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

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We made it our home. OPENING j id 1 5 ■ 1 10 STUDENT LIFE bridging the generations A NEW VIDEO UNITES ALUMNI AND STUDENTS AS FAMILY An enthusiastic crowd raised its arms in unison, fingers wiggling and bellowed out, “Woo Pig Sooie!” Everyone proudly displayed their cardinal and white, swapping stories of when they were Razorbacks on the Hill. In the group of alumni, people ranged from the recently graduated to those who had not seen the UA campus for over 40 years. For those who had been absent from Fayetteville, the Arkansas Alumni Association offered a special feature as part of its 2010 Pride of Arkansas Tour in February. The video The Razorback Family: Generations ; the third in a series, premiered on the whirlwind 47-city tour. Not only celebrating alumni of the UA, the film also served as a way for former Hogs to stay connected with their alma mater. The Razorback Family: Generations was the third in a trilogy, coming after Defining Moments in Time and Senior Walk. This film focused on past and future alumni, including current Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, an Emmy-nominated wife and husband and the woman who provided all of the McDonald’s east of the Rockies with hamburger buns. Elizabeth S. Underwood, associate director of the Arkansas Alumni Association, described how one family brought together the theme of generations’ and helped name the video. “We found Ashley Post and her family where everyone since her great- great grandfather has come to the UA. We shot the interviews down at their Altus winery and vineyard,” she said. “We can’t help but smile at that segment. It just feels good; it feels right.” Underwood said that the Alumni Association was like a family, and that this video bridged the gap between old and new, keeping everyone in connection with the campus and beyond. Commissioned by the Arkansas Alumni Association, the video was produced by UA Productions, which was predominantly student run. It was a purely UA creation from start to finish. Underwood and Scott Flanagin, director of Communications and Outreach within Student Affairs, were listed as the video’s producers, but they gave the credit to STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: NICK CARTER the student staff. “We just make sure everything is in line, the logistics. The rest is by the students,” Flanagin said. “The script, the shooting, interviews, the editing SCOTT flanagin: “[THE FILM IS] A NICE LOOK AT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A RAZORBACK FAMILY.” was by them. They are really good.” In particular, Flanagin credited Clint Fullen, senior broadcasting and creative writing major, with stepping up and serving as the force behind the video. “He was there for all the interviews, wrote the script, worked in editing and found the student to play the acoustic version of the Alma Mater, said Flanagin. Fullen, who had worked with UA Productions for three years, called the video a team effort. “Erin [Gilleece] provided beautiful fall photography for the video, and Joel [Eikenberry] has been working on the visual effects for it,” Fullen said. “[Joseph] Cane’s acoustic Alma Mater sends chills down the spine; it’s heart melting.” From outline to rough cut, the video took three months to complete and Fullen said that it was a smooth production. “I always wanted to be a filmmaker and UA Productions has given me the opportunity to learn the tools and have fun with it,” he said. “We are really proud of the work that we do here.” After the hectic tour, The Razorback Family: Generations was released onto YouTube for the world to experience, as Flanagin put it, “a nice look at what it is like to be a Razorback family.” Remembering every alumnus, graduates names are etched into the sidewalks at the UA. The Razorback Family: Generations celebrated both alumni and current students. 1 2 I STUDENT LIFE The breeze ruffles the capes of the competitors, who stand tensely on opposite sides of the pitch. At the referee’s whistle they run, vying for a red and gold dodgeball and running toward the opposing goal posts. After one player successfully throws the ball through one of the three rings, a girl from the opposing team challenges the goal and says, “The point doesn’t count because his broom wasn’t between his legs.” Such a statement will only be heard in a game of Quidditch, a sport invented byJ.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter series. Now muggles, or non-magic folk, converted the high-flying game so that they could play on the ground. One of the newest Registered Student Organizations (RSO) on campus, Rcizorback Quidditch was bringing the pastime to the UA campus in 2009-10. The founders of Razorback Quidditch first saw videos of competitive Quidditch on the Web site mylifeisaverage.com. Upon further investigation, they discovered that other colleges, including Texas A M, Arkansas Tech and Hendrix, had Quidditch teams. Amanda O’Connor, junior biology pre-dental major, and Jennifer Newcome, sophomore dieteti cs pre-med major, decided that the UA needed a team as well. “We needed six members to start, and now we have 75 in our first semester,” O’Connor said. The plan met with student support, although some were unsure that the magical game would work in real life. Kaely Kantaris, a senior history pre-dental major, had no idea about other college Quidditch teams, but she thought that the idea of founding one at the UA was entertaining. “When I read the article in The Traveler about a UA Quidditch team, I was skeptical but highly amused,” she said. “The idea of college-aged people throwing balls around while riding broomsticks was hilarious.” In the books, Quidditch players can fly, but unfortunately, members of the Razorback Quidditch were limited to terrestrial pursuits. They had to keep their wooden brooms between their legs and maneuver as if they were on stick horses. The soaring goal posts were hula hoops attached to PVC pipe, and three stood on each end of the field. Each team had a Keeper who defended the goalposts. Three Chasers scored points for their teams by throwing the Quaffle (a deflated volleyball) into the hoops for 10 points each. Players called Beaters wield Bludgers (or dodgeballs) that they throw at the other team. If a Chaser were hit by a Bludger, he or she would have to drop the Quaffle, and a scramble for it would ensue. The biggest challenge was the Snitch, a flying golden ball that had to be caught to end game, a feat that earned the team 30 points. The Snitch was played by a long-distance runner dressed in gold, who evaded the each team’s Seeker. Ibe game ended either when the Snitch was caught or when the designated 20 minutes are up. On Apr. 10, 2010, Razorback Quidditch hosted a Quidditch Campus Cup between the residence halls. Shouts filled the Gardens as they teams raced over the grass, with the Snitch running in and out of the players’ paths. The Pomfret Ducks and the Futrall Flames played to the end of the Cup, and the Flames were victorious. The play was fierce, with many players struggling over the Quaffle: at one point two opposing players were locked in a wrestling match on the ground for the ball. Quidditch was not a sport for the light¬ hearted. “The game on the field utter chaos,” Kantaris said. “It reminded me rugby or football with people fighting and tackling each other for the ball. It got pretty violent.” The RSO planned to hold more competitive events like the Quidditch Campus Cup. Their overarching goal was to establish a traveling team and play other universities. Practices were in the works. “We have the IQA - the International Quidditch Association, O’Connor said. “There are standards and set rules. Collegequki- com lists most of the college teams.” In the meantime, the members were still working on a name for the team: Broomback, Razorbrooms and Broomhogs were among the options being tossed around. No matter the name they choose, Razorback Quidditch would beat the broom out from under the competition. KAELY KANTARIS: “THE IDEA OF COLLEGE- AGED PEOPLE THROWING BALLS AROUND WHILE RIDING BROOMSTICKS WAS HILARIOUS.” THE CAMPUS COT A TASTE OF HOGWARTS-STYLE SPORTS WHEN QUIDDITCH PLAYERS INVADED THE GARDENS MUCGLE MAGIC STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGES: STEPHEN IRONSIDE v losely guarding the goalpost, a Keeper watches other students playing Quidditch in the (wardens. Residence hajtb paPj dgerl.or mm. mm Aiif.V V?, . 14 I STUDENT LIFE Imagine that a devastating earthquake takes away your family, friends and home. Everything that you have ever known has changed; your belongings are buried under several feet of rubble. Family members are still missing, and the only thought occupying your mind is what can possibly help your situation. In an effort to help victims whose lives were shattered, Hogs for Haiti branched out as a relief project on the UA campus. ‘Hogs for Haiti’ was the “umbrella name the Southeastern Conference presidents came up with to raise money,” Jason Biggs, junior international relations major, said. “Other colleges have it, like ‘Gators for Haiti’ and ‘Dogs for Haiti’.” Biggs, one of the driving forces behind Hogs for Haiti, was working with groups on campus to raise money. Directly after the earthquake hit, Holcombe Hall, the Red Cross and Maple Hill all developed separate relief efforts to help the victims. By combining these efforts under one umbrella group, they possessed a greater chance of convincing Wal- Mart and Tyson to match the funds they raise to send out to Haiti. One particularly successful portion of the fundraising was the t-shirt campaign that started in Maple Hill. “We’ve sold at least 500 T-shirts online, and there’s a shipment of an extra 500 we’ll be selling at tables in the Union,” Biggs said. B-Unlimited, the company making the shirts, donated the garments in order to increase the amount of money that the sales would accrue. The shirts cost $10 each, and the sales proceeds went to Haiti. “That is awesome of them to donate the shirts,” Biggs said. Jordan Sonnentag, freshman industrial engineering major who was instrumental in running Hogs for Haiti, said that students should look out for a benefit concert in the future. ’’We’re looking at something either the week after Row Week or the week after spring break,” Sonnentag said. “It’ll be either in the stadium or Bud Walton Arena.” Greek Life also made an effort to help out by purchasing the Red Cross ribbons that were being sold to raise funds. “They were about $1 each, and sold about 400 ribbons, maybe more,” Biggs said. Beginning on Monday, Feb. 15, the different campaigns began reporting the amount of money that they had raised so far. After that, a weekly update of the numbers was provided. “If we can keep raising money the way we are,” Bigg 5 said, “we will have a good chunk of change to send to Haiti for the relief effort.” JASON BIGGS: “IF WE CAN KEEP RAISING MONEY THE WAY WE ARE, WE WILL HAVE A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE TO SEND TO HAITI FOR THE RELIEF EFFORT” STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGES: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT LEFT: Counting the cash they’ve collected, members of Hogs for Haiti volunteer to help those in need. Haiti was struck with a massive earthquake in January 2010. FAR LEFT: Filling her plate with food, a student shows her support for Haiti. The lunch was part of a larger fundraiser that included selling shirts and red cross ribbons. STUDENTS RISE TO THE CHALLENG AND RAISE MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF IN HAITI cn HOGS FOR HAITI Clingiiig to the ice, students navigate the 80-foot taM tower. Eight ' students traveled to 1° to participate in the i 1 sport of silo icct climbiw January 1 F Ifff ihi ■ ■■ rWf atm Jl fjl lUfT pij % ' drf w Ml Wf jtljljJ W r -M o jjfj Im ] 11 III Aim Hi a frigid feat STUDENTS TEST THEIR GRIT AND THEIR GRIP IN THE Relatively new sport of silo ice climbing STORY: JILLIAN HANON IMAGE: COURTESY Cascading ice stalactites towered above and below Darrel Shaw, Se nior recreation and sports management major who had never gone Ice climbing before. He reached up with his ax, ready to dig into the frozen wall so that he could advance. I made a rookie mistake by looking up,” Shaw said. “A chunk of ice came °ose and hit me in the face, breaking my sunglasses and scratching up m Y nose and lip.” s cott Dirksen, graduate education and recreation management major, Shaw against the ice while he recovered. Eventually both climbers ade it to the top, not of a mountain, but of an 80-foot ice-covered silo. dirksen and Shaw, who both graduated from their respective programs ln May 2010, traveled with a team of six undergrads to Cedar Falls to ice- Climb a silo near the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) on Martin Luther n Jr. weekend, Jan. 15-17, 2010. Dirksen facilitated the trip through fr e UA’s Outdoor Connection Center (OCC), where he and Shaw both Vv ° r ked. The program was a first for the UA. did my undergrad at UNI, so I’d helped with ice climbing previously,” frksen said. “As part of my undergraduate coursework, 1 took an ice bing class.” teacher was Don Briggs, who invented the sport of silo ice climbing in 200i. [Briggs] had a friend who he helped on with his farm. He said, ‘Dang, e Sliest thing to climb in Iowa is these silos,’ and then he said, ‘Wait a frat was the beginning of an unorthodox new sport. Wh nen Dirksen presented the trip idea to the OCC, he found an eager frader in Shaw. Ic climbing is something that I have always wanted to do,” Shaw t am trying to get more experience facilitating trips, to help me find a job after I graduate. Scott has really taken me under his wing this year and has really helped me to become a better trip leader.” UNI’s outdoor program lent the UA visitors some cross-country skiing equipment and let them use the fitness center when they weren’t at the silo. “After we had been climbing all day we went to UNI and went hot- tubbing and swimming and rock-climbing,” said Rachel Knight, freshman criminal justice and sociology major who went on the trip. The experience was so enjoyable that three weeks later, Dirksen and Shaw returned to Cedar Falls to participate in an ice-climbing competition, though they did not officially represent the UA. “Scott and I both won a new Marmot down sleeping bag,” Shaw said, “We met a lot of people and had a great time.” Dirksen expressed hopes that the OCC would continue running trips to Cedar Falls and that the UA might someday compete in silo ice climbing officially. “We have a good working relationship with Don Briggs, who runs the ice silos,” he said. “He’d allow us to come up again, especially since we’ve got our own gear.” DARREL SHAW: “A CHUNK OF ICE CAME LOOSE AND HIT ME IN THE FACE, BREAKING MY SUNGLASSES AND SCRATCHING UP MY NOSE AND i i ” SILO ICE CLIMBING 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.” 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 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 STEPHEN BOWLES: “I JUST THINK IT’S AWESOME THAT OF ALL THE PLACES FOR THESE GUYS AND GIRLS TO SHOW UP, THEY CHOOSE FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.” The sun came glaring down upon the salty smoked turkey leg as Stephen Bowles sat on a bench with grease circled around his lips. He enjoyed his hearty $6 purchase to the sound of endless free music amid the camaraderie of the 10th annual “Bikes, Blues and BBQ” event held in Fayetteville. Endless rows of motorcycles flowed through Dickson Street, and powerful tailpipes emitted continual, thunderous rumbles as Fayetteville became a motorcycle Mecca, starting Sept. 23 and continuing through the 26th. “I thought Bikes, Blues and BBQ was great. I loved it,” Bowles, sophomore political science major, said. “It’s cool seeing people from all over the area and nearby states. All of the money that gets brought into Dickson is amazing. It is truly unlike any other week of the year by far. I bought some shirts and bandanas. I just walked over with some of my fraternity friends and had a great time.” Whether it was the sale of food, drinks, clothes, hotel rooms or music tickets, “Bikes, Blues and BBQ” continued to be one of the most profitable weeks of the year for Fayetteville, as it was the largest non-profit bike rally in the world. Dickson Street transformed itself overnight to host the influx of new occupants hustling into the city, as tents and vending booths sprung up along the length of the street. It was certainly something different,” Chris Pitcairn, junior industrial engineering major, said. I was stationed there on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday nights for SAKE’s [Students Acquiring Knowledge through Enterprise] booth. It brings in over 400,000 something bikers every year. It’s great to see the different lifestyles and backgrounds of people from all over the country. Besides, the food was really good, too.” Bowles also took advantage of the opportunity to make new acquaintances. “t met and chatted with many guys just walking down the street,” he said. “One guy’s son is even considering coming to school here at Arkansas, so he talked with me about freshman year and all of that. That was pretty cool.” Following in the footsteps of the Allman Brothers Band, which performed last year, the entertainment did not disappoint. With the purchase of only a $10 ticket, the bikers enjoyed the musical styling of Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot on Thursday night and of the Marshall Tucker Band on Friday night, the finale for the ‘blues’ portion of the week, which was held at the Arkansas Music Pavilion. The event certainly served to bring diverse people together. Although some of the bikers’ attire may have been considered slightly odd in terms of fashion chic, Bowles maintained that bikers were just regular guys and girls out having a good time. “I think they think I’m weird. They are definitely different, but everyone I met was really nice. I didn’t encounter any ‘mean’ bikers, per se,” he said. Perhaps the best part of “Bikes, Blues and BBQ” was that it occurred so close to the UA. “I just think it’s awesome that of all the places for these guys and girls to show up, they choose Fayetteville, Ark.,” Bowles said. “That’s really neat. I just love the entire atmosphere behind it and I hope ‘Bikes, Blues and BBQ’ continues to grow and get better each year. I’m already looking forward to 2010.” STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT, JEREMY STOUT GRACE GUDE BIKES, BLUES BBQ 22 STUDENT LIFE homecomin 2009 10 22: blood drive 10 26: step show 10 27: cook-off pigskin flag football 10 28: talent show 10 30: parade, pep rally lawn competition 10 31: homecoming game Donating blood, a UA student takes time out of her day to help a good cause at the Homecoming blood drive. The Student Alumni Board was able to collect 1,717 units of blood during the drive, setting a record. IMAGE: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT THURSDAY 10-22 MONDAY 10-26 TUESDAY 10-27 Performing at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Unity Step Show, Amanda Bonner, Tori Reeder and Allison Combs prepare to begin their performance. The Kappa Delta sorority took first place in the event. IMAGElAMANDA WORM Vjudging the cook-off competition, judges taste the food and rank the dishes based on presentation, creativity and taste The four categories of the competition were meat, side dish, dessert and presentation IMAGE: JEREMY STOUT _ Strumming his guitar and crooning a tune, Sam Clark performs at the UP talent show. The show was just one of the many activities held during Homecoming week. IMAGE: AMANDA WORM vParticipating in the Homecoming lawn decorations competition, the Chi Omega sorority house displays it’s version of this year’s theme. The 2009 Homecoming theme was “A Red and White Affair.” IMAGE: NICK CARTER WEDNESDAY 10-28 FRIDAY 10-30 SATURDAY 10-31 7 A Performing at the Homecoming pep rally, the cheerleaders and the band show their school spirit. The pep rally was held at the Chi Omega Greek Theater. IMAGE: CHAD ARNOLD vCalling the hogs, a student cheers with the crowd. Because Homecoming fell on Halloween, many fans wore their costumes to the game. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON 24 STUDENT LIFE Waving the Homecoming flag, a! cheerleader peps up the crowd before the game. The UA celebrated 100 years of Razorback pride during Homecoming. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON vRunning with the ball, Seth Armbrust takes the ball down the field after the kickoff return. The Homecoming game was played against Eastern Michigan. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON PRE-GAME 6:08 KICKOFF 6:12 FIRST TOUCHDOWN 6:17 Celebrating the first touchdown, members of the football team give each other a chest bump for the team’s achievement. The Hogs scored the first touchdown five minutes after the kickoff IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON vWearing her crown, Homecoming Queen Kimberly L. Smith follows the Chancellor across the field. Smith was a health science major from Hot Springs, Ark. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON Performing at the halftime show, UA students entertain the crowd. The half¬ time show consisted of a collection of performances about “good vs. evil.” IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON _ HALFTIME 7:35 CORONATION 7:43 CAME POINT 8:31 A Searching for the open man, Ryan Mallett looks to throw a pass. Mallett threw several successful passes throughout the game, contributing to the win. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON I)isplaying enthusiasm after the winning touchdown, D.J. Williams and Lucas Miller celebrate the Razorbacks’win.The Razorbacks defeated Eastern Michigan 63-27. IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON HOMECOMING I 25 STUDENT LIFE S STUDENTS PAY UP FOR EVERYTHING FROM PARKING IN DRIVEWAYS AND UNFILLED METERS, TO APPEALING THEIR TICKETS parking woes STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: CHAD ARNOLD chris moon: christenbury: One time, it was after my business law exam freshman year, and it was raining snowing and I was loading my car to go home and I got a $50 ticket for being in a loading zone or something like that. Also, another time I got a ticket in the AOII lot for ‘not parking in the lines’ which was because it was during an ice storm, and I couldn’t even see the lines! So appealed it, it didn’t get approved, so they added on $10 which made it a $35 ticket for one of my tires being on the line of the parking spot! I hate parking! Also, when the ice storm graced us with its presence last year, my roommate’s car was frozen solid for three days straight and parking decided to ticket her for each of those three days! So, it ended up being $150 in parking tickets in three days! I was coming back to the Quads late at night to park in a resident reserve spot. I have a resident reserved sticker on my car’s windshield that I paid $500+ for, mind you. All the spots were filled, so obviously someone was parking illegally, as there should have been at least one spot left for me. I parked in the very back of the middle section, as not to obstruct the lot. I put a large note on my dash, visible through ithe windshield, explaining the situation. Noting that I have a resident! eserve sticker, I was aware I was not in a parking spot, that at 1 time all lots were full indicating someone had parked illegally, and that I obviously didn’t choose this spot for its convenience (as opposed to illegally parking at the very front of the lot)y got a $40 ticket, and they wanted $10 to dispute t (which isn’t a guaranteed win, but your $10). tyler halbrook: It was my first semester of college last year, and I parked my car on Arkansas Ave. at night on the side with meters. I walked home really late that night and forgot about my car. I came back the next day around noon or so and I had two tickets on the dash, $20 each. I was thinking, ‘Great, well at least I didn’t get booted or something.’ So later, it was raining, like really pouring, and I went to pick up my dry-cleaning and I parked out in front of Maple Hill. Like, I literally went and picked up my coat and was back in three minutes and I had a ticket which was twice as much as the other tickets, $40 dollars. So then I went to pay them, and instead of it being $80 like I thought, it was $110 because I had three unpaid tickets and that means they add $10 to each ticket. So I guess all it was iy fault, but I was still pretty pissed. PARKING TICKETS 28 STUDENT LIFE STORY: ELIZABETH BOSTWICK IMAGES: MAGGIE CARROLL BELOW TOP: Decorating sugar cookies, students use different colors of frosting as garnishes. Cookie decorating was one of the many activity stations at the Friday Night Live. BELOW BOTTOM: Folding various colored papers, a student participates in the ancient art of origami. The craft leader showed students how to fold paper into different objects. the best part of friday night Engaged in excited conversation, students gather around tables covered with craft materials in the Union Connections Lounge, while music from a video game in the next room pulsates in the background. This energy is typical of the University of Arkansas’s alternative late night program, “Friday Night Live.” The Friday Night Live Planning Committee, led by Trisha Blau, organized eight themed Friday Night Live events throughout the fall semester for UA students. “The purpose of Friday Night Live is to provide students with a safe substitute for other Friday night activities,” Uri Farkus, Friday Night live program coordinator, said. Students and their families participated in the UA’s 44th annual “Casino Night” on the evening of Oct. 9, 2009. RIC Programs Director Bailey McBride said that the “Casino Night” program was the second oldest student-run program on campus. An FNL tradition, “Casino Night” simultaneously served as entertainment for members of the campus community and as a fundraiser for a local charity. All proceeds from the event were donated to United Way, an organization committed to meeting the needs of underprivileged members of the northwest Arkansas community. RIC was optimistic that the amount of funds raised at this year’s “Casino Night” would show a marked increase over last year’s total. In 2009, “Casino Night” coincided with another university tradition, “Family Weekend.” “Casino Night” was a great complement to a number of activities available to students and their families on Family Weekend. “I think ‘Casino Night’ was a great event for family weekend. It’s a great opportunity for parents and children to spend time together,” Hunter Poole, freshman business major, said. AN ALTERNATIVE TO DICKSON STREET, FNL BROUGHT EVERYTHING FROM MAGICIANS TO “ROCK BAND TO UA STUDENTS In a change from the usual arrangement, an off-campus FNL Program was held for students on Oct. 16. The “Hogs United” event took place at the Walton Arts Center and several Registered Student Organizations organized activities for the event. The Program was intended to unite students of different cultural backgrounds through the entertainment offered. The evening commenced with a performance by Luna Negra, a Latin dance group. Students dispersed afterwards to explore the RSO booths that were set up in the Walton Arts Center lobby. The ni ght concluded with a series of eclectic performances by each of tbe UA’s international RSOs. The groups represented at the event ln cluded the Indonesian Students Association, the Japanese Students Association, the International Student Organization an d others. FNL returned to the Arkansas Union for “Halloween Night” ° n Oct. 30. Students enjoyed traditional Friday Night Live e utertainment fare, such as making crafts, playing “Rock Band,” Wa tching the sleight of hand of a magician and listening to the Musical stylings of a DJ. A screening of The Rocky Horror Picture OH ' took place later in the evening. Overall, the organizers were pleased with attendance to the F NL events and felt that they were a success with the student body. “Tr 5 11 s exciting to see students’ responses, and the feedback is very Ratifying” Farkus said about the results of Halloween Night. Students shared Farkus’s enthusiasm about the FNL program. Attendance at the events was consistently high throughout the Dniester. Friday Night Live is the hippest part of Friday nights on a mpus, Steven Gordon, sophomore engineering major, said. ABOVE TOP: Preparing the calligraphy table, the student offers to teach others the writing style. One of the FNLs was held at the Walton Art Center. ABOVE BOTTOM: Dancing to the music, students perform in the Union connections lounge. Themed music added atmosphere to the FNLs. FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE | 29 30 I STUDENT LIFE a decade of « % 0NE maneuver at a II tlF fl TIME, STUDENTS PRACTICE 1 1 the art of aikido STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGE: YASMINE OMARI The hero walks through the smoke, somehow still able to fight, when long ago he should have succumbed to unconsciousness. He takes his patented mantis stance, and shows a hint of a smile through the blood c aked in the corner of his sneering mouth, before beckoning his enemy forward with one simple motion of his pointing finger. What follows ls a display of spinning kicks, punches that propel men backwards and even upwards, and graceful counters to formulaic attacks that leave no doubt whatsoever - this man’s martial art skills make him unbeatable, a w alking testament to the superiority his technique enjoys. Ihe scene made for a good movie, but the real world of martial arts bore s dui resemblance to the glorified accounts of film and show. In tbe rea l world, martial arts were often geared toward the ability of an ln dividual to protect himself against those who would wish him ill. J°int manipulation and an in-depth understanding of leverage and body Positioning trumped high-wire acts of appendage acrobatics. At the UA, a c ' lub met for the better part of a decade with the aim of teaching just the se skills. ido, the club’s focus, was “primarily a defensive martial art— grabs, Apples, small joint manipulation. It’s like judo at a distance,” said A 1 . , lcl ° Club President Nick Vera, junior international relations major. 0 teach this art, Vera said that the club met three times per week, ° m p.m. until approximately 6:30 p.m. 111 start with a warm-up and a small workout, for about 20 minutes, nc l then maybe 10 to 15 minutes of stretching,” Vera said. “After that, e 11 start to work with a technique, different moves and throws.” From time to time, Vera said, the club even practiced randori , which was an open sparring session meant to display and reinforce the practitioner’s technique. Eric Welker, a student making his first visit to the Aikido Club, enjoyed the experience that he had at the club. NICK VERA: “[aikido is] primarily a DEFENSIVE MARTIAL ART- CRABS, GRAPPLES, SMALL JOINT MANIPULATION.” “In St. Louis, I did ninjitsu for a little bit,” Welker said. “I’ve just always - been interested in martial arts. I was looking at what was taught here, and aikido was something that interested me.” Therefore, the Aikido Club was something that Welker, junior anthropology major, felt like he should check out. This was a wise choice, as the club boasted an instructor with a fourth degree black belt in aikido and first-degree black belt in judo, Dr. Ed Mink. The members of the Aikido Club might not have been able to disarm violent enemies in masses with computer-generated imagery grace, but t hey had learned valuable skills that could come in handy for defense one day. AIKIDO camping out for the best tickets THE UA HEADLINERS COMMITTEE BROUGHT FREE CONCERTS TO STUDENTS, AN D EVEN WITH LONG LINES DURING EARLY MORNINGS, STUDENTS TOOK TIME TO ACQUIRE TICKETS FOR THEIR FAVORITE ACTS THIRD EYE BLIND SPACE CAPONE IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON ROONEY IMAGES: CHAD ARNOLD DIERKS BENTLEY IMAGES: NICK CARTER ERIC CHURCH JUSTIN MOORE IMAGES: JEREMY STOUT JACKI FROST CN CM CONCERTS 9V 1 -rn i nd f , V lr ,0 l V Ell .Uuu 36 I STUDENT LIFE the price of a higher education ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SEEK FINANCIAL AID THROUGH THE DREAM ACT Juan Mendez looks like an average student. He goes to classes; he works; he is involved in extracurricular groups. But as he begins to tell his story, one characteristic that differentiates him from other audience members becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally. “I can’t get a driver’s license,” Mendez said. “Once I graduate I won’t be able to get the same jobs other graduates will. Local businesses won’t hire an illegal immigrant.” He is one of the approximately 70,000 illegal immigrants residing in Arkansas, according to the Pew Hispanic Center’s research in 2008. Like many, his parents brought him to the United States when he was a child. Unlike other students who graduate from an Arkansas high school, he pays out-of-state tuition. The DREAM Act could change that. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (the DREAM Act) would provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants who graduated from a state high school, opening up a path to legal residency after completion of a college degree. Additional requirements include a “continuous presence” in the country for five years and lack of a criminal record, and it applied only to those who were under the age of 16 when they entered the country. The DREAM Act, introduced into the state legislature in the spring of 2009 by Sen. Joyce Elliot, D-District 33, but it failed to pass. It was also introduced into the U.S. Senate but received only 52 votes, falling short of the 60 votes needed. Mendez helped organize a DREAM Act vigil, camp and gathering at the Jones Center, as well as other events during the spring semester, to raise community awareness about the legislation. Other UA students were also actively working for the DREAM Act cause. “We are strong supporters and advocates of this bill at the federal and state level,” said Ana Aguayo, senior journalism major at the UA and STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGE: STEPHEN IRONSIDE president of the UA chapter for League of United Latin American Citizen during the 2009-10 year. “We were obviously very disappointed that il failed. JUAN MENDEZ “ONCE I GRADUATE I WONT BE ABLE TO GET THE SAME JOBE OTHER GRADUATES WILL. LOCAL BUSINESSES WONT HIRE AL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.’ Chancellor G. David Gearhart had previously spoken in support of thl DREAM Act, and in a letter in which he offered his opinion about th legislation, he said that punishing students for their parents’ actions 1 decade ago did not fix any problems. Gearhart led a fundraiser last fall to raise $400,000 for 19 illegfl immigrants who attend the UA. Gearhart said he was “not at all pleased about not being able to offer in-state tuition in the future. “Raising those funds was a real stretch, and we don’t think it would b 1 possible to duplicate the effort,” he said. Undocumented immigrants at the UA were granted in-state tuitio 1 until the state mandated that universities require a social security numb from qualifying students. This requirement eliminated the possibility ft many immigrants to attend college, as they could not afford the increase tuition rates, and they turned to the DREAM Act as their last hope 1° furthering their education. ' avin g an American a §’ Dr. Diana Gonzales Wor then, director of Project Teach Them All, s Peaks at the DREAM Act Vl §il. Tlie DREAM Act was jntroduced into the state e §islature in spr ing 2009. Preparing for the evening, businesses anticipate the weekend crowd. The Snuggie Crawl was an event promoted by social media that offered discounts to participating Dickson Street patrons. 00 fo BAR-GOERS HIT THE TOWN IN THEIR SNUGGIES dressing for dickson Walking down Dickson Street, one gazed upon people wearing Snuggies no matter which way one turned. From leopard print, to Pez dispenser print, to Razorback-themed Snuggies, the crowds were resplendent with individualized Snuggies. At the first-ever Snuggie Crawl held in Fayetteville, Ark., all types of people came out to participate in the event. From families to the college crowd, everyone who patronized the restaurants and bars on and along Dickson Street received discounts on the food and drinks that they purchased. The event creator, Kelly Hale Vega, director of Public Affairs for Cox Cable, made the whole crawl come alive. “It all started when I was cold in my office and wanted to make Snuggies work- appropriate,” Vega said. “I put it as my Facebook status, and everyone liked it.” Her friend told her about a Snuggie pub crawl in Carolina, and an idea was born. Vega just created a Facebook event to gauge public response, and it was a success. “What’s really neat about the whole thing was that it was born from public media,” Vega said. “No money was spent on promotion. Although traditional media did help, it was mainly publicized by social media.” Attendees at the Snuggie crawl displayed various takes on the blanket with sleeves. “We saw tons of Razorback Snuggies, along with a cougar Snuggie all decked out in jewels and makeup,” Vega said. Some people saw the event as a fun night out with friends and even coordinated their “outfits” for the evening. STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI A couple girlfriends and myself wore matching Razorback Snuggies,” Diane Beckers Byram, a participant in the Snuggie crawl, said. Others turned the Snuggie Crawl into a family affair. “We made the Snuggie Crawl a girls night out event- moms and teenage daughters,” Holly Chadick Bryan said. “It was hot in the bars wearing Snuggies.” Although most pub crawls were organized with a set schedule, this one was different. “We didn’t have a schedule for this one,” Vega said. “It was more of an option for families, too, so not everyone drank or even went to bars.” Many restaurants on Dickson offered good discounts for those brave people who went out on the town in their couch attire. “Emelia’s, on Dickson, made ‘Snuggie-tinis,’” Vega said. The Snuggie-tini was a wine cork and put arms on it, then made tiny little Snuggies for them. They wrapped the figures around the bottom of martini glasses. Vega said if another Snuggie crawl was held, organizers would advertise more and get more college students involved. In addition, they would follow a set schedule. “As we were walking around, cars would stop and stare at everyone walking around in Snuggies,” Vega said. “But it was so much fun!” Based on the response that they received from participants, they were confident that the next Snuggie crawl would be an even greater success. “1 hope more people get involved next year,” Bryan said. “I’m already thinking about next year’s Snuggie. Perhaps I’ll tote my pet rock along for the Snuggie Crawl.” IMAGES: STEPHEN IRONSIDE COURTESY KELLY HALE VEGA: “|T ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS COLD IN MY OFFICE AND WANTED TO MAKE SNUGGIES WORK- APPROPRIATE.” LEFT: Wearing their snuggies, bar-goers display their new weekend attire. Several businesses gave discounts to those who wore a Snuggie into their establishment. SNUGGIE CRAWL | 39 40 STUDENT LIFE BRINGING LOCAL AND INTERNATION THE SPRING INTERNATIONALS CONVl SPREADING DIVERSITY, FUN AND FRlj cultural connec STUDENTS TOGETHER THROUGH SATION PARTNERS PROGRAM DSHIP Laughing during one «fl £the ir meetings, Mahrizal Mahrizal and Stacy Tan share their experiences with each other. The program helped international students make the transition from Spring International to the UA campus. STORY: EMILY CHASE IMAGES: YASMINE OMARI Adorning the desk at Spring International, flags from around the world represents some of the countries from which the students came. The Conversation Partners Program brought togethc ' r jBW tudents with Ulggg| from the UA. From the way the two students talked and laughed together, the People wandering through the UA Union might never have guessed that they came from opposite sides of the world. Mahrizal Mahrizal a nd Stacy Tan, junior international business music major, were brought together through the Spring International Conversation Partner program. The program is about connecting international students with American students. It helps the international students have inside Perspective on American life, and the American students get to have experiences with people from other cultures. That way the lnte rnational students can be connected with other students on earnpus who are from America and are their own age,” Catherine Roberts, Spring International program secretary said. Mahrizal, who was from Indonesia, was planning to study a gncultural economics at the UA. During his first six months ° n car npus, he studied in the Spring International program and focused on bettering his English language skills. Being a part of the Conversation Partner program was greatly beneficial to his mastery °f English. Rhs program is very helpful to me, because it means that I can lm Pr°ve my pronunciation, which is still considered bad,” Mahrizal s id. I can a | so S p ea k more fluently now—much better then before. Ca n make more friends and enjoy this culture. In my opinion, Americans are very friendly.” Roberts felt that forming friendship s was an important component to the learning process. “I love seeing it when students get along because it means that they have a new friend who can show them around Fayetteville. It’s great that they don’t have to feel judged about their grammar—they’re not being graded. They can get conversation skills by talking with a friend instead of in class. It makes me really happy,” Roberts said Tan had experienced both sides of the language partnership. Born in Little Rock, Ark. she moved to Malaysia for 10 years, returning to Arkansas in 2007 to attend college. She found out about the program from a friend who had participated and enjoyed the experience. “I definitely want to continue to be a part of this program,” Tan said. “I like programs like these because I know how hard it is to find friends in a foreign country. I was in China last year, and it was really hard to find a Chinese friend, but then I was in a conversation partner program and I made a friend that way.” Tan’s knowledge of Asian culture and languages helped her and Mahrizal to connect, but these experiences were not essential to becoming a language partner. The most valuable characteristic was a willingness to learn and openness to other perspectives. “The best thing about the program is connecting with people,” Tan said. “It’s so easy to stay within your own little circle of friends, but this program helps you meet people from completely different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles. Just talking to someone forms a connection. And for me, if you can find that connection it makes it all worth it.” SPRING INTERNATIONAL | 41 9t mk Wh MfcTfi I Showing off their muscles, students display their hard work power-washing cabins. Students offered their help in Englewood, Tenn. during spring break. STUDENTS USE THEIR SPRING BREAK AS TIME FOR MINISTRY SERVICE blessers return as the blessed SAMANTj “i d SPRING REMEMBER THE LAST ' HAD Al BREAMTHAT wasn’t SPENT ON A SERVICE TRIP.” Bi Samantha Reeves, sophomore classical studies and English major, returned from spring break with a c old shed gotten while power-washing cabins in the chilly pseudo¬ spring weather of Englewood, Tenn. Iain Bailey, sophomore pre-med biological engineering major, returned to class directly after having gotten over the flu, which knocked him off his feet for a day while he was serving the community of Mercer County, Penn. The media-supported stereotype of an American college student’s spring break suggests moderate to extreme self-indulgence. However, in 2010, numerous UA students like Reeves and Bailey spent their spring breaks doing the contrary by offering their time and energy to build up facilities and people around the U.S. From March 20-26, 2010, Reeves, along with fellow Razorbacks Katherine Anne Gibson, Mason Shaw, Brendan Ho and Daniel Power, went with a group of about 40 seventh graders to Tennessee to renovate facilities at Camp Living Stones. Each UA student was a leader in the seventh-grade ministry at Fellowship Bible Church in Rogers, Ark. The trip was designed to teach the seventh graders about service and how to “unplug” from constant use of technology. “iPods and cell phones weren’t allowed in the hopes that the kids would focus on building real-time, real-world relationships,” Reeves said. While in Englewood, the college and middle school students worked together to build a wheelchair ramp at the house of a handicapped woman in the community, power-washed camp cabins, built railings, erected a roof over a bridge, put up wood siding on the outside of a chapel, installed windows and doors and helped with basic camp STORY: J1LLIAN HANON HA REEVES: ■n’t maintenance. Reeves had already volunteered with Camp Living Stones and valued the chance to go back. “I went on this exact same trip as a student seven years ago, and I’ve been leading these girls for almost five years. I wanted to see them grow and experience and learn the things about themselves and about God that I learned then,” she said. For Reeves, spending her spring break helping others had become habitual. “I don’t remember the last time I had a spring break that wasn’t spent on a service trip,” she said. Bailey, like Reeves, also preferred to use his breaks as a time of service. He had gone on eight mission trips already, and he spent March 19-27, 2010 in Pennsylvania with a group of 21 other students from Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship. The team drove 968 miles each way in order to engage in several service projects throughout the city and to share the Christian gospel door-to-door. “I wanted to stretch myself,” Bailey said. “I wasn’t looking for necessarily anything out of the ordinary, but I was expecting God to refine my skills as an evangelist and use me as a leader.” Even though both Bailey and Reeves got sick on their trips, they maintained that it was worth it. “I learned that 13-year-old students are capable of a lot more than we give them credit for,” Reeves said. The girls she had been mentoring were all eager and responsive to the program, and she says she saw potential for maturity in all of them. Bailey returned to school touched by how receptive the Mercer County community was to his team’s efforts. “We went in as the blessers and came out the blessed,” he said. IMAGES: COURTESY LEFT: Singing to the music, students show off their vocal skills while on a mission trip. Some UA students opted out of the usual spring break experience and chose volunteer trips instead. SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIPS I 43 STUDENT LIFE Presenting his plaque, Larry Foley displays the achievement of his documentary The Buffalo FlowsSoXey, along with Dale Carpenter, was awarded a prestigious regional Emmy award for this film. UA FACULTY MEMBERS DOCUMENT THE FIRST NATIONAL RIVER 155 miles of majesty Breaking through the clouds, the sunlight seared down toward the water and reflected off the surface of the crystal- clear wa ter, making the appearance of a fish splashing its tail above the surface more noticeable. This was a model scene of one of the most beautiful natural locations in America: the Buffalo River, a weaving and winding 135-mile natural creation found in Arkansas’s backyard of the Ozark Mountains. Standing on a limestone rock and overlooking the splendor of the river was Larry Foley, professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas since 1993 and a UA alumnus. After having met with accredited success for previous documentary films made in his spare time, Foley, with the help of Ray McKinnon (narrator), Trey Marley (photographer), Dale Carpenter (editor) and James Greeson (music director), decided that the beauty and treasure of the Buffalo River needed to be captured and documented. “I went to the Buffalo River as a kid with my family in the 1960s, and I have been back every decade since, including taking my grandchildren there in June,” Foley said. “This is the first National River. There is no place like it where you can get into a canoe and look up at these majestic bluffs. It is also a great place to hike and to fish. It’s a place full of history and culture.” This unique history was what Foley aimed to not only preserve on video, but also share with those who had never visited the area. “1 wanted to do a story that hadn’t been done, which was a story about not just saving the river from it being dammed, like in the 1960s, but what was actually saved which is a natural, national treasure,” he said. In order to complete his video, Foley interviewed a wide variety of people of all ages and backgrounds, but one crucial element was constant for everyone: their passion about the river. Ken Smith, who had written two books about the river, Buffalo River Country and Buffalo River Handbook , and the members of the Boxley Church, which baptizes people in the river, were Foley’s favorite interviewees because of the unique perspectives that they offered. PBS aired the final product, The Buffalo Flows ; on Oct. 6, 2009, and the film was nominated for four Mid-America Emmys (Cultural Documentary, Writer Program, Photography Program and Musical Score). It won two of these, as well as the Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence. Foley’s passion for filmmaking was apparent from his body of work: the professor, who also worked diligently with UATV, had made documentary films on legendary northwest Arkansas architect Fay Jones and iconic former track coach John McDonnell. He also completed 22-Straight ; a film about the Razorbacks football team’s 22-game-winning-streak from 1963 to 1966. His next production would be called The Bridge to War Eagle and would deal with the famous classic steel bridge that crosses over War Eagle Creek. Thus far in Foley’s repertoire, The Buffalo FlowsYiad stood to be his greatest success. “It is probably the most acclaimed thing that I have done,” Foley said. “People seem to really like it, which makes me happy.” One thing will remain certain: just as the Buffalo River would continue to flow down through Arkansas’s countryside, : Foley would continue strive to capture the majestic beauty that Arkansas had to provide through the production of more documentary films in the years to come. LARRY lOLEY: “IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST ACCLAIMED THING THAT I HAVE DONE. PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY LIKE IT, WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY.” STORY: CLINT LINDER PHOTOS: GRACE GUDE LEFT: Exhibiting the first scene of the documentary, Dale Carpenter proudly screens the introduction of The Buffalo Flows. Carpenter was the editor of the documentary. THE BUFFALO FLOWS | 45 46 I STUDENT LIFE sealing the deal STUDENT AMBASSADORS GIVE GUIDANCE AND TOURS TO PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS Nervously, the prospective UA student fiddles with his red nylon bag emblazoned with a Razorback. On a windy Fayetteville day, he waits with a group of other UA hopefuls and their parents, who chatter away about this building or that. He is not sure if he wants to commit to the cardinal red and white yet, but then a smiling student ambassador leads the group out of Silas Hunt Hall. The campus tour and the energetic guide change his mind as the group winds its way around the Greek Theater. Whether walking backwards or forwards, but always in that iconic red and khaki, student ambassadors could be seen showcasing the UA in rain, shine or even snow. They had a vast knowledge of the university, and their efforts often sealed the deal for many prospective students. Some student ambassadors had been at the job longer than others. Deondra Gupton was a seasoned veteran with four years under her belt. What started off as a volunteer requirement for her turned into a true love for her, prompting her to continue working as an ambassador for the UA. “I’m an overachiever,” Gupton, senior criminal justice major, said. “I do extra tours. I love it to death. I love the students that come through and the fact that as an ambassador you’re the deciding factor.” Student ambassadors had a new tour policy this year that entailed volunteers’ giving two hour-long tours each week, as well as one Saturday tour a month, but Gupton was always ready for more. “I would do a tour every day,” she said. Student ambassadors also hosted “Ready Razorbacks” twice a year, an event at which high school juniors and seniors come to the UA for tours and talks on housing, financial aid and academics. These contrasted with the tours given throughout the year, which were either campus tours or residence hall tours that took students through both a traditional dorm (Futrall Hall) and a suite-style dorm (Maple Hill South). Another ambassador, Mary Ann Stewart, senior English major, enjoyed how many opportunities there are to give back to the community through Student Ambassadors. STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGE: CHAD ARNOLD “Each Christmas we purchase toys and clothes for families in need,” Stewart said. “This year we bought Valentine cards for local students who couldn’t afford them. We are always looking for new ways to get involved,” she said. The training for student ambassadors involved a week of orientation before school began in order to get to know each other and the UA better. They played games and went on scavenger hunts to learn the routes across campus better. “We get a huge packet with a script that tells us what to say where,” Gupton said. “But I like to taper to the students and talk more about a certain major or school if I know about it. I cater to their interests.” DEONDRA GUPTON . “WE GET A HUGE PACKET WITH A SCRIPT THAT TELLS US WHAT TO SAY WHERE.” Student ambassadors loved getting an inquisitive group, and Gupton maintained an honesty policy no matter how difficult the question. “I give honest answers,” she said. “I don’t focus on the negative, but 1 answer honestly and then flip it on the good side.” To some visitors, student ambassadors were the UA, the sole individual to offer them a student’s perspective. “I want to give potential students a small picture of what coming to the UA is like,” Stewart said. “I give them details on dorm life, study habits and stuff to do on campus.” She liked knowing she helped some feel more at ease when choosing a university. Each student who went on a tour received a handwritten note from his or her student ambassador, which added another personal touch to the UA experience. l°uring the campus, st udent ambassadors uren Ramey and Brittany e nsley inform potential students studying and other Ca uipus activities. The to Urs usually lasted for mm.,.. ' ab out two hours. Displaying the Razors EDGE logo, the electrically powered car is seen driving around campus. The Razors EDGE program promoted energy - efficiency throughout campus. h- Z LU Q ID E- on THE UA GETS GREEN THROUGH ENERGY INITIATIVES razorbacks in green energy Throughout the institution’s history, red has without a doubt been the most important color at the University of Arkansas. However, in recent years, the color green has begun to leave an ever-greater mark on the campus. The UA and Energy Systems Group (ESG) teamed up last year to start the Razors EDGE energy-saving program, which would modernize 56 buildings at the UA. EDGE was an acronym for Efficiently Delivering Green Energy. The improvements came with a price tag of $22.9 million, but the program came with the guarantee of increasing energy efficiency by 30 percent and paying for itself within 13 years. Meram El Ramahi, marketing communications manager at ESG, offered glowing accounts of her time spent at the UA thus far. “The University has really been a cutting- edge campus community,” Ramahi said. “The awareness is impressive, as far as the going green measures and becoming more environmentally responsible and efficient in general.” The desire to promote energy efficiency was not confined to UA officials; in fact, students were just as concerned with making the institution environmentally friendly. “We’ve just been so impressed with the campus community as a whole,” Ramahi said. “They recognize the value not only through the financial advantages of this, but through the environmental stewardship factor as well.” Crews had been working since August to upgrade lighting systems, place motion sensors in individual rooms, install water conservation devices in restrooms, upgrade or replace the heating and air conditioning units and upgrade the controls for the building automation systems. Plumbing subcontractors also installed what ESG calls the ultra-low consumption urinal system. It uses one-eighth of the water that a standard urinal system requires. Each of these improvements worked in different ways to cut the cost of energy. The motion sensors controlled the lighting, heat and air conditioning in the rooms across campus. If a room was unoccupied for a certain amount of time, the lights turned off and the air conditioning or heat went into standby mode. The system learned the schedule of the room, becoming more sensitive during the times during which they are typically occupied. Dr. Robert Brubaker, history instructor, recently had a new thermostat installed in his office, a change that has rendered the room noticeably cooler. “If by installing localized thermal sensors that’ll help that and save energy at the same time, then I think that’s a wonderful idea,” Brubaker said. Although the building upgrades were the most visible result of Razors EDGE on campus, the program also represented an effort to inform the community about the importance of being environmentally conscious. “The Razors EDGE program is also a communications program better informing the campus community, as well as the Fayetteville community, about exactly what it is that is being achieved through this project,” Ramahi said. The leaders of the initiative aimed to ensure that everyone was in tune with the changes brought about by the project and that everyone fully understands the alternate advantages to said changes. For instance, students should still turn off ' the lights in a room, even if a sensor controlled them. This way, the energy savings started before the sensor kicked into action. “We want to educate the users of that building on why those occupancy sensors are beneficial and how they can contribute to making sure that they’re used their optimum setup,” Meram said. According to the Razors EDGE Web site, the carbon dioxide reduction would be equivalent to removing 2,800 cars from the road annually. The program would also save 12.5 million gallons of water per annum, as well as enough electricity to power 1,300 homes for a year. Razors EDGE, then, was not concerned only with saving the University money, but also with bettering the situation of the community. MERAN EL RAMAHI: “THE UNIV ERSITY HAS REALLY BEEN A CUTTING-EDGE COMMUNITY. THE AWARENESS IS IMPRESSIVE.” STORY: JORDAN GRUMMER� IMAGES: MANDI HAVENS LEFT: Upgrading restrooms as part of Razors EDGE, crews made renovations around campus. The energy-savings program proposed to save the university 12.5 million gallons of water per year. RAZORS EDGE | 49 50 | STUDENT LIFE because it s ‘bout time FAYETTEVILLE GETS ITS VERY OWN ROLLER DERBY TRACK AT STARLIGHT SKATIUL STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: CHAD ARNOLI The Starlight Skatium on College Ave. was filled to capacity with excited spectators sitting on the floor, close to the action. Young children stood on their parents’ laps and shoulders in order to see over the crowd. The crowd roared with excitement as each roller girl took a lap around the track. There was no doubt: Roller Derby had a home in Fayetteville. For a second time in 2010, the bout was sold out and, due to the size of the crowd, most people had to park across the street in a gravel lot. However, co-commentator Chris Selby made an announcement that diminished the crowd somewhat. “For anyone with a car across the street, they are now towing; so you might want to move it before they get to your car,” he said. The remaining spectators were anxious for the action to commence, and the bout began with co-commentator Ashley Ross explaining the rules of derby to the crowd. “There are four blockers and two jammers on the track for each team. The jammers are point scorers; the star on their helmet indicates them,” Ross said. “First whistle starts the blockers around the track, and second starts the jammers. After the first lap, the jammers score points for each opposing team member they pass.” The teams demonstrated the maneuvers for the crowd as Ross continued to explain what would happen during the match. “The race is between the two jammers to be the first through the pack; she is the lead jammer and has the power to call off the jam at anytime,” she said. “There are several jams in a half and two halves in a bout.” Once the audience understood the rules, the roller girls set up for the first jam, the whistles blew and the bout started. Immediately, the Backwoods Betties took the lead over the Mo-Kan Roller Girlz, maintaining their lead going into the half. At halftime, Keith Frazier and Grant Epperson entertained the crowd with a little skate dancing around the track to music provided by DJ Stewart and KXUA, student radio. The second half gave the Betties z chance to strengthen their lead, with the bout ending 195 to 67 in theii favor. MICHELLE HEDEGARD! “WE WANT TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS AND GROW OUR TWO TEAMS.” “We were so far ahead the crowd stopped cheering,” said seniol Chrustay Davies, known as Flyon Maiden on the track. “I was trying to d something to get the crowd going again.” Michelle Hedegard, a spokesperson for the derby, said that tW Northwest Arkansas Roller Derby League was started in the spring of200( with the two teams, the Backwoods Betties and the Arkansas KillbillieS These teams were established due to a resurgence in popularity of flfl track derby in Austin, Texas back in 2001. The roller girls were skating in Springdale until derby girl Tiffany Casto opened the Starlight Skatium. Team members hoped that the move a new venue and increased awareness about roller derby events in tW community would generate a greater fan base and inspire others to jotf the teams. “We want to recruit new members and grow our two teams,” Hedegan said. “We also hope to get more sponsors to help with travel expenses’ With the first two bouts of the season sold out, sponsors and member seemed well on the way to realizing these goals. Period Timeout ne ady to rumble. Jammers Kamikaze Ki and Shuvee Gremlin get ready to begin. The backwoods Betties defeated the Mo-Kan Roller Girls 195 to 67 Ulluv Rutic 52 I STUDENT LIFE RIGHT: Washing his hands, junior Dylan Shirey attempts to keep the swine flu at bay. The UA posted signs around campus to inform the students of the precautions to take during the H1N1 outbreak. FAR RIGHT: Resting in her bed, sophomore Erin Pierce tries to kick the H1N1 virus. Students who were infected were asked to barricade themselves in their rooms or leave campus until they were better. ‘hog fever’ gets students down THE SPREAD OF THE H1 N1 VIRUS ON CAMPUS FORCES STUDENTS OUT OF CLASS AND INTO THEIR BEDS Cough, sore throat, runny nose, vomiting, fever: these are just some of the symptoms that victims of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, endured as the illness swept across the University of Arkansas during the 2009-10 school year. H1N1 spread at an alarming rate and, by the last week of September, the UA reported 228 diagnosed cases. However, Nurse Manager Lyn Edington noted that most of the swine flu cases reported to the Pat Walker Health Center were mild. The categorization “mild” was of little comfort to those who caught the bug, however. Jordan Hanson, freshman psychology major, described the sickness as the worst experience of her life. “Your lungs feel like they have been through a paper shredder because, when you cough, it’s violent and you feel everything,” Hanson said, In an attempt to suppress the spread of H1N1 across