what happens to your insur- the answer. lars to come here for a shameful Senior Sta Writer And when you do, If something as slow and ance the moment you crash — Far from scrubs, the A-State 73-7 beatdown. shouldn’t you be insured? barely street legal as a moped it’s going up. Red Wolves have been a rising In a state that has no major It makes a lot of sense my has to have liability insurance, Without a valid motorcycle program in recent years. In the league baseball team, NBA or friends. You protect not only then shouldn’t bicyclists who endorsement, insurance rates past three years, they’ve gone to NFL franchise, you can see how An ordinance requiring your own property, but others ride on the road be held to the for any riders are going to be three bowl games and le with good a position the UofA is motorized bicycles, motor as well. same standard? higher. two sets of rings. currently in terms of marketing scooters and mopeds to pos- I can already hear the in- What about the longboard- Even on a vehicle below 50 Last year the Wolves went itself as the go-to sports team sess at least $25,000 of liability dignant replies, ranging from er in Harmon last semester, cubic centimeters, possessing 7-5 and ended their season for not only UofA students and insurance will soon end up in complaints of cost to com- who smashed into the side of a valid motorcycle endorse- with a bowl game victory – alumni, but to all Arkansans. front of the Fayetteville City plaints of the necessity of such your car late one night and ment lowers insurance rates. and that was a down year. In During his  rst inaugural Council. an ordinance. didn’t have to do a thing about Mandatory insurance 2011, they went undefeated in address Franklin Delano Roo- “ e City of Fayetteville A cost complaint though it? It would have been nice could have a positive a ect on their conference, and ended sevelt famously said, “ e only has seen a rapid increase in has little merit. had he been insured. moped safety, by discourag- 10-2. In 2012 they went 10-3 thing we have to fear is fear it- the number of low powered I received a quote on a But here’s the problem with ing accidents and encouraging and had their  rst consecutive self – and also those damn Red motorized bicycles, says the made up moped from Pro- the mopeds: As motor ve- motorcycle endorsements to 10 win season in program his- Wolves.” proposed ordinance, operat- gressive.com, with a 12-month hicles, moped riders seem to drivers licenses. tory. ey’ve been led by blue ing on the public streets of premium running me only take little responsibility for the Yes, paying mandated chip head coaches such as Gus David Wilson is a junior - Fayetteville but there is no $75 if paid in full. real rules of the road. Have moped insurance would be a Malzahn and Hugh Freeze. e nance major, political science uniform requirement in the Any valid argument you ever been stopped on a hassle, but it’s an investment former of which was about 30 minor and the Opinion editor of State of Arkansas regarding against mandatory moped in- hill (yes, you live in Fayette- in not only your safety, but seconds away from his second the Traveler. You can e-mail him insurance for these vehicles.” surance would have to come ville,) and had a moped rider that of others. national championship vic- at [email protected]. Cue a collective gasp from in the form of something that come to a stop mere inches I think the city council local moped riding residents, I cannot imagine would hold behind you? is on the right path with this who are surprised to learn that in a court of law. e “well We’ve all been there, ter- one, and I hope to see mandat- TravTrTraveler Quote of the Day yes, local government does in why not them?” argument. ri ed that we’ll roll backward ed moped insurance come to fact a ect you. Opponents of the ordi- into them. fruition, here in Fayetteville. “I would take sign language in a is ordinance is perti- nance also have other points. Moped riders have the nent, because it could cost you “I believe that licensed vehi- same privileges as cars, and T.J Stallbaumer is a senior heartbeat. Everyone should know it.” money, or save you some seri- cles are required to have liabil- so they ought to be held to the and a senoir sta writer for the ous grief. ity insurance,” Kit Williams same standards. Arkansas Traveler. Nathan Smith Freshman “ASG Working to Add a Sign Language Courseursee at theth Uo f A” Between new Pat Walker Copayment Fees Pg. 3 and Obamacare, Students Lose on Charges

Laura Quinonez uninsured and create a better the 2014-2015 year. Although there are penal- Sta Writer future for Pat Walker with Plan A was $1,900 and ties for not having insurance those funds, said Mary Alice Plan B was $1,428 which under this act, there are also Sera ni, executive director of translates to about $150 per exemptions for those who Between work, school and Pat Walker Health Center. month. at’s a great amount really can’t a ord it. One can a social life, the last thing col- is is a bit confusing, of money to pay for insur- apply to be exempt from this lege students want to think considering every semester ance in a poor college kid’s on their website. about is health insurance. any enrolled student must life. Also, for the rest of the ey might however, pay about $100 in student Student’s have two choic- month of October, the Ar- want to reconsider that with health fees whether they use es: be penalized and pay hun- kansas Department of Health  u season approaching and those services or not. dreds of dollars a year for not is o ering  u shots for free in health insurance policies With approximately having insurance and possi- every county on Monday the changing in 2015. 25,000 students at the U of A, bly end up paying full price 27th and will be available at Health insurance is some- you’d think they are making for any medical services or the health department and at thing many young adults and enough funds from that fee pay more than a thousand the Rogers Activity Center. college students tend to put alone to improve the center. dollars to have insurance and Otherwise they will cost on the backburner because As of October 2013, any- be prepared just in case. about $20 or $30 dollars at of their good health and lack body over the age of 18 must Both of which seem very Pat Walker. of knowledge over the new be insured according to the pricey. In a few years, most stu- system. A ordable Care Act. e changes that have dents won’t have to worry Others might think they ose who are not in- been made at Pat Walker will about health insurance be- simply can’t a ord health in- sured by 2015 will have to be very inconvenient and cause their full time employ- surance but for whatever rea- face a penalty of $325 and in costly for many students, er will o er plans that they son, this is an issue that must 2016, it’s expected that the even those with insurance. can a ord but in the mean- Editorial Board be dealt with. penalty will increase to $695. Some students that are time they must get informed In the past years, students Last year 25 to 35 per- covered now say that they and take action, whether it’s Editor-in-Chief