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Ouachita Baptist University

Full speed ahead

THIS WEEK:

09.12.13

Cross country leads Gravett Invitational

Results, p.6 KASEY MCLEANE. PHOTO BY TYLER ROSENTHAL.

Renovated Grant Center dedicated this morning

Get a Job Career Services Plans Internship Panel, p.3

Name Change Women’s Discipleship redesigned, p.3

PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OPENS

By TAYLOR TOMLINSON News Bureau

Poppin’ Tags More students turn to thrift store shopping, p.4

Take the Cake Shull runs summer baking business, p.4

‘The Eurich’ Get the perfect handshake, p.5

Work, Play Hard Volleyball team starts season on top, p.6

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Ouachita dedicated the newly renovated Daniel and Betty Jo Grant Center for International Education at 11:30 a.m. today on the first floor of Lile Hall.

The Grant Center is named in honor of Ouachita President Emeritus Daniel Grant and his wife, Betty Jo. Dr. Grant served as Ouachita’s 12th president from 1970 to 1988. This summer’s Grant Center renovation coincides with the recent celebration of Dr. Grant’s 90th birthday as well as the 90th anniversary of Ouachita’s international education efforts.

Highlighting the theme, “Bringing the world to Ouachita and taking Ouachita to the world,” the Grant Center recruits international students and provides Ouachita students and faculty opportunities to experience international study, both on campus and abroad.

The idea to renovate the Grant Center came after extensive remodeling of Lile Hall last year, which made available previously occupied office space. Primary funding for the project came from donations by Dr. Charles L. and Cindy Fuller. Dr. Fuller is a former dean of the Ouachita School of Fine Arts and Mrs. Fuller is a former instructor of voice at the university. During his service at Ouachita, Dr. Fuller served as chairman of the International Studies Committee. see GRANT CENTER z 2

Beverly Hankins z Courtesy A NEWLY renovated building on Clinton St. downtown serves as the home of the Pregnancy Resource Center for Southwest Arkansas. The center, which is currently operating but will hold its grand opening ceremony next month, has depended largely on student volunteers to help remodel, raise money and plan for the opening.

Student volunteers help pregnancy center open

By RACHEL TIMOKHINA Staff Writer

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he grand opening for the new Pregnancy Resource Center for Southwest Arkansas (PRCSA) will be publicly celebrated Oct. 18 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. courtesy of Arkadelphia’s Chamber of Commerce, followed by refreshments in the center’s newly renovated facility.

Although the official opening is still weeks away, the PRCSA has been helping people through unwanted pregnancy situations since Aug. 12, and this organization’s future already looks promising.

Student involvement is setting records this year, a sharp contrast to Arkadelphia’s first attempt to establish a pregnancy resource center seven years ago, which ended due to insufficient funding and a lack of volunteers from the immediate community.

About the center’s previous attempt, Beverly Hankins, the current director of the PRCSA, said, “The community just didn’t support it.

People would come from Hot Springs to volunteer and we just couldn’t get financial support.

“Students at OBU really have more of an influence than they realize.”

— MEGAN HART But this year we’re getting a lot of volunteers that live here.”

One of those volunteers is Molly Turner, a senior graphic design and mass communications double major from Sherwood, Ark. “I’m helping them effectively communicate their missions and goals for men and women in unplanned pregnancy situations,” Turner said.

She is currently helping the PRCSA implement a communication plan developed by Brooke Zimny, Ouachita’s assistant director of communications.

“Beverly Hankins and other volunteers had already done great work laying a foundation see PREGNANCY z 2

Wallace to lecture on New Testament corruption tonight

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Ouachita Baptist University

INTERNATIONAL FLAG PLAZA

StarSpangled Banner Dr. Wesley Kluck z Courtesy UNDER WATCHFUL eye of his father, Vietnam veteran Bill Arnold, and and Maj. Duane Green of Ouachita and Henderson’s ROTC program, Maj. Johnpaul Arnold raises a new flag over the International Flag Plaza. Maj. Arnold presented the flag to the school of humanities in honor of “the active duty service members, veterans and the fallen comrades of Ouachita.”

