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!e Residents’ Interh-all Congress voted Monday night against a bill to allow students to have concealed carry weapons on campus in 19-11 vote.

State law claims that for most of Arkansas it is legal to carry a concealed weapon if the person has proper docu-mentation. Concealed carry on college campuses is le" at the discretion of university administration and faculty. Other laws prohibit the car-rying of weapons inside of campus buildings regardless of university decisions.

!e current policy at UA states that the campus is a “gun-free zone;” no weapons are legally allowed on cam-pus.

Joe Youngblood, the RIC senator who wrote and ar-gued in favor of the bill, said these laws leave students de-fenseless against attacks and

are unfair to those who have a concealed carry license.

“Disciplinary action can be taken against students, fac-ulty and sta# who are able to carry weapons in the rest of the state,” Youngblood said.

!ere have been 387 re-corded school shootings in the U.S. since 1992, accord-ing to Stop the Shootings, an online database for statistics about school shootings with information dating back to 1992. Youngblood said the bill is an e#ort to curb those numbers.

“No university that goes through one of these attacks thinks that they need this leg-islation the day before it hap-pens,” Youngblood said.

Many students say that if they or those around them are able to carry concealed weapons, they would feel saf-er because they could better defend themselves in the case of a shooting.

Devyn Grathwohl, a se-nior UA ambassador who at-tended the RIC meeting, op-posed the bill. “I understand

the need for guns as protec-tion, but it scares me to think that anyone could have a gun on them,” Grathwohl said. “I want to feel safe walking around campus.”

Youngblood also said that more than 200 college cam-

puses now allow concealed carrying and that those cam-puses have reported no harm committed by anyone carry-ing a concealed weapon.

“Concealed holders are 300 times less likely to com-mit a crime with a $rearm than the general population,” Youngblood said.

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mediately verify this informa-tion.

O%cials proposed two separate bills. !e $rst was proposed to allow anyone with a concealed carry license to take their weapons with them onto campus grounds and parking garages, but not into any university buildings.

!e second bill would show university o%cials’ sup-port for state legislators to al-low faculty and sta# with con-cealed carry licenses to carry within university buildings.

!e debate that preceded the vote was tense with high support on all sides. Matt Seubert, a former ASG mem-ber, argued against the bill. !e steps necessary to gain a concealed carry license “(do) not qualify an individual to act in a life or death circum-stance,” he said.

Tensions on the &oor forced senators to a secret bal-lot vote, so no record of each senator’s vote was o%cially kept. !e bill failed 19-11.

UAPD o%cials declined to comment on the issue.

RIC Concealed Carry Bill Fails

Bicycle theft remains a problem on the UA campus as several thefts have already been reported since the start of the semester, police said.

Last semester, 17 bicycles thefts were reported, and six have already been re-ported stolen since Jan. 14, said UAPD spokesperson, Lt. Gary Crain. However, only one-third of bike thefts are actually reported to the police, according to the Na-tional Bike Registry.

“This number is unaccept-able,” Crain said. “Somebody is stealing these bikes, and until we catch them, they’re going to keep coming back.”

Many of the stolen bikes

were left on campus during winter break and were miss-ing when students returned to campus in January, Crain said.

Bicycle theft is so com-mon that 53 percent of four-year college students get their bike stolen, according to the National Bike Registry.

Bikes are a common target because they can be sold and disposed of in several differ-ent ways, Crain said. Many stolen bikes are sold on in-ternet sites like Craigslist or taken to pawn shops for easy money. Bike wheels and oth-er parts can also be sold indi-vidually, while the rest of the bike is discarded.

Bikes left unchained or chained to a bicycle rack are easy targets for thieves who

Bicycles Remain Large Target for "ieves

McKenna Gallagher Sta# PhotographerStudents attempt to keep their bikes safe by locking them onto the provided bike racks scattered throughout campus, Friday, Jan. 25.

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A portion of Founders Hall, which is still under construction on campus, will serve as an extension to both Brough Commons and the re-tail stores located underneath the commons, Chartwells of-$cials said.

!e $rst and second &oors of Founders Hall will con-nect with the existing Brough Commons building, said Kim Johnson, marketing director for Chartwells Residential Dining O%ce.

“With the addition of the Founders Hall dining area on the second &oor, we will add around 240 seats to the Brough Commons,” Johnson said. “Plus, a certain area will be dedicated as an additional serving line.”

!e $rst &oor of Founders Hall will serve as additional space for retail stores located underneath Brough Com-mons, Johnson said.

“As of now, the Papa John’s will be moved into the new space, along with the addition of a Slim Chickens and the In-novation Cafe,” Johnson said.

Both students and faculty are excited about the addition of Slim Chickens in the retail area, Johnson said.

“We’ve had plenty of feed-back from both students and faculty over the addition of Slim Chickens in the Brough retail center, and it seems as though everybody is very ex-cited,” Johnson said. “I don’t think that there was a single person who was against this decision.”

!e decision to have a lo-cal business on campus “is great for the business, the uni-versity and its students,” said Christina Crowder, director

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Joe DelNero Opinion EditorRIC senators voted against Joe Youngblood’s argument for concealed carry on the UA campus Monday night in a vote of 19-11.

RIC SENATORS VOTED 19-11 AFTER TENSE DEBATE MONDAY NIGHT

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“I want to feel safe walking around campus.”

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A UA doctoral student was the $rst among a group of re-searchers to identify the na-ture of a meteorite that landed in California and Nevada.

Robert Beauford, a UA doctoral student in space and planetary sciences, was one of many scientists who formed the Sutter’s Mill Consortium to research the meteorite that fell near that location. !e consortium was able to link many researchers together and provide a clear line of communication through which they could share their results.

“We will know a great deal more about this meteorite be-cause of this cooperation than we would have known other-wise,” Beauford said. “!e e%-ciency of this group, in speed of research and in the thor-oughness with which results are being communicated, will allow others to build upon our team’s successes more e#ec-tively and more quickly when the next new samples arrive from space.”

