It’s no surprise that Fayette-ville’s most frequented site for locals and visitors is Dickson Street. It’s !lled to the brim with drinks and some of the most delicious food in the city and there are countless ways to entertain yourself. Even though Dickson Street may appear to be a luxury only for those of legal drinking age, there are plenty of ways to have fun de-spite being younger than most others on Dickson.

Starting from the top of Dickson, there are already a number of stores speci!cally catered to people who may not have an interest in alcohol. For instance, Private Gallery has been a Dickson staple for six and a half years and has ren-dered with it a cult following. According to their employees, the most frequently purchased items are Michael Kors watches and Hobo wallets for those wishing to be fashionably casu-al both at work and on Dickson Street.

While this store may appear to be exclusive to women, in the same vicinity are Underwood’s Fine Jewelers, Bath Junkie and Sidney’s Emporium, each of which has something for ev-eryone. All of these are worth checking out as they all have their own distinct style and at-mosphere.

If alcohol is a !rst for most people on Dickson Street, then food is naturally a second, and Dickson has some of the best food in town. "ere are a va-riety of di#erent types of res-taurants — plush and modest, relaxed and upbeat, business and casual. Some are for when two or more people want to sit down and have a conversa-

tion and a meal, while others are perfect for a quick snack. For instance, Orange Mango, a relatively new frozen yogurt establishment, regularly deals with a considerable amount of tra$c as Dickson’s sweet tooth.

While there is music ev-erywhere on Dickson Street both in and out of bars, some of the best entertainment is at the UARK Bowl and Walton Arts Center. "e UARK Bowl regularly has comedians from northwest Arkansas as well as touring comedians like Tom Green, who will be coming this October. "e Walton Arts Cen-ter holds plays, lectures, stand-up comedy acts and concerts nearly every week. If you decide to take a stroll down Dickson, be sure to be on the lookout for shows advertised on the side of the building.

During the weekend, many people !nd themselves walking through the square, where the local farmers market is located. "ere are musicians serenading shoppers, homegrown food, woodwork from locals, and a generally jovial atmosphere to start your day out right.

Zoe Champagne, a junior nursing major, said she goes to the farmers market every Satur-day she can.

“I went last weekend and the weekend before,” she said. “I like to listen to the music, get di#erent fruits, %owers that are really cheap and co#ee that Ar-saga’s sponsors, usually.”

"is past summer, the food truck race that stopped in Fay-etteville during its national tour brought a lot of foot tra$c to the area as well as various au-thentic food that couldn’t be found in Fayetteville.

"e Fayetteville summer isn’t quite over yet, and some people like to relax inside the Dickson Street Bookshop and

Nightbird Books. Even though both bookstores sell similar products, they both o#er com-pletely di#erent experiences. "e !rst packed to the brim with old and used books, with so many shelves covering the area that it’s di$cult to make out the color of the walls. "e latter o#ers purely new books as well as plenty of sit-down area for a leisurely read or drink. Nightbird also has beer, wine, co#ee and hot chocolate to keep you relaxed and comfortable.

“"e Dickson bookstore looked old-school on the out-side, but once I went inside, I was completely enthralled

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A Fayetteville institution of 20 years has landed on Dickson Street.

Arsaga’s Espresso Cafe opened a new location at the end of June at the corner of West Avenue and Dickson Street. But the new location,

dubbed the “Depot” a&er t h e

building’s original function as a freight house, is not your parents’ Arsaga’s.

With more space than a traditional co#ee shop, chef and manager Emily Lawson whips up delectable crepes, and the baristas behind the espresso bar creates more drinks and smoothies. All of your Arsaga’s favorites, like Arsagaccinos, thankfully re-main on the menu. Since it’s on Dickson Street, Arsaga’s

even o#ers a small, carefully selected list of imported beer, microbrews and wines chosen to complement the crepes.

"e menu fea-tures special crepes, which Lawson said o#er “something unique and local and fresh.”

Lawson suggests trying the carda-mom iced co#ee. "e baristas prepare

that, and many other concoc-tions, with Fayetteville’s own PH Alchemy brand syrups.

What really sets the Arsa-ga’s brew apart, though, is the fact that they roast their own co#ee in small batches.

“Basic and simple, with fresh ingredients,” Lawson said about Arsaga’s co#ee-roasting process.

On Sundays, Arsaga’s o#ers brunch from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with bottomless cups of co#ee

and a selection of crepes, both sweet and savory. "e Ozark crepe features local sausage, mozzarella, egg and roasted red pepper wrapped inside of

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!e Latin American stud-ies department and the Mul-ticultural Center will o"er a demonstration and discus-sion on Afro-Brazilian reli-gion, culture and drumming to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

!e event is at 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Multi-cultural Center in the Arkan-sas Union.

Eldio Rolim, also known as Mestre Cabello, is the guest who will be leading the dem-onstration and discussion. Rolim is “extremely knowl-edgeable about the commu-nal and religious rituals of the African Diaspora in Brazil.” Rolim will give a demonstra-tion of drum rhythms and will discuss Afro-Brazilian culture and religion and its relation-ship to drumming, Multicul-tural Center o#cial said.

!e demonstration and discussion of Afro-Brazilian religion and its relationship to drumming will last from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Next, a reception will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

From 1 to 3 p.m., there will be an open discussion and question and answer ses-sion regarding Afro-Brazilian cultural traditions and a brief lesson of basic drumming rhythms.

“!is is one of the many events planned for Hispanic Heritage Month,” said Brandy Armstrong, associate direc-

tor of leadership and devel-opment at the Multicultural Center.

“We have several events planned on Sept. 20. We will have an event called ‘Plaza de las Americas,’ which is a social event of uniting hands,” Arm-strong said. “We will have all Latin American countries on display we will have perform-ing arts, co"ees from all over Latin American countries, conversation partners and $lms.”

!e Multicultural Center has not yet $nalized its cal-endar for Hispanic Heritage Month and plans to have sev-eral other events, Armstrong said.

Kate Ross, a sophomore Spanish major, said she thinks the event is a great opportu-nity for all students.

“As a Spanish major, I re-ally appreciate Hispanic heri-tage, and I think it’s something all students should learn more about,” she said. “Events like this are a great way to expand your horizons and learn more about di"erent cultures and languages.”

Both the Multicultural Center and the Latin Ameri-can studies department have been reaching out to students to attend the event through Listserv and Facebook.

