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Special College SectionUA Clinic o! cials o" er OCD treat-ment sessions.

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New Child CenterA new child center will replace a sorority parking lot.

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Dynamic DuoQuarterback Tyler Wilson and running back Knile Davis’ decisions to return gives Arkansas two Heisman Trophy candidates.

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Dorm Room AromatherapyRemedies for residence hall rankness help students take a stand against the stench.

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Summer InternshipsHow giving up your summer can help your career.

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Is ASG aTrue VoiceFor Students?Are students getting what they want and need from current and past ASG executives? What students should keep in mind for the next ASG election.

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UA Transit and Parking depart-ment o! cials have seen an increase in new parking permits this semes-ter.

From Jan. 2 to 18, department o! cials sold 560 student passes in addition to those sold at the begin-ning of the year, said representative Andy Gilbride.

“We always sell more permits at semester, but we sold 1,100 per-mits,” Gilbride said. “At the begin-ning of the year that wouldn’t be a big deal, but now it’s a big jump.”

A total of 627 other parking passes were sold or renewed this se-mester, bringing the total to 1,187.

Gilbride attributed the increase to transfer students, students bringing cars to campus for the " rst time and renewals of parking garage permits. Students with ga-rage permits tend to renew at the semester, he said.

# e number of spring transfer students has been steady at about 450 the last two years. # is year it could be at 500, said Charlie Alison university relations representative.

“We had 200 students buy a per-mit for the semester,” he said.

UA o! cials won’t be able to meet the rising demand for more parking spaces any time soon—plans for a new parking garage are still uncertain, with no completion date set.

“We’re not planning on starting one right now. We know our next one will probably be down some-where around Arkansas Avenue and Maple [Street],” Gilbride said. “But that could change.”

A new garage also presents a serious " nancial hurdle, Gilbride said.

“We don’t have the money for it or anything right now,” he said. “It would be paid for in bonds.”

# e sale of bike permits, which

might otherwise decrease the num-ber of cars on campus, has pla-teaued because of winter weather, Gilbride said.

“I would say it’s steady,” he said. “Of course it’s the winter months, so we don’t have that many because of the weather, but it has jumped up in the past couple of years.”

# e UA bus system hasn’t less-ened car tra! c, either.

“Our transit system is packed, so I don’t think it’s underutilized, it’s just we don’t have a lot of room for our students on the busier routes,” Gilbride said. “If you’ve ever rid-den the bus, you’re just smashed in there.”

Cramped buses and frigid bike rides can’t compensate for the com-fort and convenience of parking on campus, Gilbride said.

“If you can drive your vehicle, you’re going to.”

by JACK SUNTRUPStaff Writer

New Semester Brings Increase in Parking Permits

New Center to Expand Nursing School

# e Epley Center for Health Professions, the newly renovated building for upper-level nursing and communication disorders students, opened last week, o! cials said.

by KRISTEN COPPOLAStaff Writer

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MIKE NORTON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe new Epley Center for Health Profession’s provides new equipment and spaces for future nurses, speech pathologists and audiologists, officials said.

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! e Jean Tyson Child Develop-ment Center, now under construc-tion on Douglas Avenue, is slated to replace the child development cen-ter and the infant development cen-ter in fall 2012, o" cials said.

! e new center will hold more students than the previous build-ings, said Mike Johnson, vice chan-cellor of Facilities Management.

“Combined capacity is probably 30 or 35 children from very young up to 4 years old, before they go to kindergarten. ! is capacity in the new facility is 144, so a signi# cant increase in capability,” Johnson said.

! e Child Development Cen-ter will also have space for teaching and observation for students and faculty.

“It’s also an academic teaching facility, and the way we’ve built it, [students] have observation rooms where they can observe children without the children knowing,” Johnson said. “It’s an academic cen-ter to train and teach people that will deal with children as they de-velop and grow.”

Some sorority members # nd the construction to be a burden, which

is being built on what used to be Lot 36, a parking lot behind Zeta Tau Alpha and Delta Delta Delta.

“! ey have to park behind Kap-pa in that tiny green lot, so it’s so hard to # nd any spot behind Kap-pa,” said Rachel Ricca, Kappa Kap-pa Gamma resident. “! e closest we get is across the street behind faculty or behind Chi Alpha.”

Other girls are hesitant to park along Douglas Street amid its steady $ ow of tra" c.

“! is semester I had to start parking in the street instead of in our parking lot,” said Jessica Brown, Alpha Delta Pi resident. “I’ve seen so many hit and runs just on our street alone that I wish the school had more lots open.”

Maggie Jo Pruitt, a Kappa Kap-pa Gamma resident, said she once spent more than an hour search-ing for parking behind the sorority houses.

“! ere is only enough room for one lane of tra" c on the street they are building on and it’s hard to get o% that street. ! e construc-tion trucks are always driving so it’s nearly impossible for tra" c to $ ow both ways,” Pruitt said.

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New Child Center Replaces Sorority Parking Lot

! e center will allow the El-eanor Mann School of Nursing to admit more students.

“Maybe a year or so ago we were admitting maybe 48 [stu-dents] a semester into that pro-gram. ! is new facility will al-low us to go to 100 students per semester,” said Mike John-son, vice chancellor of Facilities Management.

! e Epley Center, which

stands across from the Chancel-lor’s house on Razorback Road, served as the UA health center before the Pat Walker Health Center was built, Johnson said.

Upper-level nursing was previously held in the Graduate Education building and Ozark Hall. ! is semester, nursing classes will be moved to the Ep-ley Center with a few classes in the Northwest Quad and Maple Hill classrooms, Johnson said.