William Bowden at the UofA didn’t have to cent of students at the U of will prefer to drive to their to apply for an exemption or Managing Editor Lauren Robinson worry about this because Pat A were uninsured. What are hometown doctors because apply for some type of insur- Opinion Editor David Wilson Walker didn’t require health they supposed to do now that of the same cost. ance. Anything could hap- insurance for medical ser- they can no longer visit Pat However, this will more pen and it’s their responsibil- vices but as of July, they are Walker for medical services so a ect those who are unin- ity as young adults to make e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all charging an insurance co- at a reasonable cost? sured. Being informed about sure they are prepared. interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and payment. According to the Pat e A ordable Care Act is should include your name, student classi cation and major or e reason for this is that Walker Health Center Web- the most useful thing any- Laura Quinonez is a sta title with the university and a day-time telephone number for they want to be able to keep site they o ered two di erent body over the age of 18 can writer for the Arkansas Trav- veri cation. Letters should be sent to [email protected]. better track of those who are health insurance plans for do. eler. “Making the Traveler’s Journey Worthwhile”

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Left: Darius Jones, known by his stage name “Plvto,” is a local mu- sician in Fayetteville. e Little Rock native plans to return to the University in the spring after taking time o to focus on his music. Above: PLVTO performs live. “It’s pretty hard being a rapper here,” he said. “Fayetteville doesn’t really have a big hip-hop pres- Adams Pryor Sta Photographer ence.” PLVTO: Local Musician Aims for the Stars Kathryn O’Guinn born with the name Darius. He said said that his style of music is indie hip- He said he believes his current was just sitting back and listening to Sta Writer he chose his stage name because he hop. mixtape “Hangout” is a creative im- beats, so I just titled it what I did while has always felt out of the loop with the “My genre is mostly hip-hop but I provement from his last album “1990 writing it.” world around him. do a lot of weird things.” Nothing.” “What I want the fans to get out of “I’ve always felt like I never  t in, PLVTO comes up with the ideas “I tried to be more chill and laid ‘Hangout’ is I want them to feel like e hip-hop music scene in Fay- like people didn’t see me as one of for his songs in two di erent ways. He back. I wanted to create the mixtape as they know me. I want them to relate etteville is receiving a boost in promi- them,” he said. “I’ve felt like I was on to me and feel like they’re hanging out nence thanks to an eccentric rapper, the edge of the galaxy trying my best with me,” PLVTO said. “I wanted to PLVTO. With two amazing mixtapes to be a part of the rest of the universe.” “ e area is becoming more diverse music-wise, but connect with people and seem like a and an attitude that exhibits musical Developing a musical career in the it takes more people from this generation to really friend to the people that like the mix- professionalism, it is ba ing that this Fayetteville area has been challenging tape, even though I have never met Arkansas-born 23-year-old is still just for him. push it forward.” them.” a local musician. “It’s pretty hard being a rapper PLVTO has a bright future ahead At age 17, due to a series of unfor- here. Fayetteville doesn’t really have a PLVTO of him with his pending project, his tunate events, he became homeless for big hip-hop presence,” PLVTO said. Local Performing Artist debut album, “Ugly.” six months a er his move to Fayette- “ e area is becoming more diverse “I am working on it with big pro- ville. is di cult time was when he music-wise, but it takes more people ducers that will help me break out of began writing music. from this generation to really push it uses the traditional method, gather- something people can relate to and not being a local musician,” PLVTO said. “During my junior year of high forward.” ing ideas by freestyling to a beat then have to  gure out,” he said. He wants this album to be a de- school my English teacher, Mr. Co- Drawing inspiration from a wide changing and revising it to perfection, As far as the name for the album scription and an introduction to lis- chran, made the class write down range of hip-hop artists like Kid Cudi, and he also uses a more di cult pro- goes, PLVTO said he chose “Hangout” teners about him. something for the  rst 10 minutes,” Kanye West, Childish Gambino and cess, watching movies on silent. because it describes the feel of the al- PLVTO o ers both of his mixtapes PLVTO said. “So I wrote music be- Kendrick Lamar, with in uences from “I try to get a feel for the movie bum. for free download on SoundCloud, cause that’s what I felt like writing.” artists in other genres like e Silver- without hearing it, then I write my “I didn’t want to be deep with it. and they can also be found on Twitter PLVTO, pronounced “Pluto,” was sun Pickups and Evanescence, PLVTO music from the ideas that came up.” While I was developing the album I and YouTube. UA Professor Shortlisted for Canadian Literary Award Padma Viswanathan, an Assistant Professor A er 5 years of brainstorming  ve authors that were not her he Leigha Van Sickle and writing, her story was pub- apologized to her and turned o the of English, Finds her Roots in Writing Sta Writer lished earlier this year and on Oct. live feed. 6 she found out that her novel was She said that she felt honored to shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller have been longlisted and was okay An assistant professor at the Prize. with the outcome. When her hus- UofA recently had her novel “ e is award is not only the rich- band opened his computer, he saw Ever A er of Ashwin Rao” shortlist- est Canadian literary award with that the live feed was still going. ed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. $100,000 for the winner and $10,000 ere were six novels shortlisted Padma Viswanathan grew up in for each  nalist, but it also recog- this year and “ e Ever A er of Ash- Canada and was intrigued by the Air nized excellence in Canadian liter- win Rao” was the last one. India bombing in 1985. She decided ary  ction. “I traveled both those emotional to incorporate the bombing into her e six shortlisted authors were forks,” Viswanathan said. “Glad to second novel, she said. chosen from the longlist of 12 books. have both feelings.” “It is the story of the emotional is fall, Viswa- consequences of a real life bomb- nathan is teaching ing,” Viswanathan said. “Writing is where I started. two graduate courses: She had an idea of a character who Cra of Fiction II is an Indian doctor who goes to Can- Writing is closest to my being and and Literary Non- ada to help people through their grief because of that, I can teach well.” Realisms. She came almost 20 years a er the tragedy, she to Arkansas eight said. years ago with her “He is not telling them