Flag flown in Afghanistan now flying over campus

By TRENNIS HENDERSON

is a U.S. Army public affairs officer stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Wash.

Introducing Maj. Arnold to the crowd gathered for the ceremony, Dr. Jeff Root, dean of the School of Humanities, said, “As a professor, you want all of your students to do well and you want to help prepare them to do well.

“While he was a student, JP was very much committed to the ROTC program and very much committed to the military,” Dr. Root added. “We knew he was going to make

“Thank you for what you’ve done for us and we want to give back to you.”

his contribution there and he has very much done that. He has served two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan.

He has come today to give us a very special gift, a flag flown in Afghanistan.”

During his military service, Maj. Arnold has been awarded two Bronze Star Medals, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, a Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals, a NATO Medal and a Combat Action Badge.

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Compatible with mobile Pruet School presenting Bethand More simulcast tablets.

Construction Zone Stadium press box gets updated, p.4

Vice President of Communications

onoring “students, faculty and fallen comrades of Ouachita Baptist University” who have served in the U.S. military, U.S. Army Maj. Johnpaul Arnold presented an American flag flown in Afghanistan to Ouachita’s School of Humanities during an outdoor ceremony on campus June 7.

Maj. Arnold , a 1994 Ouachita graduate with a major in mass communications,

— U.S. ARMY MAJ. JOHNPAUL ARNOLD

Johnny Football Suspension fair to other athletes? p.4

By NEWS BUREAU NEXT WEEK:

Poppin’ Tags Thrift store finds

Beth Moore, a popular Bible teacher and best-selling author, will make a virtual visit to her hometown of Arkadelphia, Ark., via simulcast on Saturday, Sept. 14. Ouachita Baptist University’s Pruet School of Chris-

Living Proof Live, sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources, will feature Moore’s dynamic storytelling and passionate Bible teaching.

The event challenges and encourages women to grow deeply in their faith. Individuals and groups are invited to join 250,000 women around the world for this live, global, Internet streaming event.

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In 1910, one proud Ouachita student—Birkett Williams— graduated from Ouachita and began his successful business career that eventually led to his ownership of the Williams Ford Agency and Monarch Leasing Company in Cleveland, which was the largest independent automobile leasing agency in North America during his ownership.

In all his success, Wil-

liams never forgot his roots at Ouachita and in 1977, he decided to give back to the school with an endowment to fund the Birkett Williams Lecture Series in the hopes that it would extend the liberal arts education Ouachita students receive to learning outside of the classroom.

Now, every year speakers are brought to campus to lecture on various academic areas as part of the lecture series.

“The host for the Birkett Williams Lecture Series rotates between the schools at Ouachita and Fall 2013 is the

semester in which the responsibility falls to the Pruet School of Christian Studies,” said Tracey Knight, secretary of the Pruet School.

This year, many in the Christian Studies school have been hard at work to bring us our next Birkett Williams lecturer, Dr. Daniel B. Wallace.

Wallace’s lecture will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the McBeth Recital Hall and will cover the topic “How Much Did the Scribes Corrupt the New Testament?”

“One of the contemporary challenges against historic

The Secrets of the Psychics Thursday, Sept. 19 • 7 p.m.

Young Auditorium, Hickingbotham Hall

Daniel Wallace z Courtesy

Christianity right now in the intellectual arena of America is over the reliability of the New Testament manuscripts,” see LECTURE z 2

Can people really read minds, predict the future or talk to the dead? Professional magician and librarian James Plath will answer these questions by demonstrating and teaching you the secret tricks that are used to predict the future, read your thoughts, levitate objects and more.

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this weekzCALENDAR OFF THE BROADWAY AUDITIONS will take place today from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information, contact: Kelly Cortez at cor51022@obu.edu.

BETH MOORE SIMULCAST will take place this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Walker Rooms ABC. For more information, contact: Tracey Knight at knightt@obu.edu.

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

CM BACKYARD BIBLE CLUB will take place this Sunday, from 9–10 p.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information, contact: Joseph Koon at koo51622@obu.edu.

LIVE MUSIC AT DR. JACK’S will take place tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. in Dr. Jack’s Coffeehouse. For more, information, contact: Hillary Hill at hillh@obu.edu.