! e Speech and Hearing Clinic, which was previously con# ned to a small building at

Arkansas Avenue and Maple Street, will also migrate to the Epley Center.

“We were bursting at the seams,” said Fran Hagstrom, communication disorders pro-gram director. “! e university decided that they were really going to move forward with something.”

! e center will provide nurs-ing students state-of-the-art technology, including comput-erized mannequins to practice drawing blood and administer-ing vaccinations, Hagstrom said.

Becca Evans, a junior nurs-ing major who has two classes in the Epley Center this semes-ter, said she was thankful for the upgrade.

“! e learning environment is so much better in the new building,” Evans said. “It is very modern, clean and organized. It is encouraging to see that it was important to the Universi-ty of Arkansas to provide a new building for the nursing stu-dents.”

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BEN FLOWERS PHOTO EDITORAmong new additions and renovations to the campus, the Tyson Child Development Center, a new 22,800-square-foot building, is under construction at the corner of Douglas and Oakland.

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COLLEGESSpecial Traveler Section

UA psychological clinic o! cials will soon provide group treatment sessions for students, faculty and community members su" ering with obsessive compulsive disorder, o! cials said.

# e sessions, which begin Feb. 6, aim to reduce OCD-related anxiety, decrease OCD compulsion activities and better daily func-tioning for those su" ering from OCD, accord-ing to the group’s brochure.

Although this is the $ rst OCD treatment group, o! cials have o" ered several other groups for issues such as insomnia and so-cial anxiety disorder, said Tom Adams, clini-cal training psychologist at the clinic and the group’s leader.

# e treatment consists of an assessment by one of the UA psychological clinicians, psy-choeducation sessions dedicated to the “nature and treatment of OCD” and the practice of ex-posure and response prevention, a treatment recognized and supported by research in the Psychological Association, according to their brochure.

Exposure and responsive prevention works by gradually exposing the individual to his or her fears, according to the OCD foundation website.

# e group treatment will be 12 group ses-sions, held on Monday nights for three hours.

# e cost of the program is $100, which covers all the costs associated with the program.

OCD is a common anxiety disorder that af-fects approximately 2.2 million adults in the U.S. and is o% en under-diagnosed, according to the OCD website.

Adams estimates that the prevalence of OCD in Northwest Arkansas is about the same as the national average, or approximately 1 to 2 percent.

“# at means about 4,000 [people] in NWA probably meet diagnostic criteria for OCD at this point in time,” Adams said.

# e clinic is expecting about four to eight people from the university and community to join the sessions, Adams said. # e UA psycho-logical clinic will screen possible participants until Feb. 10.

# e number of students or faculty su" ering from OCD at the UA is di! cult to estimate, he said.

# e $ rst symptoms of OCD o% en appear in late childhood or adolescence, according to the UAMS health encyclopedia. Some esti-mates of adolescents with OCD are as high as 6 percent, Adams said.

# ough OCD is more common in young adults, the disorder is less prevalent among college students, he said.

“I think the initiation of this group will increase OCD awareness, especially among those involved with the psychological clinic,” Adams said.

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LAUREN HUSBAND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERConstruction has begun on the new crosswalk across Garland Ave., a main road on campus. The street has only one crosswalk between intersections.

What do students expect of Associated Student Government members? It’s a question I’ve thought about since I started cov-ering ASG for ! e Traveler during August 2010.

I’m sure some of you are sar-castically – or not – thinking that you don’t expect anything from ASG. Some of you are probably wondering what ASG is.

As a student you should hope that they are using their student fee money appropriately. If you’re a member of a Registered Student Organization you probably hope they fairly distribute funds so that you can plan events and schedule speakers.

And even if we woke up to-morrow and we all knew exactly what ASG members did, exactly

what we wanted from them, and – since we’re in fantasy land – all students wanted the exact same things, how well equipped are ASG members to tackle our prob-lems?

When I think about things stu-dents generally want from the UA: a good education, a! ordable tu-ition, a decent – in terms of both location and price – parking spot, this year we probably want a lit-tle less campus construction, that even if all members of ASG agreed on a solution – again, fantasy land – and had a magic wand they couldn’t " x over night and maybe not even in the course of a year.

It isn’t that ASG President Mi-chael Dodd, or last year’s president Billy Fleming, or the year before that Mattie Bookhout – because wanting good teachers, tuition and parking spots have probably been a student demand for a while now – are sitting in the ASG o# ce in the Union unaware that we want all of these things. But realistically the price of our tuition, where the administration decides to place a parking lot and when the UA de-cides to start major construction isn’t something an ASG president can solve by him/herself, or per-haps even at all.

$ at isn’t to say that the issues should be or are ignored by ASG exec teams. Last year, ASG mem-bers held call in days and took a

trip to Washington to meet with legislatures to discuss things like a! ordable tuition and potential Pell Grant cuts. Fleming’s adminis-tration was also criticized by some for being too political though. In the " rst section of the Dodd /Wal-drip/ Bakke/Fitzgerald platform “Students First” two points are re-lated to putting the student body before political issues and not pressing their agenda on students.

I’ve always been curious, given how rare it is that a student comes and speaks at an ASG Senate meeting, how feasible the “let peo-ple bring them [agenda ideas] to us and we’ll make it our agenda” is.

I’ve always seen ASG’s role as a voice for the students, and I think that’s general enough that every administration should be able to do it. Even if they can’t solve the problem by themselves – and lets face it, on most problems they can’t – advocating for the UA student body at every level, whether with-in the UA, local, state and federal government – should be their top priority. $ ey should be advocat-ing for students in their meetings

to administrators sharing our frus-tration with construction, parking, and other issues, or good things they’ve heard like plans for more classroom space, etc. At the state and federal government levels they should be advocating for us on education-related issues. (May-be I’ll be accused of trying to make ASG political, but I also think ASG members should care enough to put their own politics aside and do what’s best for students.) One of the most consistent things I’ve criticized this year’s Senate about is that I’ve felt like they haven’t done this enough. I still don’t, and I hope this semester will change that.

