Archive | December, 2008

OBU women’s basketball wins fourth straight, beats Texas A&M-International

The Ouachita Baptist University women’s basketball team used a huge first-half run to win its fourth straight as the Lady Tigers rolled past Texas A&M-International, 98-85, Tuesday during the opening day of the River City Classic at Bill Greehey Arena on the campus of St. Mary’s University. Tweet

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Bridges brings experience and excitement to cheerleading team

E-mail would have to do. Brian Bridges, Ouachita’s new cheerleading coach, only had one chance for the next week to meet with me. We planned the interview for Monday night, while the cheerleaders practiced, and I missed it. My car and I had a date with a ditch and it was about half an hour [...]

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Photography Class: Around Campus

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Warhol exhibit turns heads, changes minds

I’ve never been a big fan of Andy Warhol. I never really saw the point in portraying a person’s face in the brightest colors available, or recreating boxes from a store shelf, or even flat-colored soup cans. But as an artist, I study art movements for reference, and I see exhibits for the personal look [...]

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Student Profile: Kati Baldwin

For Kati Baldwin, a sophomore from Conway, Ark., coming to Ouachita wasn’t exactly at the top of her “to do” list. Both her parents are Ouachita alumni, but Kati is a very independent person. “I just don’t want to follow the crowd all the time,” Baldwin emphatically stated. This statement has become her motto, and [...]

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Ouachita adds antique firearm to collection

Four feet long with 32-inch barrels and a walnut stock, a rifle that was handcrafted in Arkadelphia, Ark., has now returned home 140 years after it was made. Tweet

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Patrick Lemmond: Ready for a new challenge

Ouachita pitcher Patrick Lemmond knew things would be different when he returned for his senior year. Fresh off the heels of an historic World Series showing, Lemmond prepared to meet his new coaches after three years of consistency in the form of head coach Scott Norwood. Tweet

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Ouachita students aid community during Thanksgiving

For three years, Ouachita students have been giving of their time and resources during the Thanksgiving season. The Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community directs the Thanksgiving basket project which invites students to distribute baskets of food to area residents in need. This year the project produced a record 44 baskets. Tweet

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More than 80 graduates honored during Ouachita’s final fall commencement

Eighty-two graduates received degrees during Ouachita Baptist University’s final fall commencement ceremony held Saturday, Dec. 20, in Jones Performing Arts Center. Tweet

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Student Profile: Daniel Anderson

After going on several mission trips, sophomore Daniel Anderson has decided saving people is what he is being called to do. Tweet

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Ouachita names several new staff members for spring 2012 semester

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—With the spring 2012 semester under way, several new staff members have been named to positions at Ouachita Baptist [...]

Girl’s Rush Spring 2012 Slideshow

Girl social clubs decorated and practiced skits in preparation for almost 200 prospective pledges during rush week. Pictures by Kristen [...]

Boy’s Rush Spring 2012 Slideshow

The Spring semester started off busy with rush week for social club members and prospective pledges. Pictures by Tanner Huffman, [...]

Video: Cheerleaders Discuss Their Seventh-Place National Finish

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OBU cheerleading team earns seventh-place finish in national competition

By Josh Fink, Sports Information Director ORLANDO, Fla.—Earning the squad’s highest national finish in school history, the Ouachita Baptist University [...]

OBU Tiger Day on Dec. 9 Geared to Prospective Students

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Student-faculty ratios, collegiate atmosphere and fitting in are many factors that prospective college students consider whenchoosing a university to [...]