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UA Professor Contributes to Racial-Divide PollA UA professor, in collaboration with the Winthrop-Rockefeller Institute, looks at today’s racial views.

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Personal Best Program Improves Athlete GPAs! e Personal Best Program has made signi" cant steps in improving student athlete’s GPAs.Page 2

Hogs Cutting Back PracticeArkansas coach Mike Anderson said he is cutting back on practice time with the Hogs’ three games in six days starting ! ursday.

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Greers Ferry Fracking: What the Frack?A look at fracking and the impact that it has on the Northwest Arkansas-area.Page 5

Cajun Cuisine in Arkansas Hill CountryLyn D’s Cajun Gypsy Cafe o# ers authentic cajun food in Northwest Arkansas

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Planned Parenthood: Not A ChoiceA Traveler columnist looks at how many abortions Planned Parenthood performed last year and how abortion alternatives give mothers a choice.

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UA o! cials closed nearly 730 parking spaces for the construction on the Football Operations Center, o! cials said.

“" e major changes that have been made to parking recently are mostly near Pomfret and the HPER,” said Andy Gilbride, spokes-person for UA Transit and Parking.

Lot 55, formally an all-Green lot o# of Meadow Street, has been re-duced to faculty and paid parking spots to accommodate new football

practice $ elds, Gilbride said. " ere is a temporary loss of 466

parking spaces and will be a perma-nent loss of 260 parking spaces be-hind the HPER building, according to the Parking and Transit website. A% er the Football Operations Cen-ter is completed, the UA will add 80 parking spaces.

" ere also will be a temporary loss of half the spaces in Lot 40 be-cause of the Hotz Hall Renovation.

“I used to always park in the large Green Lot behind Pomfret,” said Emily McLain, freshman com-munication disorders major. “It

is very frustrating that I can’t park there. I have to park by either the baseball or so% ball $ eld most of the time now.”

Lot 67, once faculty and HPER parking, is now closed because of construction for the practice $ eld, Gilbride said.

“Both Lot 74 and 47 North do not allow overnight parking any-more,” he said.

" e pedestrian entrance o# of Razorback Road is also closed be-cause of construction on the prac-tice facilities, he said.

“I’m not sure where students

who used to park in Lot 55 are parking now,” said Isaac Boroughs, freshman music education major. “It is frustrating to have to park so far away just because you don’t have a Resident Reserved parking pass.”

“It seems like maybe some stu-dents le% their cars at home when coming back to campus for the sec-ond semester,” he said. “I don’t see how everyone would $ nd a spot otherwise.”

" e UA currently has enough parking spots for the number of stu-dents owning Green parking passes, Gilbride said.

25,000 Enrollment Cap Will Not be Implemented

by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERYear-to-year UA administration is adapting and finding new ways to accommodate the ever increasing enrollment. Story on page 3.

LOGAN WEBSTER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERBike thefts occur every year. Students can take simple steps to prevent their bikes from being stolen.

UAPD has had reports of bicy-cle the% s all year, o! cials said. To protect bikes, there are simple ways to prevent the% .

Students who get their bikes stolen most of the time don’t get them back, said UAPD Lt. Gary Crain.

" ere are some very simple ways to protect bikes from the% and, in the case of the% , get it back. UAPD shares the top 10 ways to do so.

ing. " is keeps it tagged and makes a record of the bike.

Keep records of the serial number, description and photographs of the bike.

Bike Thefts A Common Occurence,

Officials Sayby AMANDA POGUE

Staff Writers

Students have the opportunity to partici-pate in the second an-nual " ank a Donor Day Feb. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union Connections Loung and submit a video to win an iPad 2, o! cials said.

“" e main purpose of this event is to edu-cate students on the impact UA donors have on campus,” said Merin Macechko, assistant di-rector of Annual Pro-grams.

Alumni and friends give pro$ t gi% s of their own money that help with scholarships, re-search, facilities and technological up-grades, she said.

" e winning video will be revealed at that event, Macechko said.

“In the contest, stu-dents record a 90 sec-ond or less video of themselves thanking donors,” Macechko said. “" e winning vid-eo submitted will win an iPad 2.”

" ere is also a chance to win two Arkansas Basketball game tickets for the

the March 21st game against Nevada for those who RSVP to the event on Facebook.

" e event will have a thank you card to sign for the donors along with free food and priz-es, Macechko said.

“It is just a great time to give thanks to the donors and all that they do for the school,” she said.

“Last year was the $ rst year for the event and we received around 10 videos, all of which were very good,” Macechko said.

A% er the event, a compilation of all the videos will be sent to the donors.

“" e event and the videos really make them feel appreciated,” she said.

For more informa-tion on the judging process and to view the winning video from last year, visit http://annualfund.uark.edu/thankadonorday.

To submit a video, go to http://annual-fund.uark.edu/video-contest. " e deadline to submit videos is Mon-day, Feb. 27th at 5 p.m.

by BAILEY KESTNERStaff Writer

UA Hosts Prize Giveaway for Thank

A Donor Day

Construction Edges Out More Than 700 Parking Spaces

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NEWS

The women and men of the University of Arkansas Police Department, in partnership with the community, are committed to protecting the future of Arkansas by promot-ing a safe and secure environment.

The Transit and Parking office handles parking permits and passes and transit for students, including bus routes and GoLoco Ride Sharing. Students with parking violations can contact the office to appeal their citation.

NEED TICKETS? CALL 1-800-982-4647

NEED A RIDE AT NIGHT? CALL 575 - 7233

NEED EMERGENCY HELP? CALL UAPD 575-2222

HAVE A TICKET? CALL 575-7275 TO RESOLVE IT

Otherwise known as 575-SAFE, the mission of the Safe Ride program is to provide students with a safe means of transportation from any uncomfortable or inconvenient situation. Safe Ride brings you home safely.

Don’t forget to call early and reserve your student football tickets for the 2010-2011 season. The ticket office is located on Razorback Road next to Baum Stadium.

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Bethlehem In Wax, a collec-tion of recent photographs by artist and UA instructor Am-jad Faur will be displayed in the Fine Arts Center’s hallway cases. Feb. 13 – 24

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TODAY ON THE HILL

Amid the busy schedule of a student athlete, many struggle to maintain a high grade point average. But the Personal Best program, which UA officials began last semester, has made promising improvements in student athlete grades, officials said.