It’s the end of January, and ASG executive elections will be here sooner than you think. (I’ve been hearing about them since at least the middle of last semester.) Stu-dents should keep in mind what they want from their ASG execu-tives, and how realistic the promis-es potential ASG executives make are. It’s likely something I’ll be talk-ing about more and more as the semester wears on.

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“About 4,000 [people] in NWA probably meet diagnostic criteria

for OCD at this point in time.”

-Tom Adams, clinical training psychologist, “UA Clinic Offers OCD Treatment Sessions,” page 3.

Comments From the Traveler WebsiteRe: UAPD Adds K-9 Narcotics UnitGuest: $ is dog needs to be retrained or retired. I was recent-

ly pulled over during a routine tra# c stop and the dog sni! ed around my car 2-3 times, not alerting at all. $ e o# cer put the dog back in the car, and later the other o# cer involved in the tra# c stop said he was going to search my car. A% er not con-senting since he didn’t have any probable cause, they brought the dog back out of the car and had it sni! around my car another TWO rounds. $ is time they claimed it alerted by sitting twice on the driver’s side of my car, which I found interesting since there weren’t any drugs in the car... $ e o# cers then searched my car, and found absolutely nothing, because there was never anything in the car. Either the dog didn’t actually alert and the o# cer lied or provoked an alert, or the dog is not alerting or smelling drugs properly at all... I’m not sure if this dog will be bene" cial to the UA campus, or a hindrance to the Fourth Amendment to the Con-stitution.

Re: New Building, Classrooms in Planning Stage

N.T.: As one with architectural experience, I have long been mentioning the Physics/Utility/Mechanical Engineering buildings as the site for any added classrooms. It is outside the historic district and is an eyesore. Furthermore, that bloc is in a valley and allows a lot of vertical space without disrupting the aesthetics of our campus...If we want to be really ambitious

about it, we can connect it to Bell Engineering and/or J.B. Hunt by either a skywalk or better yet subway. Potential students,

faculty and donors would love it. Let’s go for the “wow” factor!

Re: Is Campus Construction Driving New Hogs Away?

Ricksuperfun: Maybe they need to take full advantage of this mild winter and bump up the timelines on these projects underway. Pour more money at them and really get ahead this summer. I know the auditorium will be " nished in the fall (they say) and the Pi Phi Gate is going to be done in a couple of months. Hopefully that will ease things up a little

Re: A Systematic Problem - Moving our Nation Forward

Jeremy: If people are too stupid to make up their own mind...American deserves what it gets and will only learn it’s lesson a% er facing the consequences. $ ere is no system that can include stupid people’s votes and negate the natural consequence of counting those votes. $ e solution is education, logistics will fall in line all on its own a% er that.

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Is Twitter AddictionA Useful Student Resource?

It’s hard to imagine a life without Facebook, Twitter or the Internet. Our generation has become accustomed to be-ing connected with the digital world for years, and without it, we would be what we consider “cut o! ” from the world. In our day and age, communication has become complete-ly digital, and with that, new opportunities are popping up ev-ery day to make things like employment even easier to " nd.

While social media websites are good for following our fa-vorite college athletes, keeping up with friends and catch-ing up on the latest news and gossip, who would have thought that it would one day provide us with job opportu-nities simply by clicking a “follow” button? Sure, we have on-line job searches like monster.com and Yahoo Jobs, but " nd-ing that perfect match has never been easier with the intro-duction of Twitter accounts that exist simply to list job o! ers.

When USAToday.com came out with a list of the top Twitter accounts to follow in order to improve your hiring statistics last week, it almost seemed strange that we could now keep up with the who-and-what of the job market, where in the world the best jobs were, and how to essentially get hired, simply by clicking a few buttons and staying up-to-date with tweets and newsfeeds. It’s a strange phenomenon for those of us who are accustomed to actually " lling out a paper application, but it’s now the future of job searching - something we have to think about as soon-to-be college graduates. $ ough this might seem like a great opportu-nity for students to " nd easy employment, it does raise the ques-tion – are we safe using our personal pro" les to search for careers?

As students, we are forced to notice the most up-to-date ways to apply for jobs, because for the most part, employers are not only looking at what we can o! er from our resume, but also how technologically savvy we are. Yet, is Twitter the best platform for gossip-hungry students to look for potential careers? Take a mo-ment to think about one of the top stories on the USAToday.com college site – Yuri Wright, the No. 85 ranked recruit in the na-tion, being expelled from his high school for posting inappro-priate content on his Twitter. Are we as students responsible enough to keep our social media outlets completely professional?

It just so happens that the greater majority of Twitter and Facebook users don’t think of their potential employ-ers searching over pro" les and information on a daily basis. Now, we all know that this does happen on occasion, spark-ing many of us to block our pro" les and even create alternate usernames to keep those questionable Halloween photos un-der the table, but the idea of being “friends” with your future boss doesn’t make the majority of us feel exactly comfortable.

Following Twitter accounts made speci" cally for job listings might be the most technologically advanced and simple way to get the word out for hiring companies, but as students, we need to be careful that our pro" le doesn’t de" ne who we are to those signing our future paychecks. If you’re the kind of student who doesn’t mind being tagged in risqué photos, or updates their Facebook status with gossip and inappropriate messages, it might not be the best idea to include your employer in the cycle. $ ough we might be the " rst to know about that glamorous job in New York City, we need to be careful to shield ourselves from becom-ing targets for unemployment. Simply put, employers won’t hire those who don’t seem professional. So, unless you are planning on doubling up on professional and personal pro" les or delet-ing all those photos and friends o! your site, it might be a bet-ter idea right now to cut the social media out of your job search and stick to paper and pen, just until our pro" les calm from their college years and we can become responsible social media users.