campus, University Housing officials made an effort to institute preventative measures and increase student awareness regarding how the virus is spread and how to aid those who caught it. “University Housing staff members have participated in a number of department and campus planning discussions,” Timothy Burkhalter, director of Residence Education said. “We will continue these conversations and regular communications to make sure we are responding as promptly and as appropriately as we can.” Specifically, the housing staff enacted measures such as increased cleaning of the residence halls and the distribution of hand sanitizer. They recommended that students who experienced symptoms of H1N1 choose not to go to school or work, drink plenty of fluids and pick up an informational sheet entitled “Flu-like Illness” from the front desk of their dorm. The residential staff also designated isolation rooms for sick students in Maple Hill South and Gregson Hall in an attempt to quarantine infected students and limit the spread of the virus. Kaitlyn Bell, sophomore English major and RA in Humphreys Hall, said that the UA disseminated instructions outlining what to do if someone became sick and noted that RAs were instructed to hang up posters in the hallways that provided information about H1N1. “Were supposed to get them a mask and tell them to ... isolate themselves,” she said. Additionally, Bell emphasized that the UA recommended that people leave campus should they become ill. Nevertheless, the number of reported cases increased to the point that the UA was categorized as experiencing a pandemic by the end of September. It looked as though the Hogs were going to have to ride out the storm, all the while making jokes about Hog Fever. STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGES: NICK CARTER JACKI FROST KAITLYN BELL: “WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GET THEM A MASK AND TELL THEM TO... ISOLATE THEMSELVES.” SWINE FLU a new angle for a thesis project ONE STUDENT TAKES ON AN UNUSUAL ASSIGNMENT STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: STEPHEN IRONSIDE The artist gazed out at the crowd in the gallery encircled by her art. Hi, I m Darby,” she said. With this short introduction, Darby Gieringer began to explain her undergraduate honors thesis, “Project XXX,” a gender studies project that examined the way in which the naked body was viewed by contemporary society. In order to accomplish this, Gieringer photographed 100 people n ude, allowing them to choose their own poses, then studied what they revealed and what they hid. I think the event went very well,” Gieringer, senior anthropology m ajor, said. “We had one of the largest turnouts that the gallery has had, a nd have since had a record number of visitors. I’m ecstatic!” Student art exhibits were a common sight on the UA campus. All of the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) students were required to display their work before graduating, and their art comprised the majority of the exhibitions. In spring of 2010, MFA students Susanne Countryman and Craig Voligny displayed their work in the Fine Arts Gallery. In 2009, the ex hibition “Empty Walls,” by artist Kyle McKenzie, was the held the same place in the Fine Arts Gallery. I think the art displayed on campus is definitely an enriching ex Perience,” Tyler McBride, junior English and journalism major, said. Its uice to see pieces of art outside when you’re walking around class, 0r lns ide the library or the union when you’re taking a break from studying.” Requiring students to display their art in one of the galleries on campus was beneficial both to the artist and to the student body. Recause the mission of the Fine Arts Gallery is to be a teaching r esource for students, the artists whose work is presented in the gallery cll e Us ually regionally or nationally-known —so it’s not a ‘student gallery’ ln at sense,” said Shannon Dillard Mitchell, director of the Fine Arts Gallery. I Ve only been to one art gallery showing. They were showcasing some °f Durers works. I thought that it was awesome that we could get some °f the originals. I enjoyed seeing the true works of an artists rather than JUst co pies,’ said Brittani Dockery, sophomore history major. Unlikethe Fine Arts Gallery, the Anne Kittrell Gallary in the Union did not usually display student art, although the “Project XXX” was an exception. “I really never expected this to happen. When I first began taking the pictures for my short paper, I often discussed with the models how fantastic it would be to have an exhibit and show off the photos I’d taken and share my findings, but I assumed it was impossible,” Gieringer said. “Once it became my thesis, the concept of an exhibit seemed more plausible and less fantastical, and I was thrilled to discover that open- mindedness abounds in the staff in charge of the gallery and in the committees that gave me funding and approval.” In addition, the University of Arkansas Student Gallery (sUgAR), recently opened in Bentonville, provided another venue in which students could showcase their work. The gallery was completely student-run and combined performance, visual and culinary arts of University students, faculty and visiting lecturers. U 1 By providing a locale for students to share their art with the public, galleries like sUgAR enabled them to find a market for the work that they wished to sell, giving it an advantage over the Fine Arts Gallery, which focused more on the academic aspect of art. “Of course artists want people to see their work, so gallery exhibitions are one of the best means to present their artwork to the public,” Mitchell said. “Some artists sell their work from galleries, but since we use the gallery for educational purposes, we do not emphasize sales so much.” DARBY GIERINGER: “I REALLY NEVER EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN ... ONCE IT BECAME MY THESIS, THE CONCEPT OF AN EXHIBIT SEEMED MORE PLAUSIBLE AND LESS FANTASTICAI_” STUDENT ART ON CAMPUS 56 I STUDENT LIFE Katie Smith: Senior, Psychology “I work at the Pomfreteria as a cashier. My job is usually pretty fun; I get to talk to many of students who live in Pomfret and those who visit from other areas of campus. I also get to do homework as well. I work while in college for obvious reasons—I need money and my parents aren’t funding my education or other expenses. I’ve been employed at the Pomfreteria since September 2007 during my sophomore year, so about two and a half years now (man, I feel old). What’s the hardest thing about working and going to school at the same time? I’d have to say it is the desire to go and hang out with friends or go to those after-class activities that my friends get to go to on the nights I have to work. I’d have to say the best thing about working at the Pomfreteria is meeting all the incoming freshmen every year and befriending several of them. I balance work and school in that I can do school work at work. My GPA actually went up after I started working. Working while in school, especially working on campus, is convenient. Additionally, you get job experience, whether it’s related to your future career or not. Any job on your resume that you kept for an extended period of time looks well, and it also helps you learn how to balance work, school work and still having a life outside those two. Though sometimes the balance between the three works and other times it doesn’t. Usually the having a life suffers for it, but at least you got money.” Heather Terlesky: Senior, Organizational Leadership and Economics “I have been employed with Chick-fil-A in Rogers for over five years and have had many opportunities to advance not only my professional experience, but also my personal life. It has helped teach me the value of money, and along with that comes a sense of accomplishment with paying my own bills and expenses without having to rely on my parents. My recent promotion last year to Assistant Senior Team Leader is challenging, but that is one of the things I enjoy about it, because I am never bored. Working through school is something that I have found very beneficial and strongly urge every student to do the same. It helps me to study harder for class by keeping me constantly motivated and not get too relaxed. Not everything about working is glamorous, especially while in school. The hours spent working on a Friday night could be spent with friends at Common Grounds or Smoke Barrel, which deters from my social life, but the long-term benefit is worth it. I have been very fortunate to find a company such as Chick-fil-A. They have been overly-understanding about my hectic schedule and work with me on a week-to-week basis to make sure that school comes first. The best feeling is when someone tells me that they respect how much I work while maintaining a high GPA. It demonstrates that I am not afraid to work hard, and I feel that that will assist me in my future career search. I believe that someone should do what he or she is capable of doing, not what is convenient.” STORY: EMILY CHASE IMAGES: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT, JACKI FROST JILLIAN HANON making ends meet HOW STUDENTS BALANCE THEIR STUDIES, THEIR SOCIAL LIVES AND UP TO 40 HOURS A WEEK AT WORK Brian Carreno: Ashley Cane: Sophomore, Business “I’ve been working as a keyholder and buyer at Plato’s Closet, a resale shop targeted towards teens and young adults for about a year now. Running clothes, organizing the store and ringing up customers may sound easy, but it comes with its challenges. The main struggle at work is just simply keeping composure when customers don’t understand what we can and can’t do as a business. Outside of work, the main struggle I face is just with balance in my life. I go from school to work, come back late, work on homework, and head off to bed. I have to schedule time to relax or just spend time with friends. The only reason I work while in school is so that I can have money for leisure or in case of an emergency. Work can be strenuous, but in the end it has helped me meet many people on campus; people will stop me and ask, “Don’t you work at Plato’s Closet?” Although, ideally, this isn’t the way I’d like to meet people, I think it’s awesome to have the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone: I get paid and I meet awesome people daily.” Junior, Graphic Design l started class this morning at 9:30 and went until 3:50, only to r un down the street to be at work by 4:00. 1 got off work around 10:30 and came home to do homework and have just enough time to squeeze this in before bed. This is an example of a busy day for m e; it’s not always this hectic. I work at Kosmos Greekafe and have worked there for over a year now. I usually work 2-3 days a week; about 12-18 hours. I also go to school full time, taking 15 hours a semester. I live on campus so being able to walk down Dickson Street to work is very convenient. It is a challenge to balance work w ith school, but it can be done. Because I have a job, I often have t° plan ahead and do homework a day in advance so that I don’t have to stay up all night. Luckily since I work with mostly students, asking for the night off or trading shifts to study for tests is pretty e asy. When the weekend comes around, I am thankful to have my ° Wn hard earned money in my pocket. I gain real world skills such as communicating with others and time management. I now have a strong sense of responsibility and independence. It has been a great way to meet people, and I enjoy the people I work with. At t he en d of the day I feel tired, thankful and accomplished.” JOBS IN COLLEGE I 57 RIGHT: Examing his permit, Jonathan Voglar makes sure it is properly placed. Students were required to register their bikes for the first time in 2009. FAR RIGHT: Placing a permit on her bike, Brittany Williams is assured her bike will not be towed. The permit allowed students to park on campus. RIGHT: Showing a student how to affix his permit, a worker helps with registration day. Students had to submit a description of their bikes to Parking and Transit. ALTHOUGH IT WAS FREE, REQUIRED BICYCLE REGISTRATION FRUSTRATED SOME UA STUDENTS to look at the issue from only one side. “The main complaints were ‘It’s not bothering anything,’ or ‘It’s not a problem on campus’ but they don’t know. They aren’t getting the calls and complaints we’re getting every day,” he said. Gibbs-Dabney also voiced concern over the UA wasting money on something he viewed as unnecessary. Funds were not allocated to cover permit costs in the Parking and Transit budget, but by October, the department had already spent $2,000 on issuing notices, time spent answering e-mails and talking to students, according to Gilbride. Additionally, the installation of new bike loops cost $350 each, a costly remedy to the limited amount of bicycle parking available on campus, which Gilbride estimated at around 500 bikes. Parking and Transit failed to profit from impounding bikes or writing tickets, as well. Let’s say you park your bike illegally, and we impound it and write you a ticket for $20. It’s going to cost us $50 to cut your lock, impound it, deal with you when you come down here, and then taking you to go get it. So we haven’t made any money,” Gilbride said. But making money was not the motivating factor; in fact, Parking and Transit came out in the red. However, the UA recognized that addressing campus bicycle problems while incorporating student needs’ in the new policy was of the utmost importance. There was something about the trees at Texas A M that struck Andy Gilbride, the program adviser for the Parking and Transit Department at the University of Arkansas, when he visited that campus. It had nothing to do with their size or the color of their leaves. It did, however, relate to what was hanging from the trees’ limbs: bicycles. When no more room remained in the designated bicycle parking areas, students hung their bikes in the branches of trees, dangling them from chain locks. While Gilbride acknowledged that the bicycle parking situation at the UA was not nearly this desperate, he offered the story as an illustration of how bad it could potentially become. That future concern was one of several reasons that the UA decided to implement a new bicycle registration policy in the fall of 2 009. The plan aimed to reduce the number of bikes that were stolen, keep track of the bikes on campus, preserve the landscape (including painted light poles and trees) and get bicycles off of the sidewalks. Under the new policy, students were required to submit a serial number, make, model, color and description of their bikes to Parking and Transit. Upon doing so, students received a permit to place on the bike, similar to those used for cars and scooters. Parking was limited to bicycle racks and loops (with the ultimate goal of restricting it to the loops alone) and to unpainted light poles. Any bicycle not in accordance with the rules was tagged, and the owner was asked to register the bike. By the end of September, only 127 bikes had been registered, according to Gilbride’s numbers. Rigid, though the program might sound, Gilbride admitted that Parking and Transit planned to be lenient with the policy and argued that transit workers preferred not to write anyone a ticket. “Nobody wins that way,” Gilbride said. News of the policy met with a significant negative response from students like Andrew Gibbs-Dabney, a senior philosophy major who lived almost two miles from campus and hiked to class whenever he could. I just think it’s stupid,” Gibbs-Dabney said. “It seems Pointless to me. I’m trying to be green and helping the environment, and it’s like we’re being punished.” Gilbride, however, disagreed. We’re not punishing them. It doesn’t cost any money,” Gilbride said. “We’re just asking them to park right so they’re helping everyone else on campus. They’re affecting other people, too.” Some students, like Taylor Francis, senior biology rnajor, who hiked to class three times a week, said that they failed to see the point of registering bicycles. It’s like they were bored one day and said, ‘Hey, let’s s tart charging people to park their bikes,” Francis said. Rut Gilbride maintained that it was easy for students STORY: JORDAN GRUMMER IMAGES: VERONICA PUCCI BICYCLE PERMITS 59 60 I STUDENT LIFE a little bit of africa AFRICAN STUDENTS SHARE THEIR CULTURE AND STORIES WHILE ENJOYING A TASTE OF HOME Where is my next class? Is this the right scantron? What in the world is an “Old Main”? Adjusting to college life is difficult enough for the average student, but it can be downright intimidating for those adjusting not only to a new scholastic environment, but to a new country and culture as well. With this in mind, the African Students Organization (ASO) held their third annual “Taste of Africa” event in November 2009. The event, which was led by ASO President Michael Taiwo, featured dishes from several countries and regions of Africa, along with speeches and demonstrations of several cultural groups from Africa. “Taste of Africa” served the two-fold purpose of helping foreign students enjoy a hint of home and introducing the community to the broad spectrum of cultures found throughout the continent. The event was open to the public, Dr. Godwin-Charles Ogbeide, the organization’s advisor said, “to give the community a little bit of what Africa is” Though ASO was responsible for organizing the event, they could not do it alone. Ogbeide said that Wal-Mart and Tyson were instrumental in supporting both “Taste of Africa” and ASO. The first year ASO hosted “Taste of Africa,” the organization had only meager resources with which to prepare. Two years later, the event brought in over 500 attendees, 150 more than were originally expected. Ogbeide said that the organization would look to expand the event even further in the future. “We might take this and blow it up into something even bigger...‘Taste of Africa’ could be ‘Taste of Drama,’ ‘Taste of Singing,’ ‘Dancing,’ all kinds of things.” STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGE: AMANDA WORM Featured dishes at the event included Ogbono soup, Mase stew, iyan (pounded yams) and fufu (a thick porridge), among others. The diversity in tastes was inevitable, as there were 21 African nations represented by members of the UA student body during the event. Food was not the only focus of the night, however. MICHAEL TAIWO! “IT’S AN AVENUE FOR AFRICANS TO TELL THEIR STORY.” “It’s an avenue for Africans to tell their story,” Taiwo said. “The African story has been told by Hollywood, it has been told by the media, and this has fed the negative stereotypes which are prevalent. ‘Taste of Africa’ is an attempt by the organization to tell the African story through the eyes of Africans—and there is no single story.” Taiwo presented a speech at the event that targeted his fellow African students. “It was Einstein that said that problems cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created,” Taiwo said. “If that is true, then we need to look at our challenges in a new way. My message to us tonight is that Africa needs me, is that Africa needs you, and that we are more equipped, thanks to globalization, than before to deal with the challenges that confront us. Let us always keep in mind that what is right with us is much more than what is wrong with us.” Wearing colorful dresses, two women serve dishes from their native lands. Students lined up to taste delicacies such as fufu and Ogbono soup at the Taste of Africa event. V TASTE OF 62 | STUDENT LIFE ■ Showing off a new move the Zumba instructor works up a sweat. Zumba created a non-traditional workout program filled with Latin beats and dance moves. shaking off STUDENTS SAY GOODBYE J_U . jJj-n TO THE WEIGHT ROOM the pounds STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGE: NICK CARTER Imagine a gym. Most people would picture shelves of weights, treadmills, benches and heavy equipment, but in 2009, one was as likely to encounter blaring dance music and gyrating students in the HPER. HPER officials wanted to offer non-traditional ways of working up a sweat and these options took the form of group workout classes that moved students away from the traditional machinery associated with getting into shape and working out. Instead of using heavy equipment, students could dance and work out to the tune of Latin music in Zumba classes. Zumba was a combination of the salsa, cha-cha and the samba, backed by Latin beats. Beto Perez created the Zumba in Columbia and brought it to the United States in the late 1990s. Since then, the dance had grown in popularity and was integrated i nto gyms across the USA. Part of its success could be attributed to the fact that, for many, dancing was a more enjoyable way to exercise than conventional methods. “It is a great way to work out to popular songs with strong beats,” Mary Smith, junior biophysical chemistry major who regularly attended the Zumba classes, said. “It is a lot of fun.” Brittany Rogers, junior history major agreed, citing the contrast between t he interactive Zumba dancing and a traditional workout. “Its a nice change from just doing elliptical and the atmosphere is a lot more relaxed and fun,” she said. In fact, Rogers enjoyed Zumba class so much that elliptical machines, once her main choice for working out, were relegated to her backup plan. She used them only when work or school kept her from being able to attend the Zumba classes. “I feel like I get a better work out through the classes instead of my old way,” Rogers said. Though the attendees were mainly female, some male UA students noted that the class caught their interest, though that may or may not have led them to actually attend. “It looks like an interesting way to work out, and it is probably more fun than what I do,” Robert Self, junior engineering major, said. While Self admitted that he would likely never join the class, he recognized that it was a good alternative to his normal routine of traditional weight lifting. Nevertheless, Zumba did not appeal to everyone. Some students, for example, objected to the class format, which minimized individual exercise choices. Megan Neal, sophomore, held this view, commenting that group exercise was not of interest to her. “I really like just running and listening to my iPod, and obviously couldn’t do that in that class,” Neal said. In addition to Zumba, the HPER offered alternative workout classes including group cycling. Turbokick, Hard Core, belly dancing, yoga, Pilates and Flirting Girl Fitness, meaning students could participate in a variety of group routines. Traditional exercise was facing some competition. BRITTANY ROGERS: “it’s a nice CHANGE FROM JUST DOING ELLIPTICAL AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS A LOT MORE ... FUN!” ZUMBA I 63 Strumming the guitar students perform at the poetry slam at RZ’s Coffee house. This event anc several others were held ii hopes to bring awarenesr to sexual assualt 3 POETRY, MARCHES AND FLAGS BRING HOPE FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE no longer a victim, but a survivor The speaker at the microphone stands bathed in three spotlights, holding a single piece of paper. He clears his throat and starts to recite a poem about no longer being a victim, but a survivor. A victim lives in fear, but a survivor endures. Afterwards, he steps off the stage to modest applause, and another girl comes forward to the stage at RZ’s coffee house to recite another poem about sexual assault. Person after person comes forward, before finally a man with half of his faced painted describes himself as masquerading as a ‘nice guy,’ but really being a ‘two-faced rapist.’ This annual poetry slam was held as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, in the hope that this event and the many others would bring a stop to sexual assault. Every April, Rape Education Services by Peers Encouraging Conscious Thought (RESPECT), filled the month with activities and events that students could attend in order to become educated about sexual assault. April was chosen for Sexual Assault Awareness Month because the spring was when most rape ' sexual assaults occurred and when they were more likely to be reported. One of the most visual and widely seen events was the flag project located in the Union mall. The red cut-out of four women holding hands demonstrated how the flags represented the one-in-four women who, statistically, would be sexually assaulted on a college campus. Deondra Gupton, senior criminal justice major, had been a RESPECT intern for two years and also volunteered with the group. She felt that the visual impact of the flag project was very important for UA students. “The flags are for the one in four of the 9,000 UA women who would be assaulted,” she said. “The common false idea is that it won’t happen to me. But there are 2,250 flags out there and that is a startling for people to see.” Another event that RESPECT hosted was the Mock Rape Trial, in which RESPECT interns acted out a trial, but left the verdict to a random jury composed of audience members. “We purposefully include alcohol and aprevious sexual relation into the mix in order to make the jury think,” said Gupton. “Most people think it was fine that she gets raped because of the previous relationship with the guy, but without consent, it is rape.” As a RESPECT intern, Courtney Bradford, junior anthropology major, found that many people were conditioned to images of sex and rape through the media. “We did a Jersey Shore project in which we looked at rape myths and such stereotypes through the show,” she said. “These are all lies and pushes women as objects.” Capping off every Sexual Assault Awareness Month for RESPECT was the “Take Back the Night March,” which started in the Fayetteville square, wound down Dickson Street and ended at the Union Mall. During the march, students, families and victims were regaining their identities, separate from being victims. They wanted to take back the night from memories of their assault. Victims, from those as young as 14 to those who had been participating for 35 years, walked in the march. Some joined hands as they marched, showing that theirs was a united front, and that the night, once a place of fear, could also be a place of hope. IMAGES: JEREMY STOUT MAGGIE CARROLL LEFT: Being displayed on the Union mall, four women cut-outs and flags cover the grass. The Fourth Flag Project was created to show that one-in-four women, statistically, would be sexually assaulted on a college campus. STORY: MEGAN CLARK DEONDRA GUPTON: “THE FLAGS ARE FOR THE ONE IN FOUR OF THE 9,000 UA WOMEN WHO WOULD BE ASSAULTED.” cn cn RAPE AWARENESS MONTH 66 STUDENT LIFE AVIVA CHOMSKY. Giffels Auditorium buzzed with excited conversation, as students and community members waited for the speaker to take the stage and give her address about U.S. immigration policy, a hot issue in the Fayetteville area. Some in attendance disagreed with her stance that the country should radically overhaul the system in order to provide amnesty and open the way for increased numbers to immigrants to enter the country. Others openly applauded her remarks. Whatever their feelings about her remarks, there was no doubt that the audience members were actively interested in what Chomsky had to say. In addition to addressing current issues, Chomsky also offered a history of immigration, beginning before the 15th c. Spanish Conquest. A collaboration between the League of United Latin American Citizens, Sigma Delta Pi (the Spanish honor society), the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers, and Students against Sweatshops worked to bring Chomsky to campus. All of the organizations were actively working to spread awareness about the Spanish language and about the situation of hispanic immigrants. They felt the community would benefit from an expert’s offering her views of the problem with the system. distinguished visitors share their thoughts FROM THE FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO THE, SON OF A CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND, GUEST SPEAKERS VISIT THE UA TO OPEN THE MINDS OF STUDENTS AND THE FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY EHUD OLMERT. The virtual tranquility within Barnhill Arena contrasted sharply to the protest happening across the street. Inside the doors, people sat in respectful silence; outside, shouts and clamor were emitted from the crowd. The center of the tumult was the visit of Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, who talked to students and the Fayetteville community about current political issues, especially those involving Iran. During the speech, which lasted approximately an hour and a half, the former official spoke about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and Iran’s relationship with Israel, as well as its nuclear ambitions. He advocated a two-state plan for Israel and Palestine and said that combining two peoples into one state was a “prescription for almost endless confrontation.” An important part of Olmert ' s political philosophy entailed getting to know individuals on a personal basis. You have a better chance to move the political process with greater success if you know someone personally,’’ he said. Olmert aimed to accomplish this goal with Palestinian President Abbas by meeting with him 35 times. However, keeping an open line °I communication did not equate approving of all of the president ' s choices. Olmert asserted that Abbas owed the international community an explanation of why he did not sign the peace plan proposed in the fall of 2008. 1 hope that the president [of the USA] will try to force him to give an answer,” he said. The former Prime Minister also spoke about what he termed the Iranian issue” and stressed that it could not be ignored in favor of tr ying to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict. % the time one is resolved, the other will be unsolvable,” he said. Irans nuclear plan was too developed, in his view, and he feared officials in power would continue expanding it. This, Olmert felt, presented a significant danger to the international community. “Unfortunately, I cannot forget that there are historical precedents for leaders’ making serious threats and being ignored and that being regretted by almost all of humanity,” he said, referencing the fact that prior to WWII, many did not consider Hitler as serious threat. Olmert also feared that there would be no option but to take military action against Iran, and said that Israel could not avoid such combat. In light of this, he spoke about world powers, particularly the United States and the Obama Administration and what he perceived as negligence on their parts. “History teaches us that indifference can sometimes be the greatest sin of people who are not willing to assume responsibility when they have important positions,” he said. Chris Johnson, freshmen history major, said that while he didn ' t agree with Olmert on every issue, he was glad to see him speak at the UA. “He probably knows more about what ' s really going on than any of us do,” he said. Despite the relative calm inside Barnhill Arena, roughly a dozen protestors stood across the street, most members of “Students for U.S. Independence,” led by UA alumnus Abel Tomlinson. He alleged that Olmert was responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 Lebanese civilians, including hundreds of children and massive strategic destruction of civilian infrastructure in Southern Lebanon.” Whether one viewed Olmert as a savvy politician, a warmonger, or someone in between, it was hard to deny, based on the size of the crowd (both attendees and protestors) that he was able to command an audience and that the issues that he addressed were timely and of international concern. SPEAKERS 67 68 STUDENT LIFE MARTIN LUTHER KING III. In an auditorium full of chattering people, one very special man walked out to receive thunderous applause. As he stepped up to the podium, flashbacks to the days in which his father spoke ran through the minds of the audience members. Martin Luther King 111 arrived at the Fayetteville Town Center on Jan. 19, 2010 to participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series. The appearance marked one of his last stops on a nationwide tour. Although his fathers memory served as a backdrop to the event, Kings speech did not dwell in the past. He addressed current events, such as the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti. “We must help in any way we can our brothers and sisters, he said, echoing sentiments that his father espoused. the points that he stressed the most included the necessity of befriending ones adversaries and make practicing non-violence a part of your life. His six principles for living a good life included: not only practicing non-violence, but making it a way of life: not seeking to humiliate or defeat adversaries, but making friends; defeating evil and injustice, not the people who act wrongly; accepting unearned suffering with faith and looking for new possibilities it might bring; choosing love, not hate; and believing God to be on the side of justice. King worked to carry on fighting the problems his father opposed and believed that his father would have done the same. If my father were alive we would be an even better nation, he said. Organization with which King worked traveled to Africa on a mission to help bring peace to regions rife with the violent conflicts. They provided leadership training for young people” in war- distraught countries. King said. We have exposed the kids to non-violence in the midst ofdeep. deep turmoil. They need to be engaged on the perspective of nonviolence. he said. Later in 2010, King and his group, which included his siblings, planned to return to Africa to continue their work there. They also intended to visit Sri Lanka in order to promote non-violence in the war-ravaged cou ntry. “There is a nation that has been at war for over 30 years, King said. The kids there don ' t know how to practice non-violence; they ' ve never been exposed to it.” Besides positing his views on global promotion of peace, King shared his father ' s perspective on how the average person should live life and discussed topics very relevant to today’s youth. Do every job well,” King said. “If you ' re a street sweeper, do your job well.” Meenakshi Prajspati, sophomore from Trinidad attended the speech and was interested in what King had to say. I ' m not from here, and I wanted to learn more,” she said. I wanted to hear how he applied his dads beliefs to today’s world. Prajspati appreciated King ' s emphasis on a need for peace, in particular. 1 was glad to hear the non-violence movement, even though it’s hard given America today,” she said. I hope he will inspire someone to make a difference”. John Cartwright, sophomore, originally attended to support his girlfriend, but ended up feeling that he benefltted from the speech. 1 am glad to see non-violence is a big part of him and its alive and well,” Cartwright said. I am glad to see a leader saying that.” In closing, King delivered the most inspirational portion of his speech, saying that people truly could make a difference if they tried- creating a bette r future for all. With a little more resilience, we can bring about a change,” King said. No one told us our roads would be easy, but l am convinced out God will lead us.” IMAGE:HYPHEN IRONSIDE STORY: KAITLYNN BI. SHANKAR VEDANTAM. “Reality is composed of what is and what is in our minds. Never underestimate the power of point of view.” Absorbing this declaration, audience members murmured to one another and regarded the speaker with interest. He proposed to alter their perspective regarding media and the way that the brain interprets information, and they were ready to hear what he had to say. Students, faculty and alumni alike attended the 2010 Roy Reed Lecture Series, presented by the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism. Award-winning journalist Shankar Vedantam, author of The Hidden Brain , delivered the talk. He opened his lecture by asking the audience members to look at a series of optical illusions in order to demonstrate how the unconscious mind interacted with conscious perception. Vedantam focused his lecture on issues regarding race as a tribute to Roy Reed’s work during the Civil Rights Movement. Vedantam used campaign ads, as well as statistics, to prove that hidden bias eould influence votes and judiciary decisions. In order to illustrate his points, Vedantam used personal experiences us examples of the hidden biases. He said that his daughter’s favorite game was to play doctor, but that she always chose to be the nurse und made Vedantam the doctor. One day, I asked if we could switch, and she said, ‘No,’” he said. Wien 1 asked why, she replied, ‘I have never seen a male nurse. Only w °men are nurses.’ That is when I realized that at the age of three my daughter had already developed a sexist bias without even knowing it. ” This ingrained bias was not the fault of anyone person, Vedantam said, but of society as a whole. His daughter formed her assumption about gender and nurses because she had never read a book containing a male nurse, nor did she ever see one in a movie or on television. “I was relieved when I took her to the doctor later, and the nurse in the office was a man,” Vedantam said. “She turned to me and said, ‘I guess nurses can be men.’” After the lecture, dessert and drinks were served to guests. Vedantam stayed to answer questions and autography copies of his book. He received a warm audience response. “I thought it was excellent. We were lucky to get him here to speak,” Margret Salassi, UA alumna, said. “1 just wish more students were here to hear this.” Professors from various departments also attended, and several of them remarked on the importance of the presentation to students and faculty alike. “I thought it was extremely valuable in helping us to think as journalists and as citizens,” Hoyt Purvis, professor of international relations, said. Shankar Vedantam had also written for Vie Washington Post. He won the “Templeton-Cambridge Fellowship of Science and Religion” in 2005 and the “World Health Organization Journalism Fellowship” in 2003-2004. This was the first time that Vedantam came to the University of Arkansas. SPEAKERS 69 70 STUDENT LIFE Pfl forming a routine, a drag queen at Club Xanadu entertains a full crowd. Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students labeled the Sunday night drag show as a place to feel comfortable. unusual amusement STUDENTS HEAD DOWN TO THE DICKSON STREET THEATER FOR SOME ECCENTRIC ENTERTAINMENT ON SUNDAY NIGHTS STORY: KATELYN STEPHENS IMAGE: YASMINE OMARI High heels, massive calves, disco ball and dollar drinks until midnight. Such was the draw of Club Xanadu. And draw it did. Every Sunday n ight, the Dickson Street Theater accommodated between 100 and 400 spectators, drinkers, dancers and, of course, students. Club Xanadu was home to one of the drag queen shows in Northwest Arkansas. On Valentine’s Day, 2010, the industrial-chic theater was packed with couples and singles alike. Hip-hop and techno thumped the airwaves as streams of people hit the dance floor, took advantage of the bar and mingled on the outdoor patio. In spite of this entertainment, the crowd anxiously awaited the drag show. The night’s host, in full drag garb, came in at well over 6 feet tall, and the heels were just adding inches. Club Xanadu first-timers were called °nto the stage for introductions. Sarah Peerson, senior history major, w as lucky enough to remain hidden during the teasing of drag show virgins.” I was very surprised and gratified by the variety of people who a ttended,” said Peerson. “The ambience was colorful and invigorating.” The host introduced the first queen in the show as Miss Canary Diamond, who then thrust through the backstage doors in a Janet Jackson-worthy get up. The innermost line of spectators thrust their arms forward, waving dollar bills at the dancing diva. Each performer had two time slots, between four and six minutes each, t° dance, electrify the audience and collect tips. The divas were quite friendly, even kissing several of the audience members. One fan took off bis shirt and danced with Miss Ruby la Rue, the second performer of the evening. For newcomers to Xanadu, the experience could be overwhelming. “I was actually terrified of drag queens the first time I went, but it is so entertaining and it is a lot of work,” said Jeff Tordiff, sophomore history and European Studies major. Tordiff, already a performer at Tangerine, another local gay-friendly nightclub, aspired to perform in drag at Xanadu. “It just depends on crowd interest in a person and if the show director thinks you will make a good show cast member,” he said. “The crowd is usually a fairly even mix of gay and straight people so it is trying to appease to both groups.” Among the students and Valentine’s dates, there were many openly gay —j and lesbian couples to be found. “I like to see diversity in such places because it speaks of acceptance,” said Peerson. “I have many friends in the gay community. I am happy that the club-goers felt they could be free with their expressions of love there, but I wish they felt that same comfort everywhere.” Fayetteville, and the University of Arkansas specifically, had a growing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population, and Club Xanadu was one place where these community members could be fear-free. SARAH PEERSON! “I LIKE TO SEE DIVERSITY IN SUCH PLACES BECAUSE IT SPEAKS OF ACCEPTANCE.” CLUB XANADU TUDENT LIRE ON CAMPUS Q: Alma Mater: A: Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: Never give up. sosssi Q Favorite place on campus: A: the Union lounge Q: I bet you didn’t know that... A: I was filmed by MTV for a reality step show series. I ' V Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: A: At my friend’s house, watching movies and playing cards Q: Favorite pizza topping: HP A: Meat lovers? I like them all Q: Your job in three words: A: Promote the university Q: Favorite musical artist band: BA: Beyonce CM Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or Coke? A: Coke Q: T.V. Show you secretly enjoy: A: For the Love of RayJ Q: If you could hear anyone in history give a speech, whom would you hear? A: Nelson Mandela Q: A place you’ve always wanted to visit A: Cayman Islands Q: If you were to open a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve? A: All kinds of pasta Q: Alma Mater: A: Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, Ark Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “Go forth and prosper.” Q: Favorite place on campus: A: Reynolds Razorback Stadium —big football fan Q: I bet you didn’t know that... A: I’ve spent over a year of my life in Disney World. Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: A: Dickson Street Q: Favorite pizza topping ,A: Pepperoni and mushroom Q: Your job in three words: ■A: Plan big concerts Q: Favorite musical artist band: A: Jimmy Buffet Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or Coke? jA: Coke Q: If you were to open a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve? A: An Asian-Caribbean fusion Q: Advice for students: A: Go to class Q: If you could hear anyone in history give a speech, whom would you hear? A: F.D.R. I Q: T.V. Show you secretly enjoy: J| A: Infomercials and The Weather Channel Q: A place you’ve always wanted to I visit: A: Australia BLAKE WILKERSON, STUDENMWAIR OF THE STUDENT LIFE after four (or five, or six) years of classes, sleepless nights before finals, lots of coffee and memories to be treasured for years, it all comes down to one thing: graduation. IMAGE: JOHANNA BAKER STOUT IMAGE: JO erence npions Conferenc Champion WOMEN’S Triple Crov Country r Track Outdoor Ti 23 V ' ! 3 daktrdnics WCfE: “A. 1 PIpNSHIPS arkansas june 11: After initial outbreaks in April, H1N1 is declared a pandemic. H1N1, a subtype of Influenza A, was also known as swine flu. The World Health Organization named the virus a pandemic, later citing that H1N1 2009 had caused over 16,000 deaths in 213 countries and territories. june 25: Michael Jackson, called “The King of Pop” by some, is found unconscious in his rented home in Los Angeles. The international response caused several Internet services to crash, including Twitter, Wikipedia and AOL Instant Messenger. The U.S. audience for the performer s memorial service, held on July 7, 2009, was reportedly more than 31 million people. On Feb. 8, 2010, Jackson’s personal physician was charged with involuntary manslaughter. july 17: American journalist Walter Cronkite, best known for his 19-year work as anchorman for the CBS Evening News, dies at his home in New York City. His death was believed to have been caused by cerebrovacular disease. As one of the leading broadcast journalistsinAmericaduring the 60s and 70s, Cronkite covered such events as the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing and the Watergate scandal. july 22: The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century occurs over Southeast Asia. The eclipse, lasting nearly seven minutes, was seen as a total eclipse in a narrow region of Southeast Asia and parts of the Pacific Ocean, and was also seen as a partial eclipse in India, China and northeastern Oceania. LU LL_ I— z LU o I— OO 00 I- ' ' june 18 : UA students and faculty pose with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. The students were granted an audience while in India working on the TEXT project, the goal of which was to record the stories of Tibetans living in exile. The students spent three weeks taking classes on campus with Dr. Sidney Burris and Geshe Thupten Dorjee, the programs UA faculty, before traveling to India for three weeks. july 31: Act 33 is passed in Arkansas along with several other laws. The Act, which dealt with animal cruelty, made torturing a dog, cat or horse a felony in Arkansas. Punishment for conviction could include up to six years in prison and a fine of $ 10 , 000 . august 20: For the third consecutive year, the University of Arkansas maintained its top- tier ranking in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges. Additionally, the Sam M. Walton College of Business was ranked in the top 50 business programs in the report. august 25: American singer Chris Brown is sentenced to five years of probation, a year of domestic violence counseling and six months of community service after being convicted of felony assault against his former girlfriend, singer Rihanna. Brown later described the assault as his “deepest regret.” Some criticized the case for not punishing Brown appropriately for his crime. august 26: Jaycee Lee Dugard, the 11- year-old girl lddnapped in 1991, is found after 18 years. Phillip Garrido [Registered sex offender] and his wife Nancy were arrested on counts of kidnapping and rape. Dugard and her two daughters, fathered by Garrido, were held in a complex of tents and sheds in the couple’s backyard. IMAGE: OLIVER DOULIERY MCT august 25: Mourners watch the hearse of Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy as it waits in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Kennedy, the youngest brother of President John E Kennedy, was the fourth-longest-serving member ot the U.S. Senate after being a senator for z 47 years, throughout his life, Kennedy championed g progressive ideas such as universal health care and — immigration reform. After J being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2008, Kennedy died at his home in Massachussetts. September 2: Giving a fashion show for students, fashion designer Korto Momolu visits the UA. Momolu, born and raised in Liberia and Canada but now from Little Rock, was a contestant on season five of the Bravo show Project Runway. September 26: Typhoon Ketsana forms northwest of Palau. The tropical storm moved over the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. A “state of calamity” was declared on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, where water levels reached over 20-feet- high in some areas and at least 464 deaths were reported in the Philippines. September 28: In a strange series of events, Arkansas woman Julia Grovenberg had a double pregnancy. Instead of twins, which are formed simultaneously, the double pregnancy occurred when Grovenberg became pregnant twice, two weeks apart. The phenomenon, named superfetation, has only been recorded in 10 cases. September 30: The Sumatra earthquake takes place just off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.6, caused at least 1,115 deaths and nearly 3,000 injuries. Additionally, more than a million people lost at least part of their homes or livelihoods. Countries around the world, including the U.S., sent aid to the area. mhpr nrtntw nnvprnhpr LU LL. _l (— z LU o ZD 1— LD O 00 October 9: After only eight months in office, President Barack Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama was the fourth U.S. president to receive the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that Obamas work with international relations and promotion of nuclear nonproliferation were the main reasons for the award. Obama accepted the award on Dec. 10, 2009, and donated the full amount of the monetary award to charity. IMAGE: OLIVER DOULIERY MCT October 15: U.N.-backed investigators throw out nearly a third of the votes for President Hamid Karzai from the disputed 2009 election in Afghanistan. The election was characterized by electoral fraud and lack of security. A runoff was planned for Nov. 7, 2009, but was cancelled after Karzai’s opponent withdrew. Karzai was announced as the President of Afghanistan for a second term on Nov. 2, 2009. October 19: Parents of six-year-old Falcon Heene, from Fort Collins, Colo., claimed that their son had floated away in an unattended helium balloon. It was later determined that the entire event was a hoax engineered by the boy’s parents, who were charged with attempting to influence a public servant and were both sentenced to jail time and $36,000 in restitution. november 5: A gunman opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding 32. Nidal Malik Hasan, U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist, was arrested as the gunman. On Nov. 12, 2009, Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. november 9: People celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. The wall, built in 1961, separated East and West Berlin. The demolition of the Wall began in 1989 after widespread protests. The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was celebrated with a “Festival of Freedom” with representatives from around the world in attendance. november 4: The New York Yankees win the 27th World Series title. The team, which last won the title in 2000, played against the Philadelphia Phillies and won four out of six games. The Phillies were the defending champions of the title. The two teams also played against each other in the 1950 World Series. YEAR IN REVIEW I 81 december 11: Tiger Woods releases a statement apologizing for multiple affairs, after over a dozen women come forward. Woods also withdrew from his own charity golf tournament and all tournaments remaining in 2009. The scandal over Woods’ infidelity caused many corporations to withdraw advertisements featuring Woods, including AT T and Accenture. december 20: American actress and singer Brittany Murphy collapses in her Los Angeles home due to a severe case of pneumonia. She was rushed to the hospital, but was not able to be revived after going into cardiac arrest. Murphy starred in such films as Clueless, Girl Interrupted and 8 Mile. december 25: Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tries to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines flight 253. The flight was en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Mich. A1 Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula later claimed responsibility for directing the attack. january 1: The U.S. Labor Department reports rising unemployment rates, but said that rates should peak in the first quarter of 2010 and decline over the remainder of the year. Michigan had the highest unemployment rate of the states, at 14.6 percent. Heremher ianuarv fehrua 00 january 12: Following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, children get water from a well serviced by Water Missions International. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by over 52 major aftershocks, killed 230,000 people, injured 300,000 and destroyed the homes of over a million. Many countries around the world sent supplies, medical teams and more after appeals for aid. CN 00 January 4: Burj Khalifa, the tallest man¬ made structure ever built, is opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction on the building that was built in Dubai’s main business district, began iu September of 2004. The opening ceremony featured w ater and light effects and a display of 10,000 fireworks. january 11: Simon Cowell’s departure from American Idol after the 2010 season becomes official. Cowell, one of the original judges for the show, was known for his blunt, harsh, biting criticism. Cowell was also a judge on the similar show Britian’s Got Talent. January 11: Ryan Mallett, player for the UA Razorbacks, is named the National Performer of the Year by the College Football Performance Awards. The purpose of the Awards was to determine the most scientifically rigorous achievements in the college sport. Mallett matched or broke 16 UA records in 2009 alone. february 27: An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 8.8 occurs off the coast of Chile. The earthquake, which triggered a tsunami which devastated towns in southern Chile, also caused a blackout which affected 93 percent of Chile’s population. Nearly half of the country was declared a “catastrophe zone” and nearly 500 deaths were reported as a result of the disaster. february 12-28: During the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada a pair of Russian dancers perform for the audience. During the Olympics, Canada broke the record for the most gold medals during a single set of games, with 14, and the United States won =; the most medals total, with to 37, breaking Germany’s 2002 record. § oo ON march 16: Some of the major buildings of the Kasubi Tombs in Uganda are destroyed by fire. The tombs, which were Uganda’s only UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site, were an important spiritual and political site for the Baganda people as well as a major tourist attraction in Uganda. Fortunately, the remains of the four kabakas buried there were not harmed by the fire. march 18: Natasha Richardson, English- born American actress, dies after sustaining a head injury during a skiing lesson in Canada. Richardson, who acted on both the screen and stage, married actor Liam Neeson in 1994. Richardson was especially known for her fund raising for the fight against AIDS, after her father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. march 26: American recording artist Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., better known by his stage name T.I., is released from a halfway house after serving time for federal weapons charges. In 2008, T.I. was sentenced to a year of house arrest, an undefined jail sentence and 1,500 hours of community service. april 5: Members of the cast of the popular television show Glee perform at the 201C White House Easter Egs Roll. The cast were invited to the event, which has been a tradition on and off since 1814, by Michelle Obama. The President’s family, alone with a group of American children and their parents chosen by lottery, watched a variety of acts during the festivities. co 00 march 7: Kathryn Bigelow, American film director, becomes the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Critics’ Choice for Best Director, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for the war drama The Hurt Locker. The following month, Bigelow was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people for 2010. april 14: The volcano Eyjafjallajdkull in Iceland releases an ash cloud which leads to the closure of much of Europe’s airspace for the following six days. The disruption, which caused most flights to and from Europe to be canceled, was the longest break in air service over Europe since World War II. Scientists concluded that Eyjafjallajokull had returned to a dormant state on May 24,2010. april 18: Courtney Fortson, sophomore, point guard for the Arkansas Razorbacks, decides to declare for the NBA draft. However, he did so without hiring an agent, to retain the possibility of keeping his amateur status if he changed his mind. may 1: The 2010 World Expo, in the tradition of world exhibitions held since the mid-19th century, begins in Shanghai, China. More than 190 countries and 50 organizations registered to be present at the Expo, and 70-100 million visitors were expected to visit. may 7: Scientists working on the Neanderthal genome project announce that they are able to prove that Nearderthals and humans may have interbred. The scientists’ work with sequencing the Neanderthal genome prove that the two hominids were close genetically. SEAN GARDNER MCT april 20: A Greenpeace volunteer holds a sample of oil after Deepwater Horizon, a BP drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded. The accident released an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil into the water per day, posing a serious threat to the health of both humans and wildlife. The spill surpassed the damage done by the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989. YEAR IN REVIEW I 85 mm 1 PAY JONES SCHOOL OF | If. ARCHITECTURE ! 88 | ACADEMICS For a science student, the lab is where the excitement happens. Well-thought out hypotheses are tested and labored over until a conclusion can be reached, whether the result is what the researcher predicted or whether it comes as a complete surprise. At the UA, students across the sciences began conducting intensive research as undergraduates and then continued on as graduate students. But what if scientific inquiry could be sparked earlier and research began sooner? This was what the Honors College hoped to achieve with its “Celebrating Discovery” program, as UA students were sent to local high schools to promote the UA’s researching facilities. DREW AVERY . “I ENJOY SHOWING STUDENTS AROUND SOME OF THE RESEARCH FACILITIES ON CAMPUS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AS AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER.” Drew Avery, senior chemistry major, became involved in the recruiting program, trying to increase awareness and interest in undergraduate research. “The thinking behind the program is that students interested earlier in research will start earlier, and students that start earlier in research will be able to complete more meaningful projects in their time at the UA,” Avery said. Although the program encompassed many majors, it focused on the sciences and sought to recruit the best and the brightest to UA labs. Student participants gave research presentations about their own work at the UA in a variety of settings: in high school science classes, at school assemblies, and as part of undergraduate research panels held for students visiting the UA. “I enjoy showing students around some of the research facilities on campus and talking with them about my experiences as an undergraduate researcher,” Avery said. Darrion Coleman, freshman industrial engineering major, returned to his high school, Parkview Arts Sciences Magnet, in West Little Rock, Ark. after being approached by Maribeth Lynes, director of recruiting for the Honors College. He loved the opportunity to go back and tell his former classmates about the opportunities offered by the Honors College. “I mostly talked about the engineering program and how I became interested in it,” he said. “I also gave it a personal touch by talking about what happens on a daily basis, what my schedule was like. I showed pictures of the football games.” Coleman spoke to an auditorium of interested seniors about his excitement about industrial engineering. “I like how the science and math have an art twist to it,” he said. Besides wanting to offer advice to future college students, Darrion also wanted to give back to the UA, which he said felt like the right university for him after he visited campus during Diversity Impact. Giving back to the UA was also why Avery became involved. “I felt that I wanted to help the UA and the Honors College, particularly, in recruiting talented young scholars as a means of paying back the debt I owe for the excellent educational experiences at the UA,” he said. Both Avery and Coleman hope to continue sharing the potential of science with prospective students. They both truly wanted to help high school students by answering a lot of the same questions that they had had when choosing a college. “The hope is that high school kids see some of the exciting opportunities for undergraduate research at the UA and are inspired to get in on it as soon as they can,” Avery said. UA STUDENTS REACH OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLERS TO PROMOTE THE UA ' S RESEARCH FACILITIES THROUGH THE CELEBRATING DISCOVERY PROGRAM SHARING THE SCIENCES STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGE: COURTESY 90 ACADEMICS Stirring the sweet apple butter concoction, students mix the cooked-down apples into the smooth spread. The Food Science Club made the apple butter as its traditional fundraiser. STUDENTS TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO FUNDRAISING BY PRODUCING APPLE BUTTER FROM START TO FINISH SWEET TREAT FUNDRAISING STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGES: NICK CARTER An unobtrusive tan sign labeled “Food Science Department” points down a narrow street that changes into a dusty dirt road. The pavement veers to the left, leading to a set of low white buildings. Hidden in the concrete of the Pilot Center is a quarter-century-old UA tradition. Unlike other customs associated with the school, it does not involve football, chanting or even competition. The students and faculty of the Food Science Club are making apple butter from start to finish. Initially, their project might not seem like the most glamorous of fundraisers, but the group asserts that their sweet product appeals to food lovers near and far. On Saturday, Oct. 24th, when most students would be sleeping in, club members and volunteers arrived at the Pilot Center before 7 a.m., donned matching white hairnets, and were ready for work. Food Science Club President Chelsey Castrodale, graduate- level food science major, explained precisely what apple butter was. “There is not butter or dairy,” she said. It’s like apple jam or a sugary applesauce. People use it mostly as a breakfast spread.” Castrodale went on to explain how and w hy the group made a Pple butter. Its our traditional fundraiser. We do it to see the process and for the experience,” she said. “The money goes toward funding competitions, mostly in food development.” The mix of graduates and undergraduate hand-sorted and cut the donated apples before putting the fruit in machines that chop, seed and peel them. The processed apples were blanched to start the cooking process before being put into large metal kettles to be c °°ked down. Then sugar, cinnamon and allspice are added in careful proportions, according to a former student’s recipe dating from 1900. hen the apple butter was ready, it was placed into jars, over 1,800 before the process was over, and then sealed for safety. The 16 ounces jars of the sweet treat were sold for $3 each, raising thousands of dollars for the club. Simple though the process might sound, this was not the average kitchen in which people simply cooked. This group integrated the science aspect into the apple butter making by testing batches for their sugar content and pH levels. Dr. Philip Crandall, food science professor, had helped with apple butter for the past 20 of the 25 years it has been made. He demonstrated how a refractometer was used for measuring the sugar content by the use of prisms and light. “The apple butter bends the light depending on the concentration. We are aiming for about 44 percent sugar; any higher it would be jam and the wrong consistency,” he said. The pH was measured with a pH meter, the average was around 3.4 on the scale. Crandall said, “We want it less than 4.5, because any higher, microorganisms can grow in the mix.” For Diego Espinoza, senior biology major, this session marked his first time making apple butter. He was drawn in because his wife was already involved with the project. “I know all these guys and I love apple butter. 