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02.19.15 Volume 123 Issue 16
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Black Bayou A brass trio will perform on campus tomorrow, p.3
Filtering Sludge Hutch warns against the darkness that fills our brains, p.4
Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal “SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT,” directed by senior Kaylee Nebe, is part of the student-produced theatre initiative, The Muse Project. “Second Star to the Right” is a Cirque du Soleil-inspired reproduction of Peter Pan. Principal cast includes Blaine Surber as Peter Pan, Abby Root as Wendy Darling, Jenna Headrick as Tinker Bell, Benjamin Braudrick as Captain Hook, Walter Dodd as Smee, Mattie Bogoslavsky as Tiger Lily and Aaden Jones as Great Big Little Panther.
“Second Star to the Right” performances begin tonight Tiger Victory Men’s basketball defeats ECU 80-64, p.5
12-year-old Recruits? Sixth graders’ football dreams may come true, p.5
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By ANNA HURST Staff Writer
Ouachita’s Department of Theatre Arts will present “Second Star to the Right” Feb. 19-23 as part of its new studentproduced theatre initiative, The Muse Project. Performances will take place in Verser Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Feb.19-21 and Feb. 23 as well as a 2:30 matinee on Sunday, Feb. 22. Tickets are $10 each. “Second Star to the Right,” created and directed by Kaylee Nebe, a senior musical theatre major from Mesquite, Texas, is a Cirque du Soleil-inspired exploration of Peter Pan. Serving alongside Nebe as musical director is Natalie Williams, a music and theatre arts double major from Little Rock, Ark. “I have chosen to tell the classic story of Peter Pan, taking out all of the dia-
logue and using just movement,” Nebe explained. “Because of the whole flight element of Peter Pan … most of the acts are aerial acts.” Aerial silks, hoops and a suspended cube are just a few of the Cirque-style acts to be featured in the performance. The performance will be close to an hour long with seven different scenes. Each scene will include Peter and Wendy visiting a classic character or group from Never Land and feature a different dance style or circus act. “If you sit in the front row you will get some interesting interaction,” Nebe said. “There is a lot of audience interaction throughout this show. Characters will be moving through the audience and into the audience and over the audience.” The Muse Project is a new initiative by OBU’s Department of Theatre Arts that invites students to submit theatrical experiences or shows that they would like to
produce. One proposal is accepted each year and fully produced on a Ouachita stage. Through Muse, students have the opportunity to devise their own work and are encouraged to begin thinking about what they can make happen now, rather than after graduation. “One of the reasons why we ended up choosing this proposal is because … it is telling a story in a new way,” said Daniel Inouye, assistant professor of theatre arts and faculty producer for the project. “We have a theater, and we are going to do shows or dramas or musicals or operas; that is kind of the typical way we use storytelling over here. So the fact that [Nebe] is approaching the idea of telling this story through movement and dance and silk work is just really kind of cool. We have not seen anything like that here before, so I think it will be an interesting experience see STAR z 2
2014 “Ouachitonian” yearbook Ouachita faculty member earns Gold Medalist ranking in Jennifer Pittman published in social history encyclopedia Columbia Scholastic Press critique By KATY FIRMIN News Bureau
Ouachita’s 2014 yearbook, the Ouachitonian, received Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Medalist rating, the highest honor presented through the CSPA’s annual college yearbook critique. Individual staff members also earned a total of seven Gold Circle Awards, including two first place awards. The individual national winners were selected from among more than 4,600 entries from students across the nation. “It is such an honor to be recognized in this way,” said Ouachitonian Editor Aly Smith, a senior mass communications and graphic design double major from Sherwood, Ark. “We put in so much time and effort on this book; it feels great to have someone else appreciate it as much as I do.” “It is nice to see our students rewarded for doing good work,” added Dr. Deborah Root, faculty advisor for the Ouachitonian and chair of
