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

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Frijoles rojos oscuros SlASiSlS Value Dark Red lASxOJU Value Crunchy peanut Butter i ) equate Tomatoes Kidney Beans Natural | f I Echinacea One Daily HHWU 80 Z :UB 1 ? 0 Z) 794 q IV li a I r llrrb Super -Complex Chicken Noodle SOUP m t } JiT Tn SSSU I00c Supplement 80 lABtin 1 , |(rwI M 5 0 Z (411g) IIHW1 PES0 NETO 15.50Z(439g) irk ft •J ABOVE UA student posts a Do Not Touch sign in order to keep their roommate away from their food. Having a roommate was a way to learn how to settle con¬ flict whether that was through compromise or legality. I Know I ' m Not a Criminal! STORY Ayana Gray PHOTOS Emily Rhodes Eyes half closed, pajamas still rum¬ pled from a deep sleep, Snuffles wasn ' t sure who or why someone would be at her door so early on a weekday morn¬ ing. Her surprise when she greeted a policeman at the door was understated. I was here by myself... I went to the door and there ' s just this policeman there. I was scared [because] I didn ' t know what he was here for,” she said. Yet as the policeman began his inqui¬ ries of the situation, Snuffles—a student at the University of Arkansas who has asked to remain unidentified— rolled her eyes as a situation gone entirely too far began to unravel into chaos. At best a stage of transition, col¬ lege is a constant lesson in the art of compromise with roommates. Rarely, however, do those uncomfortable con¬ flicts end in the involvement of law en¬ forcement. Yet when asked about their own conflicts, Snuffles and her room¬ mate, a student who ' s opted to use the name Bubbles,” exchanged glances in remembrance of the horror. Snuffles explained the way it hap¬ pened in tired recollection: Everybody pretty much got along at first,” she said. When an altercation between friends of the varying roommates became out of hand, things changed quickly and drastically. Bubbles commented that she tried to meet with the girl for a roommate mediation, but was told by the roommate that her attorney advised against it.” As the situation ' s seriousness increased, so did the tempers of those involved. It was scary ... intimidating. I ' ve never been in trouble with the law be¬ fore ... I thought she was going to sue us, Bubbles said. The girls were asked to report to the University police station to give state¬ ments and have not been bothered since, though the day is one Snuffles will never forget. You never know what people are capable of,” Snuffles said. You have to realize your roommate ' s not just like you. They come from different places and you never know what someone can do. Thank God it ' s over now, though. 26 STUDENT LIFE

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TOTAL F r eshm0VE STORY Sydney Hoffmans PHOTO Gareth Patterson Following the ranks of University of Arkansas parody twitter accounts comes the account by name of @UofA Fresh Move. Started July 2011 by an anonymous senior student, the account created to highlight freshmen mishaps, misfor¬ tunes and totalfreshmoves has managed to garner much backing, nearing 3,000 followers in a mere six months. @UofA Fresh Move was conceived after its founder spent his summer as a New Member Orientation mentor on campus. Several of the supervisors suggested we get Twitter accounts because it would be fun for freshmen to follow us, the creator said. Not long after, I discovered @UofA Frat Style and other parody accounts. Me and some of my coworkers discussed the idea that I could make a similar account based on questions we would get from freshmen. After gaining a following from incoming fresh¬ men and support from larger parody accounts, @UofA Fresh Move ' s momentum began to skyrocket. The purpose was originally to log a list of stereotypical freshmen ' moves ' specifically at the University of Arkansas. A totalfreshmove was meant to be anything funny that a freshman would mistakenly or unknowingly do, the creator said. At the beginning, it was mainly quotes and occasional submissions. Now, after an insane and surprising following, it is quotes, pictures, person¬ al blurbs, sightings, submissions and retweets. Campus life proved to be the perfect opportu¬ nity for the creator ' s tweets and interaction. Social and sporting events on or around campus are usually good times to tweet because everyone else gets really involved in what is go¬ ing on through social media, the creator said. I definitely tweet more when I am on campus, but due to the fact that I ' m a senior majoring some¬ where in the realm of education, I ' m really not on campus as much now. With an account so popular, the creator said follower participation was heavily relied on. I enjoy interacting with followers and skim¬ ming through submissions to see what contribu¬ tions I can find, the creator said. Retweets are also what keeps me going. I ' m a busy guy, but I ' m always willing to spend a few minutes to offer a pick-me-up or make people laugh a little. Though anonymous, @UofA Fresh Move ' s identity is not completely masked. My account is very much laced with my personality, the creator said. There are a surpris¬ ing amount of people who know I manage the account, and I have been asked to my face many times. Sometimes I brush it off, but usually I will tell people the truth, and I ' m always met with them saying, ' It sounds exactly like stuff you would say! ' Though the account is new, as a senior, @UofA Fresh Move ' s opportunity for freshmen interaction is time-limited. Even though the twitter is more than my observations, I don ' t think I will be able to do the account justice after I graduate. I would hate to leave it be or delete it, though, the creator said. I hope by the time this article is seen I will have found my successor. If and when I do turn my ac¬ count over, my followers will know. @UOFA FRESH MOVE 25

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ABOVE Smells fill the kitchen as one roommate ignores his dirty dishes. Wars over who cleaned the dishes caused conflict with many UA students throughout the year. ROOMMATE WARS 27