As the generation directly a! ected by the majority of these digital advances, we need to remember to counteract the open opportunities with care. It’s a delicate balance of keeping work and play separate, because when they mix it’s rarely a good thing. So, next time you log on to Twitter and check up on sites like @Tweetmyjobs or @bestjobsonline, make sure that your fol-lowing Tweet is something you don’t mind your boss reading.

Is ASG a True Voice For Students?From Washington

by JORDAIN CARNEYTraveler Columnist

“ASG members should care enough to put their own

politics aside and do what’s best for students.”

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With the spring semester only be-ginning, summer vacation seems like years away. But a productive summer is a summer planned well in advance and one involving an internship can be a great way to combine travel, network-ing and experience into a multi-month engagement.

“It is never too early to begin talking with professionals in your ! eld of in-terest about internship opportunities,” said Erica Estes-Beard of the Career Development Center. “Last fall, some companies already had their summer internship program postings available.”

Although some internship dead-lines have already passed, the bulk of internships are posted early in the year.

“Each company will be di" erent, and there are many that are posted from January to early March,” Estes-Beard said.

# e idea of spending the entirety

of summer vacation on a beach do-ing absolutely nothing may seem like a dream, but spending even a month at a company can not only be useful, but even fun.

“My internship was fantastic be-cause I learned and worked in a setting I’d like to maybe pursue in the future,” said Camille Wallace, a junior majoring in anthropology.

Wallace spent the summer interning for the Student Conservation Associa-tion in Soldotna, Alaska.

“It gave me a chance to travel for free to Alaska, which is the most beau-tiful place I’ve ever been to,” Wallace said.

Many internships are o" ered in places to which students wouldn’t reg-ularly travel. For those internships that are paid, students can even get a free trip out of the experience.

Besides having the time of your life, however, internships give students many valuable skills and opportunities.

“Internships give students

an opportunity to network with professionals in their ! eld,” Estes-Beard said.

In addition to networking, intern-ships give students real-life work ex-perience that can help them decide whether they have chosen the right profession.

“# ey can also give students an in-sider’s view of a company, industry and profession that will be vital when they are searching for full-time employment upon graduation,” Estes-Beard said.

Internships are becoming more and more essential for students wishing to land a job a$ er graduation. According to a 2010 study by the National Asso-ciation of Colleges and Employers, 30.7 percent of seniors without an intern-ship who applied for a job received a job o" er, while 42.3 percent of seniors who had an internship and applied for a job received an o" er. Many students ! nd that a little extra work during their undergraduate years pays o" in the fu-ture.

“Internships allow you to gain expe-rience in an area you want to go into,” Wallace said. “You get to assist and work in an environment that you want to go into. # at experience pays o" in the future, especially on your resume.”

Even a little bit of e" ort can result in a stimulating and productive summer. Most internships can be found and ap-plied for without leaving your comput-er chair.

“# ere are many ways to look for an internship, but typically students are able to ! nd internships by using their network or Internet searches,” Estes-Beard said.

Websites such as internships.com, indeed.com, experience.com or sim-plyhired.com are a great way to begin your internship search. Most websites will allow you to search by major and by location.

For those who wish to stay close to Fayetteville during the summer, there are many internship opportuni-ties available in Northwest Arkansas: Walmart, Tyson and J. B. Hunt are al-ways in need of summer help, as are smaller businesses around the area.

Of course, if you know the dream company you wish to work for and don’t see them hiring online, shoot them an email anyway. Many compa-nies are more than receptive to students who want experience and who are will-ing to work for little to no pay. Just be-cause a company isn’t hiring doesn’t mean they will turn away help.

# e Career Development Center, lo-cated in the Union, is also a good place to begin your internship search.

“# ere are numerous resources available on our website, career.uark.edu,” Estes-Beard said.

If you wish to have more guidance in the internship hunt, career counselors are available as well; appointments can be made by calling the CDC at 575-2805.

1. “For Emma Forever Ago” – Bon IverIt really goes without say-

ing that Bon Iver’s raw and e" ective debut album For Emma, Forever Ago is a per-fect complement to the winter season. It’s simple and home-made, but it has this uncanny ability to draw you in and hit you right in the heartstrings. A beautiful album, it made its fame with the untouchable “Skinny Love,” “# e Wolves (Acts I & II),” “Flume” and “Blindsided.” # is is one of the best recommendations for a winter album out there.

2. “9” – Damien RiceDamien Rice seems to be

near virtuoso-status as an acoustic singer/songwriter, and a scholar of the roman-tic human heart. Some songs are slow and relaxed or cheery and upbeat; others are mov-ing showcases of emotion and heartbreak. # is album goes many places, and some will highlight your wintry moods (or romantic stress) better

than others, but the individual songs on 9 are something to marvel. “9 Crimes,” “Elephant,” “Grey Room” and “Dogs” are each unique standout tracks and are among other equally great songs. Plus, both singer Lisa Hannigan and the cellist Vyvienne Long do a stellar job lacing their silky voice and warm cello playing through the album. It’s sincerely delightful.

3. “Only By ! e Night” – Kings of Leon# is is a pretty well known

album that put the Kings of Leon on the map with their hit “Use Somebody”-- but seriously, it’s a great piece of work. It has a perfect mix of modern rock and mystique to it that seems to get the colder, mature-rock vibe for win-ter. You can’t go wrong with the frisson-inducing “Closer,” “Revelry,” “Crawl” or “Cold Desert.” In many ways, Only By ! e Night soundtracks a cold winter’s night out. It balances itself quite nicely between the rock songs and slower paced songs.