OBU’s Rogers Department of Communications. “The yearbook is very much a learning tool for our students, and it’s great that we are recognized as one of the best yearbooks in the nation.” Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University conducts the annual yearbook critique in which universities and high schools across the nation send in their yearbooks to be judged. The 2014 Ouachitonian, themed “Ouachita State of Mind,” earned All-Columbian honors in two of the three judging categories, verbal (writing) and visual (photography and graphic design). The book’s total score of 956 of a possible 1,000 points earned the Gold Medalist rating. Among the Gold Circle Award winners, Smith earned first place for yearbook index, and she and Tori (Abellera) Gay, a 2014 Ouachita graduate, earned first place for single advertisement layout for “The Men of Kappa Chi.” see YEARBOOK z 2
By LAUREN SNOW News Bureau
Jennifer Pittman, a lecturer in English at Ouachita, was recently published in “The Social History of the American Family.” Pittman’s article, “Southern Families,” provided insight into life in the south. “Jennifer Pittman’s growing list of publications is a positive example for our English majors and it enhances the classroom experience of all of her students,” said Dr. Jeff Root, dean of Ouachita’s School of Humanities. “Her latest publication is further evidence that she is becoming a well-known literary voice in the area of Southern culture.” “The Social History of the American Family” highlights the important role of families in many lives and how they have adapted to change throughout American history. In four volumes, it is evident that the idea of families shapes an individual from infancy through adulthood. “I think this collection as a
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whole puts together the different definitions of family and, in a way, chronicles the transition across time, space and socio-economical context and lets us learn more about ourselves,” Pittman said. Pittman’s article highlights these issues in the Southern context, also addressing how Southern families have played a role in popular culture, thus impacting the broader American public. see PITTMAN z 3
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BLACK BAYOU BRASS will perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. For more information contact Justin Isenhour at isenhourj@obu. edu.
AN HONORS COLLOQUIUM with Kathleen Suit will be held on Monday, Feb. 23, at 12 p.m. in the Alumni Room. Suit will discuss her semester working in Disney World.
SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT will have its opening performance tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre. Performances will continue daily through Monday, Feb. 23.
VERITAS WOMEN’S DISCIPLESHIP will meet on Monday, Feb. 23, at 9 p.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information contact Kendall Calvert at calvertk@ obu.edu. CM TSHIRT SALE will be Feb. 2426 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the student center. For more information, contact Kendall Calvert at calvertk@obu.edu
REFUGE is tonight at 9 p.m. at Second Baptist Church. For more information, contact James Taylor at taylorja@obu.edu. THE LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE is Friday, Feb. 20. To drop a course speak to your academic adviser. For more information contact Judy Jones at jonesj@obu.edu.
LIP DUB COMPETITION hosted by Alpha Psi Omega is Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theater. Sign up at the Box Office by Feb. 23. For more information contact Ben Stidham at sti53126@obu.edu.
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Courtesy z News Bureau BLACK BAYOU BRASS, a performance group from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, will perform on campus, Feb. 19. The group is made up of Dr. Aaron Witek on trumpet, Dr. James Boldin on the horn and Dr. James Layfield on trombone.
