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Dylan Haney was among four students from the state of Arkansas to attend the Lead-ership Institute this past sum-mer in Washington, D.C. The Leadership Institute focuses on conservative principles while providing training in many different areas, which includes college students reaching other college stu-dents through campaigning, fundraising and other tech-niques. Haney, a sophomore politi-cal science major, was selected to participate in this program after turning in an essay focus-ing on the building of the par-ty platform, thinking of ways to get other people involved and promoting ideas. He then received the Patrick Cal-houn Leadership Scholarship. Haney was the only student chosen from Arkansas’ fourth congressional district. The institute hosted be-tween 70 and 100 college students from all around the United States, making this a very sought after and exclu-sive program of which to take part. During the trip, Haney at-tended a number of classes that went from early in the morning to late at night. “Classes were taught by for-mer White House staffers that

worked for Ronald Reagan and told a bunch of personal stories about Reagan’s life and routine and ability to speak to people,” Haney said. His days were not only filled with going to classes, but he was also given the chance to travel around the city of Washington, D.C. On his days off, Haney also visit-ed with some of the members of the Senate. Of all of the experiences Haney encountered, he said two were the most memorable to him. “Getting to hear from for-mer White House staffers, and visiting with them even a little bit one on one about how


TIGERS OPEN HOME SEASONS SPORTS, P. 7theSignal Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 • Volume 121, Issue 1


Across closed borders

Saudi Arabia, traditionally shy

of tourism, invites student group for visit

Eight students and two professors got what will probably be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in May. They, along with a community member, were granted an almost unheard of invitation to tour

Saudi Arabia, a country typically closed to tourism out-side of religious purposes. Dr. Barbara Pemberton, associate professor of Christian missions and one of the professors who attended, said the trip was the result of years of talks between herself, a tour company in Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Arabian embassy in the United States. The certainty of the trip was unknown even to the last minute.

By Tanner WardEditor-in-Chief

New Yorker publishes

Curlin poem in July issue

On Jul. 30, 2012, Dr. Jay Cur-lin, professor of English, had a poem featured in The New Yorker. Curlin never submitted the poem, but after a remark-able set of circumstances, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Paul Muldoon, contacted Curlin and asked him whether he might publish it in the magazine. The poem, entitled “Evidence of Things Not Seen,” was writ-ten in the fall of 2010 to feature two words that appeared in the Daily Word Game utilized by professors to enhance students’ vocabulary. The words were “Higgs-Boson,” the legendary god particle and “hirsute,” a word meaning hairy. The po-em’s title is a reference to the Bible verse Hebrews 11:1. “After a couple of years of playing the daily word games, [Jay] would put [them] in his reading quizzes in poems he wrote that he called lexical

By Sam CuShmanNews Editor

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Student’s summer of theater With make-up perfectly painted below his black uni-form hat and charcoal grey jack-et buttoned up to his neck, he sits in silence, anticipating how the night will unfold. Beneath him, the moving stage stands still, ready for the wear and tear of another night, another show, another scuff. Garrett White-head mentally prepares himself to transport to another time in another country with another name. Whitehead, a junior musical theater major from Cleburne, Texas, took on a German per-sona this summer while in pro-

ductions of “Spring Awaken-ing” at Little Rock’s Weekend Theatre from June 8-July 1 and “The Sound of Music” at Mur-ry’s Dinner Playhouse from July 24-Sept. 1, also in Little Rock, 368 miles away from home. For the duration of the sum-mer, Whitehead was fortunate enough to “house hop” be-tween the homes of four of his fellow theater majors, but it was still not quite the same as being home for the break. “I was really nervous about spending my entire summer away from my family,” he said, “but it helped prepare me for my future.” As with every production, Whitehead believes his partici-

pation in these shows makes an impact on him as a performer that will carry through for the rest of his life. “I grow a little bit every time I get the chance to perform,” he said. One of his summer’s learn-ing experiences came in the role of telegram boy-turned-Nazi teenager Rolf in “The Sound of Music.” While the spring musical put on by Ouachita’s theater depart-ment has rehearsals for an entire semester before opening night, Murry’s “Sound of Music” had just two weeks before the first curtain.

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Leader in training

Dylan Haney z CourtesyDYLAN HANEY stands in front of the Capitol. He recently trav-eled to D.C. to attend the Lead-ership Institute.

Haney attends Institute in D.C., tours capital city

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Garrett Whitehead z CourtesyGARRETT WHITEHEAD plays Rolf, a character in “The Sound of Music,” who goes from an innocent messenger boy in love with the protagonist’s daughter to a Nazi traitor. Scan QR code to view additional content online.

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Photo courtesy of Dr. Barbara Pemberton.

Rapid Fire Video Saudi Arabia Slideshow


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The fact that there is a new coffee shop on campus is old news. However, just reading the name or looking at the logo, the significance might not be understood. Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse, is named after Ouachita’s first president. However, the name, look and location are the only real changes that have been made. “Trennis Henderson first came to me with the project,” said Ferris Williams, assistant professor of visual arts. “And as a fan of mutton chops, I couldn’t say no.” In addition to coffee, the

shop will be serving a variety of pastries and juices. Official-ly called the Library Café, the old coffeehouse was referred to as Starbucks by the major-ity of students because of the brand of coffee they sold. “The Starbucks connection is simply that Dr. Jack’s Cof-feehouse serves Starbucks coffee,” said Brooke Zimny, assistant director of commu-nications. “It’s not a change from recent years.” The only thing different about Dr. Jack’s is that campus officials have tried to give it a unique Ouachita feel. “Dr. Jack Conger was Ouachita’s founding presi-dent,” said Trennis Hender-

son, vice president of com-munications. “He was elected president in 1886 at age 29 and was responsible for recruiting students, hiring faculty and developing the Arkadelphia campus.” As Ouachita’s first presi-dent, Dr. Jack’s image and leg-acy inspire a sense of school pride, which is one of the rea-sons he was chosen to repre-sent the new coffeehouse. “I think Dr. Jack really re-inforces the heritage of the school,” Williams said. “This is really important in the light of our 125th anniver-sary, which we just finished celebrating. The school is con-stantly changing, so I think it

is important to have a remind-er of where the school came from and the people who had a hand in making OBU what it is today.” Dr. Jack stands out as a sym-bol for Ouachita and is more than just one of it’s founding figures; his iconic hairstyle only added to the appeal of using him for the coffee shop’s logo. “We had several portraits to go from when design-ing the logo,” Williams said. “Some were from when he was younger, some were from when he was older. In every-one the hair was the same; he

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There are many questions students face when enter-ing college and even more as they begin the voyage into the “real world.” What am I doing, where am I going and how do I get there? Where do my priorities lie and what will happen if I can’t do it all? Be-fore getting too bogged down, students can rest assured that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Career Services is available as a launching point for every Ouachita student, no matter their classification. Whether you are an upper-classman preparing for your life ahead or a freshman that doesn’t know where to be-gin, you are not on this jour-ney alone. Career Services is an organization at Ouachita whose main goal is equipping students with the answers, op-portunities and connections needed to succeed both on campus and off. It’s never too early to start taking advantage of all that Career Services has to offer. “I really hope that more people will get involved with Career Services as a fresh-man or a sophomore,” said Aly Smith, a sophomore Mass Communications major, “be-cause making connections is [very] important.” Over the summer, Smith re-ceived an internship with Eco-nomics Arkansas through the help of Career Services. Be-ing a portal of information, connections and skills, Ca-reer Services can provide the resources every student will need to ensure a successful

