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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

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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.

By NOAH HUTCHINSONStaff Writer

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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

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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

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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


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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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Tunescast 2012Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

Special Tunes Edition

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

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Tiger Tunes 2012

Hosts/Hostesses p. 2 • Tunes Effects on Clubs p. 3 • Tunescast 2012 p. 3 • Joey Licklider p. 4

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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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In essence, that is what all the characters in the plays are striving after: connection and intimacy with other humans. Each play looks at this striving, this human connection that we all have, through a slightly different lens.”

— DANIEL INOUYE

As anyone can see from all the different flags hung from the poles in the center of cam-pus, Ouachita is a diverse campus. Ouachita has stu-dents from over 29 different countries around the world, and the people in charge of the international club want to make them feel as welcome as possible. The International Club is for all the international students on campus, as well as American students who want to learn about foreign cultures. “International Club is here to connect American students with the internationals,” said Michele Perez, senior business administration and manage-ment major here president of the International Club. “We want the international stu-dents to be able to adjust to the Ouachita culture and get used to going to an American university.” The International Club holds weekly meetings so that

international students can get to know each other and plan for upcoming events put on by the club. “We meet every Monday night at nine in McClellen 205,” Perez said. “We hold different events throughout the year, such as the Interna-tional Food Festival. That’s our biggest event for the en-tire year, but we also have smaller events such as trips to Little Rock and Hot Springs to introduce the international students to the Arkansas cul-ture.” Aside from planning out trips and festivals, the club also gives international stu-dents an opportunity to share their culture with others, and gives American students an opportunity to learn. “Sometimes we let one of the students give a presenta-tion about their country, their culture or just tell some specif-ics about where they’re from,” said Perez. “Everyone gets to

‘Harrison, TX’ features one-acts, debuts tonight Ouachita Department of Theater Arts will present the spring theater production, Harrison, TX, in Ouachita’s Verser Theater on Feb. 21-25. The series of one-act plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote will include “Blind Date,” “The Dancers” and “Spring Dance,” all of which are set in the fictional town of Har-rison, Texas. Performances will be held at 7:30 each eve-ning, except Sunday, which will feature a 2:30 p.m. mati-nee. Tickets are $8 each and are available for purchase at www.obu.edu/boxoffice. Daniel Inouye, assistant professor of theater arts and director of the play, hand-picked the three one-acts because he said he enjoys “Horton Foote’s work and his capacity to create nu-anced and interesting char-acters within his plays.” The common thread for all three one-acts “is the idea of a dance and what it means to people who are trying to connect with others,” Inouye said. “In essence, that is what all the characters in the plays are striving after: connec-tion and intimacy with other

humans. Each play looks at this striving, this human connection that we all have, through a slightly different lens.” The first one-act, “Blind Date,” is the comedy. Set in the 1920s, it’s a touching and funny story of what befalls a fluttery, well-meaning aunt when she tries to arrange a date for her visiting—and uncooperative—niece. “Boy meets girl; girl doesn’t like boy. Aunt and uncle try to get girl and boy to connect; hilarity ensues,” said Sara Cat Williams, a freshman biology major from Roland, Ark., who plays the aunt, Dolores. She is a “meddlesome but very loving aunt who is attempt-ing to set up her niece Sarah Nancy … with a young man named Felix.” The cast for “Blind Date” also includes Stacy Hawk-ing, a freshman musical the-ater major from Sherwood, Ark.; Ben Perry, a senior musical theater major from North Little Rock, Ark.; and Garrett Whitehead, a junior musical theater major from Cleburne, Texas. The second one-act, “The Dancers,” is the serious

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Timothy Drennan and Jordan Miller practice a scene of “Harrison, TX.” The show is a series of one-act plays written by Horton Foot.

Tyler Rosenthal z The SignalSTACY HAWKING and Ben Perry perform during the “Harrison, TX” dress rehearsal. The play debuts tonight at 7:30 in Verser Theater and runs through Sunday afternoon.

International Club connects American, foreign students

Annual career fair brings jobs, internships to students

Whether students graduate from college, graduate school or medical school there is an indefinite end to the career of a student and a blossom-ing beginning to the so called “real world.” Students will leave the com-fort of school and embark into the world of adults where they are ultimately required to get a job. While it sounds scary, Ouachita provides an oppor-tunity to test the waters with the career fair. The career fair is held each semester to give students an opportunity to learn about internships, full-time and part-time jobs with the partici-pating organizations. For stu-dents getting close to gradua-tion, the career fair is a chance to find a job after college, but it also has benefits for under-classmen as well. Through the career fair, underclassmen are given the opportunity to explore future employment ideas and ca-

reers, experience internships and find what jobs are a good fit for them. “I know a lot of freshmen and sophomores don't think that career-focused events are relevant to them but the truth is, the earlier you begin to dis-cern the type of jobs you like and don't like and recognize the skills you possess and those you need to build and sharpen, the less anxiety you will face as you enter senior year,” said Lauren Land, di-rector of Career Services. “Securing a great internship or job does not come by acci-dent,” said Land. “It takes ad-vanced planning and real in-vestment but the process can be a lot more enjoyable and exciting with such planning.” The job or internship search does not have to be stressful if students follow a few tips like early preparation and re-search. “Start preparing your re-sume before you begin search-ing for a job. Analyze what you’ve done and what you need to do to be competitive

for the jobs that you want,” said Land. “Research places you would like to work and take a look at job descriptions that they post to get a better sense of what the day-to-day work looks like and the skills they are looking for in their employees. “And finally, let people know you are looking for a job or internship. You might learn of opportunities that you would not otherwise know about.” Even though the career fair takes place on campus, there are still protocols to be observed when attending. Students should bring up to 50 copies of their resumes to hand out to the owners of the visiting businesses and gather as many business cards as possible from the participat-ing representatives. Attire for the fair should be professional or business ca-sual and should not include jeans, shorts, tennis shoes, flip flops and T-

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By BREANNE GOODRUMStaff WriterBy NOAH HUTCHINSON

Opinions Editor

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2 n newsThursday, February 21, 2013 www.obusignal.com

Kristen Barnard z The SignalALL SONS and Daughters perform a concert as part of Christian Focus Week. Other events during the week included breakout sessions with guest speakers and worship services.

