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With ! nals quickly ap-proaching and cold and " u season adding to the stress, campus dining halls are doing their best to keep students in good health.

Chartwells o# cials have began a campaign called Bal-ance U to provide students with brain foods to encourage students to be aware of their eating habits.

Chartwells, a sector of a larger food service company called Compass Group, pro-vides nutrition as it pertains to students, said Kim Johnson, UA Chartwells marketing di-rector.

Chartwells o# cials aim to provide a variety of healthy foods while still meeting tastes and demand, Johnson said.

A wide variety in diet is one of the aspects that contribute to overall health, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nu-trition Information Center.

“It’s fairly easy to eat healthy on campus,” said Ju-lie Isenhower, freshman food science major. “$ ey [Chart-wells] provide a lot of options.”

Chartwells takes many small initiatives throughout the year to provide students with healthier options as well as to encourage healthy eating. $ ey have also launched larger campaigns such as the “" exi-tarian” initiative, which urges

students to cut meat out of a few meals a week for nutrition purposes.

UA o# cials also employ a campus nutritionist who has a table in one of the dining halls or the Union every Wednes-day. She is available for special appointments with any stu-dent who is concerned about di% erent aspects of their nutri-tion, Johnson said.

“We just ! nished ‘bundle up’, which o% ered a combina-tion of fruit, whole grains and yogurt, which students would hopefully choose over cof-fee and a doughnut,” Johnson said.

“We’re also working with the Student Council for Sus-tainability on a ‘clean plate’ initiative that will be launched in the spring,” Johnson said. “$ at’s something we’ve done every year for at least four years with varying success.”

$ e clean plate initiative will focus on mindful eating – meaning Chartwells and Stu-dent Council for Sustainability o# cials will urge students to take only as much food as they can eat and not leave plates full of food, Johnson said.

“$ e goal is that students will pay more attention to what they’re eating and not leaving a lot of food on their plates that will end up going to a land! ll or to the agricultural farm in earth tubs, as with the Quads,” Johnson said. “Sus-tainability is closely tied to nu-trition.”

David Zaharo% leaned for-ward to address his table of lab assistants.

“Today, we have 40 mice coming in, which means some-one has to be here the whole time,” he said. “Now, let’s talk about research.”

Zaharo% ’s research, which can require up to 100 mice monthly, concerns a new blad-der cancer treatment that could go to clinical trials within a year. Every year, bladder cancer kills about 13,000 people, most of them older than 55, accord-ing to the National Cancer In-stitute.

“$ e development of any new cancer drug takes 10 to 15 years and almost a billion dollars. It’s normally done by

pharmaceutical companies. But what we have we think is bet-ter,” Zaharo% said.

Each Monday at 9:30 a.m., the lab team convenes in a dim corner of the Engineering Re-search O# ce.

On this Monday, the as-sistants presented the previ-ous week’s data in pages of bar graphs splashed in orange, red, blue and green. Zaharo% stud-ied them carefully and glanced up at a lab assistant named Lirong Yang.

“Is there merit to delaying the initial tumor treatment un-til day 10, until it gets bigger?” he asked.

Such is Zaharo% ’s style of command: clean, subtle and democratic. Yang has worked as Zaharo% ’s postdoctoral fellow for most of his two-and-a-half year stint at the UA.

“He knows how to work with us to make sure it’s perfect,” she said. “If the results come back wrong, we do it again. Unless it’s perfect, we don’t publish.”

Zaharo% , who is only 36, has a chance to make scienti! c his-tory – he estimated that only two or three labs in the world are experimenting with a treat-ment like his.

$ e treatment uses protein molecules called Interleukin 12, which allow for communica-tion between di% erent immune cells.

He injects IL-12 directly into the tumor, “which essentially sets o% a bomb that signals to the immune system, ‘$ ere’s something very important here, something interesting here, you better check it out,’” Zaharo% said.

“So all these cells from the

immune system come in, and in the process of destroying that tumor, it’s learning, ‘$ is is a bad sucker. If you see it some-where else in the body, you bet-ter kill it.’”

$ is allows for a more pre-cise and complete treatment than traditional methods like surgery, chemotherapy and ra-diation, Zaharo% said.

“I tested this, and I see that 100 percent of the animals I’m testing are cured,” he said. “$ e tumor goes away. It’s gone.”

$ e mice showed no observ-able side e% ects, Zaharo% said.

“And that’s when I knew I could work on this for a good 20 or 30 years.”

$ at was in 2006, when

Chasing the Cure:UA Professor Readies New Cancer Treatment

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BRITTANY WULF STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERYoung Americans for Liberty are celebrating the victory of capitalism over communism. Dylan Stuart, sophomore, spray paints a peace sign on the Berlin Wall representation to celebrate the anniversary of its fall in 1989.

CHANDLER CRACRAFT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER UA student Blake Mertens tosses his salad, one of the healthier choices on the menu during lunch rush in Brough Dining Hall.

Job searching and resume building are becoming increasingly necessary skills, according to a recent UA graduate.

Katie Bruick was recent-ly hired at a Fayetteville gym called “Fitness 4 Less,” where she works in sales and promo-tions.

Just two months prior, Bruick was stuck in an insur-ance company job that she did not enjoy. She soon began a new job search, starting with a basic resume rewrite.

“I read the job posting and I tried to pinpoint exactly what I thought the employer

believed they needed,” Bruick said. “I then put the objective for that company at the top of the resume I would be turning into them.”

Piper Hurban, human re-source guide for Trinco Real Estate in Springdale, said the content of a resume should be descriptive and appropriate.

“When looking at some-one’s work history, I like to be able to really understand their previous job responsibilities and measurable accomplish-ments, such as raising sales 10 percent, or something like that,” Hurban said.

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Renovations and restora-tions have brought Peabody Hall into the 21st century with the addition of modern technology and new teaching tools.

Peabody Hall, built in 1913, is one of only ! ve UA buildings that were construct-ed before 1925, making it one of the most historic buildings on campus, Chancellor David Gearhart said at the recent re-dedication ceremony of the building.