4. “Keep It Hid” – Dan AuerbachDan Auerbach, who by day

is the lead singer/guitarist for the blues-rock out! t # e Black Keys, released his solo album Keep It Hid in 2009 prior to the Keys’ break-out album, Brothers. # e album is distinct from the usual rock-steady Black Keys music, but it would probably be okay to call his solo stu" experimental and trippy Black Keys, with added folk.

# e music is moody, introspective, and at times, comforting. One thing is for sure, the harder rock songs still have this inherited swag-ger to them that makes you want to groove down the street to them. Keep it Hid is decently long at 14 tracks, but listen for “Goin’ Home,” “Whispered Words (Pretty Lies),” “When # e Night Comes,” and “I Want Some More.” # ey’re some of the best tracks.

5. “Time Without Consequence”– Alexi Murdoch

Scottish singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch can do no wrong when it comes to mel-low, laid back music. He’s the kind of stu" you want nar-rating your mornings, taking you to your co" ee, and coax-ing you into your daily grind. He isn’t depressing, and he isn’t too heavy either. He’s de! nitely soothing, almost in a therapeutic way, and his warm vocals and guitar playing is just sa-vory. Some highlights from the album include “All of My Days,” “Song for You,” “Orange Sky” and “Love You More.”

6. “It Still Moves” – My Morning JacketAs one of the front runners

of American jam bands, My Morning Jacket’s third album It Still Moves makes for a great all-around rock album for the bleakest of winter days. # e expert musical compositions at play are engaging and easy to get into.

# e album almost plays like a live show. With most of the songs capping the ! ve-minute mark, all the songs break out into big rock-out

sessions that really de! ne the idea of a groove. It Still Moves is a re-laxed album with a subtle amount of melancholy to it, but it pulls it o" with gusto—it’s masked by the sheer amount of overdriven guitar rockin’ it almost every track. Some of the best tracks would have to be “One Big Holiday,” “Mahgeetah,” “Golden” and “I Will Sing You Songs.”

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A$ er a long and welcome winter break, students returning to their resi-dence halls may discover that, com-pared to home, the smell of their room is intolerable,. While housing regula-tions prevent students from using can-dles, with or without a wick, there are still many options available.

1. Potpourri: Found for a variety of prices and in assorted scents, potpourri consists of dried foliage that can simply be placed in a bowl.

2. Reed Di! users: # e reed sticks absorb the oil and release it in the air, no % ame required.

3. Air Freshening Sprays: Ranging from the generic fresh linen scent to the Febreze # ai Dragon Fruit, options are nearly endless. Traditional aerosol sprays can be used or outlet plug-ins that disperse the fragrance periodical-ly. For those who can’t spare the outlet space, stand-alone units are available. Fabric sprays also work to deodorize rugs, couches or chairs that are contrib-uting to the stench.

4. Baking Soda: A magical yet le-gal white powder, the Internet is ! lled with articles touting the glory of baking soda. An open box in the refrigerator

will seal in those odors, however sprinkling it onto a rug, furniture or an o" ending pair of sneakers, letting it set for a while prior to vacuuming will trap and re-move those smells as well.

5. Activated Charcoal: Activated charcoal, not burn-ing charcoal, works simi-lar to baking soda to trap odors. RealSimple.com recommends placing the o" ending item in a box with two cups of activat-ed charcoal, while being careful to keep them from touching, until the unpleas-ant smell fades.

While these methods will help stu-dents take a stand against stench, pre-venting the birth of new sulfurous odors is also important.

1. Take the trash out. # ink of it as encouragement to keep exercising. If food trash is taken out of the room immediately, it has no time to spoil and embed a rotting smell in every surface.

2. Do the laundry. Dirty clothes, especially le$ over from the gym, can make any room stink. # e longer stinky clothes sit, the harder it is to remove the smell.

3. Mop the " oors Floor cleaners can help remove

dirt and bacteria on the % oor and

send a fresh citrus smell into every corner

of the room. If that method seems like too much work, eating an orange will shoot some citrus juice into the air and temporarily freshen the space. Squeez-ing the peels will produce a potent and fragrant oil.

4. Dry clothes completely. Wet clothes that didn’t ! nish drying or tow-els that weren’t hung dry before hiding in a hamper for two weeks can mold and mildew, and they also develop a unpleasant aroma that will take several washings to remove.

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5. Activated Charcoal:Activated charcoal, not burn-ing charcoal, works simi-lar to baking soda to trap odors. RealSimple.com recommends placing the o" ending item in a box with two cups of activat-ed charcoal, while being careful to keep them from touching, until the unpleas-

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of the room. If that method seems like

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DOWNTIMELAUGH IT UP

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WELCOME TO FALLING ROCK Josh Shalek BLISS Harry Bliss

Q: Why did the librarian slip and fall on the library fl oor?

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Q: What’s the di! erence between a jew-eler and a jailer?

A: One sells watches and the other watches cells.

Q: Did you hear about the fi sh that went deaf?

A: He had to buy a herring-aid.

Q: What was the picture sent to jail?

A: It was framed.

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FOOTBALL COMMENTARY

Extra Points

JIMMY CARTERjicarter@uark.edu

Anderson Has Hogs on Track

It was horrible.No matter how many times

I tried, I couldn’t get it to work. I wasn’t ignoring ! rst-half ac-tion from the Arkansas-Mich-igan game, but I really wanted to send a text.