“I have several cultural re-quirements for my students in the cultural enrichment program. !e Afro-Brazilian drumming event is one of the events I am requiring for them,” Armstrong said.

All events are free and open to the public.

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With high unemployment, it is no wonder some students will be voting with their wal-lets this November.

!e class of 2013 can be optimistic about getting a job a%er they graduate, said Angela Williams, director of Career Services.

Even though the un-employment rate for those younger than 25 has de-creased to 12.9 percent in June, the rate for young peo-ple is higher than the national unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. `

On the bright side, unem-ployment for college gradu-ates is roughly half the na-tional average, according the the U.S. Department of Labor.

Hiring is expected to in-crease by 12.2 percent, ac-cording to preliminary numbers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ Job Outlook 2013 survey.

Certain groups face a steeper predicament. African Americans face a 16.2 percent unemployment rate and Lati-nos are at 11 percent.

“[!is] means there are more job opportunities as employers are looking to grow their work forces,” Wil-liams said. “What this doesn’t mean, however, is that their job search will be easier.

Members of the class of 2013 and subsequent college class-es throughout the country are eager to land jobs and launch their professional careers.”

Students can help them-selves stand out in a competi-tive job market by visiting the career service o#ce on cam-pus, work on their networks to learn about job opportuni-ties, do research and market themselves, Williams said.

One way in which each presidential candidate plans to decrease joblessness and better the economy is by fo-cusing on education. As with most major issues, liber-als believe the government should be more involved in our country’s education system while conservatives think the federal government should have less control.

In the past four years, Barack Obama has imple-mented the Student Loan Forgiveness Act. !is pro-gram automatically forgives the remaining debt of anyone who has made regular pay-ments on student loans for the past 20 years. Loans may be forgiven earlier if the grad-uate serves in the military or other governmental depart-ment. !is is widely accepted as something that will greatly bene$t college graduates just $nding jobs, according to us-news.com.

!e president has also ap-proved waivers to free states from George W. Bush’s “No Child Le% Behind” plan, and has instead begun to imple-ment “Race to the Top.” !is plan has rewarded states with billions of dollars for pursu-ing education endeavors the president supports. “Race to the Top” also includes student

testing, charter-school incen-tives and teacher evaluation standards. By reforming edu-cation, Obama hopes to en-courage students to go on to pursue a higher degree, thus creating jobs and bene$tting young Americans.

In what they believe will both bene$t the economy and decrease joblessness, Obama and Mitt Romney turn to taxes. Both believe in cutting taxes, but Obama wants to raise taxes on some high earners, according to his website. Romney has ceased the prospect of making his cuts revenue neutral, accord-ing to Business Insider.

Lawson Albey, a senior health sciences major, said he believes Romney will ben-e$t the economy and college graduates more than Presi-dent Obama.

“Romney pushes more for school choice and less gov-ernment involvement, which lines up with my personal views,” Albey said.

Conversely, Catherine Woodrow, a sophomore so-cial work major, believes Obama will bene$t the econ-omy as a whole. She $nds the DREAM Act particularly be-nevolent.

“I think by Obama [sup-porting] the DREAM Act he is adding a lot of money to our general budget and increas-ing jobs in our country,” she said. “I learned in a class that the bill provides permanent residency for some illegal im-migrants, and even though it will cost the U.S. money to send them to school, we will make almost twice as much in what they will give us in re-turn from taxes.”

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A Build-A-Bear event will be held from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at the Cam-pus Bookstore in the Garland Parking Garage. During the event, customers can pur-chase and build a bear for $5. All money raised from the event will be donated to the UA Full Circle Food Pantry.

For customers who wish to build and then donate a bear, there will be no charge. All donated bears will be given to the Fayetteville Police Depart-ment. Donated bears will be given to children to comfort them during a time of crisis, the police department said.

!e bookstore has been looking for a way to give back to the Full Circle Food Pantry for a while, said Emmy Barr, marketing director for the

bookstore.“For many years we’ve

wanted to give to the food pantry and give money to them,” Barr said. “We’ve been trying to develop an idea to give back to them that would also engage students. So, I started looking to see what other campuses had done and this idea was originally done at Texas Tech.”

!e idea to collaborate with the police department came from involvement in philanthropies while growing up, Barr said.

“I grew up in Fayetteville and was always told that the police department was in constant need of stu"ed ani-mals to give to children in times of crisis, so when trying to think of what to do with bears that students wanted to make but not keep, that was our top solution. Fayetteville police are really excited about

it and will be on campus dur-ing the event promoting it,” he said.

Olivia Becker, a junior sociology major, believes the event is something all stu-dents should consider attend-ing.

“I think it’s great that the bookstore is looking for ways to give back to other great organizations on campus, as well as the northwest Arkan-sas community. It seems like an event that would be both fun and rewarding.”

!e bookstore hopes to make the event annual or bi-annual, but plans on seeing how it goes this year. Build-A-Bear has expressed interest in becoming a partner with the bookstore, Barr said.

Bears usually cost $20 and will be provided for $5. Each bear will come wearing a Ra-zorback t-shirt.

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Chancellor G. David Gear-hart and o#cials from the UA Department of Art dedi-cated the Silas Hunt Memorial sculpture yesterday, as a way to re&ect Hunt’s contribution to the UA.

Hunt became the $rst Afri-can-American student admit-ted to a previously all-white Southern university when he was admitted to the UA Law school in 1948 without any

litigation in opposition, al-though he died before he com-pleted his degree, according to silashunt.uark.edu/.

Gearhart praised the sculp-ture as a sign that Hunt’s legacy is still vital on campus through the UA’s dedication to ensuring educational op-portunity to all people, schol-arships in his name, as well as through steadily growing diversity.

!e sculpture, which is the $rst sculpture created by Bry-an Massey, professor of art at the University of Central Ar-kansas for the UA.

“I hope those who come and see it know that it repre-sents the past and future for the university,” Massey said.

“It (the sculpture) reminds us the journey is not com-plete,” Gearhart said. “We must continue opening doors and tearing down barriers to student achievement. !is sculpture honors the past and points the way to the future.”

!e sculpture, located near the Pi Phi Centennial Gate, near Old Main, is meant to represent Hunt’s $rst day on campus, Massey said.

“I wanted to do some-

thing that would represent Silas Hunt and the fact that he didn’t do this by himself,” Massey said. “!e arms are his community and fam-ily and the foundation is his morals, what he believes in.”