Things to do before graduating

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Float the River

Pig out on pie at Dino’s

Visit the Gurdon Light

Play on a championship intramural teamAttend the last chapel of your senior year

this weekzCALENDARTOWN HALL Meeting with Congressman Tom Cotton will take place tonight at Hickingbotham Young Auditorium from 5- 6 p.m. For more information, contact: Vanessa Moody at [email protected]

SPRING PLAY will take place from tonight through Feb. 25 at Verser Theater from 7:30- 9:30 p.m. Sunday’s showing will take place at 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact: Daniel Inouye at [email protected]

NATS COMPETITION will take place Saturday and Sunday in Mabee Fine Arts Center. For more information, contact: Jon Secrest at [email protected]

ETA ALPHA OMEGA DATE AUCTION will take place Tuesday, Feb. 26. From 7- 8 p.m. at the Tiger Den. For more information, contact: Adam Jones at [email protected]

Tweets of the Week

TJ Bailey @Tbaile00 19 FebWhen you bend over to re-tie one of your shoes and just kind of roll onto your face

Katie Peesek @peeesek 19 FebThat moment when your iPod goes off in chapel. Full volume. Not now, Jason Aldean... #chapeltweet #awkwardismylife

Joseph Breckenridge @J_Breckenridge 14 FebJust got chased by a mob of squirrels in front of Cone Bottoms. #Terrifying

Karissa Winfrey @Karissa_Kay 20 FebStupid groundhog. You said we’re supposed to have an early spring.

What cartoon character best represents your personality?

“Tommy Pickles from Rugrats.”Sam Beary, freshman

“Arnold from Hey Arnold.”Trent Gardner, senior

“Isabella from Phineas & Ferb.”Hannah Diaz, sophomore

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From the Archives

“Life in college: it surebeats working”

February 18, 1993By: Jeff Brawner

“We are kind of amazing, aren’t we? We’re only required to attend classes 15-19 hours a week, yet our bodies scream for us to skip

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drama. Horace is an “almost-off-to-college teenager whose obsessive sister is constantly trying to force him to be in-volved with people, when he’d rather be reading a book,” said Timothy Dren-nan, a senior musical theater major from Paron, Ark., who plays the teenager Horace. “She sets him up on a date, which launches him into the world of girls, completely foreign territory to him, and the show focuses on his inter-actions with one in particular, Mary Catherine Davis. “He wants desperately to be able to escape his in-troverted isolation, but he’s scared of conversations,” Drennan added. “Horace is more or less me if I had never come out of my shell in high school. “People were rather scary to me and I felt a lot safer reading a book than talking to other people. So, playing Horace is, in a weird sense, like visiting an old friend.” Other cast members in-clude: Mattie Bogoslavsky, a freshman musical theater major from North Little Rock, Ark.; Amanda Mur-ray, a senior musical theater major from Racine, Wis.;

Kaylee Nebe, a junior musi-cal theater major from Mes-quite, Texas; Alexis Nichols, a senior musical theater major from Sugar Land, Texas. Others Joe Ochterbeck, a ju-nior theater major from Mau-melle, Ark.; Jessica Smith, a sophomore musical theater major from Van Buren, Ark.; Ben Stidham, a sophomore musical theater major from Dallas, Texas; Cami Willis, a junior musical theater major from Flower Mound, Texas; and Betsy Wilson, a senior musical theater major from Katy, Texas. The final one-act, “Spring Dance,” is the tragedy. Heath-er White, a senior musical theater major from Houston, Texas, plays Annie, a young housewife who has been con-fined to a sanatorium. She and the other inmates are completely divorced from re-ality. “Her father was shot and killed in front of her when she was younger,” White said. “But, surprisingly, it wasn’t until the birth of her second child that the side ef-fects from the trauma set in. Her husband did the best he could to take care of her until the problem became too severe and he had to send her to the asylum. “The play is all about how

the people in this asylum are trying so desperately to main-tain connection with one an-other, and there are moments that are just so sweet that they make you want to cry,” White added. “’Spring Dance’ isn’t just about a bunch of crazy peo-ple. It’s about real people that have been brought through difficult circumstances and what it is about them that got them to this point. … I’m excited for the audience to get to come on the ride with these characters and experi-ence and feel the things they feel.” Tickets for the show may be purchased at the Jones Performing Arts Center Box Office weekdays from 1-5 p.m. and one hour before show times. Tickets for the show may also be purchased with credit card by phone or online at www.obu.edu/boxoffice. For more information about the Spring play, call the Ouachita box office at (870) 245-5555 during regu-lar box office hours Monday through Friday from 1-5 p.m. Also, each current Ouachita student may receive one free ticket to the show by present-ing his or her student ID at the box office in Jones Per-forming Arts Center. n

shirts. Before the career fair, it is im-portant to “do your homework on each organization you plan to talk to,” Land said. “Visiting company websites, becoming familiar with their fields, and having a few ques-tions in mind for the recruiters are good ways to stand out and be competitive.” The career fair will take place on Thursday, March 7 in the Walker Conference Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. but stu-dents can prepare before hand in the Career Expo Bootcamp.

“This is an everything you need to know workshop that will give students a quick overview of the best ways to prepare for the event: resume overview, personal branding and elevator speech, research-ing the participating organi-zations and how to maximize contacts made at the Career Expo,” said Land. This event will be held on Friday March 1 at noon in the Alumni Room. For more information about the Spring Career Fair or other career services events, contact Lauren Land through email at [email protected] or through phone by calling (870) 245-5593. n

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Nicole McPhate z The SignalSTUDENTS GATHER in Walker Conference Center for the 2012 Spring Career Fair. The Career Fair provides freshmen and sopho-mores the chance to learn about internship and job opportunities.