My phone wouldn’t send, though. AT&T’s network wasn’t working because the crowd was so large.

" at had never happened to me at Bud Walton Arena be-fore.

" e season-high 19,050 fans in attendance did their part, helping the Razorbacks shock the Wolverines early and providing encouragement as the Hogs tried to hold on late.

Sure, a lot of the fans were there to impress a star-studded group of football o# cial visi-tors, including receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, the No. 1 re-cruit in the nation.

" e fans had to leave im-pressed.

Impressed with the enthu-siasm and style of play, one of the best reminders of what Ar-kansas basketball used to look like.

Don’t be surprised if many of them come back. It was the

Running back Knile Da-vis was pretty sure he want-ed to return to Arkansas in early January.

He had to call someone a few times first. His message was simple.

“Hey, I’m in,” he told quarterback Tyler Wilson.

Davis announced he was returning to school Jan. 10 and Wilson followed suit two days later, giving the Razorbacks added momen-tum the same week they earned their first top-five finish since 1977.

“I felt like we had a great team coming back,” Wil-son said. “It’s never been my personality to leave early. I’ve always believed in completing whatever it

was I was working with. I decided, ‘Hey, I’m going to come back with Knile.’”

Wilson received a late first-round to second-round projection from the NFL Draft Advisory Board, while Davis was project-ed in the second or third round.

“I’m happy with the de-cisions,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “Two really good recruits com-ing in with Tyler and Knile coming back.”

Both players have been named first-team All-Southeastern Conference during their career.

Wilson earned the hon-or after throwing for 3,638 yards, 24 touchdowns and just six interceptions as a first-year starter in 2011.

“He had a great year for us,” Petrino said. “He showed a competitive spir-it, a toughness, with the ability to throw the football make all the throws. He has a lot of things he can im-prove on starting with his footwork, and his timing, which got better as the year went on.

“I think that’s maybe one of the things that led to his decision to come back, is he knew there are areas he can get better at, that will help him in the future.”

Davis earned first-team recognition for running for 1,322 yards and 13 touch-downs in 2010.

He missed the 2011

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

Back for the Big OneTyler  Wilson,  Knile  Davis  return  with  title  hopes

see EXTRA POINTSon page 8

BASKETBALL

Player  Statistics Tyler Wilson Knile Davis QB RBHeight: 6’3” Height: 6’1”Weight: 220 Weight: 226Year: Senior Year: Senior 2011 Stats 2010 Stats 3, 638: passing yards 1,322: rushing yards

24: passing touchdowns 13: rushing touchdowns

Waithe  Doubtful,  Young  

OK  for  Auburn  Game

Arkansas will likely be without one of its key reserves Wednesday against Auburn, but will have its leading scorer.

Senior forward Marvell Waithe is doubtful for the game a$ er straining a calf muscle early in the Michigan game Saturday, he said. Fresh-man guard BJ Young, the Ra-zorbacks’ leading scorer, will play a$ er injuring his right hand in a nasty fall against the Wolverines, he said.

Waithe sustained the injury shortly a$ er the game started, leaving the court and heading to the locker room a$ er play-ing just two minutes in his sec-ond start of the season.

“I walk around all day in a boot,” Waithe said. “I can’t re-ally jump or do anything right now, but I’ll be back. It’s just a strain. It wasn’t a tear. I’ll be back soon.”

" e 6-foot-9, 195-pound-er had provided a spark o% the bench for the Hogs in the previous four games, averag-ing 9.0 points per game to start Southeastern Conference play.

“Hopefully I’ll be back (Sat-urday at Alabama), but it hurts a lot right now,” Waithe said. “So we’ll see.”

Other players think it could be longer.

“I hate that he’s out,” fresh-man forward Hunter Mick-elson said. “(He’s out) three

Mickelson a Factor on Both EndsHunter Mickelson is Ar-

kansas’ tallest player.Standing 6-foot-10 and

235 pounds, Mickelson was known as more of an o% en-sive player coming out of Jonesboro, Ark., as the No. 55 high school recruit for 2011 by ESPN.

However, it has most-ly been the freshman for-ward’s play on the defensive end that has earned him 16.8 minutes per game. Mick-elson has a blocked shot in all 19 games this season and ranks third in the South-eastern Conference with 2.6 blocks per game.

“He has made the adjust-ment to playing on this level by the things he is doing de-fensively,” coach Mike An-derson said. “From rebound-ing to just being active be-cause he is very long. Now he has been able to show case some of his skill set in terms of shooting the basketball.”

Leading up to Arkansas’ home test with No. 19 Mich-igan last Saturday, Mickel-son had struggled on the of-fensive end of the & oor. " e freshman forward was 2 of 13 over his last four games coming into the matchup with the Wolverines from the & oor, but broke out of the slump connecting on 5 of 6 shots, including the eventual game-winner.

“It felt good,” Mickelson said. “I am out here working every day just like everybody else you know, so it kind of paid o% and that is a good feeling.”

Mickelson scored o% a pick-and-roll play with fel-

low freshman BJ Young to give the Hogs a 66-64 lead over Michigan, which be-came the ! nal score. He ! n-ished with 11 points, four rebounds and two blocks in the Hogs’ second win against a ranked team this season.

“I saw him play in AAU and I knew he would be a great talent because he can block shots,” Michigan coach John Beilein said a$ er Satur-day’s game. “He will just get better and better. He is going to be a good player but you have to be patient with him while he develops because he has a chance to be a great player. He is not there yet, but he will be.”

In Arkansas’ two SEC wins this season, Mickelson has combined for 10 blocks, including a career-high sev-en against LSU on Jan. 14. Averaging just 4.8 points per game though, Mickelson said he is beginning to gain more con! dence at the of-fensive end a$ er his perfor-mance against the Wolver-ines.