“While everybody can ap-preciate the virtues of a his-toric building like this one, no one wants to work in an out-

dated one,” Gearhart said.As well as several physi-

cal upgrades, the $8.8 mil-lion project included the ad-dition of an elevator, special-ized teaching classrooms, smart classrooms, Promethe-an boards, new projectors and Blu-ray players, said Craig Ed-monston, assistant dean for administration of the College of Education and Health Pro-fessions.

A Promethean board is an interactive board that “is ba-sically a later version of what most people call the Smart Board,” Edmonston said.

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UA o! cials spent up to $5 million in roof repairs dur-ing the last " ve years.

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List of crimes during the past week.

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Tuition advantage for inter-national students.

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Mike Norton interned in Accra, Ghana during the Summer.

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UA o! cials spent up to $5 million on roof repairs over the past " ve years, a UA o! -cial said.

“Drainage in Northwest Arkansas is not designed for that kind of rain,” said Ron Edwards, director of Facility Operations and Maintenance.

# e Fayetteville area re-ceived slightly more than four inches of rain in the " rst weeks of November, which is the usual average for the en-tire month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Association and the National Weather Service.

For the second time in less than a year, a heavy rainstorm caused $ ooding on campus. # e " rst incident occurred April 25, when the UA ad-ministration closed campus because of $ ooding, accord-ing to arkansasonline.com.

Drainage on campus, like in other parts of the area, is the problem. # e drains over-$ ow when heavy rain falls in such a short time. # e water has no place to go, Edwards said.

Some water " nds its way into buildings, he said.

“Leaking roofs are not a frequent thing,” Edwards said.

Wet ceiling tiles do not al-ways indicate a leak. # ere “could be condensation” that is causing water spots to form on the tile, Edwards said.

Facilities Management of-" cials always investigate for leaks when a water spot is re-ported, he said.

“We always try to deter-mine what is leaking and where the water is coming from,” Edwards said.

If a leak is detected, of-" cials must begin the costly process of replacing the ceil-ing tiles.

# ere were wet ceiling tiles in Kimpel Hall that Facilities

Management sta% concluded was a leak, he said.

Most of the roof replace-ment is done by contractors,

who are called only if the job is still within the warranty in the contract, Edwards said.

# e rash of water spots is

not con" ned to older build-ings on campus. It is an inher-ent problem of any building, he said.

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CRIME REPORT:“# is may be really simple,

but what really stands out to me is consistency through the entire resume. It makes it easy to follow and shows a whole lot of professionalism,” she said.

Another way to empha-size professionalism is for a job seeker to be detailed in a resume, said Jessica Hawkins, an independent career advi-sor in the Dallas area.

“Make sure your resume is expanded a good amount with details about your previ-ous professional experiences and make them sound inter-esting,” Hawkins said.

Employers skim through similar resumes every day, Hurban said.

“# e appearance of the re-sume itself says a lot,” she said. “For instance, I would not ac-cept one that is mailed in

someone's previous employ-er's envelope. I like them to be neat with no creases.

“With electronic publish-ing, every mailed resume should be freshly printed on high quality paper,” Hurban said.

Every detail of the resume should be perfectly in place, Bruick said.

“It is important to take the extra step in improving your resume and to pay attention to detail so you appear as a responsible professional that will be worth your paycheck,” she said.

# e soaring unemploy-ment rate makes a clean re-sume all the more important, Bruick said.

# e national unemployment rate is 9.7 percent. For students and recently graduated young adults, the unemployment rate is 4.4 percent and climbing, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

RESUMESfrom page 1

BROOKE MCNEELY CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER“We always try to determine what is leaking and where the water is coming from,” said Ron Edwards, director of Facility Operations and Maintenance. There were wet ceiling tiles in Kimpel Hall that Facilities Management staff concluded was a leak, he said.

Friday, Nov. 4Theft Of PropertyA student reported someone stole her jacket while it was un-attended at a computer workstation in Mullins Library.

Criminal MischiefA sta% member reported someone damaged a gate arm at the Harmon Avenue Parking Garage. Saturday, Nov. 5Breaking Or EnteringA non-a! liated person reported someone stole a picture and a sculpture from a closet in a suite in the football stadium sometime during the past year. Sunday, Nov. 6RapeUAPD o! cers are investigating an alleged acquaintance rape in Yocum Hall. Monday, Nov. 7Breaking Or EnteringA non-a! liated person reported someone stole sunglasses and prescription medication from his vehicle while the ve-hicle was parked in Lot 74. Tuesday, Nov. 8Theft Of PropertyA sta% member reported someone stole his bicycle while it was unattended at Residence Life Warehouse B on Univer-sity Avenue.

Thursday, Nov. 10Aggravated AssaultA student reported a vehicle almost hit him as he crossed the street at McIlroy Avenue and Fairview Drive, and he $ ipped o% the driver. # ey exchanged words with the driver asking “How would you feel if I hit you” and later, “How would you feel if I shot you.” # e student thinks the driver displayed a handgun before driving away.

Friday, Nov. 11Aggravated AssaultA student reported a fellow student and resident of Hol-combe Hall with whom he's had no problem approached him a week ago in the basement of Holcombe Hall staring at him intensely and displaying a knife before smiling and put-ting the knife away.

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Zaharo! " rst tested the treatment as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. His mentor, an NCI senior scientist named Jack Greiner, oversaw much of the groundbreaking work.

“He was one of the best, if not the best, postdoctoral fel-lows I’ve ever had,” said Grein-er, who has worked at NCI for more than 30 years.

Zaharo! was born in Pitts-burgh in 1975. Growing up, he gravitated toward music —he began his college career as a music performance major, playing saxophone at the Uni-versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. What most in-terested Zaharo! was how the brain processed music.

“Music is a very intellectu-ally stimulating activity. Peo-ple who are able to understand and perform music, I think that provides some sort of advan-tage to them,” he said.

Soon, Zaharo! switched to mechanical engineering. He studied the chemical compo-nents of rocket fuel, a subject he found “not very interesting.” # en, just before joining NCI, Zaharo! earned a Ph.D. from Duke University in his new fa-vorite subject: biomedical engi-neering.