!eir research was pub-lished in the journal “Science”, and Beauford’s recognition of the meteorite was mentioned in the title.

“I really only played a small part, along with many other very quali$ed scien-tists,” Beauford said. “It is nice that people have found my work to be useful. Science is a team e#ort.”

To identify the meteorite Beauford took an extensive series of pictures and exam-ined the meteorite with a hand lens. He observed that it was composed of fragments of rock, which were vis-ibly di#erent from each other. He also noticed an unusu-ally complex matrix that pre-served the structures of the parent rocks that formed the impacted material. He said his primary avenue of research

regards impacted rock types, which helped him identify the meteorite.

“I was simply in the right place at the right time, and with the right skill set to see something interesting about it,” he said. “I did the work for the enjoyment of it, and only sent it over because I thought

the observations might be useful. I honestly never ex-pected to be included in the subsequent research or in the paper that followed. It was a real pleasure to be able to con-tribute further.”

Meteorites are rare in gen-eral, but carbonaceous chon-drites, like Sutter’s Mill, are even more so because only about 1.5 percent of them have been identi$ed in all falls and $nds, Beauford said. Not only is this a rare and impor-

tant class of meteorite, it is the single most pristine example of this meteorite type that has ever been recovered, he said.

“Meteorites are among the most unaltered materials that we currently possess from the early solar system,” he said. “!ese meteorites are literal time capsules from the time of

the formation of our sun and planets.”

From this group of mete-orites researchers have been able to recover pre-solar grains, which are older than the sun, and organic carbon molecules, Beauford said. !ey also contain some of the most resource-rich materials in the solar system, which will show researchers some of the places that they should be fo-cusing on in short-term space exploration and long-term so-

lar development.!ey also inform many

branches of science by o#er-ing insights into earth’s geo-chemical and environmental systems, Beauford said.

“Understanding this me-teorite and its parent asteroid translates to an increase in our understanding of the so-lar system itself, including us, our own planet, our sun, and our place in space and time,” he said.

Beauford is involved in three other projects regarding the Sutter’s Mill meteorite in addition to answering some questions about known im-pact craters on the Ozark Pla-teau. He said he is also work-ing on refuting or con$rming the location of two other pos-sible impact craters and is in the process of researching and writing for several books.

“I achieved what I hoped for: to contribute my time and e#ort to the advancement of science,” Beauford said, “and to help other people’s research to be able to reach its poten-tial by accurately and precise-ly informing their e#orts with the results of my own investi-gations.”

UA Doctoral Student First to Identify Nature of MeteoriteJaime DunawaySta! Writer

Ashley Swindell Sta# PhotographerRobert Beauford takes a break from his work in the Planetary Science Building, Monday, Jan. 28. Beauford was the !rst in his group to identify a meteorite that they were studying in California.

McKenna Gallagher Sta# PhotographerStudents may have noticed congestion in Harmon Parking Garage. Students should try to exit thru the lower levels, said Andy Gilbride, education instruction specialist. “As the university grows the tra$c will get worse, he said.

Early Students Get to Park

can easily slice through chain or cable locks with bow cut-ters. One way to defeat bike theft is to use bar locks, which are more difficult to cut, Crain said.

Osbourne Smith, civil engineering major, said he rides his bike around cam-pus because it’s convenient. He used to leave his bike unchained, but it was never stolen, he said.

“I bought a lock, and I think it’s safe,” Smith said. “I’ll use the same old lock, and hopefully it won’t fail me when all this is happening.”

Crain also recommends that students who don’t ride regularly should periodically change the location of where they chain their bikes.

“If you leave property un-

attended for a long time, it makes it easier for someone to take it,” he said.

Other tips include cover-ing expensive brand names,

securing bikes in well-lit ar-eas, and keeping a picture of the bike and serial number in case of theft. Registering bikes with the UA Depart-ment of Transit and Parking will also provide a record of

the bike. One arrest was made in

January for bike theft, but Crain said it did not “solve all the problems.”

“We need to catch a cou-ple more and maybe put a stop to this,” he said.

Those caught stealing bi-cycles will be arrested and taken to jail, Crain said. If the thief is also a student,

university sanctions will be handed out as well. Some stolen bicycles may be recov-ered without damage, but re-imbursement for a damaged or unrecovered bike must be ordered by a judge.

Students who notice oth-er people loitering around bike racks studying the bikes should contact the police, Crain said. The police should also be contacted if someone witnesses many bicycles be-ing loaded into a car at one time, he said. This would help prevent the number of occasions in which multiple bikes are stolen at the same time.

“We need some extra help right now because someone has come up here shopping,” Crain said.

of dining services for Associ-ated Student Government.

“If the opening and ser-vice of Slim Chickens has positive feedback, perhaps other local favorites could become part of the campus cuisine,” Crowder said. ”Slim Chickens is a $rst step in bringing the students what they have requested.”

Some students are excited about the new Slim Chickens location.

“I have always been a fan of Slim Chickens,” said La-man Fountain, broadcast journalism major. “Now I won’t have to travel all the way to College Avenue to get their food. !is new location will be much more conve-nient for me.”

!e Innovation Cafe will be used as a “laboratory” for Chartwells to test new formats of campus dining, Johnson said.

“Chartwells will be work-ing with students from the hospitality department to develop new ways of serving food to students and to test di#erent food trends,” John-son said. “!ey will then ad-just their methods based on student feedback.”

“We want to keep up with current food trends,” Johnson said. “!e general

preferences of students are constantly changing. !e In-novation Cafe will help us to keep up with the times and modify our services to bet-ter suit the entire campus. !e concept will change ev-ery year, based on its perfor-mance.”

When the Papa John’s is moved into the Founders Hall area, the Quiznos will be extended to $ll its current space until another store moves in, Johnson said.

!e remaining areas of Founders Hall will be used for additional dorm rooms, Johnson said.

Due to requests, Chart-wells will again be o#ering Sweet Rewards coupon books to o#-campus students and faculty who purchase a meal plan this semester.