“I de! nitely think so,” Mickelson said about clos-ing the gap between his of-fensive and defensive games. “Going 5 of 6 in that game is a pretty good start if I am go-ing to close it. " at is a good way to go.”

Mickelson is one of four freshmen that have played in every game this season for the 14-5 Hogs. A$ er knock-ing o% its second ranked op-ponent and having a perfect 14-0 record at home, the Ar-kansas freshman have pro-gressed at a quick rate.

see FOOTBALLon page 8

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas freshman forward Hunter Mickelson will play a larger role for the Razorbacks after senior forward Marvell Waithe’s calf injury.

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERArkansas senior forward Marvell Waithe is doubtful for the Auburn game after strain-

ing his calf against Michigan.

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

see WAITHEon page 8

see MICHELSONon page 8

Former Oklahoma State guard and Fayetteville na-tive Fred Gulley is enrolled in Arkansas’ database and is seeking to join the basketball team, according to the Asso-ciated Press.

Gulley was a two-time Ga-torade Player of the Year in the state of Arkansas while guiding the Bulldogs of Fay-etteville high school to a per-fect 30-0 record during his senior season.

“I am going to continue playing basketball, and I am going to continue playing here,” Gulley said.As   a   freshman   at   Okla-­

homa  State,  Gulley  played  in  

all   33   games   averaging   1.5  

points  and  2.3  rebounds.  Gul-­

ley  started  the  Cowboys  first  

seven  games  during  his  soph-­

omore   year,   but   suffered   a  

shoulder   injury   that   required  

surgery  that  sidelined  him  for  

the  remainder  of  the  season.  

Gulley to Join Hogs?

File PhotosQuarterback Tyler Wilson and running back Knile Davis are both being mentioned as 2012 Heisman Trophy candidates after deciding to stay at Arkansas.

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

SPORTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012 PAGE 8

third consecutive game a sea-son-high crowd has shown up.

! e Razorbacks still have to " gure out how to win out-side Bud Walton, something they’ve failed to do all " ve times they’ve had the chance. At home, though, the Hogs are o# to a 14-0 start for the " rst time since the 1997-98 season.

Word is spreading and the fan base is starting to realize that the program has an iden-tity again, one that is fun to watch and has proven success-ful.

! e fast-paced style helped Arkansas build a 20-point " rst-half lead and $ ustered a Michigan team coming o# a win against No. 9 Michigan State just three days earlier.

Let’s be honest, the Razor-backs aren’t the most talented team in the world.

Following Marshawn Pow-ell’s injury, there hasn’t been a reliable post presence.

Four freshman, while tal-ented, are being relied on to produce at a high level every game.

! e Hogs’ post issues, in-ability to consistently knock down shots and road woes will likely keep them from compet-ing for a division or confer-ence championship this sea-son. An NCAA berth seems far-fetched.

You can see the progres-sion, though.

Some of the pieces are there. Others are on the way.

Looking ahead, the future looks bright.

BJ Young is as explosive, skilled and gi% ed a scorer as most any other freshman in the nation.

Ky Madden seems more and more like, in time, he can be an e# ective big point guard that distributes the ball, but can score, too.

Hunter Mickelson has the size, athleticism and skill to be special once he puts it all to-gether consistently. Saturday was a $ ash of that.

Devonta Abron has a knack

for the basketball can be an ef-fective college post player with added experience.

! ose are just the fresh-men.

Mardracus Wade is a tena-cious defender, has a high bas-ketball IQ and is the best spot-up shooter on the team.

Rickey Scott and Julyss-es Nobles are solid defenders who have experience.

Next year Arkansas will have Powell back, who, if fully-recovered, provides a skilled, smooth scoring forward. The   Razorbacks   signed  

three  recruits  in  November.

Jacorey   Williams   is   a  

skilled,   6-­foot-­8   combo   for-­

wing.

Michael   Qualls   is   a   freak  

derson’s  system.

shooter,   something   the   Hogs  

badly  need  more  of.

There   are   two   remaining  

ing   need   is   for   either   a   big,  

the  boards.

Clearly,   former   recruit   and  

budding   Tennessee   start   Jar-­

bill,   but   he   chose   the   Volun-­

teers   in   December   and   just  

gitimate  contender  in  the  SEC.

This  year’s  team  might  not  

kansas  fans.

Wait   until   he   gets   more  

his  system.

Jimmy  Carter   is   the  sports  

editor  for  

eler.   His   column   appears   ev-­

ery   Tuesday.   Follow   him   on  

Twitter  @jicartersports.

from EXTRA POINTSon page 7WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Stepping Up at the Right Time

Arkansas’ women’s basket-ball team had a rough start in conference.

! e Razorbacks began SEC play with a 0-4 record, including three losses against ranked opponents.

It all changed when Au-burn came to town on a Sun-day and Arkansas junior post Sarah Watkins took control.

Watkins had 12 points and four rebounds, while helping to lead the team to their " rst SEC victory.

Four days later, Watkins came up big again when Ar-kansas played No. 25 Vander-bilt, scoring a team-high 21 points and blocking a career-high six shots.

Watkins was named SEC Player of the Week honors for her performances in wins against Vanderbilt and LSU.

“It’s really important for me not to try and block shots so I don’t get into foul trou-

ble, but I think the timing was just there,” Watkins said. “I don’t think it was anything great I did on my part. I think it was just everything was $ owing for me tonight.”

! e 6-foot-3 junior helped the Razorbacks win their third consecutive conference game Sunday at LSU, a 72-52 win in a game Arkansas led by 16 at half.