Guest artists Black Bayou Brass to perform in concert tonight By TAYLOR BLACK News Bureau
Ouachita will host guest artists Black Bayou Brass on tonight at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita’s campus and is free and open to the public. “People are going to hear some jaw-dropping brass playing,” said Dr. Justin Isenhour, assistant professor of music. “If you like brass music you’re going to really love the group,” Isenhour added. “If you don’t know what brass music is, you’re going to have a good time. There will be something there that everybody can
latch on to.” The trio has been a faculty ensemble at the University of Louisiana at Monroe since 1971. Current members of Black Bayou Brass include Dr. Aaron Witek, trumpet; Dr. James Boldin, horn; and Dr. James Layfield, trombone. These members are dedicated to performing and creating new literature for brass trio, as well as playing standard, repertoire and transcriptions from the 16th century to the present. Black Bayou Brass regularly performs throughout the region. They recently have performed at the International Women’s Brass Conference, the Louisiana Music Educators
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Association State Conference and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Conference, as well as a series of performances and master classes in Thailand. The morning following the concert, the trio will offer master classes to Ouachita students. Each trio member will teach a class where students will perform and receive feedback from the guest artist. “It’s important for students to have a broad sense of what their instrument can do,” Isenhour noted. For more information, contact Dr. Justin Isenhour at isenhourj@obu.edu. n
for our audiences to see something fun and unique.” Nebe has been training on silks since her sophomore year and began preparing the cast for her production last fall. She also serves as costume designer for the show. “All of these students have put in so much hard work to get where they are,” she said. “I honestly did not expect to get to such a high level, but they have all been so dedicated that it is getting up there near professional work and is looking super good.” Nebe encourages those who
YEARBOOK
z Continued from Page 1 They also won second place for single ad layout for “The Men of Eta Alpha Omega.” Ben Cline, also a 2014 OBU graduate, was awarded second place for a personality profile in memory of Dr. Tom Auffenberg. Staff members earning certificates of merit included Robert DeSoto, a sophomore mass communications and Spanish double major from Sheridan, Ark., for academic writing on “Thespian Resurgence”; Smith and Jake Coffman, a 2014 OBU graduate, for a student life spread on Tiger Tunes; and Smith and Cline for a sports spread about softball. Other Ouachitonian section editors included 2014 graduate Mauri Sparks, Amber Easterly, a sophomore business administration/marketing major from Bryant, Ark.; and Hannah Shull, a senior psychology major from Little Rock, Ark. Smith was responsible for the book’s theme, page design, story ideas and editing. Other students on staff wrote stories and captions. Kristen (Barnard) Young, a 2014 OBU graduate, served
“are interested at all in the thrill of the circus or a sweet story told in a new way” to come see the show. “There’s the ‘aww’ moments and then the ‘oh my gosh’ moments,” she said. “The whole show in general will be great for all ages. Anyone will enjoy it. It [will be] such a fun experience, so I am hoping that everybody will come see it.” Tickets may be purchased at the OBU Box Office next to Verser Theatre on weekdays from 1-5 p.m. or online at www.obu.edu/boxoffice. For more information, call the box office during business hours at (870) 245-5555 or contact Daniel Inouye by email at inouyed@obu.edu.. n as photo lab editor. “Other winners were schools such as University of Miami and University of Oklahoma,” Root said. “When you compete with larger schools with bigger budgets, it’s nice to be judged not on the size of your school or book, but on the quality of your publication.” “It was such a special moment to read our name among the Gold Circle winners,” Smith reflected. “To see our name among those huge schools really validated all our planning and hard work.” The CSPA was established in 1925 “to help improve student publications” through annual critiques, awards programs and conventions. According to CSPA Director Edmund Sullivan, “Yearbooks today use the techniques of journalism to fulfill their roles as a memory book, a history book, a record book and a reference book.” He added that the CSPA seeks to “help today’s yearbooks successfully meet the expectations of today’s audience.” For more information on the Ouachitonian or Ouachita’s Rogers Department of Communications, contact Dr. Deborah Root at rootd@obu.edu or (870) 245-5510.. n
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NEWS BRIEFS n Thirty second recaps of the biggest stories of the week. NATIONAL ― The U.S. Justice
