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Kristen Young z The Signal MISS OBU 2014, Abby Lindsey, will crown a new miss OBU this Saturday, Feb. 28, in JPAC. The 13 women participating will compete in the categories of talent, evening wear, onstage questions, private interview, and fitness. The Miss OBU pageant is a qualifying pageant for the Miss Arkansas and the winner of Miss OBU will represent Ouachita at Miss Arkansas in July.
New Miss OBU to be crowned Saturday, Feb. 28, in JPAC By MCKENZIE CRANFORD News Bureau
On Saturday, Feb. 28, 13 women will take the stage for the annual Miss Ouachita Baptist University Pageant at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center on campus. The 13 students competing will participate in the categories of talent, evening wear, onstage question, private interview and fitness. Ouachita alumnus Justin Harper serves as the director of the pageant, which is hosted by Ouachita’s Student Senate and Office of Campus Activities. The pageant is an affiliate of the Miss America Organiza-
tion, which is among the largest providers of scholarship money to young women in the U.S. The winner of Miss OBU will represent Ouachita at the Miss Arkansas Pageant in July. “My favorite aspect of the pageant is seeing young women who participate step out of their comfort zone and try something new,” said Miss OBU 2014 Abby Lindsey, a senior business administration/ management major from Van Buren, Ark. “I love seeing the diversity of girls who come to compete for the experience and the opportunity of winning scholarship money.” Hillary Hill assistant director of campus activi-
ties, works with both the pageant organization and students on campus to make sure everything is prepared for the event. She cited “getting to know each girl better and hearing their passions for their platforms” as her favorite aspect of organizing Miss OBU. Tickets are $12 each for the general public and $7 each for current Ouachita students with a valid OBU ID. Tickets are available at the Jones Performing Arts Center Box Office from 1-5 p.m. weekdays or online at www.obu.edu/boxoffice. For more information, contact the box office during office hours at (870) 245-5555. n
Ouachita faculty member Donnie Copeland’s artwork on exhibit in Hot Springs By MCKENZIE CRANFORD News Bureau
Cara Curtis z News Bureau CAREER SERVICES hosts a Career & Networking Expo each year to give students an opportunity to network with professionals in the fields and careers they are considering. This year’s expo will take place on March 5 in Walker Conference Center.
Ouachita’s Career Services to host Career & Networking Expo March 5 By LAUREN SNOW News Bureau
Ouachita’s Office of Career Services will host its eighth annual Career & Networking Expo on March 5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Walker Conference Center. The Career Expo is an opportunity for Ouachita students to meet a variety of employers and make contacts that may benefit them today and in years to come. “There is going to be someone there for everyone,” said Rachel Roberts, OBU’s director of career services. “Besides employment, I want students
to start building their network and more importantly gain confidence in the world outside of the bubble.” 2013 Ouachita graduate Devan Malone, research and marketing manager at Arkansas Business Publishing Group, credits the Career Expo for her current position. “It was there I was able to connect with ABPG and speak with them about an internship that turned into a job offer,” she said. “The experience and practice of handing my resume to someone, knowing I needed to sell myself in a short amount of time, was a big deal.” Roberts shares three key
elements that may ease jitters in preparation for the Career Expo: attire, resume and talking points. “The event is business attire, meaning no jeans and T-shirts,” she said. “Also, be sure to bring copies of your resume ready to hand out to each recruiter you meet. Lastly, research and plan questions for the certain employers you anticipate talking to.” With a range of possible employers present, Ouachita students can speak to those that may pertain to their expected career path. Some examples of employers scheduled to attend include: schools for those see EXPO z 2
Ouachita associate professor Donnie Copeland, chair of OBU’s Department of Visual Arts, currently has three compositions on display as part of the Justus Fine Art Gallery’s Pattern and Form exhibition in Hot Springs. The show opened earlier this month and runs through the end of February. “Professor Copeland’s artwork has been exhibited throughout the region,” noted Dr. Scott Holsclaw, dean of the School of Fine Arts. “His exhibit at the Justus Fine Art Gallery is just another example of the professionalism and expertise our faculty bring to their teaching. As always, we are proud of Professor Copeland and his continued recognition as an Arkansas artist.” The Pattern and Form exhibition highlights work by artists who incorporate the use of pattern and/or form as a primary focus of their work. Along with Copeland, work by artists Dustyn Bork, Carly Dahl, Robert Fogel, Tony Saladino and Dan Thornhill
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is also on display in the exhibition. “I am pleased to be showing my work along with that of several other artists from Arkansas and beyond,” Copeland said. “The show includes a few of my most recent artworks, and it has been great to get the public’s response to those pieces.” Copeland uses painted paper on canvas to create patterned compositions. According to Copeland, the patterns in each artwork are intended to suggest the idea of a pulse, whether that of an individual see COPELAND z 2
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this weekzCALENDAR THE BATTLE OF THE RAVINE women and men’s basketball games will take place tonight in Bill Vining Arena at Ouachita. The women’s game begins at 5:30 and the men’s at 7:30.