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Ouachita Baptist Univer-sity will host National Federa-tion of Music Clubs (NFMC) Young Artist winner Kwan Yi in a guest piano concert Sept. 18. The recital, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Re-cital Hall, is free to the public. Biennially, the NFMC holds a professional-level competi-tion for young artists in four categories, including piano, strings, women’s voice and men’s voice. Yi is the 2011 winner in piano and has per-formed throughout Europe, Asia and the U.S. “Kwan Yi has been praised by audiences and critics alike as a pianist of ‘lyrical ele-gance’ and ‘ravishing, pitch-perfect clarity,’” according to the NFMC website. He has performed in such venues as Carnegie’s Isaac Stern Auditorium, Chicago Symphony Hall and the Ken-

nedy Center’s Opera House. “Bringing performers like Kwan Yi,” Dr. George Keck said, “is very important for our students, faculty and audi-ence members to hear the high level and quality of playing expected in major American piano competitions and on the stages of the concert world.” Keck, professor emeritus of music, has served for 12 years as artist presentation

Dr. Jack’s legacy inspires sense of school pride

Nicole McPhate z The SignalSTUDENTS ENJOY the new features of Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse in the recently renovated Evans Student Center. The first president’s iconic mutton chops help to reinforce the sense of school heritage among students.

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Career Services offers students variety of tools,

resources

The fourth annual FORE Ouachita Golf Tournament will tee off on Sept. 24 at 8 a.m. with a second tee time at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock, Ark. Proceeds from the event will benefit athletic scholarships at Ouachita. “I was actually challenged my first year at Ouachita to help raise money for athlet-

ics,” said Terry Peeples, vice president for development at Ouachita. To support the cost of athletic programs, Ouachita’s development office developed FORE Ouachita, an annual golf-tournament fundraiser. “It’s important because the students are the main fo-cus,” said Nicole Herndon, OBU development officer for grants and events. “We’re here to help them succeed.”

Currently 43 teams from across the state will participate in this year’s tournament. Many of the participants have close ties to Ouachita. “They feel OBU is impor-tant to them,” Herndon said. “They believe in the univer-sity and what we stand for.” The tournament also provides an opportunity for alumni and other Ouachita

By KATHLEEN SUITStaff Writer

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Ouachita hosts pianist Kwan Yi, NFMC Young Artist, Sept. 18

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News Bureau z CourtesyDONORS PLAY a round of golf during last year’s FORE tournament. Ouachita’s fourth annual tourna-ment will tee off on Sept. 24 at 8 a.m.

Annual FORE Ouachita tees off Sept. 24 for athleticsBy RACHEL GREGORY

News Bureau

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— European Study Tour Reflections, Blogs and Slideshow— Lile Hall Dedication Ceremony video.

— Sports Show with Chelsea Byers— “The Command BROst” Blog with Noah Hutchinson


PREPPING THE STAGE: JOEY LICKLIDERFEATURES, P. 4theSignal Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 • Volume 121, Issue 5



Every year since 2000, Eta Alpha Omega has sponsored Muggin’, an event meant to provide a safer alternative to off-campus partying after Tiger Tunes. This year will be the biggest yet, with 2,100 bottles of IBC Root Beer being served in the center of campus following the final Saturday performance. “Muggin’ was started be-cause a group of guys wanted a fun alternative to drinking alcohol after Tiger Tunes,” said Michael Crowe, a junior finance and business manage-ment major and the vice presi-dent of Eta Alpha Omega. “We also believe that Muggin’ builds a great sense of com-

munity on campus.” The beginnings of Muggin’ can be traced back to the year 2000. “One of our alumni was bored and brought a boombox

along with an ice chest of IBC to the gazebo and invited all of his friends,” said Alex Nel-son, a junior finance and busi-ness management major and the secretary/treasurer of Eta

Alpha Omega. The event has expanded every year since, and is now one of the most well-known events of Homecoming week. This year, Sean Michel, a Ouachita alumnus from Bry-ant who appeared on “Ameri-can Idol” several years ago, will perform live along with his band. Nelson said the club also has several other activi-ties planned. Crowe said the group tradi-tionally serves IBC root beer because of the reason the com-pany was founded. “Interestingly enough, IBC was founded in 1919 as an al-ternative to alcohol consump-tion during prohibition,” he said. “We chose IBC root beer

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Homecoming. It is a time for students to enjoy the tra-ditions of Ouachita through a variety of activities while wel-coming new events such as a campus-wide street festival. “One big difference this year is that between the Saturday Tunes shows, there will be a street festival between JPAC and Jones Science Center,” said Devan Malone, senior speech communication major and member of the Homecom-

ing steering committee. “So-dexo will be serving dinner, and the street will be blocked completely. It’s really exciting because of the atmosphere it will create on campus.” The Homecoming street fes-tival will try to encourage an energetic atmosphere, as well as give students and alumni a convenient place to eat. On top of the street festival, there will be even more chang-es to eating arrangements this year, even to the point of clos-ing out all other food outlets on campus aside from the

Homecoming festivities. “The picnic we normally have will be at the tailgat-ing area down by the football field,” said Jon Merryman, di-rector of alumni. “Students are encouraged to go down for a big barbecue lunch. All other food venues on campus will be closed to encourage people to go to the football game.” Homecoming week pro-vides constant activity and en-tertainment from the various clubs and organizations. “There is almost always something going on,” said

Bradley Lindsey, senior mu-sic major and member of the Homecoming steering com-mittee. “Clubs and organiza-tions this year are going to be having events on campus every day. There will always be something to do, which is new, and allows for the stu-dents to start getting pumped about Tiger Tunes and the Homecoming football game.” All of this has been planned by Ouachita’s Homecoming steering committee.

Muggin’ to feature 2,100 bottles, live music

The Downtown Arkadel-phia program will host its kickoff event — a ribbon cut-ting to symbolize the focused movement toward downtown revitalization — at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9 in front of Southern Bancorp on Main Street. “Many students have ex-pressed to the community that there is nothing for them to do in Arkadelphia,” said Nicole Porchia, the student success coordinator at Ouachita and a member of the Downtown Arkadelphia board. “This is an event for all students to come out and enjoy the Arka-delphia downtown area and even receive discounts at most restaurants and retailers.” Porchia also said that the Downtown Arkadelphia board’s main focus is to re-vitalize the downtown area while offering activities and entertainment for local fami-lies and college students. From 4:30 - 7:30 p.m., a number of local retailers will offer promotions for shoppers and participants. Restaurants Slim & Shorty’s, Dino’s and the Honeycomb are offering 25 percent discounts off of food that evening. To take ad-

Ribbon-cutting features sales,

promotions downtown

Campus prepares for Homecoming weekend eventsBy NOAH HUTCHINSON

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Tiger Tunes 2012

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James Wood z ArchiveBOTTLES OF IBC Root Beer sit in the back of a truck in Grant Plaza during last year’s Muggin’, sponsored by Eta Alpha Omega.

By TANNER WARDEditor-in-Chief

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New Elrod Center plans unveiled

Lewis Architects Engineers z CourtesyTHE NEW Elrod Center for Family and Community will feature a completely new building in a new location. The new structure will be lo-cated across the street from the current center, on the corner of Cherry and 6th Streets.