that he Padma Viswanathan husband, Geo rey himself su ered from the bombing Assistant Professor Brock, who teaches as well,” Viswanathan said. in the UA English e story progresses through the Scotiabank Giller Prize is a department. She said relationships the doctor develops that she only teaches with the victims. Canadian award given to ction two courses because Viswanathan said that she knew writers. It’s the richest literary she enjoys having the background of the story well time to write and be because she lived in Canada and award, and the winner receives with her two kids. started to see di erences between $100,000. Finalists receive “Writing is where di erent societal groups arise as the I started,” Viswana- trials were occurring. While she was $10,000 each. than said. “Writing growing up in the suburbs, these is closest to my be- problems were not as prevalent un- e list started with the 167 novels ing and because of that, I can teach til she got older and the issues were submitted by 63 di erent publishing we l l .” back on the table and she backed houses across Canada. She said that being a writer helps away from the situation, she said. “In Canada there are three main her educate those who also want to She reached a wide audience be- awards which are co-equal in their write. She said that she enjoys the cause most Canadians have some sort prestige, however the Scotiabank students in Arkansas because they of connection to the bombings, she Giller Prize is considered to be the are very passionate and genuine. said. Also, the lists for the Scotiabank more glamorous prize due to its “ e students really like to dig Courtesy Photo Giller Prize put her book on many prize money,” Viswanathan said. their teeth in and I am so privileged Padma Viswanathan, an assistant professor in the English depart- people’s reading lists. She said that she A jury picks the  nalists and to get to teach them,” Viswanathan ment, was recently shortlisted for her novel “ e Ever After of felt connected to the book because of eventually the winner. Usually the said. Ashwin Rao.” She is a  nalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the the content and the literary nature of it. shortlist consists of  ve novels She said that she is not sure how richest Canadian literary award. “People want to see the book take which are announced alphabetically. winning the award would a ect her them to a place that’s di erent than While Viswanathan was wait- life because she is very content with they inhabit,” Viswanathan said. “In ing for the shortlist to come out, her life as it is. all of my  ction, I  nd myself drawn she came to an emotional fork, she e winner will be announced to questions that I have wondered said, she would either be happy or Nov. 10 during the Scotiabank Giller about my whole life without know- disappointed. When her husband Prize Gala and broadcasted on CBC ing about it.” listened to the shortlist and heard Radio’s Q. Page 7 Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper

Broadway & a Parade

Ashton Eley Photo Illustration Sta Writer Tinder is a dating app that allows users to see potential partners within a speciic mile radius. Users’ pictures will show up on the screen, and the only way for users to com- municate is by “swiping right.” Dating Apps Are Burnt Out Tinder Shows the Tenderness of Social Media Dating

Lauren Randall the hassle of courting someone by never do in person. It is safer behind Music Sta Writer going on a proper date. Tinder espe- the screen. At George’s Majestic Lounge in the garden, Full House is cially has provided a way for people “Tinder is something I ind fun- playing 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. In the lounge from 7-9 p.m. to ind each other for casual lings. ny. I would never actually consider that night, Jesse Dean & Le of Center will be performing. Af- Everyone loves the idea of a re- “I think these apps have afected going on a date with a guy from terward, Foley’s Van with Cutty Rye will be in the lounge for lationship, whether they are the my relationships. hey have changed Tinder. I think it’s completely vain. I a late show. he funk/R&B band, Here Come he Mummies committed type or one who prefers me in a way that now I’m nervous to don’t want a guy who wants me sole- will go on at 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at the garden. Tickets a casual ling. Dating is a large part go on a date when it’s just me and ly based of of one picture,” sopho- are $25 for general admission. More ticket information can be of college. Social media apps like another guy. I feel really uncomfort- more Kendra Pfeil said. found at georgesmajesticlounge.com. Tinder have been the start of a trend able,” sophomore Anna Welch said. here is not a whole lot of trust It Lives, It Breathes will play at he Elephant Room 6:30 that is completely reconstructing the Tinder is a dating app that allows in meeting people on dating apps ei- p.m., Friday, Oct. 24. idea of college matchmaking as we users to see potential partners within ther. When going on these sites it is know it. Since these tools or apps a speciic mile radius. Other users’ hard for users to actually know who have become a more prominent way pictures will show up on the screen they are talking to, and it is still com- of meeting people, conversation has and two choices are given. Users mon for people to want to meet in a become a lost art. here is no point swipe right if they are interested or regular setting. his though, is easier in meeting someone when every- swipe let if they are not interested. said than done. thing someone needs to know is on If both people swipe right then the Sophomore Natalie Aguila said social media. users have matched and are able to she really only meets people in class “Most people aren’t looking for a message and talk. here have also or at parties. College is full of obli- serious relationship. In the event that been apps similar to Tinder that gations like class, homework, jobs, someone is actually looking for a re- have been created for certain groups. clubs and other activities that make lationship in college they use Twit- One example is Luxy, a dating site it diicult to focus on dating anyone. ter or Instagram to creep on them,” for people with excessive amounts of he last thing college students sophomore Andrew Smith said. money. need to worry about is the stresses Most college kids are not looking Social media and dating apps are of dating – the pressures of school in for a life commitment, and not many not taken seriously by most people general are enough. Apps like Tinder people at this age really know what when looking for relationships. Dat- or any social media outlet have cre- they want. hese apps have made ing apps are used mainly for enter- ated a diferent dynamic to the dat- it easier for college students to ind tainment purposes and people tend ing world but not one that would be outlets for meeting people without to say things or do things they would taken seriously. heater he 1920s-era feel-good musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It” hit the Baum Walker Hall stage Tuesday as part of the Procter & Gamble Broadway Series at the Walton Arts Center. RSO Promotes Women’s Health he show continues through Oct. 26 with several showings during the weekend. Ticket information can be found at tick- Ashton Eley ets.waltonartscenter.org. Sta Writer

