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Lewis Architects Engineers z Courtesy THE NEW Elrod Center for Family and Community will feature a completely new building in a new location. The new structure will be located across the street from the current center, on the corner of Cherry and 6th Streets.
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@EmilyMTerry The Elrod Center for Family and Community, a quaint element of Ouachita’s campus, will soon move into a new space in order to free up land on campus as well as help to better serve the community. “Ultimately, we know this house is sitting right in the middle of a very important piece of land for Ouachita,” said Ian Cosh, vice president for community and international engagement. The building became known as the Elrod Center in 1997 under the leadership of Cosh and has been the center for community projects for 16 years. “We know that sometime in the future, this building has to come down, which is really sad,” Cosh said. “But
instead of waiting for that to happen, it’s best to be proactive and get it in a permanent location and secure it for the future.” This new location will be on the corner of Cherry and 6th Streets, across the street from the current Elrod Center location. “One of the nice things is that it’s going to beautify the south entrance to the campus, which links the campus and the town together. Symbolically, it’s very important,” Cosh said. “And people won’t ask, ‘What’s that building for?’ like they do now.” Though plans have already been drawn for the new building, construction will not begin until all the funds have been raised for the project. “In an ideal world, we would get all the money raised by this year and could start on the building next
year,” Cosh said. A generous donation has already been given, which Cosh says is driving the project. “We’re off to a very good start and we know that with the help of the development office, we are very hopeful to have the funding in place this year and start building next year,” Cosh said. Once the building is open, Cosh says he looks forward to using the opportunity of revamping the location of the Elrod Center to take a look at refreshing other aspects of the program. “There’s a fresh start energy that comes out of putting a new building in place. The act of moving is going to give us an opportunity to kind of rethink and revisit,” Cosh said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean a lot of change will come of it, but it gives an opportunity to take a measure of the moment.”
A challenge that will certainly come from the move is leaving a house with a relaxed feel to go to a building without creating a corporate feel. “That may happen,” Cosh said. “Where the trick comes in is trying to hit the balance between feeling professional and warm. We’ll have to make it warm with the furnishings and décor. But that will be a challenge.” However, the switch will be a positive one that will impact a large portion of campus for years to come. “After I’m gone and Dr. Horne’s gone and probably most of the people who work here are gone, the Elrod Center will keep on going because they will have a beautiful building to continue on with the task,” Cosh said. “It’s a matter of being a good steward and making sure you leave the place better than you found it.” n
Helping shape Baptist Communicators Association’s national branding for years to come, Brooke Zimny was honored last week for designing BCA’s new logo. Zimny, Ouachita’s assistant director of communications, has been a member of BCA since 2011. BCA is a national professional development organization for Baptist communicators serving in such areas as editorial, electronic media, graphic design, management, marketing, photography and public relations. This year’s BCA annual workshop was held last week at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock with Arkansas BCA members hosting their colleagues from across the nation. Trennis Henderson, vice president for communications at Ouachita, served as program committee chair for the event held April 17-20. Serving with him on the program committee were Zimny, a 2008 Ouachita graduate, and Matt Ramsey, director of information and communication for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention and a 2003 Ouachita graduate, as well as Stella Prather, director of communications for Arkansas Baptist Children’s Homes, and Tim Yarbrough, editor of Arkansas Baptist News. “Led by program chair see ZIMNY z 2
Fine Arts hosts 36th Queen Piano Competition By TAYLOR TOMLINSON News Bureau
Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts will host the 36th annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition Friday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center. The competition is free and open to the public. The annual competition “gives students a goal,” said Dr. Ouida Keck, coordinator of keyboard studies and Addie Mae Maddox Professor of Music. “It gives them the opportunity to see what musicians experience when entering competitions in the professional world of music once they graduate from Ouachita.” This year, eight students will compete. Each entrant will perform two compositions of contrasting style, with a total performance time of no more than 10 minutes. They will be judged by professional pianist Da-
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music major from Plano, Texas; Lauren Johnson, a freshman worship arts major from Rancho Mirage, Calif.. Sean Jackson, a sophomore music composition major from Livingston, La. will also be competing as well as Christopher Mazen, a senior worship arts major from Shreveport, La.; Courtney Stanage, a junior piano performance major from Hot Springs Village, Ark. In addition to these, Sarah Stiles, a sophomore biblical languages major and music and Christian studies minor from Aubrey, Texas and Jillian Turner, a sophomore piano and vocal performance major from Fort Worth, Texas will be competing in the competition. For more information about the Virginia Queen Piano Competition this Friday, contact Dr. Ouida Keck through email at kecko@ obu.edu or through phone by calling (870) 245-5352. n
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After venturing overseas to perform in the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, the senior members of the rhythm section made their last appearance at the spring jazz band concert.