!e $68 value book con-tains eight coupons to vari-ous Chartwells retail options on campus, including Papa

John’s, Starbucks and break-fast in the Union food court, said Kim Johnson, marketing director for Chartwells. !e coupons are dated through-out, with the intent of them being used as the year goes on, Johnson said.

“We want to give them the option of trying something new,” Johnson said. “!ey should be able to weigh the value of the retail options on campus against the time it takes to pack a lunch.”

Many students and fac-ulty pack a lunch to take with them to campus every day, Johnson said.

“For example, I spoke to a grad student who had never

eaten in any of the campus dining locations,” Johnson said. “!is is a way to capture those students, so that they can know what is available.”

Many o#-campus students purchase meal plans out of the convenience it o#ers.

“It’s convenient, and the food is prepared,” said Kelli McGhee, sophomore biology major. “It’s a time-saver.”

Freshman Allie Elliott said she plans to buy a meal plan next year when she

lives o# campus because she doesn’t want to take the time to cook.

!e coupon book was available for o#-campus stu-dents last semester, and this semester it has been opened up to faculty as well, John-son said. Faculty members are able to purchase a meal plan that is very similar to an o#-campus meal plan, John-son said. !is coupon book serves as a particularly nice perk for faculty, since their plans do not include &ex dol-lars, Johnson said.

!e coupon books can be picked up in the Union card o%ce with con$rmation of a meal plan.

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“"ey should be able to weigh the value of retail options on campus against the time it takes to pack a lunch.”

Kim JohnsonMarketing Director of Chartwells

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“If the opening and service of Slim Chickens has positive feedback, perhaps other local favorites could become part of the campus cuisine.”

Christian CrowderDirector of Dining

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“I’ll use the same old lock, and hopefully it won’t fail me when all this happening.”

Osbourne SmithCivil Engineering Major

“I did the work for the enjoyment of it, and only sent it over because I thought the observations might be useful.”

Robert BeaufordUA Doctoral Student

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Armstrong’s Wheels are no Longer Turning

Don the pearls, or throw on sweats? Study English prose, or get a degree in biochemical engineering? Buy Cocoa Pu!s, or grab the quasi-healthy Spe-cial K? Serious or mundane, we’re surrounded by decisions. Some choices are less clear-cut than others. When that hap-pens, we’re told to follow our hearts and pick what will make us happiest.

Doing what makes us hap-py is o"en spouted as the sole secret to leading a good life, but is that all there is to it?

Choosing bliss solves our problems, at least for the mo-ment; however, that happiness doesn’t have much endurance. Meaningfulness, on the other hand, lasts much longer.

Sometimes the line be-

tween leading a life of meaning and of happiness gets smudged so badly they look like one and the same. However, there is a di!erence.

#e pursuit of happi-ness is the instinctive yearn-ing for pleasure. It is not bad nor ignoble. Nobody is going to mock you for trying to be happy. It is a carefree state of simple delight, free from stress and worry.

However, happiness can only take you so far. A truly full life comes when you have something of merit worth liv-ing for.

In the study “Some Key Di!erences between a Happy Life and a Meaningful Life,” psychologists found happi-ness and meaningfulness were largely independent of one an-other.

In the study, researchers found happiness was linked to receiving things. It places an emphasis on ful$lling wants to attain pleasure. #e emotion is a temporary state of being and, eventually, you will have to do something else to keep being happy.

Even though “money can’t buy happiness,” it can do so indirectly. Salted caramel mo-chas, new shoes, dark choco-late — I know I $nd it incred-

ibly di%cult to frown when I have these things in hand.

Meaningfulness is linked to giving, the researchers found. It’s not something you can buy no matter how many quarters you feed the vending machine. It comes from your relation-ship with other people.

When you are using your strengths to serve a purpose that exceeds yourself, your life starts to hold signi$cance. #ese are people who are con-tinually pushing themselves to be better and striving for perfection. It is a sel&ess inner drive for the good of others.

Sometimes, meaning is pit-ted against happiness.

A meaningful life generally entails other people are count-ing on you. #is reliance can lead to stress, which, as most people can attest, is not associ-ated with happiness. With the horrors of last semester’s $nal weeks still fresh on our minds, I am sure most college stu-dents agree.

#e bene$t of a life of meaning is inherent in the value of your life. Since what you do has an impact on oth-ers, even in times of duress, you can live with reason and purpose.

A Springer Science Journal of Happiness study in 2005

found meaning or engagement were stronger individual fac-tors leading to life satisfaction than pleasure alone.

#ink of happiness as eat-ing your favorite cookie, and meaningfulness as knowing how to bake those scrump-tious goods. #ose who just eat experience the temporary bliss while they happen to have the cookie in hand.

#e bakers know the cost of the ingredients, how labor-intensive the recipe is and how di%cult it is to get the timing just right so the cookies don’t overbake. #e happiness of their friends is resting in the baker’s &our-dusted hands.

In the Journal of Happiness study, researchers found the that this combination of fac-tors leads to the highest level of life satisfaction. Instead of choosing between meaning and happiness, look for ways for them to mingle.

Slip on your apron and hit the market. Just be sure to take the time to enjoy the gooey, fresh-from-the-oven cookies with your friends. Live your life with meaning and happi-ness.

Shawnya Wethington is a sophomore sta! writer for the Arkansas Traveler.

!e Pursuit of Happiness is Fleeting; Pursue Meaningfulness

I am constantly reminded to “update the resume” as a senior preparing to gradu-ate from the UA. My parents double check my references and ensure I include both producing and station man-aging in the list of jobs I’ve held, despite the fact they came from the same student organization and included the same responsibilities.

Meanwhile, my profes-sors point out the &aws in my website. While overall profes-sional, the website lacks view-ers and strong organization to appeal to potential employ-ers.

Many recent graduates say not to fret with the resume or even the interview, but instead, focus entirely on the online job and social pro$les like LinkedIn and Twitter.