Zimny crafts BCA logo, honored at conference

Helping shape Baptist Communicators Associa-tion’s national branding for years to come, Brooke Zimny was honored last week for designing BCA’s new logo. Zimny, Ouachita’s assis-tant director of communi-cations, has been a member of BCA since 2011. BCA is a national professional de-velopment organization for Baptist communicators serv-ing in such areas as editorial, electronic media, graphic de-sign, management, market-ing, photography and public relations. This year’s BCA annual workshop was held last week at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock with Arkansas BCA members hosting their colleagues from across the nation. Trennis Henderson, vice president for communica-tions at Ouachita, served as program committee chair for the event held April 17-20. Serving with him on the pro-gram committee were Zim-ny, a 2008 Ouachita graduate, and Matt Ramsey, director of information and communi-cation for the Arkansas Bap-tist State Convention and a 2003 Ouachita graduate, as well as Stella Prather, direc-tor of communications for Arkansas Baptist Children’s Homes, and Tim Yarbrough, editor of Arkansas Baptist News. “Led by program chair

After venturing overseas to perform in the British Associa-tion of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, the senior members of the rhythm sec-tion made their last appear-ance at the spring jazz band concert.

Seniors Michael Curtis, a music major from Wylie, Texas, Chris Mazen, a church music major from Shreve-port, La., and Zach Zucha, a business finance major from Wylie, Texas, made their final appearance at Ouachita on the stage of Jones Performing Arts

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By EMILY TERRY Features Editor

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Fine Arts hosts 36th Queen Piano Competition

Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts will host the 36th an-nual Virginia Queen Piano Competition Friday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in McBeth Re-cital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center. The competition is free and open to the public. The annual competition “gives students a goal,” said Dr. Ouida Keck, coordina-tor of keyboard studies and Addie Mae Maddox Profes-sor of Music. “It gives them the opportunity to see what musicians experience when entering competitions in the professional world of mu-sic once they graduate from Ouachita.” This year, eight students will compete. Each entrant will perform two composi-tions of contrasting style, with a total performance time of no more than 10 min-utes. They will be judged by professional pianist Da-

vid Allen Wehr, a former Ouachita artist-in-residence. Wehr also will perform a solo concert at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall April 28. The first-place winner will receive $600 and their name will be engraved next to those of the previous win-ners on a plaque on display in Mabee Fine Arts Center. Second- and third-place awards, as well as honorable mention awards, will also be recognized. The competition was started by one of Ouachita’s former piano professors, Vir-ginia Queen, who served at Ouachita for more than 40 years. The purpose of the competition is to “motivate the piano majors and minors to excel in performance,” Keck said. Students who will be com-peting include: Katie Butts, a sophomore computer sci-ence major and music minor from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Jordan Denniston, a junior

music major from Plano, Texas; Lauren Johnson, a freshman worship arts major from Rancho Mirage, Calif.. Sean Jackson, a sopho-more music composition major from Livingston, La. will also be competing as well as Christopher Mazen, a senior worship arts major from Shreveport, La.; Court-ney Stanage, a junior piano performance major from Hot Springs Village, Ark. In addition to these, Sarah Stiles, a sophomore biblical languages major and music and Christian studies minor from Aubrey, Texas and Jil-lian Turner, a sophomore pi-ano and vocal performance major from Fort Worth, Tex-as will be competing in the competition. For more information about the Virginia Queen Piano Competition this Fri-day, contact Dr. Ouida Keck through email at [email protected] or through phone by calling (870) 245-5352. n

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Final note:Seniors bid farewell to jazz bandBy BREANNE GOODRUMStaff Writer

The Elrod Center for Fam-ily and Community, a quaint element of Ouachita’s cam-pus, will soon move into a new space in order to free up land on campus as well as help to better serve the com-munity. “Ultimately, we know this house is sitting right in the middle of a very important piece of land for Ouachita,” said Ian Cosh, vice president for community and interna-tional engagement. The building became known as the Elrod Center in 1997 under the leadership of Cosh and has been the center for community proj-ects for 16 years. “We know that sometime in the future, this building has to come down, which is really sad,” Cosh said. “But

instead of waiting for that to happen, it’s best to be proac-tive and get it in a permanent location and secure it for the future.” This new location will be on the corner of Cherry and 6th Streets, across the street from the current Elrod Cen-ter location. “One of the nice things is that it’s going to beautify the south entrance to the cam-pus, which links the cam-pus and the town together. Symbolically, it’s very im-portant,” Cosh said. “And people won’t ask, ‘What’s that building for?’ like they do now.” Though plans have al-ready been drawn for the new building, construction will not begin until all the funds have been raised for the project. “In an ideal world, we would get all the money raised by this year and could start on the building next

year,” Cosh said. A generous donation has already been given, which Cosh says is driving the proj-ect. “We’re off to a very good start and we know that with the help of the development office, we are very hopeful to have the funding in place this year and start building next year,” Cosh said. Once the building is open, Cosh says he looks forward to using the opportunity of revamping the location of the Elrod Center to take a look at refreshing other as-pects of the program. “There’s a fresh start en-ergy that comes out of put-ting a new building in place. The act of moving is going to give us an opportunity to kind of rethink and revisit,” Cosh said. “It doesn’t neces-sarily mean a lot of change will come of it, but it gives an opportunity to take a mea-sure of the moment.”

A challenge that will cer-tainly come from the move is leaving a house with a re-laxed feel to go to a building without creating a corporate feel. “That may happen,” Cosh said. “Where the trick comes in is trying to hit the balance between feeling professional and warm. We’ll have to make it warm with the fur-nishings and décor. But that will be a challenge.” However, the switch will be a positive one that will impact a large portion of campus for years to come. “After I’m gone and Dr. Horne’s gone and prob-ably most of the people who work here are gone, the El-rod Center will keep on go-ing because they will have a beautiful building to con-tinue on with the task,” Cosh said. “It’s a matter of being a good steward and making sure you leave the place bet-ter than you found it.” n

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyZACH ZUCHA plays the drums during the Oauchita Jazz Ensemble’s Spring 2013 concert. It was Zucha’s last concert with the jazz band.

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this weekzCALENDARREFUGE will take place tonight from 9–10 p.m. at Second Baptist Church. For more information, contact: James Taylor at [email protected].

ARKANSAS COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION Conference will take place tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, contact: Deborah Root at [email protected].

LIVE MUSIC at Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse will take place tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. in the Evans Student Center. For more information, contact: Allison Sweatman at [email protected].

CAB MOVIE will take place Sunday from 8:30- 11 p.m. in Walker Conference Center. “Wreck-it-Ralph” will be playing. For more information, contact: Allison Sweatman at [email protected].

OUACHITA SINGERS concert will take place Monday from 7:30–9 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. For more information, contact: Scott Holsclaw at [email protected].

CAB COFFEHOUSE will take place Wednesday, May 1, at Dr. Jack’s. For more information, contact: Allison Sweatman at [email protected].

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access the Internet and email from their dorm rooms. This is the first step in an attempt to connect all Ouachita residence halls to the

university network for no extra charge in the next two years.”

