An event marking one of the greatest changes in America celebrated its 50 year anniversary in Little Rock, Arkansas, today. On this day in 1957, nine African Americans entered Central High for their first day in an integrated school. Although the day progressed peacefully, the events beforehand were far from calm.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee delivered a lecture about the integral role of the arts in the education system on Monday afternoon in Jones Performing Arts Center.
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A group of Ouachita students have organized a Facebook group that aims to change the current open dorm policy. This measure aims to have this privilege available all week, as well as extending the meeting time. The administration has looked at the online petition, but has not yet announced any decisions in this area.
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Last season three new shows, “30 Rock,” “Brothers and Sisters” and “Friday Night Lights” came out of the gate with strong critical fanfare but were met with the sound of crickets. All three managed to develop rabid fan bases, leading to second season renewals, though in two of the cases ,barely. As they gear up to return for new seasons, let’s examine why you should be watching these shows.
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With only a few weeks to go until the regular season ends, Ouachita’s intramural football season is in full swing with 24 teams and a total of 350 students participating. Ten of the 24 teams are women’s teams, and the other fourteen are men’s teams. Almost everyone involved, be it a player, a coach, a referee or just a fan, seems to be enjoying themselves thouroughly.
“Our season is amazing,” said Jeff Garner, a junior Christian studies major from Team Rex Horne. “We have so much fun together playing a sport that we are all passionate about. We would count down days over the summer until intramural football would start. The games are competitive … and that makes the game so much more fun. … The best part of intramural football is that every team goes out there to win, and it guarantees a fun 50 minutes of everyone’s day: fan, coach or athlete.”
Some school sponsored teams use intramural sports as a means of relaxation.
“I know for the softball team, flag football and dodgeball are by far the most looked forward to events of the year,” said Emily Matthews, co-captian of the Superhero flag football which is made up of members from the women’s softball team. “It’s basically the only thing we talk about during our softball practices. And nothing gets us more pumped than these games. It’s nice to get out of softball practice which is usually intense and know that later you will get to have a blast with your team on the flag football fields where the only requirement and expectation is to have fun.”
Team Superhero is currently undefeated in the Women’s Upper Division, a division that is new this year in order to make the playing field more level.
Accounting for the Women’s Lower division, the Freshman Fifteen Team is in the lead with another undefeated record.
“Every game day is great,” said mass communications major Molly Magee, co-captain of the Freshman Fifteen, which is actually made up of 19 sophomores.
“We dress in our matching green shirts and run up and down the hall yelling ‘game day’ before all of the games and go out and stretch together.”
For the men’s divisions, the lower division is lead by That’s What She Said and Team Rex Horne is undefeated for the men’s upper division.
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Lance Parker set a school record for passing attempts in a game, but it wasn’t enough as No. 9 Delta State powered its way past Ouachita 42-10 Saturday night at A.U. Williams Field in a Gulf South Conference game.
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•The #25 Lady Tiger soccer team won Sunday against Northeastern State, 5-0 and out shot the Riverhawks 21-9. Senior Joyce Hansen had a hat trick for the Lady Tigers, with sophomore Alicia Marshall scoring one and junior Paige Ross heading in sophomore Sarah Reed’s corner kick for the final goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Taylor Jordan had five saves.
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The Ouachita cross country team placed third Saturday morning in the Orange Crush Invitational hosted by Hendrix College.
The Lady Tigers finished with 69 points as Southern Arkansas won the meet with 33 points. Arkansas Tech was second with 55 points. Following Ouachita was Hendrix (80), Henderson State (109), Central Baptist (193) and the University of the Ozarks (203).
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As usual the football teams of the Gulf South Conference are off to a roaring start. With three teams in the top 10 the conference looks to be on track to once again have possibly the best conference in America. The teams in the top 10 are #3 North Alabama, #5 Valdosta State, and #8 Delta State. There are surprisingly no other teams in the top 25, but there are a few schools that have gotten votes this year.
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To commemorate Constitution Day, the Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will deliver a guest lecture this evening at 7:30 in McBeth Recital Hall. Judge Shepherd of El Dorado, a 1973 Ouachita alumnus, was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals last year.
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