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NEWS BRIEFS n Thirty second recaps of the biggest stories of the week.NATIONAL ― A popular restaurant located in an entertainment district of Kansas City, Mo. exploded into flames Tuesday evening, launching broken glass, brick and other debris into its surroundings and injuring more than a dozen people. According to Rhonda Flores, a spokesperson for the police department, there were no initial reports of deaths, but some people were critically injured. Late Tuesday night, firemen were searching through the rubble for signs of people trapped inside the restaurant, called JJ’s. Many people in the surrounding area com-plained about the smell of gas during the day and because of the odor, JJ’s was not operating its kitchen during the time of the blast, reported KSHB-TV. The fire burned for more than an hour, leaving residents who had been evacuated from nearby buildings standing on the sidewalk Tuesday evening. n

WORLD ― Seven French tourists, including four children, were kid-napped in northern Cameroon on Tuesday, making this the second large scale hostage taking in the region in four days. The French president and foreign minister pointed the finger at Islamic terrorist groups operating across the border in northeast Nigeria, possibly including the deadly Boko Haram terrorist organization. The people camped on Monday night in Waza National Park in the far north of Cameroon and set out early Tues-day morning for the animal reserve of Kalamaloue, where they were going to view elephants, a Cameroon park official said. A security official said the group was seized near the fron-tier town of Dabanga and was then taken across the Nigerian border into a semi-desert region where Boko Haram has its base. The seven people are all members of the same family. n

HEALTH ― A recent report filed by the World Health Organiztion (WHO) warned “synthetic chemicals” had “serious implications” for human health. The WHO suggested so-called “gender-bending” compound found in toys, PVC flooring and even credit cards should be banned in order to protect children. More research is needed to fully understand the links between endocrine disrupting chemi-cals (EDCs) and “specific diseases and disorders.” The study also found links between exposure to EDCs and health problems such as testicular problems, breast, prostate and thyroid cancer, developmental effects on the nervous system in children and attention deficit and hyperactivity in children. The WHO said the study was the most “comprehensive” report on EDCs to date because it has evaluated several chemicals and related evidence rather than focusing on just one. n

Compiled by Sam Cushman, News Editor. Sources: who.int, telegraph.co.uk, nytimes.com, digitaljournal.com, space.com, nytimes.com.

Taking the world by surprise, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation Feb. 11, making him the first pope to do so in nearly 600 years. The unexpected resignation has sparked conversation around the world. Benedict was elected in 2005 as one of the oldest popes; he is now 85. Catholic student and senior biology major Jason Pulano:

In a small Bible belt town with Baptist churches on every corner such as Arkadelphia, the Catholic faith is often glazed over. Recently however, the bubble, and the world has had its eyes on this sect of Christians. As a Catholic, the Pope is viewed as the leader of the Church. For protestant denominations to understand more clearly, the Pope is seen as the team captain. He has the overall best interest of the team and the coach in mind. Pope Benedict has quoted his age as the reasoning behind is resignation. After John Paul II’s death in 2005, Benedict became the new leader of the Church at the age of 78. Benedict will go on to transcend time as his papacy will be remembered for his teaching, his reforms, as well as his trials.

One mention of the 50s in-stantly brings thoughts of jukeboxes playing Elvis, classic cars and the all-American soda shop. One place trying to rec-reate these memories is River Ridge Ice Cream and Desserts in Caddo Valley. A small outfit located in the Valley Exxon station at 142 Val-ley St., the front room is deco-rated with 50s-era advertising and a jukebox that has been modified to include an iPod dock. There are a few pub ta-bles and a larger round table to enjoy whatever treat (or two) you purchased. The chairs are red vinyl and chromed, just like you’d expect from your favorite soda shop along Route 66. Moving back to the room where the counter is, there is an entire chalkboard wall list-ing the shop’s ice cream con-coctions. Atop the counter are two cases, one with various fla-

vors of ice cream and another full of various cupcakes and pastries. There is a vintage-looking (brand new) Coke ma-chine with classic glass-bottled sodas. Aside from ice cream and desserts, River Ridge sells milkshakes and cappuccinos. While we were there, we tried several of the ice cream mixtures, all of which were good. (We snuck a peek in the ice cream cooler; they use Blue Bell brand, which always tastes great.) You can get yours in either a waffle bowl (with or without chocolate), a waffle cone or a cup. We also tried a basic cake batter milkshake; unless you are dying of thirst, the medium size is more than enough. The pastry and cupcake se-lection varies day to day based on what the bakers make each morning. The day we popped in hap-pened to be a customer appre-ciation day because the Face-book page had reached 1,000 likes, and mini cupcakes were free for the taking. We tried

a basic white cupcake with white icing, which was just okay. However, the chocolate cupcake with white icing was delicious and tasted almost like an Oreo. The cinnamon roll tasted fine; we made a mistake when asking for it to be iced. The ic-ing came from a squeeze ketch-up-like packet, and tasted like it. Our biggest complaint about River Ridge Ice Cream and Desserts: the price. For a shake and cinnamon roll, we dished out $9.00. Just a shake cost us $5.49. Broke college students won’t be able to keep up with prices like that. Although they do use the new Square iPhone credit card payment system, so you can at least pay all those dollars in a neat way. According to River Ridge’s Facebook page, it opened last May. Hours are Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information about the store call them at 870-260-5480. n