!e monument is part of an ongoing project to im-prove campus and increase the presence of the arts on campus, the Chancellor said at the dedication.

“We are all looking for-ward to the next piece that will adorn our campus,” Gearhart said.

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College experience is an ongoing discussion.

What are our perceptions of what our college experi-ence should be? Is it a life of learning, freedom, adventure or all of the above? What should we take away from college?

I have intermingled with a variety of people on this cam-pus. Some see classes as the lowest priority on their list.

Others are successful stu-dents, but they are not ac-tively engaged in wanting to learn. Some people don’t look forward to their classes.

!ey are classes, a"er all. !ose classes come with homework, presentations, pa-pers and midterms.

We need to let loose from time to time. When I think of Dickson Street, I remember when I couldn’t wait for it to be Friday again.

!ursday may be good enough for some people — I guess some people are thirsti-er than others. Dickson Street seems to have this aura about it.

It is the place to be. It’s a chance to relax, be open and meet people.

Yet, inevitably, Sunday rolls around, and we feel like the weekend went by too quickly.

More importantly, we are now scrambling to do as-signments, read from our textbooks and even study for tests on Monday. Back to the stress.

But let’s focus on how we release our stress on the weekend.

“For the most part, we have sharp bunch here in Fay-etteville. And my services are more moderately priced than the Washington County jus-tice system,” said Bob Moses.

“Especially late at night, I see many students. ‘Is this Cash Cab?’ is the most com-mon thing they ask me,” he said.

Moses is a Dynasty Taxi driver who has been on the Dickson Street scene for awhile.

He works four nights a week, including weekends.

He had a lot to say about what happens on Dickson and the students who use his service.

“As a cab driver, how do I say this? Clean up your own puke,” Moses said.

I don’t know if that means students are vomiting in his cab, or if he was suggesting a deeper meaning.

“At a party, I threw up in a sink, and I had to scoop it out into the toilet. A"er nights of throwing up in a toilet, I started to examine my drink-ing,” he said.

!is is presumably a shout-out to the students who drink a little too much and vomit in cabs.

!is is easy to do, as many have proved. Whether it is so-cial pressure or a social stig-ma, we cannot drink Dickson Street dry.

As UA o#cials push a strict alcohol policy on stu-dents, sometimes it is hard to forget that we are not true alcoholics in administrators’ eyes.

Yet it only takes one wrong decision to ruin your life. Or ruin someone else’s night.

“’Wisdom is knowing what to adopt and what to dis-card,’” Moses recited. “Speak-ing as a 30-something-year-old, I’d say teens and 20s are for $nding out lots of things you’ll eventually discard.

“Keep your eyes and ears open now, and go easy on your 30-something-year-old self.”

While I am sure Moses ap-preciates our business (and our company), I think even he understands the impor-tance of moderation.

Most of us are not living with our parents anymore, so we think we are grown up. But we’re really not.

Having wisdom and hav-ing knowledge are two di%er-ent things.

Reading an article on Ya-hoo does not make you grown up. It’s about our experiences.

When you seek your wis-dom, I don’t think Dickson Street is the place to start, but Dickson can be a good place to display your wisdom.

However, we never see on the front page of the newspa-per someone who got a DUI while driving home from a class.

!is doesn’t mean we ought to restrict ourselves to the stressful campus, but we ought to keep ourselves in check before we make a mis-take our 30-something-year-old selves will have to $x.

“Check ourselves before we wreck ourselves” ought to be our motto.

When we do head down to drink Dickson dry, let us all remember to clean up any mess we make and to start our stressful weeks with heads held high.

Blake Mertens is a contributing columnist. He is a junior biochemistry major.

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We must continue opening doors and tearing down barriers to student achievement. !is sculpture honors the past and points the way to the future.

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Blake MertensContributing Columnist

When I was 6 years old, I had a swing that was worthy of a Norman Rockwell painting — it had a &at two-by-four as a seat and a pair of long chains covered in blue plastic tubing that stretched up and wrapped around a sturdy branch that seemed in$nitely higher than it must have been in reality.

I would stay out there, sometimes hours at a time, in between alien-hunting adventures and ruining piles of freshly raked leaves with human cannonballs.

My favorite thing to do was to hang upside down on that swing and see my backyard in a new perspective that fascinated me; my childhood home became just another house. Everything transformed into an upside-down scene where nothing was how I remembered.

When I was 6, my other favorite thing was Razorback football. I remember wearing a tiny Cedric Cobbs jersey everywhere I went. It was the $rst year I really took notice of the games; we had an 8-4 record and an always-welcome victory against Texas in the 2000 Cotton Bowl. !at year, a lopsided 44-6 win against Louisiana-Monroe was branded onto my Arkansan psyche as the $rst time I

witnessed a full-bodied hog call, 50,000 people strong, at War Memorial in Little Rock.

Decked in Razorback gear, I felt a surge of discomfort as the $rst “woo” reverberated through the stadium. For some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to join. It was like I was back suspended from my swing, back in upside-down world, where football stopped being football; it was something di%erent entirely, a grotesque show where the crowd made strange noises in unison.

Seeing my refusal to “sooie,” my mom nudged me like she would nudge me in Mass when I half-heartedly mouthed the words of the “Our Father” as the congregation joined in reciting it. It all felt weird to me, but she insisted that the only thing weird would be to be born and raised in Arkansas and refuse to call the hogs.

Since then, I have been able to override that gut rejection, but I $nd myself going back to that moment during my time here and applying it. College has been an opportunity for me to get back on that two-by-four, let the blood rush to my head — sometimes uncomfortably — and strip things of the qualities that do not exist inherently, but instead have gained meaning from the resonance of ideas that others have projected

onto them.!e Southern stereotype

is that we are un&inching, ideologically and morally, for better and for worse. It is hard for us, with a past so dark, to trust what others tell us are unimportant. We cling to our traditions, and so we cling to the tradition of competition: another stereotype proven true by the visceral buzz that engulfs Fayetteville on Saturday mornings in September, blasting everyone back to a past of tribal face paint and screaming mobs, of the social ecstasy that comes from sharing a common enemy.

Go ahead, just try to tell an Arkansan that the LSU game has no real-world implications.

I know that it doesn’t, yet the buzz is still there. For a day, LSU becomes enemy No. 1. !e more I think about football season, the more everything seems to gel, like shapeless pieces of a puzzle I cannot see forming into a soothing whole. !e world never makes as much sense as it does during that $rst sack of the season, when the crowd thunders as if a tyrant has been ousted.