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Trennis Henderson and his team, those attending the 2013 BCA workshop in Little Rock experienced an out-standing mix of challenging professional development, along with time for building important relationships with colleagues,” said Jim Vene-man, BCA’s newly elected president. Veneman, director of visual communication for Union University, is a 1975 Ouachita graduate. “The theme for this year’s workshop was ‘Mission: Im-pact.’ The goal was to high-light the life-changing impact our work can have as Chris-tian communicators as well as our professional mission,” Veneman added. “From start to finish we were reminded of the many ways we reach a lost world. Creative breakout sessions, outstanding field trips and a powerful mis-sion experience provided the

heart of an excellent work-shop.” The four-day workshop featured professional devel-opment breakout sessions, networking and fellowship as well as field trips to Heifer International and the Clin-ton Presidential Library plus the annual Wilmer C. Fields Awards Banquet. Ouachita’s Office of Communications earned two BCA awards in the national competition – one for the music video, “OBU Lipdub: Tunes Un-leashed” and one for the design of the new Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse logo. “Tunes Unleashed,” re-leased in December 2012, has been viewed at www.vimeo.com/obu/lipdub more than 15,000 times in more than 80 nations. It was produced by the Office of Communica-tions in partnership with stu-dent volunteers, the Office of Admissions Counseling and Dean Film & Video of Mem-phis, Tenn. The Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse

logo was designed in honor of Ouachita’s founding presi-dent, Dr. John W. “Jack” Con-ger. The Office of Commu-nications staff worked with Ferris Williams, assistant professor of visual arts, to de-sign the award-winning logo which is featured on coffee-house signage, coffee mugs and T-shirts. BCA, founded in 1953, is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Seeking to update the organization’s profes-sional branding, BCA leaders invited members to submit designs for a new logo to be voted on by fellow members and officers. Three of Zimny’s designs were among the top five submissions, with one of the three being adopted as BCA’s new logo. She and her hus-band, René Zimny, OBU’s assistant director of graphic services and a 2008 Ouachita graduate, collaborated on the logo designs. The winning logo was unveiled during the final session of last week’s

workshop. The presentation included a plaque presented to Zimny, the unveiling of a new BCA banner featuring the logo and a reception fol-lowing the presentation. “The annual BCA meeting is something I look forward to every year, but it was es-pecially memorable this year

serving on the program com-mittee that planned and host-ed the event,” Zimny said. “It was fun introducing commu-nicators from across the na-tion to Little Rock and many of the Ouachita alums in the area who are experts in the communications field. Being recognized for designing the new BCA logo was a huge honor and incredibly hum-bling – especially after seeing so much great work from our peers throughout the work-shop and awards banquet.” Two students were award-ed academic scholarships. Rachel Gilmer, a senior mass communications major from Princeton, Texas, received a $1,000 undergraduate schol-arship and Mary Lynn Burns, a 2006 Ouachita graduate, re-ceived a $500 graduate schol-arship. The scholarships are awarded “to encourage the growth and professional de-velopment of college, univer-sity and seminary students in the field of Baptist communi-cations.” n

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Center this past Monday, April 22. “While the trip to Liverpool was a good learning experi-ence, it does feel good to be playing again for an OBU au-dience,” Zucha said. “We were teaching over there, and com-ing back we got to perform in-stead of teach. Even though it’s our last concert, I feel like we went out with a bang and we can now look forward to what we had in Liverpool with teach-ing music; either in schools or just in our free time. The whole OBU Jazz Band experience has taught me a lot.” The jazz band concert featured 11 selections including “Mambo Hot” by Victor Lopez and “Feeling Good” by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Vocalist Alyssa Reynolds, a senior vocal performance major from Sanger, Texas, provided vocals for “Chega De

Saudade (No More Blues)” and “Feeling Good.” “Freshman year I went to my first jazz band concert and dreamed of being on stage as the singer,” Reynolds said. “That dream finally came true my senior year. “I couldn’t imagine a better way to end the semester and my Ouachita career. I came in with a dream and I got to ful-fill it with the Ouachita Jazz Band.” n

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I couldn’t imagine a better way to end the semester and my Ouachita career. I came in with a dream and I got to fulfill it with the Ouachita Jazz Band.

— ALYSSA REYNOLDS

Wesley Kluck z CourtesyBRENT NESSLER plays the tenor saxophone during the 2013 Spring Jazz Ensemble concert.

Wesley Kluck z CourtesyJUSTIN MASSEY performs on the bass guitar dur-ing the 2013 Spring Jazz Ensemble concert.

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A few months ago I had the plea-sure of spending the weekend with a friend visiting from Washington, and then later two friends, one from Illinois and one from Alabama. None of these friends had ever been to Arkansas be-fore, and as I greeted each one of them I accompanied my greeting with “Wel-come to the greatest state in America.” As a native Arkansan, I love this state with all my heart and get tired of hear-ing others, even other native Arkan-sans, say how much they don’t like it. As far as I’m concerned, those people can quit sipping on their Haterade and move somewhere else if they think Ar-kansas stinks so bad. But if you’re one of those people, before you up and move, let me try to persuade you to give Arkansas another chance. I once heard a story of a boy who moved to Arkansas from New York during high school and who, before he got here, genuinely believed that people in Arkansas didn’t wear shoes. And people up there think we’re the ig-norant ones? Obviously I was shocked at this story, but I also decided that the reason everyone else in the world doesn’t love Arkansas as much as me is because of ignorance. They just don’t know what all this great state has to offer, but Arkansas is much more than just somewhat high crime rates, bipolar weather patterns

and TLC reality shows like 19 Kids and Counting, following the Duggar family, and Cheer Perfection about the won-derful world that is children’s competi-tive cheerleading. Here are just a few reasons why the Natural State should rock your socks off:Education: Besides the fact that Ouachi-ta is in Arkansas, I bet you didn’t know that education news and research publi-cation Education Week recently ranked Arkansas fifth out of all the states in the nation regarding quality of education and second of all states in the teaching profession category. Why? We are one of only eight states requiring high schools to have a col-lege preparatory curriculum, one of 11 states to reward teachers for improving student achievement, and one of ten states offering incentive for principles to move to targeted schools. Sports: Arkansas is in the SEC and I’d say it’s a pretty widely accepted fact that the SEC is the best conference in the country at least as far as college football is concerned. Arkansas is also one of a few states in the SEC that only has one major college team — the Ra-zorbacks. Some people might say this is lame, but I say this is a unifier. While states like Alabama and Mis-sissippi are divided and fighting over Auburn or the Crimson Tide, Ole Miss or Mississippi State, the entire state of Arkansas is calling the Hogs and that makes for a really fun football sea-son. Though Razorback sports haven’t

been 100 percent the past couple years (thanks in large part to Bobby Petrino who, for the record, is not a native Ar-kansan) I’ll always believe in the Hogs. Cool People: The following cool people all hail from Arkansas: Musicians — Johnny Cash, Al Green, Kris Allen, Ben Rector. Don’t listen to Ben Rector? You better start. Although not born in Arkansas, Rector wisely chose to attend school in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas and still reps the Razorbacks wherever he goes. Actors — Mary Steenburgen (Elf, The Proposal, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games, The Four Feathers, American Beauty), Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Sling Blade, and Angelina Jolie’s former hus-band—they were an odd couple). Authors — Maya Angelou, John Grisham. Athletes — Jermain Taylor, middle-weight champion and Olympic boxer, Scottie Pippen, NBA basketball player who led the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan, Jerry Jones, former Razorback lineman who now owns the Dallas Cowboys. Politicians — Winthrop Rockefeller, John L. McClellan (McClellan Hall, anyone?) Mike Huckabee (former gov-ernor who now hosts his own show on Fox News), Bill Clinton (say what you want about his policy and certain scandals that came out during his presi-dency, but you can’t argue with the suc-

cess of someone who started in Hope, Arkansas and made it to President of the United States). Others — The Duggars. Say what you want about them, but I think they’re a sweet family who loves Jesus and takes care of all 19 of their children. Fun Stuff To Do: So many people complain that Arkansas is boring, but people who say that are just boring people who are bad finding fun things to do. Need something to do in Arkan-sas over the weekend? Try visiting one of our many beau-tiful lakes, rivers, and national parks. Hit up Magic Springs and Crystal Falls amusement park, or one of the many zip lining parks in the state if you’re a thrill seeker. Visit the Clinton Library, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Arkansas Arts Center or any of the his-toric sites in the state. Arkadelphia may be a tad dull sometimes, but Arkansas as a whole is anything but boring. I truly could go on about Arkansas forever, but here’s one last example of why this place is awesome. Everyday on my way to class I pass two cars that are totally decked out in Texas bumper stickers. One sticker says “I’m from Texas, what country are you from?” Another says “American by birth, Texan by the grace of God.” The funny thing about both of these cars that seem to love Texas so much? They are both sporting Arkansas license plates. n