By TANNER WARD Editor-in-Chief

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SCIENCE ― According to Space.com, the mass of the particle that may be the Higgs boson discovered in July 2012 at the world’s largest particle accelerator facility at CERN in Geneva, Switzer-land, may suggest that the universe has a finite lifespan. The mass of the particle, which was uncovered at the Large Hadron Collider, is a key ingre-dient in a calculation that portends the future of space and time. The calcula-tion tells us that many tens of billions of years from now, there’ll be a catas-trophe that will destroy the universe in an instantaneous, but violent, event, according to Joseph Lykken, a theo-retical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Bataviam Ill. The discovery of this particle, if it really is the Higgs boson, not only confirms the theory on how particles get mass, but it also allows scientists to make new calculations that were not possible. n

learn something new.” The International Club believes that what they do is important, and that it can help international students overcome the anxieties that they may experience when coming to a new place that they are not used to. “In my personal experience as an international, coming to a different place with a completely different culture and atmo-sphere can be intimidating,” Perez said. “It’s good to have a place where you can find other people that you can relate with. Even for Americans, some of them that come to International Club are outside of the Ouachita culture. International Club is important because it gives people a place where they can feel like they be-long.” International Club provides a unique experience for anyone wanting to step outside the bubble and learn about different countries and cultures. “We live out in the middle of Arkansas where there isn’t much culture,” said Dave Fair, sophomore philosophy major. “Most of the foreign people who go to Ouachita are members of the inter-national club, so it’s always good to get to meet them and talk with them.” Overall, the International Club’s goal is to welcome all interna-tional students to Ouachita with open arms and educate others about foreign cultures along the way. “I want people to understand that international club is not just for internationals,” Perez said. “America is also a country, it’s different from my country and it’s different from a lot of the countries that the other internationals come from. It’s cool to be different, and we embrace that in everyone.” n

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A bill restructuring the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship program handily cleared the state House of Representatives on Mon-day. Due to budgetary constraints and the lack of money generated by the Arkansas Lottery, Rep. Jeremy Gillam, R-Judonsia, is sponsoring House Bill 1295, which seeks to cut the amount awarded to scholarship recipients at universities based on a tiered system. The proposed changes

would mean that students receiv-ing the scholarship would only be awarded $2,000 during the first year, $3,000 the second year, $4,000 the third year and $5,000 the fourth year. First time recipients of the scholar-ship at community and other two-year colleges would receive $2,000 a year for two years and would be eligible for larger amounts if they decided to transfer to a four-year school. n

The Arkansas House of Represen-tatives voted in favor (70-11) of a bill last Friday that would allow employ-ees of the state’s higher education institutions with concealed handgun carry permits to carry weapons on campus. House Bill 1243 was filed by Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, to allow concealed handguns on campus because he said “we’ve got a serious problem in America.” If the bill becomes law, employees with

concealed handgun carry permits would be able to carry concealed handguns on their campuses un-less the governing board of the university or college opts out of the provision. Collins said that armed staff members would be an effective deterrent to violent criminals and could prevent a mass shooting, such as rampages at Virginia Tech and other universities that have occured in recent years. n

Legislative Updates from Arkansas’s State CapitolAcademic Challenge Scholarship Guns on College Campuses

Food tastes good, prices too highRESTAURANT REVIEW: RIVER RIDGE ICE CREAM & DESSERTS

I loved their cupcakes, especially the s’mores one, but I would only buy them on special occassions.

— JUDITH BRIZUELA

I kind of enjoyed their thrownback atmoshpere, but I’m still a much bigger fan of Cold Stone’s ice cream.”

— BRITTNEY JONES

River Ridge Ice Cream & Dessert z CourtesyS’MORES CUPCAKES are just one of a variety of dessert choices that River Ridge Ice Cream & Dessert offers its customers.

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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 referred to by students, makes something fresh every lunch and dinner. After fifteen years working in Ouachita’s cafeteria, she brings the same enthusiasm she brought when she first started. “It’s exciting to work in here,” she said with a chuckle, “serving the kids and talking with them.” Taylor admits her favorite part of her job is interacting with the students. “I like getting to know [the students] and being friends with them,” she said. “I just enjoy them, being around them, and a lot of them come to me and talk to me about their problems and things, and I enjoy that.” A native of Hollandale, Miss., a small town along the Mississippi River, she lived there for 22 years before moving to Chicago with her boyfriend of the time. “Chicago was a lot of fun; there are a lot of things to do there,” she said. It was her mom’s battle with cancer that brought her to Arkadelphia. “When I came, she didn’t want me to go back to Chicago,” Taylor said. “She said, ‘Chicago ain’t no place for you and I don’t want to hear that my daughter is in Chicago,’ so after she passed away, I just stayed. “She wanted me to stay, so I said I could at least to that, stay around here.” Nineteen years later, she is still here – now with a brand new husband. Taylor, 48, married James Stewart, 54, on Dec. 21, 2012.

“We were engaged for about a year and a half,” she said. “We got married at the courthouse and it was so special – we spent time together and just chilled, just had fun.” Taylor described her husband as “real nice, sweet, exciting, fun to be around.” “We like doing things together,” she said. “He’s mostly a homebody; he doesn’t work and stays home most of the time. If he goes anywhere, we go together.” Stewart has five grown children; Taylor has three: son Frank and daughters Genterris and Nashanna. Taylor is a member of Greater Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to going to church, she said she likes to spend time with her grandkids and go shopping. R&B is her favorite kind of music. “I like jazz, some pop; rap, so so,” she said. “I don’t care for that much rap. I mean, I’ll listen to it as long as it doesn’t have a lot of bad language in it, but other than that, I like R&B.” Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” is her favorite song. “I love that song,” Taylor said.

“[When Houston passed away,] my heart just broke. I even caught myself crying – tears were running from my eyes. “I like Whitney. I couldn’t believe it though. It took me a while to really believe that she was gone.” Taylor also likes dancing and going to the movies. She said she got her start in cooking because of her mom. “I’ve just been cooking all my life,” she said. “My mom had us in the kitchen

cooking, and I’ve been cooking ever since.” She said she does a lot of “country cooking,” also stemming from her mom. “I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of chitlins,” she said. “Yeah, she cooked chitlins and maybe mustard turnip greens and yams and cornbread, some mac and cheese – yeah, she used to