“This program allows student athletes to trans-late their athletic drive in

their respective sport into the classroom. So far, it has been a success,” said Jon Fagg, senior associate ath-letic director.

The program contribut-ed to 88 of 460 UA student athletes achieving their personal-best GPAs last semester. Student athletes had a 3.059 GPA overall, and 43 students achieved a 4.0 GPA.

Fourteen football play-ers achieved their personal best GPA in the fall semes-

ter to lead all other sports. “We are very proud of

our student athletes this year not only for their indi-vidual success, but also be-cause this is a personal best for our athletes as a whole,” Fagg said.

The UA provides free tutoring for all of its stu-dent athletes, and some have mandatory tutoring to ensure that they main-tain a high GPA. A network of more than 100 people work with student athletes

on their academic careers. There are some chal-

lenges teaching student athletes how to focus their drive on academics, Fagg said, but he believes that they will continue to push themselves and achieve higher GPAs in following years.

“This program is perfect for student athletes because it gives them support to do well in the classroom and challenges them to improve every semester,” Fagg said.

Personal Best Program Improves Athlete GPAs

by JARED LAGINESSStaff Writer

records all of the information about your personal proper-ty-serial numbers, descrip-tions, photographs, price- and allows sharing it with law enforcement in the event that it is stolen.

time they are unattended with a good “U” type lock. Second choice would be a good case-hardened pad-lock and cable. Be sure the “U” lock or cable go through the front wheel, rear wheel and the frame, and secure it to a ! xed object. “U” locks are available for purchase at UAPD headquarters.

on it to make sure it is secure.Use an engraver to place

an identifying mark on un-painted major bicycle com-ponents.

strangers.

manner. " e sooner it is re-ported, the more likely it is that it will be found.

during university breaks, such as " anksgiving or Spring Break. During breaks, it is easier to steal a bike from a bike rack because there are less witnesses in the area.

campus over break will either be stolen or con! scated by UA Parking sta# .

View from the Top

MIKE NORTON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe crater, formally known as the Science Engineering Auditorium, is beginning to take form again as the Hillside Auditoria comes together with concrete walls and pillars. The project is expected to be done by August 2012, ‘give or take 30 days’” according to Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for facilities.

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A report released by the Winthrop-Rockefeller Insti-tute in collaboration with a UA assistant professor proved what many already suspected: electing Barack Obama has not led to a post-racial soci-ety.

“For many persons it was a con! rmation of what they perceived was happening in America as far as racial real-ities,” said Pearl Dowe, assis-tant professor.

Polls, including the Blair-Rockefeller poll Dowe worked on, do not show any positive or negative e" ect be-cause of Obama’s election, Dow said.

“It’s consistent and has not changed,” she said. “In look-ing at previous opinion polls, much of the same issues and experiences of African-Americans are consistent. So the president’s o# ce did not change the actual day-to-day experience of being African-American.”

$ e discrimination poll,

which Dowe started work on following the 2010 mid-term elections, surveyed 3,400 Americans, with 800 black respondents. Usual polling normally has a smaller black survey group, she said.

About 80 percent of blacks nationwide said they experi-enced day-to-day discrimi-nation. Sixty-two percent of southern Latinos and 66 per-cent of non-southern Latinos answered said they experi-ence daily discrimination, ac-cording to the poll.

$ e poll also showed that whites, blacks and Latinos still harbor racial stereotypes toward each other. Fi% een percent of whites thought blacks were intelligent, while 40 percent of blacks thought whites were intelligent. Asians were thought to be the most intelligent by all groups.

$ e poll contrasts in part with other studies, howev-er. A report, published by the University of Michigan, stated last spring that “many Americans changed their perceptions of discrimina-tion and racism a% er Barack

Obama became the nation’s ! rst black president.”

$ e poll was taken di-rectly a% er the 2008 election and featured a smaller sample survey group than the Blair-Rockefeller study. Michigan’s research was compared to a pre-election poll in which 61 percent of respondents said blacks were discriminated against. A% er the election, the number fell to 50 percent.

Because of the timing of Michigan’s poll, Dowe con-tends the hype a% er the elec-tion contributed to a per-ceived drop in racial dispari-ties. She also noted a di" er-ence in the polling styles.

“Of course a% er the elec-tion, there was a perception by the media and persons who were not consistently impacted by racism in Amer-ica that racial tensions had dropped,” Dowe said.

“$ e di" erence between our poll and the Michi-gan study is that they asked about perceived racism and discrimination. We actually asked respondents what they experienced,” she said.

Yet, the two studies do have similarities.

Dowe’s report found that a majority of whites thought federal government interven-tion ensuring equal jobs, ed-ucation, housing, healthcare and treatment in courts un-just.

$ e University of Michi-gan also found that because of a perceived drop in discrimi-nation, respondents were less likely to support a# rmative action and social programs.

$ e Arkansas study also found deep seeded trust is-sues between the races. In all cases, less than 25 percent of respondents thought other races were trustworthy.

Stereotypes so deeply en-trenched in our history and culture were not thought up over night. Many beliefs peo-ple may have about another race are because of media, Dowe said.

“A lot of stereotypes are driven by the media,” she said. “As long as we contin-ue to see stereotypes about all groups being portrayed in media interviews and reality

television shows, stereotypes will be easily projected.”

$ e pervasiveness of the media is not the only factor holding back a post-racial so-ciety, Dowe said.

“$ ere is a lot of layers to this because racism is still in-grained in American society,” she said.

In Arkansas, though poll-ing data could not provide an o# cial sample, Dowe recog-nizes much progress needs to be made.

“When we look at mea-sures and comparisons to other states, Arkansas has a lot of issues, particularly with education, with constant pov-erty,” Dowe said. “So there’s a lot of issues we need to ad-dress.”

Minority congressional districting is a threshold the state has yet to cross, Dowe said.

“We still see racism as a particular factor when we look at congressional dis-tricts,” she said. “$ e con-gressional lines have been drawn in a way that African-Americans concentrated in

the delta region of Arkansas don’t have the opportunity to elect a representative of their choice.”

Because of factors like this, the poll found that na-tion-wide there is a constant feeling of lost opportunity among blacks.

Fi% y-nine percent of southern blacks thought there was less opportuni-ty compared to 34 percent who though they had the same level and 4 percent who thought they had more.