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Respect is quite the cul-tural buzzword. Try a quick Google search of the word; you’ll have over one billion results at your fingertips. Aretha sang about it; we talk and tweet about it; and yet—when it comes to understand-ing and showing respect, I often wonder if we’re missing something. We as a genera-tion have a reputation for be-ing especially disrespectful. Why is that? In today’s society, “instant” is everywhere: instant oat-meal, instant messaging, Ins-tagram. Countless dollars are thrown into get-rich-quick schemes and diets that prom-ise immediate results. The Google search I mentioned above? It would take 1.2 sec-onds. The speed and ease with which we communicate is staggering. While this may be convenient, I believe it has done nothing to cultivate or encourage an attitude of re-spect. Respect is often not instant. On the contrary, it is thought-ful and intentional. The dic-tionary definition of respect, the noun, is “a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achieve-ments.” On the most basic level, we should show respect to everyone with whom we come into contact because of their intrinsic value as a crea-ture of the Creator. Whether or not I can detect any impres-sive abilities or qualities in a person, they were created by and deeply loved by the God of the Universe—that’s the only “quality” I need to know.

But the more profound level of respect comes from know-ing someone deeply. And depth, by definition, takes time to develop. In my own life, I often fail to show respect when I am in a hurry. I make important decisions with the click of a button. The downside to this “insta-world” is that it has trained me to act now, reflect later, and apologize if neces-sary. Anyone with a Twitter account has probably experi-enced the regret of sending an impulsive, contentious tweet; everyone on Ouachita’s cam-pus can remember last year’s controversy over “chapel tweet.” If I spent 30 minutes (or even 30 seconds) reflect-ing on a situation, my tweets, emails, and texts would prob-ably look radically different. This may all sound a bit ex-treme, but if we are to culti-vate an attitude of respect, we have to train ourselves to re-spond more slowly. Respect-fulness is not something we can stumble into. It doesn’t happen by accident. Society also puts a premi-um on feelings, but as we ma-ture in our views of respect, we understand that it is more than the outward display of positive feelings toward someone. My respect for a person isn’t determined in a single situation. Our respect is the result of an accumula-tion of experiences over time. Even when I don’t “feel” like showing someone respect — or when they may not be acting in a manner worthy of respect at the time — I can remember all the other times that they did. In this way, re-spect contains an element of grace. May we grow in both. n

By MARY CASTLEMANIntegrity Contest Winner

INTEGRITY CONTEST: RESPECTJUDGE’S CHOICE – ESSAY

Thoughtful, intentional respect uncommon today

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“Gee wilikers!” cried Ethel, as her trusty vice-grips snapped at the hinge, sending a seemingly impregnable pickle jar crashing to the floor. Still no luck. The jar wouldn’t be pried, twisted or even shattered open, and until she got ahold of those pickles, she couldn’t add the final ingredient to GiGi’s world famous deviled eggs. Ethel hunched down over the jar and bawled her little eyes out. “It’s fate,” she cried. “I’ll never be able to fin-ish these eggs in time to make it to the Culinary Cage-Match. Whatever will I do? If I don’t win that prize money, they’ll foreclose on the orphanage for sure!” Suddenly, the kitchen wall exploded. A voice that sounded like John Wayne chewing an entire pouch of Red man drawled through the clearing smoke. “Golly, Miss Ethel, if you’d ‘a just asked, I’d have opened that jar right up for you!” It was Hank, the local cattle farmer. Hank spent all day carrying cows and pull-ing up tree stumps with his bare hands (That’s farm stuff, right?), giving him a grip like a pair of pliers going through labor pains. He opened the jar as if it were nothing, Ethel’s deviled eggs came in first place at the annual Culinary Cage-Match and the orphans all had a place to sleep and a hot meal in their bellies that night. Not everybody has a job at a cattle farm to help them build that classic “farm boy strength”, but there is a favorite exercise among strongman competitors that has almost the same effect: the farmers walk. To do the farm-ers walk, all you have to do is pick up a heavy object in each hand and walk with it. 40 yards is generally considered a good distance for one set, as it means you aren’t going too heavy or too light. They make special plate-loaded handles for the farmers walk, but dumbbells or even just a steel pipe with weights on it will work fine. People who have a “arms and shoulders day” don’t do farmers walks. Farmers walks work everything at the same time to the point that if you really push yourself, you’ll be dry heaving on the ground while wondering how many pounds you just added to your squat max. The farmers walk has a whole laundry list of benefits, but there are a few that stick out above the rest.

First of all, they’ll give you a yoke like a silverback gorilla. My upper back is incredibly weak, because I hate rows and dead lifts, but after my first workout with a pair of farmers walk handles, I was so sore I could barely turn my head the next morning. The farmers walk is brutal on the traps, so if your shoulder blades currently look like something that belongs on a stegosaurus, go pick up some dumbbells and start walking. On top of that, your grip strength will soar through the roof. You’ll see an improvement on your dead lift just because of the fact that you’ll be able to hold onto the bar better. Aside from that, who doesn’t want a good grip? After a few weeks you’ll have a handshake that, on contact, would make even the most seasoned businessman feel like he needs to go buy a fancier car to compensate. Women will be chas-ing you down the street to open jars for them. You’ll never have to make more than one trip to bring your groceries in from the car again. There’s not much that gets that Zeus energy flowing like a strong grip, so it’s definitely a worthy goal to pursue. Finally, the farmers walk just makes you feel like a man. Almost everything we do nowadays is done on a computer. I can practi-cally hear my inner lumberjack cackling with childish glee as I pick up those handles and do whatever it takes not to let go of them before I’ve made it to the end of the course. The name itself takes you back to a simpler time when your ancestors day to day consisted of skinning the pterodactyl for supper that night, making sure the zombies didn’t cross the Mason Dixon line, dumping the toxic waste and trudging back to the cabin for some hard earned rest. Those were the days. As a side note, I would highly recommend chalk while doing these. Your grip is going to be the first thing to fail, and unlike wrist straps or noob indicators (lifting gloves) it’s still manly and works your grip. As much time as our generation spends pecking away at our keyboards, it’ll never make our hands any stronger. If you want to feel like a man and have a pair of meat clad vice grips hanging from your arms, go get a few sets of farmers walks in today. Somewhere, there’s a dainty lass weeping over a pickle jar as the ingredients for her famous deviled eggs sit on the counter, cold and un-relished. Don’t be that guy that has to run the jar under hot water. n

By NOAH HUTCHINSONStaff Writer

Get yoked like an omelet; do farmers’ walks today

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Men’s Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–2, 10thWomen’s Golf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1–3, 12thBaseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23-1, 8thSoftball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–31, 7thMen’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–7, 1stWomen’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–13, 5th