cook everything.” Her favorite food to eat is meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, greens and cornbread. Taylor said her favorite dishes to cook at Ouachita include quesadillas, omelets and smoothies. Students have taken a liking to her pancakes. “Ain’t no secret [recipe],” she said. “Ain’t nothing special about it; maybe they like it because I have all the different kinds of chocolate chips out there. I know they love chocolate chip pancakes, so if we have them I try to have them out here with all different kinds of chips.” As for the other meals she prepares, she said her seasoning is the secret. “I just fix what they tell me to fix, but I season it the way I want it to be seasoned, because I know how I want my food to taste,” she said. “I fix it the way I want to fix it and I taste it to make sure it is right and everything because I know if I like it, they’ll probably like it.” Taylor’s day starts at 9:30 a.m., when she clocks in. “Then I say good morning to everybody and start preparing for lunch,” she said. “After lunch I clean up my station and I take my break. When I come back off my break, I start with dinner for 4:30.” After dinner, she cleans again before leaving for the night. “Her positive energy, it’s contagious,” said Jon Fitzgerald, Sodexo’s general manager. “She’s always in a good mood and people like that.” Though not the longest-serving

member of the dining staff, Fitzgerald said “she’s a staple” in the cafeteria. She has been at the international line, doing “Showtime by Jeanette,” most of her time here. “When I got here, she said, ‘I’m kind of tired of [the international line]; I want to try something else,” Fitzgerald said, “so we moved her to the bakery for just a brief time, just two or three weeks. But Showtime was not a good thing anymore, so we moved her back and she hasn’t left there since. “That’s her thing. She’s good at it, she knows what to do. She comes in and looks at the recipes and that’s what she’ll go with that day.” Fitzgerald said some improvements are coming to the international line over the summer to expand what Taylor can cook. “We’re actually trying to get a full grill up there, like a flat top with some charcoal and gas burners so she can really cook up there,” he said. “That’s where I want to get with Showtime.” Taylor said this has been her favorite job. “It’s fun being out there letting the kids see me do what I do best,” she said. For students, Taylor’s smile is a bright spot in days full of the stress of classes, exams and homework. “Mrs. Jeanette always brightens my day with her kindness,” said Nathan Dickard, a sophomore mass communications, Christian studies and biblical languages major. “She’s always smiling when she hands you your food and wishes you a good day.” n

Jeanette Taylor, sodexo

Birthday: Feb. 20

Home: Hollandale, Miss.

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: Meatloaf

Favorite Music: R&B

Biggest Influence: My mom

As a child, I wanted to: Run track

Something I hope to accomplish: I want to quit smoking cigarettes. I don’t smoke much, only about one cigarette a day, so I know I could quit.

If I had to choose another job, I would: Still do what I do. Maybe be a chef, have my own restaurant, just cooking and serving people.

PERSPECTIVESBy TANNER WARD Editor-in-Chief

@TannerWard

It’s exciting to work in here, serving the kids and talking with them. I like getting to know [the students] and being friends with them.”

— JEANETTE TAYLOR

Kristen Barnard z The SignalJEANETTE TAYLOR cooks pancakes in the international line during dinner. “Showtime with Jeanette” has been a staple at Ouachita for many years, and Taylor has become a favorite of the students. Scan QR code to view Rapid Fire video.

‘Doing What I Do Best’Mrs. Jeanette celebrates 15 years serving with smile, getting to know students through international line

In last week’s Signal, we inadvertantly chose the wrong yearbook portrait for Mary Katherine Webster. We apologize for the error.

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Split-screen co-op will be missed

I love technology. The more advanced technology we invent, the closer we get to putting me in a situa-tion where I might get to put the coup de grace on an alien by shooting into the unforgiving maw of space via air lock. Although I’ll have to settle on conquering all of the wimpy earth animals before I move on to xenomorphs, the new advances we see in technology practically every week are pretty awesome in them-selves. Duel AA-12 wielding helicopter robot? Awesome. Barbells that allow for five more 45 pound plates per side? Fantastic. Phone that can play the Ultimate Warrior’s intro music while simultaneously running Duke Nukem 3D in its entirety? You should be un-comfortable with how excited I am right now. However, as technology continues to grow, we leave a lot of the old things behind. I was perfectly fine with this out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new at-titude until it got its cold, internet based death grip around the neck of split-screen video games. Last weekend, without a second thought, I picked up a copy of “Dead Space 3”, anticipating the usual

bro-moments that go hand in hand with pistol whip-ping a bunch of patchwork zombie meat puppets back to death. However, to my dismay, cooperative multi-player was only available to those playing online. The game only supports two players. Somebody made a two player game and didn’t even stop to think that it might be a good idea to make the co-op campaign available to people sitting in the same room together. This isn’t the first time in the past year or so that this has happened to me. “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City” (which was a terrible game, by the way) was literally made for co-op multiplayer, but didn’t allow for split-screen. If you played through the campaign for “Call of Duty: Black Ops II”, you know that every mission with Mason and Woods had multiplayer written all over it. They were like the Butch and Sundance of Vietnam. That story was full of bro moments just waiting for another sentient be-ing to step in and experience it with you. In a game that people buy almost exclusively for the multiplay-er aspect, they tarnished a level where I got to fire a light machine gun while riding a horse by sticking me with a computer that hits probably 10 percent of ev-erything it shoots at. Meanwhile, I’m still playing Horde 2.0 on “Gears of War 3” whenever I need quality space commando adventures with my bros, and over on Machinima Team Respawn, they’re playing the likes of “Sniper Elite V2” and “Aliens: Colonial Marine”

I doubt anybody reading this article has even heard of Sniper Elite, and Aliens is so eye-gougingly terrible that people would’ve still turned their noses up at it back in the PS2 days. They were made for split-screen though, and that makes the difference. If not for the split-screen co-op option on “Halo 4”’s campaign mode, I’d have probably just skipped over it, picked up my incineration cannon and got right to ruining the online experience of random people on the internet. However, I’ve had too many memorable split-screen co-op experiences to just let it go to waste. Game developers need to realize that even though people act like high speed internet has been placed right up there with food, water and sunlight, we still have real friends that we see in real life. XxxNyTe_StAlKeRxxX may always be online when you need a good shotgun guy in a heated game of king of the hill, but sometimes people just want a regular old video game night with their friends that they’ve actually met in person. I’m not saying that all games are getting rid of split-screen co-op, but I am saying that it’s happening more than it used to. “Battlefield 3” and “Crysis 3” opted to leave it out as well. If it doesn’t stop, all those dusty N64’s that have been resurfacing lately might be get-ting more attention than they’re used to. I’m starting to see why a lot of my friends can still play the origi-nal “Super Smash Brothers” like a seven year old that just snorted a line of fun dip. n