First impressions no lon-ger come from the printed re-sume. Human resources and employers are looking at the most recent posts in personal pro$les to determine your level of professionalism and the skill set you may bring to work.

Eddie Lou, from Prospec-tus News, says the typical resume is two-dimensional presenting only work expe-rience and education. How-ever, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter show outside inter-ests, personalities, images, videos and even your ability to communicate with your peers online.

For current college stu-dents, the development of online resumes and the use of pro$les for job positions

should be a good thing. Ac-cording to Debbie Hatke, a writer for Strategic HR inc., online pro$les also show the simple ability to utilize social media and blogs. What many of us take to as common sense is labeled a skill set employers are looking for in graduating students.

According to CBSNews.com the most important part of an online pro$le is allow-ing companies to quickly form a personal connection to you; the more likable the pro$le, the more likable the employee.

In 2011, almost 80 percent of hiring managers would review social pro$les before making a hiring decision, and 70 percent of those managers said they had rejected appli-cants because of information they found online, according to Careerenlightenment.com.

Knowing this, I have start-ed the massive undertaking of revamping my social im-age by going through years of Twitter and Facebook posts, along with putting my profes-sional experience on my web-site. Instead of a Home Page listing education and work, I include a basic biography and list of interests to create a so-cial connection to my future employers.

I encourage other stu-dents, especially juniors and seniors nearing the job mar-ket, to begin using social me-dia as a tool as opposed to a public forum of nonsensical information.

In high school, my basic rule of thumb was if my mom ever happened across my Facebook, she would never $nd anything to oppose my use of the website. In college, I ask, if an employer hap-pened upon my pro$le, what skills would make my pro$le stand out as a competitive ap-plicant for open positions.

Joe DelNero is a senior broadcast journalism major, previous station manager at UATV and current opinion edi-tor of the Arkansas Traveler.

Twitter Matters More than Resume

Joe DelNeroOpinion Editor

Shawnya WethingtonSta# Writer

When I was in the sixth grade, charity became cool. Perhaps what made it so cool was the fact we barely knew it was charity. What was most important to our sixth grade minds was not the reason for the little yellow band, but the fact everyone who was anyone had a little yellow band.

Inscribed on the top of the band was a single word: “Livestrong.” Every time I read that word, it reminded me to go farther and try harder. Af-ter all, Lance Armstrong was a survivor of testicular cancer who had a family, a budding foundation and the seem-ingly endless ability to win the world’s most grueling cyclist race, the Tour de France.

When news broke Arm-

strong had been “doping,” using illegal performance en-hancing drugs, he remained relatively silent, neglecting to share the full story.

But last week, Armstrong spoke to the only women who can get an interview with any-one she wants: Oprah Win-frey. What stuck out to me about this interview was not the list of things I admired Lance for in the sixth grade—quite the opposite. #e Arm-strong interview appeared to me as nothing more than a chance for some good public-ity—on both sides.

Since launching the OWN Network in January of 2011, Oprah has come under some serious pressure to improve ratings and bolster views, ac-cording to the Hu%ngton Post. #e network, which Oprah started when she le" daytime television two years ago, is expected to $nally break even later this year, according to Adage.

Among the all-time views record is an interview Oprah conducted with Rihanna shortly a"er drama ensued over alleged beatings from rapper Chris Brown—which leads me to believe Oprah wanted Armstrong for the sake of a dramatic story to improve

the size of the audience. Armstrong may have

shown up at the interview for the same reason—a chance to get some good P.R., and retain any dignity he still had in the public’s eyes. It didn’t work.

Armstrong appeared whol-ly unapologetic. He painted himself the victim of a cruel world of competition where the only way it is humanly pos-sible to be the best is to cheat. Naturally, he blamed the me-dia for facilitating a story that was “just too perfect” to be true, despite the fact he was ar-guably the largest facilitator of his own story.

Armstrong was adamant no one could maintain a per-fect family, lead a successful humanitarian e!ort and win races without cheating. He pointed to his “ruthless desire to win,” as the very thing that got him through cancer only to acknowledge it as his down-fall a mere two seconds later.

#e only point during the interview it appeared Arm-strong may be feeling remorse was when questioned about his family. He has a thirteen-year-old son, who has been defend-ing Armstrong from attacks in school and on social media. “#ey know a lot, they hear it in the hallways,” Armstrong

said. “Where you lose control is when they go out of that space. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter—that’s when the feed-back comes. I saw my son de-fending me. What you’re say-ing about my dad is not true. He trusted me.” Remorse ap-peared in Armstrong’s eyes as he said those three words. “He trusted me,“ may have been enough to pause the critics but clearly wasn’t enough to turn the tides in his favor.

Armstrong made an at-tempt to $x his image, if at all possible. #e fact that he had cheated was suddenly the fault of everyone else. Lance Arm-strong did not speak to Oprah because he was truly sorry. He spoke to Oprah to shi" the blame. He ended up closing his case through arrogance and remorselessness.

#e last words of George Danton, who lost his life in the French Revolution, seemed to echo in my head as the cam-eras stopped rolling: “You will show my head to the people—it is worth seeing…”

T.J. Stallbaumer is a sopho-more journalism major and contributing columnist for the Arkansas Traveler.

T.J. StallbaumerContributing Columnist

!e Arkansas Traveler NewspaperTuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 Page 5

Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

One early foggy morning, Ben Strawn was walking to an art class at Yale when he came upon hundreds of red salamanders blocking the trail he was on. It was a magical moment for him, a “bookmark experience,” as he called it, that would later inspire much of his artwork.

Strawn strives to create pieces of art that give glimpses into these magi-cal moments, pieces that can leave the viewer with a feeling of mystery.

Growing up with four siblings who were also very artistic, Strawn has been around art his entire life. A!er two years of studying art at a com-munity college in Hot Springs and a summer at Yale, he received his M.F.A. from the UA. During that time, his art style changed, largely due to studying artists like Joseph Cornell, a personal inspiration to Strawn.