Moving into a society where racism is not a fac-tor is important, but forget-ting a group’s own identity may have the opposite e" ect, Dowe said.

“I think [not recogniz-ing] another group’s culture or identity contributes to these issues and people don’t understand or respect what makes these di" erent groups unique,” she said. “Histori-cally, di" erent groups have di" erent things about their culture that have been and should be celebrated.”

COLLEGESSpecial Traveler Beat

UA Professor Contributes to Racial-Divide Pollby JACK SUNTRUP

Staff Writer

Hitting the Books

MARY MCKAY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERChristina Murray, freshman food science major, studies chemistry in the multicultural center of the Union.

No Enrollment Cap to Relieve Crowding

Students will not get any relief from crowding on cam-pus next year as a result of an enrollment cap, a UA o# cial said.

In fall 2011, UA o# cials had originally said that a 25,000 cap would be put on enrollment, but o# cials have since changed that statement.

“We do not have a cap on enrollment,” said Suzanne McCray, vice provost for En-rollment.

$ e freshman class will be about the same size as this year’s freshman class, she said.

$ e target number of freshmen next year will be

4,500 students. In fall 2011, 4,447 freshmen entered the UA, according the O# ce of Institutional Research

“$ e freshman class size for fall 2012 will be approxi-mately the same as last year, so we are not planning growth there, though the quality of the freshman class will likely improve,” McCray said.

Even though the amount of students will not diminish, some construction projects should be complete.

$ e Epley Center for Health Professions, the Ar-kansas Union Fit-Out, the Campus Walk Extension and Pi Beta Phi Centennial Gate, the Jean Tyson Child Devel-opment Study Center, the

football practice ! elds/park-ing facility construction, the Hillside Auditoria, various housing facility renovations/upgrades, various classroom/teaching lab, modernization projects, various campus-wide major maintenance/renovations and utility system projects are all set to be com-plete by August of next year, said Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for facilities.

$ e Hillside Auditoria will include two auditoriums with a total of 760 seats.

“That should go a long way to relieve the classroom issues we have experience during this academic year,” McCray said.

by SARAH DEROUENStaff Writer

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! e Arkansas Traveler welcomes letters to the editor from all interested readers. Letters should be at most 300 words and should include your name, student classi" cation and major or title with the university and a day-time telephone number for veri" cation. Letters should be sent to traveler@uark.edu.

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HEBRON CHESTER Sta! Cartoonist

Unintended pregnancy hap-pens. If it happens to you and you show up at the Pat Walker Health Center, they give you a packet of information and # y-ers. It has colorful pages about emergency contraception, an adoption agency list, free pre-natal care, and a very inno-cent-looking info-graphic bro-chure called “Unsure About Your Pregnancy?” It walks you through very reasonable-sound-ing questions, like “what are two or three things that I hope to have or achieve in the next " ve to ten years?” ! en, it moves to “how would becoming a parent help?”

On the back page, it gives the toll-free number for the abortion information hotline. And the National Abortion Federation (NAF) publishes the brochure.

! e NAF protects the big abortion industry. It is an in-dustry that hides behind the fa-çade of choice, while discourag-ing mothers from evaluating all options and actually making a choice. ! e NAF " ghts laws re-quiring informed consent that would give patients detailed in-formation about abortion and an ultrasound, hates parental consent, and is apathetic about adoption promotion—the

“choose life” Arkansas license plate were a political nightmare.

It all hit the fan a couple of weeks ago when the Susan G. Komen Foundation decid-ed that " ghting cancer—a$ er all, what they are about—was more important than subsidiz-ing America’s largest abortion provider.

! e media jumped on board like " ve college kids in an F-150 headed to the Wa% e House, parroting every line big abor-tion fed them. Students defend-ed Komen’s $700,000 donation as cancer awareness and screen-ing, despite the fact that Planned Parenthood typically doesn’t of-fer mammograms, it just refers women to other clinics.

! ey always hide behind other services that are widely available to protect the proce-dure that is usually exclusive to them. Lots of free clinics and non-pro" ts o& er pregnancy help and breast cancer screening, but very few will perform second-trimester abortions in routine dilation and evacuation abor-tion procedures.

Meanwhile, Planned Par-enthood rakes in millions from women’s pain. Planned Par-enthood’s own Guttmacher Institute said that each proce-dure billed an average of $451. Planned Parenthood ended 329,445 innocent, unborn lives in 2010, according to their an-nual report.

In addition to millions of dollars in abortion revenue, Planned Parenthood’s annual report showed that they scored nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money. It’s all under the pretense that it goes to their other services. Regardless of your opinion on the issue, don’t force all of us to pay for its # ag-ship provider.

Life advocates are broken hearted to see the rampant hu-man rights abuse that is abor-tion, but they are equally moved and compassionate for the young women who are in the impossibly di' cult situations that lead them to groups like Planned Parenthood.

! ere are far more crisis pregnancy centers nationwide than abortion clinics. ! ey are, in reality, what Planned Parent-hood is in its own imagination. ! ey are compassionate centers that provide free counseling, free prenatal care, pregnancy testing and ultrasounds, adop-tion information and everything else expectant mothers need to make a choice.

Loving Choices, for exam-ple, is a low-key yet highly ef-fective non-pro" t in Fayetteville. Scores of volunteers and coun-selors o& er free services with compassion and love to women on a daily basis. No pressure to make money o& an abortion, but free services that women need.

But those aren’t the types of groups that “choice” advocates defend with taxpayer money or Komen grants. ! ey insist on the one institution that also takes unborn life. Komen wasn’t even “getting political” by pull-ing its Planned Parenthood sup-port. It was trying to exit the

fray, to get out of the business, but activists wouldn’t let that happen.

How much choice is o& ered at Planned Parenthood? Again, going back to their annual re-port, they claim responsibility for 329,445 deaths by abortion and a paltry 841 adoption refer-rals. ! at’s it—three digits. 0.3 percent of the abortion total. It’s the full extent of “choice” o& ered by America’s largest abortion provider.

If you believe life begins at conception, abortion is not just a social issue. It’s the de" ning human rights cause of our day. ! e entire discussion about how abortion is only one part of Planned Parenthood misses the mark. We wouldn’t toler-ate small bits of human tra' ck-ing or abuse, we shouldn’t toler-ate an organization that pro" ts from death. Planned Parent-hood is not in the business of of-fering choice. We should be.