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There are many questions students face when entering 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? Before 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 upperclassman preparing for your life ahead or a freshman that doesn’t know where to begin, you are not on this journey alone. Career Services is an organization at Ouachita whose main goal is equipping students with the answers, opportunities 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 freshman or a sophomore,” said Aly Smith, a sophomore Mass Communications major, “be-
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son, vice president of communications. “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-
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Seniors Michael Curtis, a music major from Wylie, Texas, Chris Mazen, a church music major from Shreveport, La., and Zach Zucha, a business finance major from Wylie, Texas, made their final appearance at Ouachita on the stage of Jones Performing Arts see JAZZ z 2
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CAB MOVIE will take place Sunday from 8:30- 11 p.m. in Walker Conference Center. “Wreck-it-Ralph” will be playing. For more information, contact: Allison Sweatman at sweatmana@obu.edu. OUACHITA SINGERS concert will take place Monday from 7:30–9 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. For more information, contact: Scott Holsclaw at holsclaws@obu.edu. CAB COFFEHOUSE will take place Wednesday, May 1, at Dr. Jack’s. For more information, contact: Allison Sweatman at sweatmana@obu.edu.
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z Continued from Page 1 Center this past Monday, April 22. “While the trip to Liverpool was a good learning experience, it does feel good to be playing again for an OBU audience,” Zucha said. “We were teaching over there, and coming back we got to perform instead of teach. Even though it’s our last concert, I feel like we went out with a bang and we can now look forward to what we had in Liverpool with teaching music; either in schools or just in our free time. The whole OBU Jazz Band experience has taught me a lot.” The jazz band concert featured 11 selections including “Mambo Hot” by Victor Lopez and “Feeling Good” by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Vocalist Alyssa Reynolds, a senior vocal performance major from Sanger, Texas, provided vocals for “Chega De
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z Continued from Page 1 Trennis Henderson and his team, those attending the 2013 BCA workshop in Little Rock experienced an outstanding mix of challenging professional development, along with time for building important relationships with colleagues,” said Jim Veneman, BCA’s newly elected president. Veneman, director of visual communication for Union University, is a 1975 Ouachita graduate. “The theme for this year’s workshop was ‘Mission: Impact.’ The goal was to highlight the life-changing impact our work can have as Christian communicators as well as our professional mission,” Veneman added. “From start to finish we were reminded of the many ways we reach a lost world. Creative breakout sessions, outstanding field trips and a powerful mission experience provided the
I couldn’t imagine a better way to end the semester and my Ouachita career. I came in with a dream and I got to fulfill it with the Ouachita Jazz Band. — ALYSSA REYNOLDS Saudade (No More Blues)” and “Feeling Good.” “Freshman year I went to my first jazz band concert and dreamed of being on stage as the singer,” Reynolds said. “That dream finally came true my senior year. “I couldn’t imagine a better way to end the semester and my Ouachita career. I came in with a dream and I got to fulfill it with the Ouachita Jazz Band.” n
Wesley Kluck z Courtesy BRENT NESSLER plays the tenor saxophone during the 2013 Spring Jazz Ensemble concert.
heart of an excellent workshop.” The four-day workshop featured professional development breakout sessions, networking and fellowship as well as field trips to Heifer International and the Clinton Presidential Library plus the annual Wilmer C. Fields Awards Banquet. Ouachita’s Office of Communications earned two BCA awards in the national competition – one for the music video, “OBU Lipdub: Tunes Unleashed” and one for the design of the new Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse logo. “Tunes Unleashed,” released in December 2012, has been viewed at www.vimeo. com/obu/lipdub more than 15,000 times in more than 80 nations. It was produced by the Office of Communications in partnership with student volunteers, the Office of Admissions Counseling and Dean Film & Video of Memphis, Tenn. The Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse
logo was designed in honor of Ouachita’s founding president, Dr. John W. “Jack” Conger. The Office of Communications staff worked with Ferris Williams, assistant professor of visual arts, to design the award-winning logo which is featured on coffeehouse signage, coffee mugs and T-shirts. BCA, founded in 1953, is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Seeking to update the organization’s professional branding, BCA leaders invited members to submit designs for a new logo to be voted on by fellow members and officers. Three of Zimny’s designs were among the top five submissions, with one of the three being adopted as BCA’s new logo. She and her husband, René Zimny, OBU’s assistant director of graphic services and a 2008 Ouachita graduate, collaborated on the logo designs. The winning logo was unveiled during the final session of last week’s
Wesley Kluck z Courtesy JUSTIN MASSEY performs on the bass guitar during the 2013 Spring Jazz Ensemble concert.
Brooke Zimny z Courtesy BROOKE AND Rene Zimny collaborated on logo designs which were honored by the Baptist Communicators Association.