“"ey really took emphasis away from how well you could draw or paint and focused more on creating an ob-ject that has its own value outside of how it’s made,” Strawn said. “It isn’t hard to paint. "ere’s a ton of people that can paint well, and I was there with them, so I wanted to move past that into this object-making.”

From there, Strawn went on a journey that would eventually lead to the shadowbox series he has focused on for the past few years. In the art-ist statement for the show at Arsaga’s, he wrote, “"e paintings displayed are acrylic on multiple transparent layers of plexiglas … "e transparent painting surface, when held to a light source, allows light to interact with the painting. Scratches, sanding, and transparent glazes create depth and optical distortions.

When it works well it can create an

atmosphere like in a shoebox diorama. "e dust and scratches are not always purposeful, but I like them. It reminds me of noise on old records.”

His hope is that the uniqueness of the shadowbox paintings gives them an objective value and worth. He de-scribes the images he paints on them as “magical,” “whimsical,” “soulful” and “mysterious.” Some of the more common images include woodland creatures in suits, wooden toys, rain-bows, headless creatures, and worlds within people and animals. Strawn said that if there were any theme among this series, it would be the “end of days.”

“I grew up as a Christian kid and now I’m not so much, but I have that kind of imagery in my head,” he said. “I used to read Revelations all the time. Religion made me think about mortal-ity early on, and heavy stu# like that. "ese things hang over you. So it was a kind of tongue and cheek, thinking about that a lot. Ultimately, though, the imagery is almost as rambling as I am, and there’s not really a story. When something becomes ‘too narra-tive,’ then it’s less interesting because then you can $gure out the puzzle. If I was a good narrator I would be writ-ing, but I’m not. I just have imagery.”

As an artist, Strawn feels Fayette-ville is an interesting place to live. Although there is not a big art mar-ket, there is still some business for art, just not so much that it distracts from having a life outside of it. Strawn has a wife and a 3-year-old daughter. He has worked as a framer, which is how he gained the experience to make his own frames. Strawn had three art shows at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles about four years ago. He now works at B-Unlimited doing graphic design.

Strawn has connections with many artists in the area, including Cindy Ar-saga, who asked him if he would have

an art show at the Arsaga’s o# Dickson. His shadowbox series will be displayed throughout the month. He hopes the community will enjoy being around the paintings for a time and is glad he gets to share them. It also gives people the opportunity to purchase any of his pieces if they would like to.

When asked what his advice to an art student would be, Strawn said, “Generally, the advice to an art stu-dent shouldn’t matter. "e art student should be doing it because he can’t not do it. My only advice would be to use interesting materials in an interesting way no matter what your narrative is, and to follow your obsession.”

Photos by Kathleen Pait Contributing PhotographerBen Strawn showcases his shadowbox art at local co"ee shop Arsagas on Dickson Street. Strawn used layers of plexi-glas as his medium for his painting series.

Casey FreemanSta! Writer

"e art of bargain shopping is an art envied by many, but mastered by few. "is skill is one that requires logi-cal thinking, prior planning and most importantly budgeting. With tons of retail stores having continuous sales and constant price markdowns. "ere are three main commandments you must take into consideration when bargain shopping: quality, utility and longevity.

"e $rst and most important step in the bargain shopping process is identifying the quality of the clothing. When looking at an item, examine the inside tag and identify what kind of material the garment is made of. Your goal is to try and get an item that is 100 percent of one material, such as cotton. Try to avoid polyblends if pos-sible. Usually this is an indicator of a synthetic material and that is never what you want in a clothing item. Synthetic items usually have poor wear quality, such as fading, consid-ering how many times you wear the garment. "is is a great indicator of price versus value when purchasing an item. If you feel that the quality of material and the number of wears it would provide are minimal then you de$nitely want to avoid spending a lot of money for that piece.

Commandment number two dictates the recognition of the usabil-ity of the items that you want to pur-chase are for your current wardrobe. When you de$ne usability you can’t just think of now, you have to think of long term use as well.

"e $nal commandment consists of evaluating an items trend worthi-ness and longevity. When the price of an item is large and you’re trying to determine its worth, you should evaluate the novelty of the piece and the usefulness that it will provide. Also, if possible, you should consider when and where you would wear this item. Furthermore, ask yourself will you be able to wear this item next year. Sometimes the most popular of item may look amazing but might not

even be in style next year. Items with extreme enhancements and design are direct indicators of what some refer to as “one time wear” garments. You should never overspend on these items because they will never return a pro$t. "e best bet when looking to purchase garments that are on trend and currently popular is to search for what I call the “Forever 21 Quick Pick.” "ese quick picks are items that will be in every store in tons of varia-tions with ranges of quality from high to low, as well as in a range of prices depending on what exactly you want out of the item.

Bargain shopping can be compli-cated only if you make it that way. An important factor that resonates throughout all the commandments is a thorough knowledge of your current wardrobe and moreover an understanding of your personal style and what direction you would like to go in the future with it. Also, bargain shopping is one of the best ways to try new styles and reinvent yourself. A helpful hint would be to establish re-lationships with the retail help in your favorite stores so that you can get the inside scoop on when the largest sales are and maybe even possibly receive an additional discount. Relationships are important in any $eld of life even when shopping.

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@Just_InStyleMezza Luna sits in a small loca-tion o# the main roads of Fayetteville, tucked away in a small strip mall on Razorback Road by Baum Stadium. "e location, no bigger than a fast food restaurant, sits far from the gas-tronomical delights of Dickson Street and Joyce Boulevard, though the food is worth a trip down the beaten path.

I must have driven past Mezza Luna a hundred times since I started school at the UA and repeatedly moved my car down to Baum Stadium for each football and basketball game. "ough it took $ve years to make my way to the little slice of Italy, it was well worth the wait.