Department is preparing to bring a law suit against Ferguson, Mo. for racial discrimination on the part of the Ferguson Police Department., if the department does not agree to implement changes on its own. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the results of the Justice Department’s investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown later this week. It is antipated that the Justice Department will not bring charges against Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting, but that it will outline several findings that allege a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by Ferguson police. If the department does not agree to reviwe those findings and revise those behaviors accordingly, the Justice Department could sue to force changes. n
WORLD ― Reports that ISIS burned
up to 40 people alive in the Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi have been confirmed by an Iraqi official. The victims consisted primarily of police officers and tribesman from Anbar province where al-Baghdadi is located. ISIS siezed control of the town just last week. Just nine miles north is the Ayn al-Asad airbase, where some 400 U.S. military personnel are stationed to train Iraqi pilots in the fight against ISIS. ISIS did not publicize any images of the reported killings as they have been known to do in the past, but they did release photographs via social media on Tuesday that purportedly show them in full control of al-Baghdadi township, including recognizeable government buildings and corpses of Iraqi joint forces there. n
SCIENCE ― Climate change could
be behind more than just rising ocean levels and extreme weather events. According to the research of Daniel Brooks and Eric Hoburg, two prominent zoologists, global warming could be creating the ecological basis for infectious diseases to spread to new places. They warn that outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Ebola are just the start – global warming could enable similar types of diseases to emerge and thrive in places you might not expect. The basic idea behind this theory is that warming temperatures have the potential to fundamentally change natural habitats. As habitats change, this leads to wildlife and humans being exposed to new pathogens. In some cases, these pathogens find new hosts and spread quickly.. n
TECHNOLOGY ― Blackberry has
filed a lawsuit against Typo Products, a product line founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and celebrity Ryan Seacrest in 2013. The Typo 2 keyboard is a mechanical keyboard that users can attach to their iPhones so they don’t have to rely soley on the iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard. Blackberry believes the Typo keyboard design violates its patents. Interestingly, Hallier was named as a defendant in the court case, while Seacrest wasn’t. A lawsuit was already filed after the release of the original Typo keyboard, and the company had to pay $860,600 in penalties, in addition to attorneys’ fees and court costs. Typo officials said the first lawsuit should not have an outcome on the current case filed by Blackberry. n
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Alex Becere z The Signal REBEKAH RAINE and Logan Kuhn try foods from different cultures during this year’s International Food Festival, held Tuesday night in Walker Conference Center. The event, sponsored by the International Club and the Grant Center for International Education, is an annual event where students prepare and share foods from all around the world. Students pay an entry fee to the event and can sample as many foods as they wish, while enjoying music and entertainment from other cultures as well.
“I was contacted by the editor, whom I have written for in the past, about possible topics and the idea of Southern families stood out,” Pittman said. Her own experience of being raised in the South, paired with her doctoral research on “The Southern Good Ol’ Boy,” made her an ideal author on the subject. Pittman joined the Ouachita humanities faculty in 2012 and teaches both core and upper level English courses and serves as director of the Speer Writing Center. She earned her Master of Arts degree from the University of Central Arkansas and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College. She is currently completing her doctoral dissertation with the University of Southern Mississippi. For more information, contact Jennifer Pittman at pittmanj@obu.edu or (870) 2455553. n
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Filtering sludge from your brain By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor @Hutch15 “If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” It’s only the last half of the quote, and it’s taken out of context, but by itself, I feel like it’s an important lesson for my generation. Think about some of the things that you’ve seen on the Internet over the past year. Have you ever looked at Reddit 50/50? Stared just a little too long at that dark and bizarre video everyone was talking about, whether because of peer pressure or just because of your own morbid fascination? Have you ever found it hard to stop cursing after watching a Seth Rogan movie that’s got profanity injected into it like wheat filler in