!at moment — when we stop being ourselves and become a collective identity — is the most important time for me to go back to my swing and hang upside down

for a little while, at least in my head. If I focus, I can snap out of the intoxication and see the arbitrary scene, see that it’s a bunch of people doing insane things they would never do unless a mob environment enabled them. Psychologists know that loss of self-awareness as a lack of individuation, an e%ect of mass crowds that breaks down the barriers between individuals.

It is important to see the things we take for granted in that alien way sometimes, because it makes it harder to downplay other cultures’ seemingly silly traditions when we can see the arbitrariness in our own.

Yet, seeing football’s initial pointlessness simultaneously enhances football, because it grows it into something bigger than a way to kill a Saturday a"ernoon. It becomes a part of our individual community, a game imbued with the meaning of the place that surrounds it.

In some way or another, every culture on earth has something that becomes charged with generations of amassed sentimentality.

In some way or another, every culture has its own Arkansas Razorbacks.

Conor Woody is a contributing columnist. He is a sophomore.

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In 2010, UA o#cials changed the Fulbright College core curriculum in order to accommodate “peer institutions,” according to Chancellor G. David Gearhart.

Naturally, this means two-year community colleges and universities, even though they only have graduation rates of 2 percent, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

!is sudden change begs the question: at what cost? Granted, the transformation was two years ago — why bother bringing it up now?

If the UA is going to experiment with di%erent cores, why not make some changes so that degrees could overlap a little more?

For instance, this past year I decided to take an economics course despite the fact that I am a history major. I learned more than I ever thought I would know about market economies, the intricacies of

a capitalist system and, most surprisingly, the thought process and reasoning of our country’s market philosophy. Out of everything I have studied as a student of history, I was &oored when I realized how important and essential basic economic understanding is to the study of history as well as politics.

History began to make more sense. In fact, my passion for history and the pursuit of truth gained a much more de$ned purpose.

!e UA appears to be making it easier to get a degree, which is OK except that whatever degree one chooses will inevitably fall below the rank of competing universities. Arkansas high schools already have that stereotype — why should the UA have it, too?

Everyday college degrees become more and more useless; however, they are not completely devoid of purpose — yet.

So why should students stand by and watch their school fall in rank as they pay more

every year for a degree? !ere was a sudden decrease in rank for the UA in 2011 right a"er the curriculum changes were implemented the year prior, according to Shanghairanking.com.

!e UA needs to make some huge changes (not construction changes, mind you).

A"er all, why would one of the top universities in the state need to limit its potential for student success for other “peer institutions” when, according to the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette, we have a 38 percent graduation rate?

Arkansas high schools are failing to prepare students for college courses. Our current curriculum encourages this behavior as we continue to enforce it.

We should not just cut core curriculum; we should reform it. We ought to make a degree from the UA even more attractive.

!ink about it: While a business degree from the Walton College may be

appealing already, what if your degree meant more to a potential institution?

Graduate schools would be more inclined to take in Arkansas alumni, businesses would take your degree more seriously and you can look back at your experience here with the certainty you picked the right college.

By going to a university, students must inherently accept the belief that higher education is essential.

But if the university does not require its students to take many core classes, where is the education?

It’s easy for a senior to recommend doing coursework outside of your major. !is ought to be the recommendation to all students.

!is is the only way we can strengthen UA degrees and uphold a standard of well-rounded education.

Mason Sams is a contributing columnist. He is a senior history major.

Change or Reform? Pick oneMason SamsContributing Columnist

!e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper!ursday, Aug. 30, 2012 Page 5

is fall will be host to many blockbuster games that seek to support the art of video game making and storytelling, and becoming the next great story medium. Here are some of the biggest titles coming out this semester that are sure to affect students’ bank accounts soon.

Borderlands 2 September 18 (Gearbox)

As it’s clearly stated in its trailers and advertisements, the role-playing, first-person shooter Borderlands 2 is all about gratuitous amounts of action, guns and explosions. In more ways than one, it’s like the Expendables 2 of video games.

According to the game’s website, borderlands2.com, the story of the game “follows the story of four new Vault Hunt-ers [soldiers of fortune aer the treasures of the rumored “Vault”] as they fight to free the world of Pandora from the clutches of Handsome Jack, the brilliant, charismatic, and utterly despicable CEO of the Hyperion Corporation.”

e Borderline series is fa-mous for its drop-in-drop-out four person cooperative online play and its expansive RPG el-ements of advancing unique skills in the character’s talent tree. In addition to the vast amount of weapons, there are also a multitude of vehicles to take on the vandals and mon-sters of Pandora with.

If guns, mayhem, and kick-ing a** are your type of thing, be sure to check this one out.

Halo 4 November 6 (343 Industries)

Just two years aer the release of the prequel Halo:

Reach in 2010, Bun-gie, the original de-velopers of the Halo franchise, have passed the torch onto Halo-ded-icated soware developers 343 Industries. Even though the game has been developed by an entirely dif-ferent company, it looks to be as great as or possibly even better than its Bungie predecessors.

e story is set “four years aer the end of the Cov-enant War, Cortana and the Master Chief find themselves on Requiem, home to a power far greater than anything hu-manity has ever faced before,” according to the game’s web-site, halo4.com.

e graphics in Halo 4 take a big step forward and an even bigger step in cinematic game play. At one point in the game play trailer, Master Chief is tracking down the crashed vessel he came to the planet Requiem on, and he encoun-ters a herd of glowing beast machines that can fire at you. As you chase them down, out of nowhere, Cortana (your AI) says, “Chief, look out!” and this fiery, red ghoul-android tackles you and screams in your face. It’s intense.

With its award-winning multiplayer and an all new co-op Spartan Ops mode that ex-pands every week, 343 Indus-tries measures up to the hype.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

November 13 (Treyarch)

Looking at any YouTube comment section of any of the contemporary games in the Call of Duty franchise you will find a harsh divide between the “haters” and “fan boys”, and an endless amount of insults on both sides. Whether a die-hard or a crit-ic, Black Ops 2 will likely be the biggest title to release this fall season, possibly second or tied to Halo 4.