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Becoming a national champion in any sport is not an easy task. Many sports require a team to work together to achieve such an honor, but swimming is one of the few sports that individual performances can be rewarded as well. This year, the Ouachita Tigersharks sent four participants to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the NCAA Divi-sion II National Championships. Of all the performances at the championships though, one Ouachita competitor stood out above the rest. Marcus Schlesinger has been swim-ming since his freshman year of high school. He has not only achieved great things as an Ouachita Tigershark, but has also competed on an internation-al scale, as he competed for the U.S. national team at the Maccabi Games. All of his hard work and determi-nation built up to this year’s NCAA Championships in Birmingham though. In Birmingham, Marcus was one of only two Tigersharks to compete in individual events. He competed in the 50 yard free-style, 100 yard backstroke, 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly as an individual, while joining his team-mates, Kody Moffat, Kenton Scott and Jacob McLain in the 400 yard freestyle relay, 200 yard freestyle re-lay and 200 yard medley relay. Schlesinger’s most notable perfor-mance came in the 100 yard butterfly. Schlesinger finished the prelimi-naries for the event with the best time, posting a 47.77 and pushing him through to the championship fi-nal. Little did everyone know, but Mar-cus was just getting started. In the championship final, Marcus sailed to a national championship, putting up a time of 47.54 and plac-ing his name in a conversation with the all-time greats that have come through the Ouachita swimming pro-gram. Schlesinger commented on his vic-tory by saying, “It felt awesome. I was so excited when I saw that num-ber one next to my name, I’ve wanted a national title for so long.” Although his first place finish in the

100 yard butterfly is the one that will be remembered, Marcus finished just shy of national titles in the 100 yard freestyle and the 50 yard freestyle. In the championship final of the 100 yard freestyle, Marcus put to-gether a time of 43.56, putting him just five tenths of a second behind the first place finisher, who posted a time of 43.16. In the 50 yard freestyle, Marcus fin-ished even closer to a national cham-pionship. He finished the championship final with a time of 19.84, while the even-tual national champion finished with a time of 19.81. Marcus’s other finish was a 13th place performance in the 100 yard backstroke. Ryan Killackey, head coach of the Tigersharks, praised Marcus’s career at Ouachita, saying, “Marcus has stepped forward and is classified as, by far, our most decorated student-athlete at Ouachita.” Along with Schlesinger’s perfor-mances as an individual, he helped Moffatt, Scott and McLain to an 11th place performance in the 400 yard freestyle relay, as well as an 11th place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay

and a 13th place finish in the 200 yard medley relay. Moffatt, who was the only other TIgershark to qualify in individual events, notched a 38th place finish in the 200 yard individual medley and a 52nd place finish in the 100 yard free-style. The Tigersharks finished the cham-pionships ranked 16th among all men’s teams that participated in Bir-mingham. Killackey is proud of his athletes, saying, “The nationals have become a lot different than in previous years. The quality of this meet is, I would say, about five-fold, from three years ago. “Our main focus was getting guys to nationals and our guys did what they needed to do to make that hap-pen.” Although the NCAA Champion-ships signaled the end of Schlesing-er’s career at Ouachita, he isn’t done yet. Marcus plans to continue train-ing for the 19th World Maccabiah Games, which are going to be held in Israel in July. Following the World Maccabiah Games, he will be looking ahead to the 2016 Olympic Trials, where he

will try to qualify for the Olympic Games. As Marcus looks at what swimming has done for him, he notes physi-cal and mental growth, but none of which would be possible without his biggest fan. “I would definitely not be here without this sport and the support from my friends and family, especial-ly my mom,” he said. n

Marcus Schlesinger closes out career on topBy JOSH FINKSports Information Director

This weekend, in a free event on FOX (they’ve moved away from Spike, so be sure to keep an eye out for more free events to come), Ben Henderson defended the UFC light-weight title for the third time, this time against Gilbert Melendez. But who cares about that? Two evenly matched 155 pound guys skipping around the ring does not make for great television. The real main event (although it was a pretty terrible fight) was 257 pound Frank Mir getting whooped up on by 234 pound Daniel Cormier in his UFC debut. Cormier is a former Olympic wres-tler, and the current Strike Force heavyweight champion, but this was his first fight in the UFC. Being the cocky, hair gel shellacked tool that he is, Mir made the same mistake Chris Leben made when he fought Anderson Silva in his UFC de-but. Since it was Cormier’s first time fighting in “the big league,” Mir would obviously just run him over. Except that didn’t happen at all. As

it turns out, fighting Daniel Cormier is a lot like fighting a bull moose, in the sense that he’s enormous and can move faster than a horse. Cormier beat Mir to the center of the ring without much of a fight, pushed him back into the cage and displayed some of the best dirty box-ing I have seen from anyone in any weight class. These were not the little close range school yard punches that let you know you that you can make a quick run to the kitchen without missing anything. Cormier hit like a truck, even though his head was literally pressed into Mir’s chest for the entire fight. Even as wonderful as Mir’s ground game supposedly is, there was never any sign of Cormier losing his foot-ing. To top it all off, when he was not trying to grate Mir against the fence like a block of cheese, Cormier had high kicks that would make Mirko Cro Cop look like a showgirl. Even though Cormier had an im-pressive UFC debut, it was not a great fight because Mir landed maybe six strikes over the course of all three rounds.

However, the fight that I’m now looking forward to is Cormier vs. Dos Santos. Junior Dos Santos has some of the best boxing not just in the Heavy-weight division, but in the entire UFC. In a sport full of head hunters, he’s one of the few guys that actually throws jabs and makes good use of head movement. Put that kind of technical boxing in the same cage as Cormier’s dirty box-ing, and there is no way the fight is ending in a decision. In a weight class mostly made up of fat guys that either knock each other out in the first round or just get gassed and lay on top of each other until the end of the third, Cormier vs. Dos Santos is inevitable due to sheer lack of competition. Being that a lucky punch early on in the fight basically decided Velas-quez vs. Dos Santos 2, Dos Santos may even have his belt back by the time it happens. A five-round brawl between two human water buffalo whose foot-work makes 180 pound guys look like they are wearing lead boots is a fight I definitely want to see.

This Saturday, John Jones is set to kick Chael Sonnen in the face until he finally shuts up, but in the future, watch for Daniel Cormier to make a run at the heavyweight title. I almost feel bad for people like Nelson. The same way that Leasner made it so only the strong heavyweights could be competitive, Cormier is about to seriously ratchet up the base line for agility. n

By NOAH HUTCHINSONOpinions Editor

Jason Pullano z The SignalMARCUS SCHLESINGER powers through the water to land the top spot at the NCAA Division II National Championships.

UFC brings fresh take on sports, packs punch for viewers

In a weight class mostly made up of fat guys that either knock each other out in the first round or just get gassed and lay on top of each other until the end of the third, Cormier vs. Dos Santos is inevitable due to sheer lack of competition.

— NOAH HUTCHINSON

The quality of this meet is, I would say, about five-fold, from three years ago. Our main focus was getting guys to nationals and our guys did what they needed to do to make that happen.