a Mickey D’s hamburger? Or observed yourself succumbing to that most slow and subtle killer that is the negativity and cynicism that permeates the lions share of our humor nowadays? I don’t want to preach doom and gloom here. Technology has made the world a much better place across the board, from medical science to safer transportation. If the worst problem we have to deal with in the first world is the ennui of our own meaningless existences, that’s certainly a step up from plagues. What I do want to say though is that there’s more to be wary of on the Internet than ads that play audio without your permission. In this age of free and limitless information, you have to be careful with what you allow into your brain, and I’m not talking about the obvious things like porn. Reddit is the front page of the internet. It leaks into these image sharing apps like iFunny which
then leak into social media and then get passed around manually over phones and computer screens. A lot of those memes or twitter screenshots or captioned photos rely almost entirely on profanity for their humor to work. So then, when your friend mentions something that reminds you of one of those funny posts and you just absolutely have to tell him about it, you wind up repeating whatever mamaw-shaming language it included in order for the joke to work. And then you’ve used profanity. Through repeated exposure to this type of content that runs rampant on the Internet, you decided that it was alright to let down a barrier. You lowered your standard. That’s kind of a Sunday school level example, but it’s true of almost any form of content that might have a negative effect on your personality. Your friend thinks it’ll be funny to show you a photo of a guy that got stabbed through the butt with a pitchfork. You don’t want to be the only prude in the room that turns your nose up at it, so you steel yourself and look at it. Then, on some tiny level, you aren’t the same person anymore. You’ve seen a picture of a dude that’s been run through with a pitchfork, so when someone shows you a .gif of a skinned hand wiggling its fingers or a snapping turtle chowing down on a mouse, it won’t faze you as much. Maybe you’ll put on a smile or crack a joke. Then, yet again, your mind is one step further into the abyss. I’m not saying that its wrong to enjoy a movie just because it has some cuss words in it or that you shouldn’t share that funny screenshot with a friend. If you’re the guy that’s always trying to show people videos of dudes getting hit by trains or whatever, that’s a different story, but that’s not the point. The point is that with so much information being shoved down our throats every minute of every day, you have to be very conscious of the kind of person that you want to be. If you want to be a walking YouTube com-
ment with a head full of cynicism and storm clouds and caps locked Tumblr insults, go ahead and pour all that sludge straight into your head with no filter. However, if you want to be the Mr. or Ms. Ouachita that this school is known for graduating, and I’d imagine that the majority of you do, then you can’t let what you consume from the internet knock down your defenses. If you can’t partake in something without it lowering a standard that you’d like to hold yourself to, whether it be having a well defined sense of empathy or maintaining a positive outlook on life, then you may want to take a break from whatever source it is that might have a negative influence on you. This semester I’ve been trying to lose a bit of my own hard edge. One weekend, I plopped down in front of my computer, pulled up Netflix and started to watch “Friday the 13th Part 2” (one of the best and bloodiest out of all of them). I hesitated though. I wound up thinking back to a day when a person who I admire told me that they hated a “Friday the 13th” shirt that I was wearing. I had thrown the shirt away immediately. I had to ask myself if, in that moment, watching a bunch of teenagers get stabbed in the head with an ice pick was the most mentally and spiritually healthy thing that I could be doing with my time. I couldn’t justify it to myself. I had to turn it off. And even though it felt really weird at first, I’m glad that I did. It turns out that doing homework and watching Wes Anderson movies is probably a more fulfilling way to pass the time. If you take nothing else from this, just try and occasionally do something other than complain or be overly skeptical. Appreciate a sunset, build something, help a friend unload their groceries. Think about what you let into your brain, look into its deepest, darkest inner folds and ask yourself if your loved ones would be proud of you if they could see what was inside. n