Let your inner diva within take over

I bet you’re asking yourself “Why did she choose this topic?” Well, I got into the show Glee a couple of years ago, and last week’s episode “Diva” re-ally inspired me. The music and the at-titude that was in the air felt incredible and I got to thinking, how can we, both men and women, ignite the diva inside that has been lying dormant? Being a diva isn’t just about being a successful and glamorous singer or some high handed prima donna. No, being a diva is all about your person-ality plus a pinch of attitude that helps you exude confidence to stand apart in this world. If you want to be that per-son that stands alone in the crowd, you need to be approachable, but not arro-gant or haughty, which is what many people think when they hear the term “diva.” That is far from correct.

Acting like a diva is about your bearing, your one of a kind smile, the cheeky smirk that makes people do a double take. It is about the way you see yourself. We all have the potential to be a diva and it takes more than one night to channel it, so here are a few tips to make you feel like one every day. Number one: your schedule is the same, day in and day out, am I right? Well, try something new and see how refreshing it feels. For example, take an extra ten minutes out of your day to stand in front of the mirror and give yourself a pep talk. It’s a rejuvenating confidence booster. Number two: be calm and collected. While everyone else is going berserk about their problems, just be still. Just listen and think of your own solution. Number three: acquire a poker face. When the situation calls for it, you don’t want your face to give away your

emotions. Trust me; it really is discour-aging when you can be read just by the look on your face. Number four: pamper yourself. Stress can damage the body in more ways than we can count, so take a day off. When you take care of your body, your soul and your mind are invigo-rated. Number five: listen to the four year old inside. There are certain times when we must act professional and respon-sible, but not all the time. Go out and have a harmless prank war with a cou-ple of friends or fill a few super soakers with Coke and have a blast. Lastly, number six: enjoy each day to its fullest. We are not promised tomor-row, so go out of your way to make the best out of the day. Try going out and performing a random act of kindness for someone. Give more hugs. Make someone a cup of tea when they need it (never underestimate the power of a

cup of tea). To sum it up, walk out of your home every day with a killer smile and a perky attitude. Only then will you summon the diva inside. Pattie LaBelle had once said that “if diva means giv-ing your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.”n

By ANDREA LOCKStaff Writer

Honey, I want your dreams to come true as much as the next person. But surely I’m not the only one who thinks it is about time we draw the line, stop beating the poor dead horse and force this circus show into extinction. I remember falling in love with Ameri-can Idol. I loved the stories, the dreams come true, the performances and the magic of taking such ordinary people and metamorphosing them into extraordinary stars—when I was in the second grade and this phenomenon began, that is. Un-fortunately, everyone knows that when it comes to entertainment, all good things must end. And the sooner the Fox network realizes this, the better. Ratings have dropped to an all-time low this season, and it has not gone unnoticed. And isn’t it obvious the causes of this downward slippery slope? All you have to do it tune in to one episode from this season. It is almost so sad to me for these

contestants. Every year you can expect the same thing from Idol. I guess, after all these years, I will give them that—they’ve got some impressive consistency… You know that starting off the New Year, American Idol will premiere with a week of some of the best voices you’ve ever heard singing A Capella (which seems to be all the rage re-cently, thank you “Pitch Perfect”), and an even big-ger percentage of crazy wackos just this side of the nuthouse who have taken the process to ridiculous extremes to get their fifteen minutes of fame. And that’s the fun part. Then we have another couple of months of Ryan Seacrest’s dramatic introductions and tired humor, a cast of contestants who, when you look back, all seem to fit into the same few character archetypes (bad boy, country girl, Jesus lover, homosexual and someone completely out of the box) and then we have the judges. Oh, the ever changing American Idol judges wheel…

Well, minus our dawg Randy Jackson which, either because they love him so much, or he has no other gig offers, is like the one guy I don’t think Idol will ever lose. “Randy Jackson is still on this show?” joked Luke Hillman as we flipped the

channel to American Idol. “I thought he was dead.” This year has a brand new, renovated panel of judges including, as expect-ed, Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, and it-really-must-have-been-a-starship-that-brought-her-to-us Nikki Manaj. Now, in-stead of just three, we have four people up there telling us the same thing after every performance. Now, for all of you die hard fans, please don’t send

hate mail to my P.O. Box. As long as you keep on loving, and keep on voting, the horse may unfortunately have a few more seasons left in her. And as long as Idol is still somewhat “booming” we can count on it milking it ‘til the very end. As for me? After 12 long years, I think it’s time for me to change the channel. n

American Idol starts losing its edge

All good things must come to an end. And the sooner the Fox network realizes this, the better.”

Acting like a diva is about your bearing, your one of a kind smile, the cheeky smirk that makes people do a double take. It is about the way you see yourself.”