Arriving at Mezza Luna promptly at 11 a.m., I eagerly awaited what I be-lieved would be the best lunch I would probably eat this week — homemade sandwiches couldn’t really compare to what the Mezza Luna menu o#ered. "e atmosphere was particularly sim-ple, with red tablecloths draped over each table, black cafeteria-style chairs and the sound of big band music play-ing in the background. "e decor was certainly nothing spectacular, but I wasn’t here to judge the cutlery design and wall decorations; I was here for the food.

At $rst glance of the menu, a slew of Italian favorites — fettuccine al-fredo, sicilian pizza and caesar salad — popped out for a delicious lunch or dinner option, but what I was inter-ested in was a %avorful recommenda-tion from the kitchen. A!er a warm welcome from our server, she recom-mended the Siciliana pasta, a freshly prepared mix of penne, spicy Italian sausage, baby spinach, diced tomato garlic and basil in a creamy white wine sauce. "is sounded nothing short of heaven in a bowl. Served with a house salad and Italian bread for $7.95, the price was nothing to complain about.

From the fresh Mesclun salad topped with dry $g vinegar and goat cheese, to the Pescatore pasta with white wine broth and mussels, clams and calamari, the possibilities are end-less for a great Italian dish. Mezza Luna o#ers great options for vegetarians such as traditional Margherita pizza,

along with meat-eater favorites like the 14-ounce ribeye served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and a red wine balsamic.

Pizza, pasta, salad, and favorites such as lasagna, spaghetti and meat-balls, and chicken picatta — there real-ly is just a little bit of everything at this place. Not to mention the great-sound-ing appetizers such as the smoked gou-da cheese dip or traditional crab cakes, or sweet-ending-note desserts such as ricotta cheesecake or tiramisu.

"ough everything on the menu sounded like a great option, I wasn’t swayed on my decision of the Sicili-ana with other ridiculously delicious sounding dishes. Shortly a!er order-ing, my salad arrived. "ough nothing spectacular, the mix of lettuce, moz-zarella and grated carrot with caesar dressing was tasty and a good way to start my meal. "en, the real treat came.

A he!y portion of pasta made its way to the table, along with two slices of fresh bread. It didn’t take long to dig in to the Italian feast, and the medley of fresh %avors was delicious with a capital “D.” "e Italian sausage added a great spicy note to the dish, while the fresh vegetables and herbs kept a great balance with the creamy white wine sauce. I managed to make it through half of the dish before exhausting my palette, taking the rest home for lunch

another day. A!er tax, getting lunch with le!overs for under $10 is a great deal. "ere aren’t too many places where you can get such value in north-west Arkansas, especially at a locally owned eatery.

A!er tasting and trying almost every Italian restaurant in Fayette-ville, I greatly recommend taking a break from the chain restaurants and heading to a fresh and local option. Mezza Luna o#ers tasty Italian dishes at student-friendly prices, along with a great location and quiet break from busy campus days. Open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and 5-10 p.m. for dinner, Mezza Luna has the potential to become an Italian food staple in northwest Arkansas.

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorSiciliana Pasta at Fayetteville Italian restaurant, Mezza Luna. Mezza Luna is located at 1021 S. Razorback Rd.

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor Here are a few key

questions to ask yourself, before buying a garment: Will this be a staple piece in my wardrobe? Staple pieces are those that are simple and timeless. These can be mixed and matched with any number of items and will provide tons of use on multiple occasions.

What makes this garments special to me?

Do I have anything similar in my closet currently? This is the !nal question you should evaluate when deciding on an items utility.

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ACROSS1 Bit of high jinks6 Eastern European10 Sounds of disapproval14 Team leader15 Hang (around) in a hammock, say16 Dos cubed17 Second-largest Indian city18 Play parts19 Say grace, say20 *4-0 World Series win, e.g.22 Salad $sh23 Make illegal24 Spy for Moses26 Bit of schoolyard disagreement29 Gardner of Hollywood32 Under the covers35 “"e Shield” force, brie%y36 Diabolical sorts39 “Norma __”40 Pooling vehicle41 *Broom alternative42 www bookmark43 Org. with many specialists44 Online newsgroup system45 Nora was his mistress

46 Justin Timberlake’s former band48 Fir feller49 Bok __: cabbage50 Nudges53 Corrosive stu#55 Cashless deal57 Designed for two functions, and a hint to the answers to starred clues63 Bu#alo’s lake64 Not nuts65 Run to the window66 Gave for a while67 Malevolent68 Great enthusiasm69 Colony critters70 Riga resident71 Scatter about

DOWN1 Adapter letters2 Carolers’ o#ering3 Shakespeare’s “"e Winter’s __”4 Sleepy Hollow schoolteacher Crane5 Plates for company6 Side with a sandwich7 Bridal gown trim8 Ancient Mexican9 Italian scooter10 David Letterman list

11 *Scouring aid12 Genghis __13 Tofu source21 Bureaucratic bungles25 Speech therapist’s concern26 Highway to Fairbanks27 Sirs’ counterparts28 *Gra&ti maker’s medium30 Clamping device31 MetLife competitor33 Turn a deaf __34 Airport annoyance37 Carlsbad Caverns locale: Abbr.38 “I’m listening!”41 “Watch your head!”45 Prevailed against, slangily47 Common rental restriction51 Four-wheeled %op52 Dry Italian wine54 Safecrackers55 Ward of “CSI: NY”56 Small songbird58 Army division59 Shot at the bar60 Cold War country: Abbr.61 Mal de __: Henri’s headache62 “"at hurts!”

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Sports Editor: Kristen CoppolaAssistant Sports Editor: Haley Markle

Many sports teams would love to be claimed as the No. 1 team in the country. For some reason, teams in college bas-ketball don’t seem to want to keep those rankings. It seems

every week we are seeing a new No. 1 atop the polls. !is may not necessarily be a bad thing, but it is straying away from the past.

Number one. It is a very simple term that holds so much meaning. It seems like teams would step their play up to keep this honor. !e last two rankings have heralded Louisville and Duke as the top ranked team.