workshop. The presentation included a plaque presented to Zimny, the unveiling of a new BCA banner featuring the logo and a reception following the presentation. “The annual BCA meeting is something I look forward to every year, but it was especially memorable this year
serving on the program committee that planned and hosted the event,” Zimny said. “It was fun introducing communicators from across the nation to Little Rock and many of the Ouachita alums in the area who are experts in the communications field. Being recognized for designing the new BCA logo was a huge honor and incredibly humbling – especially after seeing so much great work from our peers throughout the workshop and awards banquet.” Two students were awarded academic scholarships. Rachel Gilmer, a senior mass communications major from Princeton, Texas, received a $1,000 undergraduate scholarship and Mary Lynn Burns, a 2006 Ouachita graduate, received a $500 graduate scholarship. The scholarships are awarded “to encourage the growth and professional development of college, university and seminary students in the field of Baptist communications.” n
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Sources of student’s state pride By ANNA KUMPURIS Staff Writer
A few months ago I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with a friend visiting from Washington, and then later two friends, one from Illinois and one from Alabama. None of these friends had ever been to Arkansas before, and as I greeted each one of them I accompanied my greeting with “Welcome to the greatest state in America.” As a native Arkansan, I love this state with all my heart and get tired of hearing others, even other native Arkansans, say how much they don’t like it. As far as I’m concerned, those people can quit sipping on their Haterade and move somewhere else if they think Arkansas stinks so bad. But if you’re one of those people, before you up and move, let me try to persuade you to give Arkansas another chance. I once heard a story of a boy who moved to Arkansas from New York during high school and who, before he got here, genuinely believed that people in Arkansas didn’t wear shoes. And people up there think we’re the ignorant ones? Obviously I was shocked at this story, but I also decided that the reason everyone else in the world doesn’t love Arkansas as much as me is because of ignorance. They just don’t know what all this great state has to offer, but Arkansas is much more than just somewhat high crime rates, bipolar weather patterns
and TLC reality shows like 19 Kids and Counting, following the Duggar family, and Cheer Perfection about the wonderful world that is children’s competitive cheerleading. Here are just a few reasons why the Natural State should rock your socks off: Education: Besides the fact that Ouachita is in Arkansas, I bet you didn’t know that education news and research publication Education Week recently ranked Arkansas fifth out of all the states in the nation regarding quality of education and second of all states in the teaching profession category. Why? We are one of only eight states requiring high schools to have a college preparatory curriculum, one of 11 states to reward teachers for improving student achievement, and one of ten states offering incentive for principles to move to targeted schools. Sports: Arkansas is in the SEC and I’d say it’s a pretty widely accepted fact that the SEC is the best conference in the country at least as far as college football is concerned. Arkansas is also one of a few states in the SEC that only has one major college team — the Razorbacks. Some people might say this is lame, but I say this is a unifier. While states like Alabama and Mississippi are divided and fighting over Auburn or the Crimson Tide, Ole Miss or Mississippi State, the entire state of Arkansas is calling the Hogs and that makes for a really fun football season. Though Razorback sports haven’t
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Thoughtful, intentional respect uncommon today By MARY CASTLEMAN Integrity Contest Winner
Respect is quite the cultural buzzword. Try a quick Google search of the word; you’ll have over one billion results at your fingertips. Aretha sang about it; we talk and tweet about it; and yet— when it comes to understanding and showing respect, I often wonder if we’re missing something. We as a generation have a reputation for being especially disrespectful. Why is that? In today’s society, “instant” is everywhere: instant oatmeal, instant messaging, Instagram. Countless dollars are thrown into get-rich-quick schemes and diets that promise immediate results. The Google search I mentioned above? It would take 1.2 seconds. The speed and ease with which we communicate is staggering. While this may be convenient, I believe it has done nothing to cultivate or encourage an attitude of respect. Respect is often not instant. On the contrary, it is thoughtful and intentional. The dictionary definition of respect, the noun, is “a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” On the most basic level, we should show respect to everyone with whom we come into contact because of their intrinsic value as a creature of the Creator. Whether or not I can detect any impressive abilities or qualities in a person, they were created by and deeply loved by the God of the Universe—that’s the only “quality” I need to know.
But the more profound level of respect comes from knowing someone deeply. And depth, by definition, takes time to develop. In my own life, I often fail to show respect when I am in a hurry. I make important decisions with the click of a button. The downside to this “insta-world” is that it has trained me to act now, reflect later, and apologize if necessary. Anyone with a Twitter account has probably experienced the regret of sending an impulsive, contentious tweet; everyone on Ouachita’s campus can remember last year’s controversy over “chapel tweet.” If I spent 30 minutes (or even 30 seconds) reflecting on a situation, my tweets, emails, and texts would probably look radically different. This may all sound a bit extreme, but if we are to cultivate an attitude of respect, we have to train ourselves to respond more slowly. Respectfulness is not something we can stumble into. It doesn’t happen by accident. Society also puts a premium on feelings, but as we mature in our views of respect, we understand that it is more than the outward display of positive feelings toward someone. My respect for a person isn’t determined in a single situation. Our respect is the result of an accumulation of experiences over time. Even when I don’t “feel” like showing someone respect — or when they may not be acting in a manner worthy of respect at the time — I can remember all the other times that they did. In this way, respect contains an element of grace. May we grow in both. n
