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Humans of OBU: Kiddos

Colson: “We get along pretty well and whenever we do fight we usually know and try to stop. It doesn’t always work, though. Usually I’m the one who get’s in trouble but most of the time I feel like I shouldn’t.” Colson and Mason McKinney…

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“So I knew Ryan was coming down for Christian Focus Week this past semester and I texted him, ‘When will you be here? Let’s meet up.’ He said he was in Malvern which is like 20-30 minutes away but he said, ‘I’ll be there in…

Student Leader Highlight: Sam Beary

Sam Beary is a senior Christian studies and missions major from Batesville, Ark. He is the founder and president of Ouachita’s International Justice Mission chapter. He shares his story of how he found out about this organization. “I went to Passion Conference in 2013 where…

Humans of OBU

“This semester, me and four of my best friends decided we wanted to go to Whataburger because that’s the thing to do I guess. I’m from Texas so it’s not that big of a deal to me but one of my friends from Arkansas wanted…

Humans of OBU

“Our mom bought us these tight knit PJs, almost like long johns. So one night, we were probably in elementary school, and we ended up getting ahold of some safety scissors. We woke up one night and took off these PJs and we cut them…

Student Leader Highlight: Josh Rubin

Joshua Rubin, a senior biology major from Dallas, Texas, is currently serving as the president of Student Senate. He has served with Student Senate since his freshman year and it was one of the first things he got involved in on campus. “I decided to…

Humans of OBU: Gingers

“I took Issues of Mass Comm with Dr. Jeff Root last semester. He’s one of my favorite professors and also my academic advisor. Well he got mad at me when I told him I wanted to take Christian Studies senior sem instead of Mass Comm…

Student Leader Highlight: Dillon Thomas

Dillon Thomas is a junior Christian studies and missions major from Keller, Texas. He is the ministry leader of Big Brother/Big Sister, a Campus Ministries outreach program. “The Big Brother/Big Sister program is a community outreach ministry that is meant to reach the young kids…

Humans of OBU: Gingers

“It was sophomore year, before Emily and I were dating, and we were walking out of the caf. It was me, Michael Butler and Emily. We were playing ‘perfect in every way but…’ and Michael said something that was kind of risqué. Well, some people…

Humans of OBU: Twins

“I normally thought [being a twin] was cool except on my birthday because it’s normally like, ‘It’s your day and you get to do whatever you want!’ But sharing it was kind of bad as a kid but as you get older it’s nicer.” David…

Student Leader Highlight: Nick Archer

Nicholas Archer is a senior biology major from Fordyce, Ark. He is also the current president of the Ouachita Student Foundation (OSF). Here’s his story of how he took up this leadership role. “I became involved with OSF because a couple of my upperclassmen friends…