Watkins and 6-foot-2 for-ward Ashley Daniels have provided the Razorbacks with solid post play in their three-game winning streak.

“We don’t have any super-stars, so we really need a lot of kids to contribute especial-ly those two,” Arkansas coach Tom Collen said.

Watkins struggled in the " rst four conference games, averaging 7.3 points and shooting just 21.4 percent from the " eld.

He also saw her turn around in their two wins.

“Let’s face it, our " rst three (conference) games of

the year were arguably against the three best teams in the league,” Collen said. “She was OK against Georgia, but not great. Against Kentucky, she had the worst game of her ca-reer. ! at was hard for her. Against Tennessee she didn’t even get any shots. I think she was 0 for 2 from the $ oor. It wasn’t that she played poorly. We just didn’t get her the ball.

“So she was feeling down a little bit. She bounced back a little against Ole Miss. She bounced back a little more against Auburn. (Against Vanderbilt) she stepped up in a big way so give that kid credit because she wasn’t playing well for three games in a row. She may be played as well as she has all year.”

Watkins that got the of-fense going against Vander-bilt, Daniels said, leading Arkansas to its second win against a ranked team, in-cluding a win against then-No. 13 Florida State in No-vember.

“Sarah started o# really well for us and it kind of just pushed us,” Daniels said.

Watkins tried to simplify her approach a% er her early-conference struggles.

“I try not to think as much,” Watkins said. “I just let it go. If it’s a miss, it’s over and in the past, just gotta keep shooting. You’re not go-ing to make any shots if you don’t take them. Just the con-" dence coming o# of every-body and our bench and our coaches that just drives ev-erybody a little harder.”

Even when Watkins was struggling, Collen said he still encouraged her to shoot.

“I’ve always been a shoot-ers coach and it’s really hard for me to tell Sarah Watkins not to shoot the three because I think she can make it,” Col-len said. “Ultimately, I just believe those shots are going to go down so I’m not going to do anything to take their con" dence away from them.”

by MONICA CHAPMANStaff Writer

season after breaking his ankle in early August.

“He’s been released to start running full speed, changing directions,” Petrino said. “So we’ll evaluate how he’s doing in the spring, where he’s at before he would do any live contact.”

Like Wilson, Davis didn’t want to leave school early.

“I just felt like my ca-reer here wasn’t com-plete,” Davis said. “I never envisioned myself leaving the University of Arkansas like that. I wanted to leave on a high note.”

The duo has already been mentioned on ear-ly 2012 Heisman Trophy lists. Both appeared on lists by FoxSports.com and the National Foot-ball Post, while Davis was ranked the No. 9 hopeful by the Heisman Pundit.

The last teammates to be Heisman finalists were USC running back Reg-gie Bush and quarterback Matt Leinart in 2005, an award Bush won and later had stripped.

“It’s going to be a fun ride,” Wilson said. “It’s kind of cool. You look back to the Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush days, the quarterback running back tandem that had a chance for the Heisman. I thought that was pretty cool when I was watching them play.”

Because of Davis’ Au-gust injury and Wilson backing up predecessor Ryan Mallett the previous two years, the duo won’t start their first game to-gether until the fall.

“I got to see him play all year and he had a suc-cessful year without me,” Davis said. “He got to watch me the year before, have a successful year without him. It’s just like, ‘Wow, what could happen with us together, a full season?’”

from FOOTBALLon page 7

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas junior post Sarah Watkins has keyed the Razorbacks’ three-game Southeastern Conference winning strea k , winning SEC Player of the Week honors for her performances in wins against Vanderbilt and LSU.

weeks I think they said.”Young had his hand

wrapped in a bandage follow-ing the 66-64 win against the No. 19 Wolverines.

He sustained the injury af-ter falling hard when he was fouled on a dunk attempt by Michigan guard Zack Novak. Young had to leave the game brie$ y to be attended to by the training sta# .

“My hand is still a little swollen,” Young said. “My

back took more of the pain a% erwards, like a day later. It should be all right.”

Novak was assessed a $ a-grant-1 foul and Young re-turned on a dead ball seven seconds later. ! e 6-foot-3, 175-pounder scored four points the rest of the game and " nished with a team-high 15.

“It was a pretty hard foul,” Young said. “I didn’t think he was trying to foul me that hard. It was pretty hard. No-vak’s a good guy. I’m not trip-pin.”

from WAITHEon page 7

“Anytime you go unde-feated at home it is great,” Mickelson said. “Coming in with a lot of pressure, you re-ally don’t know what is go-ing to happen so it has been a good surprise.”

! e freshman foursome combined for an average of 8.1 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game while registering 19.4 minutes per game.

Arkansas senior for-ward Marvell Waithe, who strained his le% calf on Satur-day, said he is out for the Ra-zorbacks game against Au-burn on Wednesday which could lead to more minutes for the Jonesboro Westside high school grad.

“He was hitting his shots and he can do that,” Waithe said of Mickelson. “I don’t

think he has showed every-body what he is capable of yet, but he will. With me out he will get a lot more min-utes and he will play great.”

Mickelson said he is look-ing forward to the opportu-nity to get more chances with the injury to Waithe.

“He (Waithe) is going to be out a while, but that is part of it so I will step up when I have to,” Mickelson said.

Mickelson’s 23 minutes last game were the third-most the freshman has played all season. Coach An-derson said with more min-utes come more expectations for his young forward.

“He got quite a bit of time on the $ oor and I thought he was productive,” Anderson said. “He looked much more relaxed in that game against Michigan and hopefully we will see much more of that Hunter Mickelson.”

from MICKELSONon page 7

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERArkansas freshman forward Hunter Mickelson scored 11 points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked two shots in the Razorbacks’ 66-64 win against Michigan.