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been 100 percent the past couple years (thanks in large part to Bobby Petrino who, for the record, is not a native Arkansan) I’ll always believe in the Hogs. Cool People: The following cool people all hail from Arkansas: Musicians — Johnny Cash, Al Green, Kris Allen, Ben Rector. Don’t listen to Ben Rector? You better start. Although not born in Arkansas, Rector wisely chose to attend school in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas and still reps the Razorbacks wherever he goes. Actors — Mary Steenburgen (Elf, The Proposal, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games, The Four Feathers, American Beauty), Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Sling Blade, and Angelina Jolie’s former husband—they were an odd couple). Authors — Maya Angelou, John Grisham. Athletes — Jermain Taylor, middleweight champion and Olympic boxer, Scottie Pippen, NBA basketball player who led the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan, Jerry Jones, former Razorback lineman who now owns the Dallas Cowboys. Politicians — Winthrop Rockefeller, John L. McClellan (McClellan Hall, anyone?) Mike Huckabee (former governor who now hosts his own show on Fox News), Bill Clinton (say what you want about his policy and certain scandals that came out during his presidency, but you can’t argue with the suc-
Get yoked like an omelet; do farmers’ walks today By NOAH HUTCHINSON Staff Writer
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vice-grips snapped at the hinge, sending a seemingly impregnable pickle jar crashing to the floor. Still no luck. The jar wouldn’t be pried, twisted or even shattered open, and until she got ahold of those pickles, she couldn’t add the final ingredient to GiGi’s world famous deviled eggs. Ethel hunched down over the jar and bawled her little eyes out. “It’s fate,” she cried. “I’ll never be able to finish these eggs in time to make it to the Culinary Cage-Match. Whatever will I do? If I don’t win that prize money, they’ll foreclose on the orphanage for sure!” Suddenly, the kitchen wall exploded. A voice that sounded like John Wayne chewing an entire pouch of Red man drawled through the clearing smoke. “Golly, Miss Ethel, if you’d ‘a just asked, I’d have opened that jar right up for you!” It was Hank, the local cattle farmer. Hank spent all day carrying cows and pulling up tree stumps with his bare hands (That’s farm stuff, right?), giving him a grip like a pair of pliers going through labor pains. He opened the jar as if it were nothing, Ethel’s deviled eggs came in first place at the annual Culinary Cage-Match and the orphans all had a place to sleep and a hot meal in their bellies that night. Not everybody has a job at a cattle farm to help them build that classic “farm boy strength”, but there is a favorite exercise among strongman competitors that has almost the same effect: the farmers walk. To do the farmers walk, all you have to do is pick up a heavy object in each hand and walk with it. 40 yards is generally considered a good distance for one set, as it means you aren’t going too heavy or too light. They make special plate-loaded handles for the farmers walk, but dumbbells or even just a steel pipe with weights on it will work fine. People who have a “arms and shoulders day” don’t do farmers walks. Farmers walks work everything at the same time to the point that if you really push yourself, you’ll be dry heaving on the ground while wondering how many pounds you just added to your squat max. The farmers walk has a whole laundry list of benefits, but there are a few that stick out above the rest.
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First of all, they’ll give you a yoke like a silverback gorilla. My upper back is incredibly weak, because I hate rows and dead lifts, but after my first workout with a pair of farmers walk handles, I was so sore I could barely turn my head the next morning. The farmers walk is brutal on the traps, so if your shoulder blades currently look like something that belongs on a stegosaurus, go pick up some dumbbells and start walking. On top of that, your grip strength will soar through the roof. You’ll see an improvement on your dead lift just because of the fact that you’ll be able to hold onto the bar better. Aside from that, who doesn’t want a good grip? After a few weeks you’ll have a handshake that, on contact, would make even the most seasoned businessman feel like he needs to go buy a fancier car to compensate. Women will be chasing you down the street to open jars for them. You’ll never have to make more than one trip to bring your groceries in from the car again. There’s not much that gets that Zeus energy flowing like a strong grip, so it’s definitely a worthy goal to pursue. Finally, the farmers walk just makes you feel like a man. Almost everything we do nowadays is done on a computer. I can practically hear my inner lumberjack cackling with childish glee as I pick up those handles and do whatever it takes not to let go of them before I’ve made it to the end of the course. The name itself takes you back to a simpler time when your ancestors day to day consisted of skinning the pterodactyl for supper that night, making sure the zombies didn’t cross the Mason Dixon line, dumping the toxic waste and trudging back to the cabin for some hard earned rest. Those were the days. As a side note, I would highly recommend chalk while doing these. Your grip is going to be the first thing to fail, and unlike wrist straps or noob indicators (lifting gloves) it’s still manly and works your grip. As much time as our generation spends pecking away at our keyboards, it’ll never make our hands any stronger. If you want to feel like a man and have a pair of meat clad vice grips hanging from your arms, go get a few sets of farmers walks in today. Somewhere, there’s a dainty lass weeping over a pickle jar as the ingredients for her famous deviled eggs sit on the counter, cold and un-relished. Don’t be that guy that has to run the jar under hot water. n
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Marcus Schlesinger closes out career on top By JOSH FINK
Sports Information Director Becoming a national champion in any sport is not an easy task. Many sports require a team to work together to achieve such an honor, but swimming is one of the few sports that individual performances can be rewarded as well. This year, the Ouachita Tigersharks sent four participants to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships. Of all the performances at the championships though, one Ouachita competitor stood out above the rest. Marcus Schlesinger has been swimming since his freshman year of high school. He has not only achieved great things as an Ouachita Tigershark, but has also competed on an international scale, as he competed for the U.S. national team at the Maccabi Games. All of his hard work and determination built up to this year’s NCAA Championships in Birmingham though. In Birmingham, Marcus was one of only two Tigersharks to compete in individual events. He competed in the 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard backstroke, 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly as an individual, while joining his teammates, Kody Moffat, Kenton Scott and Jacob McLain in the 400 yard freestyle relay, 200 yard freestyle relay and 200 yard medley relay. Schlesinger’s most notable performance came in the 100 yard butterfly. Schlesinger finished the preliminaries for the event with the best time, posting a 47.77 and pushing him through to the championship final. Little did everyone know, but Marcus was just getting started. In the championship final, Marcus sailed to a national championship, putting up a time of 47.54 and placing his name in a conversation with the all-time greats that have come through the Ouachita swimming program. Schlesinger commented on his victory by saying, “It felt awesome. I was so excited when I saw that number one next to my name, I’ve wanted a national title for so long.” Although his first place finish in the
Jason Pullano z The Signal MARCUS SCHLESINGER powers through the water to land the top spot at the NCAA Division II National Championships.