THE HONORS COLLOQUIUM has been rescheduled for Monday, March 2, at 12 p.m. in the Alumni Room. Kathleen Suit will discuss her semester at Disney World.
REFUGE is tonight at 9:30 p.m. at Second Baptist Church. For more information, contact: James Taylor at taylorja@obu.edu.
VERITAS WOMEN’S DISCIPLESHIP has been rescheduled for Monday, March 2, at 9 p.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information contact Kendall Calvert at calvertk@obu.edu.
THE MISS OBU PAGEANT will take place Saturday, Feb. 28, in JPAC. Tickets are available in the OBU Box Office. For more information contact Joey Licklider at lickliderj@obu.edu.
THE WOMEN OF TRI CHI PC ‘15 will host a dessert auction, auctioning off homemade baked goods for a fundraiser on Tuesday, March 3, at 8 p.m. in the Tiger Den.
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Sledded down the hills on caf trays and other improvised sleds. Watched Netflix for hours... just like every other day. Homework. Avoided homework. Tweeted about how #blessed they were to #finally get a #snowday.
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Ouachita to host fifth annual Christian counseling conference By CHELSEA WHELPLEY News Bureau
Ouachita’s Pruet School of Christian Studies will host its fifth annual Conference on Issues in Christian Counseling Feb. 27. This year’s event will focus on “Alcohol and Drug Abuse” and is co-hosted by the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Henderson State University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. “It was a vision of mine to host a conference that seeks to bring together pastors and other caregiving professionals for dialogue and education,” said event coordinator Dr. Bill Viser, professor of Christian ministry at Ouachita. Highlighting the need for “a greater cooperative relationship between pastors and mental health professionals in helping the overwhelming number of people facing problems with
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z Continued from Page 1 or the give and take of a relationship between people. This could also be the pulse of a pattern seen in a planted field or tree rings in layered rock formations. “The experience of travel and exchange with people and places” is also of significance in Copeland’s work, he said. Landscape, local and distant, continues to be an important stimulus. Much of his childhood was spent in West Africa, a place filled with music, color and rich culture. “The pulse of music in a church service, a parade or the texture and smell of a market” have had as much influence on his artwork as the great paintings and buildings of Europe, he added. After graduating from
alcohol and substance abuse,” this year’s event focuses on equipping professionals to deal with those issues. “We enable caregivers to have better training to help conceptualize and deal with the challenges that alcohol and substance abuse present,” Viser said. Uniting mental health professionals, nurses, licensed therapists, social workers, pastors and students under one roof, “OBU co-sponsors this conference as a service to our constituency and to the state,” explained Dr. Danny Hays, dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies. Participants will have the opportunity to attend large group and breakout sessions throughout the day. Session topics include “Picking Up the Pieces: Helping Families Cope in the Aftermath of Substance Abuse,” “Ethics: Considerations for Counseling and Supervision,” “Darkness to Light,” “Answers to Ouachita in 2000, Copeland earned Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Dallas. His work has been included in solo and group exhibitions in Houston, Kansas City and throughout the southeastern United States, including the 2011 Delta Exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock and a 2012 exhibition entitled Boundary Hunters at the Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Alfred University in New York. The Justus Fine Art Galler is open from the hours of 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, and also by appointment. For more information about Copeland or about his exhibit at Justus Fine Art Gallery exhibit, contact Donnie Copeland by email at copelandd@obu.edu or by phone (870) 245-5559. n
Adderall Addiction: What You Need to Know,” “Co-occurring Disorders: Identification & Treatment,” “Drug & Alcohol Abuse: Current Social Problems,” “Where to Turn for Help: Resources for Therapists,” “DSM-5 Changes to Diagnosis & Conceptualization of Addiction & Chemical Dependency,” “The Prisoner Goes Free: Using Faith-integrated Forms of Cognitivebehavioral Therapy for Promoting Recovery in Treatment of Teen Addicts,” “The Impact of Growing Up with Addicted Parents in the Adult Child’s Life: Identification & a Christian Treatment Process” and “Community-Based Alcohol & Drug Withdrawal & Detoxification.” Viser said he hopes the conference also “demonstrates Ouachita’s heartfelt concern for healing in the lives of individuals and families impacted by alcohol and substance abuse issues.”