In 2009, Zaharo! became an assistant professor of biomedi-cal engineering at the UA. He said he chose the school be-cause he knew the school would allow him more professional freedom and more time with his wife and three children.

“Top-tier institutions are pressure cookers,” he said.

Zaharo! speaks of bladder cancer as a complex puzzle he

is very close to solving. He rel-ishes the breakthroughs and the setbacks and the inexplicable anomalies because he is thrilled by the chase. # e cancer is the most interesting subject he has ever come upon, and that is the central reason for his pursuit of a cure.

“# ere are a lot of peo-ple working in bladder can-cer because there hasn’t been an improvement in the treat-ment since 1976,” Greiner said. “We’re really in desperate need to improve the treatment for this disease.”

Connie Rogers, who worked

with Zaharo! at NCI for seven years, said he approaches can-cer treatment from new angles.

“# e intersection of en-gineering combined with his training in biological science really brings a new light to an old problem,” said Rogers, now an assistant professor of nutri-tional sciences at Pennsylvania State University.

“I think he’s going to be one of those people you watch throughout your career,” she said.

Zaharo! may have invented the " rst treatment upgrade in nearly 40 years, but he down-

plays the importance of his work. He publishes his " ndings only because it brings more money, more publicity and more opportunities.

“A lot of publications and a lot of biomedical research is sci-ence for science’s sake,” he said.

“Almost all of it never re-sults in any sort of application that’s going to help anybody. And that’s what I kind of pride my lab on: doing things that are going to help people in our life-time.”

Before he could begin seri-ous independent research, with his own lab and his own team,

Zaharo! had to leave his col-leagues at NCI, who reluctantly watched him go.

“He’s really smart and an amazing scientist, but kind of a fun guy, too, somebody you want to hang out with, and you miss that,” Rogers said.

By way of goodbye, Zaharo! stacked a pyramid of ice buck-ets on Rogers’ desk, “just as sort of a last joke.

“I came in the next day and cracked up,” she said.

Grenier said Zaharo! , who has a penchant for impressions and practical jokes, brought joy to the lab.

“We were very fortunate to have him. On the one hand, we tried to keep him, but on the other hand, we thought it was time for him to go out on his own,” Greiner said. “Arkansas was a perfect place.”

Zaharo! reluctantly spends most of his time on the third $ oor of the Engineering Hall, in a spacious o% ce furnished with an expensive desk and a picture window that overlooks the trees.

“Arkansas brought me here to bring in federal grant mon-ey. # ey didn’t bring me here to teach classes,” he said. “Most of my time these days is thinking about how I can get more mon-ey to sustain the e! orts that we want to do in the lab.”

Zaharo! estimated that he has raised about $911,000 for the UA through a handful of grants – all that in less than three years.

“Money is a necessary evil. # e more you’re worried about money, the less you can focus on your job,” he said.

Success has changed the job for Zaharo! – the tedious hours of testing and retesting are now conducted by his assistants, so he spends far less time in the lab.

But he misses that work, and the long nights under the lab’s buzzing $ uorescent lights. It’s there that Zaharo! feels the rush of invention.

“I love research, being at the bench. # ere’s nothing like the moment of discovery when you’ve discovered something and nobody else in the world is working on what you are and nobody else in the world has made that discovery,” he said.

“To me, that’s the greatest thing ever. Nothing can replace that feeling.”

# at happens once every few years, he said.

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KRIS JOHNSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER“There’s nothing like the moment of discovery when you’ve discovered something and nobody else in the world is working on what you are,” said David Zaharoff, professor and researcher of biomedical engineering.

ZAHAROFFfrom page 1

“Since part of our mission is to train public school teach-ers, then we need to make sure that when we’re training them on equipment that they’re more likely to use when they get into the public schools,” Edmonston said.

Peabody had limited tech-nology prior to the renovation including projectors for pow-erpoints and “an older version of teaching equipment that al-lowed you to use a VCR with a projector,” Edmonston said, but the upgrades will bene" t students in the future.

“# e rooms weren’t re-ally conducive to the type of

teaching that we do today and want to do in the next ten to " & een years,” he said. “We took a look at where we were when the project started, and then we took at look at what will our students be using when they graduate.”

Several specialized class-rooms were integrated and upgraded during the project, including a technology engi-neering education lab. # e lab “teaches students how they can use new technology to teach [their own classes],” Ed-monston said.

“Our goal as a provider of that technology is to train fac-ulty and sta! to use that tech-nology so that in turn they can train students to use that tech-nology,” he said, “and then

provide a format so teachers can take their curriculum and adjust it so that the technolo-gy is usable.”

# e technology education lab gives students the chance to make technology an inte-gral part of their classroom curriculum, said Vinson Cart-er, clinical instructor of tech-nology engineering educa-tion.

“A lot of times, computers and other technology [are] just kind of crammed into the classroom, and maybe not necessarily given a thought of how it can really be used to bene" t instruction,” Carter said. “# ey have to use tech-nology e! ectively. It’s not just using technology for the sake of using technology.”

PEABODYfrom page 1 ‘Strike the Pose’

MELEAH GROSS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA Students of the Native American Student Assocation model Brooke Benham’s new clothing collection. The line is inspired by Native American Culture.

MEGAN HUCKABY CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERVinson Carter, instructor of technology engineering education, demonstrates how to use the recently installed Promethean boards in Peabody Hall. A Promethean board, similar to a smart board, is a user-friendly interactive board. “A lot of times computers and other technology is just kind of crammed into the classroom, and maybe not necessarily given a thought of how it can really be used to benefit instruction,” Carter said.

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Every year the Associated Student Government Senate Appropriations Committee allocates more than $300,000 to registered student orga-nizations to support pro-grams, events, speakers and more throughout the semes-ter. During this fall funding round, 164 RSOs request-ed $363,000 and there was $153,000 in funds available, which led to some dramatic cuts to stay within our means yet promote a diverse array of programs and events.