People arguing that life be-gins at conception are not pri-marily pastors and protestors. It’s people like Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the father of modern genetics; Dr. Hymie Gordon, chairman of the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Landrum Shettles, the father of IVF—all of whom tes-ti" ed before Congress this belief.

We should be in the business of protecting life. We should preserve its sanctity, its intrinsic value, its unending worth from conception to death, and " ght for its quality in between.

Will Simpson is a ! nance and economics major, and a Traveler columnist.

His column appears every other Wednesday.

Planned Parenthood: Not About Choice

by WILL SIMPSONTraveler Columnist

Good To Know

Student Opinion: What is Truly Acceptable?When news broke yesterday that a student journalist was

attacked for writing a pro-gay marriage article in The Com-ment, the campus newspaper for Bridgewater State Univer-sity , Mass., issues arose and questions were asked as to what students should be able to write for campus publications.

At the Arkansas Traveler, when dealing with opinion-based articles, we must be careful that content is appro-priate and true while reflecting the writers opinion. Yet, as students and readers, we must be accepting and un-derstanding of our fellow student opinions and thoughts.

Our campus has thousands of different students who house many different ideas - whether you are pro-life or anti-abor-tion, for or against gay marriage, or have a defined stance on other highly controversial issues, we have to remember that though we may have differing ideas, we are a unified student body that works together to respect and accept one another.

We at the Traveler understand that not all articles pub-lished will be accepted and liked by all students, yet we should all have the right to voice what we think and be-lieve. We have the opportunity to see different ideas and thoughts from many different people, learning about one another and the many stances that students have on is-sues concerning our society. However, when students act out on their opinions about certain ideas, this be-comes an unacceptable outlet of making our voices heard.

As students at a public university that has both conserva-tive and liberal students all on one campus, we have to remem-ber that we are all different in our beliefs, yet we all deserve respect from one another. When we have a differing opin-ion, we can make our voices heard through comments, let-ters to the editor and discussions with other students. Yet the age-old idea remains the same. Violence is never the answer.

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UA Construction Reaches New Heights

It’s time for more construction on UA campus. When we thought that we couldn’t house any more cones, fences and construction, another month of shutting down our roads is in the Razorback campus future. The north bound lane of Razorback Road between Cleveland and Maple streets will be closed for construction until March 31, 2012, posing more traffic problems for students and faculty.

This asks the question - when is enough finally enough? We now have construction on almost every corner of our campus, from Old Main Lawn to Razorback Road. And while the construction has become a joke on campus, gaining student attention even through our UARK memes, closing another part of our campus just becomes plain annoying and entirely problematic. As it is one of the main roads around campus, we will now have to spend more of our time between classes driving through detours to park and get around.

Now, we all know that when the construction is done, our campus will be a much better place to be, but let’s be honest, it’s not the place we looked forward to during orientation and our campus tours. The reality is that most of us will graduate with fences and construction signs in the background of our senior photos, and our memories of the last years of our college education will be that of a construction plagued campus.

Thankfully, the Razorback Road construction will be completed in a little more than a month, yet is this the first of month-long construction jobs that will come to our campus in the near future? With this news, we have only another detour sign to look forward to, making mornings just a little more hectic for all of us.

“! e freshman class size for fall 2012 will be approximately the same as last year,

though the quality of the freshman class will likely improve.

-Suzanne McCray, vice provost for enrollment, “No Enrollment Cap To Relieve Crowding,” page 3.

It’s Black history month, but what does that mean for college students here at the UA? I’m going to take a shot in the dark and say that we’re are all in college to get good jobs, to meet our future spouse and prepare ourselves for a great career. Yet, what does it mean to be black and in college? I’ll take another shot in the dark and say that being black and in college is the same as being white and in college in that regardless of melanin content we all want to get a good job. So since we are " nishing up Black History month and everyone is wist-fully remembering some of

the greatest people in Ameri-can history, it’s time to take a look at the black present.

! e African-American present, according to the Business Insider, shows that black youth unemployment was 46.5 percent in August of last year. ! e black pres-ent shows that “the wealth disparity between white and black households has more than quadrupled, regardless of income bracket,” according to the Institute of Assets and Social Policy. ! e black pres-ent shows us that more than 70 percent of black mothers are single parents, accord-ing to reports from the U.S. center for disease control. It also shows us that almost half of African-Americans go to schools in low-income areas that have a high percentage dropout rates, according to the U.S. Department of Edu-cation.

Now I’m not screaming for reparations or for Presi-dent Obama to pay special at-tention to the African-Amer-ican agenda, as I know he is the president of “everyone.”

Yet, I think it is a sad day in history when the black caucus brought these same issues to the president’s attention at the Congressional Black Caucus annual dinner in September of last year and he responded in a rallying speech by say-ing nothing more than, “stop complaining.”

Had the president told the Hispanic Caucus or leaders of organizations such as LGBT, MAAD, AARP or APEC, he would have been met with a bigger public outcry.

As president, Obama has set a dangerous precedent. ! e leader of this nation, has allowed its citizens to say to all black people, “quit com-plaining”. Had Bush Jr. said this, the White House would be in # ames.

President Obama is a unique politician indeed. He is unique in that when a white critic tries to bring up any is-sues with the president, he is in danger of being called rac-ist. If a black critic brings up any disagreement with the Commander in Chief, he is deemed an “Uncle Tom.”

! is golden ticket of pas-sage allows him leverage to avoid any hard critiques about himself or his admin-istration.

Black history is a solemn one indeed. As college stu-dents, we should be able to look upon our leaders with eyes of accountability, not color. When will we actu-ally use black history to cre-ate a better black present, and when will we have a president that will truly work for a bet-ter future for us all? Wheth-er we are white or black, if Obama wants the title of “ev-eryone’s president,” then he should actually address ev-eryone instead of a single group’s agenda. As our lead-er, the president should be a uni" er, not a divider. ! at is true change, and we can only hope that our politicians and future presidents do some-thing about it.

Juan Holmes is an Eng-lish major, and a contributing writer at the Traveler.

