Awards come, awards go. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences introduced the animated feature film category in 2001. From 1995-99, an award for original musical or comedy score existed. And back when dancing was an elemental part of American filmmaking, between the eight and 10th ceremonies, dance directors were rewarded for their outstanding [...]
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Freshman, seniors asked to take survey
Universities can use a number of different technologies to survey how well the school is servicing its students. This spring Ouachita is using the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Tweet
Few awards predictable
This Sunday at the Academy Awards another year of movies will be wrapped. While several awards this season — best picture, best director and actor in a leading role — are predictable, a few surprises may be in store for viewers and nominees alike. Tweet
‘Circus’ proves Britney is back
Last year’s “Blackout” album was intended to be Britney Spears’ comeback album. While she won numerous awards for her paparazzi-shout out “Piece of Me” track, Spears’ latest album, “Circus,” establishes that Britney is back. Tweet
Audio Slide Show: A look back at the Holocaust
The Signal Editor Chloe O’Connor sat down with Holocaust survivor Rosa Blum during Blum’s Nov. 18 visit to Ouachita Baptist University for a powerful interview. O’Connor compiled the audio slide show below to illustrate some of the tragedy of the Holocaust. O’Connor utilized a collection of photos from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and [...]
Holocaust survivor Rosa Blum tells her story
It has been 63 years since the end of World War II. Only half a million survivors of the Holocaust are still around to tell their stories. Many of them are reaching the ends of their lives — an estimated 50,000 pass away each year. Tweet
Breaking down film and racial barriers
This weekend I was sitting in my dorm room, about to start my chapter 11 reading for sociology. The topic was race and ethnicity. I turned on Turner Classic Movies, as I tend to do when I’m reading for sociology. Just starting was the 1967 film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Tweet
Obama is elected president
Democratic Senator Barack Obama was elected by popular vote Tuesday as the first African-American president of the United States of America. Tweet
Soulforce expected to visit campus Nov. 5
Ouachita’s administration is anticipating the 12th stop on Soulforce’s Equality Ride 2008 — a Nov. 5 visit to the private Baptist university’s campus. Tweet
Cockroaches not so welcome in Ouachita’s world
I’ve seen cockroaches four times in my life. The first time I was a freshman in college on a night walk around Arkansas State University. I was wearing flip-flops. There were what I would guess to be about 50 cockroaches running across the concrete sidewalk, slipping over my toes and causing me to do an [...]
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