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In addition to pastors and mental health professionals, the conference is open to students. Viser encourages students who are going into ministry or a related career to take “this opportunity to attend a first class professional conference without leaving campus.” For pastors, the registration fee is $70 ($90 with spouse) and includes a catered lunch, snacks, written materials and a certificate of attendance. For mental health professionals, nurses and social workers, the registration fee is $100 and includes all of the above resources plus eight available CEUs. Students’ cost is $20 and includes snacks, lunch, written materials and certificate of attendance. To register, visit the website at www.obu.edu/iccconf15. For more information about the counseling conference, contact Bill Viser by phone at (870) 245-5524 or by email at viserw@obu.edu. n
interested in careers in education, a variety of corporate and accounting opportunities for business and communications students, the FBI for those interested in psychology and churches for students looking into ministry. Additionally, graduate schools will be present for those students interested in pursuing advanced degrees. In preparation for the event, the Office of Career Services will host a Career Expo Prep Workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 12 noon in the Ouachita Commons Alumni Room. This will provide information ranging from what companies are expecting to what to anticipate when entering the event and the next step to take after the Career Expo. For more information, including a full list of participating companies, organizations and schools, visit www.obu. edu/career or contact Rachel Roberts at robertsr@obu.edu or (870) 245-5593. n
going to be a very supportive competition.” The climbers will have the option to pick which rout they feel most comfortable with and judges will determine scores based on how clean the climb was. Climbers will get to count their top three climbs as their final score. Sign up sheets are available outside the RecLife office door, located on the third floor of Evans Student Center. Students will also be able to sign up on the night of the event. The course is located in the back right corner of Bill Vining Arena. The course
will be closed at the start of next week to give operators a chance to build the new routs before the event begins. The climbing routs are normally open from 4-7:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and there is no cover charge to climb. Students may bring their own equipment for climbing or climbing equipment will be provided. All that is required is comfortable clothes and good shoes. For more information about the climbing wall or the climbing competition, contact Jason Bean at beanj@ obu.edu. n
Ouachita RecLife to host open rock climbing competion March 6 By FAITH SINELE Staff Writer
Ouachita RecLife will be hosting a rock climbing competition at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. The competition will be open to all Ouachita and Henderson State students. The competition will feature 25 different routes of climbing for the competition. “Rock climbing is one of those weird things where your competitors will encourage you because they know how difficult the routs are,” said Jason Bean, director of Ouachita RecLife. “It’s
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“The Grand Budapest Hotel” reviewed By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor @Hutch15 When you sit down to watch a movie, do you want to subjugate yourself to two hours of hoity-toity, dialogue heavy Oscar bait, or do you want to watch Willem Dafoe race two heroic, if not unlikely, art thieves down a cartoonishly steep ski slope? There were some great movies nominated for this year’s Oscars, but Wes Anderson’s whimsical adventure “The Grand Budapest Hotel” was happiness in a DVD case. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the story of a new lobby boy, Zero, and his mentor, a flamboyant and highly skilled concierge named M. Gustave, on the run from the law as they try to clear their names and solve the murder of an old friend. There’s a prison break, gun fights, cross country police chases, romance, death and pastries so delicious that just a lick of frosting from a prison floor is enough to recognize their legendary flavor. It’s exciting, and even though there’s a sense of danger throughout almost its entire runtime, it never looses its silliness. The first thing that has to be said about this movie is that it’s beautiful. The shots aren’t always set up to give it that 2D, paper doll look that Wes Anderson movies are so well known for, but it still maintains the
sense of magic that’s always present in the backdrop. The sickening purple uniforms of the hotel staff. The splintering, flour dusted counters at Mendel’s bakery. Even in the prison scenes, the colors and characters and tiny details still manage to make everything feel like a cartoon. It’s like looking into a prison in the imagination of a kid, sitting on the floor, smashing action figures together while the events of an “elaborately planned” prison break swirl through his mind. The scenery makes you feel as though you’ve fallen down a rabbit hole and woken up in some strange fantasy land. This movie isn’t just a pretty picture without any life to it either. The characters are richer and more developed than anything to be projected on a screen in years, especially considering the overall light tone of the movie. The hero, who certainly isn’t without his shortcomings when it comes to his morals and personality, is still loveable no matter what he does or what predicaments he gets himself into. Through their accents, postures, extravagant costumes and oftentimes eccentric personalities, everyone from the main bad guy to the elevator operator is a memorable and well defined part of the manic, colorful world that this movie creates. While the writing and costumes go a long way in making the characters what they are, this movie would be nowhere near as good as it is without its absolutely stacked cast. The doomed widow who’s last will lights the fuse on the whole thing is played by Tilda Swinton, who a lot of you Netflix watchers