1 wanted to find out what all the excitement was about,” Espinoza said. Alex Boucher, second-year medical student from the University of Tennessee, also came because of his wife’s involvement in the fundraiser, proving how far the appeal of apple butter goes. “Last year I helped and told my friends back at home and sold 40 jars. This time I sent out reminders to my whole class about it,” he said. “I’ve got 125 orders to take back to Tennessee. People love it; it’s a huge hit out there.” APPLE BUTTER | 91 92 | ACADEMICS In one room, The Murder of Aziz Khan and the national allegory is being discussed; in another, false cognates and fads in translating poetry are examined; and in yet another, the roles of gender and diaspora in Charlotte Bronte’s The Professor are considered. The wide range of topics is only a sample of what panels discussed at the Second Annual Conference on Literature and the Humanities held by the Graduate Students in English (GSE) on Apr. 9-10, 2010. ERIC LARSON: “[I WROTE ABOUT] ASPECTS OF THE GOTHIC LATE-1 9TH CENTURY AND EARLY-2OTH CENTURY STUDIED THE PATRIOTISM OF BRITONS AT THE TIME OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE EMPIRE’S DOWNFALL.’ ' Approximately 30 participants presented papers in the four sessions of the conference, which started Friday and finished around four o’clock on Saturday. The majority of those who presented papers were UA students. The sessions were broken into several groups, with about four presenters in each unit. In 2010, the conference was expanded to include panels on creative writing as well as, fiction, poetry and translation. While most students had submitted their paper topics in advance of the conference, there were a few surprises. Molly Carman, UA graduate student, planned to present a paper about Jane Eyre entitled “Jane is the New Pamela,” but when she stood up in front of small group in her session, she changed her mind and instead talked about her paper, “All Men Hate the Wretched,” which treated Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and questioned the existence of a pure soul in all of us. “I wanted to do Frankenstein instead; it’s more fun,” Carman said. While many papers brought aspects of philosophy or psychology into their papers, a few went political, including “From Chill to Thrill: Elements of the Big Gothic ‘Uneasy’ in John Buchan’s Greenmantle ” presented by Eric Larson, UA graduate student. He described the main character as a plucky British spy—a James Bond type of character. “[I wrote about] aspects of the Gothic late-19th century and early-20th century studied the patriotism of Britons at the time of what I believe to be the empire’s downfall,” Larson said. The novel was supposed to be broadcasted on BBC’s Radio 4, but the night before the program was cancelled in the aftermath of the London terrorist bombings of 2005 due to the novel’s harsh portrayal of Muslims, Larson said. The Graduate Students of English created the conference last year to give graduate students a chance to engage in conversations about their field, its potential problems and the solutions to such problems in a space that was comfortable and welcoming. THE ANNUAL LITERATURE CONFERENCE ATTRACTED ENGLISH STUDENTS FOR A RANGE OF TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS THE WRITE VARIETY STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGE: HELEN CHASE r- CD C ' O Ti - or CM CD GO X x, r- : cr . i. LD —p ! ROBERT BURNS • SONGS k POEMS q 95 ? asfe cs 9 §$ SL d S b Re Representing a’ range of literature styles, the Second A Conference on Litei and the Uumanitie held for two davs in£ 94 I ACADEMICS Green fields, trees, rows of quaint townhouses, military museums and an arts center would soon be brought to the heart of Little Rock. The creative forces behind the renovation of MacArthur Park planned to bring all of these things and more to life in the oldest park in Little Rock. Once separated by Highways 30 and 630, the land that made up the park was being brought together again with the help of Steve Luoni, director of the UA Community and Design Center (CDC). The urban design planner worked with William Conway, architect with Conway and Shulte Architects, and Tom Oslund, landscape architect with Oslund and Associates, both based in Minneapolis, Minn. Both Conway and Osland had once served as visiting professors in the Fay Jones School of Architecture. Already meeting with praise, the MacArthur Park project won an award in the Regional and Urban Design category from the American Institute of Architects. This was one of seven awards the project had received by the spring of 2010. STEVE LUONI: “WE DID ALL THE DESIGN AND THE PLANNING, IT IS UP TO THE CITY TO DO THE REST” The CDC helped various projects with which it was involved gain $62 million in grants to fund improvement projects. The group was an outreach program within the School of Architecture. Beginning in 1995, its members helped in designing and executing projects for over 30 organizations. The MacArthur Park project had taken an ample amount of time to create. “Both staff at the center and students in school have worked on the project,” Luoni said. “Urban design proposals were a partnership with design architects.” The park would be an urban residential park, containing housing, arts centers, a fire engine museum, heritage preservation and many more amenities. The plan for the four neighborhoods in the district of the park made MacArthur Park the center of activity in the surrounding areas. The design team worked diligently to make the park “green.” Their efforts included using softer lights, pavement that reduced sewer run off, recycled materials and an effective water treatment system. All of the parties involved initially gathered to build a light rail. “Conway was hired three years ago to start the project,” Luoni said. “He was received well by the students and he was asked to submit a bid for the MacArthur Park project.” Oslund joined the project when the three men all met to discuss the plan. “He had been teaching for four or five years, and they had all worked together and decided to pair up on the project,” Luoni said. The UA CDC earned a national reputation of excellence because of the projects they had completed. “It is a good reflection of the U of A,” Luoni said. The money for the park was supposed to be raised through a funding effort started by a “Friends of the Park” organization. The estimate cost for the park renovation came to $15 million. “We did all the design and the planning,” Luoni said. “It is up to the city to do the rest.” FAY JONES SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ALIGNED WITH OTHERS, BRINGS NEW LIFE TO MACARTHUR PARK THE HEART OF LITTLE ROCK STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGE: COURTESY Presentin The model of MacArthur Park, the team of architects’ design earns an award from the American Institute of Architects. The extensive planning paid off and the project received seven total awards. MACARTHUR PARK I 95 96 I ACADEMICS paperwork, the Student Advisory Board (SAB) gathers to discuss upcoming events. The SAB informed students about programs that n%re sponsored by theWalton College of GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD HELPS STUDENTS REACH THEIR GOALS B ' GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS COLLEGi STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY [ MaGE: ELIZABETH BOSTWICK Ever wondered who helped the Walton College “get ranked” )r who helped select the student commencement speaker for spring semester? The Deans Student Advisory Board (SAB), L() niposed of a faculty-selected board of students in the Walton College of Business (WCOB), played a role in all of those things. Ehe board and its members acted like a liaison between students the dean of the college, helping the administration with Ejects and increasing students awareness of programs within college. Hie board was comparable to a mini-Associated udent Government, except that it focused on the WCOB. “It is great working with members ranging from freshmen to seniors in a common goal to constantly improve the Walton College,” Preston Baker, undeclared sophomore, said. Aside from helping the college “get ranked” by having senior students fill out surveys for ranking companies and holding auditions for the student commencement speaker, they also select the Helping and Nurturing Diverse Scholars (H.A.N.D.S.) award winner each year. Created in 2006, the H.A.N.D.S. award was presented to an undergraduate who best represented the SAB’s notion of a diverse student. The Student Advisory Board was broken into four committees. The Commencement Committee planned and held auditions for the WCOB’s student commencement speaker. The Diversity Committee promoted diversity relations within the college and developed initiatives for students to get involved with various groups. They also sponsor the H.A.N.D.S. Award. “I was honored to serve with a small, distinguished group of the college,” said Amanda Wyatt, former chairperson of the Diversity Committee. “I believe we have done a wonderful job of listening to the needs of the students and working with the dean to translate the needs to actionable plans.” Besides working to improve the school, the SAB was also concerned with helping out in the community. “We were able to encourage students to step outside their comfort zones and help the homeless, elderly and low-income schools,” Wyatt said. In addition, the Senior Issues Committee worked closely with administration on the “Get Ranked” campaign. This campaign was held annually to help the business college maintain its ranking with U.S. News and World Report and Business Week. The fourth committee, the Web site Committee, was responsible for keeping the Web site up to date so that students could contact the board with their ideas, suggestions or complaints. While the entire SAB only met two to three times a year, the frequency of committee meetings were determined the committee chairpersons. The groups also worked to improve the colleges technology and discuss offering different course selections, with the aim of continually bettering the experiences of future WCOB students. AMANDA WYATT: I WAS HONORED TO SERVE WITH A SMALL DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF THE COLLEGE.” STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD | 97 98 ACADEMICS Week after week, 20 UA staff and faculty members trudge down to the HPER for their weekly weigh in. As they step on the scale, they beam with pride as they survey the numbers it displays shrink throughout the course of eight weeks. These are the Wholesome HAWGs. The Wholesome HAWGs program was composed of a group of faculty and staff members who were focused on getting healthy. Originally, it was designed to serve as a weight loss program, but as it progressed, HAWGs evolved into an eight week “wellness” program. Creators Dr. Ro Dibrezzo and Julie Brown were hoping to promote the idea of consistently pursuing a healthy lifestyle, instead of just focusing on temporarily shedding pounds. JULIE BROWN: “THIS SYSTEM GIVES THEM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEMSELVES THAT HELPS FACILITATE THE RIGHT HABITS.” “It was really a joint effort between Dr. Ro Dibrezzo and myself,” Brown said. “It was her idea, and we just took it and ran with it.” The program included weekly weigh ins, group meetings on topics such as stress management and making healthy choices while eating out and meeting with an individual nutrition consultant. These three combined to both teach and support participants as they enacted a lifestyle change. “The program reinforced my notions and made me more conscious of healthy eating,” an anonymous participant said. Dibrezzo and Brown stressed howimportant all three components were by making them inter-dependent. The participants were not given the information on the weekly health topics unless they showed up to weigh in. This system “gives them accountability for themselves that helps facilitate the right habits,” Brown said. Learning the right habits was an essential part of either losing weight or simply living in a healthy manner. In the program founders’ view, this gave the system an advantage over similarly- marketed weight-loss regimes. “Programs like Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem give you food to eat to lose weight, but they don’t teach you how to live a healthy life,” Brown said. In addition to providing support during the eight weeks, the Wholesome HAWGs program taught members how to continually learn and evolve their goals and progress in order to stay healthy. “The most beneficial part of Wholesome HAWGS was the awareness of what [you] are doing,” an anonymous participant said. “The program requires you to pay attention and make your personal nutrition a priority in your daily life.” In a time of economic recession, the inexpensive nature of the program when compared to other popular diet systems also made it appealing. The Wholesome HAWGS program was $149 for eight weeks, and the information given to the members would continue to help them once the program is over. In 2009, the program was only open to faculty and staff members, but Dibrezzo and Brown hoped to expand it to include students soon. “It could be beneficial for students,” Brown said. “It would have the same principles but curtailed to fit students needs.” Students living on campus faced difficulties with picking healthy choices in the cafeteria as they were not preparing their own food. Taco Bell runs made during the wee hours of the morning did not help the situation. “I know there is a need for it; we just have to show that people will do it,” Brown said. LOSING WEIGHT AND LEARNING ABOUT A BETTER DIET BEGINS A HEALTHY NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR SOME FACULTY AND STAFF HOGS GET H EALTHY STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGE: AMANDA WORM Talking about the facts and fiction of nutrition, the instructor speaks to the participants about new eating habits. The program helped participants with making healthier choices about diet and regular exercise. WHOLESOME HAWGS | 99 100 I ACADEMICS Students clad in white lab coats and safety goggles manned their station, some of them describing their apparatus to the judges while their teammates demonstrated the speakers’ points with the machine. The Seahogs had spent three months working furiously to construct their working model, and at last they were presenting their design to the judges at the Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) in Las Cruces, N.M. Their efforts were rewarded, for at the awards ceremony that finished up the competition, this team of students won first place. The Seahogs were a team of five chemical engineering seniors, Tyler Bartels, Brent Mansell, Matthew McKnight, Angela Mehner and Colin Paul, who worked together on Task 4 of the WERC competition, which served as their senior design project. “Our task was to remove algae and sediment from seawater before it is desalinated for drinking water onboard ships,” Mehner said. “Over the course of three months we became experts on the problem and our chosen solution.” This real-world task was a challenge, because it required the students to synthesize knowledge from multiple courses they had taken during their time at the UA. “The WERC competition provided an incredible opportunity to use the chemical engineering principles I had learned in earlier classes,” Paul said. “It was a perfect capstone course, integrating research, lab work, economics and communication skills.” In fact, the students approached the problem in a manner similar to that of a team of professional engineers. “We experienced the entire design process, from brainstorming and lab testing to scale up and full scale design,” Mehner said. As a learning experience, the WERC project did not come together quickly or easily; the Seahogs spent a good portion of the spring semester working in a lab, striving to better their design. “The WERC competition was the three most intense months of work and learning in my four years at college,” McKnight said- “Despite the tremendous amount of effort required, I think it was one of the most educational experiences in my college career.” Considering the amount of time and effort that the Seahogs put into conceiving and then constructing their machine, their winning first place was a satisfying recognition of their hard work and of their ability to succeed in the real world. “Winning first place at the contest was fantastic. It was nice to gat recognized for all the hard work we put in,” Mehner said. “One thing that we felt set us apart from other teams was the completeness of our design. It’s nearly ready to be built and installed on a ship.” In the students’ opinion, their success was not just a reflection of their own personal triumph but also of the excellence of the program of study that provided them with the tools to win at competition. “The success of University of Arkansas teams at the WER competition is another reminder of the quality of the chemical engineering department,” Paul said. As their journey as WERC competitors and as UA undergraduates came to an end, the Seahogs’ shining glass trophy was encased in a cabinet in the Bell Engineering building, joining the lines of awards won by previous students. Although the five students would be leaving to UA to pursue careers, the trophy would remain as a tribute to their success and as an encouragement to future competitors. ANGELA MEHNER: “WINNING FIRST PLACE WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS NICE TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WE PUT IN.” , CROUP OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS KNOWN AS THE SEAHOGS GET OME REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE AND BRING HOME THE GOLD WERC-ING FOR SUCCESS STORY: RACHEL NEWBERRY IMAGES: HELEN CHASE A jk jV Working in the lab, senior Angela Mehner adjusts the Seahogs’ project. The design, which fulfilled the students senior design project requirement, took rrjonths to compl j fiSr ’ FACING PAGE: Removing algae and sediment, the apparatus prepares seawater for desalinization. Ihe WERC competition allowed engineering students to apply knowledge from UA courses to the real world. WERC COMPETITION ACADEMICS A CHANGE OF PACE THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A NEW DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL TO TAKE THE SCHOOL TO NEW HEIGHTS Awaiting the announcement of the new dean, faculty and students wonder who will replace Dean Geren. Candidates for the position spent a day on campus meeting new people and taking part in an open forum. w STORY: JORDAN GRUMMER IMAGE: NICK CARTER This summer, the Graduate School will have a new dean. Who that person is still remains to be seen. Collis Geren, current dean who also serves as the vice provost for research and economic development, is retiring after this year. Dr. Geren did two jobs, and he did an excellent job at both,” said Provost Sharon Garber in a statement last year. “We realize, however, that it will be very difficult to find one person both qualified and willing to take on all the responsibilities of these Positions. We want to find two outstanding people who will focus °n and build each of these important areas.” The new dean would also head an effort to enhance international education at the UA. This was why DeDe Long, director of the study abroad office and a member of the new dean’s search committee, had a vested interest in weighing in on who received the job. “I think there’s an interest in all of the colleges to expand international partnerships,” Long said. “There’s a million things we do right now, but everyone’s sort of doing their own thing. We’re not coordinating those efforts.” Under the new dean, study abroad, international recruitment, admissions and support programs for international students and scholars would all report to the new dean. Long said she couldn’t comment on the finalists individually because the search was still on going in the spring of 2010, but she offered her view on which qualities she expected to see in the candidates. She said that the new dean not only needed leadership experience, but also needed to be intuitive. “The person needs to have experience managing, but they also need to have a vision of where they see graduate studies going in the next 10 years,” she said. Due to the winter weather that hit the country early in 2010, the search process was delayed. Two candidates had to reschedule their visits, and one of them had to reschedule twice. Upon visiting, each candidate would spend an entire day on campus, meeting new people, including the chancellor and the provost, the chancellor’s executive committee, all the deans, the search committee, graduate school staff members and staff from the international relations office. “We really took their whole day and filled it with meetings one after the other,” Long said. “We exhausted them.” At the end of the day, each candidate held an open forum to discuss his or her vision for the future. The public was welcome to attend and ask questions. Long said there was a respectable group at each of the forums that have taken place so far. “This is important for the campus. It causes a lot of interest,” Long said. “Each academic department should have an interest in this because the dean of the graduate school will play a role in helping them strengthen its programs and numbers.” The search committee was composed ofl6 faculty members from a wide variety of backgrounds. There were representatives from areas like mechanical engineering and engineering development, as well as from history and economics. The inclusion of a number of diverse individuals made the search more fair, although the committee only recommended their choice of candidate, but did not make the final decision. “When you bring different interests to the table, you think of different things you might not have otherwise,” Long said. “People are coming to the search with different perspectives on what experience and characteristics are going to be important.” DEDE LONG! “THE PERSON NEEDS ... TO HAVE A VISION OF WHERE THEY SEE GRADUATE STUDIES GOING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.” NEW DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL | 103 104 I ACADEMICS LAW ON THE STREET UA LAW STUDENTS HELP OTHERS MAKE SENSE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: NICK CARTER Undergraduates and high school students alike have the chance to learn more about the law and how it can work for them via the Street Law program. Created by Joe Bussell, third year law student at the UA, the initiative aimed to aid students in learning common sense information about the law. I want people to know the law is not just for people who break iL Bussell said. “We mostly focus on how to read contracts for apartments or leasing a new car, but we have also taught courses °n criminal and civil law. Mostly we tailor the subjects to our audience.” In addition, the instructors discussed newer legislation with which the average person might not be familiar. We also cover Internet law. In a world where more and more people are using Facebook and Twitter, we cover privacy and copyright laws.” In order that the sessions not seem like one more class, the organizers chose an interactive format that engaged its participants. “We have the students act out a hypothetical interaction between students and police officers, educate them about different legal issues that arise for students in their respective age groups,” said Liz Mashie Gunsaulis, assistant director of the Street Law program. “My favorite presentation we did was our workshop for Pi Beta Phi, my sister’s sorority, because it gave me a good idea of what young women, in particular, know about the law and what they still have to learn,” Gunsaulis said. “It’s great to see the shocked looks on people’s faces as they realize, ‘They can do what?’ and, ‘I could get in trouble for that?’ I love that we have the opportunity to really educate students who normally are left to fend for themselves as far as learning the legal repercussions of their actions.” Gunsaulis, a second year law student, said that she first heard about the program from an e-mail Bussell had sent to the law students. “He had heard of the program being immensely successful in other schools, and he thought we could prove a good resource for Fayetteville,” she said. Bussell was encouraged to start the program after talking with Cynthia Crosgrove, executive director of the Hispanic Student Bar Association. He said that the first thing he learned when he started law school was that he did not know much about the law at all. In addition, the program provides participating law students the chance to earn pro-bono hours, which has boosted membership numbers. “We have 32 members in one year, and between 30 and 35 any given day,” Bussell said. Bussell said he never expected the amount of attention the idea has gotten and he hopes the program continues after he graduates. “We want to encourage students to use the law to their advantage, seek council when they have questions and maybe even encourage a few to go into practice themselves,” he said. JOE BUSSELL: “I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE LAW IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO BREAK IT.” STREET LAW 1 05 106 I ACADEMICS SUSTAINABILITY SAVVY WITH THE IDEA OF “GOING GREEN, ' THE UA LOOKS TO OFFER STUDENTS A MINOR IN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE Colleges across the country have developed sustainability programs, from Cornell’s sustainable campus program to the University of Oregon’s sustainability leadership workshop and certificate program, and the Princeton Review named the University of Arkansas as one of 286 green colleges. The UA administration took another step toward sustainability during the 2009 spring semester when Provost Sharon Gaber appointed a committee to develop an undergraduate minor in sustainability. The committee included representatives from each college and Mattie Bookhout, associated student government president. “A challenge for the committee would be to create a minor that had relevance to all students despite their area of study,” said Steven Boss, director of the university’s environmental dynamics program from a press release in March. “But the committee has made very good progress so far in developing this curriculum,” he said. The committee also faced a challenge because of the recession and budget cuts across the UA. Provost Gaber said that the committee should develop the minor to include classes already offered by the university, and, if approved, sustainability minor could be available fall 2010. “Hopefully the minor will be available before the fall so everyone can see if they are interested before classes start,” Lydia Bentley, sophomore, chemistry major said. “It seems like a neat idea that could help the environment.” Before the committee was formed, individual colleges were practicing sustainability. The Walton Business College created an applied sustainability center to help create an economy based on sustainable STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGE: MAGGIE CARROLL goods. Staff in the College of Engineering created a five-day camp for junior and senior high school students to learn about sustainability. The University’s Center for Agriculture and Rural Sustainability worked to enhance sustainable practices in rural Arkansas. The UA also set up sustainability council with a climate action plan. The plan outlined the UA’s goal to reduce its emissions by 50 percent between 2010 and 2011 and be carbon neutral by 2040. KAITLYN BRANCH! “WE SHOULD TRY TO BE AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE.” “We should try to be as sustainable as possible,” said freshman Kaitlyn Branch. “A sustainability minor would be a creative way to help us be more sustainable and learn about sustainability.” But some students had doubts about the viability of sustainability minor. “I think it’s important that the university practices sustainability,” Derek Johnson, senior, English major said. “I just think they’ll have a hard time making it a realistic option for everyone.” He said that except for students majoring in engineering, business and architecture, a sustainability minor, while interesting, wasn’t necessary for their careers after college. Purchasing new compact fluorescent light bulbs, people will conserve energy and reduce the cost of their electric bill. In the spring 2009, the UA decided to develop a curriculum for a sustainabilty minor. IN ENERGY mm A WARM WELCOME THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS INVITES SWEDISH PROFESSOR JAN MARTENSSON FOR A SEMESTER OF SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY STORY: JILLIAN HANNON IMAGE: MANDI HAVENS For Dr. Jan Martensson, Fayetteville is a lot like his hometown. It’s not that big, there’s a strong university presence, and he can teach a course here similar to those that he teaches back home. “A key difference, of course, is that I usually teach in Swedish,’’ Martensson said. In 2009, Dr. Nan Smith-Blair, Interim Director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the UA, successfully acquired a grant from the Ajnerican-Scandinavian Foundation. Courtesy of that grant and UA funding, Martensson was able to temporarily leave his position at the School of Health Sciences at Jonkoping University in Sweden to teach at the UA for the 2010 spring semester. Amy Parette, junior nursing major, took his undergrad course on evaluating congestive heart failure. “It was really informal, like a conference setting,” Parette said of the class, in which students discussed current health articles and evaluated them against the guidelines of the American and Along with teaching, Martensson served as an advisor to students interested in heart failure, including Parette, who said she appreciated his research-based approach and his international perspective. “It’s good to have an outsider’s input,” she said. “And part of being good at any profession is being up- to-date on the research.” Martensson’s desire for more extensive heart failure research is part of why he was excited to come to the U.S. “My personal goals were to, of course, conduct a good class in heart failure, but I also wanted to meet people and to learn more about the health care system over here - the system as a whole, but also specifically in the cardiac area,” he said. “It’s also one of my goals to look into potential research collaboration for the future.” To examine research possibilities, Martensson traveled to Little Rock, Ark., New York City, Kansas City, Mo. and San Francisco. He also flew to Philadelphia, where his 20-year-old daughter has worked au pair since August 2009. His wife and two younger children visited him in Fayetteville and accompanied him to Pennsylvania and New York. “That’s the tough part,” Martensson said, regarding his time away from Sweden, “You miss your family. But everyone here has been so very kind to me, and that makes it much easier. I have so many impressions, but all the kind people-that will be what has impressed me most.” Martensson’s semester here marks a milestone for the UA, which began its exchange and research relationship with Jonkoping University in 2008. UA students have gone to Sweden four times via the nursing school’s summer program, “Health Teams Abroad.” Martensson had previously given presentations for UA students at Jonkoping, and one of Jonkoping’s other professors was in Fayetteville last year for a short time. However, spring 2010 marked the first time the program has had a faculty exchange for a whole semester, and fall 2010 would be the first semester that students from Sweden came to the UA. Martensson returned to Sweden on May 11, and one week later he met UA “Health Team Abroad” students in Jonkoping, this time as host instead of a guest. He was also serving as an ambassador for the fall 2010 program. European heart associations. JAN mArtensson: “l ALSO WANT TO MEET PEOPLE AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OVER HERE- THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE ...” SWEDISH NURSING PROFESSOR 1 09 ACADEMICS o Kneeling in scorching sands of the Syrian Desert, 20 students from all over the United States gather in Tell Qarqur, an archaeological excavation site. Crouching around the 100-foot-tall pile of dirt, they carefully unearth the history that has been buried for centuries. Though the area is unknown to many, the mound represents over 10,000 consecutive years of history, including some of the most extravagant empires that the world has known. One just has to be willing to dig it out. DR. JESSE CASANA: “WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT THE PAST INSTEAD OF JUST FINDING PRETTY OBJECTS.” The University of Arkansas and the American Schools of Oriental Research joined forces to institute a program involving the excavation of the Syrian city. Every summer, the students who had enrolled in the Archaeological Field School gathered in Tell Qarqur to gain valuable real-world experience. In 1993, at the project’s genesis, Dr. Rudolph Dornemann of Boston University collaborated with The American Schools of Oriental Research and led the research team’s exploration. The UA became a part of the program when Dr. Jesse Casana came on board in 2005. Though Dornemann later retired, he remained active in the program. Casana, who specialized in Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology, joined the program in part because of the field experience that it provided for archaeology students. “I’ve always brought students with me when I go on trips,” Casana said. “The field school gives it legitimacy and allows the students to get credit hours for the trip.” This class credit that the students earned by working on the project not only counted toward the completion of their undergraduate degrees, but toward graduate school, as well. Another appealing characteristic of the program was its uniqueness from other research projects. The goals that the excavators of Tell Qarqur established differed from those of the average archaeological dig, and the ultimate motivation was gaining cultural insight. “We are trying to learn things about the past instead of just finding pretty objects,” Casana said. “The most interesting things to me are often things that offer insights into the past.” Moreover, the Archaeological Field School provided a more hands-on experience than other study abroad programs, offering the opportunity to complete actual research. “I think other programs are geared more towards tourism,” Casana said. “But with my program, it actually trains people on the archaeological field methods.” The ruins of Tell Qarqur were unquestionably a repository of history, and thus the perfect spot to unearth artifacts. Though the site appeared to be little more than a 100-foot-high dirt hill, it represented much more. Throughout its 10,000-year history, each civilization had constructed its city on top of the previous one. As one dug deeper and spread out more, one reached more ancient remains. Though some students and parents might have expressed concern about the potential dangers of traveling to the Middle East, Casana dismissed these concerns as unwarranted. “My old neighborhood in Chicago is more dangerous than Syria, ” he said. Most importantly, unlike common tourist traps, there were no ropes to separate one from the sights, making it an ideal spot to get one’s hands dirty, so to speak. “You can drink deeply from the archaeology instead of being kept away from it. It’s more raw, more exciting.” UA STUDENTS GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY WHILE UNCOVERING THE PAST IN SYRIA DIGGING UP TH E PAST STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGE: COURTESY Walking along an ancient walkway, students observe the Syrian landscape. UA students traveled to Syria to participate in a study ACADEMICS WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM NASA, DR. VINCENT CHEVRIER AND A TEAM OF UA STUDENTS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS ABOUT SATURN ' S LARGEST MOON TAKING ON TITAN STORY: JILLIAN HANON IMAGES: STEPHEN IRONSIDE I CN Reflecting on his experiments with Titan, Dr. Vincent Chevrier started his work in his native France. He began with a study on the stability of liquid on Mars. RIGHT TOP: Taking a break in his office, Dr. Chevrier spends countless hours studying data. He had been known to conduct research nonstop in order to meet deadlines. RIGHT BOTTOM: Calculating data for the Titan research, Dr. Chevrier uses mathematical equations for the study. The study was funded by NASA. In the spacious basement that is the W.M. Keck Laboratory, a team of graduate students contemplates a landscape with vast lakes of methane and ethane, an d an opaque, shrouding atmosphere where there is not a single drop of liquid water. This is Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and it is the next frontier for assistant research professor Dr. Vincent Chevrier and his team. “It is the only other planetary body in our solar system that we know has liquids on its surface,” Adrienn Luspay-Kuti, a member of the team who is currently earning her Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences, said. Those liquids, methane and ethane, are two organic compounds that Chevrier said, “have never been really studied.” When Chevrier came to the University of Arkansas after completing his doctorate in his native France, he undertook a program that researches liquids on Mars. Although he remains committed to his Mars research, in 2009 NASA granted him funds to perform similar experiments for Titan. ft “I figured that if I could study the stability of liquid on Mars, I could also study the stability of liquid on Titan,” Chevrier said. “The conditions are completely different ... but the theoretical backgrounds are the same.” NASA approved Chevrier’s proposal and awarded him $516,047 to be used for the next five years. The university is matching half that sum for a total of about $750,000. This funding is critical to the progression of the research. “I’m very good at doing science without a penny, but in the end it can become quite hard,” Chevrier said. “Since we want to simulate Titan conditions, we’ll need a lot of items to improve the chamber which will mean a lot of extra costs,” Luspay-Kuti said, “The grant from NASA makes it possible to cover the costs of our goal, as well as provide stipend to the people working in the team.” Luspay-Kuti had just finished her master’s degree in her hometown of Budapest, Hungary, when Chevrier contacted her about the Titan project. “I found the whole idea fascinating,” Luspay-Kuti said, “Titan is of great interest in planetary sciences, since in many aspects it can be considered similar to ancient Earth.” “If you take the atmosphere of the Earth,” Chevrier said, “and remove all the oxygen that we know comes from photosynthesis, you have an atmosphere quite close to Titan. Maybe by understanding Titan we can understand what happened to the Earth.” In pursuit of answers, Chevrier has been known to work 50 hours without sleep in order to meet deadlines. “The higher you want to go, the more you’re going to have to work,” he said. “The scientific world is quite unforgiving you do a lot of fighting for your ideas.” He said that interpreting data is the hardest part, but also his favorite. “How are you going to understand how life emerged on earth if you do not understand the other planets? We are the best result so far, but we need to study the other cases,” he said. TITAN RESEARCH 114| ACADEMICS Preparing for a down- to-earth discussion, Luis Urrea gets ready to discuss his past, his passion for writing and illegal immigration. Urreas book The Devils Highway received a nomination for a Pulitzer Prize. CROSSING A BORDER THE FIRST “ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY FEATURES PULITZER PRIZE- NOMINEE LUIS URREA, WHO TAKES STUDENTS THROUGH DEADLY TRAILS ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: MANDI HAVENS The second floor of Old Main suddenly filled with the noise and bustling of students, professors and community members shuffling mto Giffels auditorium. The crisp October air followed them into the warm room, which buzzed with conversation and laughter as classmates found each other across aisles. As quickly as the noise had begun, silence fell after a man ascended the podium to address bis diverse audience. t uis Alberto Urrea, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, had taken the floor. A discussion of his book, 7 lie Devils Highway, kicked off first Meeting of the University of Arkansas’s book club, “One Book, One Community. The author indicated that he appreciated the honor that the invitation entailed. Thanks for choosing my book. I love coming to Arkansas,” Urrea said. In order to provide background information regarding his own view of the world, Urrea engaged the audience with stories of his past. Urrea was born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and American mother. He attended university, however , in the U.S. and continues to live there today. The dualism of the U.S. and Mexico extended from family to his own backyard, through which the border ran. It is unsurprising, then, that his most lauded work, The Devil’s Highway tells the story of several men who died attempting to cross the border into America. The controversy currently surrounding immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border made Urrea’s story particularly gripping for his audience. “We wanted to pick a book that is compelling and deals with a subject matter that is relevant today,” Dr. David Jolliffe, the UA’s Brown Chair in Literacy, said. “It was used in events similar to this at the University of Texas and the University of Washington. So it has good legs.” Besides addressing a timely issue, Urrea spoke on a subject apt for college students when he discussed how he got into writing. “Several good teachers gave me good books to read,” he said. The rest was history. Jolliffe said that this idea embodied what college is all about, encouraging communication about similar ideas among students and faculty. Sarah Johnston, freshman, attended the lecture Urrea gave on Oct. 15, taking notes for class like many other students. She noted that, though she attended the event to fulfill a class requirement, she also benefited from and enjoyed Urrea’s talk. “I thought the book was very interesting. I am curious about how he got all the background information,” Johnston said. After Urrea spoke, he opened up a question and answer session. The audience posed a wide range of questions, from who was to blame for the border problems, Mexico or the U.S.?, to what kind of food he prefers to eat, Mexican or American? The author noted that he was surprised by the variety and quantity of questions asked; the extent of the interaction spoke to the success of the event. A book signing was held after the lecture, at which Urrea spoke with visitors and answered any additional questions the readers had for him. The event chairs felt that it was a success, and the smiles on the faces of the attendees supported this assertion. Based on this triumph, then, it seemed like that “One Book, One Community” would be held again in the future. DR. DAVID JOLLIFFE: “we wanted to PICK A BOOK THAT IS COMPELLING AND DEALS WITH A SUBJECT MATTER THAT IS RELEVANT TODAY.” cn ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY 116 1 ACADEMICS With a furrowed brow and dry-erase marker in hand, Michael Riha, vice chair of the Drama department, crosses out yet another title. After having already decided on The Crucible for one play of the season and having the play proposed for the second slot turned down by the Walton Arts Center, the faculty in the drama department were left to search for the first work to be performed in the 2009 school year. After much consideration, it was decided that Death of a Salesman would be a perfect fit - but this choice raised question among some members of the student body. “People started asking about why we were doing two titles by Arthur Miller in the same season,” Riha, said. “And it is unusual, we never do that. But it actually turned out to be a good thing.” The department had certain criteria that to meet when selecting the plays to be performed in a season. This included the consideration of cast size, diversity of roles and interests of the audience members, Riha said. “We typically look at the number of students we have in our program and we try to balance male to female roles in the fall and spring,” Riha said. “It’s a huge issue because it’s pretty difficult tc find female-heavy shows.” The last reason contributed significantly to the selection of Tht Crucible. “ The Crucible came up, and there were a number of good female roles in it, we had a director that was interested in doing it, and i was a large cast,” Riha said. Because Death of a Salesman , like The Crucible , was written b] Arthur Miller, the faculty did not initially consider placing it int the first slot in the year’s schedule. The original choice, howevei was turned down by the co-sponsor for the show, the Walton Art Center, forcing the department to switch gears. After returninj to the drawing board and considering the remaining options, th director of the play, Michael Landman, suggested putting on Deat of a Salesman. “That got back to the Walton Arts Center and they were like, ‘Ol yeah, we love that!’ It was a larger cast, which helped us because i gave more opportunity,” Riha said. The only possible drawback that they saw was that the schedul 1 would consist of two titles by Arthur Miller. “We decided that if we’re going to do two shows by any one write! he is probably a pretty good choice,” Riha said. “Yes, they both fal under the same category, but they’re not the same style of show.” The Drama Department had received predominantly positiv feedback from viewers, he noted. “Death of a Salesman was a great production,” Kelly Butterwed freshman hospitality major, said. “All the actors performed so wel and I had a great time.” Hayden Balgavy, freshman journalism major, agreed. “It was an outstanding performance full of dramatic scenes th left me in awe afterwards,” she said. As it turned out, that “drawback” wasn’t much of a drawba at all. The department not only received positive feedba from everyone involved, but they also got “a lot more press an recognition” because of it— both signs of a great beginning to successful year. MICHAEL RIHA! WE DECIDED THAT IF WE’RE GOING TO DO TWO SHOWS BY ANY ONE WRITER, HE IS PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD choice THE UA THEATRE EXPRESSES ITS PERCEPTION OF ARTHUR MILLER DOUBLE THE DRAMA STORY: ALLISON PERKINS IMAGES: COURTESY in Titubas (Chr Hall) eyes, Reveri Hale (Jared Hanlirf for the good in Titi Hanlin was an acti st udent in the Mas Fine Arts program, P LEFT: Movir the beat, Willy (( Templin) and the 1 (Echo Sibley) danc together. In Death UA THEATRE 118| ACADEMICS James Frey became a star and a best-selling author due to the popularity of his autobiography A Million Little Pieces. Once the nation discovered that Frey had embellished or even fabricated portions of his book, he was labeled a disgrace and became a national punch line. The risks incurred by lying are not a new development, as the 17th century play La Verdaci Sospechosa highlights. Professor Reina Ruiz and some of the students in her upper-level Spanish classes presented the play and its age- old message on Nov. 11 and 12, 2009 in the Union Theatre. La Verdad Sospechosa, by Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, followed a man who lied habitually and eventually suffered the repercussions of his dishonesty. The central character, don Garcia, was the second son of a wealthy family and therefor not the heir to the family’s fortune. After the death of his olde brother, Garcia assumed his brother’s favored status and thei began exaggerating his status to those he encountered. Misstep ensued, and before long, he fount himself a prisoner of his own lies. “It’s one mistake after another Ruiz said. “He just enjoys the lyini and making up stories. But it’s i funny play. It’s a comedy.” Ruiz said that the play wa largely dialogue-driven, ant therefore, while an individual migh have been able to glean a basi idea of the action from context and from the program (which wa printed in both English and Spanish), the viewer needed fluency ii Spanish to fully follow the events of the production. This was the sixth time that Ruiz had presented a play utilizing th skills of her Spanish students. Like the previous five productioni¬ ze VerdadSospechosawas performed entirely in Spanish. The pla had to be shortened for November’s performance, because withou the abridgement, it would have run in excess of three hours. Though Alarcon wrote the piece in the 17th century, durin ; Spain’s Golden Age, Ruiz said that the language used was, for th most part, the same today as when the work was composed. “The Spanish language hasn’t changed that much in terms o syntax and structure,” Ruiz said. “It’s not like Shakespeare.” In the latest staging of La Verdad Sospechosa,] ' eY Alvarez wa cast in the lead role of don Garcia, and Raquel Castro played hi father, don Beltran. Both Castro and Alvarez said that preparing for the play was difficult, due to the play’s being written in verse. “In some other plays, if you forget your part, you can just make i up, and it’s fine,” Castro said. “But in this one, you have to memoriZ 1 it word by word, or it will not rhyme.” Her cast member agreed about the difficulty of memorizing th 1 poetry. “You have to stay very focused, otherwise you can get lost Alvarez said. “It’s very exciting.” In the end, their hard work paid off, and Spanish faculty an ( students (whether Spanish-speaking or not) supported their effort by attending the performances and praising the production. Th 1 reception was sufficient to encourage Ruiz and other students t ( plan on staging future productions. REINA RUIZ: “IT’S ONE MISTAKE AFTER ANOTHER. HE JUST ENJOYS THE LYING AND MAKING UP STORIES. BUT ITS A FUNNY PLAY. ITS A COMEDY.” themes of trickery resonate in the la verdad SOSPECHOSA, A DRAMA PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SPANISH LYING IS NOTHING NEW STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGES: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT Portraying a Raquel Castro p r ole of don Beltran in th fall 2009 production of a Verdad Sospechosa. The play was performed complet ely in rhymi Spanish LEFT TOP: EmOT, confidence, Javier Alvarez portrays a compulsive liar, Don Garcia. The production vv as performed Nov. 11 and 12,2009 in the Union theatre. LEFT BOTTOM: Consoling her mistress, Isabel, played Jacquelynn Bensing, listens to the beautiful Jaeinta, played by Ibeth 1 cm , the production was °ne ot the many events that celebrated Hispanic Heritage month at the UA. LA VERDAD SOSPECHOSA Q: I bet you didn’t know that... A: I was once a rough-neck on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. $Q : Favorite way to spend a weekend: sA: Hiking in the Ozarks with my family. I l fllQ: Favorite class you’ve taught: A: An early American lit class, especially dgar Allan Poe. ■Q: Your job in three words: L: To put ideas and money together. Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or Coke? A: Coke Q: T.V. show you secretly enjoy: : Married with Children. I know I’m not upposed to think it’s funny, but I do. [l A place you’ve always wanted to vi sit: L: Istanbul, Turkey : Advice for students: : Follow your passion. Do something ou’re really interested in, and do it well, ife’s too short to do things that are dvantageous in the short term. ASSOCIATE FULBRIGHT q ADAMS REVEJ FAVORITE Wy ;PEND A Wl HOJ DT™ VISITING TURKEY. Q: Alma Mater: |A: I did my undergraduate work at ,Tulane University and my doctorate at the niversity of Virginia. Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” —Markl Twain Q: Favorite place on campus: |A: Old Main lawn Q: Alma Mater: I A: University of Pittsburgh Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “What comes first, intuition or mathematics?” Q: Favorite place on campus: |A: The atrium of Bell Engineering at night; it looks really cool. Q: I bet you didn’t know that... A: I’m a lot older than I look. Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: |A: Hanging out with my family, doing something around town Q: Favorite class you’ve taught: A: “Nonequilibrium Mass Transport” JQ: Your job in three words: |A: Teaching, research and service Q: Favorite musical artist band: A: I don’t really have any favorite bands. I listen to classical stuff and movie soundtracks. Right now, my favorite soundtrack is Star Trek. Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or Coke? A: Soda iqi Q: T.V. show you secretly enjoy: h|A: Jimmy Neutron |g Q: A place you’ve always wanted to visit: ||A: The Grand Canyon |||Q: Advice for students: A: Have faith in what you think you know or have learned. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROPfii pR ROBERT AB PRE t JTLE TALKS MUSICAL AND H RTOO V sJ 1 IV VV m O XJ O 00 O on NJ 122 | ACADEMICS A LIVING LI BRARY STUDENTS LEARN FROM OTHERS ABOUT TOPICS RANGING FROM BEING A WAR VETEREN TO PLAYING THE GAME OF TABLE TENNIS STORY: EMILY CHASE IMAGE: VERONICA PUCCI A woman with flaring, yellow silk sleeves leans across the table to teach a student the basics of mahjong. Ten feet to her left, a man ln a suit talks to another student about his experiences as a civil n ghts lawyer. In another room, one student speaks to another about his time in Iraq as a soldier. Each of these pairs is comprised °f a “book” who shares experiences and a “reader” who learns from the experiences of the other. This is the Living Library. According to the University Ombuds Office, the Living Library functions similarly to a regular library, except that the books are real, diverse human beings, who teach others about themselves and their experiences through interpersonal dialogue.” Students chose books from a list that described the participants’ backgrounds, and then they went to their appointments to speak °ne-on-one with the books. The fall semester of 2009 marked the fifth time that the program ran. Similar Living Library programs were conducted all over the world, from France to Canada to Mexico, but UA was the first university in the United States to register the program. Robyn Hanna, junior English literature marketing major, participated in the Living Library program and felt that she benefited from the experience. “This is the first year I’ve ever participated in the program,” Hanna said, “but I’ll definitely do it again next year.” Hanna chose the book titled I’m a Free Thinker from the 20-odd books that were available. “The book was about using logic and rationale to answer life’s great questions. I thought it was really interesting. It’s a really different way of thinking” Hanna said. “I think that we should question what we believe and why we believe what we believe a little more, and I wanted to get the perspective of someone who actively tries to do that.” Although the speakers at the Living Library are called books, the experience of being a reader was significantly different than that of reading a manuscript. “At first it was kind of odd, having the experience be so one- on-one. It was kind of like a lecture but more intimate because it was one-on-one,” Hanna said. “It was great to be able to ask h im questions about what I was interested in. It was kind of like a book, but I was able to direct it.” Mary Honore Tucker, who coordinated the program, hoped that other students would have similar experiences. “I think that the most unique aspect of the Living Library, as opposed to other diversity programs on campus, is the one-on-one conversation that it offers,” she said. “I think most other diversity programs on campus are in a group setting and the one-on-one conversation aspect of the Living Library allows people to talk to others personally and understand their experiences.” The feedback that the program received from both student readers and their books was positive and encouraging, and the experience was as beneficial for the books as it was for students. Ni La Le felt that her experience as the book titled What Do You Need for a Perfect Day in Vietnam was a good one. “I love to meet people, and it gives me a good feeling to be able to tell people about my culture,” she said. “And then they can tell other people about my country.” With nearly 20 books and a greater number of student participants then every before, the 2009 Living Library was a success. It continued to reach out with students and provided them with access to experiences both from abroad and from here at home. NI LA LE! “it gives me a GOOD FEELING TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT MY CULTURE. ” THE LIVING LIBRARY 123 124 1 ACADEMICS Reed Greenwood may have retired from his post as Dean of the College of Education and Health Provisions before the fa ll 2009 semester began, but in March faculty of the college held an art contest to honor the former dean. BETH SAVIERS: “IT’S A HONOR TO HAVE MY ARTWORK SELECTED BY COLLEGE COUNCIL ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH DR. GREENWOOD ...” Students were allowed to submit up to two original art pieces that were no larger than 48 inches by 60 inches from March 29 to April 1. The pieces should have expressed the motto of the college, which was to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Arkansas, the nation and the world through the development of scholar- practitioners in education, health and human services. Selected pieces were exhibited at the College of Education and Health Professions Building. Beth Saviers, graduate student and assistant to Greenwood, won the contest with her piece “pathways.” “I was inspired by the college banner,” Saviers said. After deciding what she wanted the piece to represent, she said it took her two days to complete. “The darker blue represents graduate studies, the light blue education, the white background teaching and the apricot nursing,” Saviers said. “ I also included a hint of red in the painting to represent the University of Arkansas’s mission of being an institution committed to teaching, research and service.” “As each of these colors follow similar paths on canvas, they represent the goals and achievements students in the college have achieved during Dr. Reed Greenwood’s tenure as dean and beyond,” Saviers said. Greenwood had spent 37 years serving the University of Arkansas and its students. After being Dean of the College of Education and Health Provisions for eight years, a post he officially retired from on June 30, 2009, Greenwood served as a faculty member in the college’s department of education reform. Greenwood was also the associate dean for research, graduate studies and faculty development, director of research and faculty development and director of research and coordinator of rehabilitation education. Greenwood said that he asked for a three-year term, instead of the normal five, in 2006, so that could retire from the post at 70. “I figured that would be the appropriate time,” he said. “Greenwood has done a remarkable job in his eight years of leadership at the College of Education and Health Profession,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart in a press release shortly after Greenwood announced his retirement. “It’s a honor to have my artwork selected by College Council especially since I was fortunate enough to work with Dr. Greenwood for two years as his assistant which made this competition extra special for me,” Saviers said. “I feel it was my way of expressing m y sincere appreciation and gratitude for his service to the college and the University.” Reflecting on his time at the UA, retired Dean of the College of Education and Health Provisions Reed Greenwood shows his appreciation to the UA. Greenwood was honored by an art contest in March 2010 . AFTER SERVING THE UA FOR 37 YEARS, DEAN GREENWOOD RETIRES FROM HIS POST HONORED BY ART STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGE: GRACE GUDE 1 26 ACADEMICS He’s one of the most recognizable actors in the world, known for his quirky look and for his ability to weave together comedy and drama seamlessly. He has capitalized on this ability throughout a career that has spanned decades. However, the actor in question is not Robin Williams or Eddie Murphy, but rather the Egyptian screen legend Adel Emam. This actor is just one of the faces that may be seen at Nadi Cinema, the brainchild of Professor Joel Gordon of the UA history department. JOEL GORDON! “I TRY TO SHOW A MIXTURE OF FILMS THAT ARE CLASSICS, CULT CLASSICS, FILMS THAT ARE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS, FILMS THAT CAN BE ULTRA-ARTISTIC.” Biweekly, Gordon showed a different film from the Middle East to an open group that usually consisted of students and community members alike. Following the films, there was a free discussion period, during which some of the foreign-born attendees offered additional insight into the film that was just viewed. Others responded to this commentary and to how the films provided insight into cultures that they might not otherwise experience. Nadi Cinema originally began as a graduate seminar that Gordon taught, a class that raised great interest among UA students. In order to continue to feed this interest, Gordon began screening additional films for his students. As interest blossomed, Gordon eventually decided that it was time to open these screenings to the public. The cinema evolved into an extracurricular supplement for Gordon’s students, as well as a way for community members of Middle Eastern descent to engage in an activity that both highlighted and examined their various native cultures. Gordon said that the cinema has been advertised mainly through word of mouth, though he did create an e-mail list through which he disseminated information about the gatherings. “Nadi Cinema” directly translates as “film club” in Arabic, though the movies that were shown were filmed not only in Arabic, but also Farsi, Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu, Hindi and Hebrew, as the focus included what Gordon called “the broader Arabic world.” The films not only drew an audience base interested in Middle Eastern culture, but also those who were interested in cinema itself. “I try to show a mixture of films that are classics, cult classics, films that are studio productions, films that can be ultra-artistic,” Gordon said. He chooses these films with the understanding that “virtually any film shows something about cultural or social issues in its region.” During the five years that Gordan screened the films, sometimes a handful of viewers attended and sometimes the room filled. Nadi Cinema provided an opportunity for the magic of film to satisfy the ingrained curiosity about how others live. It fulfilled the attendees’ desire to connect with others and meld one’s knowledge into an experience as complex as a study of foreign culture and as pleasant as a simple as a night at the movies. PLAY THE MOVIE SCENE ACCESS SPECIAL FEATURES SUBTITLE r DVD NEV STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPERIENCE MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE THROUGH NADI CINEMA FOREIGN FLICKS STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGE: YASMINE OMARI 1 30 ATHLETICS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH STORY: CLINT LINDER 9 05 . missouri state: Tlie Razorbacks opened up the 2009-2010 season in Little Rock w ith a potent passing game air-attack against the Missouri State Bears behind the rocket ar m of new starting quarterback s °phomore Ryan Mallett, a transfer from the University of Michigan. Mallett completed 17 °f 22 passes for 309 yards and sophomore Jarius Wright led the team in receiving yards with 139 Yards on only six catches. Fellow s °phomores Joe Adams and jjreg Childs and freshman Cobi Hamilton added four catches apiece. Senior Michael Smith oad 43 yards on the ground and yeshman Ronnie Wingo added rushing yards to lead the team. As a whole, the team managed almost 600 yards of total offense to win by a final score of 48-10. 