he UofA has more than 380 reg- istered student organizations. Many incoming freshmen hear campus guides talk about the array of or- ganizations available to join, and if there is not one that meets their needs, students can create their own, guides have said. Creating an RSO is not an easy task, and with a high probability of failure within the irst year, form- ing a successful organization is even more diicult. One student created a group with women’s health in mind and she said the struggles just made her that Art much more determined to meet her Anne Whiston Spirn will present a lecture titled “he Eye goals. is a Door: Landscape, Photography, and the Art of Discovery” Olivia Orsak began college in fall at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier 2013 with the idea of her organiza- Hall, room 250 of Vol Walker Hall as part of the Fay Jones tion, Far From Fiteen, already in School of Architecture lecture series. An exhibition of Spirn’s mind. work, titled “he Eye is a Door: Landscape, Photography, and “I was really active in high school the Art of Discovery,” will be on display until Oct. 31 in the and it sparked up my interest in Fred and Mary Smith Exhibition Gallery in Vol Walker Hall health,” she said. “I knew that the on the UofA campus. Freshman 15 was my biggest night- UA Events mare. I wanted something that would make me accountable. If I am training someone else on what to eat and how Traveler Archive to be on top of exercising regularly, it Students at the HPER participate in an aerobics class. In Far From makes me accountable, too.” Fifteen, members aim to beat the Freshman 15. “I knew that the Despite her plan, unforeseen Freshman 15 was my biggest nightmare,” Olivia Orsak said. diiculties delayed the start of Far From Fiteen until spring. ity to put this in their chapter letter “We are looking for girls who “he more I looked into it the and they did,” she said. “For the lon- are really interested and will par- more requirements I found,” Orsak gest time it was just me trying to get ticipate. We want people who will said. “I needed ive other members something out there. At irst it was be active and ideas are also helpful,” and a full-time faculty member, and just the emails.” Lobb said. “here is no skill level re- there was a lot of paperwork in- Now, the organization has grown quired. We are just looking for girls volved too.” to more than 70 members. who want to get out of the house and During her search for an advisor, “From there, I had more people get moving.” she was met with opposition. involved and I found people that Orsak said she stresses to mem- “he response I got when irst are as passionate about it as I am. It bers that being a member of her or- trying to start the club and ind an made such a big diference,” Orsak ganization is not an obligation, but advisor was not encouraging,” Or- said. “hey are always texting me something to help relieve stress and he homecoming Dickson Street parade will run from sak said. “One woman said ‘Just to asking if I need any help or about build connections with other wom- the Highland intersection to the Arkansas Greek heatre 7-8 tell you the truth, most don’t suc- what is going on.” en who strive to stay it. p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. Participants will include Arkansas spirit ceed because people drop out.’ It just Junior Kaitlin Lobb joined Far “It is hard to balance it all, but for squads, the Razorback Marching Band and student groups. made me want to do it more, and it From Fiteen last year and is now me, to have this – something that I Immediately following the parade, the homecoming pep pushed me to show that I can.” the event coordinator. She said the am passionate about and enjoy – it rally will begin at the Greek heatre. he rally will include Orsak said she turned to friends group is looking to organize intra- is almost like a relaxer for me,” she the Razorback Marching Band, spirit squads and homecom- in sororities and in her dorm to mural teams. Currently, members said. ing court announcements. Saturday, the Razorbacks will play spread the word. Ater inally ind- attend Wednesday fun runs at Wil- “I see people that are so much Birmingham Blazers at noon. ing an advisor, she started sending son Park and meet at the HPER for more conident when they are out weekly reminders about upcom- workout classes. healthy. It helps things from stress, Courtesy Photos ing events and health tips. he organization is open to to acne, to depression. hat is the “hat is where I branched out to members at all times and there are one thing I am really looking for: to irst. I knew one girl in each soror- no member fees, Orsak said. make their lives better.” Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 Page 8 e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper Suicide Survivor Calls for Hope Pheben Gebrehiwot you enter a dierent dimension. e Sta Writer reality of the leap is a 4- to 5-second jump, with the impact of the water ending your life,” he said, Suicide is becoming more and “ e few that survive the fall more common. is year, actor come back up with broken arms, Robin Williams and G.R.L. member ribs or a crushed spine, and drown Simone Battle committed suicide. It because they cannot keep them- can aect anyone. selves above the water. Only 2 per- In 2011, the highest suicide rate, cent actually survive.” 18.6, was among people 45 to 64 Briggs talked about a man named years old, according to the Ameri- Jason Garber who lew out from can Foundation for Suicide Pre- New Jersey three times to “get the vention. e second highest rate, job done.” He nally succeeded. 16.9, occurred in those 85 years and He said last year, there were 46 Alex Golden Sta Writer older. Younger age groups have had conrmed suicides on the Golden Ainley and two of her children walk through a corn maze in consistently lower suicide rates than Gate Bridge but claims there were Springdale. She is in school to make her children’s lives better. middle-aged and older adults. In actually about 60 suicides. Ocials Kevin Briggs, retired oicer 2011, adolescents and young adults only count the bodies that have been aged 15 to 24 had a suicide rate of physically found. If a body is not re- Student Parents Find Outlet 11. covered, then it is not conrmed. continued from page 1 Retired California Highway Briggs gave a few tips on how to he Golden Gate Patrol Ocer Kevin Briggs, and talk to someone who has suicidal “People like that make the univer- but I realize that going to law school attempted-suicide survivor, Kevin thoughts. He suggested that people Bridge in San Francisco sity so incredibly special,” she said. (and) getting that degree is going to Hines, visited the Fayetteville town ask if the person has future plans. is known for being a Ainley gave birth to Leah and told make a better life for my children. It’s center last Wednesday to inform