CoD: Black Ops 2 cer-tainly has the makings to be a major blockbuster. With the recruitment of A-list Hollywood types like writer David S. Goyer (co-writer of

e Dark Knight Rises) writing the

story and Nine Inch Nails’ Oscar-winner

Trent Reznor writing the music, it’s a formula for suc-cess.

According to kotaku.com, the story of Black Ops 2 is set in the sort-of-near future of 2025, and combat has evolved into skirmishes between pi-lotless war machines. Raul Menendez, a villain from the first Black Ops, hacks their war machines to stir up con-flict between the two biggest superpowers on earth, USA and China. For the first time in franchise history, the story will branch out depending on the choices you make in the campaign.

Add in an extremely pop-ular online multiplayer mode and the anticipation for this game is clear.

Dishonored October 9 (Arkane)

e only non-sequel in this list, Dishonored comes fresh from Bethesda, the pub-lishers who created both the Elder Scrolls (Skyrim) and Fallout franchises. e cor-nerstone of this game seeks to combine cray stealth, supernatural powers and shoot-‘em-up game play in a sophisticated open-path mis-sion-based story of revenge.

e story is follows Corvo Atano, who is the personal body guard of the empress of Dunwall. Unexpectedly, the empress is killed and Atano is framed for her murder. While awaiting his execution, a man known as the Outsider gives Atano magical abilities to es-cape and seek revenge on the corrupt, according the dis-honored.com.

e game encourages im-provisation and innovation in its game play as there are nu-merous ways to achieve your

goals. Ac-cording to the game’s web-

site, with your powers, you can “teleport for stealth ap-proaches, possess any living creature, or stop time itself to orchestrate unearthly execu-tions.” Creativity runs wild in this game. In one video, it has the player stop time as a guard shoots, possess the guard, walk him in front of the bullet, and cause “friendly fire”.

A novel and original de-velopment, Dishonored looks to be something of a marvel.

Assassin’s Creed III

October 30 (Ubiso)

e folks at Ubiso have finally made the jump from Ezio Auditorre in the Assas-sin’s Creed II trilogy and have jumped to one of protagonist Desmond Miles’s relatives in Revolution-era America. It looks like that the team has put in the necessary hours here with its new game engine An-vilnext to make an even more polished and savvy game.

is time around, the game follows Conor Kenway in his exploits as a member of both the Assassins and the Continental Army against the English and the Templar order. Using a device known as the Animus, present day Desmond Miles can relive the memories of his ancestors by having the Animus project them from his genetic code. As the player, you follow two storylines, the past and the present.

Moving from the busy streets of renaissance Italy, the setting takes place in the varied climate of the North American frontier of Boston and New York, and even ex-pands into the open sea where the player captains a ship dur-ing naval warfare.

e game also features an expanded upon unique multi-player mode where players use stealth and cunning instead of brawn and accuracy to win matches.

Nick BrothersCompanion Editor

September is shaping up to be an exciting month for music lovers. e summer had a handful of great re-leases to offer, including new music from Beach House, Passion Pit, Japandroids and Dirty Projectors, and now another new stack of great music is just around the corner. is month brings new music from several very talented and very popular indie (and beyond) bands, including Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, e xx, e Killers, e Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Band of Horses, Two Door Cinema Club, Dave Matthews Band, Dinosaur Jr. and Bob Dylan.

First off, for experimen-tal psychedelic band Ani-mal Collective, “Centipede Hz” will be their first proper studio album since “Mer-riweather Post Pavilion,” the album that brought a level of renown and success these Maryland-based “freak folk” hippies had never quite known. “Centipede Hz” has a lot to live up to; what was great about “Merriweather” was that it somehow, with-out damaging their sound at all, took all of their harsh, abrasive edges and sanded them down into a sleek, smooth and organic collec-tion of songs about settling down with a wife and kids. It seems like their sound on a new record could only move them back into abrasiveness; the question is only of how much. Animal Collective is one of those bands whose sound feels like it could take off in almost any direction, so long as that direction was very eccentric, very high-en-ergy and very psychedelically charged.

Another of the month’s more anticipated releases is the new album “Shields” by Grizzly Bear, a Brooklyn-based experimental folk-rock band, known for their hauntingly gorgeous vocal harmonies and their ability to make folk-rock songs with banjo and flute feel alternate-ly soothing and titanically epic. On their most recent al-bum, “Veckatimest,” the band leaned further away from the soothing side of their music, and according to vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Edward Droste, this new album is “very in-your-face … It’s not as dreamy and pastoral and sleepy as past efforts.” If the first single, “Sleeping Ute,” is any indicator of how the al-bum will sound, then expect more impressive vocal deliv-eries and more complex, in-tricate music arrangements.

While a lot of music crit-ics thumbed their nose at London-born Mumford and

Sons aer their debut album, for every naysayer, there were three or four good-hearted, genuine 20-somethings who fell in love with their sound. No matter what the critics are saying, the new Mumford and Sons album will be one of the most popular albums of the year, guaranteed. Writ-ten mostly on the road while touring for “Sigh No More,” according to Rolling Stone, the album brings in heavier emotions and feelings of sep-aration; bassist Ted Dwane said, “Being away so much for the last couple of years is inevitably a theme on the re-cord, because it’s something that we’ve all shared.”

Switching gears quite a bit, the darkly, somberly sex-ual trio e xx (also hailing from London) is releasing their second album, “Coex-ist.” e band is known to appear live in all-black ward-robe and stand broodingly before the audience. Vocals on the eponymous debut album were reserved and gorgeous but betrayed more than anything a deep sense of longing and remorse. Ac-cording to thequietus.com, “if their debut painted a sense of intimacy coupled with loss, then ‘Coexist’ suggests something more turbulent, sensual and fun.” ese guys, actually sounding “fun”? is could potentially be one of the biggest developments in music this year.

And finally, maybe one of the strangest releases marked for September is Bob Dylan’s 35th album, “Tempest.” ough Dylan was born in 1941, which puts him at about 71 years old, he’s still churning out albums on a fairly regular basis; his voice is incredibly gravelly these days, as anyone who saw his performance with Mumford & Sons and the Avett Broth-ers on the Grammys will at-test. But then, Dylan was never too concerned with sounding “pretty” on record, and the vocal style definitely worked for Tom Waits. e album’s release coincides with the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s eponymous debut al-bum, which was released in 1962. According to Michael Simmons with Yahoo Music, “All the questions Dylan fans might have — What will we hear? Can he still sing? Will he deliver? — are immediate-ly rendered irrelevant as one becomes transfixed by these initial tracks. Yes, he can still carry a melody.”