VERITAS WOMEN’S DISCIPLESHIP will meet Monday, Sept. 16, from 8:3011 a.m. in Berry Chapel. For more information, contact: Kendall Calvert at calvertk@obu.edu.

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GRANT CENTER “The space z Continued from Page 1 has been Ian Cosh, vice president for customized community and international engagement, said the need for more classrooms and meeting to meet the space in the center was prevaspecific needs lent prior to the recent renovation project.

“The renovations will allow of the center.”

Ouachita to serve international education more effectively and efficiently because the space has been customized to meet the specific needs of the center,” Cosh said.

The renovation provides expanded space for such uses as English as a Second Language classes and study abroad interest meetings. The center is designed to enhance support both for international students and American students who have studied abroad.

Dr. Brett Powell, vice president for administrative services, said that since the international education program is such an integral part of Ouachita, “the renovations have given the Grant Center a home appropriate to its impor-

— IAN COSH tance to Ouachita.”

To create this engaging space, several walls were moved and a reception area, conference room and enlarged classroom were created, Powell explained. He said the entire suite was updated with new finishes such as carpeting, ceiling tiles, lighting, paint and technology.

Also added during the renovations was a “legacy wall” that combines photographs and text layered on an antique world map. Funding for the legacy wall was provided by one of the Grants’ daughters,

Kristen Barnard z The Signal A NEW display case in the Grant Center’s reception area outlines the history of international study at Ouachita. The renovations provided the international office with additional classrooms and meeting space, more advanced technology and updated office areas.

Carolyn Walton, and her husband, Bill. In addition, other friends of the Grant Center provided general endowments and travel awards to assist future study abroad students.

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PREGNANCY

said Dr. Danny Hays, Dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies. “Are the gospels historical? Do we have an accurate copy of the original ones or have they been changed?

“There has been a pretty concerted challenge in some circles towards the reliability of the manuscripts, particularly the gospels. So in response there is an effort just to say ‘let’s look at the evidence’ and what documents we have, when they were dated, what evidence we have to any revisions.

“Dan Wallace is one of the leading guys in that area.”

Wallace is Executive Director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts and professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a scholar who specializes in the early manuscripts.

“You’re going to graduate and people are going to challenge you saying ‘you can’t rely on the Bible, you can’t rely on the gospels,’ and other writers are saying these things are corrupted,” Hays said. “So it’s helpful for everybody, from an academic, apologetic point of view, to know that the manuscripts are reliable.

“That’s what the evidence shows, and it’s an encouragement and gives you more tools for academic, intellectual engagement over whether the Bible can be trusted.”

The lecture is open to all students and will be helpful to anyone wishing to learn more about the reliability of the New Testament. n

for the center and doing some informal communication in the community, and my plan just lays out a more formal road map for them to use as they see fit,” Zimny said.

“They really want me involved as the younger voice,” Turner said. “I’m giving them the voice of the younger generation.”

“She’s the first ever intern assigned to us and we love it,” said Hankins. The hope is that internships and other student involvement from both Ouachita Baptist University and Henderson State University will continue as the PRCSA begins to grow.

On both Ouachita’s Tiger Serve Day and Henderson’s Reddie Serve Day, volunteers crowded the former gas station next to KFC to transform the building into a clean, inviting and professional pregnancy resource center.

From Enactus members, who wrote two successful grants for the PRCSA making possible the purchase of a new laptop and software system, to the EEE social club, Ouachita students are giving their time and energy to get the center started off right. Megan Hart, a senior accounting major from Little Rock, Ark., is the head of the EEE’s philanthropic involvement with the PRCSA. “The EEEs have recognized that a huge part of being involved in Arkadelphia is community service,” Hart said. “When we found out about the new Pregnancy Resource Center being established, we knew how far our help could go in terms of them getting started. Students at OBU really have more of an influence than they realize, and we chose to influence Arkadelphia for good through this ministry.”

If students are looking for a way to help the center, community participation is highly encouraged in the PRCSA’s upcoming 5K race Oct. 19, which will appropriately begin and end in front of the center’s new facility at 911 Clinton St. in

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registrar and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Grant, said the legacy wall was created to honor the Grants, provide information about global education both past and present and inspire others to become part of

downtown Arkadelphia. A link to RaceRoster.com will appear later this month on the PRCSA’s Facebook page. The first 100 students from OBU or HSU to register by Sept. 30 at noon will receive $5 off the registration fee. The promo code for this is University.

Later this spring around Mother’s Day, the PRCSA will host another fundraiser in which participants will fill baby bottles with change and donate both the bottles and the money to the center. Last year alone, the center raised $6,000 with this Baby Bottle Drive.

Although the PRCSA is always looking for people to volunteer as client advocates, who must be 25 years of age or older and able to commit a full year of service for training purposes, there is also a great need for data entry personnel.

You can even support pregnancy resource centers across the state by purchasing a “Choose Life” license plate. For each plate purchased, Arkansas will donate $25 to be divided among 41 centers.

Thanks to this partnership, the PRCSA in Arkadelphia received $9,500 last year alone.

Despite all the positive community feedback in Arkadelphia, there’s still a lot of work to do in pregnancy resource centers across the country. In a state that averages 11 abortions every day, Arkansas is only a small part of a large national debate between pro-choice and pro-life supporters.

Two new bills, the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act (also known as the Heartbeat Bill, Senate Bill 134) and the 20-Week Bill (House Bill 1037), have been brought to the attention of Arkansas legislators.

Although, according to a press release, Governor Mike Beebe vetoed the 20-Week Bill “...because it would impose a ban on a woman’s right to choose an elective, nontherapeutic abortion before viability, House Bill 1037, if it became law would squarely contradict Supreme Court precedent,” a majority vote from both the House and Senate was enough to override his veto. The 20-Week Bill went into effect in February of this year.

Ouachita’s legacy of international education.

For more information about the work of the Grant Center for International Education, contact Ian Cosh at coshi@obu. edu or (870) 245-5320. n

The Heartbeat Bill is still a hotly contested topic in Arkansas legislation because it mandates that women considering abortion who are at least 12 weeks pregnant receive an ultrasound. If a heartbeat is detected, an abortion would be illegal to perform.

This law would make Arkansas one of six states, including Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Wyoming, that have fetal heartbeat bills that in some way restrict abortion.

For more information about PRCSA, visit www.arkadelphiapregnancy.com or call (870) 210-5353 or come in person to 911 Clinton St. in Arkadelphia. The PRSCA’s hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

After hours are also available upon request. Women can also call the 24-Hour Helpline at 1-800-712-HELP (4357). n

Abortion Q U I C K FAC T S :

55,000,000 Since 1973, there have been more than 55 million abortions in the United States as reported by the National Right to Life Commission. This is roughly the population of Canada.

3,000/day The U.S. abortion rate averages to 1.5 million per year, or about 3,000 per day.

83 percent The percentage of women who have an abortion and later regret it tops 83 percent.

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NATIONAL ― Even the suicide of

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has not ended the terrible case. Castro kidnapped and tortured three young women a decade ago. Hours of video of Castro’s interrogation shows Castro telling police that he could have been caught many times. In fact, Castro reportedly thought he would be caught early on in the kidnappings. He said that he should have been on surveillance footage shot from a school just moments before one of the women was abducted. In the interrogation he said police could have solved the case right then in 2004. He claimed he even called one of the girl’s mothers and told her that her daughter was his wife but he hung up before they had time for a conversation. However, after ten years Castro was only captured when one of the women managed to escape in a rare moment of his own carelessness. n

WORLD ― Brazil and Mexico re-

ported that the United State’s National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on their nations and inner circles.

President Obama assured President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico that he understands their concerns. He said he will work to resolve the tension between the United Stated and these largest of Latin American nations.

Rousseff is not reassured, however, and is considering cancelling her state trip to the United States, which is scheduled for October. It is important that the U.S. and Brazil have a strong relationship because Brazil’s top trading partner in the past decade was China. A scholar of the ties between the U.S. and Brazil believes that the U.S. will not stop spying and that Brazil and other nations should protect themselves as indicated by American journalist Glenn Greenwald. n

SCIENCE ― The largest volcano

on Earth has now been discovered.