UA He explained that if there is silence herself that what she encountered going to put my extremely intelligent students and the public about the se- then that is a big indicator that they suicide bridge. Briggs was probably not representative of daughter into private school, where riousness of suicide. are ready to jump. shared his experiences the university as a whole, she said. she can thrive, instead of where she’s e Golden Gate Bridge in San High Emotions = Low Rational “ en I met Hannah,” she said. at in public school.” Francisco is known for being a sui- hought on dealing with people “When I met her, she was walking It is a battle to get Ainley’s 7-year- cide bridge. Since it opened in 1973, He said that people have to un- with her face down ... And she had old daughter, Bella, to do her home- there have been 1,600 conrmed derstand that the person is in a crisis contemplating suicide this adorable belly, and she looked so work and try in school because the suicides, according to e Final state, and people have to try to create while on the bridge cute in her dress.” only class she likes is Gied and Tal- Leap, a book about Golden Gate “hooks” when having the conversa- Ainley stopped to tell the fellow ented, which is only twice a week. e Bridge Suicides. e Golden Gate tion to try to stretch the time out so and understanding why student how beautiful she looked, school has informed Ainley that if Bridge has the second highest num- that positive topics can be discussed. people do it. (He) has which made her cry. Bella doesn’t start trying in her regu- ber of suicide jumps aer the Nan- It is best to start with something that “She started telling me about her lar classes, they are going to take away jing Yangtze River Bridge in China, you have in common with them be- convinced more than experience on campus, and that made her Gied and Talented status. which is the location of 250,000 to cause it helps them understand that 200 people not to jump. me feel very, very guilty,” Ainley said. “I’m trying to show her this is 300,000 suicides a year. someone is like them. “I felt guilty because this happened what you get when you work hard, Briggs shared his experiences on Damaging phrases include “Calm to me. I should have done something even when you don’t like it, you can dealing with people contemplating down,” “You should…” “Why?” and to change it so it wouldn’t happen to become a student who graduates suicide while on the bridge and un- “I understand.” moment that he realized no one even anyone else, and I didn’t. And that’s from the UofA,” Ainley said. derstanding why people do it. Briggs Trying to say that one completely noticed him being in distress and no when I founded the RSO.” Lee had gone to community col- has convinced more than 200 people understands is “absolutely wrong,” one seemed to care. Hines jumped She plans for the RSO to address lege on and o, but began taking it not to jump from the bridge. Briggs said. It is best to be more pa- 70 to 80 feet into the cold water and some of the biggest problems preg- much more seriously when the moth- “ ere’s a dark side to the bridge,” tient and lexible. “If I understand miraculously, he came back up. nant and parenting students have, er of his 9-year-old daughter and he said. you correctly…” is a better approach. “I was alive,” Hines said. “What most notably the lack of aordable 2-year-old son le, he said. He knew He said that when he sees some- Living with mental illness with- now?” childcare. ere is a daycare on cam- his other options would be working one who is about to jump from the out getting help is the worst way to When his foster parents came to pus, the Jean Tyson Center, but it odd jobs or having a low-paying job. bridge, he establishes rapport and go about life, Briggs said. Hines did see him in the hospital, Briggs was costs $850 to $925 a month to send “I could not do that for another 20 empathizes with the person by get- not get help until aer his suicide at- there to meet him as well. Hines re- one child there. e RSO will also years and be a dad and be the person ting down to their level to let them tempt at the Golden Gate Bridge. ceived the help he needed. He said seek to change attitudes toward these I want them to look up and see,” he know that he sees them eye-to-eye. “Can I help you?” and “Are you that he has appreciated life much students. said. “Nobody is above anyone else,” okay?” were the words that Hines more since the incident. “ e social attitude on campus His top priority is obtaining a so- he said, “We are all at the same level.” desperately wanted to hear when he “Life is the single greatest gi we toward parenting and pregnant stu- cial work degree and making sure his Briggs said that the Golden Gate was over the railing of the Golden have ever been given, or will ever be dents – it’s horrible,” Ainley said. children have a comfortable upbring- Bridge is sometimes romanticized. Gate Bridge. Hines recalled a wom- given,” Hines said. “A major hurdle is the price of ing, Lee said. “ ere is a myth that the water an walking up to him while on the For more information about daycare,” said Justin Lee, the RSO’s “I want them to see how seriously below will cleanse your soul or that bridge. She was a tourist and wanted Hines, visit www.kevinhinesstory. vice president and a full-time single I’m taking it, that it is a way to im- if you jump between the two towers, him to take her picture. It was at that com. dad of two children. prove yourself and your situation,” he e RSO is an outlet for parent- said. ing and pregnant students to be Being responsible for other people represented. ey are not typically a means sometimes having to choose part of Greek life, Associated Student to take care of their needs before do- Government or other organizations ing school work. whose voices are heard because par- “My daughter is not a morning enting students are too busy balanc- person, so we don’t always make the ing school work with caring for and bus. So then it’s waiting in the trac supporting their children. circle to try to get her into class on In his short time at the university, time to try to get here to be in class Lee has only met any other student myself on time,” Ainley said. parents through the making of this Ainley and Robert had to pay a organization. daycare to pick Bella up from school. e organization is supposed to With less than a week’s notice, that bring parents together, but time con- daycare told them that that location straints are a problem, Ainley said. is closing, and that the best they will ey would like to have people who do is give them credit toward their can’t make it to the meetings at least other location with the money they be there via Skype, but it’s common have already paid. e other location for parenting students to be unable to is about ve miles out of Ainley’s and aord Internet at home. Robert’s way, which may not seem A 3.7 is the lowest Ainley’s grade like a lot, Ainley said, but it is when point average has fallen since coming it’s already hard to stay awake while to school, and to her, that was too low. she’s driving. “Going to school, getting good Ainley