It will be interesting to watch how these enduring music gods like Dylan stack up in popularity against these other, much more contem-porary musical acts. In the meantime, the new work of these artists is sure to keep avid music fans sonically sated for quite a while.

September: !e Mother of All Album Release MonthsEvan BarberStaff Writer

a cornmeal crepe. e crepe monsieur is a croque mon-sieur all wrapped up. e crepes themselves come in a variety of forms — from tra-ditional wheat to cornmeal to buckwheat.

On the sweeter side, the Arsaga’s crepe is filled with salted dulce de leche and chocolate ganache. Creperie classics like Nutella and ba-nana are also available.

Every detail of the cof-fee shop is put in place with thought. e artwork hang-ing on the walls showcases local talent. Stephanie Pierce, a professor in the art depart-ment, works with Arsaga’s to put up student work, Lawson said. e walls have work by other community artists with

more complete portfolios, too. An eclectic mix of local

musicians plays gigs, with performances featuring origi-nal music. Recent events have included mountain music jams to something the com-pany’s Facebook page called “psychedelic weirdo pop mu-sic.” A list of performances can be found on the Arsaga’s Facebook page.

e building itself is me-ticulously thought out as well. e old rail depot exudes a sense of artistic community.

“(e building) encour-ages everyone to come hang out. Professionals, families, students — the entire commu-nity,” Lawson said.

With locations peppered throughout Fayetteville, Arsa-

ga’s already had a strong pres-ence in the area. e depot lo-cation was not an expansion in the traditional sense, but more of a “collaboration of thoughts, passions and an interest in the building,” Lawson said.

e Arsagas spent eight months remodeling the space where Habibi, a hoo-kah lounge, previously stood. Lawson said the renovations were a labor of love. She said Cary Arsaga, the founder of the company, felt he could create a truly community-oriented operation in the building. Even the signs in the bathroom say, “We’re all in this together.”

Backing onto the Frisco trail, the Arsagas designed the depot with bikers and run-

ners in mind. Lawson said they offer a small discount for cyclists. She said they have al-ready had several big groups of cyclists in for pit stops.

e back patio has plenty of room for hanging out, enjoying the weather and watching people go by on the trails. It’s a place to spend an aernoon studying, writing or enjoying the company of good friends.

e new Arsaga’s reflects the city that it serves. e de-pot allows for everyone, from businessmen to students to families, to enjoy fresh, local offerings. e spirit of artis-tic encouragement permeates everything — from the art on the walls to the art on the foam in your latte.

with the selection,” said Courtney Spaulding, a junior business management major. “And you just can’t beat the prices.”

is is the perfect analogy for what embodies Dickson Street. ere is diversity virtu-ally everywhere. Even though there are two bookstores, both of them are unique. e same goes for the food and the people.

If you are like most people, then you will want to spend the least amount of money possible while still having fun. Luckily, Fayetteville, and more specifically Dickson Street, happens to have some of the most outlandish as-sortments of people in all of Arkansas. People-watching is

an inevitable activity because one cannot escape the chaos that perpetuates Dickson Street. From the doomsday exhibitionists to the alcohol-inspired 20-somethings, and the leather-jacket misfits to the charismatic blues of a solo guitarist, Dickson Street is flooded with some of the most interesting people in the entire state.

ere is something for everyone on Dickson Street regardless of age. is week-end, be sure to explore Fay-etteville’s most charming and eccentric street. is is your home, and these are your neighbors, so come and ex-perience what makes Fayette-ville the most intriguing town in Arkansas.

ARSAGAS continued from page 1 DICKSON continued from page 1

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

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!e Arkansas Traveler Newspaper

Sports Editor: Kristen Coppola

Assistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

!ursday, Aug. 30, 2012 Page 7

TENNIS

e Arkansas women’s ten-nis team for the 2012-2013 season will be full of youth and talent.

e Razorbacks will have a team filled with talent both from returning members and newcomers.

Last season was full of ups and downs for the Razorbacks; the team had victories both at Ohio State and Tennessee.

However, a tough South-eastern Conference schedule proved to be very difficult and Arkansas finished with just three conference wins.

Despite the tough regular season, Arkansas defeated LSU in the SEC tournament and earned a bid into the NCAA tournament for the fih con-secutive year.

Head coach Michael Hegar-ty feels that experience in the NCAA Tournament gives the team a lot of confidence and is very excited for the upcoming season.

“Our goal is to maximize our potential and make the NCAA’s for the sixth year in a row,” Hegarty said.

e Razorback women’s tennis program has been suc-cessful recently.

“We’ve beaten everybody in

the SEC in the past few years. e goal is to put it into one season,” Hagerty said.

Arkansas brings in the 12th ranked recruiting class in the country this season according to TennisRecruiting.net, and third in the SEC behind only Florida and Vanderbilt.

is year’s recruiting class is the highest rated in Hegarty’s nine years as the head coach.

e class will bring in four freshman, Ana-Lorena Belmar, Kristen Mee, Nicky Pang and Kimberley-Ann Surin.

Surin, coming from Mon-treal, Canada, will begin the season individually on Aug. 31, in the U.S. Juniors Open in Queens, N. Y.

TennisRecruit ing.net’s ranking does not include Sarah McLean, a sophomore trans-fer from Florida International University.

McLean was a top-50 recruit entering her freshman season.

Hegarty is very excited for the talent this class will bring, but having many players who haven’t experienced SEC tennis will also be a challenge.

“I am most excited about our youth and talent, but it will also be our biggest challenge,” Hegarty said.

e team won’t be driven by just freshmen, though. e team’s lone senior Claudine Paulson is set to be the leader

for the Razorbacks this year.Last season, Paulson won 16

singles matches and 13 doubles matches, including a victory with Laurie Gringas over Long Beach State’s pair in the NCAA Tournament.

e team will also get help from a pair of juniors, Gringas and Abby Hayley.

Gringas had 18 individual wins last season, the most on the team, she was also a part of 11 doubles victories.

e rest of the team begins their fall schedule in the Little Rock Classic Sept. 21.

e Razorbacks will face Oklahoma and Texas Tech as well as conference rivals Ole Miss in the season’s inaugural event.