out there may remember as Mason (the evil lady with the weird teeth) from “Snowpeircer.” Ralph Fiennes (also known as Lord motherhugging Voldemort) played the main protagonist, Jude Law partially narrated, Jeff Goldblum was the executor of the will and Willem Dafoe and Adrian Brody played the villains. On top of that Ed Norton, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Tom Wilkinson all made appearances. This movie had talent oozing from every crack and crevice, and the fast paced, subtly hilarious script made sure that all of it was put to good use. Speaking of the script, the writing in this movie was outstanding. To fit with the mood of a high-end hotel in its busiest season or a murderer chasing someone through an empty museum, most of the dialogue was delivered incredibly fast. While that may seem like a bad thing, it actually complimented the dry, cavalier delivery of most of the movie’s comic relief rather beautifully. Someone would say something absolutely ridiculous, the action would keep chugging right along as if it were completely normal, and a minute later I’d be trying to avoid spitting my drink all over my keyboard when I finally got the joke. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” managed to roll feel good film sentiment into an action adventure story line so seamlessly that nothing feels even the slightest bit out of place. If you want to add a little culture to your life but don’t want to bore yourself with another brown and olive drab biopic of a famous person who had something sad happen to them, I’d definitely recommend giving it a try. n
Modern lessons in social media By EMMA SEAY Staff Writer
Social media has become one of the leading new advances on the web for young adults in an uproar over the last decade. Instead of retreating back to the more traditional ways of communication like writing in a diary, around 70% of Americans are using the screen of an iPhone or a laptop to communicate with the world. As a freshman college student and someone that has grown up in the newly improved technology era, I can say when it comes to social media, I too am an advocate. From Myspace to Facebook to Instagram, the social media industry’s profit has exploded dramatically in the last couple of years. However, has it become too popular with our generation? In this article, I am going to give 5 reasons why we should think more carefully before we post on social media. 1. Privacy This is definitely one of the top things we struggle with the most when it comes to posting on social media. Since the younger generations have been born into and grown up in this era, we have the convenience of relying heavily on social media for conversation and interaction with other people. And when we rely too much on social media, we sometimes forget what is appropriate to post and what isn’t. So in order to protect our privacy on social networking sites there are a two big questions that I think we should always keep in mind. The first one is why am I posting this? This question is important for us to think about because it is the leading thought that we should have in order to help us step back and evaluate what are the reasons for posting a particular comment or picture. The next question that we should ask is if an employer were to scroll through each of my social media sites, would my posts be a good judgement of my character? This question is also important because it gives us another perspective on how we should view what we post. Not only that but it also gives us practice so that in the future, when we know that a future employer is doing a background check on our social networking sites, we have a better chance to get the job than if our
sites provided a bad judgement of who we are. 2. Maintain Integrity While the social media industry has done well financially, it also has been controversial when it comes to social interaction online. Before social media even became popular, bullying was a primary issue in the United States for many years. As social media popularity grew, so did the bullying except now it is online. “Twenty five percent of teenagers report that they have experienced repeated bullying via their cell phone or on the internet,” says NoBullying.com. I think one of the reasons why cyber bullying has grown is because people feel more confident about their actions behind a computer screen than if they were saying it directly to someone’s face. This is also why cyber bullies are more hurtful because the person on the receiving end doesn't have very many options when it comes to fighting back and the person posting the hurtful comments feels like he or she has no authority that they have to look out for. Even if he or she sees the post as a joke, there is no real way of knowing for sure what the “offender” means. There are two more questions that we should remember before posting in order to maintain integrity. One is how would this person feel if I were to post this? This question helps us think in a different perspective of how the person would feel. Would they laugh or would they think it was hurtful, either way it helps us either reword the post or delete it entirely. The second question that we should think about is if it is a