— RYAN KILLACKEY

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Among the hobbies you would ex-pect from Christian studies professors at small Baptist colleges in the South, white water kayaking is probably not one of them. Yet this is exactly what Dr. Byron Eubanks loves to do with his time every chance he gets. Eubanks’s love for the sport began when he was a student at Ouachita himself. “My freshman year, home for spring break, some friends took me on a day canoeing trip on the Buffalo River,” said Eubanks, professor of philoso-phy. “It was the first time I’d been on that kind of river, and that summer I bought my first canoe. That was the summer of 1977, and I still have it.” Paddling the canoe for recreation, camping and fishing gave Eubanks experience on the river and a love for being on the water in general, which motivated him to buy his first kayak a few years later. “A Ouachita faculty member had a son who had an old kayak for sale, cheap, and I thought I’m gonna try it,” Eubanks said. “So I bought his very old fiberglass kayak and I learned how to roll it, and then just really fell in love with the whitewater part of it. It’s a lot easier to manage whitewater in a kayak than in a canoe. I liked the ex-citement of whitewater and just went on from there.” Whitewater kayaking is a sport with a decent following in Arkansas, thanks to the many rivers and whitewater op-portunities the state offers. One of Eu-banks’s favorite parts about kayaking is getting to see parts of this state that most people won’t see or don’t even know about. “You can see some really beautiful places that are hard to see in any other way, as conveniently or from that per-spective,” Eubanks said. “Arkansas has some really beautiful rivers and mountains, some of which have trails around them and many of which don’t, so I just love being outside, the oppor-tunity to see the beauty of nature.” This love of beauty and the outdoors is not necessarily surprising coming from the kind, laid-back professor, but Eubanks also has an adventurous side. This affinity for risk-taking gives Eubanks an appreciation for other out-door recreational sports as well, such as rock climbing and mountain biking. “My daughters have gotten me into rock climbing some, and I find that rock climbing requires some of the same mental toughness that whitewa-ter kayaking requires,” Eubanks said. “Mountain biking is similar in some ways as well. They involve an element of risk and I don’t think of myself as a huge risk taker but I guess I am some-thing of a risk taker since those sports appeal to me. I like the element of chal-lenge and risk, so if I can’t do one, if there’s not enough water to kayak,

then I can probably go ride a mountain bike or go with one of my daughters and climb.” Because kayaking is a very weather dependent sport in Arkansas, Eubanks recognizes that it can be very difficult for college students to find time to ex-perience it and try it out, but he rec-ommends students who are interested in the sport to take his kayaking class here at Ouachita. “In the class, students would learn how to safely get out of a boat if it turns over, and we teach them all the basic strokes, how to make the boat go where you want it to, basic maneuvers that you would encounter on moving water,” Eubanks said. “I always have some students who learn how to roll the boat, and some who don’t and that’s okay. The class is designed to get students confident and safe in Class 2 whitewater which has waves and fea-tures that require some boat control so you can’t just float down the river.” Assuming weather cooperates, the

By ANNA KUMPURISStaff Writer

Eubanks braves whitewater rapids

Dr. Byron Eubanks z CourtesyDR. BYRON Eubanks kayaks during one of his recent trips. Eubanks has been kayaking much of his life, and uses it as a motiva-tor to stay active and fit; he also teaches the kayaking course at Ouachita.

You can see some really beautiful places that are hard to see in any other way, as conveniently or from that perspective.

— DR. BYRON EUBANKS

Arkansas’ Top Kayaking RiversCaddo River — Class I-IIDistance from Campus: 5 minutes

Caddo Valley: Class I. Close to home for family trips. No real whitewater but convenient and good place to practice basic strokes and moves.

Above DeGray Lake: Class I-II. Half hour to hour from campus, depending on section — Caddo Gap to Glenwood has some Class II whitewater for family trips or newer paddlers.

Little Missouri River — Class II-IVDistance from Campus: 1 hour

Albert Pike Campground to Langley: Class II-III, depending on levels. Beautiful scenery.

Langley to Lake Greeson: Class II. Milder whitewater for easier trips. High enough to paddle more often than upper section.

Crooked Creek, upper watershed: Class III-IV. Rarely high enough to paddle. Very small, technical (requires a lot of maneuvering through boulders and ledges), gorges.

Hailstone — Class II-IIIDistance from Campus: 3 hours

Class II-III, depending on level. 15 miles of the upper Buffalo River above the National River. Waterfalls on bluffs along river, beautiful vegetation and umbrella magnolias. Rarely enough water to paddle but a real treat when there is.

Richland Creek — Class III-IVDistance from Campus: 3.5 hours

Class III-IV rapids. North of Atkins and Russellville. Beautiful Ozark stream with waterfalls on bluffs along the river and a lot of action.

Cossatot — Class II-IVDistance from Campus: 1.5 hours

Class II-IV, depending on section and levels. My most frequently paddled river, very challenging water at higher levels. Best whitewater river system in the southern half of AR, so paddlers come from all over our region to paddle there. Baker Creek is a tributary with a 10-12 foot vertical drop and a lot of other challenging rapids.

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Going against the grainCommons accomodates gluten-free students

Kathleen Suit z The SignalCAITLYN JOHNSON prepares a meal in the gluten-free room in the Commons kitchen area. Dining Services stocks the room with gluten-free ingredients and meals for students who suffer from celiac disease. Scan QR code to view video.

Pizza, pasta, cookies, soup, bread; the list could go on and on. If we were to really sit down and think about ev-erything that makes up our diet for a normal day, it would not be a challenge to notice that for a majority of us, glu-ten constitutes a significant percentage of our diet. And we don’t even realize it. Now, imagine if you were to cut that gluten out. How drastic would your daily food choices change if bread were no longer an option? For one out of every 130 Americans, that is a reality. These people suffer from what is called Celiac disease, or gluten intolerance. Celiac disease is an auto-immune condition that damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing parts of food that are important for staying healthy. The

damage is caused by a reaction that is triggered by eating gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Ce-liac disease can be a genetic condition that is passed down within families for generations and could have serious complications on the individuals if the symptoms are not treated properly, or if they consume gluten. “The most predictable thing about celiac disease is how unpredictable the symptoms are,” said Caitlyn Johnson, a junior early childhood education major who suffers from celiac disease. “Any Celiac that you see on campus will all have different [symptoms].” In the majority of cases, people who have Celiac do not go into anaphylac-tic shock after ingesting or confronted with gluten. This disease is not to be mistaken with an allergy, but rather, it is an intolerance. Although it does pro-

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We climb hundreds upon hundreds of stairs. We lug our 50-pound backpacks miles across campus. We sprint to the Caf to make it there in time for din-ner before the black gate shuts. There is weight lifting and cardio involved, so we can count that as our daily workout, right? Many people do and slowly suffer from the developing consequences including weight gain and lethargy. We are surrounded from all angles by people tell-ing us that we need to exercise. Turn on your televi-sion for 15 minutes, and you are almost guaranteed to see an advertisement for the latest exercise program. Look at your course schedule for next semester and realize that you are enrolled in Wellness. Open up your computer and welcome the onslaught of work-out advice that can get you fit and ready for that awe-some summer on the beach. We get it! We need to exercise. But all of these peo-ple just do not seem to understand that we are college students. Working out is not on the top of many of our daily to-do lists. A common excuse for not exercising is lack of time. This is a legitimate concern. It is hard to find time to complete 30 minutes of cardio plus 40 minutes of weightlifting. And you cannot forget stretching before and after. Suddenly, you are looking at setting aside an hour and a half of your day to do something that is not even required of you. Between that exegetical that is due tomorrow and the Contemporary World map test that you forgot was coming up, other things take priority in our lives over working out. It is not that we do not want to work out. We know that it is good for us. Just take a quick glance at Pinter-est. It seems that someone is constantly pinning a new thirty minute workout or a way to burn one hundred calories in only ten minutes. There is a common theme: maximizing your time. I am a firm believer in using your time wisely, which has led me to do workouts that are quick and intense while also providing results and motivation to exer-cise. In other words, I do CrossFit.