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Fracking is a system of energy re-trieval being conducted all over the country, including within the state of Arkansas. ! e process involves pumping chemicals into the earth in order to capture natural gas for use. While this has led to area job cre-ation, heavy criticism has been di-rected at the issue nationwide, but not much discussion has taken place here in Arkansas. One UA student, senior Jake Fair, has become deeply concerned with this issue and its ef-fects on his hometown and other sur-rounding areas near Greers Ferry Lake.

Greers Ferry Lake supplies water to several cities in Arkansas, includ-ing Little Rock, Conway and Bates-ville. ! e e" ects of fracking within the area are already visible, as nu-merous reports have arisen of wa-ter pollution within citizens’ homes. “Gray, cloudy, odorous, red, orange, muddy, slick, and particle-# lled” are just a few descriptions of the tap wa-ter coming out of homes near frack-ing sites.

“! e chemicals used in frack-ing are very harmful to the environ-ment,” Fair said.

! e chemicals common to the process have included benzene, tol-uene, ethylbenzene and xylene, ac-cording to the “Gasland” documen-tary website. ! ese chemicals are known to cause human ailments ranging from minor skin irritation to cancer. Each frack job takes about 2 to 7 million gallons of water from surrounding bodies of water and 20,000 to 70,000 gallons of chemi-cals to accomplish, according to non-pro# t group Stop Arkansas Fracking. ! e problem with regulation of these chemicals arises with something

called the Halliburton Loophole.According to the New York Times,

the Halliburton Loophole “stripped the Environmental Protection Agen-cy of its authority to regulate [frack-ing].” ! is places the regulation of many unknown chemicals within the hands of private natural gas com-panies. ! ese companies can also leave these chemicals in surround-ing homes and water sources without proper regulation. In the documen-tary # lm “Gasland,” there are several scenes in which a $ ame is brought to a fracking-area home’s water tap. ! e result of this is frightening, in that the home’s $ owing tap water erupts into a ball of $ ame. ! ese $ ammable water instances have also occurred in Arkansas, even in Fayetteville, ac-cording to the Arkansas Times.

Recently, natural gas company Chesapeake Energy proceeded to test underneath Greers Ferry Lake. ! e company did this without any pub-lic hearings, input or noti# cations of what would be occurring, according to the non-pro# t group Save Greers Ferry Lake. “! is is public proper-ty,” its website states, sounding o" on the group’s outrage over the drilling taking place within the area and the damage being done to the local envi-ronment.

While hydraulic fracturing has been limited thus far to areas away from the lake, testing could be a sign of future endeavors. Fair hopes the gas companies will limit their drill-ing to at least two miles away from the lake. But that may not be enough to preserve the lake’s integrity, as the area is home to more than 100,000 people, and hosts more visitors per year than the Grand Canyon, accord-ing to Stop Arkansas Fracking. Drill-ing in the area does not only a" ect the lake region itself — it has the po-tential to a" ect everything that $ ows

into it, Fair says.“We owe it to our future genera-

tions to have them enjoy the lake, be-cause without it the whole area will die. Maybe some companies will make a pro# t, and people will have jobs for a little while, but you’ve got to look at the bigger picture,” Fair said.

While the complete removal of fracking from the area seems like a hazy dream, Fair wants to harness awareness and involvement from Ar-kansans and those who have had the pleasure to spend time in the state.

“! e best thing for people to do is have strong public opinions against it. ! ey need to # nd out who their state representatives are and start pressuring them to do something about it,” Fair said. He also wants full disclosure of the chemicals used in the fracking process.

! roughout this struggle to pro-tect the Greers Ferry Lake area en-vironment, the gas companies have stood their ground. Fair disagrees with them, saying, “I understand their position as a business major, but at the end of the day you have to think about your priorities. If you’re going to side with holding a job and having e" ects on the environment, or are we going to go about protecting the environment at all costs.”

“No one job is greater than sac-ri# cing the environment we live in,” Fair said.

! ere are several ways to get involved in this issue. Non-pro# ts like Save Greers Ferry Lake and Stop Arkansas Fracking can be accessed at www.savegreersferrylake.org and www.stoparkansasfracking.org. Contact information for Arkansas representatives and senators can be found at www.arkansashouse.org and www.state.ar.us/senate/senators respectively.

During the cool months, it’s easy to get caught up in the earthy tones that tend to set your mood. As a result, ev-eryone is counting down the days un-til spring break. Students are spend-ing hours in the HPER working to get back their beach body that ! anksgiv-ing and Christmas has so% ened up. Students are also spending plenty of cash on brightly colored swimsuits and beach wear that will be covering very little of their toned and tanned bodies.

But why wait until spring break to bring in the color? Instead of subject-ing yourself to the bleak and boring colors of winter, do it now! We may have to wait on hot sun and sandy beaches, but in the eyes of the fashion gods, spring is already here! Here are a few ways to bring some fun color into your existing winter wardrobe.

A great way to bring in some color is to pull out some of your summer ac-cessories. If dressing in browns or reds, grab some coral-colored earrings. ! ey can be circular or long and chandelier like. Coral contrasts well with these hues but is more bold than going with gold or bronze-colored jewelry. Add bracelets or large rings for a more eye-catching look.

Fun-colored scarves, undershirts, tanks or hats are useful pieces that can gradually add excitement to bland win-ter wardrobes. Choosing only one col-orful piece to wear at a time gives the perfect amount of color without going over the top. ! ough spring brighten-ing up a winter wardrobe is always a

great thing, simplicity should still be considered for winter wear. Colorful patterns should be kept to a minimum, because too much color can be a lit-tle bit of an overload this early in the spring.

When wearing black or dark blues, try to bring in pinks or really light baby blues to make your out# t a bit more interesting. ! is can be done by wrap-ping a baby blue scarf over a simple black tunic or top or draping a pink cardigan over a navy V-neck to make a quaint yet sassy statement.

Leggings, legwarmers and socks are also good items to use to brighten up

your winter wear. Using legwarmers as a boot liners is a great idea. Instead of wearing black, blue, gray or brown ones, try pastel colored green, yellow or purple. ! ese colors give your dull-colored out# t a little personality and spunk without going over the top.

A few great places to grab some nice pieces to compliment your exist-ing winter attire include: Ultra Studios, Ri" Ra" , Daisy Exchange, Maude and of course the good ol’ NWA Mall.

Let these tips guide you in your search for all things Spring. Happy shopping everyone!