Although the Ouachita Lady Ti-ger basketball team is currently down from a four-game losing streak with only three conference games left in the season, the team has still managed to exceed the expectations of many who predicted this season to be a rough one. The Lady Tigers currently stand at an 18-7 win to loss record for this season after a close loss at the buzzer against Harding University, and an upsetting game against Arkansas Tech last week. The Golden Suns of Arkansas Tech University are the leading team in the conference, and before the game last week the Lady Tigers were only one loss behind. However, after a rough second half, the Lady Tigers lost 74-55, and it will now be very tough for the team to catch up with Arkansas Tech in the confer-ence with just three games left against Northwestern Oklahoma, Southwest-ern Oklahoma, and Henderson State. “We’ve had an outstanding season, and we do have a very difficult sched-ule,” said coach Garry Crowder. “Of course the road trip to Oklahoma will be real tough. It’s always difficult to go

up to the west part of Oklahoma and play, but we’re just taking it one game at a time and we’re going to see where we’re at in the end.” Some of the recent losses could be at-tributed to the loss of several key play-ers due to injuries. Monica Williams, the team’s top scor-er and rebounder, missed two games recently, as well as Kendra Coyle, who averages 10 points a game and was out for three games due to a back injury. However, despite the injuries, the team has still done better than some ex-pected for this season. “We’ve had a lot of success in the past, and people thought we would be down this year because we lost five very talented seniors last year, but this team has surpassed what most people’s expectations were,” Crowder said. “We have a young team, but this team has had great chemistry. They like each other, they work together and do a very good job of that, and get along and that plays a big part too in why we’ve had the success we’ve had.” In recent seasons the Lady Tigers have made it to the NCAA tournament, and even into the Sweet 16 of the na-tion. Although in comparison this season

may be less successful, Crowder, who has been coaching at Ouachita for 18 years, believes that this young team will do very well in the future, even with the loss of two seniors after this season, one of whom, Monica Williams is a team leader and an All-American candidate. “I am very proud of my team and I love the chemistry that we have been able to develop over time together, on and off the court,” said Williams, an early childhood education major. “I feel as if we weren’t expected to do well this year, based on the loss of our seniors from last year, but we’ve man-age to change people’s thoughts and opinions, as the season has gone on.” Though Williams has played a large role with the Lady Tigers this season, it is actually her first and only season to play basketball at Ouachita. Williams transferred to Ouachita this year after playing one year at West Georgia last year, and two years at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith before that. “I came to OBU to help strengthen my walk with Christ and also to be closer to my older brother, Belford Wil-liams, who played basketball here and graduated from OBU, class of 2010,”

Williams said. “This is my first year as an active player at OBU, but I feel like we’ve been together much longer than we have.” Chemistry definitely seems to have played a role in the team’s success this season, and Crowder believes that it is key to success for any team. “We’ve had teams that have been just as talented or more talented than this group, but they didn’t do as well because they didn’t get along as well,” Crowder said. “This group really doesn’t care who gets the credit or who scores, they just want to win and they put the team first and when you do that you will have more success than if you didn’t.” n

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SCHEDULESTiger BaseballFeb. 22 ― OBU vs. SE Okla. State, 2 p.m.March 1 ― OBU vs. Southern Ark., 2 p.m.March 5 ― OBU @ Arkansas Tech, 6 p.m.March 8 ― OBU @ UAM, 2 p.m.March 12 ― OBU @ Henderson, 2 p.m.March 15 ― OBU vs. NW Okla. State, 2 p.m.Tiger BasketballFeb. 21 ― OBU @ NW Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 23 ― OBU @ SW Oklahoma State, 4 p.m.Feb. 28 ― OBU @ Henderson State, 7:30 p.m.March 2 ― OBU vs. UAM, 4 p.m.

Tiger TennisFeb. 22 ― OBU @ Northwest Missouri, TBAFeb. 23 ― OBU @ Southwest Baptist, TBAFeb. 24 ― OBU @ Drury, TBAMarch 9 ― OBU @ Delta State, TBAMarch 10 ― OBU @ North Alabama, TBALady Tiger BasketballFeb. 21 ― OBU @ NW Oklahoma State, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 23 ― OBU @ SW Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.Feb. 28 ― OBU @ Henderson State, 5:30 p.m.March 2 ― OBU vs. UAM, 2 p.m.March 7 ― OBU @ GAC Tournament, TBA

Lady Tigers shoot for success this season

Get ready for madness of March to begin

It is about that time again ladies and gentlemen - time to break out the brackets! The NCAA is making its march towards madness, being that March Madness is right around the corner. I can honestly say that I am so ready to make my bracket. I’m sure Antwion Patterson is too, just so he can prove he’s better than me. I feel like this season, it’s all about the bold risks, the “that could never happen, but I’ll choose it anyway” decisions, because oddly enough, those will probably be the most ac-curate picks. So far this season, there have been plenty of upsets to peeve the fans, my Florida boys in-

cluded. Unfortunately, the top teams, or at least the majority of the top ten, will maintain that position going into brack-et season; teams such as Mi-ami, North Carolina, Indiana, not so much Duke (at least not top five), and Florida. Don’t be hating on my team either. One loss to the “pre-cious” Razorbacks means nothing. Nothing. Thankfully, I am done speaking on that topic and that game. Oh, and can I take a moment and go off on a tangent; where in the world did Miami come from this season? I mean, yes, they did have a strong season last year, making it into the second round and having a great wins to losses at the end of it all, but this season they have been killing it. Maybe we can throw that one on their head coach, Jim Larranaga, who joined the family back in 2011.

Did their recruiters just do work this season, because they are looking great out on the court. For all of you who like to plan your brackets ahead of time, I’m going to give you some secret Chelsea tips. Here is your first: don’t drop Miami before the second round. You have to give them a lot

more credit as a team than you did last year. So can I also mention how Duke has not been dominating this season? I love this, so much. I get so sick of watching the same teams beat school after school and make it out to the same round every year. It gets boring, there’s no ex-citement or change to pique the interest. You can practically call the final four at this point, honest-ly, from watching past seasons. But remember, I did say that this was going to be the brack-et season to watch out for; a lot of these teams have become temperamental and more me-diocre teams have started to prove themselves. North Carolina, Duke, Flor-ida, Indiana and Kansas, you all will get your shot, no doubt, but watch your backs, George-town, Louisville, Gonzaga and

Syracuse have a few points they want to prove, and make. So that is probably secret Chelsea tip number two: watch out for the other top-ranked teams that aren’t exactly the big names, and sound like a cheese. Secret Chelsea tip number three: just put Florida down as winning it all, because they will. Oh, that was too biased, wasn’t it. Well, I can honestly say, the only thing that I am shooting for this season as a basketball fan is not to see my team make it to the final four and go on to win the national champion-ship. No, I just want to see them outrank, outplay and outlast Louisville. That is all I ask for, I just hope Santa works overtime. Now as for me, I am going to watch the madness unfold and my bracket be right. n

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A lot of these [top ten] teams have become temperamental and more mediocre teams have started to prove themselves.”