100 yard butterfly is the one that will be remembered, Marcus finished just shy of national titles in the 100 yard freestyle and the 50 yard freestyle. In the championship final of the 100 yard freestyle, Marcus put together a time of 43.56, putting him just five tenths of a second behind the first place finisher, who posted a time of 43.16. In the 50 yard freestyle, Marcus finished even closer to a national championship. He finished the championship final with a time of 19.84, while the eventual national champion finished with a time of 19.81. Marcus’s other finish was a 13th place performance in the 100 yard backstroke. Ryan Killackey, head coach of the Tigersharks, praised Marcus’s career at Ouachita, saying, “Marcus has stepped forward and is classified as, by far, our most decorated studentathlete at Ouachita.” Along with Schlesinger’s performances as an individual, he helped Moffatt, Scott and McLain to an 11th place performance in the 400 yard freestyle relay, as well as an 11th place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay
and a 13th place finish in the 200 yard medley relay. Moffatt, who was the only other TIgershark to qualify in individual events, notched a 38th place finish in the 200 yard individual medley and a 52nd place finish in the 100 yard freestyle. The Tigersharks finished the championships ranked 16th among all men’s teams that participated in Birmingham. Killackey is proud of his athletes, saying, “The nationals have become a lot different than in previous years. The quality of this meet is, I would say, about five-fold, from three years ago. “Our main focus was getting guys to nationals and our guys did what they needed to do to make that happen.” Although the NCAA Championships signaled the end of Schlesinger’s career at Ouachita, he isn’t done yet. Marcus plans to continue training for the 19th World Maccabiah Games, which are going to be held in Israel in July. Following the World Maccabiah Games, he will be looking ahead to the 2016 Olympic Trials, where he
The quality of this meet is, I would say, about five-fold, from three years ago. Our main focus was getting guys to nationals and our guys did what they needed to do to make that happen. — RYAN KILLACKEY will try to qualify for the Olympic Games. As Marcus looks at what swimming has done for him, he notes physical and mental growth, but none of which would be possible without his biggest fan. “I would definitely not be here without this sport and the support from my friends and family, especially my mom,” he said. n
UFC brings fresh take on sports, packs punch for viewers By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor
PRESS BOX
This weekend, in a free event on FOX (they’ve moved away from Spike, so be sure to keep an eye out for more free events to come), Ben Henderson defended the UFC lightweight title for the third time, this time against Gilbert Melendez. But who cares about that? Two evenly matched 155 pound guys skipping around the ring does not make for great television. The real main event (although it was a pretty terrible fight) was 257 pound Frank Mir getting whooped up on by 234 pound Daniel Cormier in his UFC debut. Cormier is a former Olympic wrestler, and the current Strike Force heavyweight champion, but this was his first fight in the UFC. Being the cocky, hair gel shellacked tool that he is, Mir made the same mistake Chris Leben made when he fought Anderson Silva in his UFC debut. Since it was Cormier’s first time fighting in “the big league,” Mir would obviously just run him over. Except that didn’t happen at all. As
it turns out, fighting Daniel Cormier is a lot like fighting a bull moose, in the sense that he’s enormous and can move faster than a horse. Cormier beat Mir to the center of the ring without much of a fight, pushed him back into the cage and displayed some of the best dirty boxing I have seen from anyone in any weight class. These were not the little close range school yard punches that let you know you that you can make a quick run to the kitchen without missing anything. Cormier hit like a truck, even though his head was literally pressed into Mir’s chest for the entire fight. Even as wonderful as Mir’s ground game supposedly is, there was never any sign of Cormier losing his footing. To top it all off, when he was not trying to grate Mir against the fence like a block of cheese, Cormier had high kicks that would make Mirko Cro Cop look like a showgirl. Even though Cormier had an impressive UFC debut, it was not a great fight because Mir landed maybe six strikes over the course of all three rounds.
However, the fight that I’m now looking forward to is Cormier vs. Dos Santos. Junior Dos Santos has some of the best boxing not just in the Heavyweight division, but in the entire UFC. In a sport full of head hunters, he’s one of the few guys that actually throws jabs and makes good use of head movement. Put that kind of technical boxing in the same cage as Cormier’s dirty boxing, and there is no way the fight is ending in a decision. In a weight class mostly made up of fat guys that either knock each other out in the first round or just get gassed and lay on top of each other until the end of the third, Cormier vs. Dos Santos is inevitable due to sheer lack of competition. Being that a lucky punch early on in the fight basically decided Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 2, Dos Santos may even have his belt back by the time it happens. A five-round brawl between two human water buffalo whose footwork makes 180 pound guys look like they are wearing lead boots is a fight I definitely want to see.
