So one time I met a turkey farmer. His name is James Roe, and he lives in Omaha, Ark., where the gently sloping hills and scattered maple trees make me want to run across the landscape and sing the theme from Roger and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music.” I would have, except that in a [...]
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Flying turkeys create foul feelings in some
Every year, in Yellville, Ark., a low flying-plane drops turkeys across the town and people celebrating a festival called Turkey Trots try to catch as many as they can. Tweet
Getting ready for Ouachita’s World
The program GROW, formerly known as Scope, plays an important role in helping prospective students decide if Ouachita is the right school. Tweet
This week in the news
•The Ouachita board of trustees has now officially approved the Enviormental Stewardship Policy, which can be viewed at home.obu.edu/green. Tweet
Research takes student to study in Antarctica
Anna Tohlen, a senior biology major, will leave Dec. 15 for Antarctica, where she will perform research for an online class hosted by Oregon State University. Tohlen will study all aspects of the Artic environment, including global warming, bacteria and penguins. Tweet
Newsletter to be revived by Senate
Several years ago a student newsletter was produced by Student Senate for the campus community. While the reasons why the newsletter was discontinued are unknown, Senate President Jeff Garner has called upon the organization to revive the newsletter as a way of communicating with the student body. Tweet
WWII veteran to speak at Ouachita
World War II veteran Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator of the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, will be speaking in the Walker Conference Center Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. Tweet
Essays receive recognition in 2007 Assayers magazine
Every spring, students submit essays to the Assayers essay contest. “We read and rank these essays, publishing the very best in Assayers, which is a text that we use in all sections of Composition I,” head chair of the English department Dr. Doug Sonheim. Tweet
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