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Current Miss Ouachita Baptist University Brooke Schmidt and the other award winners after the 2015 pageant. This year’s Miss OBU will be hosted on October 23 in Jones Performing Arts Center. Miss Ouachita Baptist University will compete in the 2016 Miss Arkansas competition in July.
Ouachita to host pageant on October 23 By ANNA HURST News Bureau
Seven women will compete for the title of Miss Ouachita Baptist University on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus. Tickets for the pageant are $12 each. Contestants will participate in on-stage question, lifestyle and fitness in swimsuit, artistic expression in talent, presence and poise in eveningwear competitions and a pri-
vate interview. The pageant will be hosted by Ouachita’s Student Senate and directed by Ouachita alumnus Justin Harper. The winner of Miss OBU will represent Ouachita at the Miss Arkansas Pageant in July 2016 and receive a $1,000 scholarship and other prizes. “I have been extremely blessed by the opportunity throughout the last eight months,” said outgoing Miss OBU Brooke Schmidt, a junior business administration major from Rowlett, Texas. “God has
taught me so much about myself and allowed me to share the love of Christ with so many incredible people. I will miss this title so much, but, crown or no crown, I will continue to promote my platform and share Christ’s love across my campus and my community.” Previously held in early February, the pageant was moved up to the fall semester to allow the next winner additional preparation time for the Miss Arkansas Pageant. “Every girl has different goals in mind after they
win Miss OBU,” explained Ashlee Giles, a member of the Miss OBU Executive Board who is helping coordinate the pageant on campus this year. “Giving Justin more time to work with the winner and help her achieve those goals is going to be extremely beneficial.” “I am excited because this is kind of a new year for us,” Harper said. “This new opportunity to move the pageant to the fall is a great one because campus spirit is really high right now coming off of Homecoming and a great
football season. We are excited to add just another element of fun into the fall semester. “We are also excited about the campus support,” Harper added. “The students are always so great to come out and support and cheer for their contestants in the pageant and we want that again this year. We want them to be there to support and we want a full house.” Harper has served as executive director of the Miss Ouachita Baptist see Pageant z 3
Campus Activities to host trivia night Ouachita choirs to present By TARYN BAILEY Staff Writer
CAB will host a Harry Potter Trivia Night at 7 pm in Evans Student Center on Friday, Oct. 17. Students interested should sign up in teams of no more than five people, or they can sign up individually and be placed on a team. The sign up sheets are outside of the Campus Activities office. According to CAB’s staff advisor Stacey Perry, over 14 teams are planning to compete and students are able to sign up until the night of the event. Students are encouraged to dress up, although it is not required to participate. “It’s a community event, a chance to get out of your room on a Friday night and spectators are encouraged,” Perry said.
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“We’re expecting over 100 people to show up and it’s going to be corny and fun.” Teams can anticipate questions from both the books and the movies. Roxanne Easter, the CAB special events chair who planned the event, says Jimmy Phillips, CAB’s former staff advisor, has worked on the questions since last semester. Phillips is an avid Harry Potter fan. Easter also re-read the series and watched all the movies this summer in order to help with writing the questions. The questions have undergone a testing process by CAB members helping out with the event. A select few members who know Harry Potter very well got together and answered all the questions to add to and rule out the best fitting questions. Although diffi-
cult, the questions will be things that Harry Potter fans who have both read the books and seen the movies should know. CAB’s goal according to Perry is to have every question be answered by at least one team. Easter will host the event as the “Master of Ceremonies” and dress up as a character from the series. Evans Student Center will be covered in theme appropriate decorations including the Weeping Willow, the 9 ¾ platform featured in both the book and the movie, floating candles, multiple photo ops and more. CAB is even planning on having Harry Potter themed snacks like Butterbeer and wands made out of pretzel sticks. Prizes for the winning team will be Harry Potter themed although you see Trivia z 2
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concert on October 22 By CIMBER WINFREY News Bureau
Ouachita’s Division of Music will present Ouachita Singers and Women’s Chorus on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. Both groups will showcase a variety of music, from American and Irish folk songs to sacred hymns and secular texts. “When I listen to music, I want the melody and chord progressions to go somewhere that takes the listener through a variety of emotions,” said Women’s Chorus Director Dr. Becky Morrison, assistant professor of music. “I
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hope the audience leaves having enjoyed a variety of music and their spirits warmed and lifted.” “I hope [the concert] will help the audience learn and appreciate choral music and that they will come away refreshed and inspired by the literature and music presented,” added Ouachita Singers Director Dr. Gary Gerber, dean of Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts and professor of music. The Ouachita Singers program will include “Cantate Canticum Novum” by Dan Forrest, “More Love to Thee” by Timothy Shaw, “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” arranged by David Schwoebel, “I’ll Make Music” from Gloria by
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