“We hope to get off to a fast start, I really want us to show-case our talent at this event,” Hagerty said.

e International Tennis Association kickoff is another important event for the team this season, qualifying for the national indoor tournament begins in October and contin-ues in Tulsa later that month.

at same weekend, the Ra-zorback Invitational will be the first home match of the season.

Arkansas then has the Houston Cougar Invite in No-vember, and the fall season concludes with the ITA Nation-als in Charlottesville, Va.

Tennis Prepares for Season Opening MatchEric HarrisStaff Writer

Aside from devouring any and all writing – from Bronte novels to Grantland.com col-umns – I have two main pas-sions in life: sports and CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother.”

One of my favorite episodes is from the second season, but surprisingly it is an episode that touches on my greatest pet peeve. In the show, Ted, Robin, Barney, Marshall and Lily have

to miss Super Bowl XLI because of the funeral for a bartender at McLaren’s Pub.

In lieu of only catching the end of the game, they choose to record it and watch it together on Monday. e friends also make a pact to not find out the winner or score of the game, so that it will still be an exciting viewing experience.

As is typical of the sitcom, they each encounter obstacles and their goals of blissful ig-norance of the score are not reached, but they still enjoy the time together watching the game a day late.

Future Ted, who narrates the show, ends the episode talk-ing to his kids and says that he doesn’t even remember who won or played.

How sentimental. Future Ted may not remem-

ber the teams or score, but I do. e Indianapolis Colts held off the Chicago Bears 29-17, and

Peyton Manning—a former Volunteer, mind you—earned his first Super Bowl Ring and the Super Bowl MVP.

Granted, “How I Met Your Mother” is only a television se-ries, I believe that Ted may have remembered who played the game and who won if he had watched it live.

I’ve had friends ask to Tivo or DVR sporting events, and my step-father loves to “zap” the commercials more than any ra-tional human being, but I refuse to watch a sporting event that is not in live time.

I like to believe that my cheers and rants to the TV mean something and have a tiny effect on the game, which is an unstable enough misconcep-tion, but I cannot drag myself into the deeper level of insan-ity which would allow a human being to believe that watching a recorded sporting event is a good decision.

I am a very active viewer of sports, especially of those where I know the athletes from years of following the franchise. Rewind to ursday, Oct. 27, 2011, and I was sitting cross-legged on the couch surrounded by Texas Rangers fans biting my nails.

Twice the St. Louis Cardinals were a single strike away from losing the World Series in front of their home crowd, and twice I jumped off of the couch in joy. e following evening, I watched game seven with eight 15-year-olds at my little broth-er’s birthday party and nearly cried in the big group hug that really did smell like teen spirit.

is joy, this moment of see-ing a team make sports history cannot be paused or rewound or recorded and saved for later. It must be lived in live time, right as it happens.

is was my problem with the London Olympics. I felt as though NBC deprived me of

living each of Michael Phelp’s medals with him in real time. I found myself laughing as I tried to cheer for Missy Franklin but realized that I’d read earlier in the morning on Twitter that she already won the gold medal.

I was still bursting at the seams with American pride for being a citizen of the coun-try that could now boast of the most decorated Olympian of all time, but I missed out on that moment of time.

I missed out on that win by 23/100 of a second, when you see the smile breaking across the face of the athlete and you smile with him, even though the two of you are separated by hours and miles and an ocean, but that smile connects you, and in that moment you are both winners, because your yelling at the television meant something because his last indi-vidual medal was a gold medal.

Now, as college football sea-

son is upon us, I beg of you, please don’t be that person who pauses the Arkansas and Texas A&M game to go to the bath-room in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter.

Don’t miss out on that live moment when Tyler Wilson surgically threads the eye of the needle and gets the ball safely into the arms of Cobi Hamilton in the endzone. Don’t miss out on seeing the camera, shoot-ing in real time, cut to the smile on interim head coach John L. Smith’s face at that moment. Don’t miss out on your op-portunity to smile with him and know that your loud en-couragement to the TV meant something.

Don’t Tivo the game.

Kristen Coppola is the sports editor for e Arkansas Trav-eler. Her column appears every ursday. Follow the sports sec-tion on Twitter @UATravSports.

No, You Can’t Tivo It: An Argument for Live Sports

Kristen CoppolaSports Editor

Ryan Miller Staff Photographer!e Razorbacks womens tennis team looks to start the season off right with a strong showing during the U.S. Open Juniors tournament Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

COMMENTARY

FOOTBALL

Arkansas and Texas A&M are continuing the Southwest Classic series in Cowboys Sta-dium for 11 years, beginning in the 2014 season and running through 2024.

Before this agreement, Ar-kansas and Texas A&M played their last three games against each other in Cowboys Stadium as part of the Southwest Classic. e Razorbacks won all three games, most recently 42-38 in a comeback against the Aggies.

e 2012 and 2013 games between the teams will be played on campus fields, Texas

A&M’s first time to play Arkan-sas as a conference game aer joining the Southeastern Con-ference.

“We are excited to have reached a new agreement to re-turn our series with Texas A&M to Cowboys Stadium,” said Jeff Long, vice chancellor and direc-tor of Athletics. “e addition of Texas A&M into the SEC will only increase the excitement surrounding the Southwest Classic played in the world’s most spectacular stadium.”

e Razorbacks have won four games total in Cowboys Stadium including their Janu-ary win over Kansas State in the 2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl

Classic, making Arkansas the college program with the most wins in the stadium.

e Southwest Classic has done more than just showcased Arkansas’ football program.

“In the past three years, the University of Arkansas has seen the benefit of an annual appearance in the Metroplex with increased enrollment from the area and in student-athlete recruiting in all sports,” Long said. “We appreciate the efforts of the Jones family and the Dal-las Cowboys for working with both institutions to maintain what has quickly become one of college football’s premier games.”

Southwest Classic Returns to Dallas Cowboys StadiumTamzen TumlisonStaff Writer

Gareth Patterson Staff Photographer!e Razorbacks won all three games of the Southwest Classic, most recently a 42-38 comeback against the Aggies last season.

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e 2012 cross country season begins today and there are very high expectations that this will be a successful season.

“We’re real excited about our opportunities that are available to us this year,” said women’s head coach Lance Harter. “We return one se-nior, that happened to be a transfer, and then a very young team, but a team that endured the challenges of last year in a very positive way, winning the regional, second at the SECs and then ended up being top 15 at the nation-al meet. So we’re more expe-rienced. We have an excellent front runner transferring into us in Semehar Tesfaye and we have some new depth that’s been created with a great freshman class.”

e women’s cross coun-try team was ranked No. 11

in the preseason national coaches’ poll, but Harter doesn’t put too much empha-sis on preseason rankings.