To ensure all are treat-ed fairly and equitably, the committee operates under standards that impact all groups equally, regardless of interests, opinions or ideas. We judge every budget, ev-ery event and every pro-gram as objectively as pos-sible, upholding standards for spending limits, budget deadlines, interview punctu-ality, information complete-ness or funding regulations. We cannot treat an RSO of 10 students any different than one of 1,000. Simply because an RSO received X amount of funds in the past does not entitle them to a similar amount of funds in the future. Every funding round is different, and we do our best to ensure we fund a diverse array of opportuni-ties for the more than 23,000

university students here on the Hill. Nonetheless, with about $210,000 in cuts, it is not surprising that we had a larger than usual retort from organizations this round.

During the past week we have been listening to RSO members, and would like to address some concerns we have heard along the way.

As we rounded hour 30 of 35 hours of the three-day funding round, we were still $50,000 over budget so stan-dards had to change. We cut costumes; reduced food cost limits from $15 per person for as many as 500 people (or $7,500 total food costs) to $12 per person for 200 people (or $2,400 total food costs); cut social events or banquets with no rationale besides socializing or eating; and cut conferences from $1,000 per RSO to $500 per RSO.

Costumes came under the chopping block because they have continued to show up for cultural events through-out the years, ranging from several hundred dollars to as much a thousand dollars per event. These costumes repre-sent capital goods, as in they should be held by the RSOs and used again, yet this has not been the case. They have showed up in numerous bud-gets year after year, therefore representing an expense, not an asset, which has cost thousands of dollars of stu-dent fee money each year. We realized this could no

longer take place and things had to change. Some orga-nizations were appropriat-ed funds for fabric to create costumes, but this numbered in the tens of dollars, not hundreds or thousands.

Food price and quan-tity also came under scru-tiny, along with events with no function outside of a free meal. This goes back to the central mission of the com-mittee; we are to “promote a diverse array of programs and events, facilitate intel-lectual engagement, encour-age collaboration between student groups and/or fos-ter campus community.” In a competitive round, an event incorporating a speaker, movie or presentation, thus an information exchange from RSO members to the audience, held higher prece-dence than groups having a social BBQ or a banquet cel-ebrating the organization’s achievements.

One could argue that the latter events foster campus community, but events that can do that and have the participants walk away with newfound knowledge and understanding yield greater dividends to our campus for our student fee dollars.

Information and human capital, unlike food, can grow and multiply on our campus. It can create change, improve our organizations and be passed on from one RSO member to another. Reducing conference funding

was tough. We value helping send university students all across the country and world to share knowledge by paying or subsidizing conference registration fees. Some of these students are networking and engaging with national members of their organization, finding ways to develop themselves both as an individual and organization and presenting research to academia from coast to coast. Information simply pays back in ways that food will never be able to. Sure, food can incentivize students to attend events, but those who truly thirst for knowledge are unlikely to be deterred by their appetite.

We will continue to re-form the process to reduce confusion and miscommu-nications, and have already begun revising the budget form for the February fund-ing round with intentions to reform the overall structure in the near future and advo-cate for a reduction in on-campus catering costs. Trust assured, we take our roles se-riously and do our best every day to ensure your student fee serves you best.

Mike Norton and Lee Curry are ASG senators and members of the Appropria-tions Committee. The column is on behalf of the appropria-tions committee.

by Mike Norton and Lee CurryGuest Columnist

Equality Necessary for RSO Appropriation

Traveler Quote of the Day“The development of any new

cancer drug takes 10 to 15 years and almost a billion dollars. It’s

normally done by pharmaceutical companies. But what we have we

think is better,”

-UA professor David Zaharoff, “Chasing the Cure: UA Professor Readies New Cancer Treatment,” page one

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Growing up, our schools would send notices home to our parents when big tests—Iowa, ACT, AP, etc.— were coming up. The little slips of paper reminded our parents of good test taking habits, including the importance of a healthy breakfast before a test.

In the same token, Chartwells staff will begin to set out “brain foods”— those high in Omega 3s— to promote healthy eating habits with the stress of finals coming up.

While university staff can’t force students to eat healthy—at finals time or during the semester gener-ally—we appreciate the focus that the staff is doing to try to give students every opportunity possible to be as ready as possible for finals.

“Occupy” proterstors started demonstrating around Fayetteville about two months ago, and now—like other Occupy strands across the country— they have set up a camp.

The “Occupy” protestors have set up a camp just off the square, at the Fayetteville Town Center Satur-day after a march from the Bank of America on Dick-son Street.

We’re glad that the Occupy protestors have contin-ued to represent the national movement in our area, and we hope that this campout won’t come to the same vio-lent end that those in northern California did.

Associated Student Government Senate members will debate a bill supporting first-time alcohol amnesty for students that get arrested on campus Tuesday night.

Students would still have to pay medical costs but the amnesty would allow them to stay out of J-Board for their first incident.

Senate members passed similar legislation last year with only one senator voting against it.

We hope that when we attend the ASG Senate meet-ing Tuesday night, Sen. J.R. Baxter, the senator that in-troduced the legislation, will have more information about administrators he has spoken to, because they will be crucial to any chance that alcohol—or medical—amnesty has to being implemented on campus.

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Comments From The Arkansas Traveler WebsiteRE: ‘Faces of the 4,400: Veteran

Finds Fresh Start’Allen D. Helms: Turned out pretty good Eddie. Great work,

hope you enjoyed the hunt.

RE: UA Professor Documents Crys-tal Bridges in Film

Spencer Hansen: Great story! ! e quotes are wonderful, and this is a great topic.

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pointless and costly tradition.

Jack Ruby: FAMA only had 100 years to plan for this, so I don’t blame them for just now realizing the problem.

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M.Landry: Per Fayetteville Code of Ordinances Title VII “73.01 Application Of Tra# c Regulations To Riders;

Tra# c-Control Devices(A) Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shallbe granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all theduties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of

this state declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the tra# c ordinances of this city applicable to the driver of a vehicle,…”

I believe this means those Deputies, O# cers, and the like are mistaken in their belief that bicycles are prohibited on any portion of Razorback Road, whether on Game Day, or any other day.

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ed, “there are no rules speci" c to the campus.”

Je! rey Thomas: ! e o# cers that behave badly should be named as well as the o# cer that behave correctly.

Food For Thought

As ominous as that headline sounds, our subject matter is much more pleasent.

