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Mrs. Jeanette ‘Does What She Does Best’

Few trips to the Ouachita Commons are complete without stopping by the international line to see what Jeanette Taylor is cooking. Always wearing a white Sodexo chef’s coat with her name embroidered on the left chest and a cap, Mrs. Jeanette, as she is affectionately…

Women’s Basketball Begins With Wins

In 1955 a group of female students came together to form Ouachita’s very first women’s basketball team. The group of friends was asked to play in a benefit game in Texarkana, Texas, at the junior college. Coach Bill Vining helped the girls get a team…

Webster Prepares for Second Retirement

Debits on the left; credits on the right. Dr. Bob Webster, professor of accounting and chair of the accounting department, has been singing — oftentimes literally — this friendly reminder to Ouachita business majors for 20 years as they embark on their journey through the…

“Dinner is Served” Day After Day

What if a bald man with a Fu Manchu decided what you got to eat every single day? Well, if you are a student at Ouachita that eats in the cafeteria for at least one meal a day, that’s you. The office inside the Commons…

Got It Covered: Q & A with Triple Threat

Tyler Davis is a sophomore mass communications major from Benton, Ark. at OBU and a member of Eta Alpha Omega and a Tri Chi beau. Caleb Conrad is a freshman political science major from Benton, Ark. at HSU and a member of the HSU choir.…

Barnard ministers in Zambia

[easyrotator]erc_59_1359582964[/easyrotator] Photos courtesy of Kristen Barnard. “What did you do over Christmas break?” and “How was your break?” are some of the most popular questions asked by friends and professors upon returning to Ouachita. For most students, the weeks between December and January entail eating…

Yearbook named national finalist in CSPA crown awards

Ouachita Baptist University’s 2011-2012 yearbook, the Ouachitonian, has been named a finalist in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2013 Crown Awards. The Crown Awards are the highest honor in yearbook design and editorial from the CSPA. Huffman The CSPA judged 1,344 digital publications, newspapers, magazines…

Editor on the Fast Track

“You’re too young to waste your life with a career that’s going nowhere.” Ananda Boardman heard that line more than enough times from people cautioning her from pursuing a career in print journalism. But less than two years after graduating from Ouachita in 2011, she…

John Tneoh Learns the Language

Music. Languages. Photography. Three of senior John Tneoh’s passions. Tneoh is a vocal performance major who spends most of his free time taking pictures and then locking himself in the Mac lab to edit them. “It’s my stress reliever after hours and hours of rehearsing…

From the Inside: Festival of Christmas

[easyrotator]erf_97_1355433569/erc_7_1355434940[/easyrotator] Photos by Dr. Wesley Kluck. It is Monday night the week after Thanksgiving, and Ouachita Concert Choir students file into Jones Performing Art Center. Students mingle amongst themselves as Dr. Scott Holsclaw, dean of the school of fine arts, and Dr. Gary Gerber, director…