Jambalaya, etou" eé, courtbouil-lion, shrimp creole, andouilles, po’boys, gumbo, pistolettes and boudin: cuisine of the Cajun, creole South, the food of Louisiana.

Lyn and John Defelice don’t call their food Cajun; it’s Louisiana food.

In Northwest Arkansas, only a small handful of restaurants serve this southern, soulful cuisine. Lyn D’s is one of them.

Lyn and John Defelice, owners of Lyn D’s Cajun Gypsy Café, are both natives of Lake Charles, La., where they met. ! ey lived in northwest Ar-kansas in the ‘80s and moved back again in 1993, for family, they said.

! ey’ve now been married for 32 years, working together for many of them. ! ey run the café along with their youngest daughter of three, Ka-tie, and occasionally bring in addi-tional outside help.

! e Defelices are a friendly, com-fortable couple. ! ey bring something much more wholesome and hearty to Fayetteville’s melting pot of cul-ture and individuality: “down home” Louisiana cooking and a genuine in-terest in the hungry people that walk through the doors of their tiny restau-rant.

Lyn D’s Cajun Gypsy Café started out as a small concession trailer serv-ing festivals and cra% fairs across the South during the summer of 1997. ! e Cajun Gypsy, as it was known back then, made appearances at the Apple-gate and Mulberry arts and cra% s fes-tivals, the Autumn and Renaissance festivals, and several others.

“Where’s your restaurant?” people would ask Lyn.

! e couple thought there might be a market for Louisiana food in north-west Arkansas, that maybe they could make it.

“It was my baby,” Lyn said. “It’s still my baby,” she whispered.

! e history of Louisiana cooking is as expansive as the history of the state. Louisiana food is a combination of in-gredients, spices, $ avors and prepa-ration and presentation styles from several cultures such as that of Native Americans, the French, the Spanish and African communities. Cajun food is generally spicy and $ avorful; popu-lar dishes include jambalaya, gumbo, boudin and etou" eé.

In the South, family gatherings have one thing in common: good, hearty, down-home cooking from family-born recipes and the experi-ence of enjoying a family meal with people you know and love.

“I learned [to cook] from Mr. Ledoux,” Lyn said. “Pam Ledoux was my best friend, and her daddy was the one who taught me to make the gum-bo. My daddy is the one who taught me how to make the courtbouillion.”

“My daddy’s courtbouillion, it made your eyes water. Daddy made it so hot, but we couldn’t stop eating it,” she laughed. “But daddy was the cook. Daddy taught momma how to cook.”

Lyn’s courbouillion is toned down, she said.

“My grandmother taught me how to make my potato salad. I love the way she does her potato salad,” she said.

A% er several years in business, Lyn and John have built up a he% y client base, with many regulars, they said.

“I talk to people like I’ve known them for years. I want everybody to

feel real comfortable here, I talk to them like they’re my family,” she said.

Lyn said she makes an e" ort to call her customers by their # rst name.

“I had a guy come in the other day. I said, ‘Gah, where have you been?’ He said, ‘Oh, I moved away. I’m back now.’

! ey’re still coming back here,” Lyn said.

Wherever life brings them, they al-ways come back to Lyn D’s.

“One couple, they were dating when they lived here. ! ey lived right down there in those apartments, so they’d just come down here. ! ey’re married now and they have twins,” Lyn said. “! ey brought the kids in.”

Now in their 60s, Lyn and John aren’t sure about the future of their business when they decide to retire.

“We don’t know if anybody wants it,” John said.

“We don’t know if Katie’s interest-ed,” Lyn added.

“! ey see how hard it is, they might not want to,” he told her.

“We haven’t gotten that far yet,” she said.

From the outside, Lyn D’s looks like nothing more than a small, run-down brick building displaying an odd assortment of Mardi Gras decora-tions in its windows year-round. Lo-cated on the industrial side of Fayette-ville, Lyn D’s has been in business for almost 14 years. ! e café opened in September 1998.

Lyn and John thought about ex-panding and # nding a larger, better known location. Several of their cus-tomers suggested it, anyway. ! ey changed their minds.

“We got older and said we’re too tired,” Lyn said. “I think we probably would have had we been younger.”

Today, expanding is not an option for Lyn and John.

“It would mean more business, but in the long run it would be a lot more hectic,” John said.

From the inside, Lyn D’s noncha-lant, informal setting immediately tells you you’re about to experience something unique.

Purple and green Mardi Gras beads dangle from ceiling above the ordering window. Several caricatures of Lyn and John are displayed in the front right corner of the café. A large green banner depicting a craw# sh wearing a Santa hat hangs next to the dining room and a small sign, ‘Com-plaints to the Cook Can be Hazardous to Your Health,’ is perched next to a bulletin board displaying local busi-ness cards.

Perry Como’s ‘And I Love You So’ played through the overhead speakers as a young couple entered the restau-rant. ! ey were new to Lyn D’s.

“Do you guys know anything about Louisiana food?” Lyn asked the couple.

Not really, they replied.“Well I’ll give you a sample of any-

thing you want so you can make sure it’s what you want to eat,” she told them.

Running a business together comes naturally to her parents, Katie said.

“One’s le% hand, one’s right hand,” she said. “! ey don’t even have to tell each other what to do, they just do it.”

If they weren’t working together it wouldn’t work, she said.

“! ey’re both very talented cooks,” she said, “but they’re tired, like every other business owner.”

Katie said she is “possibly” inter-ested in taking over the business from her parents, but said she would de# -nitely expand if she did take over.

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COMMENTARY

ESPN’s Tebow v. Lin Comparison is Nonsense

For people who thought ESPN and the rest of sports television got carried away with Tim Tebow, what about

the coverage overnight sen-sation Jeremy Lin has been receiving?

It might be a downfall, in a way, that sports me-dia conglomerate ESPN can constantly push and pro-mote new superstars in way that print media can’t. New York Knicks point guard Jer-emy Lin has been on a tear, not news to anybody, but you can’t turn on the televi-sion without hearing about it.

Highlights, one-on-one interviews, postgame press conferences, Top Plays seg-ments dedicated to the Har-vard grad. Worst of all, con-

stant comparisons to Tim Tebow.

These comparisons are ab-surd.

I credit ESPN for basically starting this debate, regard-less of where it originated, about which popular name became a bigger story in their respective sport. The answer, for me, is not even close.

