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

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Quiet settled in Nightbird Books as songwriters competing in the “One Book, Many Songs” competition moved to the front of the audience. For the second year in a row, local songwriters were given the opportunity to share songs they had written with the Fayetteville community. “’One Book, One Community’ is a campus-wide reading program where everyone on campus and in the community ideally reads one book together each year, and we have events for the community based on that book,” Chris Goering, committee member of the program, said. In 2011, Goering had the idea to create a competition where local songwriters could write songs based on the themes found in the chosen book. “I think there is no better way to communicate to the world than through song ... you may be able to reach more people with those ideas than the book itself,” Goering said. The 2012 book was The Working Poor by David K. Shipley. This book was chosen because of the relevance that the economy and poverty have during election years. Jeanie Lopez-Flall was the first contestant, and before she began singing, she shared with the audience her experience with poverty. “When I was younger I lived in Guatemala. While my father was in the United States trying to get visas for my family, we were living in a home made of dirt walls,” Lopez-Hall said. “So this is just written about my experience, and trying to do better than people thought I could do.” The winner of the competition, Judd Burns, brought in a piano to perform his song, titled “Stay Flungry.” “We push and strive, but it never amounts to a Single sliver of an ounce of the Life we lost and our lack of energy And the three meals that we slave to earn Aren’t enough quell the debt we’ve churned So I think I’ve found a recipe for me And that is to stay hungry,” Burns sang. The prize for winning was four hours of free studio recording time at East Hall Recording studio in Fayetteville. Goering hoped that the competition would continue to grow and that more people would support the “One Book, One Community” program in the years to come.

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STUDENT LIFE AFTER DARK I 31 A s fi||j n g 6 SUn began to leave the sky, more than 2,800 students began Reused heater ,n anticipation for After Dark, a one-night event Fedel k ' a ° Unc be relevance of Christ in current society. Christian rapper a kick er event wit a performance before junior Zach Hocker, Cr owd H° r azor ac s football team, shared his testimony with the and tho ° C er Was Allowed by Joe White, president of Kanakuk camps •• Hest C a reatorof After Dark. cross u S outsic e the Greek theater carrying the vertical beam of a After he’ ' ves a talk from the perspective of a Roman cross builder. y° u r e cha 0ne he cross, he puts it up and talks about whether gives e ° Christ or chained to something else in life ... Then he With o n ° ne opportunity to write down what they’re struggling Vou’re • CarC 9nc bring t0 t ie ront - t s su PP ose d to signify that Se nior s IV ' n at bing to Christ and letting go of it,” Ray Hathaway, The pat hology major and quarterback for the event, said. ent er, ded with a concert by Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, a popular Christian Indie band. The purpose of the event was much deeper than providing a night of entertainment though. “At the end if you want to recommit your life to Christ or just know more about it you can write your name on a card put it in a box, and someone with After Dark will personally get in touch with you within 48 hours,” Hathaway said. “We had about 800 people drop a card in this year... For people who had been abused or in bad relationships, it gave them hope that they’re not alone in it. There are a lot of things going on around campus that you never see.” After Dark traveled to several universities annually but made efforts to come back to each one every four years, with the idea that everyone in college should have the opportunity to experience it once. “It was life-changing really. It helped me realize how important it is to give everything over to God,” sophomore anthropology major Andrew Power said. “I thought they did a really good job of showing people that, but still making it enjoyable to go to.” r a dicker for the Razorbacks football team, shared his testimony with the crowd. ABOVE Christian rapper Fedel put on a performance before After Dark got started.