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Ouachita students to present their research in D.C.

Three Ouachita Baptist University senior biology students were chosen by the Council for Undergraduate Research to travel to Washington, D.C., on May 5 to present their research to members of the United States Congress as part of the 13th annual Posters on the Hill event.…

Person on the Street Interview: Week 6

Click on picture to watch video [qt:/video/POTSIMarch11.mov /video/POTSIMarch11poster.mov 320 240] By Judah Burk and Klayton Seyler QUESTION: How did Klayton Seyler get into the video? Post Views: 1,124

OBU Baseball takes doubleheader sweep of East Central

ARKADELPHIA – The 30th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University baseball team cruised to a doubleheader sweep of East Central Tuesday afternoon as the Tigers won the opener, 5-3, and took the second game, 14-3, at Rab Rodgers Field. In the opener, Jared Hershberger went six-plus strong innings…

OBU Division of Music presents Matthew Landers in junior voice recital

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Matthew Landers, a senior music theory and composition major from Dallas, Texas, will present his junior voice recital on March 13 at 2 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University. Landers will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s…

OBU men’s tennis jumps seven spots in latest rankings

ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University men’s tennis team jumped seven spots to No. 7 in the latest NCAA Division II Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings Tuesday. The Tigers (9-0) are coming off an 8-1 win on Saturday to then-No. 11 Drury. The Panthers moved three…

Ouachita officials to hold entrance dedication ceremony on March 12

Ouachita Baptist University officials will host a university entrance and boulevard dedication service on Thursday, March 12, at 11:30 a.m. The outdoor dedication ceremony will be held at the university’s new entrance located off Highway 7. In the event of inclement weather, the public ceremony…

Students make difference with SIFE competition

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) started a dorm energy conservation competition on Feb. 9 that will continue to the end of April. SIFE is a worldwide program spanning more than 47 countries, according to its Web site. This is the first year the program has…

Elisabeth Hipp wins OBU’s annual Shambarger competition

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University recently held its annual Mary Shambarger Competition for Singers. In this year’s art song competition, Elisabeth Hipp of Memphis, Tenn., a sophomore choral music education student of Dr. Glenda Secrest, was named the first place winner and received an award of…

OBU Baseball takes tumble in latest rankings

ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University baseball team continued its slide in the recent rankings Monday as the Tigers fell to No. 30 in the NCAA Division II College Baseball Newspaper Poll and to No. 7 in the Ping!Baseball Rankings. The Tigers (18-8) slipped 12…

Resident assistantships “about people first”

Resident life assistants. RAs. The people who provide you toilet paper and make sure you keep a shoe in the door during open dorm. Also the people who provide listening ears, fun nights with the Wii and the occasional run to the ER. The work…

OBU baseball splits doubleheader with Montevallo

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – Jerry Helferich pitched six strong innings to power the No. 18 Ouachita Baptist University baseball team to a 13-5 victory over No. 30 Montevallo in the opening game of a doubleheader Saturday as the Tigers fell in the second game, 4-1, at…

OBU baseball uses 7-run first to cruise past Montevallo

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The 18th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University baseball team used a seven-run first inning to cruise to a 12-7 victory over No. 30 Montevallo Sunday afternoon at Kermit A. Johnson Field. The Tigers (18-7) had four players have a multi-hit game. Brock Green was…