University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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l»i 6. ' M.:Cupfcy enior, Political Science Mandarin Chinese I vvork at FHS as the Assistant Service-Learning Coordinator. My students volunteer at the Wood Street Head Start. They have a lo t of land that they are not us n g-1 wanted to give my students something interesting and enjoyable to do. It was a no-brainer. It is very important to garden because first of all, it saves money, and all non-profits need money really bad. Secondly, when you grow an 01 ganic garden, then you know where the food comes from. You know that the earth was not poisoned and that there are not foreign chemicals in the food. But, most importantly, children should have a healthy diet, they don’t get enough V e § eta bles, and there is an obesity epidemic and people are dying at young ages because of this. Two weeks ago I had to study for two tests and I was stressed. I dug a huge hole and planted a blueberrjdwsh ihstea f studying. It felt so good, an d | fe°t really good grades on my test T ' V f

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labor of love FROM SCHOOLWORK TO LATE-NIGHT STUDYING, STUDENTS RELIEVE THE STRESS FROM SCHOOL WITH INTERESTING HOBBIES STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGES: YASMINE OMARI Willie Benson: Senior, Geography “I started juggling right before I went into 10th grade, so almost seven years ago. 1 had a friend who shared my vision of being a masked juggling street performer with a hidden identity. He taught me how to juggle, but sadly our vision never came to be. There really is no most difficult trick because you can always come up with something harder ... and if all else fails, add a ball. Also, whats really hard to one juggler may be easy to another.”

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20 I STUDENT LIFE BELOW: Lining the street of Dickson, motorcycles fill the air with the smell of another successful festival. Bikes, Blues BBQ was a profitable week. RIGHT: Filling the streets of Fayetteville with the sweet smell of funnel cakes, vendors tempt passersby. Thousands of bikers came to celebrate the 10th annual Bikes, Blues 8c BBQ on Sept. 23-26, 2009. FAR RIGHT: Zooming down the road, bikers keep the tradition alive. Each year over 400,000 bikers rode into Fayetteville for good food, music and fun. roaring down dir.kson street THE 10TH ANNUAL BIKES, BLUES BBQ FESTIVAL ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY