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08.29.13 Volume 122 Issue 1

Ouachita Baptist University

IN THIS ISSUE:

‘I’m just the messenger’

Sitting down with Idol’s Colton Dixon p.7 AMERICANIDOL.COM

New brew Tom Auffenberg 1947–2013, p.5

Miss Arkansas Students, alumnae compete, p.3

Living in China Molly Bowman interns in Beijing, p.6

Dr. Jack’s custom coffees benefit Honduran orphans

By TANNER WARD Editor-in-Chief

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ow you can feel better about swiping your card at Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse. New custom blends developed exclusively for Dr. Jack’s have replaced Starbucks Coffee and not only quench your thirst, but help provide for orphans in Honduras.

“Everything that’s available in the coffee shop is pretty much the same product, but better, because it’s now made with Dr. Jack’s Coffee,” said Dr. Brett Powell, vice president for administrative services. “I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback; a lot of people like the coffee and think it’s a lot better. I personally think it’s better. It’s see DR. JACK’S z 4

Life of Service Dr. Bob Gosser remembered, p.4

“A lot of people like the coffee and think it’s a lot better. It’s good.”

DR. BRETT POWELL

Enactus Recognized at National Competition

Student voices motivate change in campus safety

By SAM CUSHMAN News Editor

Summer Movies The good, the bad, the alright, p.8

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Preseason Ranks Football named fourth in GAC, p.9

Back to School Photos from first two weeks, p.10

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Dr. Bryan McKinney z Courtesy OUACHITA’S ENACTUS presentation team stands with its trophy in Kansas City, Mo., in May. The team was recognized as a top 60 team of 535 teams in the United States after completing projects like bringing Dr. Jack’s Coffee to campus, implementing recycling and entrepreneurial programs at the Clark County Boys & Girls Club and teaching business classes to entrepreneurs in Honduras.

Ouachita began a contract with a new company to serve as campus safety on June 1 this summer, making the switch from Securitas to Whelan Security.

Junior philosophy major Dave Fair was on campus over the summer working for the IT department when the change was made.

“It seemed to happen overnight, really,” he said. “All of a sudden there was a new safety truck driving around.”

Fair said that his past runins with the previous safety were relatively uneventful, despite the seemingly bold nature of some of the stunts they caught him pulling.

“They were pretty relaxed,” he said. “I got caught climbing roofs a couple of times with people, and they let us go. I also got caught with fireworks a couple of times and they still let us go. So maybe this safety will be more strict.”

According to Brett Powell, Vice President of Administra-

tive Services, the Ouachita administration had been thinking about making the change for quite some time.

“Really we were just looking for the best possible service for students,” he said.

“Overtime it seemed we weren’t quite getting the service we were expecting and that we thought students really deserved.”

Powell said the Ouachita administration had explored other options and made the decision to switch early last spring. As far as what triggered the administration to begin looking for other options, Powell said there was not a specific event but that they had monitored the interaction between students and campus safety and over time they came to their present conclusion.

However, Powell mentioned that the long term enmity between students and campus safety played a large role and was a major factor in the decision to change.

“One of the final factors that made us get pretty serious see SAFETY z 2

New DeSoto Trail provides safer path to river bluffs

By SAM CUSHMAN News Editor

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The DeSoto Bluff Trail that has been a hotspot for Ouachita students and the Arkadelphia community underwent improvements earlier this year to make the trail more accessible to visitors.

The relatively flat, quarter-mile trail takes casual hikers through a natural area that ends at a bluff overlooking the Ouachita River and the surrounding landscape. The improvements include a paved trail, guardrails and interpretive signage. “[Arkadelphia] is excited to have had the opportunity, through grants from the

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Humanities Council, to further develop the well-loved Desoto Bluff trail for the use of all our residents and visitors,” said City Manager Jimmy Bolt.

According to a press release that came from Bolt’s office on July 10, the grant from the AGFC totaled $80,2915.30 and came from the Wildlife Observation Trails Pilot Program.

The Bluff is named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who led an expedition into the southern United States. He and his soldiers were the first Europeans to set foot in what is now Arkansas. Locals maintain that he and his see DESOTO TRAIL z 3

Kristen Barnard z The Signal DESOTO BLUFF Trail’s new entrance is just south of Carmart on Hwy. 7.

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CAB INTEREST MEETING will take place tonight from 8- 9 p.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information, contact: Hilary Hill at hillh@obu.edu.

REFUGE will take place tonight from 9–10 p.m. in JPAC. For more information, contact: James Taylor at taylorja@obu. edu.

TRI CHI 80s TWIRP NIGHT will take place Tuesday, Sept.

3 from 8- 10 p.m. in the Tiger Den. For more information, contact: Emily Harris at har53780@obu.edu.

EEE 50s TWIRP NIGHT will take place Wednesday, Sept.

4 from 7- 9 p.m. in the Tiger Den. For more information, contact: Beth Anne Caery at cae54272@obu.edu.

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Freshman Mistakes

“Parking in front of the caf before 5 p.m. Bumgarner will getcha.” — Rachel Hooker “Using all your Chick money in three weeks.”

— Chris Ross “Being shy! Shutting off from others can mean boring, lonely weekends. Make lots of friends!”

— Matthew Ablon “Going home on the first weekend.” — Brent Baskin “From an old alum...no purses, ladies!” — Christa Finney

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SAFETY

z Continued from Page 1 about making the change was the student satisfaction survey in the fall semester,” he said.

“And those results were really poor for the students’ opinion of the work that safety was doing.”

Emily Terry Associate Editor

The survey contained a lot of negative comments about safety’s performance, Powell said.

After taking this into account, Ouachita administration deliberated making the change for about 12 months. After talking with Whelan security, Powell said they were really impressed with their philosophy.

“They understand that it’s

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client first— which is what we want— that it’s students first,” he said. “A high priority for them was that they put students’ needs and student safety above all else and it matched up with what we were looking for.”

“They also put a big emphasis on hiring the right people and training those people to

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be successful,” Powell continued. “So we just saw the right things in the company.”

With the change in safety also came a lot of changes in its staff, although Ouachita recommended that Whelan Security retain Daryl Baumgardner as head of safety. Whelan took heed of this advice and Baumgardner remains on staff.

Noah Hutchinson Opinions Editor

According to Powell, safety will undergo an annual evaluation before the yearly contract is renewed. He is confident that Whelan Security will perform satisfactorily.

“I’m very positive about it,” he said. “I’ve seen some very good changes so far. I think they’re going to be successful, but only time will tell. n

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MISS ARKANSAS 2013 Top 10 from left to right: Brooke Ault, Amy Crain, Riley Snell, Tracy Neal, Klancy Johnson, Somer Allen, Abby Lindsey, Jennifer Ulloa, Kiley Wright and Lauren Howell.

Ouachita students, alumni compete in Miss Arkansas 2013

By KELSEY LAMB Online Editor

@Kelsey_Lamb On Saturday, July 20, one current Ouachita student and four Ouachita alumnae competed for the title of Miss Arkansas 2013 at Summit Arena in Hot Springs.

“My overall experience is wrapped up in one word: shocking,” said Abby Lindsey, junior business administration major, who competed as Miss Ouachita River.

The girls who competed for the title of Miss Arkansas are selected through preliminary pageants around the state.

Each girl holds her own title and has a platform that she

supports.

“The Miss Arkansas Organization is literally a sisterhood and I loved every moment we spent together,” states Lindsey.

The contestants were split into three groups and given different schedules each night.

Ouachita is always well represented in the pageant and each group had a different Ouachita student competing.

On Wednesday night, Group A performed in Artistic Express, Group B in Presence and Poise and Group C in Lifestyle and Fitness. On Thursday Night, the contestants of Group A competed in Lifestyle and Fitness, Group B in Artistic Expression and Group C competed in Presence and Poise. Friday night, Group

A competed in Presence and Poise, Group B in Lifestyle and Fitness and Group C competed in Artistic Expression.

“It was a long and tedious week, but so rewarding and fun,” said Lindsey.

The contestants were not only busy competing each night, but they were also very busy each day with different activities to help them get to know each other and make appearances.

“Every day we would get up, get breakfast, go to rehearsals, go to lunch, make appearances, and compete at night,” said Kiley Wright, the reigning Miss OBU and 2013 graduate.

“That was our basic schedule and looking at it doesn’t seem like a lot but we really never

had a whole lot of down time.”

Lindsey’s platform was “Social Network Safety.” Lindsey placed 2nd runner up in this year’s pageant, as well as being named Miss Congeniality.

“I was completely humbled, thankful, and truly touched by the Miss Arkansas system and all they do for their girls and honored to serve alongside all of them,” Lindsey said.

Wright’s platform was “Making a Difference- The ABC’s of Animal Cruelty.”

Wright placed 3rd runner up in this year’s pageant.

“The pageant really pushed me as an individual. It got me a little outside of my comfort zone and made me a more well rounded person as a whole,” says Wright.

Other Ouachita alumnae who competed in the 2013 Miss Arkansas Pageant included Brandi Hull, 2013 OBU graduate, currently holding the title of Miss Greater Hot Springs, Brooke Ault, 2012 OBU graduate, currently holding the title of Miss Greater Little Rock and Cortnie DeVore who currently holds the title of Miss Frisco Springs.

“This system is the epitome of scholarship, service, success and style, and crown or no crown, it is my goal to strive to promote these messages and influence the people of Arkansas,” said Lindsey. “This organization provides an avenue of opportunity to really make a difference which is what competing is all about.” n

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NEWS BRIEFS n Thirty second recaps of the biggest stories of the week.

NATIONAL ―Yesterday marked the

50th anniversary of the iconic “I have a dream” speech given by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The nation’s first black president stood in the same place that King stood at the Lincoln Memorial in front of the reflecting pool. President Obama, standing with King’s family and Rep. John Lewis, the last living speaker from the original rally, hailed the racial progress made in the years since the Freedom March. Many people arrived on the Mall after following the same path the 250,000 marchers took in 1963. n

WORLD ― Syrian rebels are current-

ly in civil war with the government under President Bashar al-Assad. The rebel command, called the Supreme Military Council, is reported to have told the Obama Administration the most important bombing targets in the hopes to organize attacks against Mr. Assad’s forces. The SMC also hopes the U.S. will strike the Syrian forces’ military industrial site and military academy. SMC commanders have been meeting with U.S. officials in Turkey, but the Pentagon has not indicated their consideration of the attacks. n

SCIENCE ― New evidence has been found by a Swedish team to support the existence of a new element on the Periodic Table. With atomic number 115, this unconfirmed element is very radioactive and exists for less than a second. Experiments were conducted and a new isotope of a potential new element was produced, which transformed into other particles via alpha decay. The potential new element will now be reviewed by a committee, which consists of members of the international unions of pure and applied physics and chemistry. n

HEALTH ― The bubonic plague may

be on the rise again after an incident in Kyrgyszstan. One hundred and sixty people are being quarantined in the former Soviet Central Asia country of after a boy died of the disease. He became ill after eating infected barbecued marmot, a large ground squirrel. The bubonic plague was the “Black Death,” which killed one-third of Europe’s population in the 14th century. Now, thousands of cases of the plague are reported each year, but they are easily treated with antibiotics if detected early. n

Compiled by Nara Wesley, Staff Writer. Sources: cbsnews.com, bbc.com, wsj.com, washingtonpost.com

El Mariachi undergoes rebranding to help feed starving children giving them hope for a new life.”

Staff Writer Rosas Mexican Kitchen will be modeled very similarly to After 12 years of service, lo- Pitza 42 in that God is their cal Mexican restaurant El Ma- central focus. riachi will soon be providing “Our goal is to sustain kids more than just enchiladas. Not everywhere with good food. only will it be known as Rosas But even more importantly, we Mexican Kitchen, the restau- want to create a foundation for rant will be joining forces with Christ in their lives,” Samuelthe non-profit organization son said.

Feed My Starving Children. Using a meal for meal set By working with FMSC, Ro- up, Rosas Mexican Kitchen sas Mexican Kitchen will give will set aside 22 cents of every a portion of their profit to help meal purchased until the goal feed hungry children world- of $22,000 is reached. Why 22 wide. cents? That’s the price of one FMSC, founded in 1987 by meal pack, while $22,000 will Minnesota businessman Rich- fund 100,000 meal packs and ard Proudfit, strives not only a community-wide packaging to reach people in need, but event. also to spread God’s love. The The redesigned building organization takes meal packs will feature murals from the to various countries including Ouachita art department and Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. the menu will get a few new When enough meal packs are options to choose from. Rosas prepared, FMSC takes them assures patrons that neither of to these destinations and uses these changes will affect the the opportunity to build rela- quality or price of the food. tionships and feed the children January through May of this “hungry in body and spirit.” year was spent planning for Each meal pack feeds a child these changes and the restauwith protein-rich food to re- rant will be up and running plenish many of the essential under its new name beginning nutrients they wouldn’t get in September. otherwise. The organization “The main change is the has many different partners charity work,” Rosas said. “It over the country, including will still be the same food and Pitza 42 in Conway. service, just in a different set “We got the idea from Pitza up.”

42,” restaurant manager Elva The Rosas family is excited Rosas said. “We heard what to get the restaurant going they were doing, started re- again and, more importantly, searching FMSC, and knew we to be able to give back. should do it too.”

“We aren’t incorporating to Pitza 42 owner and Ouachita advertise our business or to alumnus Ashton Samuelson say ‘oh look at us,’” Rosas said. said that their motto is “build- “We don’t need to do that. We ing new beginnings.” need God, and if God tells us “It’s not just giving a kid to feed the hungry children, food,” Samuelson said. “It’s we will.” n

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Kristen Barnard z The Signal SOPHOMORE WILL Gunter plays the guitar on Oauchita’s lawn in front of Cone Bottoms Hall. His new “Winter/Worship” album is scheduled to release in January

Student to release new ‘Winter/ Worship’ gospel album in January

By ANNA KUMPURIS Copy Editor

Worship and service, two things many Ouachita students are passionate about, will meet as one this January in the form of sophomore Christian studies major Will Gunter’s new album “Winter/Worship.”

Gunter, who has been writing music since he was nine, has written other albums, but “Winter/Worship” has a unique inspiration.

“The album has a purpose and a heart,” Gunter said.

“The purpose of the album is to raise money for the elementary school that Dr. Scott Duvall and Ouachita students are sponsoring to send food home with kids who are not able to eat over the weekend.”

All of the money made from “Winter/Worship” — without exception — will be given to this ministry, and in addition to serving this elementary school Gunter also seeks to break the typical mold of Christian music with this album.

“There is an epidemic in mainstream Christian music where my fellow songwriters have sacrificed Biblical truth

for a radio-friendly song,” Gunter said. “This is especially evident in most modern worship songs today. This is ridiculous. I myself have become fed-up with the cowardice, pride and theological laziness that I see in fellow Christian songwriters. The heart of this album, therefore, is to be theologically sound and coherent with Biblical doctrine.”

The overall theme of Gunter’s album will center on God’s holiness, human sin, God’s faithful love despite all of it and God getting the glory even from His own love for man. It will be released on Jan. 28, 2013, and will be available on iTunes, Spotify and GooglePlay. It will most likely have 10 to 12 songs and be priced around $10.

Musically, listeners can expect light, acoustic-centered songs, similar in style to Gunter’s previous albums. Lyrically, the album will feature Biblical stanzas with more emphasis on theology than many contemporary Christian worship albums.

“Every song I have written so far is very personal and dear to me, and one of my favorite lines so far on this album is

in the chorus of a song called ‘Victim of Grace,’” Gunter said.

“The song talks about how I, as one of God’s children, am seeking after Him, but then I stop and look around and realize that He Himself has been striving to know me as well.

I haven’t given Him cause to chase me, He does because it pleases Him. So in a way, I am out ‘hunting’ for God to know Him more, and all along I have been the real one that has been ‘hunted.’ I am a ‘Victim of Grace’.”

Though the album will bear Gunter’s artist name, he has a team of 23 people who have been working with him throughout the entire project.

His album even includes several other Ouachita student musicians (whose names will be released at a later date.)

“The work load of the album will never fall fully on my shoulders,” Gunter said. “God has blessed me with the aid of people from literally all over Arkansas, and some in Tennessee, to help make this project possible.”

For more information on “Winter/Worship” look up the album’s pages on Twitter or Facebook. n

Z. Clift z Courtesy JIMMY BOLT, City Manager of Arkadelphia and Paul Austin, Director of Arkansas Humanities Council, take in the view from DeSoto Bluff.

DESOTO TRAIL z Continued from Page 1

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men camped on the bluff during their explorations, though scholars say historical evidence doesn’t support this.

“The bluff has been an important part of our community

and that of the nearby universities since at least the 1950s,” Bolt said. “In recent years, Dr. Mike Reynolds has led groups of students to gain a better appreciation of nature and nearby wildlife and plants. The City of Arkadelphia looks forward to continuing this educational partnership so that all may en-

joy the rich history and culture of our area.”

The entrance to the trail is located approximately 3.8 miles from Exit 78 on Hwy. 7 or S. 10 Street in Arkadelphia coming from Little Rock. It is near Carmart north of the Ouachita campus and is marked by trail signage. n

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Three new roasts were created over the summer by Westrock Coffee in Little Rock: a dark roast, a light espresso roast and a decaf roast.

Peter Guerin, a certified coffee taster and the director of product development at Westrock, blended the roasts.

“I put together several different combinations of our coffees that we had on site,” Guerin said.

He said the light espresso roast is a blend of Rwandan and Brazilian coffees.

“The Rwanda has a nice combination of some chocolate notes — more on a milk chocolate level — mixed with a little bit of citrus; not overwhelming, but just enough to give you a few different tastes that aren’t in your ordinary, average coffee,” Guerin said. “Then we mixed in a little bit of Brazil just to give it a little bit of acidity, a little bit of body.”

The dark roast is what Westrock calls its Kivu roast, a dark Rwandan roast.

“The decaf blend is a different origin; it’s a Mexican coffee, and it’s a medium-dark blend,” Guerin said.

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The goal of Dr. Jack’s Coffee is not only to bring higher quality coffee to campus, but to support World Gospel Outreach and its orphanage in Tegucigalpa, a project started by Enactus two years ago.

“We are buying Rwandan coffee, so we are supporting Rwandan farmers and the agriculture there, but a portion of our proceeds are going to the Honduras orphanage,” said Justin Young, a senior business major and the project leader for Enactus. “Eventually we want to buy Honduras coffee, but there were some issues with getting it right now.”

The orphanage grows its own coffee to sell, but is currently unable to provide consistent enough quality to use in the Dr. Jack’s blends. The hope is that the additional money given through the profits will help bring the quality up enough to be used in future blends.

“As this grows and we can start doing the Honduras coffee, hopefully our revenue to them will help them to fully support their orphanage financially,” Young said.

In addition to being sold by the cup, bags of the coffee will be available within two weeks to purchase at the coffee shop.

“We’ve also talked with [Westrock] about doing KCups, and I think they’ll be able to do that,” Powell said.

“We’ll also start selling the bags online … and then we’re going to try and get [Dr. Jack’s] into some of the larger churches where we have relationships.”

Powell said the number of blends will also likely increase.

“We’ll probably add some specialty coffees later, maybe a breakfast blend, probably something in the winter month,” he said.

For more information about Dr. Jack’s Coffee or to purchase coffee online when it becomes available, visit www.drjackscoffee.com. n

VIDEO: Tour of Westrock Coffee’s Lab and Factory

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Carlin ‘bursts bubble’ working in Washington D.C.

By KATY FIRMIN Staff Writer

Many times students find themselves feeling trapped in the “Ouachita bubble,” wishing they could do something new and exciting. Jared Carlin, a senior accounting major at Ouachita, decided to burst that bubble by flying almost 1,000 miles northeast for a chance to work in the U.S.Capitol.

Carlin worked as an intern for U.S. Sen. John Boozman in Washington, D.C., for five weeks this summer. Carlin applied for many internships but found this opportunity to be unmatched by others. He worked closely with the tax legislative assistant doing research and attending hearings.

Carlin also wrote reports about hearings and responded to mail for Boozman.

Carlin said giving tours of the U.S. Capitol building was one of his favorite parts of the job. He was also able to do some sightseeing and visit many museums in D.C. “I’m a huge Martin Luther King, Jr. fan, so it was really cool to see where he gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.”

Getting to work with a United States senator is a rare opportunity that Carlin said he really enjoyed.

“I loved getting to know John Boozman,” Carlin said.

“He’s the best example of servant leadership I’ve ever seen.”

Carlin formed many relationships with coworkers and his roommates. He lived on the campus of George Washington University with three other interns. He said he loved getting to spend five weeks with his roommates, all from very different walks of life.

One from Kentucky, one from Alabama and one from Wisconsin, they all believed very different things about life and religion. Carlin was able to share the Gospel with them through words and actions.

“I didn’t go in planning to share my faith with them, but almost every night we talked theology just in the context of our day,” he said. “It was my favorite part of the trip. That’s where ministry happened for me.”

Moving to the other side of the country for five weeks to be an intern is not easy, though.

Carlin said one of the hardest things he had to deal with this summer was taking a glimpse into real life.

“I was on my own and I saw how small we really are in the context of work.”

Carlin also had to worry about transportation in D.C.

Traveling four miles to work often took 50 minutes because of the hectic and crowded transportation system.

Carlin doesn’t have exact plans for his future. He plans to take the CPA in the spring, but is unsure what will follow.

He said he doesn’t plan to go

into politics.

“I began to see it does not matter whether I am a preacher or whether I’m an accountant,” Carlin said. “Ministry isn’t something that you do, but it’s something that you are.

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Jared Carlin z The Signal JARED CARLIN stands with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Capitol Hill.

Bob Gosser remembered for life of service

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Dr. Bobby Leon “Bob” Gosser, one of the namesakes of Ouachita Baptist University’s Gosser Hall, passed away Aug. 14 at age 80.

“Dr. Bob Gosser and his dear wife, Marianne, embody the best of Ouachita,” said Ouachita President Rex M. Horne, Jr. “Their love and legacy has a strong Ouachita theme. Their devotion is reflected in the lives of their children and grandchildren.

“We are a better university because of the Gosser family,” Dr. Horne added. “With the homegoing of Dr. Gosser, our gratitude and prayers are offered for the family. They will never forget this good man and neither will we.”

According to Terry Peeples, Ouachita’s vice president for development, “There are some families that are pillars of OBU and the Gosser family is one of those. Dr. Gosser would always say his children could go anywhere to college but he would pay for them to attend Ouachita.”

Peeples described Dr. Gosser as “an authentic follower of Christ and a witness and leader for his family, church, community and the Ouachita family.”

Dr. Gosser, a 1956 graduate of Ouachita, and his wife,

Marianne, a 1955 Ouachita alumna, have been longtime supporters of Ouachita. The university’s Student Village, dedicated in 2009, includes Gosser Hall which was named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Gosser. Five of Gosser Hall’s seven houses are named in honor of their five children, all of whom are Ouachita graduates: Jenny Gosser (’82), Bobby Gosser (’83), John M. Gosser (’84), Leigh Anna Gosser Askins (’89) and April Gosser Cook (’94).

During the groundbreaking service for the Student Village, Jenny Gosser said, “Family means so much to us, and our parents are the root of that. …

We hope that in this place of gathering and community, students will make strong bonds and will become like a family.”

Dr. Gosser, a 1951 graduate of Little Rock Central High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Ouachita.

He and Mrs. Gosser were married in 1955.

In addition to Marianne, his wife of 58 years, and their five adult children, Dr. Gosser is survived by 15 grandchildren.

A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 16, at 3 p.m. at Second Baptist Church of Little Rock. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ouachita Baptist University, Second Baptist Church or the Baptist Hospital Foundation. n

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SLIDESHOW: 40 Years of Dr. Auffenberg

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Being friends with Tom Auffenberg was as much fun as reading Tolkien. He and I created a small world within this larger world, and we lived in it. He was an affable, mild-mannered history professor who wouldn’t hurt a fly, but he was also, when he left town, a feared Mafia ringleader whose monicker was The Chinchilla. He lived in Castle Porkmonster. We played a silly game involving restaurants in Hot Springs. I was Beefboy to his Spanish Porky, and the two of us once ate in a restaurant in Lyon on Rue de Boeuf. Neorxnawanga, Queen of HEL, cooked coq au vin for him on numerous occasions and, owing to his way of pronouncing ‘vin,’ she always thought of herself as cooking “chicken in the wind” for him. Spending time with Tom was sheer delight.

Greedygut that I am, I keep sobbing inside myself that forty years weren’t enough. I want more. That’s what a Heaven’s for.”

— Dr. Johnny Wink

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The thing that captures Tom’s essence more than anything else are the things that he has said over time, a combination of two of his favorite phrases. One, he was always searching for a ‘satisfactory life.’

That’s all he ever claimed he wanted; that’s the gag. You pair that with the fact that he always joked that he wanted us to pour his ashes off of Cape Disappointment in Washington state. It’s real; there’s a real Cape Disappointment. So here’s a man looking for a satisfactory life who expects to have his remains disposed off of Cape Disappointment. And that is just perfect Auffenberg-ian humor coupled with his life philosophy. But beyond that stuff, he was ridiculously devoted to his students; he would really make himself available to them.

He was absurdly knowledgeable about British history. He was brilliant, compassionate, witty and earnest.”

— Dr. Casey Motl

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Tom was, without a doubt, one of the gentlest, kindest, and most loving human beings I have had the privilege of meeting forty years ago this week. He was an intellectual powerhouse; he was an outstanding teacher loved and admired by his students and colleagues. He was a scholar par excellence, and he never allowed his scholarly accomplishments to go to his head. He was a Renaissance man whose interests reached across all disciplines, and his love and concern for people of all backgrounds across the globe was legend. Even though his area of expertise was British History, Tom genuinely loved teaching Contemporary World and other CORE classes. He was a citizen of the world in the best definition of the word. He was a strong advocate for justice, fairness, and equality for all. I can honestly say that his students and his colleagues are better people because of the example set by him. Even though Tom has physically departed from our midst, his legacy will live on in the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of students, colleagues, and friends across the globe. Tom will be sorely missed.”

— Dr. Raouf Halaby

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During Tom’s Trojan War lecture, he pulled up a picture of Brad Pitt, from the movie ‘Troy,’ and said, ‘Look! Someone had their camera phone and took a picture of the Trojan War!’ He used made this joke time and again with different movies. It tickled me everytime.”

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Molly Bowman z Courtesy MOLLY BOWMAN poses for photos with three of her Chinese friends. Bowman spent the summer in Beijing interning for CCTV, working for ZDL and volunteering with different Christian ministry outlets.

Senior spends summer interning, volunteering in Beijing

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gram. While there she was involved in discipleship and ministry. She said her previous experience in Beijing definitely prepared her for this summer.

“It was so much easier going back because I had already adjusted my expectations,” she said. “I also had a basic grasp of the language, so that helps a ton, because everything is so foreign and frustrating when you can’t communicate. It was definitely a very good thing. I had already found a church family from the time I spent there before. So it was almost like coming home in a lot of ways. I got to reconnect with a lot of people.”

Bowman had said her decision to work in China this summer had been motivated by several factors, including a desire to return and reconnect with some of the people she had met before.

She had begun to look for opportunities to work in a media-related field where she could utilize the skills she had. She said she sent a lot of cold emails and used LinkedIn, because the website isn’t blocked in China.

“I found this [opportunity] through a friend of a friend,” she said. “I got the contact information of the guy who was the head of the HR department. I emailed him and said ‘Hey, I’m gonna be in China this summer, so if you’d like some help, I’d love to come intern.’”

Dr. Deborah Root, professor of mass communications, said that Bowman’s internship was an excellent opportunity for a Ouachita mass communications student.

“It’s wonderful that Molly had the opportunity to experience first hand the world of international communications,” she said. “She is extremely self-

of the Chinese phrase “Zhao dao la,” which in English, translates to “I found it.” This name reflects their Christian intentions in reaching lost souls.

“ZDL is really cool,” Bowman said. “I didn’t even know it existed until I was in Beijing this time. They take theology

By the time summer rolls around, most students can be classified into two main groups. Once the school year ends, the first group will spend their well-earned vacation time to relax, spend time with friends and family and rest their minds before embarking on I had already found a another year of academic pursuits.

For the second group, the school church family from the year never really ended. These students time I spent there before. will instead choose to invest their time working to gain real-world experience So it was almost like through a job or internship in their field coming home in a lot of of study.

Ouachita senior mass communicaways. I got to reconnect tions and Christian studies major, Molly with a lot of people.

Bowman, belongs to the second group.

From June 10 to August 14 of this past summer, Bowman spent her time interning for CCTV, a state-run media — MOLLY BOWMAN outlet; working for ZDL, an organization that translates Christian literature into Mandarin and volunteering at a books and Bible study books and they women’s rehabilitation shelter called translate them into Mandarin and reStarfish in the 3000 year old Chinese publish them legally in China.” capitol city of Beijing.

ZDL has published over 150 titles “CCTV is the big media conglomin the past 10 years and they have just erate in China that was started by the recently finished the first John Piper Communist Party,” Bowman explained. book to be translated into Mandarin.

“And when we think of an internship, For ZDL, Bowman would work on their we think of it as being super crazy and graphic design and projects teams, but busy. But apparently, this was the first she also said her job went beyond mere international internship they had done. publishing work.

Because of that there were a lot of secu “While I was there, they were putting rity issues – they didn’t want a college together a camp for Chinese high school student to work in the newsroom. So students to come to California for two I worked in human resources and did weeks during their Spring festival in outsource work. They would give me January,” she said. “They’re going to do a project and I’d meet a Young Life camp with my boss, and and tour some unithen they’d give me versities and the another project and so Google and Apple on.” campuses. They’ll Once she had been also spend a week given a project, she at the Young Life would work on it sepEnglish camp arately and come back where they’ll also once a week to start hear the Gospel.” the process over.

Her job at ZDL “They called it ciralso involved cocuit work,” she said. ordinating with “Which is just a fancy Young Life to help way of saying that make this happen. they give you a projBowman also spent ect and let you run time volunteering. with it.”

One of the people Bowman’s work she met was Grace with human resources Lee, the head of included putting toa ministry called Molly Bowman z Courtesy Starfish. Starfish is gether publications for future foreign em- A CHINESE man guides his boat on a body of water in Beijing. a Christian orgaployees to help them nization that minadapt to Chinese culture and living in motivated, has a love for the people isters to and builds relationships with Beijing. Bowman compared her work and culture of China and seizes every women in brothels. to that of a journalist for a travel blog opportunity to better herself and those “They basically try to convince them because she got to experience and write around her.” that they can make a better life for about many of the things to do in Bei- In addition to working at CCTV, Bow- themselves,” she said. “So then, once jing. man also took on a second internship the women decide to come out, they of This summer wasn’t the first time because her work at CCTV was very fer a shelter home for them and teach Bowman has spent an extended period “low key.” Through another friend of a them English and small business skills. of time in Beijing. Bowman went to Chi- friend situation, she was able to work They also teach them how to make and na as a sophomore through a program at a Christian publication group called sell jewelry.” similar to Ouachita’s study abroad pro- ZDL, which is a romanized initialism In addition to working at Starfish,

Bowman also spent time volunteering for an orphanage for the visually impaired, called Bethel, where her friend Chloe Banks serves as the communications director.

Bowman’s schedule involved working for CCTV or Starfish and Bethel on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays and ZD on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She said her routine would change everyday. While in Beijing, she lived on the fifth floor of an apartment building in a three-bedroom apartment with two other American girls. The neighborhood she stayed in was in inner-city Beijing and is known as Wu Dao Kou. It is a condensed and heavily-populated area with a large number of universities.

“Beijing had millions of university students in the city,” she said. “Which is one of the reasons my international church is located there. They want to reach this population of international students. It kind of gave me a new appreciation for being on the other side of the international community.”

When it came to navigating Beijing and the Chinese culturescape, Bowman utilized public transportation and a bicycle to get her to destinations. She said her most valuable asset in all of this was having a base understanding of Chinese.

“It’s a really difficult language,” she said. “But life in Beijing is so much easier if you have those basic terms down. Like if you can tell a taxi driver where to go, it makes the whole thing way easier than trying to explain it to him without language. Or just knowing how to order off of a menu or just doing those basic daily tasks. The culture stress is way higher if you don’t know the language.”

“It’s also important to understand that people should never be the background. Often when you’re in such a populated place it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the people crowding around you, especially when you’re in a hurry. Which isn’t a good way to live.

“I would often catch myself and be like ‘this is stressing me out because I’m not seeing these people as people.’ The most important thing, I think, was to remember that each person has a story and each person has a life.” n

It’s also important to understand that people should never be the background . . . The most important thing, I think, was to remember that each person has a story and each person has a life.

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Trennis Henderson z The Signal TANNER WARD and Emily Terry interview “American Idol” contestant Colton Dixon Aug. 3 duing “Faith and Family Night” at Dickey-Stephens Park, co-hosted by Ouachita. There were 9,132 people in attendance that night.

Colton Dixon: ‘I’m just the messenger’

By EMILY TERRY Associate Editor

@EmilyMTerry In 12 seasons, “American Idol” has brought us heaps of entertainment, YouTube clips galore of embarrassing performances and its fair share of memorable characters that we love to love.

Colton Dixon was one of the loveable characters from season 11. After finishing seventh, Dixon’s career as one of the few Christian artists to come out of the primarily secular talent machine began. He has since released an album titled “A Messenger” and joined the band Third Day on “The Miracle Tour” earlier this year.

“Coming off the heels of Idol, I had a couple of different options,” Dixon said. “I could go into Christian music or mainstream music, so that was kind of a hard thing for me.”

After much prayer and some writing sessions, it was clear to Dixon that Christian music was the direction he was meant to take.

“It was so awesome going through Idol and having the mainstream audience that may never have listened to Christian music, but they may have liked a song that I did or related with the extremely odd hair or whatever it may be,” Dixon said. “They listen to this record and they get a lot of Jesus, so that’s been the most fulfilling thing in hearing feedback from the record.”

Dixon’s mission and purpose for the album is, according to him, summed up in the last track, “Let Them See You.” “It’s the only song I didn’t write on the record, which is kind of ironic,” he said. “But when I heard it, it was just perfect.”

The song comes from John 13:16, which says, “No servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.”

“This whole ministry is just saying, ‘Anybody can do this. I’m just the messenger.’ God wrote the Bible; He’s already got this message,” Dixon said.

“I’m just trying to get it out there and make Him famous. So however I can do that is what I’m going to do.”

His way of ministering and sharing the name of Jesus comes through several years of playing (and sometimes even practicing) music.

“I started taking piano lessons when I was eight and took lessons for about seven years,” Dixon said. “Then I quit.”

In those seven years of lessons, Dixon relied on his gift of being able to play piano by ear.

“Since I played by ear, I would go all week without practicing and go into the next lesson and every time before I would play for my teacher, I would tell him, ‘There’s still something I’m iffy on. Would you play it one more time?’

And then he would play it and I would

memorize it and I don’t know how I could do that, but I did.” Dixon said. “I hated practicing.”

One thing Dixon didn’t hate growing up was sports.

“I’ve been playing baseball since I was three or four and I absolutely loved it,” he said. “I played baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball… everything except for football because I would get broken like a twig. But it was a lot of fun.”

Dixon gave up sports for music at the age of 16. But he had the opportunity to return to his first love during “Faith and Family Night” at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock on Aug. 3.

The event was co-hosted by OBU. He and his band played a concert for a sold-out crowd after the game. But the crazy part of the night came at the very beginning when Dixon, who was the top pitcher in his league in the eighth grade, threw out the first pitch of the game – something he’s never done before.

“It was fun. I think it was more stressful than anything on ‘American Idol,’” he said, laughing. “I can check it off the bucket list.”

During his Idol journey, Dixon made memories with his fellow contestants and bonded over many different kinds of experiences that took place at Disney World and in the green room on the show and everywhere in between.

“We were kind of crash test dummies for new products,” he said. “They’d give things to us for free and let us try them out and they would film it. That was the catch.”

One of Dixon’s funniest memories from Idol was in the green room with the season 11 winner Phillip Phillips.

“I walk in and Phillip Phillips is sitting in the makeup chair and he has this mud mask on his face and his toes are being pedicured. I think that’s what it’s called,” he said, laughing. “It’s Phillip Phillips. The guy shops at WalMart. I look at him and just start dying laughing. I’m like, ‘Dude, that’s funny.’ He just kind of looks at me with this smirk and says, ‘You’re next, buddy.’”

Phillips was one of several fellow believers on the show with Dixon who made life on the show easier.

“If there hadn’t been other believers on the show, it would’ve been really hard,” he said. “Not all those people go to church or read the Bible; me just trying to set the best example I could was really the only look inside what we believe in they would ever have. I’m not perfect at all, but those people made it a lot easier. You had that accountability.”

Though “American Idol” isn’t the most common way for a Christian artist to break into the industry, Dixon is thankful for the opportunity he was given, especially since it was also a second chance.

Dixon auditioned with his sister for season ten and was eliminated after

making it to Hollywood. He returned to auditions the next season, but only intending to support his sister. He was pulled back to audition again. “[If I hadn’t been on Idol, I would be doing] the exact same thing. It just might have taken me a little longer to get there. I was in college for two months studying commercial voice before I went to Hollywood the first time.

I was going to school for what I’m doing now,” he said. “[Idol] jumpstarted the whole career thing for me, so it was nice.”

One aspect of the mainstream music culture to which Dixon hasn’t fallen victim? Diva status.

He and his band don’t demand particular food or beverage items in their rooms before every show, he explained with a pile of untouched food sitting on the table in front of him.

“Before a show, we lock arms and say, ‘Strength and honor.’ It’s from the movie ‘Gladiator’ and its very manly,” he said as his band members laughed and nodded in agreement from across the room. “And we always pray before the show. We try to be as low-maintenance as we can. We just like to play music.” n

PERSPECTIVES Colton Dixon

Contemporary Christian Artist Birthday: October 19 Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Favorite Color: Red Favorite Food: Pizza Favorite Music: Hard rock Biggest Influence: A tie between my grandfather and my dad.

They’re just great men and poured a lot into me As a child, I wanted to: play baseball. Throwing the first pitch tonight was a check off my bucket list and I’m good to go If I had to choose another job, I would: still be in ministry.

Maybe a youth pastor or I would love to still be a worship leader someday after I have a family and settle down

americanidol.com z Courtesy COLTON DIXON performs during American Idol’s season 11 finale show.

Something about me that no one else knows: Being on a reality TV show, it makes it really difficult to answer this question! But I have a collection of about 25 superhero bobbleheads

americanidol.com z Courtesy COLTON DIXON awaits the results just before being eliminated from American Idol.

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Omnipotent summer 2013 movie review

By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor

Sitting all the way through a bad movie is like get-

ting slapped in the face with your own stolen soul. If you see it in theaters, it’s almost worthy of gathering an angry mob. If you just rented it from Redbox, you still lost an hour and a half of your life that you can never get back. In that time, you might’ve gotten curious/hungry enough to put brownie batter in a waffle iron, changing the world forever. That bad movie may have stolen that from you.

This contains my infallible opinion of practically every movie that came out this summer. Take this gift of wisdom and don’t waste your time with another bad movie.

Good “Pacific Rim”: This was a $190 million, hour and a half long giant robot bar fight with blood literally flooding the streets. If that doesn’t get you excited, then you had better stop disgracing my article with your commie eyes right now.

The premise of this movie made no sense and the characters were too poorly developed to even be called cliches. It didn’t matter. The only thing that mattered was the fact that robots and monsters were having tag team WWE matches in the middle of the ocean for the fate of the earth.

This movie looked awesome, payed a lot of respect to the Japanese cartoons it drew from and was probably the best time I had at the movies all summer. If you are currently alive and have the capacity to feel emotions, get this movie in your possession within the next hour.

“Fast 6”: “Fast 6” was awesome. The Rock (I don’t care what his character’s name is; they may as well have just called him “The Rock” and accepted it) was the same buttery one-liner machine he was in “Fast 5”.

The fight scenes were awesome; they went back to using classic cars and at one point they drove a tank down the interstate. This was exactly the kind of ridiculous, over-the-top action movie that the world has been unable to produce since the 80s. “Fast 6” knew exactly what it was doing, and while it was no “Predator”, it was definitely the best action movie made in the past five years.

Alright “The Lone Ranger”: Imagine if the guy who does your parents’ taxes became Batman, and then imagine

Johnny Depp impersonating your racist uncle impersonating a Native American was his sidekick. That’s this movie.

It had that “Pirates of the Caribbean” feel about it where it looked awesome and you could tell that every minor henchman had a ridiculous amount of character development poured into him, but even that couldn’t save it. Johnny Depp was just Jack Sparrow: Injun edition, the main protagonist’s pantywaisted fear of guns was more agonizingly annoying than it was noble and the Union Captain who made up a third of the movie’s trifecta of bad guys had all the riveting emotional depth of Ben Stein reading a phone book.

This movie was perfectly middle of the road. It wasn’t terrible but it certainly wasn’t good. It was the spitting image of meh.

“Man of Steel”: This movie was like a mail-order Russian bride. Awesome to look at, but not anything I could sit down and have a conversation with.

The Kryptonian technology looked fantastic, and while it had a few things in common with the normal alien stuff you see in most movies, it was different enough that it was interesting. By “interesting” I mean I wanted to rub my face against it just to see what it would feel like.

The costumes were cool, the cinematography was good and the actor who played Superman was spot on. It was also pleasantly less Zach Snyder-y than I expected.

At the end of the day though, it was a Superman movie, and I hate Superman movies. He has no personality and just the fact that he’s Superman takes away any possibility for suspense. Will Superman manage to save the day? Yes. How oh how will Superman manage to stop the cliche’ death machine?! Probably punch it or fly into it really hard or something.

The answer to every Superman problem is punch, and no matter how many times that doesn’t work in the middle of the movie, it’ll always work when the writer decides to wrap things up.

Aside from all that, they didn’t have a firm grasp on what did and did not give Superman his powers, watching immortal people punch each other to no avail for 20 minutes is boring and for such a supposed golden boy, Superman tackled a guy through half a rural township like he had no concern for civilian casualties.

“Elysium”: This was one of the best looking sci-fi action movies I’ve seen since “District 9.” However, it was also one of the stupidest “Let me preach about this thing for an hour and a half” movies in the history of film.

Matt Damon would’ve died the very second this story arc even started. He’d have just spontaneous-

ly combusted from sheer bad luck, and even that would’ve made more sense than the plot of this movie. I’m not going to give anything away, but if you watch this, go into it knowing that it’s stupid.

My big problem was that this movie couldn’t decide what it wanted to be. It tried to be too heavy and serious for a cheesy action movie but wound up being too dumb to take seriously. The rich people seemed downright evil, rather than just greedy, which took away from the script’s credibility.

Throw in a few Arnold-esque one liners and ease off on the self-importance and maybe this could’ve fallen into a niche and risen above the rest. As it is though, it’s just the diamond encrusted whiffleball of sci-fi action: Pretty and full of holes.

Bad “The Wolverine”: This was the absolute worst version of invincible Hugh Jackman with metal claws fighting a ninja clan that could’ve been made in any universe.

As with most superhero movies, Wolverine could be an unstoppable death tank or a marshmallow-y crochet enthusiast depending on what was convenient for the script. One minute he was suplexing giant robots, the next he was getting held down with twine.

On top of that, Wolverine wasn’t the Dirty Harry of the X-Men universe that he’s supposed to be, the main villain’s overall character made no sense at all and whenever they wrote in a cheesy one liner, it was the kind that has you burying your face in embarrassment rather than writing it down so you’ll know exactly what to say the next time you tack somebody to a tree with a bowie knife.

It was watchable, but barely. At this point, I’m not even sure if I’ll see the next “X-Men” movie.

“Now You See Me”: This one was better than I expected, but that was because I expected it to be like watching my dog get run over. Instead, it was more like walking in on your grandpa stealing money from under your mattress.

This movie had Woody Harrelson, Jessie Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Michael Cain, Mark Ruffalo and the chick that played Shoshanna Dreyfus in “Inglorious Bastards”. That’s half the cast of “Zombie Land” and Batman’s entire support team. This was like “The Expendables” of people who can actually act, and it still managed to be just ok.

It’s not terrible. I’d remember a movie that was terrible. In a year, I’ll have forgotten that this existed, and that’s a shame. The only reason I even remembered to put it on this list was because of the Friday night movie ticket sized hole in my wallet reminding me that I sat through an hour and a half of Michael Cain not blowing my mind. n

Armed teachers may not prevent Miley: What happened? future school shootings, tragedies

By TANNER WARD Editor-in-Chief

By DIXON LAND Staff Writer

@DixonCLand It is hard to imagine my ninth

grade teacher Mrs. Reinhart with a Glock .40 S&W semi-automatic pistol in the bottom of her desk. I’m socially and politically conservative and a strong advocate for Second Amendment rights; however, recently I have found myself in serious disagreement with many of my fellow conservatives.

I would argue that we are not protecting our students enough on campuses and in schools by creating preventive measures to solve the more underlying issues that usually accompany the tragedies of school shootings. Improving laws like the 1994 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the Gun Control Act of 1968 should be our priority.

According to a study done by Northeastern University professor Dr. James Alan Fox an expert in the field of criminology, “school associated” incidents have dropped significantly in the past five years.

In the 2009-10 school year, 33 people were killed in school-related incidents — the lowest number of incidents in two decades. This simply means that safety within the class-

room is actually very good, despite recent reports by the media.

The CDC estimates that a student between the 9-12 grades has a one in two million chance of experiencing a school shooting. To put that in perspective, you have a one in 128,000 chance of getting struck by lightning, a 1 in 79,000 chance of dying from a wasp or bee sting and a one in 900 chance of dying when you wreck your Harley on Interstate 40.

I have a number of concerns with the idea of arming teachers, but just to hit the high points, I have listed a few below.

First of all, training is a major issue. How are we going to be able to provide substantial training for each and every teacher in America? There are many school boards in the United States that are having to shut down schools from lack of funding, and others that are hanging on by very little. Training costs money, and to effectively train each individual in a particular school would cost a school board some serious money, and then once we trained them, how would we keep that training relevant?

Suppose a teacher does have the proper training and has a gun locked in his or her desk, and a shooter enters the classroom spraying bullets. The average response time for a teacher to reach down, unlock the drawer, pull out the gun, load the magazine, and then fire would be befacebook.com/obusignal twitter.com/obusignal instagram.com/obusignal

tween five and 15 seconds, depending on the quickness of the teacher.

By that time, the shooter has already unloaded several rounds into the classroom.

Since the Columbine Massacre on April 20, 1999, there have been seven school shootings. Almost all of these tragedies have been pre-meditated by mental illness, gang participation or bullying.

These should be our main concerns for prevention of school shootings.

Solving the issue at this level would decrease the need for security, especially in local communities throughout the United States.

There really isn’t a great solution on the table. There have been many measures put into place that are steps in the right direction, including increased security, fences and card swiping to get in and out of buildings.

Giving teachers guns as a preventive measure is not a productive step.

It promotes fighting violence with violence, which is not a good example for the next generation.

“Real prevention,” says Dewy Cornell, director of the University of Virginia’s youth violence project,“begins long before there is a gunman in the parking lot.”

“Our society needs more effective ways to provide help for troubled individuals before their conflicts escalate into a crisis event,” he says. n

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@TannerWard Dear Miley, My fellow Americans and I would like to ask a collective “What were you thinking?”

Your performance on Sunday’s MTV VMAs was disgusting; you “twerked” on a man who has a wife and a kid, and who is nearly old enough to be your father.

Where’s the respect for yourself? Where’s the respect for your parents, who had to watch you violate a foam finger on national television? Where’s the respect for all the fans who allowed you the opportunity to perform on a stage as large as the VMAs? I understand this is not entirely your fault.

You were never surrounded by responsible adults who would tell you “no.” Every move you made and every word you spoke was praised by your peers.

But that is no excuse for shaking your halfnaked rear around on national television and hanging your tongue out like a dog having a heatstroke. It is not attractive, and what are your kids going to think when they find that video on YouTube in 20 years? I think the Smith family’s faces spoke for us all.

I found a couple of your quotes — the first from your 2009 book “Miles to Go” and the second from your Hannah Montana days: • “It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.”

• “I’ve got to make really good decisions. …

More than just for myself, but for the girls who are watching me.”

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Preseason analyzed, top teams awarded

By DIXON LAND Staff Writer

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Dr. Wesley Kluck z Courtesy JEREMY SMALL snags the football and runs it down the field during the annual preseason purple and white game. This game involved the entire Ouachita football team and prepared the Tigers for the season, which starts Sept. 14.

Preseason football poll ranks Tigers fourth

By KYLE PARRIS

Sports Information Director The 2013 Great American Conference Preseason football coaches poll was released today and the Ouachita Baptist Tigers are ranked fourth.

After a strong start to the 2012 season, the Tigers finished fourth with a record of 6-4 overall and 4-4 in conference play.

Ouachita returns 45 lettermen this season including 10 starters on a defense that ranked third in total defense last year.

Six offensive starters return to a squad that ranked second in the conference in red zone efficiency.

2012 All-GAC First Team running back Chris Rycraw returns for his senior year and looks to power the Tiger rush-

ing attack that finished third in the GAC last season.

Rycraw, the second all-time leading rusher in the GAC, finished 2012 with 990 rushing yards on 199 attempts and eight rushing touchdowns.

He finished fourth in allpurpose yards with a 113.7 yard per game average.

Junior quarterback Benson Jordan will lead a Tiger passing attack that ranked third in the conference in passing efficiency.

He finished 2012 with a 61.8 completion percentage, finding the end zone 10 times through the air.

Likely targets Drew White and Jalen Jones combined for 81 catches for 870 yards and four touchdowns.

Jordan will be protected by an offensive line that gave up only seven sacks last year,

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second best in the GAC, and powered the Tiger offense to an average of 23.2 first downs per game.

A trio of senior linebackers returns in 2013. Jackson Guerra led the Tigers in tackles in 2012 and received All-GAC honorable mention honors.

Rickey Brown and Augustine Ume-Ezeoke join Guerra to anchor a rushing defense that held opposing rushers to 145.6 yards per game, fourth best in the conference.

Defensive end Antwoin Patterson finished 2012 with 69 tackles, including 9.5 tackles for loss.

He ranked third in the conference with three forced fumbles.

The senior is the GAC career leader in forced fumbles with seven.

Senior cornerback Etauj Allen looks to improve on his All-GAC Second Team performance in 2012.

He will lead a stingy Tiger secondary that gave up only nine passing touchdowns in 2012, best in the GAC. Allen also finished second in the conference in punt returns with a 13-yard-per-return average, highlighted by a 73-yard touchdown return.

The Tigers kick off the season Sept. 14 at Southern Nazarene.

The first home game will be against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.

The Tigers will finish the regular season against preseason favorite Henderson State on Nov. 16 at A.U. Williams Field.

This year has the potential to be possibly the most compelling year in the SEC in a while . . . and there are quite a few story lines to watch.

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Sept. 14 – OBU @ S Nazarene, 6 p.m.

Sept. 21 – OBU @ East Central, 6 p.m.

Sept. 28 – OBU vs. SE Okla. State, 6 p.m.

Oct. 5 – OBU @ SW Okla. State, 2 p.m.

Oct. 12 – OBU vs. NW Okla. State, 1 p.m.

Oct. 19 – OBU vs. Harding, 1 p.m.

Oct. 26 – OBU @ Arkansas Tech., 3 p.m.

Nov. 2 – OBU@ Southern Ark., 2 p.m.

Nov. 9 – OBU vs. UAM, 1 p.m.

Nov. 16 – OBU vs. Henderson State, 2 p.m.

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It’s that time of year again, when football starts gearing back up and I start breaking out the dogs and cokes. This year has the potential to be possibly the most compelling year in the SEC in a while, and with such potent talent across the board, there are quite a few storylines to watch. Here are my preseason awards for the top of the SEC. Top Dog: Alabama. Alabama returns after back-to-back national championships with 13 starters, including returning BCS national champion MVP A.J. McCarron and a set of three talented, experienced receivers.

T.J. Yeldon racked up 1,108 yards on 154 carries and 12 touchdowns last season, and is projected to carry much of the heavy load for the Tide offense. With a dangerous offense that can score from anywhere on the field and a defense that is always ready to play, Alabama is expected to compete for yet another national championship this year.

Big Man: Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina). There really is no doubt here that Jadeveon Clowney is the man. As a sophomore last season, Clowney amassed 54 tackles (40 solo), 23.5 tackles for loss, 13 sacks and three forced fumbles, including the incredible hit that made national headlines in the bowl game against Michigan running back Vincent Smith.

Clowney was awarded many post-season awards, was voted a unanimous All-American, and was voted by fans as the 2012 AT&T All-America Player of the Year. Expect him, along with McCarron, to be front-runners for the Heisman.

Dark Horse: Georgia. Georgia is my pick to win the SEC this year. They return 15 starters, 10 on offense, including allconference running back Todd Gurley and senior quarterback Aaron Murray.

Last season Georgia was ranked third in pass defense, but will have to replace some familiar faces on defense. Overall, Georgia will be a top contender for the SEC East.

Pay close attention to the Florida game in Jacksonville on Nov. 2. The winner of that game will possibly represent the SEC East in Atlanta in December.

Lookie Rookie: Laquon Treadwell (Ole Miss). Treadwell leads a stellar recruiting class into Oxford, Miss., and looks to be a threat for the Ole Miss offense early on.

Rivals ranked him fifth overall in the 2013 class and number one on the receivers list. At 6’3” and a 4.5 40-time, Treadwell fits nicely into the run-and-gun offense that Hugh Freeze has implemented in the past two years.

Familiar Face: Gus Malzahn (Auburn). Coming off a 9-3 season at Arkansas State, Malzahn takes over the reigns of head football coach on the plains of Auburn.

However, SEC ball is a little different than A-State. As an assistant, Malzahn had success at Auburn coaching Cam Newton and saw Auburn win its first National Championship in 50 plus years. Expectations are high, and he’ll be measured closely by his success in the Iron Bowl against Alabama.

Playboy: Johnny Manziel — DIXON LAND (Texas A&M). There has arguably been no one that has stepped on to a campus with as much impact as Manziel did this past year.

Rushing for 1,343 yards and throwing for 5,116, his impact was legendary and awards, numerous. Manziel is also the reigning Heisman Trophy Winner. However, many off the field incidents have plagued his off-season and it will be interesting to see how he responds on the field.

Team to Watch: Florida. Florida only brings back nine starters from an 11-2 team last season that lost only to Georgia and Louisville.

Their strength lies in the defense, as they were first in pass defense last season. Overall, watch Florida compete with Georgia for a chance at the SEC East title.

Game to Watch: Texas A&M vs. Alabama. After last year’s thriller in Tuscaloosa, you can expect that Alabama will want to avenge their only loss of last season. A&M has been picked by many to beat Alabama for an SEC West Title, and I would agree that this game will decide who gets the trip to Atlanta.

Manziel’s situation plays a major role in the prediction of this game-with him; the Aggies stand a much better chance against the defending national champions. n

Sept. 10 – OBU vs. Lyon College, 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 10 – OBU vs. Philander Smith, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 13 – OBU vs. Okla. Panhandle, 7:30 p.m. (@HSU) Sept. 17 – OBU vs. Southern Ark., 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 24 – OBU @ UAM, 6 p.m.

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Kristen Barnard z The Signal JAKE FAUBER and the Refuge band lead worship during the Campus Ministries fall retreat.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal STUDENTS ATTEND Spotlight on Arkadelphia.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal MICHAEL CROWE and Jacob Catlett lead the Tigers and Torches processional through campus.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal WOW LEADERS move new students into dorms.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal PROPAGANDA PERFORMS as part of the Campus Activities back to school concert.

Faculty, returning students and new students poured back onto to campus to participate in WOW activities and begin a new semester. New student events included move-in day festivities, Tigers and Torches, sessions and a tailgate. Upperclassmen joined in on the fun for the first coffeehouse concert of the year and a special concert hosted by Campus Activities. Faculty and staff also started the year with a bang at a Cajun-themed banquet, complete with crawfish and a performance by a few well-known professors and administrators.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal WOW LEADERS and faculty on stage during a session for Welcome to Ouachita’s World.

Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal GARY GERBER, Keldon Henley, Jeff Root and Stan Poole dress up as characters from “Duck Dynasty” for a performance at the annual Faculty and Staff Banquet.

Kristen Barnard z The Signal ANDY MINEO entertains during the Campus Activities back to school concert.