tries to work ahead on her grades – that is my payment for miss- school work, she said, because every ing my kids, and getting anything less time she thinks she has a handle on than an A feels like I’m failing them,” something, something comes up, and she said. it’s a constant game of playing catch Something Ainley and Robert up. have to do is make time for family. Lee said that doing homework at If they don’t, the kids feel less impor- home is nearly impossible while try- tant, so eating dinner together every ing to take care of a 2-year-old, being night is a must, she said. ey make attentive to helping a 9-year-old with a game out of trivia nights at their her homework and making sure that house and make a point to take the they both get dinner, so he has to try kids out to do something fun at least his best to get as much done as pos- twice a month. sible while his daughter is at school Recently, Ainley was at home with and his son is at daycare. her 3-year-old son, Josiah, and was “ e UofA caters to traditional planning on doing homework and students, and I understand that, and cleaning. Josiah asked her to make an I accept that,” Lee said. “I knew that apple cake, so she did. A little while coming in.” aer they had eaten, she told him, “I All parenting students want is a have to go nish this paragraph, but little understanding when they ask when I get back, we’re going to clean for time away from a class when their up the house.” kids have strep throat or they have to Soon, he called her back into deal with crises, he said. the front room to show her he had Professors should be understand- cleaned it for her and said, “ ank ing that what aects their students af- you for my apple cake.” fects how they learn in their classes, “ at goes to remembering – re- Ainley said. membering that your kids miss you, “ at’s true of any student, not and yeah, you’re busy and yeah, you just a parent. at’s true of a student miss them, but they miss you so that gets cancer or a student that suf- much more, and you have to make fers from sexual assault or a student time. And there’s so much guilt,” that has a parent die. You have to take Ainley said. “ ese are the years that a personal interest and be invested in my children are developing. ey’re your student if you want them to be growing, they’re changing, they’re invested in the class,” she said. becoming, and I feel guilty every Being there for school events or Playlist by: Kristen Coppola moment that I’m away from them. his children’s activities are a top pri- Courtesy Photos And I feel guilty that we have to do ority, but Lee said that sometimes he daycare and that I have to have some- has to choose a school commitment. one watching my children. And I feel “ ey are hard decisions, but you guilty that I’m planning law school, have to make them,” he said. Page 9 e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014

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FOOTBALL Know the Foe: Hogs Host Blazers for Homecoming

Eric Harris quarterback Cody Clements who Sta Writer makes plays with both his arm and his feet. Clement is responsible for It has been a rough stretch for 1,536 passing yards and has run the Razorbacks, who have faced for over 160 more. He has thrown formidable Southeastern Confer- nine touchdowns and run for four. ence foes the past three weeks, but roughout the season, turnovers relief is nally coming for the Hogs have been a problem for him, as he in the form of the Alabama-Bir- has thrown six interceptions on the mingham Blazers on Homecom- year. ing. At running back the Blazers UAB will be Arkansas’ nal have a two-headed threat in Jordan nonconference matchup before Howard and D.J. Vinson. How- facing o with No. 1 Mississippi ard leads the team with 752 yards State, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 24 Loui- rushing, and Vinson’s eight touch- siana State University and Missouri downs are the best on the team. to close out the regular season. e Blazers like to spread the e Conference USA foe is 4-3 ball to a lot of dierent receivers. on the season and 2-2 in confer- Six dierent players have at least 10 ence play. UAB has only been to catches, including former Razor- one bowl game in school history – back Maudrecus Humphrey, who the 2004 Hawaii Bowl. has 18 catches for 247 yards. Two more wins for the Blazers Defense: could make for a historical season e Blazer defense has been along with a victory over a reeling the real weakness for the team this Arkansas team. season. Four times this year, the e Blazers have already taken Blazers have given up more than on an SEC team with some suc- 30 points. e Blazers are ranked cess. In the second week of the sea- 84th in the nation for allowing 28 son, they lost 47-34 to Mississippi points a game on average. State. e game was never really in Stopping the opponent has been Photo Courtesy of UAB Athletic Media Relations doubt, but the Bulldogs couldn’t a diicult task for the defense, giv- UAB linebacker Harris Gaston makes a tackle against Mississippi State Sept. 6. e Blazers lost to the put away the Blazers for good. ing up nearly 400 yards a game. Bulldogs 47-34 in Starkville, Mississippi. UAB has a very potent oense. Defensively, linebacker Jake Ganus Against the nation’s top team, UAB leads the team with 33 tackles. Di- put up 548 yards of oense. While aheem Watkins’ ve sacks lead the the Blazers are a welcomed break way up front. Quick Game Facts: from the grind of the SEC season, For the Razorbacks, it will be they will be no pushover. more of a challenge than Nicholls Oense: State. e Blazers’ talent is more Arkansas vs. UAB UAB has had no problems put- comparable to Northern Illinois. ting up points this season, ranking UAB will show ashes where they 23rd in the nation and averaging will be able to put points on the more than 37 points a game. e board, but the Hogs should have Kickof Time: 11 a.m. Blazers have scored more than much less trouble oensively than 40 points in each of their four they did against Alabama and wins. e Blazer oense is led by Georgia. TV: SEC Network FOOTBALL Buy or Sell: Rushing Attack vs UAB, Hog Special Teams Tyler Hartney nents, it is unlikely the Razor- been going through the air for Sta Writer backs will be able to hop into the more yards than on the ground. rankings. Against Alabama, the Razor- Ater Mississippi state, the backs threw for more than 200 Sell: he Razorbacks’ Hopes of Hogs play LSU, Ole Miss and yards and rushed for less than Being Ranked in the Top 25 Missouri. Wins against these 100 yards. e Crimson Tide Ater a crushing loss to opponents are not likely enough brought in the top rushing de- Georgia, the Razorbacks, who to elevate the Hogs into the top fense in the league and forced are looking to snap a three-game 25. Arkansas to make plays in the losing skid, will take on the Uni- Buy: Arkansas Rushes for passing game. versity of Alabama at Birming- More han 400 Yards Against Against Georgia, Arkansas ham Blazers on Homecoming. UAB threw for nearly 300 yards and However, a win in this game e Razorbacks have been rushed for just over 125 yards. won’t do the Razorbacks much able to rush for more