Archive | October, 2007

Study up on the chick flick

Guys, I think it’s safe to say that the chick flick is the bane of our existence. It is a potent poison. It has squashed the hopes and dreams of the everyman. It delights in fulfilling the wildest dreams of all our girlfriends and then leaves us to wallow in our mediocrity. It has the [...]

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Elvis meets his match in “Viva Las Vegas”

He was the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. He has been one of the best-selling artists in the world consistently since his debut album in 1956. He is the most successful solo music artist of all time, with over a billion records sold around the globe. He topped the Billboard Hot 100 18 times. [...]

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Clubs mingle on stage for Tiger Tunes

The Ouachita Student Foundation has made changes that most students have already noticed, and some that they may not catch until production night. One of the changes this year is that each club has to use the same design for their sets on stage. The student director of Tiger Tunes, Sarah Hassell, a senior biology [...]

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OBU prepares for Homecoming 2007

There are a lot of activities on campus this week, but arguably the crowning glory (and the reason behind it all) is the football game on Saturday. This year, the Student Senate, which is in charge of organizing the day’s festivities, has decided to add something extra. Tweet

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Visual arts welcomes new faculty, upgrades home in Moses-Provine

Big changes are in store for Ouachita’s visual arts department. After losing two faculty members and gaining two more in their place in the past six months, Dr. Scott Holsclaw, dean and acting chair of the department, has decided to use this transition period wisely. Tweet

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Turnitin creates plagarism detection, “even playing field” for students

Ouachita has an honor code, intelligent and knowledgeable professors and now it has Turnitin.com. Turnitin.com is a Web site with the goal of preventing plagiarism. The company behind this Web site, Paradigms, was started in 1996 with the aim to “monitor the recycling of research papers” according to Turnitin.com. From there, they started “the world’s [...]

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Hollywood faces potentially crippling strike

The idea of a strike usually conjures up an inspiring image of oppressed workers making their voices heard by their higher-ups. Put “Hollywood” in front of that word, though, and the image fades. A picket sign doesn’t look so noble when it’s sticking out of a limousine window. Tweet

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Studios prepare to unload winter film selections

It’s already in the air. The Christmas stuff is already cluttering the garden center at Wal-Mart. Some of the smarter families are already starting their shopping. There is already a Christmas tree in the Arkadelphia Cracker Barrel, and that can only mean one thing: the holiday season is on the way. And while most people [...]

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Inside The Battle of the Ravine

Everyone knows the importance of the “Battle of the Ravine“. It’s the Good Guys vs. The Bad, the Tigers vs. [...]

Skeet shooting with Steve

Ever heard of shooting skeet? It is a sport you may have seen while flipping through the channels on TV, [...]

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

  Ouachita student Jody Persson has been awarded the 2012 Carol Gay Award for her essay “Take It to the [...]

Kinesiology students teach local children at river

An honors seminar focused on developing a place-based education course around the Ouachita River was presented many years ago, sponsored [...]

A first for everything: Covering an NBA game press-side

Tension, anxiety, and raw excitement could all be words used to describe the initial feelings I had when covering my [...]

Feel the chemistry: students present at national meeting

Students from Ouachita’s American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter went to the 243rd ACS National Meeting at the San Diego [...]