“Snowpiercer”: A new apocalypse By NADALIE GILL Staff Writer Global warming. It is the hot topic (no pun intended) of this generation. What are we going to do about it? Well, one solution we come up with is climate engineering, an advanced new way to combat global warming at its core. But this attempt to stop one worldwide epidemic has only succeeded in creating a new one. Now, the whole earth is encompassed in a new ice age that has destroyed all life. Everything that was once warm and bright is now swallowed into a frozen wasteland where humanity can no longer dwell. All that is left is a singular locomotive, a high-speed train that runs on a perpetual motion engine that can circumnavigate the globe. Humankind is stuck in this seemingly never-ending loop, now separated by classes with the poor residing in the rear of the train and the more elite lounging up front. The system is maintained for a few years as the rest of the world outside is still wasting away into a cold abyss. But eventually those at the end of the train are finally fed up with the oppression they have been subjected to, and plan a revolt to claim the engine. And they will do anything to get to the front. “Snowpiercer” is a 2013 sci-fi thriller that has gone mostly overlooked this past year since its release in the United States. Though the movie is primarily in English, it is in fact a South Korean based production, and the film itself was inspired by a French novel. Starring dashing Chris Evans with a host of many other talented actors, this movie gives a unique perspective to the post-apocalyptic type movie. Most of
the time we see a zombie outbreak or some kind of disease of that sort wipe out all humanity, and with that whoever remains is left to wander about the earth. But in “Snowpiercer,” almost everyone is killed off by an unexpected second ice age. And to boot, all that survive the ordeal of the world freezing over are confided to a compact train. The fact that the bulk of the movie takes place on a train gives a certain feeling of claustrophobia and intensity to the film overall. While being a general post-apocalyptic movie is not enough, it further emphasizes the mood by being like “The Hunger Games” with its class system. Ever since the train began its seemingly endless voyage, the train has been divided by classes, the elite and wealthy enjoying the front with a luxurious lifestyle and the poorer and less-able stationed at the rear. Of course, this system does not last for too long, and the down trodden of the locomotive will try once more to push their way to the front, led by one man named Curtis. Curtis is beautifully portrayed by Chris Evans, who is obviously riding his own train of fame after his success with “Captain America.” Nevertheless, Evans still shows us his acting chops in his much more intense role in this flick. Evans is still playing the natural born leader, but one who is much grittier and is not afraid to get his hands dirty for the good of the cause. Evans is supported greatly by the superb cast around him. John Hurt, a king in his own right of the sci-fi genre, is Gilliam, Curtis’s mentor and one of his best friends. Hurt’s presence adds some gravitas that the film needs and he works as a good counterweight to the young Evans. Another wonderful performance in the film comes from Tilda Swinton. She plays the villainous and
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quirky Mason, one of the heads of the train who tries horrendously to keep the peace in the back of the train. Interestingly, the role Swinton took was originally created for a male, and the director even considered the likes of John C. Reilly for the part. But it was the right move altering the character for Swinton, for she elevates the whole movie with her performance. Her authoritative persona coupled with the bizarre attitude she has throughout is just the right amount of weird for a character of her type. Overall, this movie was beautifully cast. Also, the design for the movie is intriguing. Taking again what seems like some insight from “The Hunger Games,” the rear of the train is all grey and raw while the front is all color and brightness. A perfect example of you can never go wrong with simple concepts like the oppressed being dressed in grays amd browns and draping the rich in fur coats. Having to arrange an entire civilization onto one train is no simple task, and the designers sure had their hands full. But they pulled off the look beautifully and even use the narrow train to capitalize on different concepts. From the classic compartments you would see on any train to even putting in pools in some of the cars, the designers certainly outdid themselves creating this world on a train. This two hour thriller is a great flick to watch on Netflix. It is filled with unforeseen twists and turns that will make you want to keep watching. “Snowpiercer” was definitely a surprise gem from South Korea, being director Bong-Joon Ho’s first attempt at a primarily English speaking film. But “Snowpiercer” is most certainly a standout among the lineup of movies we have had this past year. n
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Men’s basketball defeats ECU 80-61 By DIXON LAND
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Dr. Wesley Kluck y Courtesy RUEBEN MILLER fields a ball and throws to first base for an out against Arkansas Tech on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers defeated Arkansas Tech in all three games of the series outscoring the Wonderboys by a combined score of 24-9 through the series.