than 400 It’s no secret that Arkansas wins good in the polls. UAB is not yards in two games this season. when they run the ball eective- a high-quality opponent. e Arkansas rushed for 495 ly and don’t have to rely so heav- Blazers will enter Fayetteville yards and six touchdowns ily on the passing game. fresh o a 34-22 loss to Middle against Nicholls State in the e University of Alabama- Tennessee State. home opener, dominating from Birmingham only gives up Arkansas’ remaining sched- the get-go. about 160 yards a game on the ule includes many tough games e next week, Arkansas fol- ground, but the Blazers have away from home. lowed its Nicholls State perfor- only played one ranked oppo- e Razorbacks start their mance with 438 yards rushing nent in Mississippi State. November schedule by traveling and seven touchdowns against Against Mississippi State, to Starkville, Mississippi, to play Northern Illinois. Jonathan Wil- UAB gave up nearly 300 yards No. 1 Mississippi State. Unless liams accounted for four of the on the ground to a team that has Photo Courtesy Athletic Media Relations they can upset the Bulldogs, and seven touchdowns. Georgia freshman running back Nick Chubb is tackled by a swarm of Razorback a few of their remaining oppo- Lately, the Razorbacks have continued on page 11 defenders Oct. 18. COMMENTARY Hogs Show Glimpses of Former Selves in Georgia Loss beaten both Texas A&M and Following the score, Bielema’s teams are tradition- lins has not been the typical are not a strong point for the Alabama. Fans and media however, Arkansas fans saw ally known for playing clean, star running back lately that oense. It doesn’t have the alike realized Arkansas was glimpses of old Razorback mistake-free football, but Sat- fans have become accus- playmakers to do so. an improved football team teams, particularly those urday was a lashback to the tomed to, disappearing from e Razorbacks, at least and just a few boneheaded from 2012 and 2013. Geor- undisciplined, sloppy play of the Arkansas game plan for for part of Saturday’s loss, mistakes from knocking o gia responded by taking shots John L. Smith-led football. the second straight week. showed glimpses of some national title contenders and downeld in the passing Pass protection from the Once Arkansas found it- of the darkest times in the being a legitimate threat in game, and Arkansas’ prob- oensive line was poor, not self behind 38-6 at haltime, program’s recent history. Ar- the SEC West. lems in the secondary sud- giving Allen enough time to Bielema and Jim Chaney had kansas was altogether out Saturday’s contest in Little denly seemed to reappear. survey the eld and make to change the oense and air of whack for portions of the Rock against No. 10 Georgia e second quarter, when proper reads. Allen, when he it out more to cut into the game, bringing back memo- was supposed to be the week Georgia scored 31 unan- did have a clean pocket, oten decit in the second half. Al- ries of some very forgettable Scottie Bordelon Arkansas stopped making swered points, was a blast to opted for the check down in- len attempted more than 40 football. Sports Editor costly mistakes, ended its the past for Razorback fans. stead of taking the deep shot passes for the second consec- Bielema and the coaching 15-game conference losing Problems everyone thought downeld. On multiple occa- utive game and shouldered sta must quickly regain the streak and gave Bielema his were let in the dismal 2012 sions he had an open receiver the oensive responsibility trust of their players or risk Arkansas fans and many in rst SEC win. and 2013 seasons reared their streaking, but instead threw with a below average receiv- a collapse down the home- the national media believed His Razorbacks came out heads once again in Little into the at for a minimal ing corps. stretch. Arkansas is three the Razorbacks had turned a ring, getting on the score- Rock, the birthplace of the gain. Arkansas is not a team wins from bowl eligibility, corner following close losses board rst ater a seven-min- program’s downward spiral. In the second quarter, Alex built to play from behind, and which isn’t a far-fetched idea to two top-10 Southeastern ute scoring drive to open the Turnovers plagued the Collins simply had a routine it showed. Allen was able to for this team. If the team per- Conference opponents. game. e Razorbacks looked Razorbacks throughout. pitch bounce o his facemask piece together a few scoring forms like it did Saturday in e losses were encour- as impressive on their rst Georgia capitalized on four for a turnover inside the Ar- drives ater haltime, but it the nal ve weeks of the sea- aging to fans, though. Bret possession as their two pre- Arkansas turnovers – three kansas 10-yard line. Georgia wasn’t quite enough to mount son, it could be carrying a 20- Bielema’s team was ultra vious games against top-10 from Brandon Allen – and then scored on the next play a comeback. Quick two- or game SEC losing streak into competitive and should have teams. turned them into 21 points. and blew the lead open. Col- three-minute scoring drives the oseason. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 Page 11 e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper

ATHLETICS Takeaways of the Week in Razorback Athletics

Courtesy Photos Above: Arkansas running back Jonathan Williams makes a Georgia defender miss Oct. 18 in War Memorial Stadium. Williams rushed for 108 yards on 18 carries in the game. Right: Breana Jones and Liz Fortado attempt to block a Texas A&M shot Oct. 15 in College Station, Texas. Arkansas won the match in four sets.

Kendyl Dawson ever, the Razorbacks played Arkansas must learn to play of the season and  rst win der.  ey can do this by win- 10th place.  e Razorbacks abysmally in the  rst half de- consistent, disciplined foot- against a ranked opponent ning some games on the tough  nished with 191 points, 21 Sta Writer spite a strong  rst series, but ball all 60 minutes if it wants a since 2012 was fueled by a trio upcoming road schedule. points ahead of third place  n- came to life in a strong come-  ghting chance in the SEC. of double-doubles from Bailee Women’s Cross Country - isher Iowa State. Football - Fighting an Uphill back attempt in the third and As head coach Bret Bielema Hankenson, Meredith Hays Running Strong  e second place  nish is Battle fourth quarters. said, the Razorbacks will win and Samantha Skinner.  e No. 5 Razorbacks spent a success for Arkansas, but it In their 45-32 loss to the Brandon Allen showed an SEC game when they de-  e Razorbacks, who have Friday at ernoon in Madison, should be noted that Michi- No. 10 Georgia Bulldogs, the perseverance with his im- serve it. been unpredictable this sea- Wisconsin, competing in the gan State won  rst place by a Razorbacks had a l ip-l op per- pressive 296 yards and three Volleyball - Gaining Respect son, have  nally proven they sixth annual Wisconsin adidas 104-point margin over the Ra- formance compared to their touchdowns, but the team’s in-  e Arkansas volleyball can, in fact, go into an oppo- Invitational.  