9 19 . georgia: On an ESPN nationally televised primetime game in Fayetteville, Mallett started his first SEC game against the 23rd ranked Georgia Bulldogs and dominated the game in the air with 408 yards passing and five touchdowns. However, the story of the game was the Razorbacks’ inability to stop the opposing passing game as Georgia quarterback Joe Cox added 375 of his own passing yards. Combined, the two teams tallied over 1,000 yards, but the Razorbacks faltered late in the fourth quarter and squandered the lead in a 52-41 scoring marathon defeat. Childs hauled in two impressive touchdown catches and led the team with 140 yards receiving. 9 26 . alabama: The No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide managed to clamp down on the high-scoring Razorback offense to defeat the Hogs 35-7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mallett was limited to 12 of 33 completions and only one touchdown. Smith had 12 carries for 61 yards to lead the team and Childs hauled in the lone touchdown catch with a fade rout in the corner of the endzone. Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy completed 17 of 24 passes for 291 yards. With the loss, the team fell to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in conference play. FOOTBALL 1 32 ATHLETICS 10 03 . texas a m: 10 10 . auburn: After former Auburn coach 9 14 . florida: The Hogs traveled to Gainesville FIp to takp on thp Nn 1 Flnrirl; The Razorbacks began the first Tommy Tuberville predicted Gators. The Hogs’ defense held fin year of a 10 year contract to play that the Auburn Tigers would Florida offense in check the first hal the Texas A M Aggies in the steamroll the Hogs by 21 points for only 129 total yards and three Southwest Classic hosted in the in Fayetteville, the Razorback points. While the Gators limitee new Dallas Cowboys stadium decided instead to turn the Mallett to only 12-of-27 passing fo in Arlington, Texas. After a slow tables and win by 21 points in a 224 yards and a touchdown, Mallet start in the first quarter, the 44-23 victory. The Hogs limited did manage a 75-yard touchdowi Razorbacks blazed to score 30 former Razorback offensive strike to Childs in the fourth quartei firsthalfpointstoleavetheAggies coordinator (OC) Gus Malzahn, to put the Hogs ups 20-13, but th in the dust. The turning points for serving as Auburn’s OC for the Gators tied the score on the ensuini the Hogs were Mallett’s 67-yard first year, and his high-scoring drive and Razorback kicker Ale’ pass to Michael Smith to set up offense to give Auburn their first Tejada missed a 38-yard field goal or the teams first touchdown and loss of the season. The offensive the following Razorback possession linebacker Jerry Franklins 85- barrage by the Hogs was led by Tim Tebow responded by leading th yard fumble touchdown recovery Mallett’s 274 passing yards and Gators down the field and got within, off of Aggie quarterback Jerrod two touchdowns and Smith’s 145 few yards of the endzone due to some Johnson on the ensuing drive. yards on the ground. The biggest controversial penalty calls against the The 47-19 final score was the negative for the Hogs was the Hogs. The Gators knocked a field goa most points the Razorbacks had absence of Joe Adams who was through the uprights as time expiree ever scored against the Aggies in unable to play after suffering a to allow Florida to narrowly escape team history. stroke earlier in the week. with a 23-20 victory. 10 24 . ole miss: The Razorbacks continued their SEC road games with a trip down to Oxford, Miss, to take on former Razorback Head Coach Houston Nutt and the Ole Miss Rebels. Mallett went 12 of 34 for 254 yards and touchdown pass, and Childs led the team in receiving with 83 yards. However, the game was dominated by Ole Miss senior running back Dexter McCluster, w ho torched the Hogs for 260 total yards, 123 rushing and 137 receiving. The Hogs were unable to find the magic that had nearly allowed for them to upset the No. 1 team in the nation the previous w eek, for the Rebels got out to early lead and the Razorbacks tailed to capitalize. The win gave Nutt a 2-0 record against the Hogs a ud knocked the Hogs to 1-4 in conference and 3-4 overall. 10 31 . eastern michigan: The Hogs returned home to Fayetteville and dominated one of the worst-ranked teams in Division 1 football. The Eastern Michigan Eagles, who would eventually end the season with an 0-11 record, were no match against the Hogs during their Homecoming game. Sophomore running back Broderick Green broke the school record for the longest single offensive play with a 99-yard run, and receiver Joe Adams returned from his absence after suffering a stroke earlier in the season. Adams finished with three catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Mallett also completed 14 of 16 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns to pace the Hogs to an eventual 63- 27 victory. 11 07 . south Carolina: The Hogs continued their offensive explosion the following weekend at home against SEC foe South Carolina Gamecocks with a 33-16 victory. Mallett was nearly perfect, completing 85 percent of his passes for 329 yards. The leading receiver on the team was tight end D.J. Williams, who had been quiet all season after leading the Hogs in receiving yards the previous season. Williams finished with seven catches for 137 yards, and Green rumbled along the ground for two scores. The win pushed the Razorbacks to 5-4 on the season and 2-4 in SEC games. FOOTBALL 1 33 11 14. troy: The Hogs hosted their third consecutive home game and dominated the Troy Trojans with a score of 56-20 on 581 yards of total offense. Mallett continued his record-breaking ways by adding five more touchdown passes, all of them to a different receiver. He also threw for over 400 yards for the second time in the season. He broke the school record for most passing yards in a season, most completions without an interception and most 300-yard games in a single season during the victory. Wright led the team in receiving, with 65 yards on five catches. The win pushed the Hogs to bowl eligibility and 6-4 on the season. 11 28. louisiana state: With a Cotton Bowl berth on the line against the archrival LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, La. the Hogs came up just short in their quest for their third consecutive Golden Boot victory in a 33-30 overtime defeat. After starting on the team’s own 25-yard line, Mallett pulled off some impressive magic with a late touchdown pass to Adams to Put the Hogs up 30-27 with 1:18 left in the game, but LSU tied the game with a late field goal to send it to overtime. LSU scored a field goal in overtime to put them up 33-30, and Razorback kicker Alex Tejada failed to tie the score, handing the Hogs their most devastating defeat of the season. 11 21. mississippi state: The Hogs traveled east for their second home game in Little Rock to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Mallett tossed for another five touchdown passes and became the first Razorback to throw for over 3,000 yards in a single season. He finished with 18 of 34 for 313 yards to go along with his five touchdowns. On two occasions, Mallett completed 50-yard-plus passes to freshman Cobi Hamilton, who led the Razorbacks with 131 yards receiving to help the Hogs to a final score of 42-21. The victory at War Memorial Stadium pushed the Hogs to 7-4 on the season and 3-4 in the SEC. 01 02. east Carolina: After finishing 7-5 in the regular season, the Hogs headed to Memphis, Tenn. to partake in the Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Day against the C-USA Champion East Carolina Pirates. While both teams’ offenses failed to be effective due to the frigid 20-degree temperatures, the defense of the Hogs came up huge with two interceptions, including one by Tramain Thomas that was returned for a touchdown. Despite several opportunities to capitalize on the Hogs’ third down failures (0-13 for the game), the Pirates couldn’t muster enough points due to their senior kicker Ben Hartman’s missing three field goals in the closing drives for the Pirates. Tejada, still in the doghouse with the Razorback faithful after missing the overtime field goal against LSU, managed to connect for the winning field goal in overtime to provide the Hogs a 20-17 bowl victory, the first for Head Coach Bobby Petrino at the University. Offensively, Mallett completed 15 of 36 passes for 283 yards to be na med Offensive Player of the Game and Wright led the team in receiving with four catches for 90 yards. On the ground, Green had 11 carries for 50 yards. FOOTBALL 1 35 1 36 I ATHLETICS Groups of students huddle in a tight line; no one is allowed enough leeway to cut ahead. The lengthening row moves slowly, but none of these Razorback fans are giving up, for football season has descended upon the Hill, and the frenzy is about to start. Not quite yet, though: these students are not in line at Gate 17 of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium dressed in red and white. Instead, they are waiting to tear out their voucher coupons and exchange them for their actual tickets for the upcoming game. The ever-changing student football ticket policy has taken another turn, this time resulting in coupon books containing multi¬ colored slips of paper that must be cashed in for real tickets. Many students were confused by the change and suspected that the UA was trying to make a buck off of unclaimed tickets. In an Associated Student Government press release, ASG president Mattie Bookhout explained that it stemmed not from a purely monetary motive, but rather from decreased student participation at football games. In an attempt to address the issue, ASG met with the Department of Athletics to discuss what could be done. “Neither the Athletic Department nor the ASG are interested in making a profit off tickets designated for student usage,” Bookhout said. Bookhout noted that the cost of raising the bleachers each year for additional student seating is $160,000, and as such, the expense should be validated and the space, filled. The new policy met this goal by reselling invalidated student tickets to the general public. If a student did not visit an approved ticket changer and redeem the voucher during the designated Monday through Wednesday time slot, then his or her place at the game could be offered to someone else, who might or might not have been a UA student. Additionally, Bookhout reminded students that the UA offered the lowest student ticket prices in the SEC and also lacked the student fees for athletics that many other schools in the conference charged. “The price is great, but perhaps we purchase our tickets out of convenience without checking our schedules, because it is only $1,” Bookhout said. Despite these reassurances, many students remained uneas) about the change, and some challenged the Athletic Department ’j complaints as unfounded. “Saying students don’t come is a bunch of junk,” Mary Anr Stewart, senior English Pre-Law major, said. “I’m a big sports fan and I think it’s wrong.” Stewart further added that the new system was inconvenient foi people living off campus and that the only time she can validate her ticket is in the early morning. “If I wanted to go, I would pay a little more for tickets or have ar athletic fee to stop the inconvenience. People wouldn’t waste theii tickets if they had to pay more,” she said. Rachael Neville, undeclared freshman, offered a different viev on the system. “This is good. It’s not inconvenient for me at all. I’d much rathe) have it this way than pay higher prices,” Neville said. long lines and the change in the ticket system leave SOME STUDENTS ANNOYED AND OTHERS RELIEVED TICKET TIFF OVER NEW VOUCHER RULE STORY: MEGAN CLARK PHOTO: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT Exchanging a voucher for an Auburn ticket, a student prepares for Saturday’s game. Fall 2009 marked the beginning of the new ticket system - LEFT: Admiring her ticket, a student leaves the office after her long wait in line. All students had to show their student I.D. to acquire a ticket. 1 38 I ATHLETICS AFTER A ROUGH BEGINNING, THE RAZORBACKS PRODUCE A QUALITY RECORD STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON JEREMY STOUT Due to the ice storm that struck Fayetteville, a season-low 4,113 fans showed up to watch the Razorbacks take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. By the conclusion of the game, those fans could hardly believe the single-handed performance that they had witnessed, as sophomore Courtney Fortson had pushed his team onward to victory using an onslaught of drives to the basket and clutch three-pointers. Fortson’s inspiring career-high 35 points (33 of them during the second half) propelled the team to a 67-62 victory against the Bulldogs. The Razorbacks had begun the game with an overall record of 8-11 and 1-3 in conference. The teams previous game had resulted in a humiliating 101-70 defeat at the hands of the Kentucky Wildcats, and most of the fans believed that the Hogs lacked the spirit to come back when they trailed Mississippi State by 11 points with 10 minutes left to play. Several passionate fans believed that Coach John Pelphrey had overstayed his three year tenure with the team and that a change was necessary. However, despite the pessimism that hung in the air at halftime, Fortson continued to chip away at the Bulldogs’ lead, and an assist to freshman Marshawn Powell down low tied the game up at 57 with fewer than three minutes to go. Fortson knocked down several critical free throws to eventually seal the deal for the Hogs and provide the team with a much-needed win. The Hogs improved to 9-11, and the Bulldogs dropped to 15-5 and 3-2 in conference. Next, the Hogs traveled to Ole Miss and Georgia and won back-to-back games before returning back to Fayetteville to top Auburn in overtime. TION TO Wl Hanging from the rim, freshman Marshawn Powell dunks the ball against LSU. Powell was the highest-rated member of the incoming class. MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 59 140 | ATHLETICS “The Mississippi State game was a big deal because we won that, and then we had a chance to go on the road and win back-to-back road games,” Pelphrey said. “That certainly gave a lot of energy and enthusiasm to everybody. To go through the first half of the SEC schedule and come out 5-3 was better than we could have expected.” JOHN PELPHREY: “I THINK SPORTS ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFE LESSONS BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THE NIGHT BEFORE, YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY” The basketball team, which had ended the previous season poorly, began the 2009-2010 season with a rocky start, due to several off-the-court incidents that forced several players, including Fortson, to be suspended. Injuries, most notably to senior Michael Washington and sophomore Michael Sanchez (both starters from the previous season), also hindered the Hogs in several games. “We had a really challenging year in terms of wins and losses the year before, and I thought we had a chance to be better [last season], but we had a tough go with injuries and had guys taken away from us for other reasons,” Pelphrey said. “It was challenging, but it was good to see the guys stick together.” Pelphrey, a former player on a NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Kentucky Wildcat team, noted that the strong team chemistry and desire to work hard enabled the team to rebound from such a poor start that included losses to Morgan State, East Tennessee State and South Alabama and be able to battle in the SEC. That determination to win and the ability to forget rough outings allowed the team to produce a quality record after a rough beginning. “We’ve had a lot of challenges to deal with, and I’m very proud of this team every single day regardless of the outcome the night before they’ve shown up for work,” Pelphrey said. “I think sports are great opportunities for life lessons because no matter what happens the night before, you have to get up and go to work the next day.” OVERALL RECORD 13-16 81-72 Appalachian Sl 94-97 Morgan St. 85-94 E. Tennessee Sl 61-74 S. Alabama 47-67 Oklahoma 91-54 Mississippi Valley 71-53 Delaware Sl 76-51 Alabama St. 72-69 Stephen F. Austin 66-62 Missouri Sl 47-70 Baylor 72-73 Alabama-Birmingham 8S-9‘ Tex’ r i LEFT: Soaring above the other players, sophomore Rotnei Clark scores two points for the Razorbacks. Arkansas defeated Lemoyne-Owen by 33 points at the Nov. 5 exhibition game. FACING PAGE TOP: Screaming for the Razorbacks, students cheer against the Florida Gators. Even with the home crowd enthusiasm, the Razorbacks were defeated by the Gators 66 to 71. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Reading the defense, guard Courtney Fortson looks for an open teammate. Despite Fortson’s suspension earlier in the season, he came back to lead the Razorbacks. 70-101 67-62 80-73 72-68 82-79 87-52 68-73 92-79 83-92 54-65 72-89 73-80 66-68 64-77 i Kentucky Mississippi St. Ole Miss Georgia Auburn LSU Alabama S. Carolina Auburn LSU Vanderbilt Tennessee Ole Miss Georgia MEN’S BASKETBALL 141 142 I ATHLETICS BUILDING A LEGACY FROM THE GROUND UP THE RAZORBACKS VALUE THE YOUTH AND VITALITY OF THEIR PLAYERS IN HOPES OF BUILDING A STRONG TEAM FOUNDATION STORY: CLINT LINDER A silence hung over the team as the scoreboard read Arkansas: 86 and Oklahoma: 87 after the end of regulation. The Razorback team had proudly marched onto the Sooners’ home turf and had valiantly tried to upset one of the nation’s perennial Top-25 team. However, their efforts were in vain, as the team had squandered a 16-point lead in regulation only to lose by one point in overtime. The Hogs had put themselves into position to come away with a victory with the final shot, but the ball failed to find a lucky bounce, and instead the Sooners managed to hand the Hogs their second loss of the season. IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON VANCE GREEN For the team, that loss marked the beginning of a skid of four losses in seven games before beginning conference play. By the time conference play began, the girls’ confidence had been visibly shaken, and the season continued to spiral out of control until an overtime win against Alabama nearly a month later in season. “We are in the third year of a rebuilding process,” Head Coach Tom Collen said. “We are still probably three to four years away from being a perennial Top-25 program.” Despite experiencing rough times during the previous year, neither the team nor Collen was daunted by the setbacks. 144 I ATHLETICS “Last season we had lots of ups and downs. We had a tough non¬ conference schedule and got beat up,” Collen said. “We may have overlooked our youth when planning that schedule and unfortunately we lost some of our confidence before beginning SEC play.” The upside for the team was the youth and vitality of the players, assets that offered promise of better things to come for the women’s basketball program. Collen noted that at several times in the season, the lineup consisted of only sophomores and freshmen. The two sophomores on the squad who played the best were C’eira Ricketts and Lyndsay Harris. Harris led the team in scoring and Ricketts, a year after winning SEC Freshman of the Year and a gold medal with the USA 19-and under women’s basketball team, provided dynamics from the point guard position. The lone senior leaders for the team were Charity Ford and Ashley McCray. Ford started as a sophomore, but came off the bench as a junior to win SEC sixth Player of the Year. As a senior, she returned to the starter’s role to offer a stable presence to the younger players. “Charity Ford’s been a good leader,” Collen said. “She leads by example. She’ll leave a part of herself with the younger players. They’ve learned they need to work hard to be respected as she has been respected.” Although the 2009-2010 season was not as satisfying as players and fans had hoped, the foundation was established for converting the Razorback women’s basketball team into a force to be reckoned with once again. Collen, guiding the Hogs for his third season after successful runs with Colorado State and Louisville, and his staff were confident that the change would occur eventually. “ Our goal is to be never in a rebuilding mode. To begin a season knowing we’ll be in post-season play,” Collen said. “That puts a lot of pressure on younger kids and this season they weren’t as ready as we had hoped. It’s a lot of hard work, but [my coaching staff and I] have never failed to make it where we want to be.” TOM COLLEN: “it’s a lot of hard work, BUT [my COACHING STAFF AND l] HAVE NEVER FAILED TO MAKE IT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. RIGHT: Taking advantage of a 30- second timeout, Coach Tom Collen gives his players some words of encouragement. The Razorbacks won against Ole Miss with a score of 67-59 on Feb. 18. FACING PAGE: Fighting through the defense, Sarah Watkins drives past the Georgia defenders and takes it to the basket. As one of the Razorbacks strongest post players, Watkins was a 6-foot-3- inch freshman. OVERALL RECORD 13-15 55-48 Northeastern St. 87-78 Alcorn St. 71-76 SMU 95-78 East Tennessee St. 66-60 Iona 69-51 Western Kentucky 60-58 Kansas St. 86-87 Oklahoma 72-51 Coppin St. 55-67 Northwestern 106-78 Sam Houston St. 53-59 Florida 38-65 LSU 0-86 60-78 63-73 52-69 66-62 61-67 57-74 57-71 73-58 72-68 67-59 58-69 53-70 48-69 64-65 Miss Miss St. Georgia Kentucky Alabama Vanderbilt Tennessee Kentucky Auburn South Carolina Ole Miss Alabama LSU Georgia Vanderbilt WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | 1 45 1 46 | ATHLETICS BANDING TOGETHER BAND MEMBERS CONTINUED TO MAKE MUSIC, FRIENDSHIPS AND MEMORIES IN YET ANOTHER SEASON STORY: JILLIAN HANON IMAGES: JEREMY STOUT, JEBEDIAH WILLIAMS JONATHAN GIBSON It’s 6:45 a.m. on an August day. Classes are not yet in session, but Blake Capps, freshman music education major, is awake and already fully aware of his commitment to his new university. Less than an hour later, the still-rising sun glints off the brass of his mellophone. His fingers flex and press, and will do so until twilight. “I really enjoyed Early Week,” Capps said, describing the week before classes start when the UA marching band begins practice. “We got to move in early and it was so much fun getting to know everybody.” Thus began the band’s 2009-2010 season, during which it thrived under its newly-appointed director, Dr. Christopher Knighten. Capps’s fellow mellophone player, Cara Turbyfill, said that Knighten instigated the use of attendance blocks to streamline rehearsal, and also decreased the amount of socializing that occurred between maneuvers. But while the band tackled serious business on the field, the social aspect of the group did not diminish. Rather, it grew stronger. “After you sweat and suffer with people for a few hours, you’re basically best friends,” Turbyfill, sophomore creative writing major, said. Capps felt the bonds of band-hood long after Early Week, and would likely continue marching for the rest of his college career. “Band’s a lot different than anything else you can do on campus. It’s like a family,” he said. “You can walk into a class, and you don’t even have to know the person very well, but you know that they’re in band and you can sit next to them.” The friendships and the music weren’t the only rewards experienced by marching students. Turbyfill said the discipline she’s learned in band carries into her studies. • ■ Marching across the field row by row, the Razorback band rallies the crowd and the football team at the Arkansas vs. Missouri State game. Band members balanced school, practice and games. BAND 147 148 I ATHLETICS “I feel like I’m more productive when I’m in band,” she said, “In rehearsal, you have to account for every second because everything has to be coordinated ... You get used to working out all the little details, so then when you get out of band it’s actually nice to sit in your air-conditioned room and do math homework.” CARA TURBYFILL: “AFTER YOU SWEAT AND SUFFER WITH PEOPLE FOR A FEW HOURS, YOU’RE BASICALLY BEST FRIENDS.” The 325-person band’s perfectionism paid off. Shows during the 2009-2010 year featured themes like cinema, Southern Rock and Latin music. For the Halloween skit show, “Big Red Saves the Day,” actors dressed like Batman and the Ghost Busters for a melodrama in which Razorback mascots Sue E. and Big Red rescued damsels in distress. All the while, the band played themes like “Ghost Busters” and the fight song. The Band Spectacular was also a success, and took place in Barnhill Arena, instead of at the Walton Arts Center, where it had formerly been held. On New Year’s Day, the band performed at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. Both Capps and Turbyfill felt that the commitment required by band was amply rewarded. The spirit these musicians brought to every game was tangible even to the youngest Razorback fans. “There was one time I felt famous,” Capps said, “I was in my uniform and this six-year-old kid ran up to me and started complimenting me. His parents asked me, ‘Could you take a picture with our kids?’ And I was like, ‘I’m just a kid in college, in a band, but sure.’ It felt awesome.” LEFT: Standing ready on the field, freshman Blake Capps prepares to root on the Razorbacks football team. Capps played the mellophone in the 325-person Razorback band. FACING PAGE TOP: Leaping across the field, two drum majors entertain the crowd at a Razorback football game. The Razorback band had a variety of shows that they performed throughout the year, including one with a Latin music theme. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Gripping their banners, members of the UA color guard prepare to show their team spirit. The color guard traditionally performed with the band at Razorback football games. BAND 1 49 1 50 I ATHLETICS SPIRIT SQUADS BOOST ENTHUSIASM AND TEAM MORAL THROUGHOUT PUMPING UP STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGES: JEREMY STOUT, JEBEDIAH WILLIAMS JONATHAN GIBSON “Wooooo Pig Sooie! Razorbacks!” is a sound often heard ringing throughout campus. In particular, the cheer echoes around the fields and arenas at which UA sporting events are held. Leading the cheers are the Razorback spirit squads, helping pump up the fans and propel the Hogs to victory. Between the pom squads, the cheer squads and the mascots, the UA campus was never lacking in spirit. Each cheer and pom group was divided red and white squads, in order to ensure that team spirit was present at every type of sporting event. Each squad was composed of six men and six women, plus one alternate couple. The Cheer Red squad performed at the home and away football games, mens basketball games, gymnastics meets and pep rallies. Meanwhile, the Cheer White performed at the away and home football games, women’s basketball games and women’s volleyball. Similarly, the pom squads performed at all football games too, and Pom Red cheered at men’s basketball and tennis, while pom white went to at the baseball games. “Nothing beats running the team out of the A’ or leading the greatest fans in the country in the Hog Call,” said Big Red mascot Chris Decker, junior psychology major. THE CAME THE CROWD Forming the letter O in the H.O.G.S. routine, the cheerleaders lead the crowd in the cheer. The cheerleaders were divided up into Red and White SPIRIT GROUPS 1 52 I ATHLETICS For some squad members, childhood memories of watching spirit squads perform at games influenced their choice to join a squad. “I grew up in Siloam Springs, and as a kid I would come to a lot of basketball games,” Decker said. “I have been on the squad for three years and the Mascot Captain this past year.” Based on the amount of time that squad members spent together, they fostered a close bond. CHRIS DECKER: “THERE ARE ROUGHLY 60 PEOPLE ON THE SQUAD, AND THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT.” “There are roughly 60 people on the squad, and there is never a dull moment,” Decker said. “They are some of the University’s greatest and brightest and have been great friends of mine the past few years.” Not only did the spirit squads work to boost enthusiasm at games and rallies, but they also were concerned with helping out in the community. “We do tons of community service projects,” Jean Nail, director of the spirit squads, said. “We go to elementary schools, red ribbon weeks, nursing homes, the hospital on Veterans Day--wherever they need us.” The amount of practice that the squads put in depended on what the week held. Cheer practiced more in the fall to prepare for the football games, while Pom practiced more in the spring for halftime shows. Usually, there were three to four days of practice per week, but the schedule was really event-driven. “It’s a lot of hard work, a lot of fun,” Nail said. “The first priority is academics, and after that it has to be the squad.” rnmm BROYLES FIEL] Mil f 1 ' flj1 1 I LEFT: Performing during a time out, the spirit squad leads the crowd in a cheer. The spirit squads had to balance academics, practice and life on the road. FACING PAGE TOP: Rooting for the Hogs, mascot Big Red, Chris Decker cheers for the team. There were traditionally five mascots representing the Razorbacks. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Cheering at a football game, a spirit squad member boosts crowd participation. The spirit squads performed at both men’s and women’s sporting events. SPIRIT CROUPS 1 53 1 54 | ATHLETICS cheer red: First Row: Kacey Roberts, Heather Ikenouye, Carolyn Yates, Kim Smith, Lindsay Kilbourn, Mallory Wilson, Brittni Stephens Second Row: Skylar Hartmann, Ryan King, Blake Bridges, Chris Carney, Kevin Ellstrand, Jake Patton, Tyler Banks cheer white: First Row: Kayla Nichols, Olivia Lensing, Miranda Horton, Madison Farrish, Jordan Kaufman Lexi Meeker, Whitney Elkins, Kathryn Snyder Second Row: Jeremy Clemence, Tim Eichenberg, Mike Brown, Jordan Gay, Shawn Burns, Sam Chewing, Taylor Spence razorback mascots: First Row: Pork Chop (Brittany Nottenkamper), Sue E. (Elizabeth Trent) Second Row: Big Red (Chris Decker), BOSS HOG (Erik Walther), Ribby (James Newton) pom red: First Row: Christine Oiler, Lauren Rodkin, Michelle Pope, Kathryn Fiser, Carolina Ferreira, Emily Huber Second Row: Katie Beck, Kaitlin Sadler, Meghan Hodge, Kiley Young, Katy Fink, Molly Mathias pom white rbi girls: First Row: Emily Corbin, Rachel Wray, Erin Jones Second Row: Kylie Bell, Whitney Woloshyn, Lacie Coburn, Meagan Binns, Third Row: Brittany Lyons, Maurie Vaughn, Danelle Heaggans, Ashley Rowell, Kelsey Wren Getting a response from the crowd, members of the spirit groups perform on the sidelines. The various spirit groups were at home and away games. SPIRIT GROUPS 1 55 GOALS FOR THE FUTURE THE RAZORBACKS FIGHT TO WIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND END WITH A YEAR OF GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON The score stood at 2-0 in favor of the Hogs at the 63:54 mark in the game as junior Laurel Pastor ran full speed, past the Oral Roberts defender, toward the untouched soccer ball rolling near the center line. Instead of playing conservatively in order to maintain a decent lead for the remainder of the game, the Hogs doggedly continued their onslaught against the Eagles through aggressive play and continuous attacking of the net. Pastor reached the ball before the defender and continued to run forward toward the net. From the corner of her eye, she could see freshman teammate Tara Zika placing herself into position in front of the net, and Pastor fired away high to the far side of the keeper box. The shot hung suspended in midair for a second that seemed like eternity and at first seemed to have been shot too high, but Zika rose far off the ground to head the ball perfectly. Its trajectory changed and it sailed past the arms of the flailing Oral Roberts goalie. “That was a perfect example of the aggressive offensive mindset that Coach implemented,” Kim Schlief, senior chemistry major, said. “It was more of an attacking mindset that she established in the first few weeks.” The girls went on beat Oral Roberts 3-0 to improve to 4-0 early on in the season before SEC competition began. It was the first season under new Head Coach Erin Aubry, and the Hogs looked primed to take advantage of the new aggressive mentality that the coach had implemented. However, the Hogs scuffled toward the end of the season and finished 7-9-4 (3-6-2 in conference). SOCCER 1 57 1 58 I ATHLETICS “It was a good growing year,” Schlief, a second-team All-SEC player and former All-SEC freshmen selection, said. “It was a senior led team that did a good job in leading the team in the right direction. We didn’t get as far as we had hoped, but the growing period was perfect.” Fellow-senior Kathleen Paulsen agreed with Schlief that the team had failed to reach its expectations, but she felt that improvements had been made and that the foundations were set for future success. KATHLEEN PAULSEN: IT WAS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE IMPROVED, BUT WE DIDN’T GET THE RESULTS.” “It was frustrating because we improved, but we didn’t get the results,” Paulsen, biology major, said. “We played a different style. An attacking style that was more fun, but less successful, but will be more successful in the future. I think we laid good groundwork.” The games were consistently close and showed that the Hogs were only one or two shots from tying or winning in every game except for the finale against No. 16 LSU, which they lost 1-4. With an overall winning record, the girls completed back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in the program’s history, after going 11-8 the previous season. “It’s a little bittersweet [to finish my career at the UA], but I’m confident about the team’s future success,” Paulsen said. “I’ll miss the family feel. The team, the coaches, the athletic department. Once you are in you are in and they’ll watch out for you.” “We all clicked very well as a team,” Schleif agreed. “I enjoyed playing for the coach and the girls. It has been like a family.” Behind such strong bonds and senior leadership, it seemed that the team was prepared to succeed in the future. OVERALL RECORD 7 - 9-4 ' J - • - 0-1 2-0 4 -2 2-1 0-0 3-0 3-0 l-l 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-0 2-0 Oklahoma Michigan Air Force Missouri State Tulsa Oral Roberts Stephen F. Austin Florida Atlantic Tennessee Georgia Auburn Alabama Vanderbilt FACING PAGE TOP: Running down the field, BethMcVean fights to get to the ball. The Razorbacks used an attacking style when on defense. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Racing down the field, Kailey Anders aims for the goal. This was the first year that Head Coach Erin Aubry directed the team. LEFT: Jumping for the ball, Tara Zika pushes off her opponent. The players performed consistently, and the Razorbacks came within one or two goals of winning. 0-0 o-l 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-4 Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Florida LSU SOCCER I 1 59 1 60 I ATHLETICS 1 Starting the race, runners show their endurance throughout the Chile Pepper Festival. The Razorbacks finished third at the event. • 4 ' !r . kftt ■ a ■4j! if JL ! l THE RAZORBACKS LOOK TO MOLD THEIR YOUNG TEAM INTO ONE IN THE TOP 25 OBSTACLES STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON In 2009, a new face became a part of the UA mens cross country team, as Coach Chris Bucknam oversaw his first season at the University of Arkansas. Under his leadership, the program maintained its established position near the top of the collegiate distance running pile. The end of the season saw the team finish just outside the top-25 nationally, and second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). “I thought we made a step forward from the previous year despite losing [some notable runners] from a year ago,” said Bucknam, who came to the UA from Northern Iowa. Adjusting to a new coach presented a potential challenge to the cross country team members, but the athletes overcame this difficulty to seek success. “Despite it all, I thought our kids rose to the occasion and we over-achieved a little bit,” Bucknam said. The Razorbacks boasted several exciting young runners, including SEC Freshman of the Year, Solomon Haile from Silver Spring, Md. Haile maintained an impressive record throughout the 2009 season, finishing ninth overall at the SEC Championship and earning a spot on the All-SEC second team. However, the freshman athlete did not view his success as easily- achieved, particularly because he was learning to balance college- level courses with cross country. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 162 I ATHLETICS “You have to manage everything, your time and your schedule. I didn’t run like I had expected, to be honest,” Haile said. “It’s kind of a big change, the transition itself, living at college by yourself, but so far so good.” DORIAN ULREY: “THE BOND HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. IF THERE IS ONE GUY I TRUST, BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK, IT’S COACH BUCKNAM.” The top-performing Razorback cross country runner was Dorian Ulrey, junior majoring in sociology, who finished sixth at the national championships and was the runner-up at the SEC championships. Ulrey followed Coach Bucknam to Fayetteville from Iowa and credited Bucknam with much of his success as an athlete. “The bond has been phenomenal. If there is one guy I trust, both on and off the track, it’s Coach Bucknam,” Ulrey said. “The transition we’ve both undergone in becoming Razorbacks has been incredible.” Ulrey planned on continuing his dedication to cross country after the conclusion of his collegiate career, seeking to become a professional runner. “This is going to be for the long haul,” he said. “Try to get a sponsor, make the Olympic team and make a living doing what I love.” In 2009, only one of the 17 roster slots for the cross country program was held by a senior. With the bulk of the 2009 team returning in 2010, Bucknam and the runners sought to achieve an even better season in the future, laying a foundation for the years to come. Chile Pepper Cross Country F est f . 1 st Place 1 st place 4th Place 3rd Place 2nd Place 1 st Place 26th Place Arkansas Invitational MSSU Stampede Wisconsin Invitational Chile Pepper Festival SEC Championships NCAA South Central Regionals NCAA Championships LEFT: Crossing the finish line, junior Lane Boyer exhales a sigh of relief. Boyer finished 22nd at the Chile Pepper Festival. FACING PAGE TOP: Encouraging the runners, a student dressed as a chili pepper cheers on the athletes. The Chile Pepper Festival occurred on Oct. 17, 2010. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Keeping his pace, freshman Aaron Hamilton strives to pull ahead in the race. Hamilton placed 46th out of 243 runners in the Chile Pepper Festival. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 163 1 64 I ATHLETICS WITH SENIORS GRADUATING, A YOUNG TEAM REMAINS ON TOP CONTINUING TH STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGES: COURTESY The 2009 Arkansas Razorback Women’s Cross Country Program fell just short of their goals, but with a cast of young and promising runners, the future seemed bright for Coach Lance Harter’s program. With six freshmen and three sophomores on a 12-woman team, the runners knew there would be growing pains, but they fought through the adversity and finished with a season in which they could all find pride. One runner, Samantha Learch, sophomore kinesiology major, summed up the season as a learning tool for the future. “Last year, we dominated. This year we knew it would be more of a struggle just because we were so young and we lost so many seniors,” she said. “I think working together as a team—as a pack— for us, being as young as we are, plays a key role.” Miranda Walker, junior psychology major and the only senior-to- be on the 2009 squad, agreed. “I think going into the season the main goal is to get to the highest point we’re capable of. Obviously, the ultimate goal is always to get to Nationals for us,” she said. “I’m really happy with our performance there, but we fell a little short. That’s definitely one of the goals for next year with our young team, to make it one step further to Nationals, and see what we can do.” Walker planned to be the leader for the program as it continued to improve. “I think the older girls have been through it more so than the younger ones,” she said. “I remember coming in as a freshman and looking up to the older girls because they knew what they were doing and knew the program.” E SUCCESS r ' r-v- ' •• . . 7 . ■ • Beginning the race, the Razorbacks take off at the sound of the gun. The Razorbacks were a young team led by one senior Ashley Williams. WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 165 1 66 | ATHLETICS Both of these athletes agreed on the importance of their Coach, Lance Harter, to the performance of the team. SAMANTHA LEARCH: “ARKANSAS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BEST. I CAME HERE ON MY VISIT, LOVED THE TEAM, COACH HARTER, THE FACILITIES, THE CAMPUS. IT WAS JUST A GOOD FIT FOR ME.” “Coach Harter is great. For me, personally, that was definitely one of the reasons I chose Arkansas,” Walker said. “He knows his stuff—he’s coaching an Olympic athlete right now. I don’t even know what words to say. He’s a big part of the team and why Arkansas is so successful.” Learch agreed, both as to how important the coach was to the team, and as to his being a important factor in her choosing to come to Arkansas. “Arkansas is obviously one of the best. I came here on my visit, loved the team, Coach Harter, the facilities, the campus. It was just a good fit for me,” she said. While the 2009 team may not have met the lofty goals they set for themselves, they performed admirably and learned many lessons that should serve them well as they maintain and continue the running tradition at the UA. Youth was temporary, but the desire to succeed and will to prepare were timeless. 1st place 1st place 7th place 3rd place 3rd place 3rd place Arkansas Invitation MSSU Stampede Wisconsin Invitational Chile Pepper Festival SEC Championships NCAA South Central Regional Championships M W South cnt Baylor U LEFT: Keeping her pace, Kristen Gillespie, sophomore, stays focused throughout the meet. The Razorbacks earned a third- place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships at Baylor on Nov. 14, 2009. FACING PAGE: Staying together, Samantha Learch, sophomore and Miranda Walker, junior keep up their stride as they make their way up the hill. The Razorbacks won first place at the Arkansas Invitation opener. WOMEN ' S CROSS COUNTRY 1 67 1 68 I ATHLETICS AS A YOUNG TEAM WITH INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS, THE RAZORBACKS CONTINUE A YEAR OF STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON r i Apr ' There’s an old saying that “tough times don’t last, tough people do.” Arkansas Volleyball Head Coach Robert Pulliza was a tough guy - he had, after all, reached three separate Final Fours. The first two came as a player at Ball State, with the third occurring during Pulliza’s tenure as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. Pulliza competed in his second season at the helm of the Hogs in 2009-10, and it was a successful campaign as measured against expectations. Despite being picked to finish 10th in the preseason coaches’ poll, the volleyball squad placed sixth with a roster that featured seven freshmen, and only two players experienced beyond their sophomore year. One of the more outstanding players was Jasmine Norton, freshman, sports management major. “We had seven freshmen coming in, so we already knew it was likely to be a rebuilding year,” Norton said. “I feel that it was successful, though, because we got better and better as the season progressed.” BT TO FIGHT FOR THE APPEARANCE IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REBUILDING Boosting morale before the next play, the Razorbacks take time to prepare their next move. The Razorbacks defeated LSU in a four match game. VOLLEYBALL 1 69 1 70 I ATHLETICS RIGHT: Going for the kill, senior Kristin Seaton scores a point for the Razorbacks. Seaton helped lead the team with 174 kills in the overall season. FACING PAGE TOP: Making a bump set, freshman Cassie Clark gets ready to pass the ball to a back row hitter. The Razorbacks ended the season with an overall record of 13-18. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Creating a tough defensive wall, Kristin Seaton and Allison Johnson attempt to block a hit from the Kansas hitter. The Razorbacks fail short to Kansas at the Arkansas Invitational with a score of 0-3. OVERALL RECORD 13-18 2-3 TCU 0-3 Loyola Marymount 3-0 Grambling St. 3-0 Texas-Arlington 3-0 Norfolk St. 3-0 East Carolina 2-3 Virginia Tech 3-2 Tulsa 3-0 Jacksonville St. 2-3 North Texas 0-3 Kansas 3-0 South Carolina 0-3 Florida 0-3 Tennessee Norton was the standard-bearer for the 2009-10 volleyball team, as she became the sixth Razorback volleyball player to earn All- America honors, named Freshman of the Year both in the SEC and the South Region and set the SEC record by being named Freshman of the Week six times. Norton was not satisfied with the results of her first season, though. “We want to win the SEC West, and make an NCAA appearance,” Norton said. JASMINE NORTON: “[COACH PULLIZA] EXPECTS A LOT OUT OF US AND HE GETS US PUMPE D UP WITH HIS ENERGY AND PASSION FOR THE GAME.” One reason Norton said she expects this goal to be reached was by her head coach. “[Coach Pulliza] is a character,” Norton said. “He expects a lot out of us and he gets us pumped up with his energy and passion for the game. The coaches expect you to put out more effort. Everyone needs to get to the same level, on the same page.” Pulliza himself said that the best thing about volleyball was “the team aspect of the sport and how the success of the team depends on the team effort.” He also said there was one factor that drew him to Arkansas more than any other. “The opportunity [and] to win national championships.” The success the young women of the 2009-10 volleyball team were able to achieve set the table as they continued to pursue that goal. 0-3 3-0 2-3 3-2 3-1 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-1 1-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 3-2 3-2 2-3 2-3 en tucky Georgia Auburn Alabama Mississippi St. Ole Miss LSU Florida South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee LSU Mississippi St. Alabama Aubrun Georgia Ole Miss VOLLEYBALL 172 | ATHLETICS STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGE: JEBEDIAH WILLIAMS TIME TO LEAVE THE FIELD BEHIND FROM STUDENT TO STAFF TO RETIREE: A MAN ' S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE AS A RAZORBACK On July 1, 1967, Pamela Anderson, the future Baywatch star, was born in British Columbia. On the same day, another birth was taking place over 2,000 miles away - that of the UA career of Tom Dorre. More than 42 years later, on Jan. 29, 2010, Dorre retired from service to the UA. A Hot Springs, Ark. native, Dorre followed his older brother to Fayetteville to study engineering, eventually switched his studies to accounting, and graduated in 1967. He had been at the University ever since then. Dorre concluded his career as the Associate Athletic Director for Business Affairs but had spent the bulk of his time at the UA in the finance administration department. “I knew Coach Broyles for years, and I had worked very closely in the past with the athletic department on a lot of various issues,” Dorre said. “And since Coach Broyles and I had a long-term relationship ... it was just a good fit.” The move to the athletic department was not Dorre’s first job change within the UA. Throughout his career, he averaged between seven and nine years in each of the positions that he held. Though the switch to the athletic department was not necessarily a natural progression in his career, Dorre felt that it was a promotion. “There was a lot more responsibility - stress responsibility as I call it - it’s different down here,” he said. As the director of business affairs, Dorre was responsible for overseeing budgeting, human resources, procurement and purchasing, accounting, contracts, operations as liaison for financial matters to the Razorback Foundation and a host of other duties inherent in running a business that operated in excess of 60 million dollars each year and served 450 student athletes in 19 sports. Dorre also served on the NCAA task force that established the guidelines for school financial statements. These were used by the NCAA to create dashboard indicators for athletic programs in colleges and universities across the nation. TOM DORRE: “I LOVE THIS UNIVERSITY— ITS MINE ... ITS GIVEN ME the OPPORTUNITIES IN MY LIFE TO DO WHAT l’VE DONE.” When asked to comment on a career that spanned over four decades Dorre said, “I guess I want to say that probably my greatest achievement is working at a place I truly love. 1 love this University - it’s mine. I like I have personal ownership of it. It’s given me the opportunities in my life to do what I’ve done.” And what he did, for more than 42 years, was serve the UA in a variety of capacities. Even in retirement, Dorre continued to serve. “I’m not going away. I’m going to support this institution. As I told ] e [Long, Arkansas athletic director], whatever you want me to do, with 11 reason, I’ll do anything to help the institution and this department. Though the decision to retire was not an easy one, it did provide hi 111 with the opportunity to spend more time with his family and benefit from some leisure time. “There’s never a ‘right’ time to retire,” Dorre said. “If you wait ufl you think you have enough money to retire, you’ll probably die in y° ul job. After a lot of soul-searching and time, it’s a decision my wife and 1 made, that it was time to go. Time for me to relax and enjoy myself Enjoying the view from his office, Tom Dorre reminisces about his experiences on the Hill. Dorre dedicated 42 years of service to the University. Climbing onto the platform, a member of the swimming team prepares for the race. The team placed sixth in the SEC Championship. DIVING INTO THE COMPETITION THE RAZORBACKS DOMINATE THE COMPETITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PROMISING SEASON NEXT YEAR STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: COURTESY The tangy smell of chlorine hung in the air as the swimmers exhaled and inhaled slowly before bending over and crouching forward onto the starting platform. All the muscles in the swimmers’ bodies tensed with anticipation, while their minds blocked out everything except anticipating the signal to commence the race. While the other swimmers from competing SEC schools looked s bghtly nervous before the race began, UA senior Yi-Ting Siow looked calm and confident as she steadied herself on the platform, bor Siow, this race was just another showcase of her domination in the 200-yard breaststroke. In a lightning-smooth two minutes and 9.23 seconds in which the Razorback logo on her swimming cap was visible in front of everyone else, Siow exploded through the water and took home the SEC Conference title in the 200-yard breaststroke for the second consecutive year. With the win, Siow became the first Razorback to ever win back-to-back SEC Championship titles, solidifying the four-time All-American as one of the best swimmers in school history. SWIMMING DIVING 175 176 I ATHLETICS RIGHT: Cheering on his team, Coach JeffPoppell hopes for victory. Poppell had worked at the UA for four years, launching the team back into national prominence with a top-20 ranking. FACING PAGE: Preparing to dive in, competitors wait for the alarm to sound to begin the race. The race consisted of five divisions: the breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle and individual medley. OVERALL RECORD 6-2 166-132 254-40 133-175 196-112 206-87 3rd Place 196-106 118-177 195-100 6th Place Kentucky The University of the Cumberlands Florida Kansas Vanderbilt Purdue Invitational North Texas Missouri Utah SEC Championships _ • _ As a team, the Razorbacks finished sixth overall in the SEC Championships and finished ranked in the Top-20 after the regular season. Given the team’s overall success and notable individual performances, Coach Jeff Poppell knew that this was the most talented § r oup that he had coached in his four seasons at the UA. I think it was a strong season for our program. It was probably the m °st balanced team that we’ve had ln the last four years,” he said. “Every j pp POPPELL stroke and distance was covered by “|j PROBABLY THE MOST Us by some pretty strong athletes. A , . . . . A _ Individually, we had some strong BALANCED TEAM THAT WE VE P e rformances. We had athletes HAD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. tanked not only in the top of the inference, but also in the whole c °untry.” While the team’s goal of moving up a ranking from fifth place in the Cs in 2008-2009 was not met, as 2009-2010 as the team finished in Slx th place, the team did receive a higher overall score than the previous Se ason with 262.5 points. Arkansas finished just behind Alabama, ho finished in fifth with 272 points, and just ahead of LSU who Wished with 262 points. Host Georgia easily won their seventh SEC Championships with an overwhelming point total of 824.5, followed by Florida in second with 698. “Our goal was to move up a spot. The top three are pretty untouchable, but we would have liked to have finished fourth,” Poppell said. “We knew that it was going to be pretty challenging.” With the loss of Siow and fellow-seniors Leah Pierce and Lynette Ng after the season, the Razorbacks knew that 2009-2010 would be their best chance to push the program upwards toward the top tier of the SEC. Even so, Coach Poppell looked forward optimistically toward 2010- 2011. “We lost three major players for the program, but we signed a stellar recruiting class in the fall. We’ll have nine athletes coming in that are going to add a lot to our program,” he said. “We look to be a stronger in several areas. That’s the challenge in recruiting. We have to replace what we lose.” Hopefully in the near future, the sight of the Razorback logo being the only visible sight out in front of the competition would be commonplace. SWIMMING DIVING 177 178 | ATHLETI Q: Alma Mater: A: St. Antonius College | Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: 1 A: “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Til tyour good is better and your better is best. ■ Q: Favorite place on campus: I A: The top of the hill in front of the Bbusiness building, looking out into campusJ BQ: I bet you didn’t know that... HA: I know five languages. pQ: Favorite way to spend a weekend: HA: Watching movies HQ: Favorite pizza topping: HA: Cheese HQ: Favorite musical artist band: A: I like all kind of music, except for head ■banging music. Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or “Coke?” HA: Coke BQ: If you were to open a restaurant, VSgMwhat kind of food would you serve? : Italian Q: If you could hear anyone in history give a speech, whom would you hear? A: Martin Luther King Q: T.V. show you secretly enjoy: A: One Tree Hill House Q: A place you’ve always wanted to visit: A: South-Africa and Australia Q: Advice for students: A: Study hard and success will follow Q: Alma Mater: A: Arkansas Tech for undergrad, U of A for Masters Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “Life is the best teacher, she gives the test first, and the lesson later.” Q: Favorite place on campus: | A: Library Q: I bet you didn’t know that... A: I was an auxiliary line captain, and j twirled for six years. Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: A: With friends and family. Q: Favorite pizza topping: j A: Canadian bacon and pineapples. j Q: Favorite musical artist band: A: Whitney Houston or Kim Burrell Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or “Coke?” A: Pop Q: If you were to open a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve? A: Soul food. Q: If you could hear anyone in history give a speech, whom would you hear? A: Martin Luther King Jr. Q: T.V. show you secretly enjoy: Americas Best Dance Crew Q: A place you’ve always wanted to visit A: New York Q: Advice for students: A: Continue to challenge yourself - once you meet a goal, set a new one. TAMESHA GREENLEE, ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR, DISHES ON HER FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPI OF R HER HAT TYPE NT SHE EN AND E WITl LING. IN THE WORDS OF 179 180 ATHLETICS RAISING THE BAR WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS FROM LAST SEASON, THE RAZORBACKS STRIVE TO BREAK SCHOOL RECORDS STORY: CLINT LINDER The magical score of 197 was only 9.775 points away, with one routine remaining. The pressure to achieve the school’s highest-ever meet score rested upon the shoulders °1 freshman Amanda Siebert, who would perform her floor routine to close out the competition against No. 16 Auburn. With nerves of steel and in front of a home crowd of over 2,000 spectators, Siebert executed her routine almost perfectly and received a 9.800, propelling the team’s score to a point it had never reached in the history of the gymnastics program. Breaking a 197 score this season was one of our major focuses, a nd that was the first time in program to break a 197 team score,” said Co-Head Coach Mark Cook. “We met most of our expectations this year. Our expectations were extremely high after last season. We probably have been a little short in a couple of areas, but we’ve exc eeded or met others as well. “ IMAGES: JACKI FROST JEREMY STOUT All-Americans Jaime Pisani and Casey Jo Magee agreed that the meet against Auburn was the most memorable one of the season. “I think the meet that sticks out in all of our minds was the meet against Auburn,” Pisani, sophomore kinesiology major, said. “It was on [ESPNU], and that’s when we set our team goal and broke the 197 mark. It just gave us a lot of confidence of the rest of the season.” Magee agreed with her teammate that the record score helped the team perform well for the remainder of the season. “[The 197] was a huge confidence booster for the team,” Magee, senior kinesiology major, said. “Nobody was even perfect the entire meet, and so it was good knowing that we are capable of scoring that even when nobody is at their 100 percent best.” The team had been 2-2 before the victory, but the confidence boost experienced after the victory allowed the team to finish 8-4 overall while earning postseason spots, as well. GYMNASTICS 181 182 I ATHLETICS “The competition season went by really fast. We had competitions every weekend,” Cook said. “We lost one of our All-Americans early in the pre-season, Michelle Stout, due to a torn Achilles, so we were without her this year.” The team and its coaches refused to let these setbacks decrease morale. “You are always dealt certain challenges with your team with injuries and health, but a lot of the girls stepped up and made improvements and increased their difficulty level to perform very well last season,” Cook said. CASEY JO MAGEE: “[THE 1 97] WAS A HUGE CONFIDENCE BOOSTER FOR THE TEAM.” As a senior, Magee had been able to see the team grow and mature over the course of the past four years. She was particularly fond of the way that the team rebounded in the 2009-2010 season to finish the regular season ranked No. 9 in the country. This achievement reaffirmed the level of prestige that the Razorback gymnastics program during the time that she performed. “The team was ranked the highest on a consistent basis that it ever was,” she said. “We have overcome a lot of obstacles and I think that has really helped the team, particularly the freshmen, get ready for postseason. It was a great season for Razorback gymnastics.” OVERALL RECORD 6 - 6-1 195.400-192.650 195.925-196.575 195.500-197.450 196.750-195.325 197.025-196.425 195.875-196.725 196.200-196.200 196.075-194.1-188.275 196.925-194.850 Arizona Florida Alabama Kentucky Auburn Georgia LSD Washington and Seattle Pacific Minnesota LEFT: Performing her routine, senior Casey Jo Magee jumps into a backwards flip. The team was constantly rated highly through out the season. FACING PAGE TOP: Performing on the bars, freshman Amy Borsellino flips into the splits before finishing her routine. The team finished the season ranked ninth in the country. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Finishing her performance, junior Stacy Bartlett smiles proudly at the crowd. The team lost Michelle Stout that season due to a torn Achilles. l 9 6.875-1 92.525 Pittsburgh 196.100-197.475 Oklahoma 6th Place SEC Championship 2nd Place NCAA Regional Championship GYMNASTICS 1 83 Taking a test, a student fills out her scantron. In the 2009-10 school year 18 out of the 19 sport programs exceeded the benchmark Academic Progress Report. MAKING THE GRADE HOW STUDENT-ATHLETES CONTINUE TO EXCEL BOTH ON AND OFF THE FLOOR IMAGE: NICK CARTER STORY: JEREMY HURTT “Jeff Long has only been here a few years, but he’s made it very clear that this is a top priority.” These were the words of Kevin Jones, academic counselor for the Arkansas football team, concerning the focus of the Razorback Athletic Director on the importance of education for the school’s 400-plus student-athletes. Long had aggressively pursued academic excellence during his time at Arkansas, and in 2009, those efforts proved fruitful across nearly all sports, as 18 of the 19 sport programs on campus exceeded the benchmark Academic Progress Report (APR). Jones personally had an excellent view from which to observe these successes, based on the football players’ academic performance. “Last fall we came in with the highest GPA in the history of the football program here,” Jones said. One of the initiatives that Jones was involved in implementing was the Academic Coaching and Educational Support (ACES) Program. It’s a program where we have graduate students spending several hours per week with our “at-risk” student-athletes, and making sure that they are prepared, using weekly task sheets where they outline exactly what to do,” Jones said. From his time as a student, Jones understood the importance of obtaining a good education. He was a pitcher for LSU who was now using his degree to make a living, not his sports prowess. I’m not pitching for the Yankees or the Red Sox like I thought I m ight be,” Jones said. The UA recognized the reality of the odds against athletes’ being able to secure a career post-graduation, and therefore stressed the importance of applying oneself to one’s studies. “The University’s goal for each student-athlete is not just to stay eligible, but to graduate. To get that degree and excel not just on the field, but off ' the field,” he said. The primary place where this support originated was the Bogle Academic Center. Melissa Harwood-Rom, associate athletic director for academic support, worked tirelessly here to realize Long’s goal of preparing student-athletes to go out into the larger world. “We provide the academic support they need to graduate, and to do that concurrent with participating in sports at the level the SEC requires,” Harwood-Rom said. “It’s very challenging for some of our at-risk athletes to meet the demands of playing in a sport and really pursue the courses that will result in graduation. You have to have a coaching staff that has totally bought in to what you’re doing and is supportive, and you have to have the right staff, good tutors. Communication is very, very important.” Communication, and people who cared. The many unrecognized individuals who worked long hours and remained determined and vigilant might never know the full effect of their labors. But for the student-athletes at the UA, the efforts of Jones and Harwood-Rom and those like them could not be overstated, especially regarding the possible long-term benefits derived from their work. Long after the championships had become nothing more than memories, the ability to thrive in the real world would be indispensable. EMPHASIS ON STUDENT-ATHLETES’ GRADES 1 85 186 I ATHLETICS WITH THE GRADUATION OF A VALUABLE SENIOR, THE A PROMISING STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: COURTESY The white golf ball stood about an inch above the ground. It seemed out of place atop the luscious grass surface that surrounded the ball like a green ocean. But the ball was not alone. It was being studied. Standing beside the golf ball and casting a long, dark shadow as the California sun beat down from above was Razorback golf captain David Lingmerth. The ball was the only thing on his mind as he prepared his final opening drive from hole No. 54 of the three-day tournament. His folded baseball cap shielded his eyes from anything else surrounding him, and his khaki shorts provided no resistance as he bent his knees in preparation before unleashing his powerful swing. For a brief moment, the golf club was raised high above his head, before it was swung clockwise with full force toward the ball and connected with it on the sweet spot of the driver. Grass, the tee and the ball all were raised from the earth after the swing, and the ball continued to fly onwards for hundreds of yards toward the final hole of the tournament, the last obstacle remaining in Lingmerth’s path to a first place tournament finish. Lingmerth went on to finish with a score of 64 for the round and a total score of 205 (eight under par) for the tournament. The score gave him the first collegiate victory of his career, as he carried the Razorbacks to a second place finish at the Battle of the Beach Tournament held in Newport Coast, Calif. “David was ranked seventh in the world, so he was our guy, our horse, and he lived up to it,” Coach Brad McMakin said. “He had a great year. As good a year as I had ever coached. He worked hard and did all of the right things, and he will certainly be missed next year, but David carried our team all year long.” The California tournament hosted by UCLA was the best tournament of the year for the Hogs. They also placed in second, third, fifth and sixth in the other regular season tournaments. golf team returns four starters FUTURE 188 I ATHLETICS “We played very well out in California in UCLA’s tournament,” that we had. I was really impressed with our lineup all year. We only McMakin said. “We lost by one stroke to UCLA, and there were probably had one senior, David Lingmerth, and it was a good year.” seven top-20 schools in that tournament, so that was our best one. We shot around 10 under par and David won the tournament, so that was our best tournament.” Overall, McMakin considered the season a success after the team finished fourth overall in the SEC Tournament held in St. Simon’s Island, Ga. The team had finished second in this event in 2009. “We had a good season. We played two true freshmen all year long and they did a great job,” McMakin said. “We were ranked in the top 30 in the country all year long, so we played well all year. We had a couple of bad tournaments, but that was understandable with all of the youth BRAD MCMAKIN: “WE WERE RANKED IN THE TOP 30 IN THE COUNTRY ALL YEAR LONG, SO WE PLAYED WELL ALL YEAR.” Now that the foundation for success has been set and has been combined with an infusion of youth, the team will be set for success once again in the 2010-2011 season. “I look forward to next season,” McMakin said . “We have a great recruit coming in, and we return four starters. We had a couple of freshmen redshirt last season and last year they came a long way. Obviously losing David will hurt, but at least we dont lose David plus two other guys or so. We will be more experienced and I think we will have a better team.” LEFT: Hitting the ball out of the sand trap, junior Jamie Marshall attempts to put the ball back on the green way. Marshall assisted in the great comeback during the 2010 Battle at the Beach Tournament. FACING PAGE: Concentrating on his swing, freshman Austin Cook drives the ball toward his target. Cook was named All-SEC for his contributions and statistics in golf. 2nd Place Jre gon Duck Invitational 5th Place Morris Williams Intercollegiate 4th Place SEC Championships MEN’S GOLF 189 Preparing to taK c a swing, junior K 1 Shean focuses on h el technique. Shean earn ? 1 the selection to the 20 ,( National Golf CoadlSf AIT AIMING ‘FORE’ THE GLORY AFTER FALLING SHORT IN THE NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE RAZORBACKS LOOK TO ADVANCE TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT YEAR IMAGES: COURTESY Shean and Ingram rallied the team by both finishing under par on the final 18 hole and allowed the team to finish third behind only Alabama and Vanderbilt at the SEC Championships and advance to the NCAA Regionals. Seniors Alex Schutle and Tiffany Phelps and freshman Victoria Vela made up the team on the SEC Championships squad. Although the team’s season, which had included four, top-10 finishes in tournaments, regretfully ended at the NCAA Regionals with a 13th place finish out of 24 teams, the team could hold its head high after advancing that far once again. STORY: CLINT LINDER A return to the NCAA Regional tournament seemed to be upping through the fingers of women’s golf on the final day of the SEC Championship tournament. The nation’s No. 35 ranked team, w hich had made it to the NCAA Regionals the previous season, had gotten off to a great start on the first day of competition by tying for first overall, but fatigue on the third and final day of competition had knocked the team down to sixth place. Junior Kelli Shean, the team’s best player during the regular Se ason, and senior Kristen Ingram decided to not let their season en d on such a bitter note. WOMEN’S GOLF 1 92 I ATHLETICS Third year Arkansas Head Coach Shauna Estes-Taylor, however, was upset that the team wasn’t able to advance farther than the previous season and allow the team’s seniors advance to their first NCAA Championship tournament. COACH SHAUNA ESTES-TAYLOR: “I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE weren’t ABLE TO ADVANCE [FURTHER TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS.]” “I’m disappointed that we weren’t able to advance [further to the NCAA Championships],” Coach Estes-Taylor said to www.arkansasrazorbacks.com. “I’m so disappointed for our three seniors: Ingram, Schutle and Phelps. They worked so hard to get there and it hurt that they couldn’t get to the NCAA Championship.” The outlook for the 2010-2011 will be bright as the team returns its top two overall performers for the regular season, Shean and Vela, as well as sophomore Katy Nugent. Coach Estes-Taylor was especially full of praise of Vela’s future with the team as she finished tops among the team at the NCAA Regionals. “I can’t say enough about Vicky,” Estes-Taylor said to www. arkansasrazorbacks.com. “She was playing in her first NCAA event and handled all the pressures that come along with that very well. I think that spoke volumes for her future at Arkansas and for our program.” Despite the fact that the team fell slightly short in its goals for the 2009-2010 season, the team finished the season knowing that it can make late surges and can someday reach its eventual goal of an NCAA Championship appearance. 13th Place 2nd Place 14th Place 5th Place 8th Place Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational Marilyn Smith Sunflower Invitational Mercedes Benz Collegiate Classic Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown Central District Invitational _ 1 m LEFT: Putting the ball, senior Alexandrea Schulte tries to finish under par. The Razorbacks ended the season placing 13th in the NCAA West Regional Championship in Palo Alto, Calif. FACING PAGE TOP: Placing her ball on the green, freshman Victoria Vela looks to make a successful putt. The Razorbacks began the season placing 13th in the Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Finishing her swing, senior Kristin Ingram looks to see where her ball landed. Ingram ended her senior year with a individual score of 236 at the NCAA West Regional Championship. 13th Place nc rlou Challenge 12th Place Tiger Wave Golf Classic 3rd Place Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 13th Place Bryan National Championship 3rd Place SEC Championship 13th Place NCAA West Regional Championship WOMEN ' S GOLF 1 93 1 94 I ATHLETICS WITH THE INTENSE WORKOUTS AND GRUELING SCHEDULES, THE RAZORBACKS TRAINING TO BE After years of training, all the pain, sweat and practice came down to one final match point. One last chance to prove it was worth it, to beat the opponent. One single mistake was the difference from a win or a loss. Every player on the men’s Razorback tennis team had faced at least one of these moments in their decade long careers. Through all of the difficult opponents and match points, the team finished their spring season ranked 58 out of 300 teams in the country, with a 10-16 record. “The team had 12 men, and were usually in the top-40 teams in the country,” said Head Coach Robert Cox, who had 23 years experience. “[This season was] pretty good on the big scale, but it is not the norm for us.” Tennis was different than other sports in that they have two full seasons, the fall from Sept. 7 to the end of November, and the spring season began January 10 and ended at the end of April. Although the team had grueling practices all year long, “the team works hard,” Cox said. The team practiced consistently, with a strict five-days-a-week training schedule beginning with “out of the bucket” technique practicing; a match play and point situations and the dreaded conditioning- running and lifting weights. “It’s not necessarily everyone’s favorite,” Cox said. “But it is important.” Playing doubles, senior Dmitry Lebedev and junior Christopher Nott look to receive the ball. The Razorback’s overall record for the 2009-10 season was 10-16. STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE THE BEST 1 96 | ATHLETICS Tennis players started training early, usually a coach could tell if the player had a future by the time the player was 10-to 13- years-old. Manchester, England native, junior Chris Nott, had been playing tennis for 13 years, and was ranked No. 1 on the Razorback men’s team and 65 in the nation’s men’s singles. Since tennis could be a more individual sport than most, the mental aspect of the game was usually the most challenging. COACH ROBERT COX: “IT CAN BE HARD FOR THE KIDS TO KEEP UP WITH SCHOOL WHEN WE TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.” “Breathing very heavily and slow helps me to keep focused and calm through tough situations and matches,” Nott said. The team usually traveled every other week to play away matches. “It can be hard for the kids to keep up with school when we travel all around the country,” Cox said. “They work hard though, and make sure to keep up with their work.” OVERALL RECORD 10-16 3-4 1-6 3-4 4-1 7-0 6-1 7-0 0-7 6-1 7-0 7-0 0-7 4-2 Washington Texas Ole Miss Columbia Louisiana-Lafayette Witchita State Cowley County Oklahoma Cal Poly UMKC Johnson County Florida South Carolina muiiiiii LEFT: Throwing his head back in defeat, junior Christopher Nott tries to regain his focus. Nott was named to the All- SEC second team by the Southeastern Conference. FACING PAGE TOP: Slapping hands, senior Dmitry Lebedev and junior Christopher Nott give a confidence-boosting tap. Lebedev graduated with an economics degree from the Sam Walton College of Business in 2010. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Serving the ball, sophomore Nikolas Zogaj sends the ball over the net. The Razorbacks ended the season with a loss to the Auburn Tigers 1-4. 4-2 1-4 0-6 1-6 4-0 1-6 3-4 0-4 3-4 2-5 5-2 1-4 Mississippi State Georgia Tennessee Oral Roberts Tulsa Auburn Alabama Vanderbilt Kentucky LSU SEC Championships MEN’S TENNIS 197 198 i ATHLETICS BUILDING ON TEAMWORK THE RAZORBACKS TAKE THE CAME OF TENNIS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL ASPECT TO BECOME A TEAM STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI The women’s Razorback team was a different kind of team during the 2009-2010 year. Tennis can usually be geared more toward the dividual athlete, on and off the court. This season, the ladies m ade an e ff or t to be a close team. This year’s team has worked together better than any other team I have coached at Arkansas in the past seven years,” Head Women’s Coach Michael Hegarty said. He has been playing tennis since he Has years old, and began to coach when he was only 15. “My first IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON full time job [after the pro tour] was an assistant for Coach Robert Cox and the Razorback men’s tennis team,” Hegarty said. Another player who started young, freshman Kelsey Sundaram, began playi ng at age 4. Having an unusual upbringing, Sundaram was introduced to a different kind of junior circuit. “I was born in Temple, Texas, but grew up in Chennai, India,” Sundaram said. Senior year she moved back to New Braunfels, Texas. “I come from two different worlds,” Sundaram said. WOMEN’S TENNIS | 199 200 | ATHLETICS RIGHT: Playing doubles, freshman Kelsey Sundaram and sophomore Kate Lukomskaya serve to the other team. The Razorbacks finished the season with an overall record of 16-10. FACING PAGE: Volleying against her opponent, freshman Valentina Starkova defends her baseline. The Razorbacks ended their season losing to Texas with a score of 0-4 at the NCAA Tournament. OVERALL RECORD 16-10 5-2 2-5 7-0 6-1 4-3 3-4 5-2 6-1 6-1 6-1 0-7 1-6 5-2 3-4 2-5 Washington Michigan Louisiana-Lafayette Utah Tulsa Rice TCU Oral Roberts Memphis Oklahoma Florida South Carolina Mississippi Texas A M Georgia hardest part of tennis, many players agree with, was the mental for the third season in a row. The women’s team had not lost to a team as Pect. “My hardest opponent is my mind,” Sundaram said. “If you can that had not finished in the top-50 teams in more than three years, keep y our m ind tough, determined an d confident and thinking in the ri §ht direction winning becomes a sirn Ple part of the game.” ll ’ ranking system in tennis was a sed on the wins and whom the KELSEY SUNDARAM: “IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MIND TOUGH, DETERMINED AND CONFIDENT AND THINKING IN team beats. “The national rankings THE RIGHT DIRECTION WINNING 2rT lecomb ' natl0 HH°H BECOMES A SIMPLE PART OF strength of your wins added „ a l°ng with the strength of your THE GAME. 0 s ses, Hegarty said. “If you have to ta e a loss, you really need it to be against a highly rated team.” ranking period this season.” Jbe team finished second in the SEC West, almost winning the title After seven years as the women’s head coach, Hegarty had seen the similarities in the men’s and women’s teams. “There is a little more discussion [and] verbal communication with the women’s team,” Hegarty said. “They are a young, energetic group that made the decision early in the year to put the team first and I attribute that fact as much as any other as to why we have been ranked in the top-25 for every NJ O WOMEN’S TENNIS 202 | ATHLETICS A FIRST FOR THE UA BASEBALL PROGRAM, THE RAZORBACKS MAKE HISTORY MAK STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON Senior TJ Forrest took the mound with the weight of the team’s destiny on his shoulders for the last game of the regular season. At one point in the season, Arkansas had been ranked as high as No. 4 in t he country, but a painful losing slump had cost the Hogs five of their last six games and they their rank had fallen to No. 14. Once primed to be guaranteed a spot for hosting a National Regional tournament to start the playoffs, Arkansas’ fate now seemed to be in shambles as Vanderbilt’s team had made a strong push to host their own Regional. The game to decide who would host a Regional came down to the last regular season game between the Hogs and the Commodores with Forrest sent out to secure Arkansas’ season. After tossing six scoreless innings, Forrest walked off the mound after allowing only two hits with a 7-0 Arkansas lead. The bullpen buckled but managed to hang on for a 7-5 UA win. “That final game at Vandy was so important to our season,” Coach Dave Van Horn, in his eighth season at the UA, said. “We lost game one to them, but then won game two by one run. Whoever won game three was going to get the Regional and we won the game decisively.” Pitching to the Milwaukee player, junior Brett Eibner, looks to strike out the opponent. In the three-game-series against Milwaukee, the Razorbacks swept all three games with the scores of 14-6, 7-0 and 3-2. BASEBALL | 203 204 ATHLETICS The Razorbacks won multiple games in the 2010 season decisively as the team won over 40 games and was led offensively by sophomore Zach Cox, junior Brett Eibner, sophomore Drew Smyly and senior Mike Bolsinger anchored the pitching mound. Cox, Eibner and Smyly were drafted in the first two rounds of Major League Baseball 2010 draft after the season. “The season was a real good season,” Van Horn said. “We battled a lot of injuries and played a real tough schedule. We got 40 plus wins and a Regional Championship. We head to the Super Regional as one of the top-16 in the country. I think nationally we are now known as one of the top-20 programs in the country.” The Hogs went on to win their Regional at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville over Washington State, Kansas State and Grambling. “It was great having a Regional in Baum Stadium,” Van Horn said. “I think we had a record attendance. It was big for the state and the University and great to win it.” After the Regional, the Hogs headed west to the Super Regional to take play No. 1 Arizona State. The situation almost mirrored the previous season when the Hogs defeated No. 1 Florida State to advance to the College World Series. Despite pushing both games to extra innings against Arizona State the Hogs were swept in the Super Regional and failed to reach the World Series for the second consecutive season. For once, the Hogs had been unable to persevere with their backs against the wall after spoiling their fans with numerous come from behind wins and outstanding performances all season. But, regardless ot the outcome, the Hogs had experienced a terrific season and had shown that the Diamond Hogs are a force to b e reckoned with not only in the SEC, but across the entire country. COACH DAVE VAN HORN: “THE SEASON WAS A REAL GOOD SEASON ... WE BATTLED A LOT OF INJURIES AND PLAYED A REAL TOUGH SCHEDULE ...” 10-2.2-5,9-3 10-1.10-8,7-6 15-3 7-3,9-5,0-6 2-3,21-2 14-6,7-0,3-2 6-3,7-8, 1-5 3-2,7-6 9-8,4-3,10-5 18-2,9-4 8-12,10-1,17-16 32-8 8-3,8-5,13-3 4-3,5-4 Ball State Troy Kansas California S. Dakota Wisc-Milwaukee LSU McNeese St Alabama Centenary Kentucky St. Louis Mississippi St. New MeX ' c0 OVERALL RECORD 44-20 LEFT: Catching the ball, sophomore Bo Bigham looks to make an out. Bigham was a starter and played second base. FACING PAGE: Aiming to bunt the ball, sophomore Jarrod McKinney tries to make an easy play. The Razorbacks advanced to the Super Regional to face the No. 1 Arizona State, but were defeated in game two. 9-5 8-3,2-8,1-2 5-4 9-4,7-8,2-13 1 1-4,2-3,7-0 5-4 2-3,0-5,3-5 2-5 3-4,4-3,7-5 4-5 19-7 6-4,7-10,7-2 6-7,5-7 Oral Roberts Florida Missouri Auburn Ole Miss Louisiana Tech South Carolina Oklahoma Vanderbilt Florida Grambling Washington St. Arizona St. BASEBALL I 205 206 ATHLETICS GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS WITH A NEW COACHING STAFF AND A DETERMINED TEAM, THE RAZORBACKS LOOK TO BRING SUCCESS TO BOGLE STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON In their black practice shirts and red shorts, the Razorback softball players stand out against the vividly green grass of Bogle Park. The smack of ball on glove resonates throughout, as each position fields a hit from the coach. A catch was met with a chorus of “Good job,” and if the ball was missed, a murmur of encouragement still spreads around the field. With a resounding cry from their post¬ practice huddle, the players scream, “Let’s go beat Ole Miss,” who was their conference rival coming for a weekend series. Optimism ran through the group that wants to shut down any opposition before they transition into the post-season. Under a new coaching staff, the Razorback softball team started it’s season 8-2 in conference play, winning two back-to-back against Georgia. Both of these were a first in Razorback softball history. Although their winning streak cooled after these games, the team and Coach Mike Larabee felt that they still had gained mental victories out on the field. This season was Larabee’s first with the Razorbacks, after he came from coaching at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He came to the UA because he loved Fayetteville and wanted to coach a team in the SEC. He said that he was happy with the transition and that he couldn’t be more thrilled with his players. “From the first day, I knew I had a special group,” Larabee said. “They have done everything asked of the. They are enthusiastic and have a good attitude.” Coming into this program, Larabee concentrated on the mindset of the team and their focus. 208 I ATHLETICS OVERALL RECORD 17-20 5-2 4-2 9-3 5-3 8-5,3-2 2-4,0-5,9-8 1-6 7-2, 1 1-6, 18-13 2-13,3-1 3-2, 10-5,0-4 5-9,2-1 Louisiana Tech Southeast Missouri State Southern lllinois-Edwardsville Louisiana Tech S. Carolina Kentucky Oklahoma Mississippi State Tulsa Georgia Flori j We were getting them to believe that they can compete with any in the nation,” he said. “We’ve had some tough stretches, but now they know they can beat anyone in the conference.” Brittany Griffiths, sophomore kinesiology major, had played s Bortstop since her freshman year an d agreed with Larabee’s view of the team’s progress. Team chemistry has grown this Se ason; we are a lot closer as a group,” S e said. “Last year we had good telent, but not as good instruction.” Respite ending up with similar tecord to last year’s, Griffiths said that the individual playing level of e ach member had gone up. Griffiths was backed up by right-handed pitcher, Chelsea Cohen, freshman hospitality major, who indicated that the season helped her improve her game. “I’ve gained a few miles per hour on my speed and added a Peel Drop pitch. I am growing so much as a pitcher,” said Cohen. Kyle Jamieson, assistant coach, also added change pitches to other players’ repertoires, giving the Razorbacks an added arsenal for their intense SEC play. In 2010, the conference tournament was hosted at Bogle Park, giving the Razorback softball team a chance not only to show off their new park and have home field advantage, but also to show their mettle against the best the SEC had to offer. MIKE LARABEE: “WE WERE GETTING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN COMPETE WITH ANY TEAM IN THE NATION.” LEFT: Preparing to catch a ground ball, freshman Stephanie Brewer looks to get an out. Brewer was an infielder on the team. FACING PAGE: Taking a time out, the Razorbacks come together to refocus their concentration. The Razorbacks finished with season with a record of 17-20. t! ' 3 ’ 3 -5 2-4,2-3,2-3 LSU 6-1 Memphis 1-6,8-16,6-8 Alabama 11-3 Missouri State 5-0,9-0,6-10 Ole Miss 3-4,2-3, 1-2 Auburn 0-9 SEC Tournament SOFTBALL I 209 210 ATHLETICS PULLING TOGETHER THE PIECES AFTER WINNING THE INDOOR SEC CHAMPIONSHIP, THE RAZORBACKS SOUGHT SUCCESS IN THE OUTDOOR SEASON STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON MANDI HAVENS Senior Dorian Ulrey allowed himself a quick glance over his shoulder to spot how far his teammate was behind the other competitors. He stood slightly crouched, with his hand extended behind his back grasping at air, waiting in anticipation for freshman Drew Butler to reach him and place the baton in his hand so that he could begin the anchor leg of the 1,600-meter relay. Ulrey remained cool and calm, despite the fact that runners for opposing teams had already passed, and he was left standing and waiting. By the time Butler finally caught up to him, Ulrey found himself in sixth place with not much time to catch up. However, he began to creep up the standings, one by one. When he crossed the finish line with a collective time of nine minutes, 48.92 seconds, he was the leader and had provided Arkansas with a remarkable come-from-behind victory at the SEC Championships. Ulrey’s sprint to victory helped cap off a remarkable weekend for the Hogs in Fayetteville during the SEC Championships. The team finished in first place with 123 points. These 123 points put them a mere four points ahead of heavily favored Florida and 14.5 points ahead of Louisiana State. The championship was the 29th Indoor conference title (17th in the SEC) for the Hogs and the first one earned under Coach Chris Bucknam. “I was very pleased with the way our kids performed in the Indoor season,” Bucknam said. “Coming out with an SEC Championship was pretty special as was scoring 38 points at the National Championships, getting a Top-Five finish and being right in the mix with several of the schools ahead of us.” ■ a-A-iv j. ln § 0v er the pole, l0r Chad Burnett looks Ih ' 0 6 a c ean jump, tea azor backs won the ChJy le ‘ n Indoor SEC po - ' hpswith 123 MEN’S TRACK FIELD | 211 212 I ATHLETICS Bucknam was quick to praise the team’s performance despite the competition and continuing to learn to work with a new coach. “Our kids performed really well. We had two National Champions,” he said. “Most of the previous years, 38 points would have been an even higher finish, but it was very competitive this year. We stepped up to the plate and performed well.” For Bucknam, who had the difficult task of replacing legendary coach John McDonnell during his two-year tenure at the UA, the win was much needed and a bit of a surprise. “I didn’t think we were going to win the Indoor. We never took anything for granted. We thought we had a good team, but we also thought Florida and LSU were good,” Bucknam said. “We went in there with all of our guns blazing and we’re glad that we came out on top. I knew we were going to be in contention and that was all I could hope for. You have put yourself in contention to win and then you have to rely on the kids to get things done.” The outdoor season started out rough as the Razorbacks struggle to regain top form after the Indoor portion of the season. InexperienC and injuries limited the team members’ abilities against the nation elite programs “I hope we will rebouH [during the outdoor season! Bucknam said. “We d struggling right now with lot of young guys and son 1 key people out. We are goin to have to really dig in an fight hard at the end if we going to finish respective! We have a lot of work to do The team noticeak! struggled in the annual Pen Relays, held in Philadelphia, Pa., but rebounded during the Arkan Twilight meet the following weekend. “This outdoor season we haven’t put it all together yet, but we n 1 going to keep trying,” Bucknam said. It may just take another remarkable come-from-behind victory 1 propel the Hogs, but at least they gained experienced in that regard COACH CHRIS BUCKNAM: “COMING OUT WITH AN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP WAS PRETTY SPECIAL AS WAS SCORING 38 POINTS AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, GETTING A TOP-FIVE FINISH AND BEING RIGHT IN THE MIX WITH SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS AHEAD OF US.” 1 st Place 5th Place 2rd Place 7th Place SEC Indoor Championships NCAA Indoor Championships Texas SEC Championships LEFT: Competing in the long jump, senior Alain Bailey aims for a good jump. Bailey earned the SEC Male Field Athlete of the Week awarded by the Southeastern Conference. FACING PAGE: Jumping over a hurdle, freshman Hunter Bourke hustles from behind the pack. Bourke redshirted for the Razorbacks in the 2009-10 season. MEN’S TRACK FIELD I 213 ATHLETICS WITH INJURIES AND DETERMINATION, THE RAZORBACKS PROVED PUSHING THRO STORY: JORDAIN CARNEY IMAGES: JONATHAN GIBSON MANDI HAVENS Very competitive youths, was how Coach Lance Harter described his track and field student-athletes’ performances over the season. After the SEC meet in May the Razorback’s were No. 11 in the country, and one of the top-four schools in the SEC. “What people don’t realize is that track and field is the most populous in the NCAA, there are 337 teams that compete in Division I,” Harter explained. “So this team being in the top-15 is something I’m very proud of.” Despite the heavy rain and threats of severe weather, the Arkansas women’s track team competed against student-athletes from 28 other schools at the Razorback Twilight meet on April 30. Even with the less-than-ideal conditions, the Razorback women placed in multiple categories including freshman Stephanie Brown who set the seventh fastest time in the county in the women’s 800- meter run. “I just wanted to get around the original qualifying marks,” Brown said, who was surprised to learn about her time. “I’m a freshman and just so improving from high school is what I’m focusing on. Eventually, I want to get to nationals; I want to be an all-American again.” All-American include the top-eight runners that finish at nationals. It wasn’t Browns first time in the spotlight; she was named Freshman of the Week by the SEC for her performance 4x800-meter relay at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas during the first week of April. Harter said Brown placing seventh in the country, while still being in a training phase is part of what makes her an impressive athlete. She’s an up-and-coming superstar.” TO BE UNSTOPPABLE UGH THE PAIN Pushing herself over the pole, senior Tfanice Keppler attempts to make a successful landing. Keppler placed second fcfSEC Outdoor Championships | Knoxville, Ten! WOMEN’S TRACK 5t FIELD I 215 216 ATHLETICS Harter said that through traveling and training together, the members of the team had become like a family. “I’m proud to say that when these girls get married, some of their teammates will be their bridesmaids.” “Were really close. Were always together,” Brown said. “We are together seven days a week. These girls are like my sisters,” said junior Shelise Williams. SHELISE WILLIAMS: “WE ARE TOGETHER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THESE GIRLS ARE LIKE MY SISTERS.” Williams was named SEC Female Runner of the Week for the second week of April after winning 4x100-meter relay at the John McDonald Invitation with a time of 52 minutes and 29 seconds, that lead the SEC and was fourth in the world. “I plan on working harder and being better,” Williams said. Despite leading the SEC, she said she had no plans of taking a break. “In track you have to keep working hard and getting better.” Williams said. “You never know who is going to come along, and so slowing down really isn’t an option.” “You just have to keep improving,” said Leah Orley. As a sophomore, Orley was redshirted last season with compartment syndrome, which caused the muscles in her leg to swell. “It’s a runner’s worst nightmare,” Orley said. She had one surgery during the 2009 season and began training, only to have her leg swell again. During the 2010 season, Orley trained for the heptathlon, an event that included high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, 800- meter run, 200-meter run and hurdles. “I came back in the fall, was hurting a lot, but pushed through it and high hopes for this year.” 2nd Place 15th Place 3rd Place SEC Indoor Championships NCAA Indoor Championships SEC Outdoor Championships LEFT: Setting herself on the starting block, junior Edina Brooks practices her technique before her event. The Razorbacks placed third at the SEC Outdoor Championships. FACING PAGE TOP: Running at an indoor track meet, sophomores Taylor Johnson and Cali George keep their pace. George finished 10th in the Olympic Development section of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays. FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Finishing the race, senior Karen Thomas slows down her momentum. Thomas was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that captured both indoor and outdoor SEC titles in the 2009-10 season. WOMEN’S TRACK FIELD 217 218 I ATHLETICS STORY: JEREMY HURTT IMAGE: JONATHAN GIBSON ONE STUDY SHOWS THAT THE MOTlOf ' It ’s a common story in the sports world—the “cant-miss” baseball prospect with the magic arm, sure to be the next big thing, right up until the point where that special arm suffers the first of a seemingly-endless line of injuries. For Dr. Gretchen Oliver, assistant professor of kinesiology at the UA, the story represented a problem to examine and, hopefully, solve. DR. GRETCHEN OLIVER: “WHEN WE SAY WE WILL LOOK AT KIDS, PARENTS ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THE KNOW THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.” Sp ecifically, Oliver focused on researching the pitching motion of young softball and baseball players and how that motion could contribute to health issues as the athletes aged into adults. Thanks to a donation from Bob Carver, Arkansas alumnus and long-time supporter of the University, Oliver was able to obtain a key piece of equipment to help in this qu est. The piece of equipment, a MotionMonitor, was produced by Innovative Sports Training, a company whose Web site describes the system as “the most advanced data capture and analysis package in the market place.” For Oliver, the acquisition of the MotionMonitor system signified a chance to obtain more specific data detailing how a younger pitcher delivered the ball and how that motion and velocity could lead to injuries later in the player’s life. The system consisted of a series of sensors attached to the athlete that tracked the movement of the body throughout the pitching motion, allowing for a more in-depth study of the affects on the body. The focuses of the study were joint motion, forces of the joint and muscle activation. Not only did the study seek to identify and correct the movements that could lead to further injury for younger athletes in general, but it also provided an appreciated service for those who participated as subjects for the data collection. “Were getting a lot of positive feedback from the community, from the parents,” Oliver said. “When we say we will look at kids, parents are excited because they know there is nothing out there right now.” Oliver and four of her students collected the data, and took it with them to Limerick, Ireland, where they delivered their findings to a conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports. Dr. Oliver and her students, Priscilla Dwelly, David Keeley, Hiedi Hoffman and Kasey Barber, presented a series of seven posters detailing the data and conclusions gleaned from the study. Thus, UA students gained practical experience both in the laboratory and in the academic world. Finishing the motion, a UA baseball player throws the rstpiteh-of focuses Of Dr. Oliver’s - study were joint motion fojt es of the joint and muscle activation. and velocity of pitching could lead to health issBs as athletes age S OF PITCHHNIG PITCHING INJURIES | 219 3 ARNOLD 222 I ORGANIZATIONS STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGE: COURTESY If a typical University of Arkansas student were asked which UA sports 2008-09 season) expected the success that the team had this seas 011 team could boast of an 18-game winning streak this year, it would “We had reasonably high expectations, but I don’t think any 0ll ‘ likely take a while before the student guessed the school’s club hockey team. Such was the lack of recognition for one of the most successful of the school’s sports programs. For a program that only began in 2007, the rapid rise to excellence resulted in a 27-8 overall record and an appearance at the National Championships hosted in Ft. Myers, Fla. Despite the team’s success during the previous season, not even the team’s three coaches (all of whom were new to the program during the BRIAN GALLINI: “WE HAD REASONABLE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, BUT I DON T THINK ANYONE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE THIS GOOD.” thought we were going be this good,” said assist 1 coach Brian Gallini, fortf 11 0 coach at the University a [ Pennsylvania and player Holy Cross. “To be No. 1 in $ SEC, nationally ranked N 0, at one time, to have had an 1 game winning streak was $ more than what we could have hoped for at the beginning of the seas 0 This was a historic and record-setting season for Arkansas hod$ Gallini attributed much of the team’s success to the growing fan base FANS ARE FILLING THE STANDS AS THE ICE HOGS CLIMB IN THE RANKINGS Lining up to take the ice, members of %tfce Ice Hogs discuss strategy. The Ice Hogs were ranked No. 1 in the SEC and made an appearance at the National Tournament. spired W er( Av ( the team to win. The team’s attendance at home games, which e Played at the Jones Center for Families located at 922 East Emma e In Springdale, Ark. increased steadily over the course of the season, fan base has been growing,” Gallini said. “It has been Pressive. At the first of the season, the rink was maybe one- lrc l full, but by senior night the entire place was sold out.” The th team continued the regular wins to squash their in the Regional competition and SEC ° Ur narnents before heading to the National Tournament. Tiile the team’s Cinderella miracle run came to an end at National Tournament after three consecutive losses to e University of Colorado, Hope College and Fredonia State, P Se ason as whole could only be considered a success, and a Ull( lation for bigger and better accomplishments had been set. “Obviously the team was disappointed with the result, but there is no substitute for experience,” Gallini said. “We were a young team and lose only one player to graduation going into next season. We are therefore optimistic about the prospect of returning to Nationals where we can draw upon the important lessons we learned there this season.” Next season, the schedule will get tougher with new opponents, now that Arkansas will no longer be an unknown commodity in collegiate hockey. However, the team and its coaches will remain intact and ready to accept any new challenges in the future. “The future is bright for this young program,” Gallini said. “Our full coaching staff is returning and we expect to add several strong additions to an already potent offensive line-up. Were also extremely excited to add well-established programs like Kansas, Texas and Nebraska to our slate of exciting home games next season.” ICE HOGS 223 224 AS THEIR NUMBERS GROW, HILLEL MOVES TO A NEW ABODE A NEW HOME FOR HILLEL “A name that is widespread loses its essence; one who does not add [to his knowledge] causes [it] to cease,” said Hillel the Elder, religious leader who lived during the first century A.D. and was credited with helping develop the Talmud and the Mishnah, both Jewish holy texts. Hillels impact on the Jewish community was so profound that centuries later, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world chose to assume his name in order to honor his legacy and share the tenets of Judaism with the world. By the 2009-2010 school year, Hillel chapters could be found in more than 500 colleges and universities worldwide, including the UA. “The University of Arkansas chapter of Hillel was founded sometime in the mid- 1950s through the efforts of several Jewish faculty members,” said Mike Lieber, physics professor and Hillel faculty sponsor. Lieber chose to become a sponsor because he wished to continue the long¬ standing tradition of the Registered Student Organization. Since its foundation, Hillel had been a continuous presence on campus, meeting in various places, including a house at 607 Storer St. and a former fraternity house across the street. As the RSO reached out to the student body and grew in numbers, Hillel leaders decided that they needed a new home. In the fall of2009, Hillel moved into the newly-built Temple Shalom, the first synagogue ever constructed in Fayetteville, ‘ located on Sang Street. Hillel President Ashley Rosenberg r - STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER said that this move marked the biggest accomplishment of the organization to date. When Hillel came to the decision that they should find a new abode, they saw that their goal dovetailed with the synagogue construction efforts. Thus, when the UA chose to purchase 607 Storer St. from the RSO, the students donated the funds to help build the Temple Shalom. The dedication of the synagogue was held in December 2009, and leaders from eight different faiths came to bless the building. Hillel members attended the ceremony and would become a constant presence at Temple Shalom. “We have our own room just for Hillel,” Rosenberg said. There, they could continue to fulfill their mission statement, which states that Hillel aims to enrich the lives of Jewish students. The UA chapter was hard at work, attempting to fulfill this goal by honoring the Jewish faith and bringing students together. “We host Shabbat dinners, and we even screened a movie on [the] Israel and Palestine conflict,” Rosenberg said. “I am also trying to organize an ice cream social.” Hillel, like Temple Shalom, though comprised mostly of Jewish students, was open to people of all faiths, and its members encouraged anyone interested in their RSO to attend the functions that they held. “We are here to be educational and fun,” Rosenberg said. “I just want students to know we are around.” IMAGE: MAGGIE CARROLL ASHLEY ROSENBURG: “we host SHABBAT DINNERS, AND WE EVEN SCREENED A MOVIE ON [THE] ISRAEL AND PALESTINE CONFLCT. HILLEL | 225 October’s event marked the first time that the UA participated in “Up ‘Till Dawn,” and sought to establish a tradition. The next one would be hosted during Homecoming, and would consist of a movie night held in Bud Walton Arena. People could come watch a movie and at the same time help raise awareness about cancer. The event’s Vegas theme boasted the slogan “The University of Arkansas places a bet on St. Jude to cure cancer”. The Tri Deltas, Sigma Nus and other participants hoped that this second event would match the success of the first Lick-a-Thon. Around 600 attendees sent out over 14,700 letters during “Up ‘Till Dawn,” Poucey said. Since the cost of keeping St. Jude open had risen to $1.4 million a day, it was more important than ever to raise awareness and get involved so that the hospital could continue to help sick children across the nation. “The event is called ‘Up ‘Till Dawn’ in honor of all of the families that have stayed up countless nights,” Taylor said. “Every letter puts us closer to a cure.” Among the 600 students filling the Union ballroom sat a father and a daughter watching the envelopes being sealed and prepared for delivery. Even with all the excitement, including the band and the free chicken fingers, all of the attendees remembered why they were there: to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and help families with children suffering from cancer, like these two. To this end, students gathered for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the “Up ‘Till Dawn Lick-a-Thon” program, hosted by the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Sigma Nu fraternity. They addressed envelopes to friends and family, asking them to donate money and help find a cure for cancer. Paul and Samantha Wallace, spokespersons for St. Jude from Bella Vista, Ark., were among those who attended the event. “They called us and asked us to come out and speak tonight,” Wallace said. The event was one close to their hearts, as their daughter Samantha, a young teen, had been in remission for years after fighting cancer. The “Up ‘Till Dawn” program had been aiding St. Jude since 1999. From the time it was created, the event helped bring in over $24 million to fund the hospital. In 2008 alone, it raised $4.4 million and was conducted on more than 370 college campuses across the country. Brandon Taylor, senior event marketing representative for St. Jude, was there to oversee the event. “We recruit an executive board who recruits students to be part in the letter writing campaign,” Taylor said. “They just tell them about what it is and market it around the campus.” The Tri Deltas had been involved with St. Jude since 1999, the year the program was instituted. Laura Ladd Pouncey, Tri Delta president, was the assistant director of “Up ‘Till Dawn“ and was determined that the UA event would be a success. “This is a really good, diverse group of people involved,” Pouncey said. “The goal for this campus is to bring in $81,000 for St. Jude.” Organizing the “Up ‘Till Dawn” letters, Whitley Hill separates letters into piles to be mailed to various people in the community. Around 600 attendees sent out over 14,700 letters during the event. LEFT: Addressing numerous letters, Elisabeth Edmonds and Leah Nichols spend their evening volunteering for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The “Up ‘Till Dawn” program has been aiding St. Jude since 1999. I f STUDENTS spend the wee hours of the morning addressing envelopes f or charity instead of sleeping, studying or hitting the town STAYING UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE St ORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGES: CHAD ARNOLD 228 | ORGANIZATIONS Rocking out on the mic, nationally- recognized poet Anis Mojgani belts out an original poem. Hie Elephant Engine High Dive Revival was one of several poetry acts to visit UA in the fall of 2009. RIGHT: Performing for the first time, Colin McNerny participates in an open-mic at RZ‘s. With events like this, the Coffeehouse Committee promoted poetry and acoustic music on campus. THE COFFEEHOUSE COMMITTEE BRINGS STUDENTS TOGETHER ON CAMPU$ TO APPRECIATE SPOKEN WORD AS ART AND ENTERTAINMEN 1 A POETRY REVIVAL STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGES: MAGGIE CARROf Music filled RZ’s, and the atmosphere was electric with excitement, die little coffeehouse in the Union was stuffed full of chairs, but even so, late attendees had to stand along the counter, squishing in to e njoy the evening’s line up. Hie Elephant Engine High Dive Revival had come to Fayetteville and was ready to wow the crowd. Michelle Miesse, UA Coffeehouse Committee chair, acted as MC lor the event, vamping between performers to keep the crowd warm. h T pon opening the show, Miesse demanded to know if the audience was excited about the evening that the Coffeehouse Committee had put together, and the audience roared its approval. Before the main act went on, local Poets and students launched the evening into poetry with an °pen-mic. Some of the Performers were first- time participants, fading poems they had written recently; some had even c °mposed their works the day of the event. ther poets brought with them a collection °1 poems from which to choose. Begardless of the performer’s experience, however, the audience reacted thunderously as the Poets spilled their s °uls out onstage. There is nothing better than kind people doing what they love,” Brice Ward, sophomore creative writing major, said. “It was a great Cr °wd and the slams were fantastic.” the audience encouraged newcomers in an attempt to ensure their c °ntinued participation in Coffeehouse events, as well as poetry in general. While participation in the open-mic had been steady, the Committee rarely had enough poets willing to compete in a poetry sIam competition. After the local poets had finished their set, it was time for the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival to take the stage. Its members ln duded two-time individual National Poetry Slam Champion, Anis Mojgani; two-time individual World Poetry Slam Champion, Buddy Wakefield; Derrick Brown, who had opened for such acts as the White Stripes and Cold War Kids; and Mindy Nettifee, commonly dubbed the “unofficial” poet laureate of Los Angeles. Clearly, the UA was in for some high-quality poetry. They started the show by jokingly explaining why Oct. 27 was the best day ever. “Today, my cat found the catnip, and now we understand each other bet ter,” Wakefield said. Throughout the bit, each member indicated that they were happy to be visiting Arkansas. Between Brown kicking off the show and Mojgani concluding the night, the crowd heard original works and music performed by every member of the Revival. The poems illustrated a diverse range of emotions: humor, lust, hope and frustration. A segment entitled “Short Poems” was included, in which each poet was limited to reciting a very brief poem, resulting in an uproar of laughter from the crowd. “My favorite part of the show was the introduction, which included music and an electrifying poem from Buddy Wakefield,” Ward said. After the show, the tour members .sold merchandise, received hugs and stayed to chat with Arkansas students. “That was the most well-attended slam I’ve hosted for the one and a half years I’ve been the chair,” Miesse said. Feedback from the attendees proved the event to be a hit. The Coffeehouse Committee hoped that this would increase participation in future events. “I hope all of the slams continue to be this successful,” Miesse said. “We’re always looking for new committee members so we can help make these programs satisfy the many different tastes of the student body.” COFFEEHOUSE COMMITTEE 229 230 I ORGANIZATIONS STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGES: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT YASMINE OMARI Flashes of turquoise, lime green and royal blue whirl around the dance floor. Barefoot girls in gilded saris that jingle in time with the music lead a group of students in an Indian dance. They sway and clap at each beat, the beginners and experts alike smiling as the line becomes longer and more unified. Delicious aromas and chatter mix with the song to create an exhilarating atmosphere. in red cloths encircled the perimeter of the room, and above them, screens flashed a slideshow featuring basic information about HinduB 111 and addressing misconceptions about the religion. In a side room, a variety of food was served, ranging from kheer, sweet rice pudding, to a potato and cauliflower curry. The richness this exotic fare was draw enoU o! JIGER PATEL: Spectators cheer on their friends in the dancing throng. Garba has arrived on campus once again, giving students a glimpse into Hindu culture. The night of Oct. 2 was a chilly one, but the students who showed up at the Union Ballroom were greeted by the warm and lively event of Garba, organized by the Hindu Students Association. Upon entering, students were drawn in by low lighting, emitted by the mul ticolored strands of lights curled around the dance floor and along the wall. Tables encased “[garba] is about how good ALWAYS WINS OVER EVIL AND THAT WE CAN DESTROY THE EVIL IN US.” for some students. “The food is great; I really the curry. This is my first to come. I’m excited about dancing. It’s the reason I cafl ie ‘ ead) Rebecca Braun, sophomore childhood education major, sal 1 id- Central to this event was the dancing, or Garba, performed during tb e Hindu festival of Ravri, celebrated over a nine-day period in India. ft festival signified a manifestation of God’s fighting with a demon for rd 11 days before finally defeating the evil creature. CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH INDIAN DANCE AND CUISINE Performing a Hindu ritual, members of the Hindu Student Association demonstrate one aspect of the culture. Garba gave UA student an opportunity to experience the traditional dance and food. BEL0W: Dancing with a scarf, a student particpates in a traditional Hindu dance. Hie Garba dance involved clapping hands and swaying in rhythm with the music. s about how good always wins over evil and that we can destroy the evil in n us, Jiger Patel, senior information systems major and the head anizer for Garba, said. “People dance to show love and joy to God for the defeat.” T Really, Garba dancing entailed clapping of the hands in rhythm the music, and experienced dancers taught the guests the different es - Amy Gillham, freshman pre-nursing major and first-time visitor t° Q a , rDa participated in this part of the event and felt that she had en the dancing basics down by the end of the event. A self-taught belly h y Uancer, she came to Garba primarily to learn. enjoyed dancing, except for stepping on each other’s feet,” Gillham said “t „ 1 saw their flyer in the library and the dancing pulled me into it.’ e luidu Students Association hosted this event to honor its religious P° r tance and also to reach out to UA students, whom they hoped g take off their shoes and try out a new dance, eat unique food and a broadened understanding of world culture. GARBA I 231 232 | ORGANIZATIONS ALPHA SIGMA MEMBERS GET THE Ch A KNOWLEDGE AND PARTICIPATE IN H l WITH FIRST THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS IHCE TO SHARE THEIR DS-ON EXPERIMENTS ELEME EXPERI TARY ENTS Vearing their safety goggles, the elementary students stir theit solutions. Groups formed to conduct experiment that taught them aboid chemistry in everyday life STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGES: JEREMY STOUT Working in a group together, Science Club students examine their experiments. Leverett Elementary participated in the Alpha Sigma fraternity’s Science Club once a week. noise of little hands crinkling small plastic cups filled a small c fessroom in Leverett elementary school, and little eyes were fixed on a § r oup of UA students. This session was a typical Thursday afternoon k a thering of the Science Club. The elementary school participants e gan each meeting by watching a video, munching on a snack and en breaking into three groups in order to conduct experiments and ear n about the world around them. his Thursday we are making lemon batteries, working with Stance paper and learning about hard water,” Amy McGraw, leader the Alpha Sigma-sponsored Science Club said, explaining the plan ° r this particular meeting. pha Sigma was the UA chapter of the Alpha Chi Sigma co- ed professional chemistry fraternity. Its members included U ndergraduates, graduates students and professors, who joined g e ther with the goal of advancing chemistry and related fields. ' T ' l ne Y felt that this should extend to young students, as well as UA tte ndees and with this in mind, they started the Science Club. The Pha Sigma student volunt eers included Jim Burnett, Shunterrence arri mel, Ellen Brune and Stuart Brune. The UA students provided e febor for the activity, which was funded by the elementary school. “Leverett elementary donates the money to the fraternity through the after school programs budget. We are one of three programs they have for the children, there is also an arts and athletic after school programs for the elementary students here.” McGraw said. “Usually we have 10 to 20 kids; today we have 14. They all range in age from first grade to fifth grade.” The elementary students broke up into three groups that conducted three different experiments simultaneously. Trammel and Burnett were conducting the laitance paper experiment that McGraw mentioned to the class. “So which is the base?” Trammel asked his pupils. “Water!” they all said. “Don’t make too much of a mess,” McGraw said to students across the room, who were working on the hard water experiment. “There is usually a lot of clean up,” she said. All the students, both elementary and college-aged, were excited to be a part of the experiments. McGraw explained this was the third year that Alpha Sigma had come to the elementary school for the after school program. RISING FROM STORY: CLINT LINDER IMAGE: GRACE GUDE The orange plastic construction fence acting as a barricade stood renovations were done to the house six years ago. The UA loaned moneV midway up the hill, surrounding the rubble and broken fragments of a to AGR, but a repayment contract was lost in translation between the once proud structure. Only the words on a square stone firmly located UA lawyers and the members of the fraternity. The money owed wen 1 in front of the ruins gave any indication of what the building was only unspoken of for several years, but in March 2009, the UA finally sent ab a few days earlier. The words said “Alpha Iota Chapter” on the topmost line, with the chapter’s establishment year on the line below. The stone, once the UA front lawn’s identification of NATHAN SULLIVAN: “EVERYTHING SEEMED FUZZY AS TO WHY WE WERE LOSING OUR HOUSE. THE UNIVERSITY SEEMED SO SHADY ABOUT THE WHOLE ORDEAL.” the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, acted as the house’s tombstone after the University seized the lease on the property and claimed sole ownership. to some of the members’ alum 111 requesting that an astonishing $600,000 be paid in 60 days. T e alumni raised approximately $150,000 by May, but the UA did not modify the terms of claim and seized the property while the members were aW T for summer break. “It was pretty upsetting,” Nathan Sullivan, chapter president, sai “Everything seemed fuzzy as to why we were losing our house. Lh e The controversy surrounding the mysterious change in ownership University seemed so shady about the whole ordeal.” from the members of the fraternity to the University began when The sentiments from students, Greeks and non-Greek alike, spoke to il THE RUBBLE BROTHERHOOD: FIGHTING ALL ODDS AND REBUILDING THE LEGACY OF ALPHA GAMMA RHO Slrn ilar indignation against the UA and sympathy for AGR members. I mean, that’s just terrible,” Lex Marshall, sophomore transportation an d logistics major who has several friends inside AGR, said. “How can the Y just take a house like that? I’d be like, ‘It’s my house, not yours, diversity’ Td be absolutely furious.” I couldn’t imagine coming back [from summer] to find out that I have a place to stay for the semester,” Elizabeth Klessig, junior Metrical engineer and a sorority member, said. “ r ihink of that kind of stre ss. That would be a nightmare. I think the University should have s hovved some compassion instead of just wanting more parking spaces near e football stadium.” house, which was constructed in the 1960s and had always served as Alpha Gamma Rho house on campus, had been appraised to be erth between $1.3 and $1.8 million, due to its prime location near °uald W. Reynolds Football Stadium, but neither the members nor a hnnni received any of that money, despite losing their house. The nevv purpose of the property would be to serve as a parking lot for the neighboring Alumni House during the football games. For the members, life and recruitment continued as usual, despite the enormous disappointme nt and sense that the UA had betrayed AGR. The members maintained and cared for Tusk, the school’s mascot, as they had done for years and participated in every major fraternal event on campus. “It’s all about moving forward,” Sullivan, junior agriculture major with a pre-law emphasis, explained. “We’re learning to re-structure for the future. We want someplace near campus but off of University property, like a couple of houses (Sigma Chi, FarmHouse, Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma) are located.” Despite the alumni’s best efforts to raise funds, it would be between three and five years before AGR would be able to construct a new house. One thing would remain certain for these UA students: the members of Alpha Gamma Rho would continue to exude the same spirit and pride as they had shown in the past, and someday, they would once again have a house that they could proudly claim as theirs and theirs alone. Tearing into the AGFA dining room, th � caterpillar claws at the H)rick walls. The workers leveled the house in a week’s time to make way for a new parking lot. g y 236 | ORGANIZATIONS STUDENTS SUPPORT GLOBAL AWARENESS BY PUTTING THEIR BEST FEET FORWARD shows off her TOMS. Th 1 ’ TOMS motto of “one f° r one” meant for ever) pair bought, a pair vva s donated to a person vvh° couldn’t afford shoes- WALK MILE IN TOMS SHOES STORY: KAITLYNN BIANCONI IMAGES: NICK CARTER Each day, hundreds of children walk through the dirt roads of Ar gentina, even though their families cannot afford to purchase s hoes for their tiny feet. In a country in which disease is prevalent, infected cuts that result from the childrens activity can be life- threatening. tomorrow Shoes (TOMS) founder Blake Mycoskie traveled to Ar gentina for the first time in 2006. Upon arriving in the rural towns, L e noticed that many people were barefoot. Because cars were a luxury in these towns, the main mode of transportation was walking, deciding that something should be done, Mycoskie created an ° r ganization to help these people. When he returned to the United Stat es, he started TOMS, according to the TOMS Web site. hhe organization’s motto, “one for one,” explains the mission of EOMS. For every pair of shoes purchased from TOMS, a pair was c l°nated to a person in need. As the company expanded and popularity grew, students at c ampuses across t he country started organizations to raise awareness a hout TOMS and its message. The UA TOMS Campus Club was funded in 2009. Ashlee Chadwick, president of the UA chapter, had ee n involved with on-campus TOMS organizations before. 1 was a campus rep at Fayetteville High School, too,” Chadwick Scl id. TOMS called and wanted all of the campus reps to join together an d form an organization and asked me to be president.” °ecause TOMS did not advertise with a marketing plan, ° r ganizations like the TOMS Registered Student Organization (RSO) VVere vital to spreading the word about the program. “The only way of marketing they have is by people actually wearing the shoes,” Chadwick said. “We try to raise a wareness on campus and get people involved.” Although the RSO was just getting started, its members were already planning to hold events in order to get students involved. “We haven’t had any yet this year,” Chadwick said. “But later, we will have a ‘Style Your Sole’ event, where people can paint plain TOMS however they want.” They also planned to host an event during which participants would walk around without shoes for a day to attain an understanding of how those without shoes feel daily. Last year, this event was hosted by the TOMS Corporation, but the RSO would organize it in 2010. “It will be in April again,” Chadwick said. “Last year I did it and it was so hot on my feet, and I was so tired, but it was rewarding.” Garrett Smith, freshman member of TOMS, had also worked with this kind of organization before. “At home in Flowermound, Texas, I worked at a store with a giving- back theme,” Smith said. “I really like their [TOMS] motto of‘one for one.’” The UA TOMS group was actively looking to recruit new members to their cause. “Right now, we have about 25 active members,” Chadwick said. “We have lots of people who are interested, and we are always on the look out for more.” Interested students need only look out for sidewalk chalk of upcoming events to get involved with TOMS. TOMORROW SHOES | 257 238 I ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERS OF ZETA TAU ALPHA CHAL| SPRITE STEP-OFF AND WON THE CO FENCED TRADITION, COMPETED IN THE Ifl PETITION ZETA TA A STEP KES UP ■ Celebrating the news, eta Tau Alpha is surrounded by confetti as they are given a check for winning the Spirit Step-Off. The members of ZTA were the only Panhellenic Sorority to compete in the STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGES: COURTESY Smiling for the cameras, members of Zeta Tau Alpha are elated after winning the Sprite Step Off. The Matrix- themed performance was used in the 2008 Unity Step Show at the UA. Murmurs of anticipation ripple through the teeming crowd of spectators as women wearing coordinated, Matrix-themed outfits filed onto the stage. The competitors took their places with practiced Sr Uoothness, alert and attuned to each others’ actions, knowing that Moving in unison would be vital. Then, on signal, they began to step. Zeta Tau Alpha, Epsilon chapter had plenty to be proud °1 after winning the Sprite Step-Off Challenge in fall 2009. Sprite Step-Off was the largest step competition in history, awarding a $1.5 million prize pool to the winners. Words cannot describe the feeling of winning,” Alexandra Kosmitis, TA Team Captain, said. “The whole team was beyond excited hen we were announced the winners. It truly was a life changing ex perience.” The ZTAs shared the first prize with Alpha Kappa Alpha, Tau chapter. We were first introduced to stepping by the AKAs on the U of A Ca mpus through the Unity Step Show,” Ko smitis said. “At this annual eVe nt, the AKAs teach NPC and IFC members steps in order to compete ln a step competition. However, we did not learn our step routine r r °ni the AKAs. We are known for coming up with things on our own.” The competition was steep for the ZTAs, with over 1 Million chapters competing to qualify for the national c fiarnpionship. The Sprite Step Off Challenge featured 30 events in 20 cities across the U.S. Judges evaluated competitors based on creativity, showmanship, execution and show theme. Kelsey Foley, member of the step team, said that the whole ZTA sorority came together and supported the team. “It was honestly the best support group a group of girls could have ever gotten,” Foley, junior psychology major, said. “They were there ready to help us through practices and hard times even traveling to Atlanta on their own expense.” The encouragement offered by the other ZTA members propelled the step team on to victory. “I love my sorority and I don’t think I could have done the things I’ve done without them. We all are each others support systems and having this once and a lifetime experience only proved this more.” Not only were the ZTAs elated by their win, but they also felt that the experience was important because it strengthened bonds between all of the members of the sorority. “The Sprite Step-Off was an incredible experience that not only brought the members of our step team closer together, but further excited and refreshed an already amazing sisterhood found in ZetaTau Alpha,’’saidKristenKing,step team memberandjuniornursingstudent. The ZTAs planned to use their winnings to create individual scholarships in the future. ZETA TAU ALPHA STEP OFF 239 IN moN ABOUT ON CAMPUS AND HER M CHOICE OF PET. LQ: Alma Mater: jjp A: I graduated from the University of Arkansas Jplast May. .Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, ggbut a woman who fears the lord, she shall be praised.” - Proverbs 30:31 | : Favorite place on campus: [A: I love Old Main. It’s the symbol of the University of Arkansas. You can see it from everywhere in Fayetteville. Q: I bet you didn’t know that... (A: I have a snake named Killer. He’s a corn psnake, so he actually can’t bite anyone. ■ |Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: p A: Being with family and going to the movies. I love the movies. Q: Your job in three words. A: I have two jobs. My grad assistantship i three words is “thought-provoking, growth and e-mail.” I’m also a Mary Kay beauty consultant, and that job in three words is “fun, exciting and pink.” Q: Favorite musical artist band: A: Janet Jackson, hands down. i |Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or ‘Coke”? A: Soda Q: If you were to open a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve? A: East meets West kind of food: my dad’s from Hong Kong and my mom’s from Little Rock. Q: Alma Mater: A: I’m an undergrad still and will graduate from the UA. Q: Favorite (inspirational) quotation: A: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream .” --Edgar Allan Poe. Q: Favorite place on campus: A: The first floor in Mullins Library, because of the aroma of the books. Q: Favorite way to spend a weekend: A: Sleeping Q: Your job in three words: A: I shelve books. Q: Favorite musical artist band: A: Beethoven Si Q: Do you call it “soda,” “pop” or Coke”? |A: All of the above. Q: If you were to open a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve? A: Traditional French jj Q: If you could hear anyone in History give a speech, who would it be? A: The Pearl Poet, who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Q: T.V. show you secretly enjoy: A: I like Good Eats, but it’s not a secret. Q: Advice for students: A: Study English, because we need to preserve our literary and cultural history. MAX GUTIERREZ, PRESIDENT OF THE ENGLISH STUDENT ASSOCIA’UAN, REVEALS HIS LOV Ml LASSICAL LD WHICH APP 2009-201C African Student Organization First row, L to R: Elaine Thatosello, Rachel Thapelosello, Eleanor Sello Second row: Adeola Yusuf, Cynthia Onyechere, Toyin Aseeperi, Taiwo Oluwafemi Michael, Jacky Ambe Ashu, Gustaff Besungu.Ozias Dushimimana Third row: Denis Rugira, Ines Nizeye, Kolawole Ayinusta, Nelson Sello, Emeka Onyechere, Goulaye Amadou, Janvier Masabo Kwizera, Gerald Dilibe, Chika Ibekwe U ) O C M z o DC O CM ' CT CN Alpha Phi Omega First row, L to R: Lana Flackler, Emily Messner, Tracie Sconyers Second row: Alex Wilson, Caleb Gray, Sarah Wood, Emily Nevala, Kristin Gangluff Third row: Matt Meyers, Andrew Tackett, Laura Weiderhaft, Kelly Toner, Brian Guard Arabic Culture Association First row L to R: Mima Khairallah, Taraf Abu Hamdan, Christina Hefton, Allison Browining Second row: Yasmine Omari, Basim Halawani, Erin Killeen, Tuan Le, Asaas Hamdan, Lara Alley, Nadia Haydar Associated Student Government Chris Arnold, Alex Benson, Trinity Billetter, Mattie Bookhout, Brittany Box, Divesh Brahmbhatt, Whitney Branham, Rebecca Braun, David Brophey, Kelly Brophey, Omar Brown, Bobby Bruning, John O. Buckley, Becca Carlson, Georgeanne Carpenter, Will Carter, Kelsey Castleberry, Sean Clarkson, Tony Cosgrove, Michael Dodd, Carlo Dominguez, Emily Evans, Jake Fair, Billy Fleming, Daniel Ford, Logan Gilmore, Rachel Golden, Sam Hall, Chris Handley, Erica Harmon, Laurae Hatley, Shayne Henry, Thang Ho, Holly Hilburn, Grant Hodges, Doug Hoersten, Robyn Jilg, Veronica Johannessen, Dylan Jones, Cody Kees, Kelly Lamb, Emily LaRocca, Lauren Leatherby, Andrew LeNarz, Tammy Lippert, Mac Mathis, Rebecca Martin, Gavin McCollum, Katie McGehee , Megan McLoud, Allie Mertz, Alex Moffe, Carl Monson, Cameron Mussar, Laura Neumann, Emily Nevala, Mike Norton, Colin O’Donnell, Whitney Perkins, Chase Phillips, Kyle Rookstool, Caleb Rose, Afshar Sanati Bob Sharp, Ashley Shelton, Michael Smoll, Alyessa Soden, Stewart Spencer, Geoffrey Storm, Natalie Van Pelt, Sam White, Jake Wofford, Chase Young Registered Student Organizations Chi Alpha First row, L to R: Geoff Hamby, Shannon Lopez, Devyn Grathwohl, Kelsey Smith, Kendon Underwood Second row: Lindsey Trahan, Sydney Smith, Elkin Javier Perez, Mack Clements Chinese Students Organization First row, L to R: Weiwei Wang, Sherrie Choong, Xi Ai, Chao Ding Second row: Lan Liang, Hua Pan, Xiangyu Liu, Wei Du, Feng Pan Eta Sigma Phi First row, L to R: V.L. Sam LaFoy, Sami Sutt on Moores, Chris Tart, Matt Naglak, Daniel Levine, Sheree Morgan, Sarah Griffis, Billy Quinn Second row: Justin Allison, Zachary B. Lewis, Andrew Avery, J. Seth Johnson, Brandon Hudson, Tristan Johnson, Alex Simpson Friends of India First row, L to R: Prafulla Kota, Anish Philip, Padmalata Second row: Anil, Sai Niranjan, Anirudh Ladha REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 243 1 44 ORGANIZATIONS 2009-201 Gamma Eta Sorority First row, Lto R: Keila Manjarres, Emily Lo, Jacqueline Torres, Ammie Bryan, Mayra Farias Second row: Mao Lee, Xong Lor, Jennifer Araujo, Adriana Martinez Indonesian Student Organization First row, Lto R: Ashra Vina. Kristina Palupi, SeLviana SeLviana, Suci Landon, Yohanna Gita Chandra, Nyoman Fitri Second row: Wawan Eko Yulianto, Mahrizal Mahrizal, Syekh M. Rivai, Usep Syaripudin, Erfan Lumban-Gaol International Student Organization First row, L to R: Yohanna Gita Chandra, Sarbjeet Makkar, Catalina Salas Duran, Ujvala Deepthi Gadde Second row: Geetha Kumar, Komal Singh Rasaputra. Nadezda Stepicheva, Komala Arsi Third row: Lei Dong, Jeong Yoom Lee, Youmasu Siewe Jr., Changji Lu.VivekA. Kuttappan Japanese Student Organization First row, L to R: Colin McNery. Nick Vera. Akifumi Nagano, Ray Salmon, Mizaho Kaneko. John D. Barnes Second row: Keisua Nakam. Tomomi Igarashi, Yuki Hatano, Clinton Rhodes. Sachi Kawase. Marie Shintani [SiSS? hsass- Registered Student Organizations NORML First row, L to R: Patrick Murphy, Evan Ray, Robert Pfountz Second row: Keeling Carter, Elizabeth Melton, Jacob Holloway, Jake Bums Poultry Science Club First row, L to R: Laura Frank, Kristen Byr ne, Mallory Eanes Second row: Julie Wilcox. Savannah Fiscus Phi Sigma Rho First row, L to R: Leighann Kuntz, Amy Boyster, Kelsie Costantini, Sarah Withem, Amanda Anderson Second row: Taylor Hayes, BreAnn Hutson, Amanda Kojsonk, Rosalee Resse, Maxine Phansiri Physics Society First row, L to R: Nathan Willems, Holly Jackson, Rachel Lee, Andrew Bobel, Robert Adams Second row: Clint Mash, Cameron Cook, Johnathan Conley, Zeke Lancaster, Adam Bartio REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 24b 246 ORGANIZATIONS 2009-2010 P.R.I.D.E. First row, L to R: Tyler Callich, Kanchana Gingsumrong, Marisa Grippo, Matthew Midgett and Max Gutierrez Second row: Brandon Weston, Forrest Tennant, Matthew McKnight, Adam Schneider, Jonathan Tannehill, Garth Moritz, Jane Kelly and Zach Larson Razorback Quidditch First row, L to R: Si Pinkston, Dakota Scrivener, Brittany Touchstone Second row: Sarah Guinn, Jennifer Newcome, Abby Graupner, Lindsey Smith, Kelsey Knewtson, Tori Haines, Marie Dai, Amanda O’Connor, Michael Lutz Third row: Alex Wilson, Audra Hopson Sankofa First row, L to R: Kabrina Amey, DeShon LaWayne Wilson, Mary Margaret Hui Second row: Oluwafemi Michael Taiwo, Trase Cunningham Registered Student Organizations The Higher Education Organization First row, L to R: Crystal Favors, Allison Black, Katie Austin Second row: Chase Stoudenmire, Trisha Blau, Michael McAllister, Allie Crouse Transporation and Logistics First row, L to R: Chantry Burch, Sabrina Wade, Yuki Hatano Second row: Adam Sanders, Samantha Francis The Arkansas Traveler First row, L to R: Jimmy Carter, Jaclyn Johnson, Taniah Tudor Second row: Kimber Wenzelberger, Bailey McBride, Lindsey Pruitt, Brian Washburn, Lana Hazel Turkish Student Organization First row, L to R: Server Apras, Fatma Ertem, Asvad Cabul-zada, Yasin Unlu Second row: Ridvan Gedik, Behlul Saka, Alp Ertem, Semsi Buyukasici REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IMAGE: MANDI HAVENS jm ' ———MMTaayyL Hi ry.v. i m m rri . ?;A. _ A • •. ’4-4 ' 41 tt££ %■ ■ %. • -i.; v 4 4 1 1 B f ‘aUe. 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' Z sggy 1§= i 250 GREEK LIFE ?xEK� :■ Megan Anthony, Katherine Atkins, Allison Barber, Peggy Bayer, Samantha Beggs, Alex Benson, Brianne Bert, Sonal Bhandari, Jessica Bichler, Aud ,c - Boswell, Christina Bracke, Brittany Brown, Kate Brown, Brooke Bruton, Alexandria Carlew, Courtney Carrington, Christen Carter, Lauren Cad l1 Ashlee Chadwick, Alexandra Cornwell, Juliana Curtis, Nicole Dawson, Danielle DePinto, Laura Dickerson, Brittani Dockery, Jamie Dunn, Ab 1 - Hoff, Anna Franceschi, Amber Ghormley, Jamie Gile, Family Gilliam, Katherine Goforth, Shannon Goforth, Sherri Gore, Sarah Graham, Rae Gra st Bailey Gray, Jessica Haas, Katie Hamblin, Shelby Haraway, Haley Hardage, Lauren Harrison, Kristin Heider, Brittany Hensley, Katie HesselB 1 Lindsay I lolloman, I leat her I lugen, Emily I lyink, Jessica Johnson, Ashley Jones, Robin Kanatzar, Emma Kessinger, Ashley Kiene, Alex Kilgo, 1 lan !lt Kimbrough, Kayla King, Elizabeth Klessig, Kayla Knight, Katie Langley, Jordan Lim, Katherine Lybyer, Elizabeth Manard, Leslie Marpe, lI ‘ McBride, Krist in McCafferty, Kaitlyn McCarty, Suzannah McCord, Jennifer McDowell, Alexandra Mielke, I lannah Moreland, Whitney Morrison, Musha, Emily Neuman,Jordan Nutt,Jenna Palmer, Karen Ramey, Alanna Rapp, Rachael Reagan, Theresa Rickert, Lauren Roberts, Ashley Rosen 1 Robyn Rosenberg, Megan Ruseoe, Christine Salmon, Kelly Schlais, Kaitlyn Sewell, Laura Sibley, Rebecca Simpson, Amanda Simpson, Alexandria Mallorie Sloan, Kylie Smithson, Christine St it h. Melodic Straughan, Michelle Sullivan, Blanche Sumner, Carmen Taymore, Michelle Terry, Saniaa Terry, Brittany Ihorn, Kelly Toner, Melissa Missy Ill mop, Laura lhuener, Hannah Turner, Sarah Twyman, Taylor Vaughan, Sarah Waddell, L 1 Warwick, Terrica Weatherford, Taylor Wellborn, Madeleine Williams, Kristi Winkelman, Amy Womb, Amy Zornes ALPHA DELTA P AZURE BLUE DIAMOND 1851 FIRST SORORITY WOODLAND VIOLET LION WHITE A D PI LEADERSHIP RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FIRST FINEST FOREVER ALPHIE SISTERHOOD RIGHT: Showing off her skills at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Annual Step Show, Abbey Eoff steps with other members of Alpha Delta Pi. The sorority participated in the show every year to help raise money for AKA’s charity. IMAGE: AMANDA WORM e 0r dan Paul Compton, Jack William Davis, William Blake Douglas, Colten W. Duke, Josh D. Durrance, Loyd Elbert Gibson, Brett D. Golden, William tln cy Gunnell, Payton Ray Harris, Daniel F. Holaday, James Tristan Hudson, Michael John Irvin, Jerrill Trent McCarley, James Fredrick Ragland, ° nt R. Reno, Samuel David Roberts, Christopher Keith Rodgers, Colby Walter Scorse, Zachary Mathis Smith, John Patrick Stewart, Nathaniel Larry u van, Colin Richard Wakefield, Jeremy Thomas Walcker, Tab Dowell Wildy LEFT: Enjoying a night of softball, members of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity pose for a quick picture. Softball was one of the fraternity s bonding events. GROWING GREEN LIFE SCIENCES TO MAKE BETTER MEN PINK ROSE SICKLE 1 904 AGR SCHOLARSHIP, LEADERSHIP, BROTHERHOOD AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HARVEST GOLD SHEAF NJ cn ALPHA GAMMA RHO Lpha delta pi alpha gamma rho 252 GREEK LIFE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SALMON PINK APPLE GREEN IVY FROG BUNNY MOUSE 1 976 AKA TEA ROSE A LEGACY OF SISTERHOOD AND SERVICE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION RIGHT: Dancing at the Homecoming Pep Rally, Kimberly Smith, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha grooves with her partner. Smith was crowned Homecoming Queen on Oct. 31, 2009. IMAGE: Sharnelle Allen, Maggie Bell, Latisha Black, Ranesha Critton, Shaina Foulks, Betty Ge Bronwyn Lane, Sarenthia McCleland, Jocelyn McDaniel, Jocelyn McDaniel, Kimberly S Molly Aasby, Erica Akel, Courtney Albrecht, Madison Alexander, Stephanie Alley, Janelle Amos, Mary Bennett, Keely Bernock, Trinity Billetter, Brenn Bowen, Catherine Breland, Lindsay Bridges, Kelsey Brown, Chelsey Bruner, Adrianne Burris, Becca Caldwell, Kate Christenbury, Emily Clevenger, Ashley Collins, Nicole C°Uins, Elaine Craw ford, Cathey Lee Dalton, Liz Dalton, Cara DeFord, Ellen Diebold, Taylor Dike, Alex Dooley, Cayla Douglas, Jessica Duffy, Rachel Duncan, Meg arney, Robin Edwards, Whitney Elkins, Ashley Enochs, Anna Fagan, Carly Farmer, Emily Fitzgerald, Megan Franklin, Stacy Gadeke, Sarah Gavin, Brianna Geels, 12 abeth Gehrki, Mary Gorter, Chrisitina Goudreau, Jessica Graham, Elizabeth Grant, Jessie Green, Nikki Griffin, Madelyn Griffith, Stephanie Griffith, Stephanie Rylee Grover, Cally Hart, Heather Hartley, Lauren Hartman, Lauren Haviland, Alyssa Henry, Amanda Higginbothom, Jenna Holzhauser, Cassie Horne, ln dsey Housley, Karrie Huber, Alyssa Hueber, Ashley Hutchins, Kristen Jeffery, Baileyjenkins, Jacquelyn Jenkins, Ashleyjohnson, Baileyjohnson, Holleyjohnson, 1Za beth Joseph, Bre Karnes, Laurel Keeping, Danae Kendrick, Kelli Kennelly, Maegan Kordsmeier, Audrey Landrith, Erin Larsen, Lauren Lavender, Brittany Law, Hcie Lewis, Rocky Lopez, Jessica Lynch, Caroline Mallory, Nikki Mansch, Leah Matthews, Emilee McDonald, Claire McKinney, Rachel Moomaw, Casey Moss, ea gan Murphy, Brittany Neuwoehner, Amy Newby, Samantha Nichols, April Ortiz, Tori Oxner, Aubrey Parks, Emily Pearson, Maggie Pearson, Brooke Perry, ai ge Pianalto, Kimy Pierson, Laura Poole, Shelby Potts, Saylor Prather, Mary Lou Pridgeon, Jill Prislovsky, Danielle Pugh, Haley Ray, Katie Richard, Brigitte °dgers, Katie Rogers, Crosby Rolle, Erin Royal, Amanda Sathre, Lauren Schafer, Allyson Schomaker, Allison Schrader, Brittany Scott, Margaret Shamburger, ets Y Shellabarger, Amy Short, Brittany Short, Julie Shows, Sarah Sopcak, Lindsey Spicher, Brooke Staten, Taylor Stevens, Rachel Stover, Staci Sullivan, Kelly . Va rtzbaugh, Kate Talley, Anna Tisdale, Carolyn Townsend, Alex Turchi, Jennifer Turner, Lisa Turner, Landry Underwood, Rachel Urben, Carly Wallace, Kendra a tts, Leigh Anne Whistle, Bethany Wildy, Hannah Williams, Amanda Wilson, Abbi Wood, Jessica Wood, Jennifer Yeager, Amy Yealy, Leah Young, Kathleen ani, LEFT: Rocking out, members of Alpha Omicron Pi dance at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Step Show. The sorority used drum sticks in their rock ‘ri roll themed performance. CARDINAL THE JACQUEMINOT ROSE JAN. 2, 1 897 RUBY ARTHRITIS RESEARCH AND AMERICAN JUVENILE ARTHRITIS ORGANIZATION ROSE PANDA v JMABE MANDA ALPHA KAAPA ALPHA ALPHA OMICRON PI 254 GREEK LIFE ALPHA PHI ALPHA BLACK AND OLD GOLD GEMS SPECIAL OLYMPICS YELLOW ROSE APR. 27, 1 975 SPHINX PAN-HELLENIC SERVICE KAPPA KAPPA CHAPTER APE BLACK AND GOLD SCHOLARSHIP BALL RIGHT: Showing their hand gestures, members of Alpha Phi Alpha pose for a quick picture at a social event. The fraternity was established at the UA Apr. 27, 1975. Antonio brown,Jonathan Bryant , KorderoSt.Cyr Ibrrey Eason, Byron Galloway, Michael Greene, Kalvin Henderson, Sony Jean Jacques, Phillip Lambey, Xavier Shod Neely, Vitesh Patel, Nehemiah Stephens, Thaddeus Thomas, Trey Thrower, Brandon Webber ' Vlex Aist, Laura Akin, Malori Akin, Amy Allen, Danika Anderson, Taryn Atchison, Olivia Austin, Emily Bachinskas, Morgan Baden, Colby Baker, Alex Baldwin, Lauren Ballard, Channing arker, Katherine Barnett, Kim Barringer, Alicia Barry, Erin Baskin, Caroline Beavers, Lauren Beserra, Morgan Bigler, Carly Brasher, Kelly Brenner, Hillary Bronstad, Rose Brorsen, Cymber r wder, Paige Brown, Katie Bullock, Katie Burch, Haley Burkert, Laura Taylor Burrow, Bekah Bush, Lauren Camp, Whitney Campbell, Courtney Cassidy, Maddie Chadwick, Jessie Clark, c y n Cleveland, Katherine Clifton, Cassie Cobb, Kelsey Cody, Mary Morgan Collins, Caroline Cook, Monica Cooper, Kelly Comer, Amanda Compean, Leah Conrad, Aerial Courdin, Am- Cr Lowger, Helen Cox, Lauren Cox, Sidney Cozby, Mallory Craig, Robyn Croom, Katie Crow, Susie Dagastino, Kate Daniel, Mallory Day, Lynde DeLung, Mary Dickinson, Kristina Distler, alley Dodge, Melissa Dougherty, Michelle Dougherty, Cassie Drake, Morgan Drake, Katie Duke, Sunni Dunn, Alyson Dunnaway, Amy Duvall, Meredith Duke, Lindsey Emerson, Sarah n uson, Kristin Exendine, Tate Feifar, Meredith Felts, Elizabeth Fiser, Kathryn Fiser, Madison Franke, Megan Freeman, Reed Fogleman, Muriel Forney, Rachel Fritsche, Alexa Fuller, Sarah I ,err ard, Madeline Gill, Rachel Gibbons, Sarah Gibson, Katherine Goode, Rebecca Greenway, Mollie Gregory, Juliana Griffin, Margaret Gude, Bethany Haefner, Lauren Hall, Heather Han- L - ’ Whitney Hansen, Claire Harter, Alson Harvey, Anne Marie I Listings, Roxi Hazelwood, Alex Henson, Jessica Henson, Macey Herring, I Iaven Hestir, Katie Hill, Kristen I fill, Deborah 1 lo, ra h Holland, Emily Hollingsworth, Katie Holloway, Mary Elizabeth Holmes, Courtnie Holt, Emily Hoolan, Alex Horne, Anna Horton, Heather Horton, Katie Howe, Kaitlyn Huddleston, a,re Humphrey, lory Hunton, Laura Hutton, Jordan Jackson, Nicole Jackson, Rachael Jackson, Haley Jacobs, Suzanne Jansen, Chandne Jawanda, Kelly Jensen, Kelsey Jeter, Jayme Job n- ° n ’ Megan Johnson , Charlee Jordan, Chelseajumper, Emily Keen, Courtney Kell, Mary Kate Kelly, Mary Kennedy, Ashley Kimberling, Hannah King, Jill Kinslow, Kimberly Koch, Grace ! Ueser � Caitlin Lamb, Kelly Lamb, Kelsey Lamb, Allison Lafargue, Caroline Lang, Hannah Lavy, Olivia Lensing, SaraCate Lewey, Lauren Lewis, Cary Beth Lipscomb, Ashley Lord, Whitney eh, Mary Mack, Lynzie Martin, Caroline Massey, Olivia Masters, Hannah Maxwell, Jordan McAdams, Katherine McCann, Lauren McCloy, Megan McCorkindale, Mary McCue, Holly c(, oe, Katy McGee, Kayla McKane, Allie McKee, Allison McMinn, Lauren McMullin, Morgan McNew, Sydney McVay, Claire Meadors, Maggie Meadors, Emily Medford, Kendall Meins, ar y Mendelsohn, Abbey Merry, Jordan Miller , Laura Miller, Kaylin Minihan, Morgan Minihan,Mary Catherine Moery, Kimberly Moffat, Logan Molock, Lindley Moore, Molly Morrill, p ,e Morgan, Becca Morgan, Jenny Morgan, Mary McCain Morris, Meredith Moser, Kim Murphy, Charlotte Muse, Emily Myers, Brittany Nash, Laura Nutt, Rachel Ora, Jillian Oyler, Ellen a, S() ns, Claire Patterson, Aubrey Pedigo, Natalie Peek, Abby Pendergrast, Nancy Dodd Pendergrast, Kate Pevehouse, Veronika Polskaya, Kimberly Powell, Corinne Pullen, Brooke Raney, ° Ss umyn Ratcliff, Katelyn Ratcliff, Alex Redlin, Lindsey Reed, Hannah Renner Jade Rice, Melissa Richardson, Cara Rochelle, Maddie Schaffer, Jessie Schroeder, Katie Schuett, Natalie ' ntz,Dani Shain, Dorothy Shepherd, Molly Shepherd, Olivia Sheppard, Mauri Shotts, Katelyn Simmons, Sara Simpson, Lesley Skinner, Lisa Skinner, Micah Slover, LauRon Smith, less Ur L Samantha Smith, Paige Sparks, Kelsey Sparks, Emily Spendio, Sarah Jane Spratlin, Katy Spurlock, Bailey Steelman, Sarah Stimson, Lauren Summerhill, Jessie Taegtmeyer, Barbara alman, Whitney ' lhibodeaux, Britta Thielemann, Paige Thompson, Katie Threlkeld, Kelsey Tucker, Sara Tucker, Sara Turner, Claire Ulmer, Mari Jordan Underwood, Mia Vaughn, Casey ' H t rs, Ashley Walls, Elizabeth Walton, Kathryn Ward, Kelsey Ward, Amanda Warneke, Anna Watkins, Erin Webb, Blair Wynne WestyOsborn, Whitney Weeks, Carly White, Kendall ' te � Paige Willey, Hannah Williams, Kaylin Williams, Caitlin Wolfe, Whitney Woloshyn, Brandi Woods, Heather Wright, Jordan Wright, Leah Wright, Madi Wright LEFT: Cheering for their fellow sisters, members of Chi Omega hold up the Greek letters in the sorority’s colors. Their colors were cardinal and straw. OWL SKULL AND CROSSBONES 1895 WHITE CARNATION LEADERSHIP CARDINAL AND STRAW MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION PANHELLENIC CHI-0 SISTERHOOD ANDA ' WORM ALPHA PHI ALPHA CHI OMEGA 255 256 GREEK LIFE DELTA DELTA DELTA SISTERHOOD SILVER GOLD AND BLUE 1913 PANSY DOLPHIN PEARLAND PINE TREE ST. JUDE’S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRI DELTA FORMAL RIGHT: Holding the Tri Delta’s symbol, member Evie Jordan shows off her skills at the Alpha Kappa Alpha step show. The show was an annual Homecoming event. IMAGE: JACKIFROS ' Alexandria Allen, Lauren Allen, Abby Alison, Hayley Anderson, Lacey Anderson, Kelsey Backus, Morgan Balmer, Emily Baum, Morgan Bibbs, Aexandra Bickell, k 1 ’ Blanchard, Jennifer Bliss, Jana Bolin, Ay Brady, Alison Brewer, Beth Brooks, Jessica Brown, Allison Broyles, Geri Burkett, Zoe Calkins, Cara Cameron, Megie Ca lU Cathrine Caplener, Janie Cardwell, Maggie Cardwell, Caitlyn Carlson, Josy Cash, Kristen Casillas, Brittany Cason, Kaitlin Castleberry, Kelsey Castleberry, Bro 1 Chaney, Lauren Chastain, Sarah Chilton, Blakely Cingolani, Cameron Coffey, Sara Coker, Ciara Cole, Emily Cole, Courtney Collins, Kali Copeland, Emily Corbin, K il,t Corley, Natalie Crawford, Julia Cullen, Holland Davis, Taylor Dean, Jaime Dickson, Aison Douglas, Brooke Dunn, Hillary Easley, Jordan Easley, Elisabeth EdmoH c ' Brooke English, Madison Farrish, Mary Farrish, Jill Feimster, Lauren Ferguson,Emily Field, Caitlyn Fitzgerald, Shane Forrest, Danielle Fowler, Mallory French, JackU Frost, Mallory Gannaway, Becca Garison, Caitlyn Garrett, Paige Geroy, Shea Gibbs, Hannah Glenn, Jillie Graham, Callie Grant, Lindsey Greeson, Morgan Hale, K s Haley, Hannah Hall, Ayssa Hammonds, Aexis Haralson, Paige Haralson, Annaleigh Harper, Katie Harris, Haley Harrison, Emilie Head, Caroline Heintzman, ' Hensley, Ashton Hern, Darrien Herning, Brittney Herren, Haley Herrington, Ashley Hilborn, Whitley Hill, Nicki Hogue, Emily Flolst, Hannah Holt, Victoria Holth {) Carly Horne, Cameron Housley, Jessica Huckabay, Carla Hugg, Carmen Hughes, Jessica Hyslop, Lauryn Imspon, Jana Inman, Julie Inman, Chelsi Isbell, KelseyJacks 0 ’ 1 Aex Jenner, Mallory Johnson, Ali Jordan, Mary Jordan, Sylvia Kaczor, Molly Keltner, Kara Kullander, Mary Kathrine Kullander, Alison Kyle, Erin Laumer, Sop 1 $ LeBlanc, Rachel Lee, Lindsay Little, Megan Lomax, Taylor Lovelace, Taylor Lovelady, Lindsey Lucas, Liwi Luttrell, Regan Mahl, Alison Mason, Brittany Maui ' Hannah Maxwell, Cassie May, Ashton McAlister, Sara McConnell, Alison McDaniel, Gillie McGhee, Anna McKewon Heather McNeely, Jenna McPherson, Mich°‘ McWhorter, Ashley Mena, Emily Middleton, lydia Milner, Julliane Moffett, Cathrine Moix, Taylor Mortimer, Whitney Murph, Megan Murphy, Savannah Neri, Victo 1 ll Neubert, Page Newberry, Kathleen Newell, Emily Newport, Nicole Nguyen, Kayla Nichols,Leah Nichols, Cat Nipper, Erin O’Brien, Meghan O’Brien, Mallory OJ 1 ’ 1 ’ Mallory O’Quinn, Emily Owen, Scottie Palculict, Kayla Palmer, Gina Paradiso, Elizabeth Parker, Lacy Parker, Emily Patey, Krista Patty, Shannon Petrus, Sarah Poll 01 ’ Chelsea Price, Rachel Ramsey, Ameilia Ray, Audrey Ray, Cathryn Reeves, Kasey Roberts, Laura Rodriguez, Natalie Rowe, Ashley Rowell, Katie Russell, Stacey Saath 0 Ashley Sanders, Jordan Schalk, Kate Seifert, Morgan Sherman, Lauren Shinall, Jennifer Short, Kelly Simpson, Kasey Skinner, Chelsea Smith, Sydney Smith, An 111 Elizabeth Snowden, Elizabeth Sorrell, Christina Sorrells, Lauren Sorrells, Brittney Sperber, Savannah Sperber, Caitlin Steiner, Ashley Stockland, Whitney Str 1 ' 1 ’ Abby Stuart, Amanda Summerford, Taylor Tackett, Candace Taylor, Tyler Taylor, Aexandra Tedford, Lizzy Terrell, Molly Thicksten, Emily Trolinger, Emile Turbev 1 Aana Turner, Samantha Turner, Amber Utnage,Emily Vasgaard, Sarah Veazey Liesel Wagner, Laura Wainwright, Carolyn Washburn, Kate Watkins, Chloe Wh c ' Anne White, Chelsea White, Lauren Wild, Emily Williams, Cathrine Willis, Kristi Witcher, Chelsea Wright, Melissa Yocum, Caroline Zeno, Gina Alley, Jerrica Chika, Angele ' Doyne, Jasmine Ervins, Noel Gulley, Jameka Jackson, Marsha James, Whitney Jones, Aterra Lowe, Clarice Montgomery, Avia Peters, Xenia Ragin, Farren Rippond, Loreal Robertson, Amber Williams, Shondolyn Sanders, LaKendra Spates, Lauren Wilson, Charesse Woods CRIMSON CREAM AFRICAN VIOLET 1913 ELEPHANT FORTITUDE SISTERHOOD DELTAS MARCH 24, 1 974 LAMBDA THETA CHAPTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DELTA SIGMA THETA ■HA DELTA DELTA DELTA SIGMA THETA 257 258 CREEK LIFE FARMHOUSE BUILDER OF MAN 1 954 GREEN GOLD 5t WHITE RED AND WHITE ROSES SICKLE SHEAF THE GENTLEMEN ON CAMPUS SOCIAL FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED AT UA OCT. 2, 1 945 RIGHT: Competing in the Ag. Olympics, Ryan Siebenmorgen prepares to shoot his bow and arrow. The event was held at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center Apr. 29, 2010. ■ W S r i )“ ELL — J � - ; ] « r: Chris Addison, Keith Beeson, Nathan Brown, Matt Finney, Louis Hamilton, Daniel Hollinger, Thomas Jackson, Daniel Keeton, Micheal May, A ‘ l1 Mead, Ty Richardson, Kevin Rorex, Chris Scarborough, Ryan Siebenmorgen, Hunter Smith, Sam Teague, Cody Tucker, Daniel Webb, Ross Wigi llt() Alexis Amburegy, Stephanie Anderson, Ivy Assiter, Emily Barnes, Savanna Barnett, Kasarah Barron, Kathryn Batey, Caroline Bedillion, Laura Binne, Margaret Blank, Kendall Blanzy, Amanda Bonner, Brittany Box, Shelby Boyett, Kalee Boyette, Jordain Brainard, Erin Brannan, Laura Brewer, Macey risben, Melanie Brockway, Cody Brookhouser, Ashley Brown, Samantha Brown, Tori Brunelli, Kacy Burdette, Sarah Burrow, Rebecca Cahill, Amy arr Courtney Chandler, Zoe Chick, Karmen Childers, Hannah Coffman, Chelsea Collazo, Allison Combs, Britney Cook, Vonnie Costello, Katyln 0x hrianna Cullen, Lauren Cunningham, Jennifer Daniel, Whitney Doolittle, Morgan East, Carly Edwards, Cathryn Eiser, Rachel Erwin, Briana Estrello, Alex Fedorchak, Shona Feistner, Katlyn Fetner, Claire Fiscus, Devon Fortner, Caitlyn Fry, Brittany Gatley, Laura Geilich, Shea Gibson, Mary Hiezentanner, Katie Gillespie, Sarah Glass, Rachel Golden, Katherine Goll, Amy Paige Gotcher, Jessica Goranson, Jamie Grant, Kaylan Hagan, Natalie Hampton, Lindsey Hansen, E mily Harbuck, Gabrielle Harlow, Laura Haydon, Kristen Hilliard, Jordan Hilton, Lindsay Hoggatt, Katie Holland, Mary- Lauren Hollis, Lindsey Holloway, Elizabeth Hopper, Amanda Huey, Melanie Hughes, Cari Hunter, Elizabeth Ives, Meg Jackson, Ashley Jancuska, Lauren Jenks, Julie Jewett, Robyn Jilg, Rebecca Jones, Abbie Jones, Brittany Jones, Evans Jones, Kacey Keefe, Kelsey Kelton, Devin Kennedy, Madeline Ke y Jordan King, Emily Kirkpatrick, Chelsea Kloiber, Jillian Knox, Taylor Krouse, Kristina Krug, Jennifer Kurtz, Samantha Kurtz, Juls LaRue, Lauren Leatherby, Brooke Lefler, Anna Leu, Shirley Lewallyn, Emily Lilly, Kelly Lockhart, Kelsey Lovewell, Amanda Lunsford, Kendall Madson, Madalene ajo r , Sherise Martin, Megan Marvin, Courtney Massengale, Leigh McAlister, Angie McClure, Kinberly Mcguire, Kathryn McIntyre, Megan McLoud, Hannah Miller, Meagan Moore, Jennifer Moss, Elizabeth Mouton, Courtney Murphy, Alanah Nardi, Paige Nelson, Lindsay Newby, Catherine Norman, 1 le gan Olson, Sara Elizabeth Osborn, Stephanie Patterson, Casie Petty, Chloe Piazza, Alyssa Pipho, Rae Plugge, Sarah Plumb, Chelsea Plummer, Clcki e Ponder, Jessica Pontrello, Lindsey Pruitt, Lisa Pruniski, Allison Raley, Alii Reber, Molly Reed, Tori Reeder, Colleen Regan, Dorene Reno, Sarah ‘gby, Dianne Riggs, Anne Rohr, Mary Beth Rohr, Caitlyn Rutledge, Carson Scheidler, Melissa Schube, Jessica Scott, Sarah Scott, Ashleigh Severson, Shirley, Hannah Smith, Katie Smith, Britt Smith, Megan Soetaert, Torie Soriano, Courtney Stark, Dacia Stieben, Sarah Stoiber, Richelle Strong, a en e Swanfeldt, Brittany Taddonio, Rachel Thomas, Lauren Thompson, Julia Thweatt, Deni Vanzant, Andrea Venable, Julianne Voor, Laura Wall, ls tin Watson, Olivia Webb, Lindsi Wiederhold, Kelsey Wiederhold, Taylor Wibourn, Alexandra Wilcox, Dakota Wilkin, Lacey Williams, Alexandra lianis, Katie Willis, Allison Wilson, Kelsey Wilson, Ashton Witt, Megan Wojcicki, Laura Wolf, Morgan Wood, Laura Woodward, Randa Wright, °byn Wright, Kristina York, Taylor Young LEFT: Smiling after winning the step show, members of Kappa Delta celebrate their victory. This was Kappa Deltas first win in the AKA Unity Step Show. WHITE ROSE DAGGER NAUTILUS SHELL 1 989 GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA ORTHOPEDIC AWARENESS KAYDEES OLIVE GREEN PEARL WHITE TEDDY BEAR GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA AMANDA WORM DELTA FARMHOUSE KAPPA DELTA 259 260 GREEK LIFE KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA IRIS GOLDEN KEY O FLEUR-DE-LIS 1 925 READING IS FUNDAMENTAL DARK BLUE LIGHT BLUE OWL ROSE MCGILL FOUNDATION READING IS FUNDAMENTAL KAPPA RIGHT: Proving their Kappa Kappa Gamma pride, members performed their steps at the AKA Step Show. Hie sorority competed against other Greek groups at the event. ftP f ftGE : AMANDA WORM SgAHMMflSN mm P 7 — mm k t 0 • ' ft m ■ - A J t .Jr ' ZkW ' 4 f w JBpT jUVERSITl Heba Abdelaal, Yasmeen Abdelaal. .Alex Adams. Grace Adams. Callie Aday. Courtney .Aldridge. Mary Katherine .Allen. Lauren Ashby. Mackenzie Bacot. Kelsey Amanda Banwarth, Kasey Barber. Sarah Barrow. Brea Bartholomew. Caroline Barton, Macey Baughman. Kalee Beason. Jenny Beck. Katie Beck. Caroline Benfl 1 Hannah Bethel. Mary Ashleigh Bierbaum, Jennie Bingaman. Meagan Binns. Salee Black. Laura Bloodworth, Elizabeth Bostwick. Lauren Boyles. Ruth Bradley, Nat ' Brandon. Molly Brasuell, Jordan Bray. Diana Clair Britton. Bailee Brosh. Brittany Brown. Mallory Brown. Delaney Broyles. Allee Buffalo, Brittney Burton. Rae Busby. Meredith Calhoun. Amy Callaway. .Allison Campbell. Shelby Campbell. Becca Carlson. Georgeanne Carpenter. Bailey Carroll. Elizabeth Chenoweth. Cb 11 Chesshir. Katie Clark. Lauren Clark. Whitney Clayton. .Andrea Coker. Kim Collom. Beth Cordia. Katie Costello. Meredith Counce. Nikki Courtney. Cat Cronkhite. J u Crouch. Natalie Culberson. Rachel Culp. Emily Culver. Audrey Davidson. Lisa Davidson. Kelly Dean. Anna Dellinger. Keelen Denniston. Samantha Denton, Mackei lZ Depperschmidt. Ashton Drake. Price Dubose. Sydney Dunn. Chelsea Dwyer. Emily Eggart. Mary Louise Etoch. Emily Evans, Jordan Ezell. Morgan Felts. Katie Fis Caroline Franco. Cecely Franco. Meredith Frieberg. Martha Fritz. Kathryn Gadberry. Simone Gafvert, Margot Gaston. Caitlin Gilbert. Chelsey Gilbreth. Brooke G Hannah Glover. Lindsey Godfrey. Rachel Goedkin. Julianne Graves. Amy Gray. Emily Anne Gray. Jana Gray. Paige Gray. Emily Halbert, Julie Hall. Brittany Hambnc Jordan Hanson. Martha Harbuck. Julie Hardiman. Rachael Harrison. .Alexis Hefner. Hannah Henson. Katie Hiegel. Hannah Higgins. Holly Hilburn. Emily Hol Hayley Holmgren. Anna Kate Holt. Miranda Horton. .Alex Hughes. Diana Jarek. Katie Jiles. Sigridjohannesen. Olivia Jordan. Rebecca Julian. Danielle Keener. Shan 111 ' Kellagher. Caroline Kent. Emily Kerksieck. Celeste Kinney. Claire Kitzmiller. Courtney Kleine. Atalie Knight, Elizabeth Knight, Hollin Koh. .Anna Kreider. Court ' 11 Kreul. Stephanie Lamb. Yasmin Langford. Jenna Lee. Elizabeth Leggett. Hanna Lewellen. Kelsy Litchenburg, Chelsey Lovell. Lauren Lucky, Michelle Lynch. Julia l)° Kamri Mack. Mallory Magie. Macy Malloy. Courtney Matthews. Lauren Marchewka. Alana McCafferty. Amanda McCafferty. Michelle McCoy. Jade Mehlhoff. Mo ' T Merriman. Lindy Milburn. Shelby Mohs. Lizzie Monnig, .Alexa Montez. Monica Montgomery. Bianca Montoya. Charli Moore. Anna Morrison. Kasi Moss. Paige Simone Mullinax. Jerra Nalley. Lauren Nehus, Morgan Newton. Lauren Nobles. Emily Noland. Eryn Norman. Faith Norwood. Julianne Nutt, Mallory Nutt, Hu ,ltl Ochsner, Paige O’Connor. Cara Orris. Kiley Patteson. Chelsea Penn. Danielle Pestel. Lauren Peterson. Hannah Petty. Sammie Pew. Quincy Plafcan. Morgan Pluu 1 Laura Poe. Michelle Pope. Laura Porter. Lorna Porter. Blake Posey. Tara Powell. Claire Purdy. Erica Purdy. Mallory Ramsey. Meredith Ramsey. .Alex Reddell. Joa 11 ' Reed. Annie Reyenga. Rachael Rickels. Avery Ricks. Pauline Ripley. Claudette Rodriguez. Caitlin Rogers. Lisa Roop. Emily Ross. Johanna Sawatski. Allie Sbarra. K Sbarra. Candace Scott. Elizabeth Selig. Ashley Shelton, Julie Sherrill. Brittany Smith. Grace Smith. Sadie C. Smith. Sadie E. Smith. .Alex Sorrell. Brooke South. Souto. Caroline Spencer. Whitney Spencer. Lynsey Stake. Leslie Stillwell. Ellen Storm. Susan Storm. Lauren Stough, Emily Strickland. Elizabeth Striegler. All ' 1 Tabor. Tori Tappan. Christin Tate. Madison Taylor. Kelly Teague. Lauren Tessaro. Keli Theiss. Sarah Thomson. Corrie Tucker. Lauren Uxa. Susan Van Ness, Nat ' 1 Van Pelt. Jenna Yolmer. Molly A on Behren. Sara Waddell. Lauren Waldrip. .Anna Ward. Erin Warden. Elizabeth Watkins. Johnna Watson. Abbie Weaver. Coud 11 ' Wharton. Brittany White. Laura Wiedemann, Leach Wilson. Lizzie Wolfe. Mary Grace Woodruff. Courtney Wooten. Mandy Wooten. Lauren Worsham. Jenna AM 1 Katev Zimmerman Anthony Adkins, Alex Alecusan, Charles Bailey, William Baker, Carlos Baldivieso, Geoff Barker, Jack Barnes, Blake Bearden, Evan Bentley, Logan e dau, Daniel Bingham, Blake Binns, Sam Boomer, Zachary Box, Shane Braden, Zachary Bradshaw, Adam Brown, Greg Buratowski, Thomas Byrd, J°hn Carlisle, Jared Carmichael, William Cashion, Nick Clark, Sam Clark, Zac Cole, Douglas Conner, David Cook, Stephen Cook, Jason Corral, John Cr °ss, Stephen Crosson, Matt Crowell, Matthew Cunningham, Charles Cunningham, Lee Curry, Joseph Damron, Corey Davenport, Bo Dillon. Jo- Se ph Ditommaso, Charles Dudley, Samuel Dunn, Alex Dyer, Scott Fleck, Daniel Ford, Jordan Frankenburger, Matthew Garrett, Josh Gentz, William Gilchrist, Richmond Giles, Kelly Glover, Timothy Goodhart, Justin Goodwin, Holden Graves, Corev Greer, Chad Hankins, Todd Hansen, Weston a maugh, Stanley Hardwick, Christopher Harlan, Josh Harpool, Stanley Hastings, Connor Hieger, Bradford Hoerth, Richard Holt, Chad Hood, John ottovy, Bradley Houston, Kasper Huber, Jeff Hughes, Taylor Ifland, Garrett Johannsen. Drew Johnson, Kevin Jones, Dylan Jones, Jake Kirby, David T Sht, Adam Koehler, David Koehler, Jacob Langston, Evan Lawrence, Ross Lawrence, Mark Lemaster, Michael Leonard, Austin Lewis, Cody Lorge, le phen Lorge, Arlie Manship, John Mason, Thomas Mayfield, Blake McKay, Philip McKelvy, Garrett Meier, Mason Miller, Zach Miller, David Mills, Wiam Moran, Weston Morrow, Nick Mote, Nathan Mulroy, Zane Muzaffar, Brian Oiler, Nicholas Pakis, Cliff Parson, John Pate, Austin Paul, William erc e, Joshua Poole, Tyler Prude, Matthew Prude, David Pugh, Jacob Riemenschneider, Jerrod Roberts, Kalem Rouse, Matthew Ruggeri, Joseph Rulli, ac h Rvburn, Eric Saulsbury, Greg Savage, Joel Schmidt, David Sharber, Tyler Smith, Eric Smith, Jackson Smith, Tyler Soo, Alex Spinks, Geoffry Storm, c hard Stowe, Reed Taylor, Michael Tedford, Jordan Thompson, Kurt Thompson, Nicklas Timberlake, Nicholas Tingquist, Andrew Toomer, Timo- y Llc er � Travis Underwood, Bradlee Underwood, William Van Patten, Michael Verser, Michael Wagner, Stanley Watson, Jake Welchans, William es tlake, J Bryan White, Kevin White, Brandon Wigfield, Charles Wilkinson, James Willbanks, Cole Wood, James Woods, Jacob Wray, Christopher n §ht, William Young, Ryan Youngblood, Michael Zangari LEFT: Swaying to the music, Sam Clark leads his fraternity brothers in a dance line. The step show was one of the biggest events during Homecoming week. FOUNDED AT UA 1 923 RECOLONIZED IN 2002 CHANCELLOR’S AWARD COMMUNITY SERVICE LARGEST LAMBDA CHI ALPHA CHAPTER IN THE NATION LAMBDA CHI ALPHA ■(APPA CAM M A LAMB DA CHI ALPHA 261 262 GREEK LIFE PH DELTA THETA ONE MAN IS NO MAN MORE THAN 1,700 INITIATED AMERICAN RED CROSS CASINO NIGHT WHITE CARNATION BROTHERHOOD SWORD AND SHIELD ARDENT AND AZURE RIGHT: Walking down the stairs, two members of Phi Delta Theta enjoy the homecoming yard decorations. Yard decorations was a Homecoming event that fraternities and sororities competed in. Seth Adams, Chase Barbe, Derek Benner. JD Binning, NickByars, Jeff Coffman, James Deibel, Joseph Glancv, Darren Goen, Hunter Goodwin, Ru Goss, Charles Hebbler, Nick Henry. Brian Henry, Michael Holliman, James Landfair, Kevin Liner, Taylor Lovell, Ihomas Maxwell, Tyler MekiniH 14 Carson Mcknight. Max Miller, Tyler Norman, Donnie Ovalle. Dylan Owen, Walker Page, Brandon Peterson. Garret Phelps, Collin Pitts, Zach Plan 1 1 Drew Robertson, Afshar Sanati, Steven Spaulding, Seth Strait, Brooks Taylor,Josh Weaver, Sam White, Zach Williamson. Jahon Zehtaban rew Barker, Joseph Beachner, Scott Bevel, Andrew Bonds, Chase Brantley, Justin Brown, Colin Calico, Nicholas Cannella, Alexander Cannon, Ic nard Carrizales, Brian Caviness, Weston Clegg, Hunter Collins, Zachary DeLoache, Riley Dickson, Michael Dodd, Carlo Dominguez, Ryan Ellis, c °b Forehand, James Fortune, Mark Fritsche, Alenander Gallegos, Joshua Gregory, Derek Groshek, Billy Groves, Matthew Harb, Benjamin Harp, . e Phen Harris, Christopher Hausen, Jacob Henn, Taylor Herren, Jackson Hineman, Taylor Holt, Dallas Houston, Nikolas Jalbert, David James, Joshua achim, Nikolas Kapetanakis, Garrett King, John Landrith, Garrett Lok, Matthew Loos, Matthew Maddox, Mitchell Mahan, Cory Marvel, Stephen tthews, Cameron McCauley, Cory McMullen, Sean Merriss, Michael Miller, Daniel Miskin, Robert Mooney, Austin Morehead, Clay Morris, John n 0sle y Colin O’Donnell, David Pace, Aaron Padilla, John Pardo, Donald Plant, Daniel Pointer, Andrew Price, Blake Ricci, Kenneth Richardson, Jacob ei hemann, Michael Roberts, Stuart Rucker, Adam Sanders, Andrew Sanders, Joseph Schilling, James Schulte, Andrew Scogin, Brett Selly IlVlA GE: AMANDA WORM LEFT: Stepping to the theme of Space Jam, Phi Gamma Delta participates in Homecoming activities. Phi Gamma Delta was paired with Pi Beta Phi for the events during the 2009 Homecoming. FOUNDED IN 1848 MORE TFIAN 1 30 CHAPTERS THE IMMORTAL FIJI SIX LEADERSHIP BROTHERHOOD ESTABLISHED AT UA IN 1 968 ISLANDER 2009 GREEK SING CHAMPIONS PHI GAMMA DELTA HI DELTA THETA PHI GAMMA DELTA 263 264 GREEK LIFE PHI IOTA ALPHA PH IOTA LION RED CARNATION GOLD, NAVY BLUE, RED WHITE “SEMPER PARATI SEMPER JUNCTI” ICLA DA SILVA FOUNDATION ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITALS RIGHT: Hanging out a social event, all of the members of the fraternity Phi Iota Alpha pose for a picture. The fraternity’s mission was to develop leaders and create innovative ways to unite the Latino community. Rafael Arciga, Frank Berlanga, Isaac Cortez, Daniel Diaz, Cesar Hurtado, Yamil Reyes, Luis Valerio, Dr. Sergio Roberto Villalobos l ' a uren Abshier, Lauren Ashlers, Kristen E. Ainsley, Calli Alford, Lauren Elizabeth Alford, Bre Alholm, Jennifer Elise Allen, Laura Allen, Suzanne Area, Becca Atkins, a chel Atterstrom, Blair Bailey, Sydney Baker, Cassie Ballew, Emily Barnes, Tracy Barnet, Lauren Bartholomes, Lydia Bartlett, Ashlee Bednar, Avery Beedy, Courtney Nickel, Maggie Alyce Biggs, Rebekah Biles, Brittany Bishop, Mattie Bookhout, Sarah Ann Bost, Jessica Boyd, Alison Bracy, Sarah Brady, Donna Brett, Kelly Bropher, Catherine N. Bruick, Meredith Bryant, Lauren Burkhalter, Leigh Campbell, Alex Canfield, Rebecca Carden, Staci Carpenter, Kindel Carson, Caroline Chandler, Lauren a Pman, Madeleine Chenot, McCall Chenot, Sarah Chewning, Katherine O. Cloud, Lacie Lee Coburn, Blair Cocanower, Brittany D. Cochrell, Caroline Cockerell, Chi D; a uren Coker, Caitlin Cooper, Rebecca Cooper, Shelby Copeland, Ahsley Corbin, Blakeley Cozby, Amy Crawley, Callie Cullum, Hannah Cuppett, Caroline Daly, Leah a niels, Chelsea Anne Danielson, Brittany A. Davidson, Allison Dean, Sarah Dickson, Stephanie Dobbins, Sydney Dobbins, Jerica Dry, Nikki Duncan, Rileigh, Duncan, ie § an Dunham, Kaleigh Ellis, Laura Faulkner, Rebekah Fess, Sarah Fess, Sarah Fiscus, Cooper Fisher, Emily Fitzgerald, Leah Fleischner, Sarah Fontenot, Karlie a de Frank, Bailey Elise Frazier, Jamie Fritts, Kendra Gahr, Ashley Gardener, Katherine Gass, Emily Gates, Lindsey Gentry, Rachel Gibson, Ashley Giles, Elizabeth e xandria Gooch, Kelsey Gray, Dallas Greenbury, Clair Groves, Erin Haggeman, Lindsey Hall, Susanna Hall, Elysia Hampel, Terra Hardcastle, Christina Harter, Liz dr ter, Annie-Elise Hawkins, Rachel Hawryluk, Kelsey Hawthorne, Megan Henry, Meredith Henry, Nina Henry, Emma Henson, Shelby Hickingbottom, Haley Hill, a hel Hill, Suzanne Hill, Amy K. Hilliard, Molly Hogue, Rebecca Holcombe, Sophie Hollenburg, Laura Hope, Rachel Hope, Lindsey Horton, Alex House, Brittany A. °vvell, Allison Hudgens, Elizabeth Hunt, Nadine Marie Hurban, Piper Hurban, Locke Isaacson, Jordan Isom, Haven Jaggers, Mikka Jaggers, Kelli Jo Johnson, Lainey hns °n, Audrey Johnston, Rachael Diane Johnston, Sarah Johnston, Alice Ann Jordan, Amelie Karam, Jordan Kaufman, Catherine Keeter, Paige E. Kellam, Jenna m, Ellery King, Whitney Kirkpatrick, Erika Kirsch, Katie Landis, Macy Laney, Caroline G. Larrick, Emma Lavy, Gabrille LeCompte, Emily Lee, Jessica Lind, K ' enbau °rgan Liesenfelt, Liz Longcrier, Brooks Looney, Emmy Lutz, Ali Mangrum, Stephanie L. Marhefka, Taylor Martin, Katy Martin-Beal, Helen Mashie, Paige Mason, 1Tlil y Maxwell, Kristen McCaslin, Caitlin McCay, Megan McClelland, Ann McFarran, Lauren McKinney, Amanda Rae McReynolds, Nancy Merayo, Megan Mercurio, ar °line Mertens, Molly Middlekauff, Elizabeth Milburn, Katie Miller, Robin Miller, Madeline Millstein, Amber Dawn Montgomery, Anna Moore, Olivia Morley, Anna ° rr is, Ashley Morris, Grace A. Morrison, Mary Grace Mullendore, Kristen Muller, Michaela Muller, Evan Murphy, Mallory A. Murphy, Brooke Overbey, Margaret d, kt Olivia Philhours, Kelsi Phillips, Madison Nicole Powell, Allison Pribble, Lindsey Price, Hillary Rambeau, Emily Rappold, Jordan Rhine, Erin Ridgeway, Maggie §8 a n, Kylie Roblyer, Elizabeth Anne Rogers, Olivia W. Root, Emalee Rose, Olivia Rottman, Emily Ruiz, Katherine E. Russell, Sarah Rutherford, Sarah Sabatino, aila Saulsbury, Haleigh Scallion, Abigail Scott, Arianna Scott, Hillary Scott, Sarah Scutt, Anna Seifert, Katie Sellers, Jamie Shackelford, Megan Shea, Sally Shiver, nna Simpson, Garrett Simpson, Kaitlin Sisemore, Erika Skipper, Alicia Small, Jessica Smith, Allison Spaulding, Ashley Spaulding, Margaret A. Stall, Margaret Claire Inward, Margaret Elizabeth Stone, Jenny Strong, Natasha Aubrey Sturdevant, Maral Diane Swindler, Katherine A. Tennant, Emily Tharp, Mallory Thomas, Leigh A. v ° m Pson, Kendra Underwood, Abigail M. Unruh, Lauren Urband, Kristen Valek, Elizabeth K. Vammen, Morgan Van Veckhoven, Anna Vazquez, Leigh Voiding, Kat a gner, Sierra Walker, Lee Waters, Ashley Watson, Gracie Webb, Hannah Weisbruch, Allie Welty, Blair Katelyn Wernick, Allison West, Molly Williams, Kristin Wilmes, n izer, Jenny Wolff, Aaryn Wooldridge, Ashley Michelle Woolverton, Katie Young, Merritt Young, Kristen Zachary, Elyse Zarr, Emily Zillmer, Abby Zimmerman ►A WORM LEFT: Waiting with anticipation, members of the Pi Beta Phi sorority anxiously await the outcome of the step show. The step show was an event held during Homecoming week. WINE SILVER BLUE WINE CARNATION ANGELS 1 909 ARROWS ANGELS LINKS TO LITERACY PI PHI CHILDREN’S LITERACY 2009 ORDER OF OMEGA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE PI BETA PHI PHI IOTA ALPHA PI BETA PHI 265 266 CREEKS PI KAPPA ALPHA FOUNDED 1 904 PIKE ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BURN UNIT LILY- OF-THE-VALLEY OAK TREE SHIELD AND DIAMOND WHITE HORSE GARNET AND OLD GOLD RIGHT: Performing at the annual Greek Step Show, members of Pi Kappa Alpha Showed off their talents. Many campus Fraternities and Sororities attended the Step Show. Eric Bennett. Andrew Bickel, Blake Blaylock, Joshua Blaylock. Adam Bohannon. Curt Bower, Stephen Bowles, William Boyce, Benjamin Boyd. Bruxvoort. Bryce Buffington, Corey Bull. Harrison Burt. Lee Camp. Michael Carpenter, Daniel Castellanos. Scott Cavlor, Blake Christy, Jerred CD 1 Bradley Cooper. Daniel Cooper. Matthew Cooper, David Cuddihee. Daniel Ellenlnirg. Tyler Evans. Cory Felty, Judd Finks, Mark FitzGibbon, J nlt Fleisher, Bannon Gallaher. Arshin Gamini. David Evan Garner. Kenneth George, Dillon Gibson. Glenn Goodrich, Bradley Graves, Jacob Griffith, von llaj Heydari, Andrew Tyler Halbrook. Frank Hall. Jacob Hanson. Nicholas Hasselwander. Andrew Hill. Jonathan Holiday, Thomas Jensen, Johnson. Brandon Kelly, Colton Knittig. Collin Kraft. Christopher Krittenbrink. Kevin Lammers, Clinton Linder, William Alexander Little, J 0 1 . 1 Lowegard, Thomas Lueken, Joseph Mackey, Maxfield Malone. Alexander Marshall. Kyle McDaniel, Jonathan Michlik, Alexander Mitchell, John C al Moore. Reed Moore. James Tyler Morin. Nolan Moyer. Christopher Murphy. Jacob Parry, Christopher Petrawski, Jay Piering, Collin Pike, Chris cairn, Peter Rain. Kylan Rakestraw. Kevin Rice, Scott Richards. Martin Richardson. David Roberts, Trent Roberts, Patrick Rodgers, Neema Salsabil u Marshall Alexander Saltzman. Walter Sears. Austin Sims. Jared Sherwood. Ethan Spiva, James Swann. Joshua Sykes, Dylan Tlirash-Thompson, W anYeckhoven. Matthew Wainwright. Benjamin Walters. Andrew Wasilewski. Jesse Webb. Tommie Garen White :ki, Ju Alexander Ainley, Robert Aitchison, John Alexander, Curtis Arnold, Eric Arthur, Geoffrey Aultz, Edward Bailey, Michael Bailey, Samuel Bailey, Aaron Hunter Banwarth, Nicholas Barker, John Barnett, Stephen Barnett, Matthew Barron, Barrett Barsamian, Chase Batson, Samuel Baxter, Blake ckwith, John Belew, Mitchell Bell, Alex Bennett, Cole Bezner, Jackson Blair, George Bloom, Tracy Borgognoni, Justin Bowen, Justin Boyde, Justin r own, William Burks, Jason Carter, William Carte r, Justin Casper, Bradley Caviness, Perry Caviness, Alexander Chavoya, Jared Chelstrom, Michael Clifford, Robert Cole, Jonathan Coleman, Edward Cooper, Scott Cooper, Andrew Coppola, Brian Crabtree, Robert Cress, George Cress, Kyle Cross¬ ed, Joshua Cummins, Casey Darr, John Davis, David Deaderick, John Deaderick, Walter Dickinson, Dustin Dingenthal, Stephen Douglas, David Uni L Thomas Edwards, Ben Eldridge, Maurice Elliott, Jack Euston, Benjamin Flowers, Garrett Frost, Carlos Gallegos, Colt Galloway, James Gammill, Nicholas Gardner, Bennett Gardner, John Gavin, Gregory Gibson, Adam Glasier, Alexander Goff, Michael Goins, Karl Goshen, Alex Greene, Tyler tiffin, Evan Grisham, Jimmie Guess, John Gunther, Ryan Hale, Frank Hall, Andrew Hall, Patrick Halligan, Tanner Hapeman, Christian Harrod, Joe Arrington, John Hibbs, Matthew Hiller, Blake Hirschman, Zachary Holley, Matthew Holman, Daniel Holmes, Jayme Holt, Dustin Hoover, Jesse Howe, an Humphries, Blake Jacks, Preston Johnston, Bryce Jones, Joey Keffler, Samuel Keffler, Carter King, Ryan King, Payton Kiser, Phillip Kosmitis, Lilian Lancaster, Findley-Scott Laws, Zachary Lewis, Aaron Lynchard, John Mabrey, Benjamin Mackey, John Mackris, Lambert Marshall, Clayton as °n, Daniel Massanelli, Taylor McBride, Spencer Miller, Jonathan Million, Madison Mooney, Matthew Moore, Marshall Moore, John Morrison, Paul | 0s ley, Michael Moss, Matthew Mozzoni, John Mullis, Eugene Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Tom Norsworthy, Jared Northcutt, Devin O ' Dea, Brian O’Dea, •lliam Ogg, Bradley O’Leary, David Page, John Parker, Darrington Parrish, Chandler Pearson, Joshua Pettus, Kent Pipho, Thomas Puckett, Michael l, ffer, Joseph Purnell, Ross Quinn, Kemer Quirk, Clayton Reese, Brian Rich, Stephen Richards, Patrick Rittelmeyer, Jay Robbins, Christopher Rodri- Brooks Rogers, Ben Rosenheck, Stephen Sanders, Brad Scott, Mitchell Scott, Patrick Selakovich, Charles Seller, Tucker Shaw, William Shepherd. ° Ss Skarda, Gregory Smith, Seth Smith, David Snowden, John Springer, William Steele, Robert Strong, Steven Swenholt, Graham Tally, Madison tl Ppan, Philip Tappan, Joshua Tennyson, Justin Ternes, Pete Testa, Jason Turner, Frank Udouj, Keegan Walhood, Jesse Walt, Eric Watford, Samuel dts °n, Nathan Weiler, Conner Weisbeckerv, Jackson Wheat, Robert Whipple, Russell White, James Woods, Bryce Woods, Grant Wynne LEFT: Attending a Chicago Bulls basketball game, members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon travel to Chicago to build brotherhood. Every year, campus fraternity members choose to travel across the US together. FOUNDED JULY 9,1 894 CHILDREN ' S MIRACLE NETWORK VIOLET ROYAL PURPLE AND OLD COLD LION PHOENIX FLEUR-DE-LIS CHILDREN ' S MIRACLE NETWORK SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON ■PPA ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON 267 SIGMA PHI EPSILON ACADEMICS, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP LARGEST FRATERNITY IN THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 1 4,000 MEMBERS FOUNDED IN 1 901 IN RICHMOND, VA. YOUTH AIDS RIGHT: Working at the Homecoming cook¬ off, members of Sigma Phi Epsilon show off their menu for the competition. The cook-off was one of many events held during Homecoming week. New YorK . Cinnamon ' ' ¥L Chase Actkinson, Robert Adams, Jordan Adkison, Charles Ajarrista, Joey Andrew, Chance Baughn, Eric Bishop, Austin Bonner, Dominic Box, Brueckner, Garrett Bunch, Colin Campbell, Nathan Cheffy, Jay Douglas, Thomas Ehlers, Thomas Fulbright, Benjamin Gooding, Patrick Hanley, J a Harvey, Mark Hill, Jacob Holloway, Robert Hooper, Blaine Hoyt, Aaron Huffman, Kyle Hunt, Scott Hyde, Robert Ivers, Douglas Jones, John Kalfe) tin William Kibler, Justin Mather, Gavin McCain, Garrett Metcalf, Adam Parham, Garrett Park, Robert Perdue,Trenton Rigdon, Jared Roberts, Wil ia Ryan, Paul Schuller, Logan Stover, Clinton Thurman, Cameron Umbarger, Jason West, Alexander Winston, Elliott Zinter tumn Allison, Meredith Araistrong, Morgan Bailey, Jenny Baker, Sarah Bass, Jordan Bearden, Mary Katherine Bentley, Katie Berghorn, Sarah Hzner, Lauren Bilheimer, Morgan Bingham, Kat Biondo, Hailey Blanchard, Erica Bolin, Lauren Bosch, Elizabeth Bradford, Andrea Brown, Courtney r °wn, Kaitlyn Bryant, Nikki Burch, Megan Burnett, Lauren Burwell, Courtney Caldwell, Alysia Campbell, Jill Carroll, McKinley Case, Amber Clark, C°iirtney Clark, Mackenzie Coats, Lauren Cook, Ashley Cooper, Emily Crossfield, Gabriella Cueller, Leah Cyphers, Haley Dearman, Emily Deaver, a nnah Dinsmore, Jordy Dixon, Jordan Donald, Amanda Dooly, Kate Douglass, Kaitlin Drennan, Britt Dunford, Rory Ellermeyer, PD Elliot, Brooke s Avery Ely, Lauren Evans, Brittany Feuerbacher, Kristen Finkberiner, Kelsey Foley, Valerie Franks, Anna Paige Frein, Lindsey Frizzell, Katherine e ntry, Sarah Giffin, Megan Gillihan, Kelli Golden, Mellisa Gramlich, Haley Green, Tyler Green, Lindsay Grisham, Eve Gruetzemacher, Whitney a nnon, Whitney Harper, Emily Harvey, Laura Harvey, Maggie Hediger, Paige Heller, Jenny Higgs, Kristen Hopkins, Kyle Hougland, Kristen Howell, chel Howell, Taylor Hryorchuk, Amanda Hunt, Megan Husling, Jill Inman, Paige James, Morgan Johnson, April Jones, Chelsea Killion, Jennifer King, ls ten King, Katherine Kinley, Lauren Koenigsman, Julia Korman, Alexandra Kosmitis, Abbi Kymer-Davis, Spencer Lamb, Veronica Lapetina, Molly e °pard, Allie Lewis, Kendall Linz, Cameron Lively, Hannah Lloyd, Rachel Ludeman, Taylor Luna, Alison Lyon, Lindsey Manning, Brittany Martin, °% Martin, Meredith Mathews, Shannon Matlock, Emily Mayfield, KaLeigh McDowell, Sara McKinney, Michaela McVoy, Trisha McWha, Megan ‘ e ador, Julia Meadows, Kristin Meesey, Jessa Mehlhoff, Kayla Meissner, Stephanie Michaelis, Avery Mileger, Ellery Mileger, Sydney Miller, Lauren ' Schell, Taylor Mitchell, Brittany Moline, Madelyn Moon, Anna-Marie Moore, Kelsey Morehead, Kristen Morris, Brooke Morrow, Sarah Mullis, ec a Nafziger, Madison Neaville, Kelsie Nelon, Natalie Norman, Pamela Perez, Dakota Peterman, Jennifer Peters, Rachel Petty, Tiffany Phelps, Tori °nlner, Kaci Pool, Erin Reynolds, Amy Robinson, Ashley Robinson, Ashley Rogers, Alie Romero, Paige Rosener, Alison Sampson, Grace Santi, Sophie lln dler, Jessica Scott, Jessi Sharp, Alex Sheppard, Laura Siegfried, Jessica Simmons, Hannah Smith, Rebecca Smithson, Kathryn Snyder, Chelsea ° r rels, Libby Stanley, Allison Stewart, Kyra Storm, Caroline Strickland, Jordan Sullivan, Lauren Jean Taylor, Lauren Taylor, Katy Thomas, Mallory l0 nipson, Jessica Titko, Julie Tran, Chelsev Verucchi, Maria Vescovo, April Walters, Meredith Warner, Rachel Webster, Kati Wessinger, Landrey Sarah White, Shelby Wilson, Alexandra Wise, Helen Wisner, Hannah Wood, Kristin Wood, Mallory Wood, Anna Young, Bailey Young, Alyssa tinnier plum cu NO LEFT: Performing at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Unity Step Show, a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority steps to the beat. The theme of the performance was Diva by Bevonce. TURQUOISE BLUE STEEL GRAY TEDDY % BEAR WHITE VIOLET FIVE-POINTED U ii CROWN STRAWBERRY ESTABLISHED rj ' AT UA 1 903 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EDUCATION ALPHA RIGHT: Cheering on their sorority, members of Zeta Tau Alpha show their pride by holding up signs adorned with their colors. The sorority’s colors were turquoise blue and IMAGE: AMANDA WOR steel gray. BELOW: Stepping to the SpaceJam theme, members of Phi Gamma Delta finish their act. At the event 17 teams represented the National Panhellenic Council and Inter-Fraternity Council chapters. IMAGE- AMANDA WORM RIGHT: Displaying their 100 years of Razorback Pride, the Delta Delta Delta sorority shows off their 1 lomecoming decorations, the Homecoming t heme was a Red and White Affair. FAR RIGHT: Dancing to beat, a mem ber of Kappa Sigma fraternity grooves to the music. The Alpha Kappa Alpha step show was in its 16 year of competition. LEFT: Celebrating their victory, members of the Kappa Delta sorority congratulate one another. Each team was coached by a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. BELOW: Singing at the step show, members of Sigma Chi Epsilon perform their act. The fraternity was the only group that sang during their performance. IMAGE: AMANDA WORM LOUDER ' I HAVENS ifMAGEi LEFT: Grilling at the Homecoming cook-off, members of FarmHouse prepare their food for the competition. The fourth annual cook-off was held in the Gardens on Oct. 27, 2009. FAR LEFT: Showing her Chi Omega pride, a member of the sorority cheers at the Homecoming Pep Rally. The Pep Rally was held in the Chi Omega Greek Theater Oct. 30, 2009. LEFT: Displaying their Homecoming decorations, the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority shows their artwork. The sorority was paired with Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma for I lomecoming. NJ CREEK CANDIDS 274 I PEOPLE James W. Abrahamson Senior, Information Systems, Arlington, Texas Bree Adams Senior, Broadcast Journalism, Berryville Kyle Bradley Adams Senior, Agricultural Business, Bentonville Lindsey Grace Adams Junior, Nursing, Dallas Robert Arthur Adams Sophomore, International Relations, St. Louis Robert D. Adams Freshman, Physics Ana Claudia Aguayo Senior, Journalism, Springdale Crystal Rose Ahrens Sophomore, Animal Science, Lamar Xi Ai Sophomore, Finance, China Mohammed Rajab AI Rajab Junior, Business, Saudi Arabia Gamil Mohammed Al-Amrani Graduate, Comparative Literature, Yemen Mohamed Al-Mannai Sophomore, Industrial Engineering, Bahrain Olfat T. Alaamri Graduate, Cell Molecular Biology, Saudi Arabia Daniel Eugene Allen Graduate, Geology, Abilene, Texas John Isaac Allen Sophomore, Ad PR, Russellville Wes Martin Allen Senior, Civil Engineering, Statesboro, Ga. Saad Abdullah Alotaibi Freshman, Health Science, Saudi Arabia Mitchell Harian Ammons Sophomore, Geology, Dallas Danika Anderson Sophomore, Ad PR, Colorado Springs, Colo. Daniel James Andreadis Freshman, Political Science, Springdale Arnold Nii Okanta Ankrah Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Ghana Chelsey Ann Arhens Senior, Animal Science, Lamar Chad Alan Arnold Freshman, Journalism Photography, Russellville Lacey D. Arrington Sophomore, Ad PR, Russellville Toyin Christie Aseeperi Graduate, Chemical Engineering, Nigeria Andrew Phillip Bagwell Junior, Anthropology Biology, Conway Curtis Bailey Graduate, Law, Hope Jessica Bailey Staff, Fayetteville Johanna Lea Baker Junior, Ad PR, Wheaton, Mo. Abdulaziz Mohsen Balhareth Junior, Health Science, Saudi Arabia Waiting for the whistle to blow, the bludgers prepare to go after the quaffle. Students adorned in Hurry Potter gear co m peted in the first Quid ditch Campus Cup in the Gardens. IMAGE: CHAD AllO ay! Maria Elizabeth Baltz Senior, Communication Disorders, Pocahontas Jonathan Christian Bame Senior, Political Science, Rogers Sanjeev K. Bangarwa Graduate, Crop, Soil Environmental Sciences, Haryana Marvell Orlando Banks Senior, Civil Engineering, West Memphis Amanda Banwarth Junior, Ad PR, Bentonville Edith Channing Barker Junior, Broadcast Journalism Political Science, Tulsa, Okla. Brandy Roxanne Barnes Junior, Anthropology, Fayetteville Savanna Kay Barnett Sophomore, Accounting, Plano, Texas Brea Delaney Bartholomew Junior, Ad PR, Prairie Grove Jeff Beard Senior, Civil Engineering, Ozark Grant Paul Bearfield Junior, Elementary Education, Bentonville Bry Wayne Beeson Senior, History, Bentonville Adrian Beirise Junior, Mechanical Engineering, Fayetteville Carly Berry Sophomore, Retail Marketing, Hot Springs Brianne Stewart Bert Junior, Apparel Studies, Lamed, Kan. Hannah Elizabeth Bethal Freshman, Spanish European Studies, Benton Delilah May Biggs Senior, Criminal Justice, Farmington Travis Stephen Black Senior, Civil Engineering, Hope Mark Joseph Blanco Sophomore, Industrial Engineering Apparel Studies, Tulsa, Okla. John Robert Bledsoe Senior, Civil Engineering, North Little Rock William McConnell Bobo Junior, Architecture, Memphis, Tenn. Meghann Rose Bobst Freshman, Pre-Nursing, Clinton Melanie Charisse Bolden Sophomore, Pre-Med Biology, Siloam Springs Eric Charles Boles Senior, Biological Engineering, Bentonville Coley Nichole Bolick Freshman, Poultry Science, Lenior, N.C. Bryan Adam Boone Senior, Finance, Memphis, Tenn. Sarah Ann Bost Junior, Childhood Education, Fayetteville Terrance L. Boyd Freshman, Accounting, Pine Bluff Bailey Melia Boyel Senior, Journalism, Sunnyvale, Texas Destiny M. Boykin Senior, Business, Little Rock PEOPLE | 277 278 I PEOPLE STORY: BOBBIE FOSTER IMAGE: GRACE GUD CRYSTAL CLEAR DR. VAN BRAHANA REVEALS HOW HE TAKES STUDENTS FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE CAMPGROUND Breathlessly apologizing for being two minutes late, Dr. Van Brahana opened his office door. “I was at the doctor, he said, and stepped inside, revealing an office filled with rocks and crystals scattered atop desks and in corners. The contents of his office spoke to his passion for geology, a passion that brought its share of excitement. The previous year, Brahana sustained an injury while exploring Jack’s Cave, which overlooked the Kings River in Madison County. The potential danger failed to dampen his avid interest in geology, and he continued to spread his enthusiasm among UA students. Hailing from Champaign, Ill., Brahana specialized in hydrogeology and taught courses in that field, as well as one concerned with environmental justice. He made the move to the UA because of the opportunities he anticipated in Arkansas. “I have always liked the Ozarks. I heard there was a teaching position open while working at Vanderbilt, he said. Uniqueness was a quality that Brahana tried to incorporate into his teaching methodology. Unlike the majority of college courses, his “Geology of National Parks” class involved camping trips that count for class credit. Each student earned his or her grade not only by attending lectures and taking exams, but also by gaining practical experience outdoors. One of Brahana’s class goals was to encourage his students to explore the world around them. “I want them to appreciate wild places and what is unique about them, he said. To this end, he led field trips to places like Hot Springs National Park, the Fort Smith National Historic Site and the Gulpha Gorge campgrounds. “I like the practical application of geology. If you understand geolog) it can help you buy a house. For example, the folks on the flood pk 1 1 keep buying new homes after the floods; geology would help them understand that problem. It can also help us mine things we don’t even think about everyday, like lead, geologists can find what we need and help to prevent a territ 1£ ecological impact by mining, Brahana said. Though one class could not hope to visit all 390 parks supervised W the National Park Service, over time his classes traveled to almost $ of those located in Arkansas. Float trips down the Buffalo River si Brahana’s favorite trips. No matter the locale, though, perhaps the rn° valuable part of the trip (geology aside) was the bond it fostered am° Ilj the group members. “I have been snowed on before, but I think they are all a g re opportunity to get to know my students, he said. His caring for students was evident, as was his dedication educating others. During conversation, it was not uncommon for h to pause and retrieve a rock in order to expound upon the abunda IlC of information it held. Brahana saw each moment as an opportune to encourage others to see the potential in the most basic elements 0 nature. DR. VAN BRAHANA: “I WANT THEM TO APPRECIATE WILD PLACES AND WHAT IS , UNIQUE ABOUT THEM. IwMB [■H ! ' B ttwi ftl w fl a ttMi WHMMj KiW ' r fflgfig yk k ' V ' tsMWHf fiS£$ aagg ata ■ + Presenting his crystal and rock collection, Dr. Van Brahana explains the unique class he teaches, the “Geology of Our National Parks class gave students the opportunity to experience the outdoors for class credit. DR. VAN BRAH PEOPLE Throwing bean hags, students participate in, the annual Kazorbash - CompanieVand organi zati ons g aye aivay freebies ttnd;prqni(Ttional items at the eyenU Divesh S. Brahmbhatt Senior, Mathematics, Little Rock Sky Brandon Junior, Chemical Engineering Biochemistry, West Fork Kristen Michelle Brannan Sophomore, History, Bentonville Molly Elizabeth Brasuell Sophomore, Pre-Professional Kinesiology, Benton Rebecca Marie Braun Sophmore, Early Childhood Education, Baton Rouge, La. Catherine Ann Ladd Breland Senior, Psychology Pre-Vet, Fayetteville Kanon DeShawn Brewer Senior, Business, North Little Rock Melanie Brockway Freshman, Dietetics, Dallas Cody Elyse Brookhouser Sophomore, Animal Science, Russellville Brittany E lizabeth Brown Senior, Marketing, Coppell, Texas Joseph Jordan Brown Senior, Chemical Engineering, Sheridan Samantha Michelle Brown Freshman, Interior Design, Little Rock Tom Brown Junior, African American Studies, Fayetteville Alex Cleveland Browning Senior, Physics, Tuckerman Tori Gabrielle Brunelli Sophomore, Journalism Political Science, Coppell, Texas Shuntu Alexis Bryant Junior, Gautier, Miss. John Oliver Buckley Graduate, Business Law, Fayetteville Jason W. Bugeja Senior, Drama, Ft. Smith Molly Bunch Senior, Biology, Lawrence, Kan. Ryan Matthew Bunch Junior, Biology, Springdale, M. DeShawn Burns Sophomore, Business Information Systems, Texarkana Laura Taylor Burrow Sophomore, Business, Little Rock Allen A. Busick Junior, Chemical Engineering, Pocahontas Kelly Marie Butterweck Freshman, Hospitality, Fayetteville Rob Justus Button Junior, Pre-Nursing, Greensboro, N.C. Jared Craig Bymaster Junior, Civil Engineering, Batesville Chelsea Evan Byrne Sophomore, Psychology, Dallas Morgan Alexandra Byttner Sophomore, International Relations Middle Eastern Studies. Palm Coast, Fla. Joshua Wayne Cagle Senior, Agribusiness Marketing Management, Redwater, Texas Alexis V. Caldera Sophomore, Interior Design, Springdale PEOPLE | 281 282 J PEOPLE Dangling her feet, a student rests in front of Old Main between classes. During good weather, students enjoyed the sun while on campus. mm ■ h CL ■ Joying a fall day OlcTNlain lawn, Matthe ' Sample, senior biology philosophy double majo r ’ reads a book. Sample accepted to attend th e abroad St ORY: ALLISON PERKINS IMAGE: STEPHEN IRONSIDE STUDYING ACROSS THE POND Matthew sample uses the opportunities that the ua provides St udents to reach for his future academic and research coals Su bounded by the chaos of midterms, restless classmates and a eav Y Workload, Matthew Sample, senior biology and philosophy rtla j° r ’ refuses to let these distractions deter him from completing n a Pplication to attend the University of Cambridge for a second time. ginally, Sample heard about the opportunity to study abroad the English university through Fulbright College during his °Phornore year. After applying through the Fulbright program being accepted, he spent his entire junior year living at Girton °Uege } Cambridge. t Was nice, because the U of A gives you that connection that herwise would be kind of tough, Sample said. “Like, you don’t just a letter to Cambridge saying ‘Hey, can I spend a year there?’ s the existing established connection that makes it possible.” After, • arriving in England, Sample was quickly immersed in a very er ent world from the one he was used to. cl mbridge is divided up into the university and then colleges, but . e c °heges are different than they are here, Sample said. “College a Place for you to sleep, eat, hang out with friends. Some social e Vej Th, % nts are there, but it’s totally independent of your education.” e a cademic system was new to him, as well. Sample said that Sses consisted of “very few lectures and “no assessment all year, cs depended solely on a series of exams at the end of the Was the most intense academic marathon that I’ve ever endured, Ple said. “But at the same time, it was nice to be able to relax the year.” One of the biggest differences between Cambridge and the UA that Sample noticed was the general attitude of students. “It’s a totally different feel for a university, Sample said. “The student body is composed of some of the smartest, most motivated people I’ve ever met. Most kids there are excited about what they’re doing and really get into it.” Academics aside, MATTH EW SAMPLE: Samp! ' felt that “ TH £ y QF A GlVES YOU thanks to that environment, he THAT CONNECTION THAT learned a lot about OTHERWISE WOULD BE himself during his KlND OF TOUCH.” time in Cambridge. “I went there as a scientist, came back as a philosopher of science, Sample said. “I view the world through an academic lens, so when my perspective totally changed, my daily life totally changed. I learned that even scientists need to step outside the framework of their field to think about what they’re doing on broader levels.” In October, Sample completed his application to return to Cambridge for graduate level studies, hoping that his experiences there would carry through to benefit his future career. “I plan on being a professor, teaching really cool crossover courses and also using my knowledge to foster a public and governmental understanding of science, Sample said. Studying at Cambridge seemed to be a wise first step in achieving these goals. MATTHEW SAMPLE I 285 286 I PEOPLE Vanessa Calderon Senior, Marketing Management, Springdale Charles Cyle Campbell Sophomore, Health Science, El Dorado Edward Matthew Candland Junior, Geology, Seligman, Mo. Danisha Rechell Cardwell Freshman, Engineering, West Memphis John A. Carlisle Junior, Biology, Mountain Home Kimberly Viah Carlson Graduate, History, Bentonville Michael D. Carlson Senior, Art, Bentonville Kacee Renee Carpenter Senior, Spanish Latin American Studies, Malvern Amy Lynne Carr Sophomore, Biochemistry Spanish, Port St. Lucie, Fla. Cristin Elizabeth Carroll Sophomore, Anthropology, Tahlequah, Okla. Maggie Elisabeth Carroll Senior, International Relations Anthropology, Little Rock Justin Kyle Carter Junior, Mechanical Engineering, Hot Springs Lauren Ashley Carter Senior, Political Science, Canada Brooke Chaney Junior, Chemistry, Cabot Emily Marieanne Chase Sophomore, Fine Arts Creative Writing, Tahlequah, Okla. Helen Macomber Chase Senior, English Spanish Psychology, Tahlequah, Okla. Matthew Emory Upton Chavez Junior, Economics, South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Tania Stephanie Chavez Freshman, Biology Pre-Med, Mexico Jiyi Chen Junior, International Business, Crossett Travis Alexander Chilton Junior, Music Economics, Dallas Byambasuren Chuluunbat Junior, International Relations, Mongolia Amber Michelle Clark Freshman, Pre-Nursing, Pine Bluff Megan Lisa Clark Junior, English Creative Writing, Cushman Kiera Clegg Junior, Kinesiology, Pine Bluff Jason Andrew Clem Senior, Architecture, Little Rock Stephen Dexter Clement Junior, Marketing, Little Rock Stanford H. Clinger Freshman, Recreation, Sanford, Fla. Amy Leanne Cofer Sophomore, Human Development Family Sciences, Searcy Britney Megan Cook Freshman, International Business, Plato, Mo. Brinkley Beecher Cook-Campbell Sophomore, Business Administration Economics. Mount Judea JEREMY STOUT Standing guard of the (Hardens, the Razorback remains in its dghtful place. I he Razorback was stolen in the falLoft 2008 . Nathan Curtis Cook Junior, Vocal Music Education, Springfield, Mo. Paxton Collier Cooksey Junior, Philosophy, Dallas Bradley Pierce Cooper Sophomore, Business, Kansas City, Kan. Matthew Loren Cope Junior, Geology, Justin, Texas Hunter Blake Corbell Senior, Kinesiology P-12, Foreman Siobhan llaoa Costello Sophomore, Finance, Rowlett, Texas Joshua Craig Junior, Industrial Engineering, El Dorado Claire Elizabeth D’Aubin English, Bentonville Nidhi Dahiya Graduate, India Brian A. Dale Junior, Kinesiology, Mount Pleasant, Texas Tyler Dallison Sophomore, Architecture, Bentonville Jennifer Lauren Daniel Senior, Communication Disorders, North Little Rock Angela Lee Davis Junior, Social Work, Detroit Barbie Dawn Davis Graduate, Counselor Education, Ft. Smith Stormy Amanda Davis Junior, Art, Euless, Texas PEOPLE I 287 288 I PEOPLE Playing music at tRe Flash Rave, students dance with glow sticks. Students filled the Arkansas Union for the impromptu rave- Fadi Deek Graduate, Electrical Engineering, Fayetteville Alfonso De La Guardia Junior, Management, Panama Jeremiah Morgan Dennis Senior, Finance, North Little Rock De’Andrea Devine Senior, Biochemistry, Sherwood, Va. Danny Diaz Senior, History, Lajoya, Texas Nirmall Dijkman Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Netherlands Holly Danielle Dilliplane Senior, Broadcast Journalism, Fayetteville Rachel M. Dimassimo Senior, History Political Science, Little Rock Thomas Dan Dolan Junior, Geology, Dallas Liang Dong Graduate, Business, China Geshe Thupten Dorjee Faculty, India Ashdon Nicole Downey Senior, Sociology, Fayetteville Bodie M. Drake Graduate, Environmental, Soil Water Science, East End Theodore Grant Duensing Junior, Mechanical Engineering, Little Rock Shawna Michelle Easter Junior, Spanish Art Education, Springfield, Mo. Paul Andrew Eddy Freshman, Accounting, Russellville Gene E. Eggman Senior, Marketing Management, Rogers Emily Lana Egoshi Freshman, Child Development, Hawaii Jacob David Ehrenreich Freshman, International Business, Colleyville, Texas Joel Lynn Eikenberry Senior, Art Education, Rogers Emillie Ruth Ellison Junior, English History, Forsyth, Mo. Diego S. Espinoza Senior, Biology, Venezuela Dominique S. Evans Junior, Agriculture Business, Pine Bluff Uri Isaac Farkas Senior, Mathematics, Bolivia Steven Micheal Farmer Social Work, Fayetteville Shona Rose Feistner Sophomore, Kinesiology, Springfield, Mo. Natalie J. Feldman Graduate, Counselor Education, Flarrison Carolina Ferreira Senior, Spanish, Bentonville Marcus C. Ferreira Sophomore, Landscape Architecture, Bentonville Katie Rae Fisher Senior, Nursing, Little Rock Kristie Michelle Flourney Freshman, Social Work, Farmington Courtney Paige Floyd Junior, Retail Marketing, Van Buren Daniel Joseph Forbes Freshman, Success, Russellville Devon Leigh Fortner Sophomore, Business Education, Marion Bobbie J. Foster Junior, Journalism Political Science, Lincoln Cecely Marie Franco Junior, Early Childhood Education, Springdale Jacki LeeAnn Frost Sophomore, Anthropology, Fort Smith Whitley Morgan Gage Sophomore, Kinesiology, Sulphur Rock Jason M. Gangluff Junior, Mechanical Engineering, Conway Steve M. Gann Graduate, Chemistry, Russellville Richard Jordan Gay Sophomore, Biology, Hot Springs Lorie Ann Gentry Senior, Animal Science, Ft. Smith Darby Gieringer Senior, Anthropology, Fayetteville Mary Allison Giezentanner Freshman, Marketing, Farmington Thomas Brett Gilbert Senior, Civil Engineering, Greenwood PEOPLE I 289 290 PEOPLE S TORY: ALLISON PERKINS IMAGE: CHAD ARNOLD MAD FOR MENTORING One woman invests passion and energy into the lives of teenagers T HROUCH THE GIFTED AND TALENTED SCHOLARS’ SUMMER ACADEMY For Out fri, s ome college students, summer is all about having fun: laying °n the beach, hitting the slopes and chilling at home with Ie nds. For others, it’s about earning money: working a summer babysitting as often as possible and mowing a few lawns. ° Wev er, for Estee Goss, senior English major, summer included ni °ying herself, making a few dollars and, more importantly, a king connections, building relationships, overcoming challenges n b constructing mini-marshmallow catapults. J ° Ss spent the last three summers working as a mentor at the lifted on Ini and Talented Scholars’ Summer Academy, held annually the UA campus. To Goss, serving as a mentor was no mere job. k S t 0a d, it represented a passion, a treat and a future career, absolutely love it,Goss said. “I even changed my career path for three-week program targeted eighth through 10th grade The U( Tents and had occurred every July since 2004. Goss worked as Mentor for her first two years and served as Co-Senior Mentor ear ’ a promotion that acknowledged her dedication to the § ra m and to the campers. The purpose of Summer Academy s to challenge the kids, to stimulate their minds, to teach them VN °rk with others and, of course, to provide them with some V Out a 0ss g J Uo crazy stuff like having to build the longest nose possible °b you know, a box of uncooked spaghetti and rubber bands, Sa id. “And they’re kids. They’re going to have fun no matter what they do. The kids aren’t the only ones that benefit from the camp, though. Goss formed relationships that endured past the end of July and throughout the months to come. “I had this one little girl who thought I was like, a genius of makeup or something just because I taught her how to use eyeshadow once,” Goss said. “So she would always keep asking me questions about makeup on Facebook throughout the rest of the year. It was great knowing that she could come to me and that I could mentor her.” ESTEE GOSS: “WE DO CRAZY THINGS LIKE HAVING TO BUILD THE LONGEST NOSE POSSIBLE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, A BOX OF UNCOOKED SPAGHETTI AND RUBBER BANDS.” were crying, other kids were being bullies and jerks and the mentors were just running out of steam,Goss said. “At the end of that day, I went to bed and my only thought was ‘I can’t wait to do that again tomorrow’ and I’ve never felt like that about anything.” Working at the camp demanded a great deal of hard work, but the prospect failed to faze Goss. “On the worst day of this camp [my] second year the toilets were flooding, kids ESTEE GOSS I 291 292 PEOPLE Emily Gilliam Sophomore, Recreation, Jefferson City, Mo. Phuong Gip Senior, Architecture, Little Rock Nicholas C. Glover Junior, Accounting, Little Rock Rachel Ann Golden Sophomore, Dietetics, Bartlesville, Okla. Mauricie Gonzalez Senior, Management, Gentry Benjamin C. Gooding Sophomore, Electrical Engineering, Leawood, Kan. Hillary Renae Gould Sophomore, Industrial Engineering, Jonesboro Sean Bailey Grant Sophomore, Psychology, Austin, Texas Trenton L. Green Junior, Finance Economics, Texarkana Lindsey Dean Greeson Sophomore, Journalism, Russellville Juliana Griffin Sophomore, Biology, Little Rock Jake Benjamin Griffith Junior, International Business, Memphis, Tenn. M. Grace Gude Junior, Anthropology French, Fayetteville Noel Treeane Gulley Junior, Nursing Health Science, Prescott Suci Lestari Gunawan Graduate, Political Science, Indonesia Deondra S. Gupton Senior, Criminal Justice, Little Rock Marisol Gutierrez Sophomore, Management, Bolivia Carlos A. Guzman Sophomore, Architecture, Little Rock Basim Ahmed Halawani Business Information Systems, Saudi Arabia Asadullah Ahmad Halim Senior, Marketing, Pakistan Elizabeth Anne Hall Freshman, Nursing, Broken Arrow, Okla. Louis Randall Hamilton Sophomore, Agricultural Business, White Hall Alex Hamlin Sophomore, Geology, Little Rock Heather Nichole Hanley Sophomore, Early Childhood Education, Tulsa, Okla. Jillian Sharon Hanon Sophomore, English Creative Writing, Oklahoma City Gabrielle M. Harlow Sophomore, Political Science, Prescott Bloom E. A. Harris Sophomore, Geology, Jamaica Brittney LaNiece Harris Senior, Biology, Wynne Susan Carol Harris Junior, Nursing, Salem Jake Evan Harvey Freshman, Springfield, Mo. Speaking before the Cr o vd, Chancellor G. a vid Gearhart welcomes § u est speaker Martin Luther in g III. King spoke at the yetteville Town Center on Jan -19, 2010. IMAGE: STEPHEN IPxONSIDE PEOPLE 293 294 I PEOPLE Amanda Ruth Havens Junior, Ad PR, Prosper, Texas Vesper Ty ler Haynes Junior, Crop Management, Jones, La. Harleah Jordan Haynie Junior, International Relations French, Prescott Casey Leigh Heffron Junior, Anthropology, Springdale Hannah Leah Hefner Freshman, Landscape Architecture, Fayetteville Katie Hesseltine Senior, Civil Engineering, Springdale Daniel Hamilton Hicks Junior, Geography, Fayetteville Sherri Nicole Higgins Freshman, Information Systems, Sherwood Gloria Denise Hill Nursing, Germantown, Idaho Robert B. Hill Junior, Civil Engineering, Queen City, Texas Whitley Erin Hill Freshman, Nursing, Magnolia Spencer William Hindmarsh Graduate, Law, Ft. Smith Brittany N. Hinds Freshman, Business, Conway Kelsy Lynn Hoffman Junior, French International Relations, St. Louis Catherine Holland Sophomore, Journalism, Mt. Pleasant, Texas William Dustin Holt Junior, History, Maumelle David Sean Hopkins Sophomore, Chemistry, Conway Kristen Leigh Hopkins Freshman, Business, Cabot Elizabeth M. Hopper Sophomore, Business, Little Rock Hunter Ray House Junior, Mathematics, West Memphis Hannah Howe Sophomore, JournalismA isual Design, Ft. Smith Tony Hoyt Junior, Biochemistry, Rogers Steven A. Hryniewicz Senior, History, Bryant Leah Michelle Humphrey Freshman, English, Siloam Springs Zena Faye Humphrey Freshman, Engineering, Forrest City Joseph Donavan Hunter Junior, Business Management, Neosho, Mo. Sarah Victoria Hunton Junior, Biology Pre-Med, Ft. Smith Cesar Hurtado Junior, Biology. Mexico Jeremy Brandon Hurtt Sophomore, Broadcast Journalism, Harrison William Whitfield Hyman Senior, Psychology, Marion Cheering on the Hogs at a football game, students show their school pride by wearing their cardinal red and white. In the 2009-10 football season, students had to trade in their voucher for a ticket to attend a game. Kara D. Iribarren Senior, International Relations, Prairie Grove Pamela Isbell Senior, Drama English, Rogers Pierce Boland Ivers Kinesiology Physical Therapy, Jessieville Kareem Emmanuel Jack Junior, Architecture, Trinidad Jameka R. Jackson Junior, Pre-Nursing Health Science, Little Rock Jordan E. Jackson Freshman, Biology, Mountain View Robert Thomas Jackson Senior, Landscape Architecture, Starkville, Miss. Ashley Jancuska Sophomore, Finance, Dallas Daniela Jankovska Freshman, Apparel Studies, Kriva Palanka Darius LaMont Jarrett Freshman, Engineering, Little Rock Jonathan U. Jelinek Junior, Computer Science Computer Engineering, Fayetteville Nirav S. Jhaveri Senior, Architecture, India Roxy Jien Sophomore, Early Childhood Education, Bolivia Caleb Houston Johnson Junior, Anthropology, Bentonville Christine Nichole Johnson Senior, Graphic Design, Kansas City, Mo. PEOPLE | 295 296 PEOPLE LEFT: Chopping the Lead of cabbage, Head hef Jason Henderson w °rks in the kitchen to Prepare for another busy da Y- Thousands of students eat in the dining halls each d ay. STORY: EMILY CHASE IMAGE: VERONICA PUCCI BROUGH ADDS A NEW INGREDIENT BROUGH ' S NEW HEAD CHEF BRINGS HIS OWN FLAVOR OF COOKING TO THE DINING HALL Tie cafeteria clamors with the clatter of dishes and the roar of c °nversations as students flood it during the daily lunch rush. The staff works feverishly to keep up, refilling food pans, cleaning up s Pills and making sandwiches and pasta to order. At the center of this hive of activity is Jason O’Neal Henderson, Brough Common’s Managing chef. Hurrying in and out of the kitchen, he helps his staff members as they rush to serve hungry students. 2009 marked Henderson’s first year as the managing chef at trough. Although he had worked th Chartwells for four years, he didn t start out at the top. “t 1 started out as an a.m. cook at Quad, and I honestly didn’t Vv ant any responsibility at the start, Anderson said. “But I grew to be rea Ily intensely motivated by the vision of our executive chef, Jack L rv in, who really wanted to change the way cafeterias look and L ' el and to create almost a kind of restaurant environment and to u Pdate the food served to more healthy, balanced choices. I really Uentified with that.” Henderson moved upward from position to position, and when IT e managing chef position opened up at Pomfret Dining Hall, he a Pplied for it. He worked there for one year, and in 2009, he moved to Brough Commons. though Henderson had tried out many different careers, deluding radio engineering, visual art, music and direct service to the developmental disabled, his love of cooking had been Lfe-long. “I did go to college, but my field was electronics engineering with specifics in radio engineering. I’ve always cooked though,he said. “As a child, my mother, who was a single parent, would have us cook as part of our chores. I always liked it, and it was always a part of my cultural experience.” As Henderson grew older, he found that food could serve as a way of learning about others and bringing people together. “I found that there was a great cultural relevance to what people eat. Food and eating are great bonding experiences and they help to open doors of communication, Henderson said. “Beyond that, as a young heavily-tattooed kid in the early 90s, it was easier to get a job behind the scenes, which was fine with me because it has always been something that I was passionate about.” That passion was something that Henderson employed daily in his new job at Brough Commons. With the added dynamics of different students and age groups, as well as a larger volume of people, Brough was a very different cafeteria to manage than Pomfret. However, with the added responsibility came more opportunities for Henderson to be creative with one of the things he loved the most. “Overall, my favorite aspect of working here is having the versatility to create and to try to develop interesting dishes and new foods that aren’t often served in cafeterias, and having the ability to update the existing platform of dining experience for students on campus,he said. “And I have so far to go, and so much I want to do. JASON HENDERSON: “I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A GREAT CULTURAL RELEVANCE TO WHAT PEOPLE EAT. JASON HENDERSON I 297 298 I PEOPLE Jessica A. Johnson Sophomore, Spanish, Amarillo, Texas Matt N. Johnson Senior, Health Science, Rogers John Paul Jones Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Bradley Kevin M. Jones Junior, Communication, Little Rock Ryan Jones Freshman, Broadcast Journalism, Dallas Vilija Judith Jozaitis Senior, Transportation and Logistics, Hickory Hills, III. Bolatbek A. Junussov Senior, Information Systems, Kazakhstan Steven Ernest Kaldowski Sophomore, Information Systems, Greenland Kristen Nicole Karnes Sophomore, Environmental, Soil Water Sciences, Atlanta Mirna Khairallah Graduate, Food Science, Lebanon Nastasya Vladimirovna Knyazhishcheva Graduate, Law, Russia Georgia Lackey Senior, French Ibelisse Valeria Lafuente Senior, Human Resource Management, Bolivia Benjamin Seth Lagrone Senior, History, Bryant Stephanie Michele Lamb Junior, Marketing, Texarkana, Texas Philip James Lambey Sophomore, Business Marketing, Fayetteville Jayston W.C. Landon Freshman, Technical Education, Noel, Mo. Kimberly Lane Freshman, English, Little Rock Alex C. Lanis Junior, Finance, Ada, Okla. Landon J. Larson Freshman, Pre-Nursing, Hot Springs Chuan Lau Graduate, Biological Engineering, Malaysia Jorell Dayne Laube Junior, Mechanical Engineering, College Station, Texas Justin Michael Laughlin Sophomore, Business Management, Fayetteville Jackie Kristine Lawrence Senior, English, Bethesda Thao Phuong Le Sophomore, Computer Engineering, Vietnam Rachel Lee Senior, Physics Chemical Engineering, Gentry Zac Lehr Senior, Journalism, Little Rock SaraCate Lewey Sophomore, Ad PR, Forrest City Casey Kail Lilley Junior, Drama, Dallardsville-Big Sandy Clint Thomas Linder Junior, Economics Marketing, Houston Protecting themselves from the zombies, the humans carry their Nerl guns. The humans versus 2 °mbies campus wide game tasted for one week. IMAGE: CHAD ARNOLD Ashley LaShawn Little Sophomore, Pre-Occupational Therapy, Marianna Emily Bowbie Lo Sophomore, Marketing, Lincoln Lorzone M. Lo Communications, Omaha, Neb. Madison Taylor Lockwood Sophomore, Sociology Psychology, Richmond, Va. Brandon Wayne Long Graduate, Law, Verdigris, Okla. Christopher Lance Look Senior, Art Photography, Denver Jose Lopez Graduate, Journalism, Fayetteville Cody J. Lorge Junior, Business, North Little Rock Katherine Helen Lorge Freshman. Business, North Little Rock Jermaine L. Love Sophomore, Physics, Garland, Texas Andrea N. Lovelady Senior, Art History, Springdale Aaron W. Lynchard Senior, Biology, Hot Springs Julia Gayle Lyon Sophomore, Industrial Engineering, Morrilton Ezra Ward Mable Junior, French, Marion Braylen DeShun Mack Senior, Small Business Management, North Little Rock PEOPLE I 299 Slicing peppers on a wooden cutting board, a student: participates in the Homecoming Cook- Off The Goof-Off was held ; in the UA Gardens. ' ■ L11 . o. LU _I Q_ o LU Q_ O o to PEOPLE | 301 302 | PEOPLE Kendall Renee Madson Sophomore, Animal Science, Rogers Lukas Danger Malone Junior, Nursing, Southlake, Texas Mohamad Hassan Mardanbigi Freshman, Springdale Anisha Martin Senior, Architecture, Mountain Home Rebecca J. Martin Senior, International Relations, San Antonio Jaselle E. Martino Senior, Journalism Drama,Trinidad and Tobago Courtney Jean Massengale Junior, Accounting, Valley Springs Donnie McDowell Mathis Junior, Public Administration, Searcy Jesse May Communication, Little Rock Michael May Senior, Biological Engineering, Jonesboro Bricia Tatiana Mayombo Senior, International Relations, Fayetteville Bailey E. McBride Junior, Journalism Anthropology, Tulsa, Okla. Angie Carol McClure Junior, Ad PR, Mayflower Gabriel Benjamin McCracken Junior, Health Science, Little Rock Tiffany Nicole McDaniel Freshman, Engineering, El Dorado Gillie Laura McGhee Junior, Education, Tulsa, Okla. Isiah Sean Mchellen Sophomore, Psychology, Jacksonville, Fla. Philip Andrew McKelvy Kinesiology, Russellville Megan Frances McLoud Sophomore, Ad PR, Siloam Springs Matthew G. McMullen Graduate, Mechanical Engineering, Fayetteville Ryan McSwain Junior, Architecture, Maumelle Lexi Meeker Sophomore, Childhood Education, Greenwood Angela Christine Mehner Senior, Chemical Engineering, Lake Jackson, Texas Timothy Paul Melcher Sophomore, Nursing, Elkins Morgan Leigh Meredith Junior, Broadcast Journalism, Hot Springs Marissa Chantelle Merritt Senior, Ad PR, Clarksville Missy Lynn Merritt Junior, Social Work, Fayetteville Jacob Andrew Miller Sophomore, Art, Rockford, III. Lucas David-Ray Mills Junior, Civil Engineering, Asbury, Mo. Vikash Kumar Mishra Freshman, Mechanical Engineering Physics, India Forrest Allen Mize Freshman, Business, Fayetteville Landon Cody Montgomery Junior, Fine Arts, Batesville Corey Scott Moody Sophomore, Kinesiology, Richardson, Texas Drema Celeste Moon Junior, Geology, Ft. Smith Elizabeth Anne Mouton Freshman, Carthage, Mo. Clayton Jay Mullis Fayetteville Carlos E. Munoz Sophomore, Finance, Rogers Brett Tyson Murdoch Junior, Biology, Russellville Timothy Murphy Senior, Psychology, Temecula, Calif. Azamat Murzabekov Graduate, Public Administration, Kazakhstan Bernadette Mwate Junior, Accounting, Zambia Ana Paola Navas Financial Management Investment, Bolivia Xavier Shad Neely Junior, Industrial Engineering, Little Rock Elizabeth Ryan Negron Sophomore, Restaurant Management and Hospitality, Ft. Worth. Texas Rachel Lynn Newberry Senior, English Spanish Latin American Studies, Flarrison IMAGE: DIVESH BRAHMBHATT hatting at the Ciarba ev tint, Saba Naseem and her Jr ' (i nd discuss the turn out () l the crowd. The event was Md in the Arkansas Union PEOPLE 303 S TORY: JORDAN GRUMMER IMAGE: MANDI HAVENS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON Stephanie schulte discovers what peoples ' perceptions of t he internet in different cultures around the world seems like everywhere one goes, the Internet follows. It’s ° n ones phone, in one’s car and probably in one’s social life. The Internet connects the whole world and makes life easier. Forget qL °ut calling for pizza delivery; just order it on the Internet! hat the Internet is, was not up for debate, but how people acr °ss the world perceive it has been a long-standing question. e phanie Schulte, UA assistant professor of Communications, ex plored how different cultures viewed the Internet, and how that perception could change government policy in her award- nning dissertation “State Technology to State of Being: The taking of the Internet in Global Popular Culture.” Schulte’s Search was not concerned with the more technical aspects of the kttiet, but rather how it had affected culture and individuals, “r lrri less interested in what the Internet actually is and ° r e interested in what people think it is,” said Schulte, won two national awards for best doctoral dissertation, art of the reason for her success was that no one had published w °rk discussing this unique view of the Internet before. ° st of the previous histories dealt with specific events and Portant people that influenced the formation of the Internet. dissertation is intellectually rigorous and innovative, said e Iani McAlister, professor at George Washington University, chaired the dissertation. “Schulte examines how we °Ught about the Internet, how we came to understand trough cultural texts and public policy debates and ° Vv those in turn shaped what the Web would become.” idea for her research came to Schulte while she was a flA Undergraduate studying abroad in Germany. She noticed I Germans used the Internet differently than Americans. Uerica, the Internet was embraced and seemed to fit the Ijaj. Ur al progression of things: first, we had the phone, then the television and now the Internet. It seemed organic, Schulte said. “In Germany, as well as Europe, it is about a choice, Schulte said. STEPHANIE SCHULTE! “I’M LESS INTERESTED IN WHAT THE INTERNET ACTUALLY IS AND MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT PEOPLE THINK IT IS.” on the subject. But that wasn’t the case when she got into the mid-90s. “It went from a dearth to a total overflow of information,” Schulte said. At times, the research involved in the project was daunting to Schulte. The bibliography was 50 pages long, and she said that she read over 200 books as part of the writing process. She said she wasn’t sure if she’d ever finish the project, but McAlister encouraged her, noting that everyone felt the sense that they would never be done during the process. “Writing a dissertation is long, exhausting and sometimes scary,” McAlister said. “The fact that I was so confident in this project, and in Dr. Schulte’s intellectual gifts, was useful at some crisis times.” Schulte had no problem keeping herself busy after finishing her dissertation. Along with teaching communications, she was working on four other projects in. On top of all that, she gave birth to her second child. With her husband’s help and an ever-increasing ability to multitask, Schulte somehow found time to squeeze an award-winning dissertation into her schedule. Her friends, family and coworkers felt that the award was well deserved. “I was so proud and happy for her, I nearly dropped over,” McAlister said. “They ask the question, ‘Do we want this which is foreign to us?’ She began her research in the 1980s, at which time Schulte said that not much had been written STEPHANIE SCHULTE 305 306 PEOPLE Amy Newby Sophomore, Mathematics, White Hall Josh Morris Newby Junior, English Sociology, Memphis, Tenn. Anna Newman Senior, Spanish Anthropology Latin American Studies, Fayetteville Kimle Thi Nguyen Senior, Journalism Marketing, Ft. Smith Paul V. Nguyen Senior, Physics, Ft. Smith Yen Hai Nguyen Journalism, Vietnam Gregory E. Nixon Senior, Accounting, McAlester, Okla. Joshua Eugene Noah Graduate, Cultural Anthropology, Mt. Airy, N.C. Karl Eagleton Northfell Computer Science, Chicago Mike Taylor Norton Freshmen, Poultry Science Food Science, Lincoln Jessica Chinwe Obilom Sophomore, Drama, Austin, Texas Paige Noel Oliver Senior, Accounting, Owasso, Okla. Megan Marie Olson Sophomore, Secondary Education, Dallas Yasmine Omari Senior, Marketing, Memphis, Tenn. Cynthia Osemenkhian Omhonria Graduate, Agricultural Economics, Nigeria Samantha Jane Ostia Senior, Chemical Engineering, Philippines Hua Pan Graduate, Electrical Engineering, China Junqi Pan Freshman, China Kalli C. Parette Sophomore, International Relations, China Solomon William Parker Senior, Civil Engineering, Medford, Ore. John Pug Pate Freshman, Biology, Little Rock Dalaura Annelte Patton Junior, Theatre, Little Rock Denise A. Peeples Freshman, Journalism, Fayetteville Jennifer Penate Junior, Broadcast Journalism, Rogers Abigail Leigh Pendergrast Sophomore, Interior Design, Memphis, Tenn. Chelsea Elizabeth Penn Sophomore, Political Science Pre-law, Jefferson City, Mo. Kathleen Penn Junior, Animal Science, Marion Rodolfo Alejandro Perez Junior, Biology, Simi Valley, Calif. Jessica Nichole Perkins Sophomore. Animal Science, Siloam Springs Christopher Charles Perry Senior, Criminal Justice Sociology, Marion IMAGE: NICK CARTER c j etc hi n g before t he th G SS e 8 ns members of u mba class loosen U P Pla ( r iimbs. The class took Ce in the HPER building. PEOPLE | 307 Heading to class, student stroll on the iconic seni° walk. Each year graduate names are etched on th 1 sidewalks throughou camptf Kai’ Mechel’le Perry Freshman, English Pre Law, Helena- West Helena Jennifer Foster Peters Sophomore, Business, Macon Thuy Dung Ngoc Pham Graduate, Educational Leadership, Vietnam Chase P. Phillips Junior, Economics, Ft. Smith Rachel E. Pierce Senior, Finance, New Orleans William Bradford Pillsbury Sophomore, Economics, Tyler, Texas Matthew Dalton Poe Senior, Architecture, Jonesboro Tori LeAnn Pohlner Freshman, Psychology, Fisher Jackie Ponder Senior, Communication, Dallas Jessica L. Pontrello Freshman, Pre-Nursing, Plano, Texas Katherine Irene Porfiris Senior, Interior Design, Little Rock Lee Peaslee Porter Junior, Landscape Architecture, Richardson, Texas Emily Sara Potts Sophomore, Art, Tulsa, Okla. Andy Powell Junior, Finance, Bryant . Madeline Rose Powers Sophomore, Social Work, Little Rock Meenakshi Prajapati Sophomore, Biology Art, Trinidad Lindsey Jordan Pruitt Junior, Ad PR, Ft. Smith Theodore Jake Putman Freshman, Physics, Fayetteville William Benjamin Putman Mechanical Engineering, Fayetteville Minghua Qiu Graduate, Civil Engineering, Siloam Springs Carol Rachal Faculty, Fayetteville Rakesh Rachamadugu Graduate, Poultry Science, India Komal Singh Rasaputra Graduate, Poultry Science, India Anum Rasheed Junior, Biology, Pine Bluff Jessamyn Virgina Ratcliff Freshman, International Business, El Dorado Allison Jenae Reber Sophomore, Marketing, Prairie Village Molly Frances Reed Sophomore, Creative Writing, Little Rock Jason Michael Reid Graduate, Art, Trinidad Helena C. Rescorl Junior, Psychology, Fayetteville Alexander Humberto Reyes Houser Senior, Art Education, Fayetteville PEOPLE | 309 310 I PEOPLE STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGE: JEBEDIAH WILLIAM A PASSION FOR PLAYWRITING ONE GRADUATE STUDENT FUSES COMMON GENRES TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY THEATRE As the theater lights dim, the stage is illuminated, bringing all eyes to focus on the front of the theatre. Soon a world far removed from Fayetteville, Ark. comes to life, one that could range from a zombie-ridden future to a saloon in the old West. The audience laughs and gasps at the appropriate moments as the characters make their way across the stage. However, there was one person who was much more interested in watching the audiences reactions than the show. Adam E. Douglas, graduate student in the drama department, already knew all the dialogue, the plot twists and the surprise ending because the words on the stage were his. He was the playwright. On Oct. 29 and 30 2009, his Western-themed play Midnight at Wolf Howl Saloon was staged by the UA Theatre. But for Douglas, this play was not his first rodeo. “I grew up in a town where there was a wealth of theater. With the lack of a father figure, instead of baseball, my Mom took me around to auditions and plays, Douglas said. “I did theatre and I have done it all my life. He explained that he realized he could not act, and as a fan of reading, he naturally turned to writing. After an unsuccessful stint in the creative writing program, Douglas turned to playwriting because he felt that the theatre he had seen was lacking a personal feel. “I try to write as entertaining as possible. Theatre has to evolve, Douglas said. “If I can’t push it forward, I want to keep it afloat. A few of his shorter plays had already been produced by the UA Theatre, and one had won a national award and went on to be staged again in Texas. Last summer, his zombie-themed romantic comedy, or zomromcom, How to Survive the End of the World, was produced as a part of the UA Theater’s summer session. “I like to play with genres, Douglas said. “I’m playing to the gei lfl crowd and to the theatre crowd.” The play staged in October, Midnight at Wolf Howl Saloon, brougl to life the old West with “drinking, dancing, guns and a danged The play incorporated both the conventions of the genre and also tW reality of the West in American history. Douglas wanted to utilize $ romantic details of ADAM E. DOUGLAS: THEATRE IS A DYING BEAST...BUT I’M HOPEFUL. l’M A YOUNG MAN AND,] BELIEVE IN IT. sheriffs and bandits, without forgetting the actual events that shaped the West. “I was never a big fan of Westerns. They felt unapproachable and dated, but then I -lid- had a chance encounter with the book Lonesome Dove, Douglas “It is the one of the best character dramas in novels and it spoke to I was turned on to the genre and I wanted to experiment with it.” In his Western, characters dealt with the themes like father relationships and the value of keeping secrets, all issues that c resonate with a modern audience. piyd Douglas worried about the future of theatre and what he percei as a lack of young people involved with it. “Theatre is a dying bea ' but I’m hopeful. I’m a young man and I believe in it,” Douglas said. He planned on getting people into seats with his playwritiHr which he plays with the conventions to tap into the deeper meani 1 sail “Theatre is about humanity; I think we can all relate to that, he “When theatre is done right, it is better than anything else.” for the Douglas eep theatre day was l 4y.fi |||Pm f ♦ m h k 1 Kf|l 312 1 PEOPLE Sending an e-mail, a student uses the free Wi-Fi on campus. The Arkansas Union was one hot spot on campus where Wi-Fi was available. IMAGE: NICK CARTER Christopher Trenton Rhodes Junior, Music, Tulsa, Okla. Sally K. Richmond Senior, Interior Design, Tulsa, Okla. Trent Scott Rigdon Sophomore, Political Science, Cabot Manuel Salvador Rivera Espinoza Graduate, History, Chile Adam Call Roberts Senior, Journalism, Farmington, Utah Samuel D. Roberts Sophomore, International Relations, Jonesboro Stephanie Therese Roberts Sophomore, French, Big Sandy, Texas Loreal Robertson Junior, Broadcast Journalism, Chicago Jennifer Lynn Robinson Senior, Communication, Fayetteville Sonya L. Robinson Junior, Child Development, Booneville, Miss. Porshia L. Roby Freshman, Accounting, Sherwood Lehabim Garcia Rodriguez Senior, History, Stockton, Calif. Clark William Rogers Sophomore, Agricultural Business, Harrison Michelle Ann Roller Senior, Journalism African American Studies, Fayetteville Mitchell Rollins Junior, Apparel Studies, Forrest City Forrest Walker Roth Sophomore, History, Rogers Matthew Paul Rowe Senior, Animal Science, Granby, Mo. KayTrisha LaSha Ruiz Senior, Journalism, Little Rock Casey Leigh Russell Senior, Communication, Jacksonville William Meredith Ryan Freshman, Biological Engineering, Jonesboro Allan Kenneth Saavedra Junior, Civil Engineering, Miami Ray T. Salmon Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Tahlequah, Okla. Matthew Stirling Sample Senior, Philosophy Biology, Siloam Springs Dustin M. Sandage Freshman, Electrical Engineering, Donaldson Elizabeth Ruth Sanders Senior, Chemical Engineering, Mena Stacie Marie Sandmann Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Howe, Texas Shashank Satyawakta Senior, Mechanical Engineering, India Johanna Noel Sawatski Senior, Spanish Communication, Little Rock Elizabeth Erin Scarbrough Senior, Biology, Howe, Texas Suzanne Elise Schenewerk Sophomore, Economics, Bixby, Okla. Mallory Paige Scheurer Sophomore, Pre-Nursing, Stilwell, Okla. Austin Doyle Schilling Junior, Finance Marketing, Carl Junction, Mo. Lauren Elizabeth Schook Senior, Biology, Van Buren Michael Alec Schwartz Senior, English-Creative Writing Communication, San Antonio Conner L. Scogin Senior, International Business, Fayetteville Justin Cole Selsor Anthropology, Neosho, Mo. Armata Bo Senesomxay Senior, Communication, Van Buren Brandon Shaddox Junior, Anthropology, Bella Vista Megha V. Sharma Graduate, Cell Molecular Biology, India Krystle Janette Sherrell Freshman, Broadcast Journalism, Maumelle Clint Michael Shoemake Freshman, International Relations, Bartlesville, Okla. Cache’t Arielle M’lai Shorter Junior, Early Childhood Education, Pine Bluff Stephen T. Sichmeller Junior, Civil Engineering, Conway Laura Judith Siegfried Sophomore, Political Science, Jacksonville Jesse Simon Sophomore, Biology, Woodlawn PEOPLE | 313 CaHing the Hogs, students participate in tne- cheer during Homecoming week. IJie mass calling of the Hogs Was hreld in front of the Delta dfel a Delta I.J- ' • ' 316 1 PEOPLE STORY: MEGAN CLARK IMAGE: MANDI HAVENS BACK TO THE BASICS DR. WATKINS STEPPED DOWN AS JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT CHAIR TO FOCUS ON TEACHING AND RESEARCH Down in the basement of Kimpel, the journalism department was tucked away within the white concrete blocks. The halls were often quiet except for the exuberant chatter of the broadcasting students working on UATV or the discussion of a class in the computer lab. Going inside the Kimpel 116, the journalism chair’s office breaks from the monotony with its eclectic mix of artwork and books. Paintings small and large, includingayellowsun coupled with a blue moon, were scattered along the room with photographs pinned up between them. A large statue called “Dreadlocks for White Girls” stood behind the couch, overlooking the papers on the desk and the glass award for excellence given to the chair by her husband. Dr. Patsy Watkins, who injected energy and personality into this office, had been at the UA for 26 years, and served as the department of journalism chair for 18 years. After nearly two decades, she was stepping down as department chair but not leaving the campus. Although Watkins decided to pass on the department chair to another, this did not mean she was retiring for good. “I want to get back to teaching and my research, she said. “It’s hard to get that done in this position.” Her area of interest was in visual communication and more specifically, photography, as seen in documentaries and in war. She was looking into the beginning of the Iraqi war and how it was presented in the U.S. papers to the American people. Although there was a sense that the media was not supportive of the conflict, Watkins pointed out that some of the photos showed a strong positive message. Also, Watkins planned on focusing on historical photographs from the Depression in Arkansas, especially in Newton and Boone County. She compared their photos to those taken by the Farm Security Administration As regards her desire to get back into teaching, in the fall of 2010, planned to teach Media Ethics, a course that she had developed herself In the springof 2011, she would teach Magazine Editingand Production “I am into literary journalism and visual desig n publishing a long with visual literacy, she said. “I 1°° at how information is presented not just the content She was excited to get back to just being a researching professor at the UA. “There is a lot of immediacy in this job [as chair]. It is very detailed with lots of paperwork. Administrative stuff. I have been honored to be in it so long, but 1 al “ ready to get back to researching.” rrtjg She was not ready to leave the UA just yet. 1 reason why she chose to work at the UA in the f rst place was the same reason why she chose to rem ain “It gives the faculty a lot of autonomy. Get a ch nCe For to be creative and work with creative people, students and faculty it is enervating and fun, she s For her, the UA nurtured creative curiosity that could be channel into something that has meaning. So instead of making out schedules and conversing with the Dean on a daily basis, Dr. Watkh 1 was ‘retiring’ to the basics: teaching and researching and not leaving the UA any time soon. DR. PATSY WATKINS “I WANT TO GET BACK TO TEACHING AND MY RESEARCH. ITS HARD TO GET THAT DONE IN THIS POSITION- , JL1 Taking a step back fromjvork, Dr. Patsy ' Watkms efl e c t s am her time as journalism department chair. Watkins mi btf TW Editingand Production in 318 | PEOPLE Amanda Nicole Simpson Senior, Agriculture Business, Cave Springs Lee Alexander Simpson Senior, Classical Studies, Jonesboro There sa Gayle Sims Senior, History, Farmington Evan David Sitzes Junior, International Business, Hope Gary Charles Sloan Senior, Anchorage, Ala. James Vincent Sloan Senior, Physics Biology, Anchorage, Ala Mallorie Ann Sloan Senior, Biochemistry, Joplin, Mo. Cha’koya N. Smith Freshman, Biology Pre-Allied Health, Little Rock Eric R. Smith Freshmen, Architecture, Little Rock Juliet Alice Sandel Smith Junior, Environmental, Soil Water Sciences, Bentonville Katie M. Smith Senior, Psychology, Fayetteville Mandy Smith Psychology, Charlotte, N.C. Sarah Lynn Smith Junior, Environmental, Soil Water Sciences, Claremore, Okla. Joshua Caleb Snow Senior, Agriculture Business Marketing Management, West Memphis Kathryn Suzanne Snyder Freshman, Business, Germantown, Tenn. Kerrie E. Snyder Freshman, Communication Disorders, Conway Brandon Forrest Spicher Senior, Communication Political Science, Hot Springs Casey Eileen Sponsler Freshman, Pre-Nursing, Fort Worth, Texas Keerthi Srinivas Graduate, Chemical Engineering, India Emily Elaine Starr Senior, Nursing, Tulsa, Okla. Nehemiah Stephens Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Forrest City Aaron James Steuart Senior, Chemical Engineering, White Hall Taler Renae Stokes Senior, Marketing, Bentonville Joelle Storet Senior, Anthropology, Belgium Geoffrey W. Storm Junior, English Political Science, Tulsa, Okla. Jeremy C. Stout Senior, Chemical Engineering, Batesville Sky Barett Stover Sophomore, Criminal Justice, Texarkana Maggie Elizabeth Strain Senior, Cultural Anthropology Biology, Rose Bud Melodie Straughan Senior, Earth Science, Little Rock Van Jamel Stumon Senior, Child Development, North Little Rock GE: MAGGIE CARROLL Dancing with fire, entertainers bring fire breathing and dancing to the UA. The event took place in the Chi Omega Greek Theater. 3i0 | PEOPLE a mattress as a student takes another trip down the hill. Students flocked to many hills on campus to enjoy the snow. GE: GRACE GUDE ' Tanner David Sutton Junior, Architecture, Fremont, Calif. Caitlyn Elizabeth Swain Freshman, Anthropology, Russellville Usep Syaripudin Graduate, Educational Leadership, Indonesia Oluwafemi Michael Taiwo Graduate, Chemical Engineering, Lagos Aaron Yung Chieh Tan Freshman, Drama, Little Rock Binh T. Tan Graduate, Electrical Engineering, Vietnam Rosalyn Taylor Junior, Ad PR African American Studies, Hot Springs Teresa A. Taylor-Williamson Staff, Fayetteville Danilo Tchoupe Junior, Landscaping Horticulture, Cameroon Mercedes Beatriz Tejera Senior, Spanish Latin American Studies , Venezuela Barbara Ann Thalman Sophomore, Communications, Spring, Texas Andrew Weber Theisen Junior, Business, Kalamazoo, Mich. Andrew Will Thompson Senior, History, Bryant Missy Starlene Throop Freshman, Small Business Entrepreneurship, Bentonville Lizzie Ann Thurman Senior, Accounting, Arlington, Texas Brandon Jon-Michael Tierney Freshman, Business, Arlington, Texas Anna Kathryn Tinkle Senior, Agricultural Business Management Marketing, Mountain View Rashmi S. Tiwari Graduate, Crop, Soil Environmental Sciences, Nepal Abel N. Tomlinson Graduate, Political Science, Mountainburg Andrew Corban Treece Senior, Transportation Logistics, Clinton Stefan Trim Junior, Business Management Economics Marketing Geology, Trinidad and Tobago Brianna Nicole Turner International Business Apparel Studies, Little Rock Krsytofer Darnell Turner Freshman, Pre-Med Biology, Little Rock Lawrence Wayne Underhill Junior, History, Westville, Okla. Alex T. Vang Business, Menomonie, Wis. Edwin Gerardo Velasco Senior, Finance Marketing, Rogers Andrea Dawn Venable Sophomore, Hospitality Restaurant Management, Rogers Hilda Xiomara Villafranca Senior, Health Science Education, Ft. Smith Colin Richard Wakefield Freshman, Business, Kansas City, Kan. Dana Michelle Walker Sophomore, Early Childhood Education, Beebe PEOPLE 323 324 I PEOPLE Eric R. Walker Freshmen, Architecture, Little Rock Ryan Daniel Walker Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Springdale Johnathan Edward Wall Junior, Civil Engineering, Alma Andrew Wallis Senior, Communication International Relations, Farmington Christopher Avery Walton Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Fayetteville Hanfei Wang Marketing, China Brice Gerald Ward Senior, English, Little Rock Helen Deas Ward Junior, Social Work, Little Rock Kelsey Leigh Ward Sophomore, Kinesiology, Texarkana, Texas David Brian Washburn Junior, Journalism, Rogers Mattie R. Watson Senior, Dietetics, Camden Daniel Weatherall Senior, Dallas Steffi Leigh Weaver Junior, Kinesiology, Purdy, Mo. Mollie Stacy Webb Senior, English Communication, Benton Brandon Shaun Webber Sophomore, Electrical Engineering, Little Rock Jonathan David Webster Junior, Food, Human Nutrition Hospitality, Fayetteville Celise L. Weems Graduate, Agricultural Economics, Sherwood Lauren B. Weems Freshman, Logistics, Little Rock Kelly Nicole Weinberg Freshman, Business, Roswell, Ga. Kimber Nicole Wenzelburger Senior, Journalism, Girard, Kan. Allison Elizabeth West Sophomore, Ad PR, Dallas Bradley C. West Senior, Architecture, Broken Arrow, Okla. Jonathan Lee White Graduate, Computer Engineering, Danville, III. Philip A. White Senior, Business Management, Little Rock Zachery Gage Whiteside Freshman, Chemistry, Arlington, Tenn. Joseph Ross Wiginton Sophomore, Agricultural Business, Jackson, Mo. Jason Robert Wilkins Senior, Art Visual Design, Farmington Bryan Keith Williams Engineering, Mountain View Danny B. Williams Senior, Communication, Fayetteville Joshua DaGreat Williams Senior, Business, Little Rock Kevin Ray Kadillak Williams Junior, History, Conway Kyle M. Williams Junior, Civil Engineering, Texarkana, Texas Michelle Williams Sophomore, Middle Eastern Studies French, North Little Rock Shelise De Shon Williams Junior, Child Development, Los Angeles Frances Elizabeth Wilson Junior, English Literature, Tyler, Texas Lauren Michelle Wilson Junior, English History, Cabot Leah Caroline Wilson Senior, Communication, Midland, Texas Johnny W. Wolf Freshman, Engineering, Springdale Rebecca S. Woodcock Senior, Accounting, Pea Ridge Lacey Elizabeth Word Freshman, Biology, Springdale Amanda Kathleen Worm Sophomore, Childhood Education, Syracuse, Neb. Nathaniel A. Wray Sophomore, Physics, Camden Randa Ruth Wright Sophomore, Elementary Education, Bentonville Chen Wei Wu Communication, China Jack Tong Xu Sophomore, Computer Science, China Famous Yang Sophomore, Poultry Science Food Science, Wheaton, Mo. Sue Yang Junior, Hospitality Restaurant Management, Saint Paul, Minn. Halbo Zhang Graduate, Computer Science, China Tom Zhang Senior, Biochemistry, Little Rock Lonnie L. Zinnamon Senior, Business Administration, Baxley, Ga. A V |L SBl u l ' m fib i PEOPLE | 325 hi ■ -. . safe... HyLg ]P|9hB| GRACE GUDE • K n i MIlfl y J| 330 I INDEX Aasby, Molly 253 Abdelaal, Heba 260 Abdelaal, Yasmeen 260 Abrahamson, James W. 274 Abshier, Lauren 265 Academics Division 86, 87 Actkinson, Chase 268 Adam E. Douglas 310, 311 Adams, Alex 260 Adams, Bree 274 Adams, Charles 120 Adams, Grace 260 Adams, Joe 131,132,133 Adams, Kyle Bradley 274 Adams, Lindsey Grace 274 Adams, Robert 268 Adams, Robert 245 Adams, Robert Arthur 274 Adams, Robert D. 274 Adams, Seth 262 Aday, Callie 260 Addison, Chris 258 Adkins, Anthony 261 Adkison, Jordan 268 AGR Loses House 234, 235 Aguayo, Ana 36, 274 Arhens, Chelsey Ann 274 Ahrens, Crystal Rose 274 Ai, Xi 243,274 Aikido 30, 31 Ainley, Alexander 267 Ainsley, Kristen E. 265 Aist, Alex 255 Aitchison, Robert 267 Ajarrista, Charles 268 Akel, Erica 253 Akin, Laura 255 Akin, Malori 255 Al-Amrani, Gamil Mohammed 274 Al-Mannai, Mohamed 274 Al Rajab, Mohammed Rajab 274 Alaamri, Olfat T. 274 Albrecht, Courtney 253 Aldridge, Courtney 260 Alecusan, Alex 261 Alexander, John 267 Alexander, Madison 253 Alford, Calli 265 Alford, Lauren Elizabeth 265 Alholm, Bre 265 Allen, Alexandria 256 Allen, Amy 255 Allen, Daniel Eugene 274 Allen, Jennifer Elise 265 Allen, John Isaac 274 Allen, Laura 265 Allen, Lauren 256 Allen, Mary Katherine 260 Allen, Sharnelle 252 Allen, Wes Martin 274 Alley, Gina 257 Alley, Lara 242 Alley, Stephanie 253 Allison, Abby 256 Allison, Justin 243 Allison, Utumn 269 Alotaibi, Saad Abdullah 274 Alpha Delta Pi 250 Alpha Gamma Rho 251 Alpha Kappa Alpha 252 Alpha Omicron Pi 253, 271 Alpha Phi Alpha 254, 264 Alpha, Chi 243 Alvarez, Javier 118 Amadou, Goulaye 242 Amburegy, Alexis 259 Amey, Kabrina 246 Ammons, Mitchell Harian 274 Amos,Janelle 253 Anders, Kailey 159 Anderson, Amanda 245 Anderson, Danika 255, 274 Anderson, Hayley 256 Anderson, Lacey 256 Anderson, Stephanie 259 Andreadis, Daniel James 274 Andrew, Joey 268 Andrew Wallis 324 Anil 243 Anthony, Megan 250 Apple Butter 90, 91 Apras, Server 247 Araujo, Jennifer 244 Arciga, Rafael 264 Area, Suzanne 265 Armbrust, Seth 24 Armstrong, Meredith 269 Arnold, Chad 274,343, 344 Arnold, Chris 242 Arnold, Curtis 267 Arrington, Lacey D. 274 Ankrah 274 Arsi, Komala 244 Art Contest 124, 125 Arthur, Eric 267 Aseeperi, Toyin 242 Ashby, Lauren 260 Ashlers, Lauren 265 Ashu, Jacky Ambe 242 Assiter, Ivy 259 Association, Arabic Culture 242 Atchison, Taryn 255 Athletics Division 128, 129 Atkins, Becca 265 Atkins, Katherine 250 Atterstrom, Rachel 265 Aubry, Erin 157 Aultz, Geoffrey 267 Austin, Katie 247 Austin, Olivia 255 Avery, Andrew 243 Avery, Drew 88 Ayinusta, Kolawole 242 Bachinskas, Emily 255 Bachkora, Jessica 207 Backus, Kelsey 256 Bacot, Mackenzie 260 Baden, Morgan 255 Baer, Kelsey 260 Bagwell, Andrew Phillip 274 Bailey, Alain 213 Bailey, Blair 265 Bailey, Charles 261 Bailey, Curtis 274 Bailey, Edward 267 Bailey, Iain 43 Bailey, Jessica 274 Bailey, Michael 267 Bailey, Morgan 269 Bailey, Samuel 267 Baker, Colby 255 Baker, Jenny 269 Baker, Johanna Lea 274, 342,343 Baker, Preston 97 Baker, Sydney 265 Baker, William 261 Baldivieso, Carlos 261 Baldwin, Alex 255 Balgavy, Hayden 116 Balhareth, Abdulaziz Mohsen 274 Ball, Aaron 267 Ballard, Lauren 255 Ballew, Cassie 265 Balmer, Morgan 256 Baltz, Maria Elizabeth 277 Bame,Jon 19 Bame, Jonathan Christian 277 Band 146, 147, 148, 149 Bangarwa, Sanjeev K. 277 Banks, Marvell Orlando 277 Banks, Tyler 154 Banwarth, Amanda 260, 277 Banwarth, Hunter 267 Barbe, Chase 262 Barber, Allison 250 Barber, Kasey 218,260 Barker, Channing 255, 277 Barker, Drew 263 Barker, Geoff 261 Barker, Nicholas 267 Barnes, Brandy Roxanne 277 Barnes, Emily 259, 265 Barnes, Jack 261 Barnes, John D. 244 Barnet, Tracy 265 Barnett, John 267 Barnett, Katherine 255 Barnett, Savanna Kay 259, 277 Barnett, Stephen 267 Barringer, Kim 255 Barron, Kasarah 259 Barron, Matthew 267 Barrow, Sarah 260 Barry, Alicia 255 Barsamian, Barrett 267 Bartels, Tyler 100 Bartholomes, Lauren 265 Bartholomew, Brea Delaney 260, 277 Bartio, Adam 245 Bartlett, Lydia 265 Bartlett, Stacy 183 Barton, Caroline 260 Baseball 202, 203, 204, 205 _ Baskin, Erin 255 Bass, Sarah 269 Batey, Kathryn 259 Batson, Chase 267 Baughman, Macey 260 Baughn, Chance 268 Baum, Emily 256 Baxter, Samuel 267 Bayer, Peggy 250 Beachner, Joseph 263 Beard, Jeff 277 Bearden, Blake 261 Bearden, Jordan 269 Bearfield, Grant Paul 277 Beason, Kalee 260 Beavers, Caroline 255 Beck, Jenny 260 Beck, Katie 155,260 Beckwith, Blake 267 Bedillion, Caroline 259 Bednar, Ashlee 265 Beedy, Avery 265 Beeson, Bry Wayne 277 Beeson, Keith 258 Beggs, Samantha 250 Beirise, Adrian 277 Beitle, Robert 121 Belew, John 267 Bell, Kaitlyn 53 Bell, Kylie 155 Bell, Maggie 252 Bell, Mitchell 267 Benner, Derek 262 Bennett, Alex 267 Bennett, Caroline 260 Bennett, Eric 266 Bennett, Mary 253 Bensing,Jacquelynn 119 Benson, Alex 242 Benson, Alex 250 Benson, Willie 18 Bentley, Dierks 33, 35 Bentley, Evan 261 Bentley, Mary Katherine 269 Berghorn, Katie 269 Berlanga, Frank 264 Berlau, Logan 261 Bernock, Keely 253 Berry, Carly 277, 342, 345 Bert, Brianne Stewart 250,277 Beserra, Lauren 255 Besungu, Gustaff 242 Bethal, Hannah Elizabeth 277 Bethel, Hannah 260 Betzner, Sarah 269 Bevel, Scott 263 Bezner, Cole 267 Bhandari, Sonal 250 Bianconi, Kaitlynn 343 Bibbs, Morgan 256 Bichler, Jessica 250 Bickel, Andrew 266 Bickel, Courtney 265 Bickell, Alexandra 256 Bicycle Permits 58, 59 Bierbaum, Mary Ashleigh 260 Biggs, Delilah May 277 Biggs, Jason 14 Biggs, Maggie Alyce 265 Bigham, Bo 205 Bigler, Morgan 255 Bikes Blues BBQ 20,21 Biles, Rebekah 265 Bilheimer, Lauren 269 Billetter, Trinity 242,255 Bingaman, Jennie 260 Bingham, Daniel 261 Bingham, Morgan 269 Binne, Laura 259 Binns, Blake 261 Binns, Meagan 155,260 Biondo, Kat 269 Bishop, Brittany 265 Bishop, Eric 268 Black, Allison 247 Black, Latisha 252 Black, Salee 260 Black, Travis Stephen 277 Blair, Jackson 267 Blanchard, Hailey 269 Blanchard, Kelli 256 Blanco, Mark Joseph 2 ' ‘ Blank, Margaret 259 Blanzy, Kendall 259 Blau, Trisha 28, 247 Blaylock, Blake 266 Blaylock, Joshua 266 Bledsoe, John Robert 277 Blind, Third Eye 33,35 Bliss, Jennifer 256 Bloodworth, Laura 260 Bloom, George 267 Bobel, Andrew 245 Bobo, William McConnell 277 Bobst, Meghann Ro se 277 Bohannon, Adam 266 Bolden, Melanie Charisse 277 Boles, Eric Charles 2 Bolick, Coley Nichole 277 Bolin, Erica 269 Bolin, Jana 256 Bolsinger, Mike 204 Bonds, Andrew 263 Bonner, Amanda 22.2 Bonner, Austin 268 Bookhout, Mattie 1 ’ 136, 242,265 Boomer, Sam 261 Boone, Bryan Adafl 1 J of) 7 Borgognoni, Tracy Borsellino, Amy 1 3 Bosch, Lauren 269 Boss, Steven 106 B °st, Sarah Ann 265,277 Bostwick, Elizabeth 260, 3 43,344 Koswell, Audrey 250 Bucher, Alex 91 B ourke, Hunter 213 B � wen, Brenn 253 B °wen, Justin 267 B °wer, Curt 266 B °wles, Stephen 21,266 B °x, Brittany 242,259 B °x, Dominic 268 B ° x Zachary 261 B °yce, William 266 B °yd, Benjamin 266 B °yd, Jessica 265 B °yd, Terrance L. 277 B °yde, Justin 267 B °yel, Bailey Melia 277 B °yer, Lane 163 Sett, Shelby 259 B °yette, Kalee 259 B °ykin, Destiny M. 277 B °yles, Lauren 260 B °yster, Amy 245 Br acke, Christina 250 Bra cy, Alison 265 Br ade n , Shane 261 r adford, Courtney 65 “radford, Elizabeth 269 r adley, Ruth 260 r adshaw, Zachary 261 Bra dy, Aly 256 Bra dy, Sarah 265 ra nham, Whitney 242 ra hmbhatt, Divesh J 42 ; 281,343 fainard.Jordain 259 ra nch, Kaitlyn 106 ra ndon, Natalie 260 ra ndon, Sky 281 r annan, Erin 259 ra nnan, Kristen pichelle 281 ra ntley. Chase 263 r asher, Carly 255 ta suell, Molly 260,281 , aun ' Rebecca 230, 1281 1 } a y. Jordan 260 I eBlll d, Catherine Ann j a dd 253,281 rea ner, Kelly 255 re tt, Donna 265 r ewe r! Allison 256 Bre Wer, Kanon eS haw n 281 | e ' Vtr Laura 259 l !r ? ' Ver Stephanie 209 b rict ges, Blake 154 i ltlges - Lindsay 253 g ' ggs, Don 17 Uikley Beecher Cook- B ani Pbell 286 |J be n,Macey259 Br ‘ tori Diana Clair 260 2 8 | Wa y. Melanie 259, Hstad, Hillary 255 Ct ouser Cody ,ys e 259,281 °° ks Beth 256 °°Ls, Edina 217 Bropher, Kelly 265 Brophey, David 242 Brophey, Kelly 242 Brorsen, Rose 255 Brosh, Bailee 260 Browder, Cymber 255 Browining, Allison 242 Brown, Adam 261 Brown, Andrea 269 Brown, Antonio 254 Brown, Ashley 259 Brown, Brittany 250, 260 Brown, Brittany Elizabeth 281 Brown, Courtney 269 Brown, Derrick 229 Brown, Jessica 256 Brown, Joseph Jordan 281 Brown, Julie 98 Brown, Justin 263, 267 Brown, Kate 250 Brown, Kelsey 253 Brown, Mallory 260 Brown, Mike 154 Brown, Nathan 258 Brown, Omar 242 Brown, Paige 255 Brown, Samantha 259 Brown, Samantha Michelle 281 Brown, Stephanie 214 Brown, Tom 281 Browning, Alex Cleveland 281 Broyles, Allison 256 Broyles, Delaney 260 Brubaker, Robert 49 Brueckner, Todd 268 Bruick, Katherine N. 265 Brune, Ellen 233 Brune, Stuart 233 Brunelli, Tori Gabrielle 259, 281 Bruner, Chelsey 253 Bruning, Bobby 242 Bruning,JD 262 Bruton, Brooke 250 Bruxvoort, Kyle 266 Bryan, Ammie 244 Bryan, Holly Chadick 39 Bryant, Jonathan 254 Bryant, Kaitlyn 269 Bryant, Meredith 265 Bryant, Shuntu Alexis 281 Buckley, John Oliver 242, 281 Bucknam, Chris 161, 210,212 Buffalo, Allee 260 The Buffalo Flows 44, 45 Buffington, Bryce 266 Bugeja, Jason W. 281 Bull, Corey 266 Bullock, Katie 255 Bunch, Garrett 268 Bunch, Molly 281 Bunch, Ryan Matthew 281 Buratowski, Greg 261 Burch, Chantry 247 Burch, Katie 255 Burch, Nikki 269 Burdette, Kacy 259 Burkert, Haley 255 Burkett, Geri 256 Burkhalter, Lauren 265 Burkhalter, Timothy 53 Burks, William 267 Burnett, Chad 211 Burnett, Jim 233 Burnett, Megan 269 Burns, Jake 245 Burns, M. DeShawn 281 Burns, Shawn 154 Burris, Adrianne 253 Burris, Sidney 78 Burrow, Laura Taylor 255, 281 Burrow, Sarah 259 Burt, Harrison 266 Burton, Brittney 260 Burwell, Lauren 269 Busby, Rae Marie 260 Bush, Bekah 255 Busick, Allen A. 281 Bussell, Joe 104, 105 Butler, Drew 210 Butterweck, Kelly Marie 281 Button, Rob Justus 281 Buyukasici, Semsi 247 Byars, Nick 262 Bymaster, Jared Craig 281 Byram, Diane Beckers 39 Byrd, Thomas 261 Byrne, Chelsea Evan 281 Byrne, Kristen 245 Byttner, Morgan Alexandra 281 Cagle, Joshua Wayne 281 Cahill, Rebecca 259 Caldera, Alexis V. 281 Calderon, Vanessa 286 Caldwell, Becca 253 Caldwell, Courtney 269 Calhoun, Meredith 260 Calico, Colin 263 Calkins, Zoe 256 Callaway, Amy 260 Callich, Tyler 246 Cameron, Cara 256 Camp, Lauren 255 Camp, Lee 266 Campbell, Allison 260 Campbell, Alysia 269 Campbell, Charles Cyle, 286 Campbell, Colin 268 Campbell, Leigh 265 Campbell, Shelby 260 Campbell, Whitney 255 Candland, Edward Matthew 286 Cane, Ashley 57 Cane, Megie 256 Canfield, Alex 265 Cannella, Nicholas 263 Cannon, Alexander 263 Caplener, Cathrine 256 Capone, Space 33 Capps, Blake 146,149 Carden, Rebecca 265 Cardwell, Danisha Rechell 286 Cardwell, Janie 256 Cardwell, Maggie 256 Carlew, Alexandria 250 Carlisle, John A. 261, 286 Carlson, Becca 242, 260 Carlson, Caitlyn 256 Carlson, Kimberly Viah 286 Carlson, Michael D. 286 Carman, Molly 92 Carmichael, Jared 261 Carney, Chris 154 Carney, Jordain 343 Carpenter, Dale 45 Carpenter, Georgeanne 242, 260 Carpenter, Kacee Renee 286 Carpenter, Michael 266 Carpenter, Staci 265 Carr, Amy Lynne 259, 286 Carreno, Brian 57 Carrington, Courtney 250 Carrizales, Richard 263 Carroll, Bailey 260 Carroll, Cristin Elizabeth 286 Carroll, Jill 269 Carroll, Maggie 286, 343, 344 Carson, Kindel 265 Carter, Christen 250 Carter, Jason 267 Carter Jimmy 247 Carter, Justin Kyle 286 Carter, Keeling 245 Carter, Lauren 250 Carter, Lauren Ashley 286 Carter, Nick 342,343 Carter, Will 242 Carter, William 267 Cartwright, John 68 Carver, Bob 218 Casana, Jesse 110 Case, McKinley 269 Casey Eileen Sponsler 318 Casey Kail Lilley 298 Cashjosy 256 Cashion, William 261 Casillas, Kristen 256 Cason, Brittany 256 Casper, Justin 267 Cassidy, Courtney 255 Castellanos, Daniel 266 Castleberry, Kaitlin 256 Castleberry, Kelsey 242, 256 Caston, Tiffany 50 Castro, Raquel 118 Castrodale, Chelsey 91 Caviness, Bradley 267 Caviness, Brian 263 Caviness, Perry 267 Caylor, Scott 266 Celebrating Discovery 88, 89 Chadwick, Ashlee 237, 250 Chadwick, Maddie 255 Chandler, Caroline 265 Chandler, Courtney 259 Chandra, Yohanna Gita 244 Chaney, Brooke 256, 286 Chapman, Lauren 265 Chase, Emily Marieanne 286, 342 Chase, Helen Macomber 286, 342, 343 Chastain, Lauren 256 Chavez, Matthew Emory Upton 286 Chavez, Tania Stephanie 286 Chavoya, Alexander 267 Cheffy, Nathan 268 Chelstrom, Jared 267 Chenot, Madeleine 265 Chenot, McCall 265 Chenoweth, Elizabeth 260 Chesshir, Claire 260 Chevrier, Vincent 113 Chewing, Sam 154 Chewning, Sarah 265 Chi Omega 255, 271 Chick, Zoe 259 Chikajerrica 257 Childers, Karmen 259 Childs, Greg 131 Chilton, Sarah 256 Chilton, Travis Alexander 286 Chomsky, Aviva 66 Choong, Sherrie 243 Christen bury, Kate 27, 253 Christy, Blake 266 Chuluunbat, Byambasuren 286 Church, Eric 33,35 Cingolani, Blakely 256 Clark, Amber Michelle 269, 286, 342 Clark, Cassie 170 Clark, Courtney 269 Clark, Jerred 266 Clark, Jessie 255 Clark, Katie 260 Clark, Lauren 260 Clark, Megan Lisa 286, 343, 344 Clark, Nick 261 Clark, Rotnei 141 Clark, Sam 23, 261 Clarkson, Sean 242 Clayton, Whitney 260 Clegg, Kiera 286 Clegg, Weston 263 Clem, Jason Andrew 286 Clemence, Jeremy 154 Clement, Stephen Dexter 286 Clements, Mack 243 Cleveland, Jadyn 255 Clevenger, Emily 253 Clifford, Michael 267 Clifton, Katherine 255 Clinger, Stanford H. 286 Closing 348, 349, 350, 351,352 Cloud, Katherine O. 265 Club Xanadu 70, 71 Coats, Mackenzie 269 Cobb, Cassie 255 Coburn, Lacie 155 Coburn, Lacie Lee 265 Cocanower, Blair 265 Cochrell, Brittany D. 265 Cockerell, Caroline 265 Cody, Kelsey 255 Cofer, Amy Leanne 286 Coffeehouse Committee 228, 229 Coffey, Cameron 256 Coffman, Hannah 259 Coffman, Jeff 262 Cohen, Chelsea 209 Coker, Andrea 260 Coker, Lauren 265 Coker, Sara 256 Cole, Ciara 256 Cole, Emily 256 Cole, Robert 267 Cole, Zac 261 Coleman, Darrion 88 Coleman, Jonathan 267 Collazo, Chelsea 259 Collen, Tom 142,144 Collins, Ashley 253 Collins, Courtney 256 Collins, Hunter 263 Collins, Mary Morgan 255 Collins, Nicole 253 Collom, Kim 260 Combs, Allison 22, 259 Comer, Kelly 255 Compean, Amanda 255 Compton, Jordan Paul 251 Concerts 32, 33, 34, 35 Conley, Johnathan 245 Conner, Douglas 261 INDEX | 351 332 I INDEX Conrad, Leah 255 Conway, William 94 Cook, Austin 189 Cook, Britney 259 Cook, Britney Megan 286 Cook, Cameron 245 Cook, Caroline 255 Cook, David 261 Cook, Lauren 269 Cook, Mark 181 Cook, Nathan Curtis 287 Cook, Stephen 261 Cooksey, Paxton Collier 287 Cooper, Ashley 269 Cooper, Bradley Pierce 266, 287 Cooper, Caitlin 265 Cooper, Daniel 266 Cooper, Edward 267 Cooper, Matthew 266 Cooper, Monica 255 Cooper, Rebecca 265 Cooper, Scott 267 Cope, Matthew Loren 287 Copeland, Kali 256 Copeland, Shelby 265 Coppola, Andrew 267 Corbell, Hunter Blake 287 Corbin, Ashley 265 Corbin, Emily 155, 256 Cordia, Beth 260 Corley, Kate 256 Cornwell, Alexandra 250 Corral, Jason 261 Cortez, Isaac 264 Cosgrove, Tony 242 Costantini, Kelsie 245 Costello, Katie 260 Costello, Siobhan Ilaoa 287 Costello, Vonnie 259 Counce, Meredith 260 Countryman, Susanne 55 Courdin, Aerial 255 Courtney, Nikki 260 Cowger, Amber 255 Cox, Helen 255 Cox, Katyln 259 Cox, Lauren 255 Cox, Robert 194,196 Cox, Zach 204 Cozby, Blakeley 265 Cozby, Sidney 255 Crabtree, Brian 267 Craig, Joshua 287 Craig, Mallory 255 Crandall, Philip 91 Crawford, Elaine 253 Crawford, Natalie 256 Crawley, Amy 265 Cress, George 267 Cress, Robert 267 Critton, Ranesha 252 Cronkhite, Cat 260 Croom, Robyn 255 