Ouachita baseball sweeps Arkansas Tech in 3 games By KYLE PARRIS
Sports Information Director The Ouachita Tigers won their second-straight home series to start the 2015 season, winning both games of a double header, 10-8 and 4-1, over Arkansas Tech, completing a threegame sweep over their GAC foe. The Tigers are now 5-1 at home this season. Ouachita jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings. Justin Weigle hit his first homerun of the season in the bottom of the first to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The Tigers scored seven more runs in the bottom of the second. Drew Feuerbacher and Jace Melby each drove in two runs in the inning. Will Wallace and Reuben Miller accounted for the other two RBI for the Tigers. The Wonderboys would respond with six runs, trailing the Tigers 8-6 heading into the bottom of the seventh, Tyler Faught homered in the seventh to make it a three-run game and Weigle scored his third run of the game in the bottom of the eighth to make it 10-6. Despite adding two runs in the top of the ninth, Tech dropped game two 10-8.
Tripp Cecil got the win in game one. He went 5.2 innings allowing five runs, three earned, and striking out one. John Franklin Matros got the start for Ouachita in the second game of the double header. Matros earned his second win in as many starts, throwing a complete game, one-run win, Matros held Tech to only two hits and stuck out four. Tech’s only run of the game came with two outs in the top of the first on a solo homerun by Patrick Castleberry. Matros allowed only one more hit after and the Tigers offense took care of the rest. Matt Sinclair hit a two-run double to center in the fourth, scoring Reuben Miler and Jace Melby. Miller drove in two more in the bottom of the fifth on a single up the middle. Parker Norris and Feuerbacher came in to score to make it a 4-1 game. In the three-game series, Ouachita outscored Tech 24-9. The Tigers are now 6-4 overall and 3-0 in conference. They will play a weekend series at Harding with the first game coming on Friday at 2 p.m. They will play a double header against Harding on Saturday at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. n
The Ouachita Tigers defeated the Eastern Central Okla. Tigers by a score of 80-61 on Saturday afternoon at Bill Vining Arena in Arkadelphia, Ark. The Tigers jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on two inside shots off the glass from Tirrell Brown and a three-point bucket from Justin McCleary. Brown scored six of the first nine points for Ouachita. Leading 13-4 after a Micah Delph drive and layup, the Carven Holcombe nailed two from the free throw stripe. Colt Fason hit a jumper on the next possession down, giving Ouachita a 17-6 lead with 12:04 remaining in the first half. Ouachita extended its lead to 16 on a layup from Holcombe and then a field goal on the next possession, followed by a dunk from Allen Buchanan. Donovan Halsel cut the lead to 11 for ECU when he hit a three-point shot and then made two free throws the next time down at just over ten minutes left in the first half. That’s the closest Eastern Central got in the first half. Ouachita led by as much as 21. Following the ten minute mark, Tirrell Brown scored 12 points off layups in the paint. David Berete added three on a shot from way beyond the three-point line and Fason and Buchanan added layups of their own on isolation plays along the baseline. Brown led Ouachita in the first half with 14 points and nine rebounds. He also had two assists in 13 minutes played in the half. Holcombe also contributed seven points as seven players scored points for Ouachita in the first half. Ouachita also had 27 rebounds in the first half with 21 of those coming on the defensive end. Ouachita also earned nine turnovers. ECU shot 27 percent in the first half, and was 2-14 from three-point range. They only received 14 rebounds. Stirling Thomas had nine points for ECXU and Halsel contributed five. Fason scored on the first two possessions of the second half for Ouachita on shots inside the paint. ECU reduced the Ouachita lead to just 13 on three-point shots from Thomas and Brandon Lucas
