Greg Brownderville, who was recently awarded the Porter Prize for poetry, will speak on the Ouachita Baptist University campus April 7 at 8:30 p.m., at the Elrod Center. Tweet
Setting, time alter for graduation
The spring commencement is over five months away, but plans for changing the event’s location and time are underway. Weather permitting, graduation will take place outside in front of Cone-Bottoms at 9:30 a.m. on May 10, 2008. The spring commencement is usually held in SPEC. Tweet
Eleven pack their bags for Holy Land Tour this month
From December 31 to January 11, a group of Ouachita students, faculty and alumni will leave Arkadelphia to embark on the International Travel Program’s Holy Land Tour. The group of 11 travelers, headed by international travel coordinator Bill Dixon, will join a Texas group of approximately equal size to explore a multitude of sites in [...]
The Web offers fast study tools
As students draw ever-closer to the end of this semester and all that it brings—stress, incredibly long papers, final exams—many may wonder where they can go to get help with their growing mounds of homework. Tweet
Speer Writing Center offers hands-on writing assistance
The Speer Writing Center is a place where students can go for assistance in writing. The center has tutors who are qualified to help students in all aspects of writing. Tweet
Infection threatens colleges, simple precautions advised
During the past few months, there have been several outbreaks of an infection called Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as “staph infection.” Usually found in healthcare facilities, this infection has developed a drug resistant form called Methicillin-Resistant Tweet
Ouachita develops Film Society to view, discuss, critique films at a “deeper level”
Movies are no longer only a source of entertainment, but are becoming a field of academic study as well. Because of this shift, a group of professors at Ouachita has recently started a group called the Film Society, dedicated to investigating this burgeoning field. Tweet
Flippen residents handle fire “well”
As the ladies of Flippen-Perrin Hall stood in the 50 degree night air around 10:45 last Wednesday, Oct. 24, red and blue police car and fire truck lights lit up the facades of the surrounding buildings. A charred refrigerator and microwave sat in the orange-yellow light of a street lamp and every one was asking [...]
Kluck Student Enrichment Grants awarded to seven clubs, programs
Since 1998, Ouachita student organizations have had the opportunity to apply each semester for Kluck Student Enrichment Grants, or KSEGs. These grants, which average between $250 and $300 per organization, are used to maximize student involvement in the community and to enhance student growth. Tweet