Crosgrove, Cynthia 105 Cross, John 261 Crossfield, Emily 269 Crossland, Kyle 267 Crosson, Stephen 261 Crouch, Julie 260 Crouse, Allie 247 Crow, Katie 255 Crowell, Matt 261 Cuddihee, David 266 Cueller, Gabriella 269 Culberson, Natalie 260 Cullen, Brianna 259 Cullen, Julia 256 Cullum, Callie 265 Culp, Rachel 260 Culver, Emily 260 Cummins, Joshua 267 Cunningham, Charles 261 Cunningham, Lauren 259 Cunningham, Matthew 261 Cunningham, Trase 246 Cuppett, Hannah 265 Curry, Lee 261 Curtis, Juliana 250 Cyphers, Leah 269 Cyr, Kordero St. 254 DAubin, Claire Elizabeth 287 Dagastino, Susie 255 Dahiya, Nidhi 287 Dai, Marie 246 Dale, Brian A. 287 Dallison, Tyler 287 Dalton, Cathey Lee 253 Dalton, Liz 253 Daly, Caroline 265 Damron, Joseph 261 Daniel, Jennifer Lauren 259, 287 Daniel, Kate 255 Daniels, Leah 265 Danielson, Chelsea Anne 265 Darr, Casey 267 Davenport, Corey 261 Davidson, Audrey 260 Davidson, Brittany A. 265 Davidson, Lisa 260 Davies, Chrustay 50 Davis, Angela Lee 287 Davis, Barbie Dawn 287 Davis, Holland 256 Davis, Jack William 251 Davis, John 267 Davis, Stormy Amanda 287 Dawson, Nicole 250 Day, Kirstyn 342,345 Day, Mallory 255 De La Guardia, Alfonso 288 Deaderick, David 267 Deaderick, John 267 Dean, Allison 265 Dean, Kelly 260 Dean, Taylor 256 Dearman, Haley 269 Deaver, Emily 269 Decker, Chris 150,152, 153,154 Deek, Fadi 288 DeFord, Cara 253 Deibel, James 262 Dellinger, Anna 260 DeLoache, Zachary 263 Delta, Delta Delta 256, 270 Delta Signia Theta 257 DeLung, Lynde 255 Dennis, Jeremiah Morgan 288 Denniston, Keelen 260 Denton, Samantha 260 DePinto, Danielle 250 Depperschmidt, Mackenzie 260 Devine, DeAndrea 288 Diaz, Daniel 264 Diaz, Danny 288 Dibrezzo, Ro 98 Dickerson, Laura 250 Dickinson, Mary 255 Dickinson, Walter 267 Dickson, Jaime 256 Dickson, Riley 263 Dickson, Sarah 265 Diebold, Ellen 253 Dijkman, Nirmall 288 Dike, Taylor 253 Dilibe, Gerald 242 Dilliplane, Holly Danielle 288 Dillon, Bo 261 Dimassimo, Rachel M. 288 Ding, Chao 243 Dingenthal, Dustin 267 Dinsmore, Hannah 269 Dirksen, Scott 17 Distler, Kristina 255 Ditommaso, Joseph 261 Dixon, Jordy 269 Dobbins, Stephanie 265 Dobbins, Sydney 265 Dockery, Brittani 55,250 Dodd, Michael 242,263 Dodge, Halley 255 Dolan, Thomas Dan 288 Dominguez, Carlo 242, 263 Donald, Jordan 269 Dong, Lei 244 Dong, Liang 288 Dooley, Alex 253 Doolittle, Whitney 259 Dooly, Amanda 269 Dorjee, Geshe Thupten 78, 288 Dougherty, Melissa 255 Dougherty, Michelle 255 Douglas, Alison 256 Douglas, Cayla 253 Douglas, Jay 268 Douglas, Stephen 267 Douglas, William Blake 251 Douglass, Kate 269 Downey, Ashdon Nicole 288 Doyne, Angele 257 Drake, Ashton 260 Drake, Bodie M. 288 Drake, Cassie 255 Drake, Morgan 255 Dream Act 36, 37 Drennan, Kaitlin 269 Dry,Jerica 265 Du, Wei 243 Dubose, Price 260 Dudley, Charles 261 Duensing, Theodore Grant 288 Duffy, Jessica 253 Duke, Colten W. 251 Duke, Katie 255 Duke, Meredith 255 Duncan, Nikki 265 Duncan, Rachel 253 Dunford, Britt 269 Dunham, Megan 265 Dunn, Brooke 256 Dunn, David 267 Dunn, Jamie 250 Dunn, Samuel 261 Dunn, Sunni 255 Dunn, Sydney 260 Dunnaway, Alyson 255 Duran, Catalina Salas 244 Durrance, Josh D. 251 Dushimimana, Ozias 242 Duvall, Amy 255 Dwelly, Priscilla 218 Dwyer, Chelsea 260 Dyer, Alex 261 Eanes, Mallory 245 Earney, Meg 253 Easley, Hillary 256 Easley, Jordan 256 Eason, Torrey 254 East, Morgan 259 Easter, Shawna Michelle 288 Eddy, Paul Andrew 289 Edington, Lyn 53 Edmonds, Elisabeth 226,256 Edwards, Carly 259 Edwards, Robin 253 Edwards, Thomas 267 Eggart, Emily 260 Eggman, Gene E. 289 Egoshi, Emily Lana 289 Ehlers, Thomas 268 Ehrenreich, Jacob David 289 Eibner, Brett 202, 204 Eichenberg, Tim 154 Eikenberry, Joel Lynn 10, 289 Eiser, Cathryn 259 Eldridge, Ben 267 Elkins, Whitney 154, 253 Ellenburg, Daniel 266 Ellermeyer, Rory 269 Elliot, PD 269 Elliott, Maurice 267 Ellis, Brooke 269 Ellis, Kaleigh 265 Ellis, Ryan 263 Ellison, Emillie Ruth 289 Ellstrand, Kevin 154 Ely, Avery 269 Emerson, Lindsey 255 Emison, Sarah 255 Emphasis On Student- Athletes’ Grades 184 185 English, Brooke 256 Enochs, Ashley 253 Eoff, Abbey 250 Epperson, Grant 50 Epsilon, Sigma Chi 271 Ertem, Alp 247 Ertem, Fatma 247 Ervins, Jasmine 257 Erwin, Rachel 259 Espinoza, Diego S. 91, 289 Espinoza, Manuel Estee Goss 290,291 Estes-Taylor, Shauna 192 Estrello, Briana 259 Etoch, Mary Louise 260 Eure, Joshua 187 Euston,Jack 267 Evans, Dominique S. 289 Evans, Emily 242, 260 Evans, Lauren 269 Evans, Tyler 266 Exendine, Kristin 255 Ezell, Jordan 260 Fagan, Anna 253 Fair, Jake 242 Farias, Mayra 244 Farkas, Uri Isaac 28,289 Farmer, Carly 253 Farmer, Steven Michel 289 FarmHouse 258, 271 Farrish, Madison 154, 256 Farrish, Mary 256 Faulkner, Laura 265 Favors, Crystal 247 Fedorchak, Alex 259 Feifar, Tate 255 Feimster, Jill 256 Feistner, Shona Rose 259,289 Feldman, Natalie J. 289 Felts, Meredith 255 Felts, Morgan 260 Felty, Cory 266 Ferguson, Lauren 256 Ferreira, Carolina 155 289 Ferreira, Marcus C. 289 Fess, Rebekah 265 Fess, Sarah 265 Fetner, Katlyn 259 Feuerbacher, Brittany 269 Field, Emily 256 Fink, Katy 155 Finkberiner, Kristen Finks, Judd 266 Finney, Matt 258 Fiscus, Claire 259 Fiscus, Sarah 265 Fiscus, Savannah 245 Fiser, Elizabeth 255 Fiser, Kathryn 155,25 Fisher, Cooper 265 Fisher, Katie 260 Fisher, Katie Rae 289 Fitra, Nyoman 244 Fitzgerald, Caitlyn 256 Fitzgerald, Emily 253 265 FitzGibbon, Mark 266 Flanagin, Scott 10 Fleck, Scott 261 Fleischner, Leah 265 Fleisher, James 266 kerning, Billy 242 Hourney, Kristie Michelle 289 Rowers, Benjamin 267 R°yd, Courtney Paige 289 F °gleman, Reed 255 Fo| ey, Kelsey 239,269 F ° ey, Larry 44,45 F °ntenot, Sarah 265 Football 130-135 F ° r bes, Daniel Joseph 289 F ° r d, Charity 144 0r d, Daniel 242,261 °rehand, Jacob 263 0r ney, Muriel 255 ° r rest, Shane 256 °rrest,TJ202 0 r tner, Devon Leigh 2 59.289 Or tson, Courtney 85, ' 58, i 41 p 0rt une, James 263 °ster, Bobbie 289,343, 344 F ° ul ks, Shaina 252 ( ovvler, Danielle 256 ra nceschi, Anna 250 ( ranc is, Taylor 59 |. l;il ' co, Caroline 260 ' ' an co. Cecely Marie 250.289 Fr ; ar k, Karlie Marie 265 p rar k, Laura 245 anke, Madison 255 2 n enF urg er , Jordan p rar klin, Jerry 132 F ra nklin, Megan 253 ! atl ks, Valerie 269 p az | er Bailey Elise 265 azier, Keith 50 F e man, Megan 255 a ' n ’ Anna Paige 269 ! ? ncl L Mallory 256 lda Night Live 28, Gaber, Sharon 106 Gabul-zada, Asvad 247 Gadberry, Kathryn 260 Gadde, Ujvala Deepthi 244 Gadeke, Stacy 253 Gafvert, Simone 260 Gage, Whitley Morgan 289 Gahr, Kendra 265 Gallaher, Bannon 266 Gallegos, Alenander 263 Gallegos, Carlos 267 Gallini, Brian 222 Galloway, Byron 2,54 Galloway, Colt 267 Gamini, Arshin 266 Gammill, James 267 Gangluff, Jason M. 289 Gangluff, Kristin 242 Gann, Steve M. 289 Gannaway, Mallory 256 Garba 230, 231 Gardener, Ashley 265 Gardner, Bennett 267 Gardner, Nicholas 267 Garison, Becca 256 Garner, David Evan 266 Garrett, Caitlyn 256 Garrett, Matthew 261 Gass, Katherine 265 Gaston, Margot 260 Gates, Emily 265 Gatley, Brittany 259 Gavin, John 267 Gavin, Sarah 253 Gay, Jordan 154 Gay, Richard Jordan 289 Frieberg, Meredith 260 Fritsche, Mark 263 Fritsche, Rachel 255 Fritts, Jamie 265 Fritz, Martha 260 Frizzell, Lindsey 269 Frost, Garrett 267 Frost, Jacki LeeAnn 289, 343, 345 Frost, Jacklyn 256 Fry, Caitlyn 259 Fulbright, Thomas 268 Fullen, Clint 10 Fuller, Alexa 255 Gearhart, Chancellor G. David 36, 124, 293 Gedik, Ridvan 247 Geels, Brianna 253 Gehrki, Elizabeth 253 Geilich, Laura 259 Gentle, Betty 252 Gentry, Katherine 269 Gentry, Lindsey 265 Gentry, Lorie Ann 289 Gentz,Josh 261 George, Cali 217 George, Kenneth 266 Geren, Collis 103 Geroy, Paige 256 Gerrard, Sarah 255 Ghormley, Amber 250 Gibbons, Rachel 255 Gibbs-Dabney, Andrew 59 Gibbs, Shea 256 Gibson, Dillon 266 Gibson, Gregory 267 Gibson, Jonathan 343, 345 Gibson, Loyd Elbert 251 Gibson, Rachel 265 Gibson, Sarah 255 Gibson, Shea 259 Gieringer, Darby 54, 55, 289 Giezentanner, Mary Allison 259, 289 Giffin, Sarah 269 Gilbert, Caitlin 260 Gilbert, Thomas Brett 289 Gilbreth, Chelsey 260 Gilbride, Andy 59 Gilchrist, William 261 Gile, Jamie 250 Giles, Ashley 265 Giles, Richmond 261 Gill, Brooke 260 Gill, Madeline 255 Gilleece, Erin 10 Gillespie, Katie 259 Gillespie, Kristen 167 Gillham, Amy 231 Gilliam, Emily 250, 292 Gillihan, Megan 269 Gilmore, Logan 242 Gingsumrong, Kanchana 246 Gip, Phuong 292 Glancy, Joseph 262 Glasier, Adam 267 Glass, Sarah 259 Glenn, Hannah 256 Glover, Hannah 260 Glover, Kelly 261 Glover, Nicholas C. 292 Godfrey, Lindsey 260 Goedkin, Rachel 260 Goen, Garren 262 Goff, Alexander 267 Goforth, Katherine 250 Goforth, Shannon 250 Goins, Michael 267 Golden, Brett D. 251 Golden, Kelli 269 Golden, Rachel 242, 259,292 Goll, Katherine 259 Gooch, Elizabeth Alexandria 265 Goode, Katherine 255 Goodhart, Timothy 261 Gooding, Benjamin C. 268, 292 Goodrich, Glenn 266 Goodwin, Hunter 262 Goodwin, Justin 261 Goranson, Jessica 259 Gordon, Joel 126 Gordon, Steven 29 Gore, Sherri 250 Gorter, Mary 253 Goshen, Karl 267 Goss, Russell 262 Gotcher, Amy Paige 259 Goudreau, Chrisitina 253 Gould, Hillary Renae 292 Green, Tyler 269 Green, Vance 343 Greenbury, Dallas 265 Greene, Alex 267 Greene, Michael 254 Greenlee, Tamesha 179 Greenstreet, Tiffany 342, 345 Greenway, Rebecca 255 Greenwood, Reed 124 Greer, Corey 261 Greeson, Lindsey Dean 292, 256 Gregory, Joshua 263 Gregory, Mollie 255 Griffin, Juliana 255, 292 Griffin, Nikki 253 Griffin, Tyler 267 Griffis, Sarah 243 Griffith, Jacob 266 Griffith, Jake Benjamin 292 Government, Associated Student 242 Graduation 74, 75, 76, 77 Griffith, Madelyn 253 Griffith, Stephanie 253 Griffiths, Brittany 209 Grippo, Marisa 122, 246 Grise, Stephanie 253 Grisham, Evan 267 Grisham, Lindsay 269 Groshek, Derek 263 Grover, Rylee 253 Groves, Billy 263 Groves, Clair 265 Gruetzemacher, Eve 269 Grummer, Jordan 343 Guard, Brian 242 Gude, Grace 255, 292, 343 Guess, Jimmie 267 Guinn, Sarah 246 Gulley, Noel Treeane 257, 292 Gunawan, Suci Lestari Graham, Jessica 253 Graham, Jillie 256 Graham, Sarah 250 Gramlich, Mellisa 269 Grant, Callie 256 Grant, Elizabeth 253 Grant, Jamie 259 Grant, Sean Bailey 292 Grassel, Rae 250 Grathwohl, Devyn 243 Graupner, Abby 246 Graves, Bradley 266 Graves, Holden 261 Graves, Julianne 260 Gray, Amy 260 Gray, Bailey 250 Gray, Caleb 242 Gray, Emily Anne 260 Gray, Jana 260 Gray, Kelsey 265 Gray, Paige 260 Greek Candids 270, 271 Greek Life Division 248, 249 Green, Broderick 133 Green, Haley 269 Green, Jessie 253 Green Studies 106, 107 Green, Trenton L. 292 292 Gunnell, William Clancy 251 Gunsaulis, Liz Mashie 105 Gunther, John 267 Gupton, Deondra 46, 65, 292 Gutierrez, Marisol 292 Gutierrez, Max 241, 246 Guzman, Carlos A. 292 Gymnastics 180, 181, 182,183 Haas, Jessica 250 Hackler, Lana 242 Haefner, Bethany 255 Hagan, Kaylan 259 Haggeman, Erin 265 Haile, Solomon 161 Haines, Tori 246 Halawani, Basim Ahmed 242, 292 Halbert, Emily 260 Halbrook, Andrew Tyler 27, 266 Hale, Morgan 256 Hale, Ryan 267 Haley, Kassi 256 Halim, Asadullah Ahmad 292 Hall, Andrew 267 Hall, Christy 117 Hall, Elizabeth Anne 292 Hall, Frank 266, 267 Hall, Hannah 256 Hall, Julie 260 Hall, Lauren 255 Hall, Lindsey 265 Hall, Sam 242 Hall, Susanna 265 Hallauer, Lauren 156 Halligan, Patrick 267 Hamblin, Katie 250 Hambuchen, Brittany 260 Hamby, Geoff 243 Hamdan, Asaas 242 Hamdan, Taraf Abu 242 Hamlin, Alex 292 Hamilton, Aaron 163 Hamilton, Cobi 131,135 Hamilton, Louis Randall 258.292 Hammonds, Alyssa 256 Hampel, Elysia 265 Hampton, Natalie 259 Handley, Chris 242 Hankins, Chad 261 Hanley, Heather Nichole 255.292 Hanley, Patrick 268 Hanlin, Jared 117 Hanna, Robyn 123 Hanon, Jillian Sharon 292,343, 345 Hansen, Lindsey 259 Hansen, Todd 261 Hansen, Whitney 255 Hanson, Jacob 266 Hanson, Jordan 53, 260 Hapeman, Tanner 267 Haralson, Alexis 256 Haralson, Paige 256 Haraway, Shelby 250 Harb, Matthew 263 Harbaugh, Weston 261 Harbuck, Emily 259 Harbuck, Martha 260 INDEX 333 334 I INDEX Hardage, Haley 250 Hardcastle, Terra 265 Hardiman, Julie 260 Hardwick, Stanley 261 Harlan, Christopher 261 Harlow, Gabrielle M. 259, 292 Harmon, Erica 242 Harmon, Whitney 269 Harp, Benjamin 263 Harper, Annaleigh 256 Harper, Whitney 269 Harpool, Josh 261 Harris, Bloom E. A. 292 Harris, Brittney LaNiece 292 Harris, Katie 256 Harris, Lyndsay 144 Harris, Payton Ray 251 Harris, Stephen 263 Harris, Susan Carol 292 Harrison, Haley 256 Harrison, Lauren 250 Harrison, Rachael 260 Harrod, Christian 267 Hart, Cally 253 Harter, Christina 265 Harter, Claire 255 Harter, Lance 164,166, 214 Harter, Liz 265 Hartley, Heather 253 Hartman, Ben 135 Hartman, Lauren 253 Hartmann, Skvlar 154 Harvey, Alson 255 Harvey, Emily 269 Harvey, Jake 268 Harvey, Jake Evan 292 Harvey, Laura 269 Harwood-Rom, Melissa 185 Hasselwander, Nicholas 266 Hastings, Anne Marie 255 Hastings, Stanley 261 Hatano, Yuki 244,247 Hatley, Laurae 242 Hausen, Christopher 263 Havens, Mandi 294, 343, 345 Haviland, Lauren 253 Hawkins, Annie-Elise 265 Hawkins, Teshekia 252 Hawryluk, Rachel 265 Hawthorne, Kelsey 265 Haydar, Nadia 242 Haydon, Laura 259 Hayes, Taylor 245 Hayman, Sade 252 Haynes, Vesper Tyler 294 Haynie, Harleah Jordan 294 Hazel, Lana 247 Hazehvood, Roxi 255 Head, Emilie 256 Heaggans, Danelle 155 Hebbler, Charles 262 Hedegard, Michelle 50 Hediger, Maggie 269 Heffron, Casey Leigh 294 Hefner, Alexis 260 Hefner, Hannah Leah 294 Hefton, Christina 242 Hegarty, Michael 199 Heider, Kristin 250 Heintzman, Caroline 256 Heller, Paige 269 Henderson, Kalvin 254 Henn, Jacob 263 Henry, Alyssa 253 Henry, Brian 262 Henry, Megan 265 Henry, Meredith 265 Henry, Nick 262 Henry, Nina 265 Henry, Shayne 242 Hensley, Brittany 47, 250 Hensley, Kaela 256 Henson, Alex 255 Henson, Emma 265 Henson, Hannah 260 Henson, Jessica 255 Hern, Ashton 256 Herning, Darrien 256 Herren, Brittney 256 Herren, Taylor 263 Herring, Macey 255 Herrington, Haley 256 Herrington, Joe 267 Hesseltine, Katie 250, 294 Hestir, Haven 255 Heydari, Kayvon Haj 266 Hibbs,John 267 Hickingbottom, Shelby 265 Hicks, Daniel Hamilton 294 Hiegel, Katie 260 Hieger, Connor 261 Higginbothom, Amanda 253 Higgins, Hannah 260 Higgins, Sherri Nichole 294 Higgs, Jenny 269 Hilborn, Ashley 256 Hilburn, Holly 242, 260 Hill, Andrew 266 Hill, Gloria Denise 294 Hill, Haley 265 Hill, Katie 255 Hill, Kristen 255 Hill, Mark 268 Hill, Rachel 265 Hill, Robert B. 294 Hill, Suzanne 265 Hill, Whitley 226, 256 Hillel 224, 225 Hiller, Matthew 267 Hilliard, Amy K. 265 Hilliard, Kristen 259 Hilton, Jordan 259 Hindmarsh, Spencer William 294 Hinds, Brittany N. 294 Hineman, Jackson 263 Hirschman, Blake 267 Ho, Deborah 255 Ho, Thang 242 Hodge, Meghan 155 Hodges, Grant 242 Hoersten, Doug 242 Hoerth, Bradford 261 Hoffman, Hiedi 218 Hoffman, Kelsy Lynn 294 Hoggatt, Lindsay 259 Hogs for Haiti 14, 15 Hogue, Molly 265 Hogue, Nicki 256 Holaday, Daniel F. 251 Holcombe, Rebecca 265 Holder, Emily 260 Holiday, Jonathan 266 Holland, Catherine 294, 342, 345 Holland, Katie 259 Holland, Sarah 255 Hollenburg, Sophie 265 Holley, Zachary 267 Holliman, Michael 262 Hollinger, Daniel 258 Hollingsworth, Emily 255 Hollis, Mary-Lauren 259 Holloman, Lindsay 250 Holloway, Jacob 245, 268 Holloway, Katie 255 Holloway, Lindsey 259 Holman, Matthew 267 Holmes, Daniel 267 Holmes, Mary Elizabeth 255 Holmgren, Hayley 260 Holst, Emily 256 Holt, Anna Kate 260 Holt, Courtnie 255 Holt, Hannah 256 Holt,Jayme 267 Holt, Richard 261 Holt, Taylor 263 Holthoff, Victoria 256 Holzhauser, Jenna 253 Homecoming 22, 23, 24,25 Hood, Chad 261 Hoolan, Emily 255 Hooper, Robert 268 Hoover, Dustin 267 Hope, Laura 265 Hope, Rachel 265 Hopkins, David Sean 294 Hopkins, Kristen 269, 294 Hopper, Elizabeth M. 259, 294 Hopson, Audra 246 Horne, Alex 255 Horne, Carly 256 Horne, Cassie 253 Horton, Anna 255 Horton, Heather 255 Horton, Lindsey 265 Horton, Miranda 154, 260 Hottovy, John 261 Hougland, Kyle 269 House, Alex 265 House, Hunter Ray 294 Humberto Reyes 309 Housley, Cameron 256 Housley, Lindsey 253 I Iouston, Bradley 261 Houston, Dallas 263 Howe, Hannah 294 Howe, Jesse 267 Howe, Katie 255 Howell, Brittany A. 265 Howell, Kristen 269 Howell, Rachel 269 Hoyt, Blaine 268 Hoyt, Tony 294 Hryniewicz, Steven A. 294 Hryorchuk, Taylor 269 Huber, Emily 155 Huber, Karrie 253 Huber, Kasper 261 Huckabay, Jessica 256 Huddleston, Kaitlyn 255 Hudgens, Allison 265 Hudson, Brandon 243 Hudson, Hope 117 Hudson, James Tristan 251 Hueber, Alyssa 253 Huey, Amanda 259 Huffman, Aaron 268 Hugen, Heather 250 Hugg, Carla 256 Hughes, Alex 260 Hughes, Carmen 256 Hughes, Jeff 261 Hughes, Melanie 259 I lui, Mary Margaret 240, 246 Humphrey, Claire 255 Humphrey, Leah Michelle 294 Humphrey, Zena Faye 294 Humphries, Ryan 267 Hunt, Amanda 269 Hunt, Elizabeth 265 Hunt, Kyle 268 Hunte, Joseph Donavan 294 Hunter, Cari 259 Hunton, Sarah Victoria 294 Hunton, Tory 255 Hurban, Nadine Marie 265 Hurban, Piper 265 Hurtado, Cesar 264, 294 I lurtt, Jeremy Brandon 294, 343, 344 Husling, Megan 269 Hutchins, Ashley 253 Hutson, BreAnn 245 Hutton, Laura 255 Hyde, Scott 268 Hyink, Emily 250 Hyman, William Whitfield 294 Hyslop, Jessica 256 Jack, Kareem Emmanuel 295 Jacks, Blake 267 Jackson, Holly 244 Jackson, Jameka 257, 295 Ibekwe, Chika 242 Ibelisse Valeria Lafuente 298 Ice Hogs 222, 223 Ifland, Taylor 261 Igarashi, Tomomi 244 Ikenouye, Heather 154 Imspon, Lauryn 256 In The Words Of 72,73, 120, 121, 178, 179, 240, 241 India, Friends of 243 Ingram, Kristin 191, 193 Inman, Jana 256 Inman, Jill 269 Inman, Julie 256 Interesting Hobbies 18, 19 Iribarren, Kara D. 295 Ironside, Stephen 343, 344 Irvin, Michael John 251 Isaacson, Locke 265 Isbell, Chelsi 256 Isbell, Pamela 295 Isom, Jordan 265 Ivers, Pierce Boland 295 Ivers, Robert 268 Ives, Elizabeth 259 Jackson, Jordan 255 Jackson, Jordan E. 295 Jackson, Kelsey 256 Jackson, Meg 259 Jackson, Nicole 255 Jackson, Rachael 255 Jackson, Robert Thom aS 295 Jackson, Thomas 258 Jacobs, Haley 255 Jacques, Sony Jean 25-1 Jaggers, Haven 265 Jaggers, Mikka 265 Jalbert, Nikolas 263 James, David 263 James, Marsha 257 James, Paige 269 Jamieson, Kyle 209 Jancuska, Ashley 259. 295 Jankovska, Daniela 295 Jansen, Suzanne 255 Jarek, Diana 260 Jarrett, Darius LaM 295 Jason Henderson 296 Jawanda, Chandne 25 7 Jeffery, Kristen 253 Jelinek, Jonathan U. 29 Jenkins, Bailey 253 Jenkins, Jacquelyn 255 Jenks, Lauren 259 Jenner, Alex 256 Jensen, Kelly 255 Jensen, Thomas 266 Jeter, Kelsey 255 Jewett, Julie 259 Jhaveri, Nirav S. 295 Jien, Roxy 295 Jiles, Katie 260 Jilg, Robyn 242,259 Jiyi Chen 286 Joachim, Joshua 263 Jobs In College 56 . j Johannesen, Sigricl 2 1 Johannsen, Garrett 261 J°hannessen, Veronica 242 J°hnson, Allison 170 Johnson, Ashley 253 J °hnson, Bailey 253 Johnson, Caleb Houston 295 Johnson, Chris 67 Johnson, Christine Nichole 295 Johnson, Derek 106 J°hnson, Drew 261 J°hnson, Holley 253 J°hnson, J. Seth 243 J°hnson,Jaclyn 247 J°hnson,Jayme 255 Johnson, Jessica 250 °hnson, Jessica A. 298 Johnson, Kelli Jo 265 Johnson, Kevin 266 °hnson, Lainey 265 Johnson, Mallory 256 Johnson, Matt N. 298 Johnson, Megan 255 °hnson, Morgan 269 °hnson, Taylor 217 °hnson, Tristan 243 °hnston, Audrey 265 °hnston, Preston 267 Johnston, Rachael I la ne 265 Johnston, Sarah 115,265 Jolliffe, David 115 nes , Abbie 259 ne s, April 269 nes � Bryce 267 )tles - Douglas 268 ' nes . Dylan 242,261 lnes . Erin 155 ne s, Evans 259 ' nes .John Paul 298 ’ nes . Kevin 185,261, Jo Jo |° n es, Ashley 250 °Hes, Brittany 259 Jorr- - Jo: Joi Jo Jo Jo Jo; 298 Jo: Jo !° nes Whitney 257 0 r dan, Alice Ann 265 rda n,Alli 256 ordan, Charlee 255 | ' rda n, Mary 256 rda n, Olivia 260 , rda n, Gerald 342 Jo Se Ph, Elizabeth 253 ju ie, Vilija Judith 29: Ju Jm ltle s, Rebecca 259 lnes . Ryan 298 la n. Rebecca 260 m Per, Chelsea 255 Onssov.BolatbekA. aCz ° r . Sylvia 256 Kaldowski, Steven Ernest 298 Kalfayan, John 268 Kanatzar, Robin 250 Kaneko, Mizaho 244 Kantaris, Kaely 12 Kapetanakis, Nikolas 263 Kappa Delta 259, 271 Kappa Kappa Gamma 260 Karam, Amelie 265 Karnes, Bre 253 Karnes, Kristen Nicole 298, 342, 344 Kaufman, Jordan 265 Kawase, Sachi 244 Keefe, Kacey 259 Keeley, David 218 Keen, Emily 255 Keene r, Danielle 260 Keeping, Laurel 253 Kees, Cody 242 Keeter, Catherine 265, 342, 345 Keeton, Daniel 258 Keffler,Joey 267 Keffler, Samuel 267 Kell, Courtney 255 Kellagher, Shannon 260 Kellam, Paige E. 265 Kelly, Brandon 266 Kelly, Jane 246 Kelly, Mary Kate 255 Keltner, Molly 256 Kelton, Kelsey 259 Kendrick, Danae 253 Kennedy, Devin 259 Kennedy, Mary 255 Kennelly, Kelli 253 Kent, Caroline 260 Keppler, Janice 215 Kerksieck, Emily 260 Kessinger, Emma 250 Key, Madeline 259 Khairallah, Mirna 242, 298 Kibler, William 268 Kienbaum, Jenna 265 Kiene, Ashley 250 Kilbourn, Lindsay 154 Kilgo, Alex 250 Killeen, Erin 242 Killion, Chelsea 269 Kimberling, Ashley 255 Kimbrough, Hannah 250 King, Carter 267 King, Ellery 265 King, Garrett 263 King, Hannah 255 King, Jennifer 269 King, Jordan 259 King, Kayla 250 King, Kristen 239,269 King, Martin Luther III 68 King, Ryan 154,267 Kinley, Katherine 269 Kinney, Celeste 260 Kinsey, Meredith 252 Kin slow, Jill 255 Kirby, Jake 261 Kirkpatrick, Emily 259 Kirkpatrick, Whitney 265 Kirsch, Erika 265 Kiser, Payton 267 Kitzmiller, Claire 260 Kleine, Courtney 260 Klessig, Elizabeth 235, 250 Kloiber, Chelsea 259 Knewtson, Kelsey 246 Knight, Atalie 260 Knight, David 261 Knight, Elizabeth 260 Knight, Kayla 250 Knight, Rachel 17 Knighten, Christopher 146 Knittig, Colton 266 Knox,Jillian 259 Knyazhishcheva, Nastasya Vladimirovna 298 Koch, Kimberly 255 Koehler, Adam 261 Koehler, David 261 Koenigsman, Lauren 269 Koh, Hollin 260 Kojsonk, Amanda 245 Kordsmeier, Maegan 253 Korman, Julia 269 Kosmitis, Alexandra 239, 269 Kosmitis, Phillip 267 Kota, Prafulla 243 Kraft, Collin 266 Kreider, Anna 260 Kreul, Courtney 260 Krittenbrink, Christopher 266 Krouse, Taylor 259 Krug, Kristina 259 Kueser, Grace 255 Kullander, Kara 256 Kullander, Mary Kathrine 256 Kumar, Geetha 244 Kuntz, Leighann 245 Kurtz, Jennifer 259 Kurtz, Samantha 259 Kuttappan, Vivek A. 244 Kwizera, Janvier Masabo 242 Kyle, Allison 256 Kymer-Davis, Abbi 269 La Verdad Sospechosa 118,119 Lackey, Georgia 298 Ladha, Anirudh 243 Lafargue, Allison 255 LaFoy, V.L. Sam 243 Lagrone, Benjamin Seth 298 Lamb, Caitlin 255 Lamb, Kelly 242, 255 Lamb, Kelsey 255 Lamb, Spencer 269 Lamb, Stephanie Michele 260,298 Lamba Chi Alpha 261 Lambert, Erica 252 Lambey, Phillip 254 Lammers, Kevin 266 Lancaster, Nathan 267 Lancaster, Zeke 245 Landfair, James 262 Landis, Katie 265 Landon, Jayston W.C. 298 Landon, Suci 244 Landrith, Audrey 253 Landrith, John 263 Lane, Bronwyn 252 Lane, Kimberly 298 Laney, Macy 265 Lang, Caroline 255 Langford, Yasmin 260 Langley, Katie 250 Langston, Jacob 261 Lanis, Alex C. 298 Lapetina, Veronica 269 Larabee, Mike 206, 209 Larrick, Caroline G. 265 Larsen, Erin 253 Larson, Eric 92 Larson, Landon J. 298 Larson, Zach 246 LaRocca, Emily 242 LaRue, Juls 259 Lau, Chuan 298 Laube, Jorell Dayne 298 Laughlin, Justin Michael 298 Laumer, Erin 256 Lavender, Lauren 253 Lavy, Emma 265 Lavy, Hannah 255 Law, Brittany 253 Lawrence, Evan 261 Lawrence, Jackie Kristine 298 Lawrence, Ross 261 Laws, Findley-Scott 267 Le, Ihao Phuong 298 Le, Tuan 242 Learch, Samantha 164, 166,167 Leatherby, Lauren 242, 259 Lebedev, Dmitry 194, 197 LeBlanc, Sophie 256 LeCompte, Gabrille 265 Lee, Emily 265 Lee, Jenna 260 Lee, Jeong Yoom 244 Lee, Mao 244 Lee, Rachel 245, 256, 298 Lefler, Brooke 259 Leggett, Elizabeth 260 Lehabim Garcia Rodriguez 312 Lehr, Zac 298 Lemaster, Mark 261 LeNarz, Andrew 242 Lensing, Olivia 154, 255 Leonard, Michael 261 Leopard, Molly 269 Leu, Anna 259 Levine, Daniel 243 Lewallyn, Shirley 259 Lewellen, Hanna 260 Lewey, SaraCate 255, 298 Lewis, Allie 269 Lewis, Austin 261 Lewis, Kelci 180 Lewis, Kelcie 253 Lewis, Lauren 255 Lewis, Zachary 267 Lewis, Zachary B. 243 Liang, Lan 243 Lick-A- Lhon 226, 227 Lieber, Mike 225 Liesenfelt, Morgan 265 Lilly, Emily 259 Lim, Jordan 250 Lind, Jessica 265 Linder, Clint Thomas 266, 298, 343, 344 Liner, Kevin 262 Lingmerth, David 186, 188 Linz, Kendall 269 Lippert, Tammy 242 Lipscomb, Cary Beth 255 Litchenburg, Kelsy 260 Literature Conference 92, 93 Little, Ashley LaShawn 299 Little, Lindsay 256 Little, William Alexander 266 Liu, Xiangyu 243 Lively, Cameron 269 The Living Library 122, 123 Lloyd, Hannah 269 Lo, Emily Bowbie 244, 299 Lo, Lorzone M. 299 Lockhart, Kelly 259 Lockwood, Madison Taylor 299 Logistics, Transportation 247 Lok, Garrett 263 Lomax, Megan 256 Long, Brandon Wayne 299 Long, DeDe 103 Long, Jeff 185 Longcrier, Liz 265 Look, Christopher Lance 299 Looney, Brooks 265 Loos, Matthew 263 Lopez, Jose 299 Lopez, Rocky 253 Lopez, Shannon 243 Lor, Xong 244 Lord, Ashley 255 Lorge, CodyJ. 261, 299 Lorge, Katherine Helen 299 Lorge, Stephen 261 Love, Jermaine L. 299 Lovelace, Taylor 256 Lovelady, Andrea N. 299 Lovelady, Taylor 256 Lovell, Chelsey 260 Lovell, Taylor 262 Lovewell, Kelsey 259 Lowe, Aterra 257 Lowegard, Johan 266 Lu, Changji 244 Lucas, Lindsey 256 Lucky, Lauren 260 Ludeman, Rachel 269 Lueken, Thomas 266 Lukas Danger Malone 302 Lukomskaya, Kate 200 Lumban-Goal, Erfan 244 Luna, Taylor 269 Lunsford, Amanda 259 Luoni, Steve 94 Luspay-Kuti, Adrienn 113 Luttrell, Liwi 256 Lutz, Emmy 265 Lutz, Michael 246 Lybyer, Katherine 250 Lynch, Jessica 253 Lynch, Michelle 260 Lynch, Whitney 255 Lynchard, Aaron W. 26 7, 299 Lynes, Maribeth 88 Lyon, Alison 269 Lyon, Julia Gayle 260, 299 Lyons, Brittany 155 INDEX I 555 336 I INDEX Mable, Ezra Ward 299 Mabrey, John 267 MacArthur Park 94, 95 Mack, Braylen DeShun 299 Mack, Kamri 260 Mack, Mary 255 Mackey, Benjamin 267 Mackey, Joseph 266 Mackris,John 267 Maddox, Matthew 263 Madson, Kendall Renee 259, 302 Magee, Casey Jo 181,183 Magie, Mallory 260 Mahan, Mitchell 263 Mahl, Regan 256 Mahrizal, Mahrizal 40, 41, 244 Major, Madalene 259 Makkar, Sarbjeet 244 Mallett, Ryan 25, 83,131 Mallory, Caroline 253 Malloy, Macy 260 Malone, Maxfield 266 Malzahn, Gus 132 Manard, Elizabeth 250 Mangrum, Ali 265 Manjarres, Keila 244 Manning, Lindsey 269 Mansch, Nikki 253 Mansell, Brent 100 Manship, Arlie 261 Marchewka, Lauren 260 Mardanbigi, Mohamad Hassan 302 Marhefka, Stephanie L. 265 Marpe, Leslie 250 Marshall, Alexander 266 Marshall, Jamie 189 Marshall, Lambert 267 Marshall, Lex 235 Martensson, Jan 108, 109 Martin, Anisha 302 Martin-Beal, Katy 265 Martin, Becky 246 Martin, Brittany 269 Martin, Holly 269 Martin, Lynzie 255 Martin, Sherise 259 Martin, Taylor 265 Martin, Rebecca J. 242, 302 Martinez, Adriana 244 Martino, Jaselle E. 302 Marvel, Cory 263 Marvin, Megan 259 Mash, Clint 245 Mashie, Helen 265 Mason, Allison 256 Mason, Clayton 267 Mason, John 261 Mason, Paige 265 Massanelli, Daniel 267 Massengale, Courtney Jean 259, 302 Massey, Caroline 255 Masters, Olivia 255 Mather, Justin 268 Matthew Sample 284, 285,313 Mathews, Meredith 269 Mathis, Donnie McDowell 302 Mathis, Mac 242 Matlock, Shannon 269 Matthews, Courtney 260 Matthews, Leah 253 Matthews, Stephen 263 Mauney, Brittany 256 Mauricie Gonzalez 292 Maxwell, Emily 265 Maxwell, Hannah 255, 256 Maxwell, Thomas 262 May, Cassie 256 May, Jesse 302 May, Michael 258, 302 Mayfield, Emily 269 Mayfield, Thomas 261 Mayombo, Bricia Tatiana 302 McAdams, Jordan 255 McAlister, Leigh 259 McAllister, Ashton 256 McAllister, Michael 247 McBride, Bailey 247, 302 McBride, Sarah 250 McBride, Taylor 267 McBride, Tyler 55,342, 345 McCafferty, Alana 260 McCafferty, Amanda 260 McCafferty, Kristin 250 McCain, Gavin 268 McCann, Katherine 255 McCarIey,Jerrill Trent 251 McCarty, Kaitlyn 250 McCaslin, Kristen 265 McCauley, Cameron 263 McCay, Caitlin 265 McCIeland, Sarenthia 252 McClelland, Megan 265 McCloy, Lauren 255 McClure, Angie 259, 342, 344 McCluster, Dexter 133 McCollum, Gavin 242 McConnell, Sara 256 McCord, Suzannah 250 McCorkindale, Megan 255 McCoy, Michelle 260 McCracken, Gabriel Benjamin 302 McCray, Ashley 144 McCue, Mary 255 McDaniel, Allison 256 McDaniel, Jocelyn 252 McDaniel, Kyle 266 McDonald, Emilee 253 McDowell, Jennifer 250 McDowell, KaLeigh 269 McFarran, Ann 265 McGee, Holly 255 McGee, Katy 255 McGhee, Gillie Laura 256, 302 McGehee, Katie 242 McGraw, Amy 233 Mcguire, Kinberly 259 Mchellen, Isiah Sean 302 McIntyre, Kathryn 259 McKane, Kayla 255 McKay, Blake 261 McKee, Allie 255 McKelvy, Philip 261 McKenzie, Kyle 55 Mckimmey, Tyler 262 McKinney, Claire 253 McKinney, Jarrod 205 McKinney, Lauren 265 McKinney, Sara 269 McKnight, Carson 262 McKnight, Matthew 100, 246 McLoud, Megan Frances 242, 259, 302 McMakin, Brad 186, 188 McMinn, Allison 255 McMullen, Cory 263 McMullen, Matthew G. 302 McMullin, Lauren 255 McNeely, Anna McKewon Heather 256 McNerny, Colin 228, 244 McNew, Morgan 255 McPherson, Jenna 256 McReynolds, Amanda Rae 265 McSwain, Ryan 302 McVay, Sydney 255 McVean, Beth 159 McVoy, Michaela 269 McWha, Trisha 269 McWhorter, Michelle 256 Mead, Adam 258 Meador, Megan 269 Meadors, Claire 255 Meadors, Maggie 255 Meadows, Julia 269 Medford, Emily 255 Meeker, Lexi 302 Meeker, Jordan Kaufman Lexi 154 Meesey, Kristin 269 Mehlhoff, Jade 260 Mehlhoff, Jessa 269 Mehner, Angela Christine 100, 101,302 Meier, Garrett 261 Meins, Kendall 255 Meissner, Kayla 269 Melcher, Timothy Paul 302 Melton, Elizabeth 245 Men’s Basketball 138- 141 Men’s Cross Country 160-163 Men’s Golf 186-189 Men’s Tennis 194-197 Men’s Track Field 210-213 Mena, Ashley 256 Mendelsohn, Mary 255 Mendez, Juan 36 Merayo, Nancy 265 Mercurio, Megan 265 Meredith, Morgan Leigh 302 Merriman, Morgan 260 Merriss, Sean 263 Merritt, Marissa Chantelle 302 Merritt, Missy Lynn 302 Merry, Abbey 255 Mertens, Caroline 265 Mertz, Allie 242 Messner, Emily 242 Metcalf, Garrett 268 Meyers, Matt 242 Michael, Taiwo Oluwafemi 242, 323 Michaelis, Stephanie 269 Michlik, Jonathan 266 Middlekauff, Molly 265 Middleton, Emily 256 Midgett, Matthew 246 Mielke, Alexandra 250 Miesse, Michelle 229 Milburn, Elizabeth 265 Milburn, Lindy 260 Mileger, Avery 269 Miller, Hannah 259 Miller, Jacob Andrew 302 Miller, Jordan 255 Miller, Katie 265 Miller, Laura 255 Miller, Lucas 25 Miller, Mason 261 Miller, Max 262 Miller, Michael 263 Miller, Robin 265 Miller, Spencer 267 Miller, Sydney 269 Miller, Zach 261 Million, Jonathan 267 Mills, David 261 Mills, Lucas David-Ray 302 Millstein, Madeline 265 Milner, Lydia 256 Minihan, Kaylin 255 Minihan, Morgan 255 Mirna Khairallah 242, 298 Mishra, Vikash Kumar 302 Miskin, Daniel 263 Mitchell, Alexander 266 Mitchell, Lauren 269 Mitchell, Shannon Dillard 55 Mitchell, Taylor 269 Mize, Forrest Allen 303 Moery, Mary Catherine 255 Moffat, Kimberly 255 Moffe, Alex 242 Moffett, Julliane 256 Mohs, Shelby 260 Moix, Cathrine 256 Mojgani, Ajiis 228 Moline, Brittany 269 Molock, Logan 255 Monnig, Lizzie 260 Monson, Carl 242 Montez, Alexa 260 Montgomery, Amber Dawn 265 Montgomery, Clarice 257 Montgomery, Landon Cody 303 Montgomery, Monica 260 Montoya, Bianca 260 Moody, Corey Scott 303 Moomaw, Rachel 253 Moon, Chris 27 Moon, Drema Celeste 303 Moon, Madelyn 269 Mooney, Madison 267 Mooney, Robert 263 Moore, Anna 265 Moore, Anna-Marie 269 Moore, Charli 260 Moore, John Calvin 266 Moore, Justin 33 Moore, Lindley 255 Moore, Marshall 267 Moore, Matthew 267 Moore, Meagan 259 Moore, Reed 266 Moores, Sami Sutton 243 Moran, William 261 Morehead, Austin 263 Morehead, Kelsey 269 Moreland, Hannah 250 Morgan, Allie 255 Morgan, Becca 255 Morgan, Jenny 255 Morgan, Sheree 243 Morin, James Tyler 266 Moritz, Garth 246 Morley, Olivia 265 Morrill, Molly 255 Morris, Anna 265 Morris, Ashley 265 Morris, Clay 263 Morris, Kristen 269 Morris, Mary McCain 255 Morrison, Anna 260 Morrison, Grace A. 265 Morrison, John 267 Morrison, Whitney 2,50 Morrow, Brooke 269 Morrow, Weston 261 Mortimer, Taylor 256 Moser, Meredith 255 Mosley, John 263 Mosley, Paul 267 Moss, Casey 253 Moss, Jennifer 259 Moss, Kasi 260 Moss, Michael 267 Mote, Nick 261 Mouton, Elizabeth Ann e 259, 303 Moyer, Nolan 266 Mozzoni, Matthew 267 Mullendore, Mary Gr ce 265 Muller, Kristen 265 Muller, Michaela 265 Muller, Paige 260 Mullinax, Simone 260 Mullis, Clayton Jay 303 Mullis, John 267 Mullis, Sarah 269 Mulroy, Nathan 261 Munoz, Carlos E. 303 Murdoch, Brett Tyson 303 Murph, Whitney 256 Murphy, Christopher 266 Murphy, Courtney 259 Murphy, Evan 265 Murphy, Kim 255 Murphy, Mallory A. 265 Murphy, Meagan 253 Murphy, Megan 256 Murphy, Patrick 245 Murphy, Timothy 303 Murzabekov, Azamat 303 Muse, Charlotte 255 Musha, Torey 250 Mussar, Cameron 242 Muzaffar, Zane 261 Mwate, Bernadette 303 Myers, Emily 255 N Nadi Cinema 126. Nafziger, Alecia 269 Nagano, Akifumi 244 Naglak, Matt 243 Nail, Jean 152 Nakam, Keisua 244 Nalley,Jerra 260 Nardi, Alanah 259 Naseem, Saba 303 Nash, Brittany 255 Navas, Ana Paola 303 Neal, Megan 63 Neaville, Madison 26 Neely, Xavier Shad 2 � 303 e gron, Elizabeth Ryan 303 e hus, Lauren 260 Ne lon, Kelsie 269 lNJel son, Eugene 267 NeJ son, Paige 259 e lson, Thomas 267 er i, Savannah 256 e ttifee, Mindy 229 Hubert, Victoria 256 ‘ uman, Emily 250 Ve umann, Laura 242 euwoehner, Brittany 253 ey ala, Emily 242 ev ille, Rachael 136 W Dean Of The (,r aduate School 102, 103 Ticket System l3 0,137 Wberry, Page 256 evv berry, Rachel Lynn 246 303,342 ew by, Amy 253, 306 ‘ e Wby, Josh Morris 306 jewby } Lindsay 259 ew come, Jennifer 12, 246 Jewell, Kathleen 256 . e ' vm an Anna 306 evv port, Emily 256 ‘ e vvton, James 154 ev vton, Morgan 260 Lynette 177 yj§Uye n Kimlelhi 306 Suyen, Nicole 256 1 guyen, p au i v. 306 3 u yen, Yen Hai 306 Ic hols, Kayla 154,256 ' c hoIs, Leah 226,256 ‘ ' chols, Samantha 253 Pper, Cat 256 . ' anjan, Sai 243 ,x °n, Gregory E. 306 J IZe ye,Ines242 1()6 os h ua Eugene J K Lauren 260 ,J ol and, Emily 260 y° rm an, Catherine 259 ° r man, Eryn 260 0 r man, Natalie 269 0 r man, Tyler 262 Cr rthy,T ° m267 cnhcutt, Jared 267 . Karl Eagleton rtor , Jasmine 168, ; ,t,iri Mike 242 e rt °n, Mike Taylor 206 l Ctasiop, l54 en arn P ei k ’J° r dan 2 khJiJiianne N Laura 25 tl ’Mallory O’Brien, Erin 256 O’Brien, Meghan 256 O’Connor, Amanda 12, 246 O’Connor, Paige 260 O’Dea, Brian 267 O’Dea, Devin 267 O’Donnell, Colin 242, 263 O’Leary, Bradley 267 O’Quinn, Mallory 256 Obilom, Jessica Chinwe 306 Ochsner, Hunter 260 Oden, Mallory 256 Ogbeide, Godwin- Charles 60 Ogg, William 267 Oliver, Gretchen 218 Oiler, Brian 261 Oiler, Christine 155 Olmert, Ehud 67 Olson, Megan 259 Olson, Megan Marie 306 Omari, Yasmine 242, 306, 343, 345 Omega, Alpha Phi 242 Omhonria, Cynthia Osemenkhian 306 One Book, One Community 114, 115 Onyechere, Cynthia 242 Onyechere, Emeka 242 Opening 2-7 Ora, Rachel 255 Organizations Divison 220, 221 Organization, African Student 242 Organization, Chinese Students 243 Organization, The Higher Education 247 Organization, Turkish Student 247 Orley, Leah 216 Orris, Cara 260 Ortiz, April 253 Osborn, Sara Elizabeth 259 Oslund, Tom 94 Ostia, Samantha Jane 306 Ovalle, Donnie 262 Overbey, Brooke 265 Owen, Dylan 262 Owen, Emily 256 Oxner, Tori 253 Oyler, Jillian 255 Pace, David 263 Padilla, Aaron 263 Padmalata 243 Page, David 267 Page, Walker 262 Paige Noel Oliver 306 Pakis, Nicholas 261 Palculict, Scottie 256 Palmer, Jenna 250 Palmer, Kayla 256 Palupi, Kristina 244 Pan, Feng 243 Pan, Hua 243, 306 Panjunqi 306 Paradiso, Gina 256 Pardo, John 263 Parette, Amy 109 Parette, Kalli C. 306 Parham, Adam 268 Park, Garrett 268 Parke, Margaret 265 Parker, Elizabeth 256 Parker, John 267 Parker, Lacy 256 Parker, Solomon William 306 Parking Tickets 26, 27 Parks, Aubrey 253 Parrish, Darrington 267 Parry, Jacob 266 Parson, Cliff 261 Parsons, Ellen 255 Pastor, Laurel 157 Pate, John 261 Pate, John Pug 306 Patel, Jiger 230, 231 Patel, Vitesh 254 Patey, Emily 256 Patsy Watkins 316, 317 Patterson, Claire 255 Patterson, Stephanie 259, 342, 344 Patteson, Kiley 260 Patton, Dalaura Annelte 306 Patton, Jake 154 Patty, Krista 256 Paul, Austin 261 Paul, Colin 100 Paulsen, Kathleen 158 Pearson, Chandler 267 Pearson, Emily 253 Pearson, Maggie 253 Pedigo, Aubrey 255 Peek, Natalie 255 Peeples, Denise A. 306 Peerson, Sarah 71 Perry, Kai’ Mechel’le 309 Pelphrey,John 138,140 Penate, Jennifer 306 Pendergrast, Abigail Leigh 255,306 Pendergrast, Nancy Dodd 255 Penn, Chelsea 260 Penn, Chelsea Elizabeth 306 Penn, Kathleen 306 People 274-327 People Division 272, 273 Perdue, Robert 268 Perez, Elkin Javier 243 Perez, Pamela 269 Perez, Rodolfo Alejandro 306 Perkins, Allison 343 Perkins, Jessica Nichole 306 Perkins, Whitney 242 Perry, Brooke 253 Perry, Christopher Charles 306 Pestel, Danielle 260 Peterman, Dakota 269 Peters, Avia 257 Peters, Jennifer 269 Peters, Jennifer Foster 309 Peterson, Brandon 262 Peterson, Lauren 260 Petrawski, Christopher 266 Petrino, Bobby 135 Petrus, Shannon 256 Pettus, Joshua 267 Petty, Casie 259 Petty, Hannah 260 Petty, Rachel 269 Pevehouse, Kate 255 Pew, Sammie 260 Pfountz, Robert 245 Pham, Tbuy Dung Ngoc 309 Phansiri, Maxine 245 Phelps, Garret 262 Phelps, Tiffany 269 Phi, Eta Sigma 243 Phi Delta Theta 262 Phi Gamma Delta 263, 270 Phi Iota Alpha 264 Philhours, Olivia 265 Philip, Anish 243 Philip Andrew McKelvy 302 Philip James Lambey 298 Phillips, Chase 242 Phillips, Chase P. 309 Phillips, Kelsi 265 Pi Beta Phi 265 Pi Kappa Alpha 266 Pi, Sigma Delta 246 Pianalto, Paige 253 Piazza, Chloe 259 Pierce, Erin 52 Pierce, Leah 177 Pierce, Rachel E. 309 Pierce, William 261 Piering, Jay 266 Pierson, Kimy 253 Pike, Collin 266 Pillsbury, William Bradford 309 Pinkston, Si 246 Pipho, Alyssa 259 Pipho, Kent 267 Pisani,Jaime 181 Pitcairn, Chris 21, 266 Pitching Injuries 218, 219 Pitts, Collin 262 Plafcan, Quincy 260 Plant, Donald 263 Plugge, Rae 259 Plumb, Sarah 259 Plumlee, Morgan 260 Plumlee, Zach 262 Plummer, Chelsea 259 Poe, Laura 260 Poe, Matthew Dalton 309 Pohlner, Tori LeAnn 269,309 Pointer, Daniel 263 Pollock, Sarah 256 Polskaya, Veronika 255 Ponder, Jackie 259, 309 Pontrello, Jessica L. 259, 309 Pool, Kaci 269 Poole, Hunter 28 Poole, Joshua 261 Poole, Laura 253 Pope, Michelle 155, 260 Poppell, Jeff 176,177 Porfiris, Katherine Irene 309 Porter, Laura 260 Porter, Lee Peaslee 309 Porter, Lorna 260 Posey, Blake 260 Post, Ashley 10 Potts, Emily Sara 309 Potts, Shelby 253 Pouncey, Laura Ladd 226 Powell, Andy 309 Powell, Kimberly 255 Powell, Madison Nicole 265 Powell, Marshawn 138, 139 Powell, Tara 260 Powers, Madeline Rose 309 Prajapati, Meenakshi 38, 309 Prather, Saylor 253 Pribble, Allison 265 Price, Andrew 263 Price, Chelsea 256 Price, Lindsey 265 Pridgeon, Mary Lou 253 Prislovsky, Jill 253 Prude, Matthew 261 Prude, Tyler 261 Pruitt, Lindsey Jordan 247, 259 309 Pruniski, Lisa 259 Pucci, Veronica 343 Puckett, Thomas 267 Puffer, Michael 267 Pugh, Danielle 253 Pugh, David 261 Pullen, Corinne 255 Pulliza, Robert 168 Purdy, Claire 260 Purdy, Erica 260 Purnell, Joseph 267 Purvis, Hoyt 69 Putman, Theodore Jake 309 Putman, William Benjamin 309 Qiu, Minghua 309 Quinn, Billy 243 Quinn, Ross 267 Quirk, Kemer 267 Rachal, Carol 309 Rachamadugu, Rakesh 309 Ragin, Xenia 257 Ragland, James Fredrick 251 Rain, Peter 266 Rakestraw, Kylan 266 INDEX I 337 338 I INDEX Raley, Allison 259 Ramahi, Meram El 49 Rambeau, Hillary 265 Ramey, Karen 47, 250 Ramsey, Mallory 260 Ramsey, Meredith 260 Ramsey, Rachel 256 Raney, Brooke 255 Rape Awareness Month 64, 65 Rapp, Alanna 250 Rappold, Emily 265 Rasaputra, Komal Singh Reynolds, Erin 269 Rhine, Jordan 265 Rhodes, Christopher Trenton 312 Rhodes, Clinton 244 Ricci, Blake 263 Rice, Jade 255 Rice, Kevin 266 Rich, Brian 267 Richard, Katie 253 Richards, Scott 266 Richards, Stephen 267 Richardson, Kenneth 244, 309 Rasheed, Anum 309 Ratcliff, Jessamyn Virgina 255, 309 Ratcliff, Katelyn 255 Ray, Ameilia 256 Ray, Audrey 256 Ray, Evan 245 Ray, Haley 253 The Razorback Family: Generations 10,11 Razorback Quidditch 12,13,246 Razors Edge 48,49 Reagan, Rachael 250 Reber, Alii 259 Reber, Allison Jenae 309 Reddell, Alex 260 Redlin, Alex 255 Reed, Joanna 260 Reed, Lindsey 255 Reed, Molly Frances 259, 309 Reeder, Tori 22,259 Reese, Clayton 267 Reeves, Cathryn 256 Reeves, Samantha 43 Regan, Colleen 259 Registered Student Organizations 242-247 Reid, Jason Michael 309 Reihemann, Jacob 263 Renner, Hannah 255 Reno, Dorene 259 Reno, Kent R. 251 Rescorl, Helena C. 309 Resse, Rosalee 245 Reyenga, Annie 260 Reyes, Yamil 264 263 Richardson, Martin 266 Richardson, Melissa 255 Richardson, Ty 258 Richmond, Sally K. 312 Rickels, Rachael 260 Rickert, Theresa 250 Ricketts, C’eira 143 Ricks, Avery 260 Ridgeway, Erin 265 Riemenschneider, Jacob 261 Rigby, Sarah 259 Rigdon, Trent Scott 312 Rigdon, Trenton 268 Riggan, Maggie 265 Riggs, Dianne 259 Riha, Michael 116 Rileigh 265 Ripley, Pauline 260 Rippond, Farren 257 DRittelmeyer, Patrick 267 |Rivai, Syekh M. 244 [Rivera, Salvador 312 Robbins, Jay 267 Robinson, Sonya L. 312 Roberts, Adam Call 312 Roberts, Catherine 41 Roberts, David 266 [Roberts, Jared 268 oberts,Jerrod 261 iRoberts, Kacey 154 Roberts, Kasey 256 Roberts, Lauren 250 Roberts, Michael 263 Roberts, Samuel David 251,312 Roberts, Stephanie Therese 312 Roberts, Trent 266 Robertson, Drew 262 Robertson, Loreal 312 Robinson, Amy 269 Robinson, Ashley 269 Robinson, Jennifer Lynn 312 Roblyer, Kylie 265 Roby, Porshia L. 312 Rochelle, Cara 255 Rodgers, Brigitte 253 Rodgers, Christopher Keith 251 Rodgers, Patrick 266 Rodkin, Lauren 155 Rodriguez, Christopher 267 Rodriguez, Claudette 260 Rodriguez, Laura 256 Rogers, Ashley 269 Rogers, Brittany 63 Rogers, Brooks 267 Rogers, Caitlin 260 Rogers, Clark William 312 Rogers, Elizabeth Anne 265 Rogers, Katie 253 Rohr, Anne 259 Rohr, Mary Beth 259 Rolle, Crosby 253 Roller Derby 50, 51 Roller, Michelle Ann 312 Rollins, Mitchell 312 Romero, Alie 269 Rookstool, Kyle 242 Rooney 33, 35 Roop, Lisa 260 Root, Olivia W. 265 Rorex, Kevin 258 Rose, Caleb 242 Rose, Emalee 265 Rosenberg, Ashley 250 Rosenberg, Robyn 250 Rosener, Paige 269 Rosenheck, Ben 267 Ross, Ashley 50 Ross, Emily 260 Roth, Forrest Walker 313 Rottman, Olivia 265 Rouse, Kalem 261 Rowe, Matthew Paul 313 Rowe, Natalie 256 Rowell, Ashley 155, 256 Royal, Erin 253 Rucker, Stuart 263 Ruggeri, Matthew 261 Rugira, Denis 242 Ruiz, Emily 265 Ruiz, KayTrisha LaSha 313 Ruiz, Reina 118 Rulli, Joseph 261 Ruscoe, Megan 250 Russell, Casey Leigh 313 Russell, Katherine E. 265 Russell, Katie 256 Rutherford, Sarah 265 Rutledge, Caitlyn 259 Ryan, William Meredith 268, 313 Ryburn, Zach 261 Saathoff, Stacey 256 Saavedra, Allan Kenneth 313 Sabatino, Sarah 265 Sadler, Kaitlin 155 Saka, Behlul 247 Salassi, Margret 69 Salmon, Christine 250 Salmon, Ray T. 244, 313 Salsabilian, Neema 266 Saltzman, Marshall Alexander 266 Sampson, Alison 269 Sanati, Afshar 242, 262 Sanchez, Michael 140 Sandage, Dustin M. 313 Sanders, Adam 263 Sanders, Adam, Samantha Francis 247 Sanders, Andrew 263 Sanders, Ashley 256 Sanders, Elizabeth Ruth 313 Sanders, Shondolyn 257 Sanders, Stephen 267 Sandmann, Stacie Marie 313 Sankofa 246 Santi, Grace 269 Sathre, Amanda 253 Satyawakta, Shashank 313 Saulsbury, Eric 261 Saulsbury, Gina 265 Savage, Greg 261 Saviers, Beth 124 Sawatski, Johanna Noel 260, 313 Sbarra, Allie 260 Sbarra, Kate 260 Scallion, Haleigh 265 Scarborough, Chris 258 Scarbrough, Elizabeth Erin 313 Schafer, Lauren 253 Schaffer, Maddie 255 Schalk, Jordan 256 Scheidler, Carson 259 Schenewerk, Suzanne Elise 313 Scheurer, Mallory Paige 313 Schilling, Austin Doyle 313 Schilling, Joseph 263 Schindler, Sophie 269 Schlais, Kelly 250 Schlief, Kim 157 Schmidt, Joel 261 Schneider, Adam 246 Schomaker, Allyson 253 Schook, Lauren Elizabeth 313 Schrader, Allison 253 Schroeder, Jessie 255 Schube, Melissa 259 Schuett, Katie 255 Schuller, Paul 268 Schulte, Alexandrea 193 Schulte, James 263 Schwartz, Michael Alec 313 Science Club 232, 233 Scogin, Andrew 263 Scogin, Conner L. 313 Sconyers, Trade 242 Scorse, Colby Walter 251 Scott, Abigail 265 Scott, Arianna 265 Scott, Brad 267 Scott, Brittany 253 Scott, Candace 260 Scott, Hillary 265 Scott, Jessica 259, 269 Scott, Mitchell 267 Scott, Sarah 259 Scrivener, Dakota 246 Scutt, Sarah 265 Sears, Walter 266 Seaton, Kristin 170 Seifert, Anna 265 Seifert, Kate 256 Seifritz, Natalie 255 Selakovich, Patrick 267 SeLviana, SeLviana 244 Selby, Chris 50 Selig, Elizabeth 260 Seller, Charles 267 Sellers, Katie 265 Sello, Eleanor 242 Sello, Nelson 242 Selly, Brett 263 Selsor, Justin Cole 313 Senesomxay, Armata Bo 313 Severson, Ashleigh 259 Sewell, Kaitlyn 250 Shackelford, Jamie 265 Shaddox, Brandon 313 Shain, Dani 255 Shamburger, Margaret 253 Sharber, David 261 Sharma, Megha V. 313 Sharp, Bob 242 Sharp, Jessi 269 Shaw, Darrel, 17 Shaw, Tucker 267 Shea, Megan 265 Shean, Kelli 190, 191 Shellabarger, Betsy 253 Shelton, Ashley 242, 260 Shepherd, Dorothy 255 Shepherd, Molly 255 Shepherd, William 267 Sheppard, Alex 269 Sheppard, Olivia 255 Sherman, Morgan 256 Sherrell, Krystle Janette 313 Sherrill, Julie 260 Sherwood, Jared 266 Shinall, Lauren 256 Shintani, Marie 244 Shirey, Dylan 52 Shirley, Anna 259 Shiver, Sally 265 Shoemake, Clint Michael 313 Short, Amy 253 Short, Brittany 253 Short, Jennifer 256 Shorter, Cache’t Arielle M’lai 313 Shotts, Mauri 255 Shows, Julie 253 Sibley, Laura 250 Sichmeller, Stephen T. 313 Siebenmorgen, Ryan 258 Siebert, Amanda 181 Siegfried, Laura Judith 269, 313 Siewe Jr., Youmasu 244 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 267 Sigma Phi Epsilon 26 $ Sigma, Kappa 270 Silo Ice Climbing 16. Sims,Iheresa Gayle 3l l Simmons, Bradley 342 345 Simmons, Jessica 269 Simmons, Katelyn Simms, Simon 30 Simon, Jesse 313 Simpson, Alex 243 Simpson, Amanda 2$ Simpson, Amanda Nicole 318 Simpson, Anna 265 Simpson, Garrett 265 Simpson, Kelly 256 Simpson, Lee Alexafl i 318 Simpson, Rebecca 2$ Simpson, Sara 255 Sims, Austin 266 Siow, Yi-Ting 175 Sisemore, Kaitlin 265 Sitzes, Evan David 3 Skarda, Ross 267 Skinner, Kasey 256 Skinner, Lesley 255 Skinner, Lisa 255 Skipper, Erika 265 Slay, Alexandria 250 Sloan, Gary Charles 5 Sloan, James Vinceat 318 Sloan, Mallorie Ana 250,318 Slover, Micah 255 Small, Alicia 265 Smart, Tess 255 Smith-Blair, Nan 1° 9 Smith, Britt 259 Smith, Brittany 260 Smith, Cha’koya N. 318 Smith, Chelsea 256 Smith, Eric 261 Smith, Eric R. 318 Smith, Garrett 237 Smith, Grace 260 Smith, Gregory 267 Smith, Hannah 259,269 Smith, Hunter 258 Smith, Jackson 261 Smith, Jessica 265 Smith, Juliet Alice Sandel 318 Smith, Katie 56,259 Smith, Katie M. 318 Smith, Kelsey 243 Smith, Kim 154 Smith, Kimberly 25, 72, 252 y Smith, LauRon 255 Smith, Lindsey 246 Smith, Mandy 318 Smith, Mary 63 Smith, Michael 131,132 Smith, Sadie C. 260 Smith, Sadie E. 260 mith, Samantha 255 mith, Sarah Lynn 318 Smith, Seth 267 mith, Sydney 243,256 Smith, Tyler 261 mith, Zachary Mathis mithson, Kylie 250 mithson, Rebecca 269 moll, Michael 242 Smyly, Drew 204 n °w, Joshua Caleb 318 Aowden, Anne- jmzabeth 256 „ n °wden, David 267 nu 8gie Crawl 38,39 Soyder, Kathryn u zanne 154,269,318 n yder, Kerrie E. 318 ta££!m£l56-]59 S °de n , AJ Soetaert, ' Vtbai,. S°nnenta S°o, Tylej S°Pcak,s Soriano Sorrell, A Sorrell, E] S 0r rell s , ( Sorrells, 1 Sorrels, c .to, M, Sparks, Kelsey 255 Sparks, Paige 255 Spates, LaKendra 257 Spaulding, Allison 265 Spaulding, Steven 262 Speakers 66-69 Spence, Taylor 154 Spencer, Caroline 260 Spencer, Stewart 242 Spencer, Whitney 260 Spendio, Emily 255 Sperber, Brittney 256 Sperber, Savannah 256 Spicher, Brandon Forrest 318 Spicher, Lindsey 253 Spinks, Alex 261 Spirit Groups 150-155 Spiva, Ethan 266 Spratlin, Sarah Jane 255 Spring Break Mission Trips 42, 43 Spring International 40,41 Springer, John 267 Spurlock, Katy 255 Srinivas, Keerthi 318 Staff 342-345 Stake, Lynsey 260 Stall, Margaret A. 265 Stanley, Libby 269 Stark, Courtney 259 Starkova, Valentina 200 Starr, Emily Elanie 318 Staten, Brooke 253 Steele, William 267 Steelman, Bailey 255 Steiner, Caitlin 256 Stephanie Schulte 304, 305 Stephens, Brittni 154 Stephens, Kaytee 342, 344 Stephens, Nehemiah 254,318 Stepicheva, Nadezda 244 Steuart, Aaron James 318 Stevens, Taylor 253 Steward, Margaret Claire 265 Stewart, Allison 269 Stewart, DJ 50 Stewart, John Patrick 251 Stewart, Mary Ann 46, 136 Stieben, Dacia 259 Stillwell, Leslie 260 Stimson, Sarah 255 Stith, Christine 250 Stockland, Ashley 256 Stoiber, Sarah 259 Stokes, Taler Renae 318 Stone, Margaret Elizabeth 265 Storet, Joelle 318 Storm, Ellen 260 Storm, Geoffry 242,261, 318 Storm, Kyra 269 Storm, Susan 260 Stoudenmire, Chase 247 Stough, Lauren 260 Stout, Jeremy 318, 343 Stout, Michelle 182 Stover, Logan 268 Stover, Rachel 253 Stover, Sky Barett 318 Stowe, Richard 261 Strain, Maggie Elizabeth 318 Strait, Seth 262 Straughan, Melodie 250, 318 Stream, Whitney 256 Street Law 104,105 Strickland, Caroline 269 Strickland, Emily 260 Striegler, Elizabeth 260 Strong, Jenny 265 Strong, Richelle 259 Strong, Robert 267 Stuart, Abby 256 Student Advisory Board 96, 97 Student Ambassadors 46,47 Student Art On Campus 54, 55 Student Life Division 8,9 Sturdevant, Natasha Aubrey 265 Sullivan, Jordan 269 Sullivan, Michelle 250 Sullivan, Nathan 234 Sullivan, Nathaniel Larry 251 Sullivan, Staci 253 Summerford, Amanda 256 Summerhill, Lauren 255 Sumner, Blanche 250 Sundaram, Kelsey 198, 199,200 Sutton, Tanner David 323 Swain, Caitlyn Elizabeth 323 Swanfeldt, Halene 259 Swann, James 266 Swartzbaugh, Kelly 253 Swedish Nursing Professor 108,109 Swenholt, Steven 267 Swimming 8c Diving 174,175, 176, 177 Swindler, Maral Diane 265 Swine Flu 52, 53 Syaripudin, Usep 244, 323 Sykes, Joshua 266 Syria Study Abroad 110 , 111 Tabor, Allison 260 Tackett, Andrew 242 Tackett, Taylor 256 Taddonio, Brittany 259 Taegtmeyer, Jessie 255 Taiwo, Michael 60 Taiwo, Oluwafemi Michael 242,323 Talley, Kate 253 Tally, Graham 267 Tan, Aaron Yung Chieh 323 Tan, Binh T. 323 Tan, Stacy 40,41 Tannehill, Jonathan 246 Tappan, Madison 267 Tappan, Philip 267 Tappan, Tori 260 Tart, Chris 243 Taste Of Africa 60, 61 Tate, Christin 260 Taylor-Williamson, Teresa A. 323 Taylor, Brandon 226 Taylor, Brooks 262 Taylor, Candace 256 Taylor, Lauren 269 Taylor, Lauren Jean 269 Taylor, Madison 260 Taylor, Reed 261 Taylor, Rosalyn 323 Taylor, Tyler 256 Taymore, Carmen 250 Tchoupe, Danilo 323 Teague, Kelly 260 Teague, Sam 258 Tedford, Alexandra 256 Tedford, Michael 261 Tejada, Alex 132,135 Tejera, Mercedes Beatriz 323 Tennant, Forrest 246 Tennant, Katherine A. 265 Tennyson, Joshua 267 Terlesky, Heather 56 Ternes, Justin 267 Terrell, Lizzy 256 Terry, Michelle 250 Terry, Samantha 250 Tessaro, Lauren 260 Testa, Pete 267 Thalman, Barbara Ann 255, 323 Thapelosello, Rachel 242 Tharp, Emily 265 Thatosello, Elaine 242 Theisen, Andrew Weber 323 Theiss, Keli 260 Thibodeaux, Whitney 255 Thicksten, Molly 256 Thielemann, Britta 255 Thomas, Karen 217 Thomas, Katy 269 Thomas, Mallory 265 Thomas, Rachel 259 Thomas, Thaddeus 254 Thompson, Andrew Will 323 Thompson, Jordan 261 Thompson, Kurt 261 Thompson, Lauren 259 Thompson, Leigh A. 265 Thompson, Mallory 269 Thompson, Paige 255 Thomson, Sarah 260 Thorn, Brittany 250 Thrash-Thompson, Dylan 266 Threlkeld, Katie 255 Throop, Melissa Missy 250 Throop, Missy Starlene 323 thrower, Trey 254 Thuener, Laura 250 Thurman, Clinton 268 Thurman, Lizzie Ann 323 Thweatt, Julia 259 Tierney, Brandon Jon- Michael 323 Tigu, Anouk 178 Tiffany Nicole McDaniel 302 Timberlake, Nicklas 261 Tingquist, Nicholas 261 Tinkle, Anna Kathryn 323 Tisdale, Anna 253 Titan Research 112, 113 Titko, Jessica 269 Title Page 1 Tiwari, Rashmi S. 323 Tom Dorre 172,173 Tomlinson, Abel 67 Tomlinson, Abel N. 323 Tomorrow Shoes 236, 237 Toner, Kelly 242,250 Toomer, Andrew 261 Tordiff, Jeff 71 Torres, Jacqueline 244 Touchstone, Brittany 246 Townsend, Carolyn 253 Toyin Christie Aseeperi 274 Trahan, Lindsey 243 Trammel, Shunterrence 233 Tran, Julie 269 Traveler, The Arkansas 247 Treece, Andrew Corban 323 Trent, Elizabeth 154 Trim, Stefan 323 Trolinger, Emily 256 Tucker, Cody 258 Tucker, Corrie 260 Tucker, Kelsey 255 Tucker, Mary Honore, 123 Tucker, Sara 255 Tucker, Timothy 261 Tudor, Taniah 247 Turbeville, Emile 256 Turbyfill, Cara 146, 148 Turchi, Alex 253 Turner, Alana 256 Turner, Brianna Nicole 323 Turner, Hannah 250 Turner, Jason 267 Turner, Jennifer 253 Turner, Krsytofer Darnell 323 Turner, Lisa 253 Turner, Samantha 256 Turner, Sara 255 Twyman, Sarah 250 UA theatre 116,117 Udouj, Frank 267 Ulmer, Claire 255 Ulrey, Dorian 162, 210 Umbarger, Cameron 268 Underhill, Lawrence Wayne 323 Underwood, Bradlee 261 Underwood, Elizabeth S. 10 Underwood, Kendon 243 Underwood, Kendra 265 Underwood, Landry 253 Underwood, Mari Jordan 255 Underwood, Travis 261 Unlu, Yasin 247 Unruh, Abigail M. 265 Urband,Lauren 265 Urben, Rachel 253 Utnage, Amber 256 Uxa, Lauren 260 INDEX I 559 340 | INDEX vw Van Horn, Dave 202, 204 Van Jamel Stumon 318 Van Ness, Susan 260 Van Patten, William 261 Van Pelt, Natalie 242, 260 Van Veckhoven, Morgan 265 Vang, Alex T. 323 VanVeckhoven, Miles 266 Vanzant, Deni 259 Vasgaard, Emily 256 Vaughan, Taylor 250 Vaughn, Maurie 155 Vaughn, Mia 255 Vazquez, Anna 265 Vedantam, Shankar 69 Vega, Kelly Hale 39 Vela, Victoria 193 Velasco, Edwin Gerardo 323 Venable, Andrea Dawn 259,323 Vera, Nick 30, 244 Verser, Michael 261 Verucchi, Chelsey 269 Vescovo, Maria 269 Vickers, Casey 255 Villafranca, Hilda Xiomar a 323 Villalobos, Dr. Sergio Roberto 264 Villalobos, Sergio 246 Vina, Ashra 244 Voglar, Jonathan 58 Voiding, Leigh 265 Voligny, Craig 55 Volleyball 168-171 Volmer, Jenna 260 Voor,Julianne 259 Von Behren, Molly 260 Waddell, Sara 260 Waddell, Sarah 250 Wade, Sabrina 247 Wagner, Kat 265 Wagner, Michael 261 Wagner, Sarah Veazey Liesel 256 Wainwright, Laura 256 Wainwright, Matthew 266 Wakefield, Buddy 229 Wakefield, Colin Richard 251,323 Walcker, Jeremy Thomas 251 Waldrip, Lauren 260 Walhood, Keegan 267 Walker, Dana Michelle 323 Walker, Eric R. 324 Walker, Miranda 164, 167 Walker, Ryan Daniel 324 Walker, Sierra 265 Wall, Johnathan Edward 324 Wall, Laura 259 Wallace, Carly 253 Walls, Ashley 255 Walt, Jesse 267 Walters, April 269 Walters, Benjamin 266 Walther, Erik 154 Walton, Christopher Avery 324 Walton, Elizabeth 255 Wang, Hanfei 324 Wang, Weiwei 243 Ward, Anna 260 Ward, Brice 229 Ward, Brice Gerald 324 Ward, Helen Deas 324 Ward, Kathryn 255 Ward, Kelsey 255 Ward, Kelsey Leigh 324 Warden, Erin 260 Warneke, Amanda 255 Warner, Meredith 269 Warwick, Leslie 250 Washburn, Carolyn 256 Washburn, David Brian 247, 324 Washington, Michael 140 Wasilewski, Andrew 266 Waters, Lee 265 Watford, Eric 267 Watkins, Anna 255 Watkins, Elizabeth 260 Watkins, Kate 256 Watkins, Sarah 144 Watson, Ashley 265 Watson, Johnna 260 Watson, Kristin 259 Watson, Mattie R. 324 Watson, Samuel 267 Watson, Stanley 261 Watts, Kendra 253 Weatherall, Daniel 324 Weatherford, Terrica 250 Weaver, Abbie 260 Weaver, Josh 262 Weaver, Steffi Leigh 324 Webb, Daniel 258 Webb, Erin 255 Webb, Gracie 265 Webb, Jesse 266 Webb, Mollie Stacy 324 Webb, Olivia 259 Webber, Brandon 254 Webber, Brandon Shaun 324 Webster, Jonathan David 324 Webster, Rachel 269 Weems, Celise L. 324 Weems, Lauren B. 324 Weeks, Whitney 255 Weiderhaft, Laura 242 Weiler, Nathan 267 Weinberg, Kelly Nicole 324 Weisbeckerv, Conner 267 Weisbruch, Hannah 265 Welchans, Jake 261 Welker, Eric, 31 Wellborn, Taylor 250 Welty, Allie 265 Wenzelberger, Kimber 247, 324 WERC Competition 100 , 101 Wernick, Blair Katelyn 265 Wessinger, Kati 269 West, Allison 265 West, Allison Elizabeth 324 West, Bradley C. 324 West, Jason 268 Westlake, William 261 Weston, Brandon 246 WestyOsborn, Blair Wynne 255 Whaley, Chloe 256 Wharton, Courtney 260 Wheat, Jackson 267 Whipple, Robert 267 Whistle, Leigh Anne 253 White, Anne 256 White, Brittany 260 White, Carly 255 White, Chelsea 256 White, J. Bryan 261 White, Jonathan Lee 324 White, Kendall 255 White, Kevin 261 White, Landrey 269 White, Philip A. 324 White, Russell 267 White, Sam 242,262 White, Sarah 269 White, Tommie Garen 266 Whitley Erin Hill 294 Whiteside, Zachery Gage 324 Wholesome Havvgs 98, 99 Wibourn, Taylor 259 Wiedemann, Laura 260 Wiederhold, Kelsey 259 Wiederhold, Lindsi 259 Wigfield, Brandon 261 Wiginton, Joseph Ross 324 Wiginton, Ross 258 Wilcox, Alexandra 259 Wilcox, Julie 245 Wild, Lauren 256 Wildy, Bethany 253 Wildy, Tab Dowell 251 Wilkerson, Blake 73 Wilkin, Dakota 259 Wilkins, Jason Robert 324 Wilkinson, Charles 261 Willbanks, James 261 Willems, Nathan 245 Willey, Paige 255 William Dustin Holt 294 Williams, Alexandra 259 Williams, Brittany 58 Williams, D.J. 25,133 Williams, Danny B. 324 Williams, Emily 256 Williams, Hannah 253, 255 Williams, Jebediah 343 Williams, Joshua DaGreat 324 Williams, Kaylin 255 Williams, Bryan Keith 324 Williams, Kevin Ray Kadillak 325 Williams, Kyle M. 325 Williams, Lacey 259 Williams, Amber 257 Williams, Madeleine 250 Williams, Michelle 325 Williams, Molly 265 Williams, Shelise De Shon 216, 325 Williamson, Zach 262 Willis, Cathrine 256 Willis, Katie 259 Wilmes, Kristin 265 Wilson, Alex 242 Wilson, Alex 246 Wilson, Allison 259 Wilson, Amanda 253 Wilson, DeShon LaWayne 246 Wilson, Frances Elizabeth 325 Wilson, Kelsey 259 Wilson, Lauren 257 Wilson, Lauren Michelle 325 Wilson, Leach 260 Wilson, Leah Caroline 325 Wilson, Mallory 154 Wilson, Shelby 269 Wingo, Ronnie 131 Winkelman, Kristi 250 Winston, Alexander 268 Wise, Alexandra 269 Wisner, Helen 269 Witcher, Kristi 256 Withem, Sarah 245 Witt, Ashton 259 Wizer, Ann 265 Wofford, Jake 242 Wojcicki, Megan 259 Wolf, Johnny W. 325 Wolf, Laura 259 Wolfe, Caitlin 255 Wolfe, Lizzie 260 Wolff, Jenny 265 Woloshyn, Whitney 155, 255 Women’s Basketball 142-145 Women’s Cross Country 164-167 Women’s Golf 190-193 Women’s Tennis 198- 201 Women’s Track Field 214- 217 Wood, Abbi 253 Wood, Cole 261 Wood, Hannah 269 Wood, Jessica 253 Wood, Kristin 269 Wood, Mallory 269 Wood, Morgan 259 Wood, Sarah 242 Woodcock, Rebecca S. 325 Woodruff, Mary Grace 260 Woods, Brandi 255 Woods, Bryce 267 Woods, Charesse 257 Woods, James 261, 267 Woodward, Laura 259 Wooldridge, Aaryn 265 Woolverton, Ashley Michelle 265 Wooten, Courtney 260 Wooten, Mandy 260 Word, Lacey Elizabeth 325 Worm, Amanda Kathleen 325, 343 Worob, Amy 250 Worsham, Lauren 260 Worthen, Diana Gonzales 37 Wray, Jacob 261 Wray, Nathaniel A. 325 Wray, Rachel 155 Wright, Chelsea 256 Wright, Christopher 261 Wright, Heather 255 Wright, Jarius 131 Wright, Jordan 255 Wright, Leah 255 Wright, Madi 255 Wright, Randa 259 Wright, Randa Ruth 325 Wright, Robyn 259 Wu, Chen Wei 325 Wyatt, Amanda 97 Wyatt, Jenna 260 Wynne, Grant 267 Valek, Kristen 265 Valerio, Luis 264 Vammen, Elizabeth K. 265 Van Brahana 288, 289 -r- Xu, Jack Tong 325 Yang, Famous 325 Yang, Sue 325 Yates, Carolyn 154 Yeager, Jennifer 253 Year in Review 78-85 Yealy, Amy 253 Yocum, Melissa 256 York, Kristina 259 Young, Anna 269 Young, Bailey 269 Young, Chase 242 Young, Katie 265 Young, Kiley 155 Young, Leah 253 Young, Merritt 265 Young, Taylor 259 Young, William 261 Youngblood, Ryan 261 Yulianto, Wawan Eko 244 Yusuf, Adeola 242 Zachary, Kristen 265 Zangari, Michael 261 Zani, Kathleen 253 Zarr, Elyse 265 Zeta Tau Alpha 269? 270 Zeta Tau Alpha Step Off 238, 239 Zeno, Caroline 256 Zhang, Halbo 325 Zhang, Tom 325 Zika, Tara 157,159 Zillmer, Emily 265 Zimmer, Alyssa 269 Zimmerman, Abby 2 . Zimmerman, Katey Zinnamon, Lonnie k 2 $ 325 Zinter, Elliott 268 Zogaj, Nikolas 197 Zornes, Amy 250 Zumba 62, 63 ■Aflfrrii ' ‘ ' ■ -sM In Memoriam ' Uis iyi organ Cox Trenton Faith II Justin Ferdinand I iSSF ‘ ' Islen Harris Zachary Hooper Keely Trussell Brandon Trussell Aaron Webster 342 I INDEX Editors: Helen Chase Johanna Baker Rachel Newberry Nick Carter Webmaster: Bradley Simmons Marketing: Carly Berry Catherine Keeter Designers: Emily Chase Amber Clark _ Kirstyn Day Tiffany Greenstreet Catherine Holland Kristen Karnes Tyler McBride Angie McClure Stephanie Patterson Kaytee Stephens 2010 STAFF Writers: Kaitlynn Bianconi Jordain Carney Megan Clark Bobbie Foster Jordan Crummer Jillian Hanon Jeremy Hurtt Allison Perkins Clint Linder Photographers: Chad Arnold Elizabeth Bostwick Divesh Brahmbhatt Maggie Carroll Jacki Frost Jonathan Gibson Vance Green Grace Glide Mandi Havens Stephen Ironside Yasmine Omari Veronica Pucci Jeremy Stout Jebediah Williams Amanda Worm STAFF I 343 344 I INDEX STAFF 345 346 INDEX The 2010 Razorback yearbook is the official yearbook of the University of Arkansas and was created entirely by students. The 11 3th volume of the Razorback was printed on 1 57-gsm China Gold East Gloss paper by Multi-Media Technology Group, Poplarville, Miss. The staff worked with the company’s director, John Trotter, and associate director Anthony Granda during production. The 352 pages were submitted as uploaded .zip files for a press run of 4,000. All copy for the yearbook was written and edited by student writers on the Razorback staff. Photos for the Razorback, both candid and portrait pictures, were taken by staff members and staff photographers, using their own personal digital cameras or the staff’s Canon Rebel XT. In some cases, photos were contributed by sources such as Razorback Communications. All pages were produced on Macintosh computers using Microsoft Word and Adobe Creative Suite 3- The yearbook was a fall delivery book, containing the fall and spring semesters from the previous school year. The Razorback was handed out at various locations across campus and was free to students on a first-come, first-serve basis. Creation of the book was made possible through the Student Media Fee. The book was produced at a budget of $65,940. The cover was designed by Helen Chase, Johanna Baker and Rachel Newberry. The colors are SuperBlack at 86 percent, White and Pantone 201. It was printed in a matte finish with ITC Symbol Standard Book and Bold type- Templates for the book were designed by Helen Chase, Johanna Baker and contributing staff designers. All body copy is 10 point Kepler Standard Regular. All headlines and subheads are of the ITC Symbol Standard family. Folio s are 1 2 point ITC Symbol Standard Book. Captions are 10 point Kepler Standard Regular and the caption lead-ins are 11 -point Kepler Standard Bold. All 352 pages were printed with 4-color processing. Pages 1-16 were also given UV coating Special thanks are due to Cheri Freeland, Jane Hocker, Steve Wilkes, Gerald Jordan and Carol Rachal for their help and encouragement- The Razorback staff can be reached at , 119L Kimpel University of Arkans Fayetteville, AR 72W (479) 575-330-j yearbook@uark.eU yearbook.uark.eU Any time a high school senior or a UA student looking for an application comes into my office and asks about the Yearbook, I always tell them that it has been one of the best things that has happened to me in college- which it is, j thout a doubt. I know about things on campus that I probably would never have learned of otherwise; I have discovered as cinating stories about students, stories which I believe are what make our student body so special; I have found a family Mth my staff and a home in the office at the end of the hallway in the basement of Kimpel. 1 started working at the Razorback more or less by chance, when a friend asked if I would like to write a few stories for yearbook in my free time. I had worked on both newspaper and yearbook in high school, but my freshman year was busy that I hadn’t really considered the idea of doing student media in college. During my second semester at the University, I interviewed a student on the then-called Gymbacks team and another student, via phone, who was helping , rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I remembered what I loved about writing for student media, and I never °°ked back. This year, as Editor-in-Chief, I simply could not have done the work I did without the amazing people around me. °banna, it’s been fantastic to work with someone who would kidnap an in-flight magazine off our flight to Austin with me ilT| ply because one of the layouts was just that good and be in the office just as much as I am. Rachel, the stories in our °ok are unquestionably tighter (also, more inclusive of four- or five-syllable words) thanks to your copy-editing, and I ve you to thank as well for the survival of my sanity in a more-or-less intact fashion. Nick, your addition to our editorial c °re as Photo Editor has made our processes invariably more streamlined. I loved working in the office with all three of this year. To my entire staff, I cannot thank you enough for the work you put into this book. Whether you have (at the time of Ts publication) worked for us for a few months or a few years, it was your creativity and persistence that made the 1 2 th edition of the Razorback possible. It is you who put time into handing out the books, designing the pages, going to 1e events to shoot and interview and making the deadlines. I am grateful to have had all of you on board. To Professor ° r ban, Steve, Cheri and Jane, thank you for your visits to our office and your words of encouragement and constructive Cr iticism. More than three years after I joined the Razorback staff, I’ve done nearly everything there is to do at the yearbook. I’ve r ' tten stories, taken photos, designed templates and put together pages. I’ve made reservations for individual photos, tended conferences, hauled equipment to set up at Friday Night Live and, together with my staff, yelled for hours on about free yearbooks during distribution. I have countless memories thanks to this experience that is working for tL| dent media, some of wonderful times and some of challenges. I look forward to another year, making another collection Memories, both for myself and for the student body. t, p 6| en Chase ' tor-in-Chief b ' O Razorback COLOPHON LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 347 348 I CLOSING We made it our home, and no matter where we go in life... We will take a piece of the University with us ■ r ’ and leave our legacy engraved on the walks.