Grab your popcorn and a friend for the first Campus Activities Board (CAB) sponsored student film, “A Movie Musical.” Rance Collins, a junior, co-wrote and produced the film with his childhood friend, Grace Whitaker, a junior at Baylor University in Texas. Inspiration struck in the summer of 2007 when the duo saw the movie “Hairspray” [...]
Women gather for annual Soiree Chic dinner, fashion show
The women of Ouachita will gather in the Walker Conference Center for the second annual Soiree Chic on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. Soiree Chic, hosted by Becky Horne, wife of Rex Horne, president of Ouachita, will include dinner, a style show and guest speaker for $5. Tweet
Married students becoming more common on campus
The saying “ring by spring” is one that often gets repeated around Ouachita’s campus, especially by single women during their senior year. And while a fair number of Ouachita students are married immediately after graduation, this summer the trend has been reversed. Tweet
Ouachita, Henderson students sponsor race to make a difference in literacy, kids’ lives
As National Make a Difference Day rounds the corner the community is preparing to do just that. This Saturday, Oct. 27, at 9 a.m. the seventh annual Race for Books will take place at Ouachita’s cross country track. Tweet
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 [...]
History of Little Rock integration celebrated, remembered today
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. Tweet
Seniors take youth interim positions
Park Hill Baptist Church recently named two Ouachita seniors co-interim youth ministers. Aubrey Rutland, a Christian studies, English and Russian major, and Stephen Ray, a music major, have a history of working with this youth group as volunteers and interns. Tweet