In a weight class mostly made up of fat guys that either knock each other out in the first round or just get gassed and lay on top of each other until the end of the third, Cormier vs. Dos Santos is inevitable due to sheer lack of competition. — NOAH HUTCHINSON This Saturday, John Jones is set to kick Chael Sonnen in the face until he finally shuts up, but in the future, watch for Daniel Cormier to make a run at the heavyweight title. I almost feel bad for people like Nelson. The same way that Leasner made it so only the strong heavyweights could be competitive, Cormier is about to seriously ratchet up the base line for agility. n
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Eubanks braves whitewater rapids By ANNA KUMPURIS Staff Writer
Among the hobbies you would expect from Christian studies professors at small Baptist colleges in the South, white water kayaking is probably not one of them. Yet this is exactly what Dr. Byron Eubanks loves to do with his time every chance he gets. Eubanks’s love for the sport began when he was a student at Ouachita himself. “My freshman year, home for spring break, some friends took me on a day canoeing trip on the Buffalo River,” said Eubanks, professor of philosophy. “It was the first time I’d been on that kind of river, and that summer I bought my first canoe. That was the summer of 1977, and I still have it.” Paddling the canoe for recreation, camping and fishing gave Eubanks experience on the river and a love for being on the water in general, which motivated him to buy his first kayak a few years later. “A Ouachita faculty member had a son who had an old kayak for sale, cheap, and I thought I’m gonna try it,” Eubanks said. “So I bought his very old fiberglass kayak and I learned how to roll it, and then just really fell in love with the whitewater part of it. It’s a lot easier to manage whitewater in a kayak than in a canoe. I liked the excitement of whitewater and just went on from there.” Whitewater kayaking is a sport with a decent following in Arkansas, thanks to the many rivers and whitewater opportunities the state offers. One of Eubanks’s favorite parts about kayaking is getting to see parts of this state that most people won’t see or don’t even know about. “You can see some really beautiful places that are hard to see in any other way, as conveniently or from that perspective,” Eubanks said. “Arkansas has some really beautiful rivers and mountains, some of which have trails around them and many of which don’t, so I just love being outside, the opportunity to see the beauty of nature.” This love of beauty and the outdoors is not necessarily surprising coming from the kind, laid-back professor, but Eubanks also has an adventurous side. This affinity for risk-taking gives Eubanks an appreciation for other outdoor recreational sports as well, such as rock climbing and mountain biking. “My daughters have gotten me into rock climbing some, and I find that rock climbing requires some of the same mental toughness that whitewater kayaking requires,” Eubanks said. “Mountain biking is similar in some ways as well. They involve an element of risk and I don’t think of myself as a huge risk taker but I guess I am something of a risk taker since those sports appeal to me. I like the element of challenge and risk, so if I can’t do one, if there’s not enough water to kayak,
Dr. Byron Eubanks z Courtesy DR. BYRON Eubanks kayaks during one of his recent trips. Eubanks has been kayaking much of his life, and uses it as a motivator to stay active and fit; he also teaches the kayaking course at Ouachita.
Arkansas’ Top Kayaking Rivers Caddo River — Class I-II
Distance from Campus: 5 minutes
You can see some really beautiful places that are hard to see in any other way, as conveniently or from that perspective.
Caddo Valley: Class I. Close to home for family trips. No real whitewater but convenient and good place to practice basic strokes and moves. Above DeGray Lake: Class I-II. Half hour to hour from campus, depending on section — Caddo Gap to Glenwood has some Class II whitewater for family trips or newer paddlers.
Hailstone — Class II-III
Distance from Campus: 3 hours Class II-III, depending on level. 15 miles of the upper Buffalo River above the National River. Waterfalls on bluffs along river, beautiful vegetation and umbrella magnolias. Rarely enough water to paddle but a real treat when there is.
— DR. BYRON EUBANKS then I can probably go ride a mountain bike or go with one of my daughters and climb.” Because kayaking is a very weather dependent sport in Arkansas, Eubanks recognizes that it can be very difficult for college students to find time to experience it and try it out, but he recommends students who are interested in the sport to take his kayaking class here at Ouachita. “In the class, students would learn how to safely get out of a boat if it turns over, and we teach them all the basic strokes, how to make the boat go where you want it to, basic maneuvers that you would encounter on moving water,” Eubanks said. “I always have some students who learn how to roll the boat, and some who don’t and that’s okay. The class is designed to get students confident and safe in Class 2 whitewater which has waves and features that require some boat control so you can’t just float down the river.” Assuming weather cooperates, the see KAYAKING z 6
Richland Creek — Class III-IV Distance from Campus: 3.5 hours
Class III-IV rapids. North of Atkins and Russellville. Beautiful Ozark stream with waterfalls on bluffs along the river and a lot of action.
Cossatot — Class II-IV
Distance from Campus: 1.5 hours Class II-IV, depending on section and levels. My most frequently paddled river, very challenging water at higher levels. Best whitewater river system in the southern half of AR, so paddlers come from all over our region to paddle there. Baker Creek is a tributary with a 10-12 foot vertical drop and a lot of other challenging rapids.