sarcastic or funny joke will this person understand this joke from reading the post without giving much thought to it? This question helps us understand that if it seems hurtful or disrespectful, as mentioned before, that maybe we should either reevaluate what we wrote (add a smiley face or emoticon) or again just delete it. 3. You Can Never Delete a Post This is something that we tend to always forget when it comes to posting online. Even though there is an option to delete a particular post, there will always be a way of finding it. I think if we had this idea in the back of our minds 24/7, we could use social media in an effective way instead of just abusing it. A way of making sure something is appropriate to post is to have another person or to imagine another person (like a family member) read it and see what their response would be. And based on that reaction, you would know what the right choice is. Two questions that you should think about when it comes
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to posting is one, as I stated before, would a family member approve of this post? The second one would be would I regret posting something like this in a few days? The reason behind this question is that sometimes an idea would seem great at the time. However, if you think forward to a couple of days, if a person were to ask you about the post, would you regret posting it online in the first place. 4. TMI The last thing that we should keep in mind when it comes to posting online is, is this too much information? To describe this point, I will use an example that involves Instagram, one of the most popular social media sites worldwide. One morning, right before I go to class, I decide to check my Instagram news feed. As I am scrolling through, I see many of my friends’ posts. I continue scrolling and I come across a girl that I know (we will call her Sally). Now Sally just recently got into a relationship with a boy who I am also following on Instagram, (we will call him Sam) and ever since Sam and Sally started dating, they have been posting a few pictures of them together. However, just a few is a major understatement. Try two new pictures each day over the last two weeks. So what is the point here? It is that before you post something, think about who your audience would be. Are they going to be tired of many pictures of your food that you have posted over and over again? Probably. What about the tweet that you send out every minute about what you are doing. It is okay to post in moderation and to post something different every once in a while. Two questions that you should keep in mind relating to this concept are, as provided by the example, have I posted too much about this certain subject, and will people find it as interesting as I do? And the second one is, is this too much information? Keeping these questions in mind will definitely help you when it comes to thinking before you post. Thinking before you post is one of the best ways to make social media more enjoyable. After thinking about each of these points, I feel like we should be able to make the online atmosphere more tolerable and less regretful. Slowly but surely, our generation will make the greatest impact with social media. Whether it’s positive or negative is up to us. I hope that we can transform the way we use social media to benefit the bigger problems in the world, but first we need to change the way we think before we press submit. Your posts carry more weight than you might think. n
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Looking ahead to next football season for the Razorbacks By IAN CRAFT Guest Writer
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Dr. Wesley Kluck y Courtesy THE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM huddles up before a game last season against Harding University. The team finished the season 7-7 overall, with a 4-3 home record. Last year, the GAC did not provide a league for soccer; however, the Tigers will now be in the newly formed GAC soccer conference in the fall of 2015.
Ouachita names Wilson Jones new men’s soccer head coach By KYLE PARRIS
Sports Information Director With the continuing growth and success of its soccer programs, the Ouachita Tigers athletic department announced the hiring of Head Coach Wilson Jones. Jones will take over all coaching duties for the men’s program while Head Coach Kevin Wright will continue his role as head coach of the women’s team. “We are very excited to announce the hiring of Coach Wilson Jones to lead our men’s program,” said Ouachita Tigers Athletic Director David Sharp. “Wilson is no stranger to Ouachita Soccer. He volunteered for Coach Wright in the 2012 season. He played a big part in recruiting a lot of the current members of our men’s team, so there is some familiarity from everyone’s standpoint.” Sharp added, “Coach Jones has a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm for the game. I look forward to him leading our men.” Coach Jones, a native of Sulphur Springs, Texas, and graduate of the University of the Ozarks, said he is excited to be
back at Ouachita and ready to build on the program’s recent successes. “We want to continue to improve on last season,” Coach Jones said. “And this year we’ll be playing in a conference for the first time, so that gives us something more to play for. We’ve already set out goal on winning the conference championship.” “Being a part of the GAC gives our players something tangible to strive for. Players coming in now will have something to play for. Post-season is something everyone wants to play for,” Coach Jones added about the addition. 2014 brought not only upgrades and additions to the Tigers’ soccer facilities, the men’s team enjoyed wins over ranked opponents and time spent in the regional rankings. The women’s team celebrated its first Great American Conference title, defeating Southern Nazarene in the conference championship game. With growth and success come challenges, and Coach Sharp said he felt it was in the program’s best interest to meet them head on. He also emphasized that this restructuring of the program was done with