We’ve reached the last few weeks of the semester, when we have multiple papers and projects—that we probably should have been working on for the last couple of months—due each week. If you’re start-ing to suffer from almost-end-of-the-semester burn out, keep in mind that Thanksgiving Break is a week away, and Dead Day is 16 school days away.

So if you find yourself stressing during the next few days, just remember that relief is on the way.

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Arkansas might not win a lot of basketball games this season.

! e Razorbacks have some glaring de" ciencies and are trying to learn a new system under " rst-year Hogs coach Mike Anderson.

! ere is no doubt, though, that Arkansas – regardless of re-sults – has an unmistakable iden-tity for the " rst time in almost a decade.

! e Razorbacks play up-tem-po basketball.

! ere is pressure defense that can extend 94 feet and force turn-overs. ! ere is o# ense that push-es the ball relentlessly looking for easy baskets in the open court and relies on ball movement in a motion o# ense in the halfcourt.

! e Hogs haven’t had a de" n-able identity since Nolan Rich-ardson was " red in 2002 and An-derson, his lead assistant, took the Alabama-Birmingham job.

Stan Heath and John Pelphrey – Arkansas’ two coaches between then and now – preached up-tempo basketball, but it never took shape.

Heath was a Tom Izzo pu-pil and his teams played slower, Big Ten-style basketball, while Pelphrey never seemed to em-ploy any system e# ectively. Ra-zorbacks fans gave both coaches

a chance, but the lack of results coupled with the drastic di# er-ence in style of play from Rich-ardson’s tenure produced a dissat-is" ed, indi# erent fan base.

Anderson’s hire sparked en-thusiasm among Hog fans.

It’s clear that it will take time to build the fan base back, but there is markedly more interest now than in recent years. ! e 10,500 fans in 19,200-seat Bud Wal-ton Arena for the season opener might seem disappointing, but it was the largest crowd for a season opener since 2008.

It’s also clear that Anderson doesn’t have all the pieces to make Arkansas a contender yet.

! at’s not to say the Razor-backs won’t be competitive this season. It will be di$ cult to over-come some glaring weaknesses until he can recruit to " ll needs, though.

! e Hogs don’t have a strong post presence and struggle to re-bound the basketball.

! e up-tempo style of play can mask the inside weakness, but it won’t hide it against teams like UConn, Kentucky and Flor-ida.

Anderson needs a low-post presence, something he’s trying to sign in the 2012 recruiting class.

Arkansas’ top target in the 2012 recruiting class is Memphis power forward Jarnell Stokes. ! e 6-foot-8, 250-pounder is a con-sensus " ve-start most believe is down to the Razorbacks and the hometown Tigers.

Getting a top player from Memphis away from Josh Pastner would be a coup, but multiple na-tional recruiting evaluators think Stokes favors the Hogs. He would impact immediately and help " ll the void inside.

Arkansas’ other most-glaring weakness is its lack of a knock-down 3-point shooter.

Without Rotnei Clarke, the Razorbacks don’t have a shooting threat. ! e Hogs aren’t an awful shooting team, but the shooters are streaky at best and none com-mand extra defensive attention at the 3-point line.

Anderson has already started to address this need in recruiting.

Memphis guard Anthlon Bell – Stokes’ AAU teammate – signed his letter of intent with Arkansas Wednesday and is rated one of the top 25 shooters in the 2012 class by ESPN.

Adamsville, Ala., forward Ja-corey Williams – another signee – will improve the outside shooting, too. ! e 6-foot-8, 190-pounder is long, skilled and " ts Anderson’s system.

! e Razorbacks’ third early

signee, Shreveport, La., guard Michael Qualls, might " t the system better than the other signees or anyone on the current roster.

He’s 6-foot-5, 200 pounds, has a huge vertical and a 70-inch wingspan. He’s still growing and is the athlete that Anderson’s sys-tem thrives on using to pressure opposing teams.

! at’s the main thing that’s changed with the program since Anderson was hired.

He has a clearly-de" ned, proven system and doesn’t stray from it. He understands how to implement it.

Most importantly, it’s a win-ning system.

Jimmy Carter is the sports edi-tor for ! e Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tuesday. Follow him on Twitter @jicarter-sports.

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COMMENTARY

FOOTBALL

Looking for One More WinArkansas can earn its " rst undefeated home record under Petrino

Arkansas (9-1, 5-1 Southeast-ern Conference) has a chance to reach one if its top team goals on Saturday against Mississippi State.

! e Razorbacks are 6-0 at home this season and a win against the Bulldogs (5-5, 1-5) would give them their " rst unde-feated home record in a season in 12 years.

“! at is what makes this game big for us,” Arkansas coach Bob-by Petrino said. “It is something that has been a goal of ours since we got here, to win all our home games. ! at is where you get started to be a di$ cult team to play against.”

In Petrino’s " rst two seasons, Arkansas had a combined record of 10-4 at home, but has since guided the Razorbacks to a 12-1 record at home the past two sea-sons.

“! at is one thing coach Petrino has been drilling in our heads since he got here,” senior defensive end Jake Bequette said about an undefeated home re-cord. “! at is one thing they ac-complished at Louisville and he wanted to bring that over here to Arkansas. If you’re undefeated at home, if you own your home sta-diums, then you are going to be a good team.

“! at means you have won a majority of your games and you are a solid football team.”

Although a home game, Ar-kansas will travel to Little Rock for its annual conference game at War Memorial Stadium. Petrino is unblemished in the state’s cap-ital with a 7-0 record, including an upset of No. 5 LSU last season to propel the Razorbacks to their

" rst ever BCS appearance.“Not sure if there is an ad-

vantage or disadvantage, but I do know this, we have always played well in Little Rock,” Petrino said. “Our players have always done a good job in the week of prepara-tion having energy and excite-ment to go down there.”

Arkansas celebrated Senior Day before the last Fayetteville game Saturday against Tennessee, but with Little Rock being home for some or closer to other play-er’s homes than Fayetteville, the game will provide extra meaning, senior receiver Jarius Wright said.

“It is like having two Senior Days for me,” Wright said. “It is good that we get to go to Little Rock because it is closer to home for me. It is not a big stadium at all but our fans " ll it up. Even though it is small it helps us out a little bit because being so small there is a lot of noise.”