Tebow was a revered col-lege quarterback, has his in-famous crybaby speech plas-tered on the side of a Univer-sity of Florida building, was a first-round draft pick and was given an opportunity to start when the Broncos trad-ed their starter.

Lin was undrafted out of an Ivy League school, got cut by three teams before find-ing himself buried on the New York Knicks bench and through hard work finally got to play because of a series of injuries to players in front of him.

There is no valid compari-son.

The sports world knew of Tebow since his high school games were televised by ESPN. Lin burst onto the scene within the last three weeks with consecutive 20-plus point outbursts before exploding for 38 against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Again, not even close. It is easier for one guy to domi-nate in the NBA than in the NFL, but when the guy dom-inating is doing so for the fourth team he has been on in two years, in the nation’s big-gest media market, that’s the winner in this debate.

The Knicks had won eight of their last nine games, in-cluding a primetime game against defending NBA Champion Dallas Maver-icks, propelled by the superb play of the only Asian-Amer-ican in the league. With jer-sey sales ranking No. 1 in the NBA, who would have ever thought?

With his return to the lineup last night, all-star Car-melo Anthony probably wish-es Lin was never a thought.

! e Knicks started both An-thony and Lin for the " rst time together and it didn’t work out so well. Lin played decent and reduced his turnovers to just one, but Melo picked up the slack and turned it over six times in a losing e# ort to the lowly New Jersey Nets.

Time to hit the drawing board Mike D’Antoni.

Zach Turner is the assistant sports editor of ! e Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Wednesday. Follow him on Twitter @zwturner.

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GARETH PATTERSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore catcher Jake Wise drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk to drive in the winning run in the No. 4 Razorbacks 8-7 comeback win against Northwestern State. The Hogs play the Demons tomorrow at 3:05 p.m. and will start freshman right-hander Greg Milhorn on the mound.

Hogs Walk Past DemonsNo. 4 Arkansas rallied to

defeat Northwestern State 8-7 in a walk-off in front of 2,144 people at Baum Stadi-um on Tuesday.

Sophomore catcher Jake Wise drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Razorbacks (4-0) rallied from a 6-4 deficit to remain perfect this season.

“Most of our runs and rallies were scored with two outs,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said. “We got some big base hits with two outs

that got us back in the game.”A pair of runs in the top

of the seventh gave the De-mons a 6-4 lead and it was another scoreless inning for the Hogs.

Arkansas’ offense came to life in the bottom of the eighth with three runs on three hits. Left fielder Jim-my Bosco and center fielder Jacob Morris each had RBI doubles, followed by senior shortstop Tim Carver’s RBI single to give the Razorbacks a 7-6 lead.

“I was expecting off speed and that’s what he came with,” Carver said.

Arkansas had two outs when third baseman Nick Hinojos’ RBI double tied the game 7-7. Northwestern State almost took a lead, but Wise tagged out a Demons runner at the plate to end the inning.

During the Razorbacks’

last at-bat, right fielder Sam Bates’ bunt advanced first baseman Dominic Ficociel-lo to second base and pinch runner Brian Anderson to third.

Sophomore third base-man Matt Reynolds also walked, loading the bases. Wise’s walk allowed Ander-son to score the game-win-ning run.

“It just shows what kind of team we’ve got,” Morris said. “We believe in every player on the team. We know that when their name is called they’re expected to do some-thing, and it comes through.”

Four Arkansas pitchers saw time on the mound to-night, including junior left-handed pitcher Cade Lynch, who struck out four hitters and allowed just two runs.

Sophomore right-hand-er Brandon Moore started, but allowed four runs, two

earned, in just 3 1/3 innings before being lifted for junior left-hander Cade Lynch.

Lynch helped the Hogs get out of a jam in the fourth in-ning and struck out four de-spite allowing two runs in three innings.

“I was just trying to come in and get us out of that in-ning,” Lynch said. “Just fill up the zone, let the infield-ers and guys behind me make plays.”

Northwestern State took an early lead after scoring four runs in the top of the second. The Demons were aided by the Hogs’ four er-rors in their worst defensive game of the season.

Arkansas rallied back in the third with three runs after Jacob Mahan’s single to left field scored second baseman Bo Bigham to put

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas sophomore guard Mardracus Wade and his teammates have had shorter practic-es as the season progresses and the Razorbacks enter a stretch of three games in six days.

Anderson Cutting Back PracticeBeginning Thursday, Ar-

kansas will have three games over the course of six days.

With just eight healthy scholarship players available, coach Mike Anderson said he has started to reduce practice time as the season progresses.

“I think we’ve already, not necessarily changed it, but I think we kind of scaled it back,” Anderson said. “It’s more of a tuneup now. My practices are going to last, yesterday we went 43 min-utes at the most. It was more shooting and some instruc-tions and just tuneup and get prepared for Alabama.”

The Hogs host Alabama on Thursday night before hitting the road for a con-

ference matchup on Satur-day with Auburn. Alabama is coming in off a 62-50 win against Tennessee and is 6-6 in Southeastern Conference play, just one game ahead of the Razorbacks.

“Everything’s in now,” An-derson said. “So it’s about go-ing out and playing with the energy, the passion and I al-ways want our team to hang our hats on our defense. So hopefully that’s what we’ll see here these next few ball games.”

Arkansas (17-10, 5-7 Southeastern Conference) has lost three of its last four games, allowing a staggering 85.3 points per game in the three losses.

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Arkansas has had a his-tory of winning indoor SEC Championships in men’s track, but it didn’t happen last year.

In the SEC Champion-ships last season, the Razor-backs came up short of the win, placing second behind No.1 Florida.

Since joining the SEC in 1992, the Hogs have won 17 conference titles, the most by any team in that period of time. Arkansas had won six consecutive SEC champion-ships before Florida took the crown last year. The Gators got the better of Hogs last time, but this time Arkansas enters the meet as the favor-ite.

The No. 1 Razorbacks hope for a different outcome this year and want revenge on No. 2 Florida.

The Gators aren’t the only team standing in the Hogs way, though. Arkansas will also have to face the rest of

the top conference in track and field, including No. 4 LSU and No. 10 Mississippi State.

“It’s certainly an impor-tant date for us,” Arkansas coach Chris Bucknam said. “We’re looking forward to getting over there and com-peting.”