“Well you’re only as good as who actually does the re-search and I know there’s some people behind us that have great teams,” Harter said. “It’s a situation where that will all sort itself out as the weeks pass. Probably chili pepper would be the time where things are a little more accurate in the national poll.”

e Razorbacks start the season No. 3 in the south central region, which Harter says is probably about right.

“Regionally, I think it’s relatively accurate,” Harter said. “Steve Sisson is our rep-resentative from the Universi-ty of Texas and he does a lot of extensive research, so I have a lot of respect for what he has done and he feels real strong that we have a very, very for-midable crew this year.”

e Razorbacks are a young team in age alone with much of the team returning

from last season.“Right now Stephanie

Brown is a little bit dinged up coming off the track season so we’re gonna be very, very careful with her,” Harter said. “e other freshmen are very formidable led by Katelyn Flattman, that was the fresh-man athlete of the year. So that type of experience com-ing back is very positive. Both Kate and Jessica Jackson were able to represent the U.S. in-ternationally, so they gained that experience as well so I think we’re really pleased.”

e team also has two runners that did not compete last year that are expected to make an impact this season.

“Grace Hemsfield, who was redshirted last year be-cause of some extensive sur-gery, (is in) great shape, (had a) great track season and carrying a lot of momentum to the positive,” Harter said. “And Paige Johnston, who we had sit out a year, she is back in the fold now. She is a super talent and we’re excited about

her maturity and her experi-ence to join us as well.”

ere is a lot of excitement surrounding one new face in particular, Semehar Tesfaya, who is a transfer from Iowa State.

“She is an exceptional tal-ent and trains as hard as any-one I’ve ever seen train,” Har-ter said.

e main plan for the first meet of the season is to let some of the young runners get experience and make their case for a chance to compete all season.

“We’re gonna hold out a lot of our veterans to give our young people a chance and we’re also gonna expose our depth a little bit,” Harter said. “And then we’re gonna have four of our new freshmen, have them run an attached because this is an open com-petition and let them kind of sort themselves out to see who we redshirt and who we maybe activate to go through the season.”

Womens Cross Country Team Expects Success

e men’s cross country season gets started today with the Razorback Invitational against Missouri Southern.

“We’re looking forward to getting the season started,” said head coach Chris Buck-nam. “We’re looking forward to just getting on the course and getting our uniforms on.”

One of the main goals for the team this season is to stay healthy. is factored into the decision to move the first meet from the originally scheduled day of Friday to ursday, Bucknam said.

“We’re a little bit con-cerned about the weather coming in and getting on a real wet course,” Bucknam said. “You always worry about leg injuries and being in spikes and what have you.”

e first meet is a shorter distance than what the team usually runs, but Bucknam says it will help the team to get back in the habit of com-peting.

“It’s a wake up call, kind of getting back into that routine of racing again,” Bucknam said. “ese kids have been on a long layoff, since the NCAA meet. So it’s impor-tant for them to get back into a routine.”

Expectations are high for the team this year, even aer last year’s disappointment in the NCAA tournament.

“We have some unfinished business to do. We’re a little bit disappointed with how things ended for us last year,” Bucknam said. “Being ranked 15th going into the national meet and not being one of the 30 or so teams to make it

into the field was dishearten-ing. So I think we have some things to prove,”

e Razorbacks are a very strong team this year and expect the return of junior Solomon Haile to have a large impact.

“Solomon is obviously one of those long distance guys that has a lot of talent,” Buck-nam said. “And not having him last year hurt us when we got to the regional meet. Hav-ing Solomon back as a junior, healthy and looking good is exciting for us.”

Haile was Arkansas’ sec-

ond finisher at the NCAA meet and All-American dur-ing his sophomore season. e team returns another All-American and Southeast-ern Conference champion in senior Eric Fernandez.

“Fernandez had a break-out cross country year last year,” Bucknam said. “So we’re very pleased with Eric’s prog-ress and how well we did.”

e team has several new-comers in transfers David Flynn and Kemoy Campbell and freshman Cale Wallace that Bucknam said he expects to be great additions.

“David is gonna provide some solid leadership,” Buck-nam said. “He’s been in the trenches a little bit, so we really think he’s a fine cross country runner and has done a fine job this summer pre-paring for the season.”

e men’s cross country team was picked to win the SEC, finish third in the south central region and 23rd in the nation. Bucknam said he is happy with where the team starts in the poles, but hopes the team can stay healthy and move up.

Hogs Ready for CompetitionHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

CROSS COUNTRY

ATHLETICS

“You have to play fast and play con#dent, just knowing what you’re doing.”

Knile DavisJunior Running Back

From the Hog’s Mouth

Photographer’s Name Staff PhotographerJunior running back Knile Davis carries the football during pre-season practice.

FOOTBALL

Traveler Archive!e Razorback mens cross country team takes off from the starting line during a

race last season. !is years team is expected to be even more successful.

e Razorback women’s tennis and soccer teams, as well as staff from the academic and student-athlete develop-ment department joined Habi-tat for Humanity Saturday morning in an effort to pro-vide a local community mem-ber with a new home.

ere were many other things the players could have done with their Saturday

morning, but they were all willing to give up their time for the community that shows them so much support.

“is is something that’s incredibly important,” said freshman soccer player Laura Fitzgerald. “It just feels really good to give back to the com-munity that always comes out and supports us.”

e student-athletes were introduced to the future homeowner, a woman named Casey. Her gratitude helped the volunteers to see how im-

portant what they were doing truly is.

“at was so touching,” said sophomore tennis player Sarah McLean. “at was even more inspiring to do some-thing good. It just shows how helping people can make a difference. It’s a pretty cool to be able to say I built a wall and helped out the commu-nity. And I got to do it with my team and it was a really great bonding experience. We work really well together.”

e experience has also

served as a way to allow the two teams to form bonds that will help them throughout their respective seasons.

“For us, it’s something we always like to do, to contrib-ute to programs like this,” said women’s tennis head coach Michael Hagerty. “ey’re all valuable, and for us, Habitat for Humanity is as valuable as anything we do. Especially with a young team this year, it’s a good bit of team bonding, as well as something we feel really good about.”

Hogs Lend a Helping HandHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor