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Kris Johnson Sta! PhotographerArt students hang work in the Fine Arts Gallery for the annual BA and BFA scholarship exhibit, Sunday, April 28.

Preparing for the Exhibition

!e UA has plans to es-tablish more student housing to compete with its rapid in-creases in student population.

From 2000 to 2011, the UA’s enrollment increased almost 4 percent annually, from 15,346 to 23,199. !is

growth is expected to contin-ue, reaching 28,091 students by 2015, according to the UA Housing Master Plan.

To compete with the stu-dent population, the UA planning team worked with a steering committee consist-ing of UA sta" and students to evaluate potential sites for student housing. !e evalua-tion began in December 2011 and concluded in September

2012.!e evaluation resulted in

a plan that de#nes two areas for expansion of student hous-ing, according to the housing plan. !e two areas are the green space south of Maple Hill and east of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing and the area south of Pomfret Hall along Virginia Avenue.

!e UA plans to #nish the construction of these two

projects by 2015. With cur-rent designs, these new build-ings will house around 1,500 students.

To match this growth in student housing, the UA will establish parking spots to meet 75 percent of the num-ber of additional beds, ac-cording to the housing plan.

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Inspired by the story of a former UA track runner, students from the American Marketing Association are organizing a 5K to raise mon-ey to send Kenyan children to high school, said Shelby Mohs, co-vice president of community service for AMA.

!e run is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, at Lake Fayetteville. !e en-trance fee is $20, and students can register at the AMA web-site. Prizes will be awarded to the top #nishers, and there will be live music from a lo-cal band.

“For the AMA, there is a lot of hands-on business ex-perience that we get out of organizing and promoting this program,” Mohs said. “Being business students, these are things we’re going to have to deal with in day-to-day life. It wasn’t an easy experience, but it’s nice to see people come together in this e"ort. We’re getting experi-ence, and we’re doing it for a great cause.”

High school in Kenya can cost $500-700 per student per year, Mohs said. She said the AMA hopes to raise enough money to send one child through all four years of high school.

!e story of Peter Kos-

RSO Sponsors 5K Run For an Educated Kenya

Olivier Douliery Name Abaca Press/MCTJohn Legend arrives for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 27, 2013. #e 99th annual dinner raises money for scholarships and honors the recipients of the organization’s journalism awards. For a story on the John Legend lecture, see uatrav.com

Legend Speaks about Education at UA

Jaime DunawaySenior Sta! Writer

One UA student has been named the 2013 Udall Schol-ar. Three other UA students won honorable mentions, according to a news release.

The Morris K. and Stew-art L. Udall Scholarship Foundations awards $5,000 merit-based scholarships to 50 college sophomores and juniors and 50 hon-orable men-tions. These s t u d e n t s “have dem-o n s t r a t e d o u t s t a n d -ing potential and a com-mitment to pursuing ca-reers related to the envi-r o n m e n t ,” according to a release.

Andrea Love, a junior Honors College Fellow from Fayetteville has been named a 2013 Morris K. Udall Scholarship recipient. Love is an environmental, soil and water science major in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science and a communica-tion major in the J. William

Fulbright College of Arts and Science.

“It feels wonderful to be supported in pursu-ing a career that I am pas-sionate about. I am excited about connecting with other scholars and to further my work in community goods production and access,” said Love in a release.

Three other UA students won honor-able men-tions.

D o u g l a s Wolfe, Hon-ors College junior from Fayetteville, is majoring in environ-mental, soil and water science.

K a t h r y n Dunn, an Honors Col-lege sopho-more from

Muskogee, Okla., is major-ing in landscape architec-ture.

Emily Alberty, an Hon-ors College sophomore from Westville, Okla., is majoring in political science and com-munication.

Udall Scholars were cho-sen from 488 candidates nominated by 230 colleges and universities.

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Earth Day created a golden opportunity last week for sev-eral O$ce for Sustainability events to create environmen-tal awareness.

Some of the events held during the week included an Earth Day vendor fair, a sus-tainability open house and the construction of a water bottle tower outside of the Union. A creek cleanup was also sched-uled but was canceled due to weather.

!e vendor fair was held in the International Connec-tions Lounge and hosted 28 registered student organiza-tions and campus groups. Due to the location, hundreds

of students passed through the fair, said Carlos Ochoa Jr., director of the O$ce for Sus-tainability.

!e open house was at-tended by around 50 students and faculty members, includ-ing Dr. Danny Pugh, dean of student a"airs.

“My o$ce and the division of student a"airs will soon be discussing possible partner-ships in the years to come,” Ochoa said.

!e water bottle tower was the most noticeable feature sponsored by the O$ce for Sustainability. Every year, a gi-ant skeleton of a water bottle is constructed outside of the Union and #lled with approx-imately 12,000 water bottles.

“!is sculpture represents the number of bottles thrown into the land#ll each day by

the UA community,” accord-ing to the O$ce for Sustain-ability website.

Care for the Creek, an event held every semester to clean up Mullins Creek, was canceled due to weather. Ochoa said the cleanup will stay on schedule for the fall semester.

Earth Day is not the only time that the O$ce for Sus-tainability is active, though. Several events are held throughout the year, with many occurring annually. Re-cycleMania and the RSO recy-cling competition are two of the more commonly known events.

Earth Day is a day when many capitalize on increased sustainability awareness. !e o$cial slogan of the Earth Day Network for 2013 was

“!e Face of Climate Change.” !e goal of this was to collect photos of people across the globe that contribute to sus-tainability e"orts and show that a little goes a long way when many people all over the world contribute.

Although Earth Day may be over, that is no reason to stop trying to save the planet, according to the Earth Day Network website. Switch-ing to reusable water bottles or planting a tree can make a big di"erence, especially when others are doing similar things.

Anyone with questions about the O$ce for Sustain-ability or how to get involved in future events can be direct-ed to sustain@uark.edu or by dropping by the Sustainability House on Harmon Avenue.

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gei motivated the AMA to organize this event, Mohs said. Kosgei was a UA track and cross-country runner from 2004-2007. He is a 10-time All-American and has been part of three na-tional championship teams. While at the UA, he ran the 3,000-meter, the 5,000-me-ter and occasionally the 10,000-meter. Kosgei now teaches #nance and inter-national business at a col-lege in Little Rock.

Kogei was born in Ke-nya to parents who sepa-rated when he was a child. He lived with his mother before moving in with his grandmother until she died. When he was 11, he built his own shelter and began working odd jobs to buy his food, he said.

A%er completing junior high, he began attending high school 100 miles away from his home. Kosgei re-ceived #nancial support from some of his neighbors and from his local church, he said. A%er his sopho-more year, he could no lon-ger pay his semester fees, but received funding from an American missionary for his junior and senior year, he said.

“Everyone o"ered a helping hand when I need-ed it,” Kosgei said. “If I didn’t go to high school, I wouldn’t have come to col-lege, and they helped me out a lot.”

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duced Kosgei to Harding University in Searcy, Ark., where he attended before transferring to the UA. While at college, a neighbor from Kenya who had given Kosgei some money while he was in high school told him he was struggling to pay his daughter’s tuition fees, he said. During his sophomore year, Kosgei be-gan saving and sending his own money to help students in his community, which he continues to do today.

“High school is the best education,” Kosgei said. “If you get a high school edu-cation, you can get a job anywhere in Kenya. Get-ting students a high school degree is what I want to do.”

!e AMA has collected eight sponsors for this event, which include Autowerks in Bentonville, Gusano’s Pizze-ria, Jose’s Mexican Restau-rant, Louie’s Grill and Bar, Alexis Information Systems and Lisa Lashley Higgins CPA, Mohs said. Alo% Ho-tel in Rogers has donated a free one-night stay for the winner, she said. Sponsors have donated around $1,200 in gi% cards and donations, Mohs said.

“I’m really excited, and I’m looking forward to the event,” Kosgei said. “!e AMA has done a wonder-ful job, and I’m ready to see how much we can get done. My main goal is to just help students go to high school, one kid at a time.”

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removed any site from consid-eration where demolition of parking was required, accord-ing to the housing plan.

!e housing plan outlines a four-phase, eight-year plan between 2012 and 2020 to in-crease student housing. !e UA plan will focus primar-ily on accommodating sopho-mores but also provides for upper-year undergraduate students.

Currently, the UA has plans to establish around 850 park-ing spots in the area east of Bud Walton Arena, accord-ing to the housing plan. !at number will likely increase once the UA determines future needs.

Mumbai-based Akanksha Hazari , founder and chief executive o$cer of m.Paani , aspires to empower the un-derserved and help build a better India with the help of cellphones. She is currently running two pilots in Mum-bai — one in Sewri and the other in Dharavi, one of the world’s largest slums — with the help of an NGO and a “large Indian telecom ser-vices provider”. Hazari, 30, led the Cambridge University team that won the $1 million Hult Prize in 2011 — funded by Swedish billionaire Bertil Hult and supported by the Hult International Business School — for m.Paani and was honoured by former US president Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative. In an interview, Hazari spoke about m.Paani and what’s next in her social entrepre-neurship journey.

What is m.Paani all about?M.Paani, conceived in

2012, designs and imple-ments mobile-based loyalty programmes for underserved communities by connecting their spends to important loyalty points which they can collect, share and ultimately redeem for life-changing de-velopment rewards in areas such as education, health-care, safe water, energy. We are a Mumbai-based social enterprise and launched our #rst pilot in Mumbai itself in January. Our aim is to roll out full-&edged services in Mum-bai by the end of 2013 and be-gin a rural pilot somewhere in Maharashtra by early 2014.

We have partnered with Pratham (a non-governmen-tal organization or NGO working to provide education to underprivileged children in India) and also a major In-dian telecom services provid-er (the name of which can’t be disclosed). It’s a nine-12 month pilot to be done in two phases. We are in the alpha stage, running multiple simu-lations of the various loyalty programmes and ensuring that we get feedback from our users to get an informed de-cision on how to design our data services. Based on our alpha stage, we will design our beta service that will run for at least six months and will be based on the user ex-perience, we will work on a market rollout. !e structure of the services and interfaces are being tested.

Could you elaborate on this?

Our urban users are un-derserved because there are huge income di"erences in slums, anywhere between Rs.5,000 and Rs.20,000. We have two pilots. !e #rst is

next to Sewri station (in cen-tral Mumbai) and the other one is in a corner of Dharavi. We narrowed down on these two locations a%er almost a year of deliberation. We start-ed in Africa, ended up in In-dia and then Mumbai where we had over 600 communi-ties that we considered and with Pratham, we shortlisted around 25 communities, vis-ited each one of them and narrowed down on these two. !e communities jointly cater to around 2,450 households.

What will the users get?!e data service will be

capped at 1,000 users. We broke down what it means to get a better life -- provid-ing services such as nutrition, education, health, mobility, energy and #nancial inclu-sion service. Now we have narrowed down on educa-tion, and developing rewards in digital literacy and English learning in di"erent formats. For the rural belts, we will in-clude services such as energy by including solar lamps, so-lar chargers, etc.

How does your reward scheme work?

Any user who avails of our service becomes a part of our loyalty programme and gets rewarded for certain types of spends and positive behav-iours. A user has to earn the reward points by adopting speci#c positive behaviours that will be outlined. !ey can, then, accrue points, share them with family and friends, and ultimately redeem them for rewards. !ere is a stan-dard enrolment process on the phone. It’s not an app but we will try to replicate the app experience, making it simple to sign up. We have partnered with a big Indian telecom ser-vice company and will lever-age its distribution centres.

What’s the business mod-el?

!e service is free for us-ers. However, since we help our corporate partners solve core business challenges by having a social impact, we have a revenue-sharing ar-rangement with them.

Are there similar mod-els that you look up to? And what are your future plans?

I look up to M-Pesa. It is a phenomenal model. M-Pesa (pesa is Swahili for money) is a mobile-phone based money transfer and micro#nanc-ing service for Safaricom and Vodacom, the largest mobile network operators in Kenya and Tanzania. It al-lows users with a national ID card or passport to de-posit, withdraw and transfer money easily with a mobile device. We hope to become a national player within the next three-#ve years, serving underserved communities. Maharashtra will be our base. We are planning a pilot in Af-rican countries too.

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hand when I needed it.”Peter Kosgei, Former UA track and cross-country runner

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It’s a question we’ve strug-gled with for years — what constitutes true separation of church and state? Is there a line that we cross allowing religion to in!uence government? Is in-!uence even a fair word?

"ese are all hard questions to answer and, in a country where upward of 76 percent of the population considers them-selves Christian, it would seem these are important questions we face.

"roughout history, we have tried to separate church and state, but is exempting Ameri-ca’s churches from paying taxes re!ective of separation, or co-hesion? "at question could be one of the murkiest we face at this time, with strong argu-ments on both sides.

So, if you’re under the im-pression churches deserve their tax-exempt status, you’re not alone. Most importantly, the highest court in the land would say you’re spot on. "e majority opinion written by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, decided May 4, 1970, stated “the exemption creates only a minimal and remote in-volvement between church and state, and far less than taxation of churches…” He goes on to note that less #scal involvement between the church and state is far superior to the alternative, in terms of upholding the Consti-tution.

"is seems an excellent, almost irrefutable argument. But, as with all irrefutable ar-guments, there exists someone who wants nothing more than to do some serious refuting.

Associate Justice of the US Supreme court, William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opin-ion in Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, decided May 4, 1970, stated, “If believers are entitled to public #nancial support, so are nonbelievers. A believer and nonbeliever under the present law are treated dif-ferently because of the articles of their faith … I conclude that

this tax exemption is unconsti-tutional.” Beyond this, it could also be the case that by provid-ing a “#nancial bene#t” in ex-empting churches, the govern-ment could be said to be aiding religious institutions.

Since there are two great sides to this story, I looked at some more tax-exempt orga-nizations to see if I could #nd anything in common. First, we have charities, which are tax-exempt on the basis of doing so much good for so many people. Is it fair to qualify the church as a charity? Of course, they do so much good for people, but many of them are also hugely pro#table.

According to Forbes, Amer-ica’s 1,300 “megachurches” gen-erate an annual revenue of over $8.5 billion. "at, my friends, sounds a lot like big business.

But if churches qualify as big business, then the tax exemp-tion of other institutions is even more ludicrous.

Take, for example, the tax-exemption of the NFL. Accord-ing to "inkProgress.org, Unit-ed States taxpayers are losing “as much as $91 million a year.” "ere could be something I’m missing, but the National Foot-ball League doesn’t seem all that charitable to me. Still, this is a relatively small number, when compared to the dollars lost due to the exemption of America’s churches. According to Ryan T. Cragan, a professor at the Uni-versity of Tampa, “taxpayers lose about $71 billion a year to tax-exemption.”

As a college student who is likely broke, does it comfort you to know the taxes you pay are helping keep the church, ma-jor sporting leagues and large charities from paying theirs? Or does it feel like your money is being funneled without your consent? It seems that the ques-tion of tax exemptions is a huge one, an industry in its own right and an industry worth billions.

In a world where it seems that every charity is a good one, it’s hard to decide to whom to give the little money you may have. You’re faced with hard decisions every day, but when it comes to the allocation of your hard-earned cash, wouldn’t it be nice to know the NFL is paying up, too? Maybe it’s just me, but I imagine the NFL would do just #ne without the tax exemption.

TJ Stallbaumer is a sopho-more sta! columnist for the Traveler.

Should Churches be Tax Exempt?

Hebron Chester Sta" Cartoonist

When you are planning your class schedule, the list of required classes seems aw-fully long. We already have to deal with the minimum requirements of science, hu-manities, English composi-tion, history and math. Now, freshmen have an extra hour tacked on with the Univer-sity Perspectives course that will be implemented this fall.

While having an extra class may be a bit of a bother, the potential bene#ts of the class outweigh the griev-ances.

One hour isn’t much. It seems especially paltry when you compare it to all the hours students amass before they graduate. If stu-dents navigate their advising requirements and avoid tak-ing unnecessary classes, the

little one-hour class de#nite-ly earns merit by saving un-needed hours down the line.

Judging from the sample syllabus, the University Per-spectives course will cover topics pertinent to UA fresh-men. "is will include tips such as academic planning, #nancial preparation and time management, as well as objectives tailored speci#-cally to UA students.

Freshmen will be more aware of what the university o$ers when they #nish the course. Several university-provided services are unde-rused simply because stu-dents don’t know they exist. Students will ideally utilize these things to do better in their classes in the future.

Students will also learn about Razorback traditions during the Perspectives course. While many born-and-bred Razorbacks may #nd it redundant, for the students who haven’t been calling the hogs since they were toddlers, the informa-tion will be new. My hope is the class will give freshmen a greater appreciation for the Hogs and our school tradi-tions.

Learning these things in a classroom setting will inte-grate the new freshmen into

UA life. Perhaps it may take away some of the fodder for UofA Fresh Moves, but at least the freshmen class will make fewer Razorback eti-quette ga$es during the #rst football game. It will be good for the Razorback communi-ty — school pride is never a bad thing.

While only #rst-time, in-coming freshmen will take the course, there are oppor-tunities for current students to get involved through an ambassador program. "e application deadline for the ambassador program is May 1.

Ambassadors will be old-er students who meet sepa-rately with a small group of freshman every other week and “guide discussions about relevant university topics, answer questions, and share the wisdom and knowledge they’ve accumulated during their time on campus,” ac-cording to the ASG website.

"e ambassador part of the program could be the most bene#cial to freshmen, because they can ask the more sensitive questions — drinking rules, which classes to avoid or skip — without getting the university-ap-proved response from a sta$ member. "ere are some

parts of being a college stu-dent that a sta$ member can’t explain.

"e UA has had college-introduction classes in the past, like the Fulbright Per-spectives program. Students who took these courses tended to be more success-ful academically than stu-dents who never enrolled in a similar course, said Dr. Ro Di Brezzo, vice provost for academic a$airs. "e course should improve retention and graduation rates.

If just one hour can have such an important impact on students, why not make it mandatory? Students will leave the course knowing more about what is expected of them academically and socially, and be able to excel during their time in college.

"e University Perspec-tives program has the po-tential to improve the col-lege experience for future generations of Razorbacks. As a community, we should support this attempt to move forward.

Shawnya Wethington is a sophomore journalism, Eng-lish major and marketing mi-nor and a sta! writer for the Arkansas Traveler.

University Perspectives will Prepare Freshman

Shawnya WethingtonSta# Columnist

Faceless Internet Makes Comments Cruel

I’m having trouble writ-ing this article because I am too concerned how students may misconstrue it, misun-derstand it or criticize it. Af-ter reading nasty comments on the Internet over some-thing I didn’t think warrant-ed attacks, I realized there are some people who will be negative about anything.

"e Internet is a faceless, nameless world. You can put anything you like, as nasty as it may be, and not feel a thing because no one will know it was you and you’re not post-ing it to the person’s face. "ere is no human empathy in a post. However, the per-son is just as hurt by the nas-ty comment and the person who posted it is just as mean. Why do people feel obligated to post nasty, attacking opin-ions online? Does it make them feel good?

According to Art Mark-man, professor of psychol-ogy at the University of Texas, these “extraordinarily aggressive without resolving anything” comments are not healthy. "e people mak-ing them are unaccountable

for their rudeness and feel a false sense of accomplish-ment. He goes on to say that in comment sections there is no “real time,” so com-menters can write lengthy monologues that tend to “en-trench them in their extreme viewpoint.”

Sites like YouTube are rid-dled with hateful comments. Most of us ignore them, but when it’s directed toward our work, we take note. It is unfortunate, because these people have a voice, but it is a voice few want to be heard and represents nothing but negativity.

Just because we can say something negative, even if it is warranted, does not mean we always should. I’ve heard some say eye contact is the key. Others believe these are the mean people we would walk away from in real life. Online, we can’t do this.

In this time of so many various politics and beliefs, we should be respecting each other’s opinions using more appropriate language. "e negativity in online com-ments only widens the gap between opposing beliefs and leads to hate, and prob-lems are never solved.

It is #ne to stand up for what one believes in, but don’t childishly and person-ally attack the opposite side. Be respectable.

Many sites remove at-tacking comments or dis-able comments completely to take power away from the non-productive com-menters.

Even someone making a legitimate point, but with an angry tone is “hurting the nature of the argument, because they are promoting people to respond in kind,” Markman said.

I think these comments should be taken o$ sites be-cause they’re sending the message that this is accept-able human behavior.

On the other hand, the media is just as guilty of taking aggressive stances as individuals commenting on-line. "ey love to love and love to hate, pick out pets, issues and enemies to either praise or crucify in the news. Sometimes it is misinformed or one-sided from a source who might not be neutral. Depending on place and sta-tion, some stations lean lib-eral, others conservative.

Edward Wasserman,

knight professor in journal-ism ethics at Washington and Lee University, concludes that because of some in the media, people conclude rage is the political vernacular. “It isn’t,” he said.

It is so easy to put rude comments down without sticking your own neck out there. But put your politics, art, knowledge, writing or beliefs out there and see how it feels to be ridiculed by people who are either at-tacking with no premise or simply being rude. You may feel some restraint next time you feel the need to make an o$ensive comment — or at least o$er a constructive, but respectful solution if you disagree.

"ose people should “seek out actual human beings to converse with,” said Mark-man. “"e back-and-forth negotiation that goes on in having a conversation with someone you don’t agree with is a skill,” he said. But a skill that is being lost behind the anonymous, attacking, aggressive comments online.

Hebron Chester is a sta! cartoonist and columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

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“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

About three years ago, a UA instructor ex-changed iPods with a young woman he met in Fayetteville right before he went to live in Finland and she went to live in the Azores Islands. !eir paths recently crossed again a few months ago in Fayetteville, resulting in the formation of their band, Air Loom.

Air Loom is composed of Dana Louise and biological sciences instructor Jackson Jennings. Now 33, Jennings has been playing guitar and writing songs since the age of 13. As a self-taught musician, playing in a band with classically trained band members in Finland was somewhat of an obstacle.

“I don’t sit down with a piece of paper. I can’t turn it on and o". Typically, I’ll be playing guitar, a chord or two, hum a melody and add in words,” he said.

Louise had never thought of herself as a writer and had never thought of pursuing music until recently when she picked up a guitar at a friend’s house in Flores, an island that is a part of the Azores, and began teaching herself how to play, she said.

“I started playing for my food,” she said. Lou-

ise began performing and writing songs.“She just recently came back with a guitar and

a desire to play music,” Jennings said.When they met, they quickly became con-

nected through talking about music. !e two kept in touch over the years, but it was not until one night that Louise was performing at Tangle-wood in Fayetteville that they thought of putting their talents together. Her solo show was not go-ing well, and she allowed Jennings to come tweak some things on stage and sit in on a song.

“‘Yep, this is the band partner I want,’” she re-membered thinking. !e two realized they should be playing music together and have since covered songs, played songs of their own and written a few together. !e two #t well together and have simi-lar ideas about what sounds good, Jennings said. !ey are recording at Louise’s dad’s studio in Prai-rie Grove and are working on putting out a CD.

“I just think music is such a powerful thing that connects all of us,” Jennings said. “I think hu-man beings were playing music before they were speaking languages.”

Jennings also plays the the ukelele, banjo, har-monica, accordion, piano and saxaphone.

“From my experience, (music) is really heal-ing for people,” Louise said. “!ere’s always a song that touches someone. I get stories back about how it helps them.”

In Flores, there were two shopkeepers, Jose and Linda, who used to play music together, but dropped it when their 6-year-old daughter died. Without knowing their story, she would some-times play in their store, and sometimes they would get so emotional that they would ask her to stop. Eventually, Linda gave Louise her guitar, she said.

“It feels like it’s a$rming that I’m doing the right thing,” Louise said.

Both Louise and Jennings said that they write songs based o" of what they or someone else is going through. Louise has now written four songs.

“All have come out in a vomit of words,” she said. She can be shy about creating lyrics and have a di$cult time not getting embarrassed, she said.

As a very introverted person, performing in front of people has been a struggle, but “there’s something that I really want to share with people,” Louise said.

Jennings was about the age of 18 when he be-gan performing. He had to adjust to performing for a di"erent culture when he moved to Finland.

“Fins are very quiet in general. !ey sit and lis-ten; the attention is on the artist,” he said.

Air Loom has been able to perform locally and intends to go on tour.

“I feel like if you really want to do it, you can make it happen,” Jennings said.

Studying is an essential part of the college ex-perience, but as the semester is winding down and #nals are rushing towards us, it is crucial. While many people may prefer studying in the library or at a co"ee shop, some people get their best studying done at home. At #rst, studying at home sounds like “distraction central,” what with access to television, comfy couches, roommates, and pets, but making your home a good study spot is possible.

!e #rst step in creating an at-home work en-vironment is eliminating distractions. Studying in a spot where not a lot of people will be walking through is best for this. So stay out of the living room or entrance room to your home and coop yourself up in a den or a bedroom. A back porch or balcony is also a good option to distance your-self from distractions inside your home.

“For studying at home, I usually like to #nd a place outside if it’s nice because there are not a lot of distractions, like my roommates or dogs,” said Hanna Arambel, a poultry science graduate student.

Sometimes, a secluded spot is hard to #nd, if you share a room with someone or live in a small area.

“I always put in my headphones if I am in a public room. !at way no one will talk to or both-er me,” said Sara Tenison, a childhood education major

Couches and beds are major bad guys in the crusade to study at home, especially during #nals week, when most students desperately need a nap or two. Sitting at a table or a desk is de#nitely im-portant when it comes to ensuring that you have less distractions and can focus more easily.

“Never sit on your bed if you want to get real work done,” said Tenison. “It sets you up for dis-traction.”

“I just bought a desk with storage space for studying. I bought all new basic art supplies and a lamp to light the desk. I have studyied a lot more at home because I have this new space set up,” said Courtney Wright, an art major. “It puts ev-erything I need out in front of me and that helps

get rid of distractions.”Technology can both hurt and help your

studying experience. Computers are good outlets for research, note taking, and typing up papers, but they can also o"er an entire world of distrac-tions. If you are studying using a computer, put a sticky note in the corner of the screen remind-ing you not to get on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, or any other site that will distract you for any amount of time.

Phones are also a distraction. Even if you are not on it for long periods of time, grabbing your phone every time you get a text to answer it re-ally cuts into your study time. Television is also a time-suck during studying. Many people just turn it on for background noise, but end up getting sucked into whatever show is on and not studying as e"ectively.

“I don’t have my computer out unless I need it to study and I always put my phone away,” Wright said.

A form of technology that most people use that actually helps them during studying is music.

“I always have some kind of music going to make the room more comfortable and stop my-self from getting too bored,” said Tenison.

“I love to put my headphones in and listen to instrumental music with no words; this helps me focus and get into study mode,” said Arambel.