Following the Feb. 10-11 Tyson Invitational, Arkansas got a break last weekend be-fore their big meet, a crucial break that was key for the team’s development.

“I think we’re in pretty good shape,” Bucknam said. “I thought a couple of weeks ago we weren’t ready for the SEC Championship and two weeks is a lifetime in indoor track. As we approach this weekend I like where our team is at, I like our mind-set.”

The meet starts Friday in Lexington Ky., the beginning of the championship phase of the season. After the SECs is the Arkansas Last Chance,

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Arkansas’ first run on the board. The Razorbacks cut the deficit to 4-3 on a two-run double from Ficociello.

“We knew it was going to be tough to score with four runs the way things were go-ing,” Van Horn said.

The Hogs tied the game 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth after scoring on a walk with

the bases loaded, but the De-mons responded quickly to take a 6-4 lead.

Arkansas will conclude its series with Northwestern State on Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. in Baum Stadium.

The Razorbacks have al-lowed just 66.5 points per game in conference wins this season.

Freshman BJ Young has seen his minutes increase to 29 per game the Hogs’ last four games, an increase from his season average of 26.3.

Starting sophomore guard Mardracus Wade, the team’s third-leading scorer, averag-ing 9.6 points, is playing 28 minutes per game over the last four games, primarily because of his defense and 3-point shooting abilities.

“I’m used to it,” Wade said. “I’m in shape. For the young guys it’s probably kind of new to them, so for the most part

it will probably be on them more than any of us, but I’ve been feeling fine. Coach has been cutting back on prac-tice. Practice has been no more 45 minutes to an hour long. Weights have been 15 to 20 minutes.

“So we’ve just been pre-paring and trying to save our body.”

Sanchez still day-to-daySenior forward Michael

Sanchez, who has started 23 games this season, is still day-to-day after missing Ar-kansas’ last three games with a sprained shoulder, Ander-son said.

The 6-foot-9, 235-pound-er led Razorbacks’ big men with 18.5 minutes per game before the injury.

“I think Tuesday he may

try to do some things,” An-derson said. “He just shot around a little bit on the side Monday, so that’s the most I’ve seen him out here since he got injured. But that’s a day-to-day situation.”

Sanchez is averaging 4.3 points and 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 40.7 percent from the field this season.

Powell progressing in re-hab

Arkansas has been with-out junior forward Marshawn Powell since the third game of the season.

The Newport News, Va., native tore ligaments in his knee prior to Arkansas’ 87-78 loss Houston on Nov. 18.

“He’s rehabilitating while we’re practicing,” Anderson said. “He’ll come out at the

end there. I saw him rehabil-itating yesterday. It’s been as good as it can be. You’re talk-ing about a guy that’s been starting ever since he’s been here. Now he’s on the side-line.”

Powell was averaging a career-best 19.5 points per game and pulling down 6.0 rebounds prior to his injury. Being one of Arkansas’ most experienced players, Ander-son said Powell has continued to lead from the sidelines.

“I think at times he tries to talk and counsel with the young players,” Anderson said. “We took him with us on I think a couple road games. I’m sure he enjoyed being around the guys. We don’t want him to just be isolated over here.”

then the NCAA Champion-ships.

Razorbacks in three-way battle for SEC

The regular competition of the indoor track season is over. Arkansas’ No. 4 wom-en’s track will participate in the SEC Championships this weekend.

No. 2 LSU and No. 6 Flor-ida are the two teams posing the greatest threat to the Ra-zorbacks entering the meet.

“Obviously this is one of the highlights of the year, going to the conference meet,” Arkansas coach Lance Harter said. “The SEC, it never fails, we’re going right into the fire. You’ve got four teams in the top eight in the nation.”

Arkansas will try to fend off the Tigers and Gators to earn the win.

“I see Florida and LSU and ourselves just being in a three team battle,” Harter said. “It could come down to the mile relay, which would be really exciting, but I would prefer it to not be that exciting.”

Whichever of the teams comes out first will also have a huge impact nationally. The winner is likely to be ranked No. 2 behind a domi-nant Oregon team that has been ranked No. 1 all season.

After the SEC cham-pionship, the Razorbacks have another meet to pre-pare for nationals, hosting the Arkansas Last Chance on March 2. Following that meet, is the NCAA Champi-onships.

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Razorback  Q&A

Marvell Waithe

Arkansas has struggled down the stretch the last few years. How important are the four games to finish the season strong?

It’s inevitable. It’s very important. With us being on this little losing streak and with four games left, it’s inevitable that we play well and that we pick it up. We have no choice.”

What is the team’s mindset after losing by 19 at Tennessee and 30 against Florida?

I don’t think we’re thinking that we’re great right now. We know that we’ve got to pick it up. So I mean, our mindset is a sense of urgency and we’ve got to pick it up. We’ve got no choice. Especially with those kind of losses.

Is the team still feeling good?

We feel good. We feel great. Spirits are high. We know we’re a good team. We know what we can accomplish and we know we can do more. So, I mean, we’re ok.

Coach Mike Anderson used the word “shock” about the Florida game. Would you

agree with that?

I looked up at the scoreboard and I was flustered as well. Nobody was expecting that. I wasn’t. I’m sure the guys weren’t, but what determines how good you are is how you bounce back from something like that. So I think we will bounce back.”

How important is it to bounce back against Alabama?

I don’t think everybody thinks since we lost that one game, just the whole vibe I get, is that we never had a good home record so far. I think we have had a good home record and I think we’re going to be OK. I know all the fans are still behind us. I think we’re go-ing to be OK.

With the offense struggling in the half-court recently, how important is reestab-lishing an uptempo pace?

We just know we have to push the ball. We’re a fast-paced team. Fast-tempo team. We take a lot of quick shots. We just know we have to keep pushing the ball and play within ourselves and I think we’ll be OK.

FILE PHOTOArkansas senior distance runner Lane Boyer will lead the No. 1 Razorbacks in the SEC Championships this weekend in Lexington, Ky.

RYAN MILLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Arkansas senior forward Michael Sanchez has missed three games with a sprained shoulder and is day-to-day heading into the Razorbacks’ 6 p.m. game against Alabama in Bud Walton Arena. Sanchez’s 18.5 minutes per game leads the Hogs’ big men this season.

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