ey came in sec- zorbacks. three previous Southeastern consistency in all phases of the team traveled to College Sta- nent’s house and dominate. ond place overall in a 38-team  e Razorbacks are rac- Conference games. Usually the game is why they ultimately tion, Texas, Oct. 15 to face the  is win is huge for the team  e l d . ing comfortably right now, Razorbacks are a strong force came up short. No. 20 Texas A&M Aggies and and its fans, keeping postsea- Redshirt junior Dominique but they will need to continue in the  rst half before  zzling  e game was riddled with came out with a win following son hopes alive. Scott was Arkansas’ star of the training in the next six weeks out in the third quarter and all uncharacteristic penalties on a four-set match.  e Razor- Arkansas’ job is to show meet,  nishing the 6K race if they want to narrow or sur- together disappearing in the the Hogs, including the ejec- backs are 5-1 in the SEC and that the win over A&M wasn’t in 19:54 to take eighth place. pass that de cit in the hopes of fourth. tion of Braylon Mitchell in the 11-8 overall. a l uke performance, but rather Senior Grace Heyms eld was winning a national champion- In Saturday’s game, how- second quarter for targeting. Arkansas’  rst road win a skillful step up the SEC lad- right behind her, coming in ship. Special Teams Unit a Weakness

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FOOTBALL Allen Wrongfully Blamed for Arkansas’ Struggles Tye Richardson Kirby Smart looked baled on ceivers. Arkansas has no speed Sta Writer the sidelines, and it is not oten threat on the outside. Not a anyone can say that. single one. he Razorbacks he ofensive line is also have no wide receivers with Brandon Allen is not the not the problem. he line the ability to break away from reason for Arkansas’ losses this has struggled to pass block at cornerbacks. Arkansas’ best season, but most fans seem to times, but for the most part, receiver, Keon Hatcher, has be pointing ingers at him. they have done a great job. just 21 catches through seven he quarterback is the Arkansas’ big guys struggled games. hat is unacceptable. most scrutinized position on against Georgia and didn’t give Obviously, the Razorbacks the football ield. Allen usually Allen much time to survey the want to run the ball a major- receives more credit than he ield. However, they have sur- ity of the time, but so does deserves when the team wins, passed expectations this sea- Auburn. he Tigers still have a and too much blame when son. wideout who is ranked in the they lose. It’s just the nature of he running backs are the top ive in the SEC in recep- the quarterback position. team’s top unit, and one of the tions. he Tigers have more When games end badly, best in the Southeastern Con- than one threat on the outside, the quarterback gets blamed ference. Jonathan Williams allowing the running game to most of the time. Allen is not and Alex Collins are two of be extra efective. the problem. His quarterback the best backs in the confer- Under former coach Bobby rating has risen 30 points since ence. One of them is bound to Petrino, Arkansas did not have last season when he played amass nearly 100 yards in any playmaker problems in the with an injured throwing given game. receiving corps. Bret Bielema shoulder. Most of his incom- Arkansas has two of the needs to develop receivers in pletions have been throwaways best tight ends in the country, order to win big games. or dropped passes. A select few in my opinion. Hunter Henry Allen simply does not have were absolute misses and all has all the tools to succeed, a go-to guy, and he desperately his fault. and AJ Derby has been an un- needs one. Florida State had he defense, for the most foreseen spark. His breakaway Kelvin Benjamin and Rashad part, is not the problem. he catch against Alabama was Greene last season. Alabama defense did not play well ini- nothing short of spectacular. has Amari Cooper. Auburn tially against Auburn, but have Henry also led the receiving has Sammie Coates and Duke come on strong since the sea- corp in yards against Georgia, Williams. son opener. he Razorback totaling 92 yards, a touchdown Great teams have great re- Traveler Archive defense could not have played and ive catches. ceivers, and the Razorbacks Brandon Allen looks for an open receiver against Northern Illinois Sept. 20. any better against Alabama. he problem is the receiv- simply don’t have any right Nick Saban, Lane Kiin and ing corp, namely the wide re- now. FOOTBALL Southeastern Conference Football Recap

Chandler Carson top 25 following the loss. game from quarterback Bo Wal- yards and two TDs for the Tigers Sta Writer ›No Todd Gurley is no prob- lace. he Rebels defeated the Ten- as they dominated the line of lem for the Bulldogs. Arkansas’ nessee Volunteers 34-3. he Reb- scrimmage, holding the Wildcats depleted defense was not able to els took advantage of a struggling to 71 yards rushing. he Tigers ›Week 8 is in the books, and handle Georgia’s running game quarterback in Justin Worley, are slowly but surely iguring the Southeastern Conference is as Nick Chubb ran for 202 yards who threw three interceptions. things out ofensively. standing the tallest among the and two touchdowns on 30 car- ›Missouri was the beneiciary ›he SEC’s chances of having conferences. ries against the Razorbacks, ex- of a poor showing by coach Will more than one representative in ›Alabama inally took their tending their SEC losing streak to Muschamp and the Florida Ga- the inaugural College Football anger out on an opponent. he 16 games. Georgia won the game tors, winning 42-13 in Gaines- Playof remain alive with Mis- Tide opened the loodgates on 45-32 in War Memorial Stadium ville, Florida. Missouri’s defense sissippi State, Ole Miss, Auburn, A&M, beating them 59-0. If the in Little Rock. and special teams scored four Alabama and Georgia continuing Tide keep playing like this, the ›he Razorbacks proved they touchdowns in the game. Mus- to win and stay in the top 10. entire country is in trouble. are still a year away from being a champ’s seat is beginning to ›For the irst time, four teams ›Texas A&M proved their 5-0 contender in the SEC. Coach Bret warm ater another embarrassing from the same conference make start was a result of the opponents Bielema has yet to put together a loss. Missouri won by 29 points up four of the top ive in the AP they faced and not the quality of strong four-quarter outing. Be- despite totaling just 119 yards of Top 25 rankings. the football they play. Kenny Hill coming bowl eligible is now in ofense. he Tigers forced the Ga- ›With a bye week on their played subpar once again, giving jeopardy for the Hogs. Arkansas tors into six turnovers. slate, Mississippi State remains Aggie fans the thought of replac- has three top-10 opponents re- ›Kentucky’s magic seemed to the No. 1 team in the country, ing him with Kyle Allen ater maining on the schedule. run out versus Louisiana State and with a manageable schedule, three straight losses in SEC play. ›Ole Miss continued to show University, losing 41-3. Running the Bulldogs could potentially he Aggies dropped out of the its dominance despite a poor back Terrence Magee ran for 127 inish the season undefeated.