What kind of music you should listen to while studying is up to you. Many people prefer instru-mental or something very low key and quiet; oth-ers study best to loud, fast music. Try a little bit of everything if you aren’t sure what is best for you. Making a playlist before studying is a way to pre-vent the distraction of constantly %ipping through shu&e trying to #nd that one song you want to hear. Pandora, or other internet radio stations, have stations set to certain moods and do not al-low the listener to skip more than a few songs in an hour.

Studying at home is a convenient method to avoid the crowded libraries and other spots around town during #nals. But willpower is es-sential. Removing distractions is the key to study-ing successfully at your home.

It’s almost time for a giant tub of pop-corn covered in half a gallon of butter and salt washed down with 70 ounces of soda. It’s time to go to the movies.

Summer movie season is right around the corner and the following are ten movies that everyone should watch this summer in order of release. !ese movie release dates are sub-ject to change.

Start the season o" right on dead day with” Iron Man 3”, the third in the Iron Man series and probably Robert Downey Jr.’s last time wearing the suit in this series.

On May 24 comes a choice between se-quels, “!e Hangover Part III” follows the lackluster part II, while “Fast & Furious 6” looks like a good, dumb, fun, easy chance to watch Vin Diesel steal cars.

!e last day of May brings the a heist movie with a robin hood like twist, “Now You See Me” follows a group of magicians played by Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco. !ey steal from corrupt banks and give the money away to their audiences. !e group is being tracked by a FBI agent played by Mark Ru"alo.

Kick o" June with Joss Whedon’s adapta-tion of “Much Ado About Nothing” on June 7. !e black and white movie was shot in 12 days at Whedon’s house and stars several actors who’ve shown up multiple times in the so called Whedonverse, including Na-than “Captain Mal” Fillion and Clark “Agent Coulson” Gregg.

!e world will end #ttingly on a Wednes-day, Wednesday June 12 if co-directors/writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are correct when their new comedy “!is is the End” releases. !e movie is about what hap-pens to Rogen and his famous friends when the world starts to end. Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and Emma Watson all play debased versions of themselves attending a party at Franco’s house when the world ends. With the cast as-sembled, this should be one of the summer’s funniest movies.

!at Friday, when “Man of Steel” is sold out, watch the true story of a group of teen-agers in Los Angeles who were arrested in 2009 for stealing over $3 million in items from the homes of celebrities that they idol-ized. “!e Bling Ring” June 14 is directed by So#a Coppola and stars Emma Watson as the leader of the group of reality-TV obsessed, fame seeking teens.

Fourth of July weekend has historically been a good weekend for movies, and this summer doesn’t look to change that. July 3 will see two big releases with “!e Lone Ranger” and “Despicable Me 2” both com-ing out this date. “!e Lone Ranger’s” big-gest star isn’t the main character, but rather Johnny Depp as !e Lone Ranger’s sidekick Tonto. !is is why I am going with “Despi-cable Me 2” while the theater might be full of little kids, the #rst movie was great, and who doesn’t want a minion of their own?

July 19 will be one of the biggest decision days of the summer with “Only God For-gives”, “Red 2” and “R.I.P.D.” all coming out on the same day. So these three movies count as one on the list, because I can do that.

“Only God Forgives” stars Ryan Gosling and is the follow up #lm from Director Nico-las Winding Refn, the last movie these two made together 2011’s “Drive” was one of the best movies of that year, which puts this one high on the summer list.

“Red 2” is the follow up to the 2010 ac-tion movie “Red” a great movie about re-tired counter intelligence agents that had Dame Hellen Mirren wielding a sniper ri%e, machine gun and a bazooka. If that wasn’t enough, the sequel also stars Bruce Willis, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

“R.I.P.D.” follows a pair of undead po-lice o$cers played by Je" Bridges and Ryan Reynolds who #ght souls that have escaped and run amok amongst the living. !e mov-ie looks like a ghost version of the original “Men in Black”, and that was a great summer movie.

Finish o" July with “!e Wolverine” July 26. Hugh Jackman returns as the immortal mutant with retractable indestructible claws. !e movie takes Wolverine to Japan where a man might have a cure for Wolverine’s im-mortality. Plot aside, it’s Wolverine, it will be fun.

Before the grind of school starts again, #nish the summer o" with “Kick-Ass 2” the sequel to 2010’s “Kick-Ass”. !e original was a great R-rated movie about a do-it-yourself superhero that was probably best known for Chloë Grace Moretz’s portrayal of the foul mouthed Hit-Girl, a young girl who lets the bullets and curse words %y with equal aban-don.

PROFILE

Fayetteville Musical Duo Reunite After Time AbroadAlex GoldenSta! Writer

Ashley Swindell Sta" PhotographerKaitlyn Lundy studies at home in Fayetteville, Monday, April 29. To study for her #nals, Lundy uses a neat work area and comfortable desk set up to prepare for her tests.

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Courtesy PhotoDana Louise (left) and UA Instructor Jackson Jennings (right), practice performing as the local band Air Loom. !e two met in Fayetteville three years ago.

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!e Razorbacks’ No. 5 women’s track and "eld team capped o# a busy weekend with the all-day Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

!e Hogs managed three personal bests Sunday with their distance crew. Grace Heyms"eld led the way with a 3,000-meter steeplechase "nish just shy of the Arkansas school record.

Heyms"eld achieved a life-time best performance in sec-tion two of the steeplechase with a time of 10 minutes, 1.92 seconds. !e reigning school record set by Lilly Kleinmann in 2001 is only .5 seconds bet-ter.

Heyms"eld shaved more than 11 seconds o# her previ-ous personal best and holds the No. 2 and No. 5 fastest steeple-chase "nishes in program his-tory.

Shannon Klenke won sec-tion three of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 10:13.42, Klen-ke’s own lifetime best.

!is best set Klenke as the school’s No. 6 time and the third fastest steeplechase runner a$er Kleinmann and Heyms"eld.

Diane Robison again set a outdoor personal best in the 5,000-meter run when she competed in section two of the event. Robison’s time of 16:01.94 placed her at eighth in the race.

Aside from personal bests, many other runners placed well in the events featured at

the invitational.Stephanie Brown and Mar-

tin Borge placed second and eighth, respectively, in the 800. Brown "nished at 2:04.35, nearly two seconds before Borge. !e "rst-place runner

in the 800 beat Brown by .11 seconds.

A 4:21.07, 10th-place "nish gave Keri Wood the second-fastest time of her career in the 1,500. !is was also Wood’s "rst try of the season at the

1,500.Paige Johnston ran the

1,500 in 4:30.15, good for sev-enth place in her section of the race.

!e Hogs’ regular season will close out with the Arkan-

sas Twilight in Fayetteville be-ginning Friday, May 3, at John McDonnell Field.

!e Southeastern Confer-ence Championships will fol-low on May 9-12 in Columbia, Mo.

Hogs Set Personal Bests in California!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, April 30, 2013 Page 7

Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

!is weekend, I was busy keeping up with the NBA play-o#s, as most of you should have been. If you didn’t, though, I’ve put together some highlights for you here.

!e Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets faced o# in what should be considered an instant classic Saturday in game four of their "rst-round series.

It would take three over-time periods to settle the game. !ere was also an im-pressive 34-point performance by guard Nate Robinson, though he only had "ve points a$er three quarters. Arkansas alumni Joe Johnson also hit a big shot in this game to force another overtime period.

For people who only watch playo# basketball, this game provided what the casual fan wants to see.

Two of the most storied

franchises in NBA history found themselves in pretty deep holes thus far. Both the Boston Celtics and Los Ange-les Lakers fell to 0-3 to start their postseason play.

Boston rallied against the New York Knicks Sunday to force a game "ve, however the Lakers dismally exited their "rst round series against the San Antonio Spurs.

Oklahoma City also made some headlines over the week-end that was hard for many fans to swallow. Former Ra-zorback Patrick Beverley went for a steal on !under guard Russell Westbrook and knocked his knee in an awk-ward position.

Westbrook tore his menis-cus and underwent season-ending surgery to end his streak of 394 games played to begin his young career.

Oklahoma City’s chances of winning the NBA champion-ship took a hit with this loss and they will need a series of huge performances from su-perstar Kevin Durant to con-tinue their playo# run.

Another series features the Los Angeles Clippers tak-ing on the Memphis Griz-zlies. !is series could go all the way through game seven, as both teams match up very well against each other. Home court could be the big deter-mining factor here.

!e Indiana Pacers and At-lanta Hawks is another series that could last seven games. !e Pacers jumped out 2-0, but a strong home perfor-mance by Atlanta showed that the Hawks weren’t going to go easy at the will of Indiana.

!e Golden State Warriors are playing the Denver Nug-gets to round out the Western Conference side of "rst-round action.

Warrior guard Stephon Curry is quickly becoming one of the greatest shooters to ever play on an NBA court. Many people have compared Curry to “Pistol” Pete Maravich who is considered one of the great-est shooters of all time.

!e last Eastern Confer-ence matchup came to an end Sunday as the reigning cham-pion Miami Heat swept the Milwaukee Bucks to await the winner of the Bulls and Nets series.

Lebron James and Dwy-ane Wade have seemingly put it on cruise control as they look to repeat their title quest. !e NBA playo#s have been intriguing thus far and look to only become better as the rounds move on.

Zack Wheeler is a writer for the Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Tues-day. Follow the sports section on Twitter @UATravSports.

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TRACK & FIELD FOOTBALL

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsGwendolyn Flowers competes at the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville, Saturday, April 27. !e Razorbacks followed that up with multiple personal bests set Sunday in Palo Alto, Calif.

Tamzen TumlisonSenior Sta! Writer

Despite a very di%cult foot-ball season for Razorback fans, scouts still saw talent on the "eld, which resulted in four Razorbacks being selected in the NFL dra$.

Knile Davis, Tyler Wil-son, Cobi Hamilton and Chris Gragg all had memorable ca-reers with the Hogs, including the "rst BCS bowl in school history and a Cotton Bowl Championship.

Now the four will continue their careers in the NFL.

Many expected the Razor-back quarterback to be the "rst Hog taken o# the board, but instead Davis was the 96th overall pick by the Kansas City Chiefs.

While injuries kept Davis o# the "eld for parts of his col-legiate career, when healthy he was one of the Southeast-ern Conference’s best running backs.

In 2010, Davis led the SEC with 1,322 rushing yards. He also scored 13 touchdowns for the Hogs.

!e Chief ’s starting run-ning back is Jamaal Charles, but Davis can quickly work his way up and play a role in the team’s o#ense.

!e next Razorback taken was Wilson, who was taken

4 Former Hogs Taken in Draft

BASEBALL

One Razorback pitcher earned weekly Southeastern Conference honors a$er the Hogs completed a sweep of the rain-shortened series against the Georgia Bulldogs this weekend.

Barrett Astin was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week for his eight shutout innings against the Bulldogs Friday night in Athens, Ga.

!e eight innings is the most shutout innings Astin has pitched in his career as a Razorback. He also struck out a season-high eight bat-ters in leading the Hogs to the 2-0 victory.

Astin struggled in the "rst inning when the Bull-dogs loaded the bases on two hits to lead o# the game and a walk with two outs, but the junior got a &y out to get out of the inning unscathed and settled in a$er that.

!e Forrest City, Ark., na-tive allowed only two more

hits and did not allow a Bull-dog to advance past "rst base the rest of the night.

A$er allowing hits to the "rst two batters he faced, As-tin retired 24 of the next 28 batters he faced.

!is season, the right hander has posted a 3-2 re-

cord, one save and 2.02 ERA, which is good for seventh best in the conference.

Astin is the "$h Razor-back to earn weekly confer-ence honors. Ryne Stanek was named SEC Pitcher of the Week earlier this season.

Trey Killian, Colin Poche

and Tyler Spoon have each been named the SEC Fresh-man of the Week this season.

!e Razorbacks return to Baum Stadium Tuesday when they host the Missouri State Bears. !e Hogs then hit the road to take on the No. 23 Kentucky Wildcats.

Astin Earns Weekly SEC HonorsHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

Addison Morgan Sta" PhotographerBarrett Astin pitches at the Arkansas v. Mississippi State baseball game, Saturday, March 30. Astin was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday.

GOLFsee DRAFT page 8

Eric HarrisSta! Writer

!e No. 14 Arkansas men’s golf team competed in 11 tournaments this season, "n-ishing in the top 10 in all but one of them.

A pair of victories in the General Hackler Champion-ship and Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational highlighted the year for the Hogs. Arkansas won these two tournaments by two and three strokes, re-spectively.

!e team scoring average for Arkansas was 291.45 and their score versus par rating was 6.55. Score versus par is calculated by adding the total number of strokes over par divided by the total number of rounds played.

!e star this season for the Hogs was junior Sebas-tian Cappelen, who led the way with a score versus par of

1.07 along with his low round of 66 in the "nal round of the Southeastern Conference Championship.

Cappelen won the indi-vidual title at the SEC Cham-pionship and was selected to participate in his third Palm-er Cup.

Cappelen’s pick makes him just one of a select group of players to ever compete in the event three straight years and gives the Razorbacks an appearance at the event for the fourth straight summer.

Cappelen’s performance led the Razorbacks to a sixth-place team "nish.

Senior Austin Cook was also very consistent for Ar-kansas this season. Cook had a scoring average of 73.19 and a score versus par of 1.97.

Cook had two top-10 "n-ishes and was continually posting good rounds to keep

Razorbacks Earn Top-10 Finishes in 10 Outof 11 Tournaments

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in the fourth round by the Oakland Raiders. He was the 112th overall pick.

!e Raiders traded Tampa Bay for the pick to select the Greenwood, Ark., native.

Wilson could compete for the starting job this summer against current Raider quar-terbacks Matt Flynn and Ter-relle Pryor.

Wilson broke 29 school records during his time at Ar-kansas and was the "rst Hog quarterback to earn "rst team All-SEC honors.

His selection, along with Ryan Mallett’s in 2011, make Arkansas the only school in the SEC to have two quarter-backs taken in the last three dra$s.

In the sixth round of the dra$ with the 197th overall pick, the Cincinnati Bengals looked to add some depth to their o#ense by dra$ing Ham-

ilton.Hamilton caught a school-

record 175 passes in his career for 2,854 yards and 18 touch-downs.

A$er falling to the sixth round, Hamilton said he is disappointed to fall so far and now has a chip on his shoulder to succeed.

!e "nal Razorback dra$-ed was Gragg, with the 222nd pick to the Bu#alo Bills.

!e Bills hope to use Gragg’s speed and versatility to create matchup problems that newly dra$ed quarter-back E.J. Manuel can take ad-vantage of.

Like Hamilton, Gragg will have something to prove af-ter falling farther than he had hoped.

Gragg also missed time this season due to injury, but he had 1,003 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in his

Razorback career.!ese four will not be the

only Hogs that will be trying to make it on an NFL roster, as seven more Hogs signed with six di#erent NFL teams as un-dra$ed free agents.

D.D. Jones and Alvin Bai-ley both signed with the Se-attle Seahawks, while Ronnie Wingo is also going to an NFC team, the Atlanta Falcons.

Ross Rasner signed with the Denver Broncos, while two players will be heading to Florida. Tenarius Wright signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while Alonzo Highsmith signed with the Miami Dolphins.

!e last Razorback to sign was Dennis Johnson, who signed with the Houston Tex-ans.

All seven players will com-pete for a roster spot during camps.

Photo Courtesy of Athletic Media RelationsSebastian Cappelen competes at the 2013 Southeastern Conference Champion-ships in St. Simons Island, Ga., Friday, April 19.

Arkansas in contention. Freshman Nicolas Echa-

varria had a very good sea-son for the Hogs. His scoring average of 75.76 and score versus par of 4.24 were good building blocks to improve upon in NCAA Regionals as well as next season.

Fellow freshman Taylor Moore also had a strong sea-son. His scoring average of 73.87 and score versus par of 2.65 were slightly better than Echavarria, but both players provide a bright future for the men’s golf program.

Sophomore !omas So-rensen was also a key player for Arkansas. Sorensen’s score versus par was 1.87 followed by a scoring average of 73.35 for the Hogs.

Cappelen, Cook , Sorensen and Moore all had at least two top-10 "nishes individually.

Arkansas will compete in the NCAA Regional in Fay-etteville May 16-18.