Both lost almost immedi-ately a"er receiving this so-called honor. Teams that typi-cally inhabit the top spot are in the mix, but the No. 1 spot has changed many times and will likely continue to change

throughout the season.It seems as if teams no lon-

ger take pride in being ranked; just making the NCAA tour-ney at the end of the year is su#cient. Teams in this posi-tion seem to let their guard down, almost as if they don’t expect teams to play with that extra chip on their shoulder, hoping to knock them o$.

I am in no way suggest-ing the coaches aren’t getting players prepared, but merely being No. 1 isn’t as important anymore.

Our own baseball team has received a No. 1 ranking in three of the %ve preseason polls. Head coach Dave Van

Horn made a reference that the goal is to stay in the top 10 this year and not get caught up in a No. 1 preseason rank.

Coaches have put more emphasis into playing better at the end of the year, not keep-ing a No. 1 ranking necessarily.

Another point to be de-rived from all this is that parody is evident in college basketball. Talent is spread out among teams and many of the top stars will leave for the NBA a"er one year.

!is allows for teams that haven’t been traditional pow-erhouses to compete at a high-er level. Kentucky, for example, is playing nearly all freshman

this season. !ey have strug-gled thus far, but what should we really expect from a team with that much youth?

Being ranked No. 1 may not amount to a whole lot, but it should create some kind of pride. Players should want to stay in college longer to better their game and before making the jump to professional ball or other careers. !e sense of urgency to restore the nature of the college game seems to be very low.

!e regular season of col-lege basketball has lost some luster, but when it gets down to March, teams regain that urgency. !e problem is that

what if the buttons to push no longer work? Urgency should be present all year, not just during conference and tourna-ment play.

I may be overreacting to the constant changing of the guard at the No. 1 position, but then again maybe not. College basketball lacks some of the aura it had a few years ago, and I feel the lack of urgency and parody have a major part to do with it.

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

Fading Luster of the No. 1 Rank in College BasketballCOMMENTARY

Zack WheelerSta! Writer

With National Signing Day quickly approaching, Ar-kansas is beginning to %nal-ize its 2013 recruiting class, but several recruits’ decisions remain up in the air.

Much of the buzz amongst Razorback fans has been about a pair of four-star running backs. North Little Rock’s Altee Tenpenny is committed to Alabama and South Plantation, Fla.’s Alex Collins is still undecided, but coaches and fans are optimis-tic that they could end up in Fayetteville.

Tenpenny, rated the No. 8 running back in the country

by Rivals.com, took an o#-cial visit to Arkansas Jan. 18. While eating at the Cat%sh Hole with 11 other recruits on their o#cial visits to Ar-kansas, he apparently got “on a chair to lead the Hog call,” tweeted Danny West, recruit-ing analyst for Rivals.com.

Many fans, Razorback and Crimson Tide alike, saw this as a sign that he could &ip his commitment to Arkansas. However, the following day, Tenpenny announced that he was still committed to Ala-bama and that he would make his %nal decision on National Signing Day.

Collins, rated the No. 7 running back in the country by ESPN.com, took an o#cial

Bielema Aims for Two 4-Star Running BacksAndrew HutchinsonSta! Writer

FOOTBALL

!e Razorback baseball team that %nished last season with a College World Series ap-pearance hit .271 as a team.

!e Hogs will need to hit at least that well this year to com-pete in a Southeastern Confer-ence, which head coach Dave Van Horn said might be the toughest group of teams in all of his time at Arkansas.

!e batting lineup is an im-portant part of delivering an-other high team batting average.

“I could write a lineup right now, but there’s a few kids that are right there,” head coach Dave Van Horn said to media Friday.

!e biggest di$erence be-tween this year’s team and team’s of the past is depth, Van

Horn said.“!ere are guys pushing

each other. Over the past couple of years if a guy was struggling at the plate we just kind of stuck with him. Now he might have to sit down a game or two,” Van Horn said.

Junior Dominic Ficociello hit .335 as a freshman, but fell into a sophomore slump last season, and hit only .290.

“I think this year he’s a little more on a mission. Last year, he swung at a lot of bad pitches. You’ve got to stay in the zone. If he wants to hit he needs to stay in the zone,” Van Horn said.

During the fall season, Van Horn moved Ficociello from %rst to second, something that gave many Razorback fans a scare.

“I think he’s very comfort-able at second base. He was a

Countdown to Diamond Hogs: Batting Lineup

BASEBALL

TRACK & FIELD

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerRedshirt junior Jacob Morris had a .236 batting average last year with three home runs and 23 RBI. Head coach Dave Van Horn said Morris will start at center #elder if he continues to hit well.

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!e No. 1 Arkansas Ra-zorbacks men’s indoor track & %eld team won multiple events to score 124 points and capture the top prize in the Razorback Team Invita-tional Jan. 26 at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

Probably the most pres-tigious meet of the indoor season so far, the Invitational featured six of the top 25 men’s teams ranked by the USTFCCCA, and eight of the

top 25 women’s teams. !e team win for Arkansas’ men signi%ed that they will surely hold on to their No. 1 ranking following this event.

!e feel-good story of the weekend was certainly Tarik Batchelor’s win in the men’s triple jump, as he posted a season-best 53-8 1/2 inches. !e All-American Batchelor missed all of 2012 a"er rup-turing a patella tendon, so the team was more than pleased to see a return to form from him.

Sprinter Akheem Gaunt-lett ran his best time of the

year while taking the top prize in the 400-meter, %n-ishing at 46.44 seconds. !e Jamaica native also %nished second in the 200 %nal with a time of 20.97.

Caleb Cross ran a per-sonal best 7.69 in the 60-me-ter hurdles, the third fastest time in the NCAA this year, winning the event in a photo %nish by one hundredth of a second.

In the men’s 800, Patrick Rono and Ryan !omas %n-ished %rst and third, respec-tively, as Rono ran the third fastest 800 time in the NCAA

this year at 1:48.98. In the heptathlon, junior

Kevin Lazas scored a school record of 6,042 points in the seven event competition, which was also the best score in the NCAA this year.