CHELSEA BYERSSports Editor

By ANNA KUMPURISStaff Writer

We lost five very talented seniors last year, but this team has surpassed what most people’s expecta-tions were.

— Garry Crowder

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyELISE HOLMAN brings the ball down the court as she sweeps past defenders, setting up the Lady Tigers for another Ouachita point. The Lady Tigers are currently 15-7.

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A last second shot from Harding’s Lauren Crenshaw dropped into the basket on Saturday afternoon, sealing a Ouachita Lady Tiger loss in what was a defensive battle. The Lady Tigers lost the contest by a score of 55-52, after holding off the Lady Bisons’ offensive attack all night long. In the first half, Harding (15-7, 11-5 GAC) jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead, but at the time no one realized that points would come much more sparingly for the rest of the game. The Lady Tigers (15-7, 10-6 GAC) answered the early buckets from Harding with an 8-2 run; giving them an 8-7 lead with a little over 15 minutes left in the first half. Ouachita would lead for the rest of the first half, stretch-ing their lead to as many as five at one point before having it cut to three at the break. There were five lead changes in the second half, despite the fact that the Lady Tigers led by as much as seven ear-ly in the period. Harding put together a run and tied the game, before the teams ended up in a see-saw battle the rest of the way. A capitalized and-one opportunity from Ouachita’s Bre-anna Harris tied the teams at 40 with just 2:13 left in the game. Ouachita then went the other way and got a stop, followed by a bucket from Monica Williams and took a two point lead with 1:33 left to play. A pair of free throws from Harding’s Montana Lewis tied the game though, and neither team was able to score until Crenshaw’s buzzer-beating three, sealing a 45-42 win for the Lady Bisons. Ouachita’s Nashia James led the team with 10 points, while Katherine West finished with nine and Monica Wil-liams finished with eight. Erica Sharp led the Lady Tigers on the board, grabbing seven rebounds. The Lady Tigers shot just 29.8 percent from the floor, which is surprisingly better than their opponents, who only shot 27.3 percent in the game. Ouachita committed 21 turnovers to Harding’s 19 and fell short on the boards as well, with Harding recording two more than the Lady Tigers. n

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Men’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13–9, 5thWomen’s Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15–7, 6thBaseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5-1, 5thSoftball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6–10, 9thMen’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1, 1stWomen’s Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1–5, 7th

(wins – losses, conference rank)

Lady Tigers fall to Harding on buzzer-beating threeBy JOSH FINKSports Information Director

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Tiger basketball downs Harding in pivotal conference match-up

In a game in which nei-ther team shot better than 39 percent from the floor, the Ouachita Baptist Tigers (13-9, 9-7 GAC) and Harding University Bisons (17-7, 10-6 GAC) battled things out to the finish. The Tigers prevailed, due in large to a huge 17 point offensive performance from Michael Morris en route to a 60-56 win. In the first half, the Tigers took control of the game ear-ly, taking a seven point lead just 10 minutes into the game. Harding bounced back quickly though, posting an 8-3 run and closing the gap to just a point with eight min-utes left in the half. The Tigers continued to hold on to a slim lead for the rest of the first half, before a score by Michael Morris with a little over a minute left in the half left them with a six point lead at the half.

The majority of the second half saw the Tigers continu-ing to hold on to a very slim lead, as the largest lead of the game was just eight points. Every time that Harding would fall behind though, they would put together a quick run and close the mar-gin. One of the most pivotal buckets of the game came with just 1:48 left in the game, when a huge dunk from Mor-ris led to a foul and a three point play. Those three points gave the Tigers a five point lead. Harding’s Hayden John-son nailed a three with about 55 seconds left though, cut-ting the Tiger lead to just two. A pair of free throws from Micah Delph sealed the game off though, as he drained both and gave the Tigers a four point lead with just 17 seconds left. The Bisons launched a cou-ple of attempts from behind the arc, none of which went

in, capping off a win for the Tigers. Morris led the team with 17 points, while also shooting 50 percent from the floor and making three of his four free throw attempts. Micah Delph and Austin Mitchell also finished in dou-ble-digits for the Tigers, with 12 and 11 points respectively. Colt Fason was a work-horse on the boards, record-ing 11 in the game to go with his eight points. Harding’s Zach Rodden-berry did everything in his power to get the victory, scor-ing 23 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Hayden Johnson recorded 14 points in the game, while Bradley Spencer notched 12. Ouachita turned the ball over 17 times, as compared to Harding’s 13 turnovers, but the difference in the game was field goal percentages. The Tigers finished shoot-ing 39 percent to Harding’s 32 percent. n

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Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyLUIS DE JESUS reaches for a grounder during a Ouachita game. The Ouachita Tigers are currently 6-5-1 this season, 2-1-0 in conference and are riding on a two-game win streak.

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyERICA SHARP reaches for the basket to sink another Ouachita point. The Lady Tigers are cur-rently 15-7 this season, and 10-6 in conference play.

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyJULIAN LADAY fights off an opponent as he sets up the play for an-other Ouachita point. The Tigers are currently 13-9 this season, and 9-7 in conference with a one-game winning streak.

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyOUACHITA WRESTLING team member pins an opponent to the ground for a Ouachita point. The OBU Tiger wrestling team travels to the NCAA Super Regional 2 Tournament on Feb. 23, in Ashland, Ohio.

Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesyTIGER NATION comes out to support its Ouachita Tigers during a basketball game in Bill Vining Arena.

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International Food Festival

On Tuesday night, international students, American students and others gathered at Walker Conference Center for Ouachita’s annual International Food Festival. The one-night event includes cuisine from many different countries prepared and served by international students and members of the International Club.

Photos by Tyler Rosenthal

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