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Speechies Hold Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

A group of students gather around and enjoy hot chocolate at the Speechie Christmas Tree Lighting Ouachita women who are pursuing careers in speech pathology are referred to lovingly as Speechies. In order to be considered a Speechie, a female student must be majoring in…

Tigers abroad: An update on the Ouachitonians around the world

Kayla Golden is a junior biology major and psychology minor from Katy, Texas, who is currently studying abroad at Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, England. If you are interested in studying abroad, please visit the study abroad website for more information. Photo courtesy of Kayla…

Meet Nevada Mills, Ouachita’s newest band director

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Ouachita Tiger Marching Band can be found rehearsing near the intramural fields. You can often find the band perfecting one set or ensuring that a few missed notes get fixed. Beat by beat,…

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors debuted Nov. 19 and ran through Nov. 21. The opera retold the story of Christ’s birth from the perspective of a young, crippled boy. Putting a modern spin on a Christmas classic, Ouachita’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors…

Students Enjoy Overnight Campout On Campus

Ouachita’s Outdoor Recreation office hosted an overnight campout on campus at Speer Pavilion this past weekend. Students enjoyed time in the outdoors and time with each other. Photo by Andy Henderson. Students were able to enjoy an overnight campout event hosted by Ouachita’s Outdoor Recreation…

In tragedy, unity is key to solving the problem

We live in a fallen world. There’s just no other way to say it. How else can we describe this world that we live in where a group of extremists commit atrocious acts of violence and destruction in the name of religion. Almost a week…

Ouachita Jazz Band to present concert Nov. 23

Ouachita’s Jazz Band will present its fall concert on Monday, Nov. 23, in Jones Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. The band has been active on campus for more than 40 years, and this year includes…

Seeing Double: Twins at Ouachita

If you’ve seen “The Parent Trap”, “She’s the Man”, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” or anything with Mary-Kate and Ashley in it, you’ve probably wished you had a twin at some point in your life. Having a twin seems like a magical experience…

Why grad school is important to me

“What are you doing with your life after you graduate?” I can’t count on my hands how many times that question has been asked of me in the recent weeks, as my senior year draws closer and closer to an end. I’m trying to find…