Wright hails from Warren, Ark., which is about 90 miles from War Memorial and is one of three players, along with Greg Childs and Chris Gragg, from Warren.

For other players, like Jake Bequette, playing games at the

54,120-seat War Memorial dates back to his days in high school at Little Rock Catholic.

“It means a lot and I have talk-ed about that with some people this week,” Bequette said. “It is re-ally special for us to play at War Memorial. I was lucky enough to play my high school games there, not in front of quite as many peo-ple, but it was fun to play at the stadium growing up.

“In college obviously we have had a lot of success there and it is just a treat for me, being from Little Rock, to be able to play and perform in that stadium.”

BASKETBALL

First Test Looms for HogsArkansas opened the Mike

Anderson era with an 83-63 win over a USC-Upstate team that won just " ve games last season.

! e Razorbacks’ next oppo-nent, Oakland, has been to the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons and has won 65 games the last three years. ! e Golden Grizzlies went 17-1 in Summit League play last season, win-ning the conference title.

“Oakland is a very good basketball team,” Anderson said. “You can’t get caught up on names in this day and time. Everyone has basketball play-ers … I don’t look at them as a mid-major program. ! ey’ve got a great program.”

Oakland returns three start-

ers from last season, includ-ing preseason Mid-Major All-American Reggie Hamilton, a junior guard that averaged 17.6 points per game last year. ! e Golden Grizzlies lost 88-85 to Texas in the " rst round of the NCAA Tournament last sea-son.

“I’m ready to play,” sopho-more guard Mardracus Wade said. “It just gives us a little more edge to play against these top teams. If we come out here and get these big wins, it’s going to make us look really good and our program look really good.”

! e Hogs (1-0) play No. 4 UConn, No. 17 Michigan and Oklahoma – teams with bigger names – in the nonconference, but Oakland will provide the " rst strong test for Anderson’s " rst Arkansas squad.

“We can’t get caught up on

names,” Anderson said. “So as we are playing Oakland it’s got to be the same as playing Okla-homa or playing Connecticut. ! at’s got to be the mindset of our guys. Every game is a big game, especially for this team here.”

! e Golden Grizzlies went 26-9 last season, including an 89-82 win at No. 7 Tennessee in 21,678-seat ! ompson-Boling Arena.

“You just look at what they have done over the last three years,” Anderson said. “! ey won’t be intimidated.”

Oakland plays an up-tempo style and averaged 85.5 points per game last season.

“I think fans are going to be in for a treat,” Anderson. “It’s going to be an up-tempo game. ! ey won’t hold it. We won’t hold it.”

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore guard Mardracus Wade made his fourth career start against USC-Upstate in the Razorbacks season opener. Wade said he is excited for the tough schedule that Razorbacks will be playing in 2011-12.

Adams Wins SEC AwardArkansas senior receiver Joe

Adams was named Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his highlight-reel 60-yard punt return for a touchdown against Tennessee, the league an-nounced Monday.

Adams " elded the punt at the 40-yard line, backtracked to the 30, then broke " ve tackles before racing down the sideline for his third punt return touchdown this season. ! e return was the No.1 on SportsCen-ter’s Top Plays Saturday night on ESPN and had almost 500,000 views on YouTube by Monday.

“I’ve watched it quite a few times now between all the video and in my mind and on the sideline,” Ar-kansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “You know, it was a pretty amazing play. It’s kind of like when I used to play a lot of basketball and I would shoot the ‘3’ from way out and the coach would go ‘Oh, no. No. Nice shot.’ ! at’s kind of what that play reminded me of because when he started running backwards I hon-estly was saying, ‘Oh. No. Please don’t run backwards, Joe.’

“! en when he cut and came

back toward the sidelines I said, ‘Well, maybe he’s got a chance here.’ ! en it’s just, you know, it’s an un-believable play.”

It was the second special teams SEC honor of the year for Adams, including one a% er returning two punts for touchdowns in the season opener against Missouri State.

“Joe’s one of the most incredible athletes in college football,” senior defensive end Jake Bequette said. “I think that’s as true a statement as there is. What he means " rst and foremost to the team is he’s one of our best playmakers. On a team full of playmakers, he’s probably our best, one of our best. ! at says a lot.”

Adams’ three punt returns for touchdowns this season rank sec-ond-best in SEC history, while his four career touchdowns is fourth all-time in the SEC. His 17.9 yards per punt return leads the nation this season.

“He’s had a great career,” Petri-no said. “His toughness and his at-titude, sticking with it, you can’t say enough about his career here. It’s great to see his senior year be what you think it should be, be what it’s been for him. He’s been a huge playmaker for us on o# ense and special teams.”

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas punt returner Joe Adams won his second SEC Special Teams Player of the Week award of the season for his 60-yard punt return for a touchdown against Tennessee.

by ZACH TURNERAsst. Sports Editor

CONTESSA SHEW STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior receiver Jarius Wright (4) said he views this last Little Rock game as a second Senior Day for Arkansas. The Warren, Ark. native is one touchdown catch shy of tying the single-season record of 11 touchdown receptions held by Marcus Monk.

by JIMMY CARTERSports Editor

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Anastasia Kryzhanivska brushed her lime green scarf to the side of her jacket and giggled repeatedly while com-paring Fayetteville to her hometown in Ukraine, Myko-laiv.

“When I ! ew over Arkansas, I was so happy – Everything was green! " at’s so di# erent from my city,” Kryzhanivska said. “My city is extremely industrial.”

Kryzhanivska is a junior for-eign exchange student studying linguistics at the UA.

She is from a city in southern Ukraine called Mykolaiv that is roughly twice the size of Fay-etteville. Only 40 miles from the Black Sea and next to an estu-ary o# of the Southern Buh Riv-er, Mykolaiv is the shipbuilding center of Ukraine, the $ rst city in Europe to start building ships, according to Kryzhanivska.

In Mykolaiv, most college stu-dents stay near their families and hometowns. It’s unusual to study away from home and most students attend universities in the city in which they were born.

