The archive
There’s no point in denying it; every student that passes through this school has a feeling of relief once they finish up their core classes. When we envision coming to college, we’ve got this image in our heads that we’ll finally be done with the…
A young, brown-haired boy rides his bike down a moonlit street. Suddenly, the headlight on his bike goes out. After glancing down at the light, he looks back up to see a monstrous figure standing in the middle of the road, causing him to veer…
Our generation often strives to fit into the norm. We seem to have a need to be accepted by a certain social group and to fit into a general persona. This desire often causes us to be very cautious with sharing our beliefs, values and…
SOCIAL MEDIA POLL RESULTS: Waffles: 196 Pancakes: 145 The case for pancakes “Pancakes are better than waffles because they’re easier to make, allow for more variety and taste better—and my kids have loved them for 27 years,” said Dr. Ben Sells, Ouachita’s sixteenth president and…
No one can deny the fact that the University of Oxford is a highly respected school, and everyone loves a well-tailored Johnston & Murphy oxford boot. Unfortunately, there is one Oxford we can’t all seem to see eye to eye on, the Oxford comma. Why…
For this week’s article, I was told to write about the biggest mentor in my life. I struggled for a long time to find someone worthy of putting in the paper until I remembered my childhood. I was constantly surrounded by a multitude of family…
Every once in a while, if we’re lucky enough, we will receive an idea or experience a moment that will change the course of our lives forever. These ideas or moments often occur when we’re at our lowest, when it seems as though the whole…
I’ve recently discovered something that deeply, utterly disturbs me: “Dirty Dancing” is being remade. My little heart stuttered to a stop as I read that the classic dance movie was going to be recast and filmed as a television movie. I can’t ever fully explain…
“Could I borrow your rubber?” I asked. My friend turned and gave me a horrified look. “My what?” they said. This is when I learned that in the United States people call it an eraser, while a rubber is something quite different. Over the course…
During a busy day at Ouachita Baptist University, it’s quite easy to forget that there are another 195 countries in the world, each with different people, cultures and landscapes. While studying at a liberal arts university is a great experience to personally grow and give…
I miss summer already. While it’s great to be back at Ouachita, I’m not going to lie and say that I missed the homework that comes with it. What better way is there to live than spending it sleeping in, spending time with friends and…
The heat may have been on this summer, but the box office wasn’t. Cluttered with lackluster sequels (“Independence Day: Resurgence”) and weak marketing campaigns (Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling’s “The Nice Guys”), the majority of the 2016 summer movie season proved unusually bland. In the…