Little Missouri River — Class II-IV Distance from Campus: 1 hour
Albert Pike Campground to Langley: Class II-III, depending on levels. Beautiful scenery. Langley to Lake Greeson: Class II. Milder whitewater for easier trips. High enough to paddle more often than upper section. Crooked Creek, upper watershed: Class III-IV. Rarely high enough to paddle. Very small, technical (requires a lot of maneuvering through boulders and ledges), gorges. Source: Dr. Byron Eubanks
Going against the grain Commons accomodates gluten-free students By KATHLEEN SUIT Staff Writer
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Kathleen Suit z The Signal CAITLYN JOHNSON prepares a meal in the gluten-free room in the Commons kitchen area. Dining Services stocks the room with gluten-free ingredients and meals for students who suffer from celiac disease. Scan QR code to view video.
Pizza, pasta, cookies, soup, bread; the list could go on and on. If we were to really sit down and think about everything that makes up our diet for a normal day, it would not be a challenge to notice that for a majority of us, gluten constitutes a significant percentage of our diet. And we don’t even realize it. Now, imagine if you were to cut that gluten out. How drastic would your daily food choices change if bread were no longer an option? For one out of every 130 Americans, that is a reality. These people suffer from what is called Celiac disease, or gluten intolerance. Celiac disease is an auto-immune condition that damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing parts of food that are important for staying healthy. The
damage is caused by a reaction that is triggered by eating gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Celiac disease can be a genetic condition that is passed down within families for generations and could have serious complications on the individuals if the symptoms are not treated properly, or if they consume gluten. “The most predictable thing about celiac disease is how unpredictable the symptoms are,” said Caitlyn Johnson, a junior early childhood education major who suffers from celiac disease. “Any Celiac that you see on campus will all have different [symptoms].” In the majority of cases, people who have Celiac do not go into anaphylactic shock after ingesting or confronted with gluten. This disease is not to be mistaken with an allergy, but rather, it is an intolerance. Although it does prosee GLUTEN-FREE z 6
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CrossFit: Making time for working out By ALLY LEMOS
Special to the Signal We climb hundreds upon hundreds of stairs. We lug our 50-pound backpacks miles across campus. We sprint to the Caf to make it there in time for dinner before the black gate shuts. There is weight lifting and cardio involved, so we can count that as our daily workout, right? Many people do and slowly suffer from the developing consequences including weight gain and lethargy. We are surrounded from all angles by people telling us that we need to exercise. Turn on your television for 15 minutes, and you are almost guaranteed to see an advertisement for the latest exercise program. Look at your course schedule for next semester and realize that you are enrolled in Wellness. Open up your computer and welcome the onslaught of workout advice that can get you fit and ready for that awesome summer on the beach. We get it! We need to exercise. But all of these people just do not seem to understand that we are college students. Working out is not on the top of many of our daily to-do lists. A common excuse for not exercising is lack of time. This is a legitimate concern. It is hard to find time to complete 30 minutes of cardio plus 40 minutes of weightlifting. And you cannot forget stretching before and after. Suddenly, you are looking at setting aside an hour and a half of your day to do something that is not even required of you. Between that exegetical that is due tomorrow and the Contemporary World map test that you forgot was coming up, other things take priority in our lives over working out. It is not that we do not want to work out. We know that it is good for us. Just take a quick glance at Pinterest. It seems that someone is constantly pinning a new thirty minute workout or a way to burn one hundred calories in only ten minutes. There is a common theme: maximizing your time. I am a firm believer in using your time wisely, which has led me to do workouts that are quick and intense while also providing results and motivation to exercise. In other words, I do CrossFit.
Over the last few years, the popularity of CrossFit has grown. You may have seen the CrossFit Games on television or heard people casually talking about handstand push-ups, burpees or double-unders. There has been an explosion across the United States as hundreds of thousands of people of all ages and athletic backgrounds are diving into what has been deemed “The Sport of Fitness.” CrossFit is defined as “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement.” Forget entering the weight room ready for a “leg day” or “back and shoulders day.” CrossFit focuses on different movements combined in a variety of ways every day. Unlike some exercise programs, CrossFit is usually a quick workout that pushes you to your limit for a short amount of time. This is the perfect fit for a college student. The different elements range from running and body weight movements to performing a large number of functional lifts. Rather than having to set aside time for your cardio and time for your weightlifting, CrossFit incorporates both into one intense workout. Many of the workouts ask you to see how much you can do in a given time. Other workouts give you the set amount of work and questions how fast you can push yourself to complete it. This is where the cardio element comes in ― even during the workouts where activities like running or biking are not evidenced. If you are not breathing hard by the end of the workout, you probably did not push yourself hard enough. You might be wondering what these “high intensity” workouts look like. Here are two examples of something you might encounter: “Cindy”: As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of: • Five pull-ups • 10 push-ups • 15 squats “DT”: Five rounds for time: • 12 deadlifts, 155 pounds • Nine hang power cleans, 155 pounds • Six push jerks, 155 pounds
You might notice that a weight is listed. This is the recommended weight for males to perform the workout. Do not let that scare you away if you are a male who cannot clean 155 pounds or a female who had no idea that you could clean something other than your dorm room. You can scale the weight or the movement to something that you can do during every workout. This also allows you to see your improvement over time as you advance in your abilities to perform the listed weights or movements. These are just two of the endless workouts available. As mentioned, CrossFit is constantly varied, so you will not perform the same workout again for weeks or even months. Crossfit.com posts a Workout of the Day, affectionately known as the WOD among the CrossFit community. The next day’s WOD is posted at 7 p.m., and I would be lying to you if I said that I had never turned on my computer right at 7 p.m. and hit the refresh button multiple times waiting for the WOD to pop up. That is one of the things that I love most about CrossFit; it always leaves me excited for the next day’s challenge. I have seen the physical results as I have lost body fat while also gaining strength. Most importantly, it is something that I enjoy doing and that I have been able to do without feeling like I am wasting away a huge chunk of my day. As a college student, what more could you ask for? n Ally Lemos is a junior early childhood education major from Hanford, Calif.
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Lack of sleep can lead to ‘medical, emotional issues’ even among young people By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor
Kathleen Suit z The Signal GLUTEN-FREE Bisquick is one of the mixes kept in the gluten-free room of the Commons for students who suffer with celiac disease. The students come in and make meals throughout the week.
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to work around. Snacking is an area many individuals with celiac disease agree is one of the hardest. Many of us can pull right on through any one of the many fast food restaurants, or pick up something quick to go, but that is not an option when you have a gluten intolerance. “It is a lot better than it sounds. It sounds absolutely miserable, but it’s not,” said Johnson, “The diet is hard, but usually when you get to the point of needing to be on it, you are sick enough that you just want to be better; and no food is worth feeling awful.” For every food item purchased, the list of ingredients must be thoroughly checked. And the reality is that a lot of restaurants, especially those that
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z Continued from Page 5 kayaking class completes the semester with a day-trip to a local, Class 2 whitewater river. Because kayaking is very time consuming—many trips last a full day—as well as weather dependent, kayaking is not one of Eubanks’s primary physical activities, but it does serve as motivator to stay active and exercise when he’s not kayaking. “I like kayaking, and staying fit makes the kayaking better in terms of me being able to do what I want to in the boat, and safer, so it gives me additional incentive to stay fit,” Eubanks said. “For me that means cardio, because you’ve got to have the endurance to stick with a long stretch of whitewater, weights to keep my upper body toned, and stretching because you’ve
are individual stores, not chain food joints, either do not have the allergen and ingredient lists posted, do not have a place to find this information or do not even know if what they are serving contains gluten. This has the potential to make eating out pretty difficult for gluten free people. “If you are becoming gluten free, you know you don’t have a choice, I want to encourage you,” said Caylie Gillum, a freshman early childhood education major with celiac disease. “It’s really not that bad, it’s not that hard. It is very doable and there are so many resources out there.” n
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McKinney: ‘Cycling a Pressure Release’ got to have flexibility to be able to roll. “I like exercise for itself, and would exercise if I weren’t a kayaker, but kayaking gives me additional incentive because when I do get to kayak I’ll have more fun if I’m in shape.” Eubanks said he believes that whitewater can be fun for most anyone, if they are on the right river for their skill level. “If the risk is too high, the risk becomes fear and it’s not fun anymore,” Eubanks said. “So if you do whitewater you’ve got to find your comfort level, but the combination of beauty and challenge makes a really good combination for me.” n
“I’m tired.” This could be the official motto of college students. It’s the standard answer whenever you ask somebody how they’re doing. It seems inevitable that college students will always be under the lethargic thumb of sleep deprivation, but Dr. Wesley Kluck has some insights on the condition that may be eye opening in more than just then figurative sense. “Sleep has been studied a whole bunch over the last 15 or 20 years.” said Kluck, vice president of student services and university physicaian. “They basically all show that a lot of stuff that’s important to your health happens while you sleep. “Rest, repair, psychological and emotional recovery all happens while you sleep. When you voluntarily deprive yourself of sleep, you aren’t just making yourself tired. You’re stressing yourself, you aren’t giving your mind any rest and certain hormones in your body are increased. You basically make some medical and emotional issues more readily available.” Most college students assume that they aren’t as easily affected by things like sickness because they’re young and strong. However, Kluck warns that youth doesn’t mean immunity. “It may not immediately cause any problems, but under the right circumstances, it could cause you to get sick more often,” he said. “You may get more depressed, feel more anxiety or feel more emotional problems as well. It lowers your threshold.” Due to the physical repairs the body undergoes during sleep, Kluck says that it’s especially important for athletes to get their rest. “Gaining strength is a process of tearing down your muscles and having them repair themselves,” Kluck said. “If you don’t give your body time to repair itself, working out won’t be anywhere near as effective.” Kluck acknowledges that college students will most likely always be sleep deprived because of responsibilities like homework and papers. However, he does have some advice on how to make what rest you can get count.
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People think they can sleep for 12 hours on the weekend and that it will make up for the sleep they’ve lost during the week. That’s not the case. — DR. WESLEY KLUCK “People think they can sleep for 12 hours on the weekend and that it will make up for the sleep they’ve lost during the week,” said Kluck. “That’s not the case. On top of getting six or eight hours of sleep, you also need to sleep consistently. By that, I mean to get the most out of your sleep, you need to go to sleep around the same time every night. This going to bed at 2 a.m. one night and midnight the next and 4 a.m. the next is giving people a lower quality of sleep.” Overall, sleep deprivation does, and most likely always will, run rampant among college students. However, for those looking to have more energy during the day, getting six to eight hours of sleep every night, and going to bed around the same time each night will yield a better quality of rest. n