UA Groups Prepare for Senate Elections College Republicans and Young Democrats Advocate for Eir Candidates
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PLVTO: Local Musician Aims for the Stars Page 6 Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906 Vol. 109, No. 10 UA Groups Prepare for Senate Elections College Republicans and Young Democrats Advocate for eir Candidates 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. PAGE 2 PAGE 7 PAGE 12 Page 2 Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper e Arkansas Traveler is a public forum, the University of Ar- kansas’ independent student newspaper and all content deci- sions are those of the editors. 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.