with 17 minutes remaining in the game. Receiving a pass from Berete, Micah Delph would hit a three-point shot in response. Delph followed that play with another three-point shot with 15:48 remaining in the contest to give Ouachita a 15-point edge. Stirling Thomas and Braxton Reeves added three-point shots for ECU to bring the score to within nine at just over ten minutes remaining in the game. Ouachita responded when Holcombe scored in the paint to give Ouachita a 59-48 ead. Following an offensive charge by ECU and a missed free throw in a one-and-one opportunity for Ouachita, Henry Pwono drove the lane and scored a layup pulling ECU to a seven point deficit. Tirrell Brown made both shots of a one-and-one opportunity on the next possession down and Fason scored after a steal from Berete. At eight minutes left, Ouachita led 63-52. That was the closest ECU came. Following the media timeout, Ouachita scored on two layups from Brown and one from Delph. At just under three minutes remaining in the contest, Brown got a fast break opportunity off a rebound from Justin McCleary and an assist from Delph. Ouachita and ECU both scored 39 points in the second half, as Brown led the team in points with 11 after halftime. Delph also added ten points in the second half shooting 2-5 from threepoint range. Ouachita shot 50 percent from field goal range in the second half and just 33 percent from beyond the three-point line. Ouachita did out-rebound ECU 23-13. Overall, Ouachita shot 52 percent from the floor and 63 percent from the free throw line. Tirrell Brown and Colt Fason both recorded double-double’s with Fason recording 14 points and 15 rebounds and Brown recording 25 points and 13 rebounds. Ouachita also scored 54 of 80 points in the paint. Ouachita will play Southeastern Okla. St. in Durant, Okla. at 7:30 p.m. The Tigers must win two of their next four games to clinch a regular-season GAC conference championship. n
From Pop Warner to division one football By DIXON LAND Sports Editor
@dixoncland Three seconds left. Down five. Championship on the line. He steps back, winds up, and hurls a prayer. The ball floats in the air for forever. Touchdown. For most sixth graders the dream of playing college football is just that: a dream. But for some, this dream is starting to become a reality. This past weekend, two children became the first sixth graders to enter the Rivals.com database. Why would Rivals do this? The idea is that it’s just covering recruiting. With colleges offering scholarships to students at a much younger age, watch lists have become increasingly more popular. Rivals, using the David Sills approach, is attempting to stay ahead of recruiting by getting a competitive edge on other recruiting sites. But many are now asking, “Where is the line and has Rivals crossed this completely?”
Frist of all, these players are eleven years old. When I was eleven years old, I hadn’t even decided what sports I fully wanted to play. In sixth grade, most guys are not concerned on where they’re going to college – they are more concerned on what’s for lunch in the cafeteria. Where does the talent evaluation come in? I know guys that could throw the ball 40 yards in sixth grade that quit football by the end of their seventh grade year. And can we really even remotely gauge talent from seven years away? These students won’t even set foot on a college campus for seven years. Seven years! How can anyone gaurantee anything so unsure as football from seven years out? Seems a little skeptical to me. Imagine this: In some school districts throughout the country, sixth grade is still in elementary school. These children are learning about simple grammar technique and are getting introduced to polygons and exponents. Now, please explain to me again why we are allow-
ing sixth graders to open themselves up to such criticism and pressure? If I would have had the pressure that these kids have at this age, I would have caved in no time flat. Sure there is a place to ridicule over coddling a generation for the “everybody wins” mentality; but is the time-tested tradition of young students being pushed beyond their limit by adults going to continue to advance into sixth-grade athletes – most of whom are rookies just out of Pop Warner Football? I love college football and have been covering recruiting since high school for the teams that I love. But advertising the skills of a sixth grader that cannot even be contacted by a college coach until his sophmore year is a little bit over the top. Three seconds left. Down five. Championship on the line. He steps back, winds up, and hurls a prayer. The ball floats in the air forever. He walks off the field long before the ball reaches the endzone. Not looking back, he signs a letter of intent to play basketball and become a surgeon. n
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On Tuesday night, students all across campus were distracted from their studies by a sudden snowstorm that blanketed the campus and beckoned students outside. In a matter of minutes, groups of students had congregated outside residence halls to enjoy the snow and the welcomed break from homework. There were snowball fights, groups of bundled up students sledding down the big hills on campus and, in the Village Circle, Christmas music could be heard ringing through open windows.
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