Over the last few years, the popularity of CrossFit has grown. You may have seen the CrossFit Games on television or heard people casually talking about handstand push-ups, burpees or double-unders. There has been an explosion across the United States as hundreds of thousands of people of all ages and athletic backgrounds are diving into what has been deemed “The Sport of Fitness.” CrossFit is defined as “constantly varied, high in-tensity, functional movement.” Forget entering the weight room ready for a “leg day” or “back and shoulders day.” CrossFit focuses on different move-ments combined in a variety of ways every day. Unlike some exercise programs, CrossFit is usu-ally a quick workout that pushes you to your limit for a short amount of time. This is the perfect fit for a college student. The different elements range from running and body weight movements to performing a large number of functional lifts. Rather than having to set aside time for your cardio and time for your weightlifting, CrossFit incorporates both into one intense workout. Many of the workouts ask you to see how much you can do in a given time. Other workouts give you the set amount of work and questions how fast you can push yourself to complete it. This is where the cardio element comes in ― even during the workouts where activities like running or biking are not evidenced. If you are not breathing hard by the end of the workout, you probably did not push yourself hard enough. You might be wondering what these “high inten-sity” workouts look like. Here are two examples of something you might encounter:

“Cindy”: As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of: • Five pull-ups • 10 push-ups • 15 squats

“DT”: Five rounds for time: • 12 deadlifts, 155 pounds • Nine hang power cleans, 155 pounds • Six push jerks, 155 pounds

You might notice that a weight is listed. This is the recommended weight for males to perform the work-out. Do not let that scare you away if you are a male who cannot clean 155 pounds or a female who had no idea that you could clean something other than your dorm room. You can scale the weight or the movement to something that you can do during every workout. This also allows you to see your improvement over time as you advance in your abilities to perform the listed weights or movements. These are just two of the endless workouts avail-able. As mentioned, CrossFit is constantly varied, so you will not perform the same workout again for weeks or even months. Crossfit.com posts a Workout of the Day, affection-ately known as the WOD among the CrossFit com-munity. The next day’s WOD is posted at 7 p.m., and I would be lying to you if I said that I had never turned on my computer right at 7 p.m. and hit the refresh button multiple times waiting for the WOD to pop up. That is one of the things that I love most about CrossFit; it always leaves me excited for the next day’s challenge. I have seen the physical results as I have lost body fat while also gaining strength. Most importantly, it is something that I enjoy doing and that I have been able to do without feeling like I am wasting away a huge chunk of my day. As a college student, what more could you ask for? n Ally Lemos is a junior early childhood education major from Hanford, Calif.

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kayaking class completes the semester with a day-trip to a local, Class 2 white-water river. Because kayaking is very time con-suming—many trips last a full day—as well as weather dependent, kayaking is not one of Eubanks’s primary physical activities, but it does serve as motivator to stay active and exercise when he’s not kayaking. “I like kayaking, and staying fit makes the kayaking better in terms of me being able to do what I want to in the boat, and safer, so it gives me ad-ditional incentive to stay fit,” Eubanks said. “For me that means cardio, be-cause you’ve got to have the endurance to stick with a long stretch of white-water, weights to keep my upper body toned, and stretching because you’ve

got to have flexibility to be able to roll. “I like exercise for itself, and would exercise if I weren’t a kayaker, but kaya-king gives me additional incentive be-cause when I do get to kayak I’ll have more fun if I’m in shape.” Eubanks said he believes that white-water can be fun for most anyone, if they are on the right river for their skill level. “If the risk is too high, the risk be-comes fear and it’s not fun anymore,” Eubanks said. “So if you do whitewater you’ve got to find your comfort level, but the combination of beauty and chal-lenge makes a really good combination for me.” n

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to work around. Snacking is an area many individuals with celiac disease agree is one of the hardest. Many of us can pull right on through any one of the many fast food restaurants, or pick up something quick to go, but that is not an option when you have a gluten intolerance. “It is a lot better than it sounds. It sounds absolutely miserable, but it’s not,” said Johnson, “The diet is hard, but usually when you get to the point of needing to be on it, you are sick enough that you just want to be better; and no food is worth feeling awful.” For every food item purchased, the list of ingredients must be thoroughly checked. And the reality is that a lot of restaurants, especially those that

are individual stores, not chain food joints, either do not have the allergen and ingredient lists posted, do not have a place to find this information or do not even know if what they are serving contains gluten. This has the potential to make eating out pretty difficult for gluten free people. “If you are becoming gluten free, you know you don’t have a choice, I want to encourage you,” said Caylie Gillum, a freshman early childhood education major with celiac disease. “It’s really not that bad, it’s not that hard. It is very doable and there are so many resources out there.” n

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“I’m tired.” This could be the official motto of college students. It’s the standard an-swer whenever you ask somebody how they’re doing. It seems inevitable that college stu-dents will always be under the lethar-gic thumb of sleep deprivation, but Dr. Wesley Kluck has some insights on the condition that may be eye opening in more than just then figurative sense. “Sleep has been studied a whole bunch over the last 15 or 20 years.” said Kluck, vice president of student servic-es and university physicaian. “They ba-sically all show that a lot of stuff that’s important to your health happens while you sleep. “Rest, repair, psychological and emo-tional recovery all happens while you sleep. When you voluntarily deprive yourself of sleep, you aren’t just mak-ing yourself tired. You’re stressing yourself, you aren’t giving your mind any rest and certain hormones in your body are increased. You basically make some medical and emotional issues more readily available.” Most college students assume that they aren’t as easily affected by things like sickness because they’re young and strong. However, Kluck warns that youth doesn’t mean immunity. “It may not immediately cause any problems, but under the right circum-stances, it could cause you to get sick more often,” he said. “You may get more depressed, feel more anxiety or feel more emotional problems as well. It lowers your threshold.” Due to the physical repairs the body undergoes during sleep, Kluck says that it’s especially important for ath-letes to get their rest. “Gaining strength is a process of tearing down your muscles and having them repair themselves,” Kluck said. “If you don’t give your body time to repair itself, working out won’t be any-where near as effective.” Kluck acknowledges that college stu-dents will most likely always be sleep deprived because of responsibilities like homework and papers. However, he does have some advice on how to make what rest you can get count.

“People think they can sleep for 12 hours on the weekend and that it will make up for the sleep they’ve lost dur-ing the week,” said Kluck. “That’s not the case. On top of getting six or eight hours of sleep, you also need to sleep consistently. By that, I mean to get the most out of your sleep, you need to go to sleep around the same time every night. This going to bed at 2 a.m. one night and midnight the next and 4 a.m. the next is giving people a lower qual-ity of sleep.” Overall, sleep deprivation does, and most likely always will, run rampant among college students. However, for those looking to have more energy dur-ing the day, getting six to eight hours of sleep every night, and going to bed around the same time each night will yield a better quality of rest. n

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Kathleen Suit z The SignalGLUTEN-FREE Bisquick is one of the mixes kept in the gluten-free room of the Com-mons for students who suffer with celiac disease. The students come in and make meals throughout the week.

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Lack of sleep can lead to ‘medical, emotional issues’ even among young people

People think they can sleep for 12 hours on the weekend and that it will make up for the sleep they’ve lost during the week. That’s not the case.

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