no additional budget requirements. “I am very pleased to announce this restructuring of our Soccer Program,” he said. “With recent growth in numbers, and scheduling challenges, both our men’s and women’s teams will have their own head coach.” He added, “Coach Kevin Wright will lead the women’s team. He has done an outstanding job with both teams, but he will now focus solely on leading and improving our women’s team.” Another change to the Tiger soccer program is the departure of longtime assistant coach and former player Neal Ozmun. Coach Ozmun left to serve as an assistant at Idaho State University. Coach Sharp affirmed the impact Ozmun made on Ouachita soccer. “Neal Ozmun assisted both the men’s and women’s teams for the last three seasons,” Sharp said. “I want to thank Neal for his contributions to our program. He did an outstanding job assisting in bringing numerous student-athletes to campus to compete for our soccer teams. We wish him well in his new endeavor.” n
Athletic Department to suspend golf program By STAFF
Sports Information Ouachita officials have announced plans to suspend the university’s men’s and women’s golf programs effective in the fall of 2015. According to Ouachita Athletic Director David Sharp, “We will suspend golf due to the declining numbers of students in the program and the cost of maintaining a competitive program.” Men’s golf has a long tradition at Ouachita while women’s golf was added in 2010 along with men’s wrestling. With the suspension of the golf program, the number of Ouachita athletics teams will decrease from 16 to 14 with
seven men’s teams and seven women’s teams. Coach Sharp has served as the Ouachita men’s golf coach since 1998. Doug Taylor coaches the women’s team in a part-time role. “I appreciate Doug Taylor and his dedicated professionalism in working with our women’s program to seek to achieve success,” Sharp said. “He also expressed appreciation to the studentathletes who “came out and competed and represented Ouachita on the golf course.” President Rex Horne said the decision was made to suspend the program rather than eliminate it at this point. If donors choose to fund the program over the next few years, university officials will evaluate whether to reinstate the program. n
Plenty of ups and downs plagued the Razorbacks football team this season, as they came close to several big time wins. They continually fell short this year, and were just a few points away from potentially ending up in a fireworks worthy game at the end of the season. We know how the story ended, however, as the Razorbacks ended up laying a beat down on the confident Longhorns. The Longhorns managed all of two rushing yards in the game and Arkansas looked like a much better team. So the question remains, where do they go from here? Looking at who left the team it is easy to recognize some holes. The defense was stripped of the leaders, but is still left with talent. On offense, however, The question is where the true promise reis now, with mains. A line that outweighs any NFL line comes back to all this talent, fight in the trenches. Only one can they do of the top 5 pass catchers left the team. what they This group is headlined by did not last star-in-the-making Hunter Henry, who is already on his year and way to being the next great punch their tight end. The quarterback situation remains mostly the ticket? All it same, although the eldest Altakes is one len brother comes in to the season finally healthy, which is more drive, the one thing that’s been missone less ing from his equation for success. dropped Headlining the entire team touchdown, however, is the monster run game that even SEC defenses and one have learned to fear. Where less 4th most teams feature one running back that takes the majordown. ity of the carries, Arkansas lets two carry the ball. Jonathan Williams is the leader in the doghouse if you have to name one. He runs like a bowling ball, and is always a danger to get those extra two or three yards. —Ian Craft Williams, of high school powerhouse Allen, Texas, flirted with the idea of taking his talents to the NFL. He would have likely been a mid-round pick, but would have ended up on a team’s roster no doubt. He runs low the ground, and with a violence that NFL coaches love to find in RB prospects. Thankfully for all the Razorback fans, he decided to put the NFL behind him for one more year and help the Razorbacks to the SEC championship. Next in line is the rising junior Alex Collins. The Florida native runs with a bit of a different style the Williams. Where as Williams will run through the middle of a defense, Collins knows how to bounce around on the edge. His build is very similar to Williams so they represent a style of running that wears the opposing team down. Collins seems to always find a way to complete the run. If he has to spin back around and go behind the line, or if he has to cut and juke he will. He brings so much to the table that he is truly one of the most valuable players on this team. The question is now, with all this talent, can they do what they did not last year and punch their ticket? All it takes is one more drive, one less dropped touchdown, and one less 4th down. If they can figure that out, then what’s stopping them from winning in a surprisingly even SEC? n
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