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I saw a joke once about the American Civil War. It was a piece of humor that relied as much on absurdity as wordplay; the image was that of soldiers on a battlefield, brutally murdering each other in the most polite possible fashion. “Old chap,…
If civility is a virtue, it is a controversial one. Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy argued in a 1998 magazine article that civility can be dangerous when it distracts from real issues: “They have fits over ‘coarse language,’ but homeless families and involuntary unemployment only…
Ever since late 2014 when “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was announced, we have been on a non-stop Star Wars hype train. For about a year, we all anticipated for Episode Seven to come out. Once Force Awakens hype died down, the Rogue one Trailer…
“For a small club, we’re incredibly diverse. We have people from very different walks of life, with different beliefs and different views, and yet we haven’t killed each other yet,” said Linda Copeland, a senior Christian studies major from Cabot and president of Chi Rho…
“Has anyone seen Jeffrey?” Scott Holsclaw, professor of theatre arts and director of this year’s spring musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” paces the stage in search of the fiddler himself. The room is buzzing. Actresses fix their rehearsal skirts so they don’t trip over their…
On Wednesday, March 6, 1935, the oldest chartered men’s club at Ouachita was formed, Rho Sigma. Rho Sigma was founded by two Ouachita football players, William Ross Shuffield and John “Big Shot” Floyd, after they won a state championship title by beating Henderson State in…
It’s always bothered me whenever I heard people speak ill of Arkansas. Anything that Hollywood produces makes us appear backwoods and ignorant, barefoot and pregnant. The news only follows the negative media. Everyone who lives here assumes that Arkadelphia and all of its rural areas…
For most of us born during the peak of Disney’s most famous animated releases, the thought of these classic movies brings back nothing but good childhood memories. It is no surprise then that we make such a big deal about the new live-action Disney dramas.…
Students scattered all over the world when it came time to relax, get away and take their minds off of school. A week of freedom and no responsibilities could only mean one thing. Spring Break. Some stayed at home, traveled to sandy beaches, snow-covered mountains,…
Have you ever thought about the impact one small object could have on someone? Take an umbrella, for example. It is something so small that many of us often take for granted. It was a rainy, November day when sophomore, mass communications and speech communications…
Sigma Alpha Sigma is a men’s social club that has been around since the beginning of social clubs here at OBU. Founded in 1932, the men of Sigma Alpha Sigma are involved in various segments of campus, ranging from ROTC to the swim team. This…
Picture leaving everyone and everything behind, packing yourself and your belongings in a day and moving to the other side of the world alone. I think anyone would agree that something like that takes true courage. The poster child for such a feat of beautiful…