Now Kryzhanivska $ nds her-self living with hundreds of oth-er students in Holcombe Hall. Her university in Ukraine has only 6,000 students, while the UA has more than 20,000.

“My roommate is from Korea, and she’s wonderful. I feel really lucky to have such a great room-mate,” Kryzhanivska said.

In Ukraine, students receive free education. If they have good grades and pass a variety of ex-ams, they are eligible to receive a full-ride scholarship.

“See, in the United States,

there is one set price for at-tending school,” Kryzhanivska said. “In the Ukraine, the price depends on the department. It doesn’t mean the department is worse [if the amount is less] – it’s just smaller.”

Ukraine has public and pri-vate universities and, unlike the United States, the private uni-versities are usually lower qual-ity educational institutions, Kry-zhanivska said.

“We don’t enroll in classes. We actually stay with one group, much like your elementary schools,” Kryzhanivska said. “I thought it was so strange to

enroll in classes. Here you can choose whatever you want.”

Unlike the ! exibility UA stu-dents get with their schedules, universities in the Ukraine have set timetables. Kryzhanivska has

three 40-minute classes a day; she goes to class from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

“I de$ nitely have more home-work here at the UA than at my

other university,” Kryzhanivs-ka said. “I studied a lot more in Ukraine instead of homework. I had to know every subject and topic by heart.”

In her back-to-back sched-

ule in Ukraine, she only had a 40-minute break to grab lunch.

During the break, she spends about 20 minutes of it waiting in line at the small cafeteria.

“It’s a really small break. It gives us time to drink tea and eat a sandwich,” Kryzhanivska said. “You stand in line for a re-ally long time.”

She likes the di# erent options for food at the UA.

“I love that we have little cafes across campus here. " ere are so many places to choose from; I don’t have to wait in line at all,” Kryzhanivska said.

Kryzhanivska’s classes also dif-fer from those she took in the Ukraine. “We had seminars and lectures. During lectures, only the professors would speak and during the seminars, the students

would mostly speak. It’s just dif-ferent,” Kryzhanivska said.

None of her classes had any syllabi to direct discussions and assignments, but rather go by a day-by-day schedule.

Kryzhanivska’s university has no big sports teams. Her school’s athletic department is more akin to that of intramural sports, rath-er than the big, highly publicized teams that characterize UA ath-letics.

“We have sports, but not like the Razorbacks!” Kryzhanivska said.

Soccer is the most popular sport in Europe, but Ukrainian universities do not provide any athletic scholarships.

“" ere are no scholarships for being good at sports; you have to actually be smart,” Kryzhanivska said.

Her application process to study abroad was extensive.

“" e process took an entire year,” Kryzhanivska said. “I had two essays to write, and then I was invited to test to be in the program. Finally I had an inter-view, and I was later called and told that I got into the program.”

She didn’t apply to study in any certain state in the United States, she just generally wanted to be in America.

“I miss my family and my friends. I’ve never been abroad for this long by myself, but I was so excited. It had always been a big dream of mine to study here,” she said

Kryzhanivska will $ nish up her degree in two years and hopes to be a translator.

“It’s been such a good experience to see an entirely di# erent culture with my own eyes,” Kryzhanivska said.

UA Student From Ukraine Experiences the United States

MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER“It had always been a big dream of mine to study here,” said Anastasia Kryzhanivska, linguistics student from the Ukraine.

by SHELBY GILLStaff Writer

“It’s been such a good experience to see an entirely different culture with

my own eyes.” - Anastasia Kryzhanivska

" e UA attracts thousands of international scholars each year by giving $ nancial relief to quali-fying students in select countries through partnership agreements and a unique program called Tu-ition Advantage.

“" e university is authorized

to accept anyone, but we have ar-rangements with particular coun-tries and organizations that allow us to credit eligible students,” said Audra Johnston, associate direc-tor for the O% ce of International Students and Scholars.

" e Tuition Advantage is a waiver of the out-of-state portion of tuition, and it can be renewed year a& er year if the criteria are

met, according to the ISS website. More than 100 degree programs in various disciplines are o# ered to these students. Bolivia, several Caribbean countries, Panama and Rwanda are examples of countries whose citizens are eligible for the Tuition Advantage program.

Various Programs Bring International Students to UA

by STUART ROBINSONStaff Writer

PROGRAMSon page 8

While many UA students took vacations to the beach or watched every season of LOST from their living room couch, Mike Norton, an agricultural economics and agribusiness student at the uni-versity, spent eight weeks of his summer in Ghana. " rough his internship at the World Cocoa Foundation, he gained interna-tional experience in agriculture while broadening his global perspective and making a dif-ference in the lives of the farmers with whom he worked.

“I knew I wanted to do an in-ternship that could have a larger impact,” Norton said. “I didn't have a clue how that would hap-pen though until I attended a lecture last fall by someone who worked in Rwanda with Oppor-tunity International.”

A& er talking with a professor in his department, he got in contact with " e World Cocoa Founda-tion and was o# ered an intern-

ship. Norton traveled by himself to Ghana to work with the World Cocoa Foundation, which works to insure the training and liveli-hood for West African farmers. " e company operates training programs in Ghana to teach the farmers production practices, business management and input usage.

“" e World Cocoa Foundation has a $23 million grant from the Gates Foundation and $17

million in private support from the chocolate and cocoa industry to trail 200,000 West African farmers over a $ ve-year period to both improve their livelihoods and ensure a sustainable supply of cocoa for many years to come,” Norton explained.

During his internship, Nor-ton spent most of his time in Ac-cra, the capital. He did, however, travel to several villages and cen-

tral areas of the country with the employees of the World Cocoa Foundation to collect data on the farmers in certain areas.

Although Norton wished he had the opportunity to live with a host family, " e World Cocoa Foundation paid for Norton to stay in a hotel while he was in Ac-cra. It included all of the modern conveniences such as Internet, air-conditioning and hot water.

“On the weekends I would go travel the coun-try and most of the places I stayed at only had ceil-ing fans and open windows, so I was de$ nitely content in Accra,” Norton

said. Although the society in Ghana

is very di# erent from that of the United States, Norton did not ex-perience a huge culture shock. He did, however, notice some dis-tinct di# erences from American society. He explained that in Gha-na, people’s lives revolve around

COURTESY PHOTOMike Norton uses a machete as he learns to harvest cassava in Ghana this summer. Cassava, a starchy root also called yuca, is a popular source of carbohydrates in tropical and subtropical cuisines. Ma-chetes are a tool of choice for many things in Ghana.

UA Student Interns in Africa, Pursues Career in Public Service

by CAITLIN MURADStaff Writer

COCOAon page 8

“I knew I wanted to do an internship that could have a larger impact.”

- Mike NortonMELEAH GROSS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERUA student Jean-Pierre Habimana gives a speech about Rwanda at the Rwandan Immersion hosted by the Multicultural Center, International Students and Scholars and the Rwandan students. The immer-sion is just one of the international programs put on through UA organizations.

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International Student Statistics

Tuition Advantage program. For example, the State of Ar-

kansas partners with the country of Bolivia through the Partners of the Americas program. ! rough this program, the UA o" ers the Bolivian Tuition Advantage. To qualify for the program, students must meet all admissions criteria, be accepted as a degree-seeking student, be a citizen and perma-nent resident of Bolivia and be at the freshman, transfer or gradu-ate level. Average savings for the typical Bolivian student, because of the Tuition Advantage, is more than $7,000.

Students must be enrolled full time to renew their tuition ad-vantage. Undergraduate students must also earn a cumulative 2.0 GPA, and graduate students must earn an accumulative 2.85 GPA to keep the scholarship.

“! ese partnership agreements come to fruition through a variety of ways, including existing con-nections and proposals of di" er-ent departments and the study abroad o# ce,” Johnston said. “For

example, we have a special con-nection with Panama because its president [Ricardo Alberto Marti-nelli Berrocal] is a UA alum.”

For the fall 2011 semester, the UA welcomed 1,191 internation-al scholars from 117 countries. ! ere are several cultural orga-nizations on campus that assist these students by making them feel comfortable in their new en-vironment and connecting them with new friends. A few of these campus organizations include Friends of India, Study Abroad Student Association and United Europe.

! e ISS o# ce o" ers interna-tional students a thorough ori-entation. Topics covered include general campus information, how to connect with other UA stu-dents and the process of register-ing for classes. ! eir mission is to adequately prepare these students for a great college experience.

In addition to the Tuition Ad-vantage programs, the UA of-fers scholarships for international undergraduate students, though the application process is highly competitive. ! ese scholarships are also only granted to students

entering in the fall. ! e deadline to apply for scholarships is Feb. 1, but applying early is encouraged so that prospective students may receive maximum consideration. Students must also be admitted before the scholarship deadline to qualify. ! ere are many schol-arships that international stu-dents are eligible for, including the Chancellor’s Scholarship, the Silas Hunt Scholarship and the Univer-sity Scholarship.

PROGRAMSfrom page 7

religion in almost every aspect of society.

“! ey also tend to be louder in conversations, perhaps even sounding combative,” Norton said. “At $ rst I thought everyone was very angry, but I found out with time that it is just the norm for their culture.”

Another thing that really grabbed Norton’s attention was the amount of in% uence America had on the lives of the people liv-ing in Ghana. ! e people in Gha-na o& en talked about the Amer-ican debt crisis and the e" ect it would have on their own coun-try, he said.

“We always hear that the Unit-ed States is the most powerful country in the world, but not un-til you're abroad can you realize the magnitude of it all,” Norton said. “! e decisions we make in this country a" ect the other 6.7 trillion people on the globe in some way or another.”

While he was in Ghana, Nor-ton also learned more about the concept of international develop-ment. ! is concept, he explained, is slowly taking hold in U.S. poli-cy and U.S.-based organizations. In the past, he said, non-govern-mental organizations (NGOs) would go to a foreign country and would do something to help the citizens of that country, but education of the citizens and in-

formation on what they can do to further the projects were not the goal. Now, NGOs are more likely to educate the citizens of a coun-try and give them the ability to continue the development a& er the NGO has le& .

! e World Cocoa Foundation is one way that governmental agencies are being trained to help sustain the work of the NGOs.

“I plan on going into public ser-

vice, so understanding this devel-opment model at a personal level will enable me to make wiser pol-icy decisions if I get the opportu-nity to do so,” Norton explained.

If students are interested in an international internship or to help make a di" erent abroad, Norton recommends taking to a professor in their department or visiting www.idealist.org for more information.

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Tuesday, Nov. 15th: Understanding Students' Diverse Educational Experi-encesSeminar for fi rst-year graduate students/teaching assistants3:30-5 p.m. Arkansas Union Rooms 507-509

Immigration WorkshopImmigration Seminar: "The Secret to Finding Jobs: How to Use the Immigration Process to Your Advantage"David Swaim of Tidwell, Swaim and Associates4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. E.J. Ball Courtroom, Law Building

Caribbean Styles and VibezSponsored by Futrall Hall and Caribbean Students Asso-ciation (CSA)This event will feature a mini fashion show, dance per-formance by some CSA members and Caribbean style dance-o! . "Best Dancer of the Night" will be given to the person that best executes Caribbean dance styles. Contact the President of CSA Keiron Durant at kad001@uark.edu.6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Holcombe Living Room

Wednesday, Nov. 16th:Night MarketExperience di! erent cultures in one place, Holcombe In-ternational Living Learning Community. Cultural RSOs and individual international students will share their cultures through activities, games, snacks, etc. Contact: nochi@uark.edu 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Holcombe Hall Living Room

Thursday, Nov. 17th:Republic of Georgia Fulbright presentationChase StoudenmireFulbright International Teaching Assistant Grantee3:30 p.m. Alumni House

Reception for International Faculty and Researchers4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Fowler House

Friday, Nov. 18th: Tea CeremonyJapanese Student AssociationDemonstration of traditional Japanese green tea cer-emonyContact: Japanese@uark.edu5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Holcombe Hall

Saturday, Nov. 19th:Divali BanquetFriends of IndiaArkansas Union Ballroom Tickets required

Sunday, Nov. 20stTaste of AfricaAfrican Student AssociationFayetteville Town CenterTickets required

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