“Our goal is to bring it all together, and I am just im-pressed with the team right now. We’re just going to focus on the fact that we won the meet,” said men’s head coach Chris Bucknam.

!e Arkansas women’s track and %eld team %nished

Men Clinch 1st, Women 4th

see T&F page 8

Cameron McCauleySta! Writer

Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerSenior Drew Butler competed in the Razorback Invitational last weekend. !e Razorbacks came in #rst place, besting opponents including No. 3 Florida and No. 6 LSU.

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

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Logan Webster Sta" PhotographerSenior Regina George ran a personal record of 52.26 and earned #rst place in the 400-meter. !at is also the best time in the NCAA this year.

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fourth at the invitational, behind elite competition in Florida, LSU and Texas.

Sprinter Regina George ran a personal record of 52.26 to earn %rst place in the 400 %nal, which is also the best time in the NCAA this year. George went on to place sec-ond in the 200 %nal, running

a 23.61. !e women’s 4x400 relay,

having posted the best time in the world this year at the Texas A&M Triangular meet at 3:36.03, dropped the baton in that event and had their time bested by Florida, who %nished at 3:31.68.

Pentathlete Makeba Al-

cide %nished %rst in the women’s pentathlon with a score of 4,464, a school re-cord and the third best col-legiate score of all time.

Next up, both the men’s and women’s teams travel to the New Balance Invitational in New York City on Feb. 1 to contend their high rankings.

visit to Arkansas on Jan. 25. !is visit came one week af-ter his o#cial visit to Miami, Fla., which is considered his other top choice. He will an-nounce his decision Feb. 4.

Co-Defensive Coordina-tor Charlie Partridge is seen as the key to the Collins re-cruitment. He had developed a relationship with Collins while he was a coach at Wis-consin and fans think that now Partridge is at Arkansas, that bodes well for the Razor-backs.

Along with Tenpenny, four other players that took o#cial visits on Jan. 18 were not committed to Arkansas. Australian punter Sam Irwin Hill and Hawaiian o$ensive lineman Reeve Koehler com-mitted the following day.

Koehler, who played at Saint Louis School in Hono-lulu, was greeted with Hog Calls and yells of “Go Hogs” in Hawaiian at the Cat%sh Hole. He is a four-star o$en-sive lineman according to Ri-vals.com.

O$ensive lineman Dan Skipper was committed to Tennessee, but &ipped his commitment to the Razor-backs yesterday. He is a three-star recruit and the No. 32 o$ensive tackle according to Scout.com. Ohio State, Mich-igan, Oklahoma and Ole Miss were among the 21 schools to o$er him.

Athlete Dominique Alex-ander is the only other player that visited on Jan. 18 and is not committed to Arkansas. Alexander is committed to Oklahoma, but still has some interest in the Razorbacks.

Several other recruits took o#cial visits with Collins on Jan. 25. Among them were o$ensive linemen Denver Kirkland, Kenny Lacy and

Dwayne Johnson.Kirkland is a four-star re-

cruit, while Lacy and John-son are three-star recruits. !ey are the No. 12, No. 38 and No. 42 o$ensive tackles in the country, respectively, by ESPN.com. Kirkland and Johnson are undecided and have Arkansas in their top %ve choices. Lacy is commit-ted to UCLA, but has some interest in the Razorbacks.

All three were impressed with Arkansas’ facilities on their visits and will factor them into their decisions. Kirkland will announce his decision on ESPN on Nation-al Signing Day.

Safety De’Andre Coley, cornerback D.J. Dean and defensive lineman Ke’Tyrus Marks also committed fol-lowing their visit Jan. 25.

Dean is a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com and had o$ers from Illinois, Utah and Washington State, among others. Marks is a two-star re-cruit according to Rivals.com and had nine o$ers, including one from Wake Forest.

With only 17 commits thus far, Arkansas’ recruiting class is consistently ranked in the middle of the FBS. Scout.com and Rivals.com have them ranked No. 60 and No. 54, respectively, and both have them ranked last in the SEC.

!e 17 commits are few-est in the SEC and one fewer than Tennessee, who has the next fewest recruits. Six of Arkansas’ recruits are junior college players, which is tied with Auburn for most in the SEC.

Arkansas’ ranking in the FBS and SEC will likely rise if they land Tenpenny, Col-lins or any of the linemen that visited on Jan. 25.

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good shortstop in high school,” Van Horn said.

!e reason for the move was to get another strong bat in the lineup. !e spot at %rst base could be %lled by freshman Isaac Hellbusch or senior Jacob Mahan, Van Horn said.

Another freshman in%elder that Van Horn will look to %t in the lineup from time to time is Willie Schwanke.

“He knows the zone. He doesn’t swing at a lot of stu$ out of the zone, which gets him in some positive counts and he gets a good pitch to hit,” Van Horn said.

At this time, sophomore Brian Anderson has earned the third base spot, but has also been working in the out%eld.

Rounding out the in%eld, sophomore Brett McAfee has earned the starting job at short-stop.

“He’s got some seriously good feet, he’s quick as a cat,” Van Horn said.

“I see him hitting down in the order early in this year and

if he gets it going a little bit I can move him to the top. He’s a guy that I think is going to hit a lot of doubles,” Van Horn added.

In the out%eld, sophomore Joe Serrano will likely be the starting le" %elder.

Senior Matt Vinson and red-shirt junior Jacob Morris are in competition for the starting spot in center %eld. Vinson is the preferred bat to have in the lineup, but Morris is much bet-ter defensively.

“Morris is a great center %elder, he may be the best in the country. I think Morris has big league defensive skills. He cold play in the big leagues in cen-ter %eld right now, that’s how good he is. With his arm and his jumps and his speed and his range, he’s the total package,” Van Horn said.

If Morris doesn’t start in center %eld, he will be a defen-sive replacement late in games.

Freshman Tyler Spoon will be the starting right %elder and will hit in the top of the order, Van Horn said.

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