Breaking the previous record held by Mauna Loa, one that helps form the Big Island of Hawaii, this new volcano is the size of New Mexico. It lies deep within the Pacific Ocean near Japan. It is part of the undersea mountain range called Shatsky Rise. Researchers had known about the range for many years without knowing that it is primarily made of the central volcano. The team who made the discovery named it Tamu Massif, with “Tamu” being the abbreviation of Texas A&M University. There is no danger of eruption. A man uninvolved in the study believes the discovery of a volcano of such monstrous proportions on Earth is groundbreaking for volcanology. This may lead to the rewriting of textbooks.

The term “supervolcano” may be used.

It is clear that there is still much to be discovered about our planet. n

TECHNOLOGY ― The Xbox One

launches Nov. 22. Many consumers have been preordering this console to ensure that they get it the moment it is released. Microsoft has been encouraging this by offering a commemorative Day One Edition. In the past, many consumers who chose not to preorder experienced trouble getting the console in stores on its release day. This was very true of the Xbox 360 in 2005. Now however, a Microsoft executive said they are working to produce more consoles. It’s a matter of hardware, not yields. Microsoft wants there to be enough Xbox Ones that a consumer can go to the store and get one on day one, even if they have to wait. Microsoft said they feel good about their number of preorders, but they also feel that if someone does not get a system because they did not preorder then it is not a very good customer experience. n

Compiled by Nara Wesley, Staff Writer. Sources: latimes.com, gamespot.com, nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com.

Career Services to host internship panel next week Variety of styles

By KAITIE SCOTT News Bureau

Ouachita Baptist University Career Services will host a Student Internship Panel on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 12-12:45 p.m. at the Ouachita Commons Alumni Room for all students of any major.

The panel consists of current Ouachita students who will share their experiences from their particular internship. Interested students may bring their lunch to the seminar.

Students will be helping students with a guided Q&A

by Lauren Land, director of Ouachita Career Services. “Internships are important and take time planning to make

happen,” said Land. A lot of companies’ application process is early in the year, making it important to begin exploring internship options now.

“Internships are extremely valuable when thinking about pursing a career,” said David Day, a senior business administration and management major from Highlands Ranch, Co., who worked as a Northwestern Mutual Financial Representative Intern. “It gives you a little taste of what it can be like in the field you want to pursue.”

Not only do internships look good on a résumé, but offer hands-on work experience. “I learned valuable information this summer from my experience that you can never learn

in a classroom,” Day said.

The panelists will provide advice on how to find, apply and succeed in an internship.

“Not one of the panel members had the same experience,” explained Day. “But all members will have stories and information that can help students realize what type of internship might be right for them.”

Other panelists include: Tori Abellera, a senior mass communications major from Garland, Texas (Stone Ward, Little Rock); Samuel Cushman, a junior mass communications major from Springdale (FUNimation, Dallas, Texas); Jeremy Dixon, a junior Christian media and communications major from Benton (Long Hollow Baptist Church, Nashville,

Tenn.); Lindsey Fowler, a senior political science major from Arkadelphia (Arkansas Business, Little Rock); Ashley Glover, a senior biology major from Stuttgart (Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock); Meg Hart, a senior accounting major from Little Rock (Windstream, Little Rock); and David Sypult, a senior accounting major from Rogers (WalMart Corporate Office, Bentonville).

For more information about the Student Internship Panel, contact Lauren Land at landl@ obu.edu.

Interested in other events hosted by Ouachita Career Services? Follow @OBUCareer on Twitter or Ouachita Career Services on LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. n

TWIRP: ALL FUN AND GAMES

Grace Finley z The Signal TALIA PRINCE, a senior communication sciences and disorders major, holds a bamboo stick during a limbo game at Luau Night during TWIRP week last week. Luau Night, sponsored by Chi Delta social club, was one of several “Sadie Hawkins” events held on- and off-campus.

to be covered in Cai faculty recital

By KATE CODY News Bureau

Ouachita will host a faculty piano recital featuring Dr. Lei Cai, associate professor of music. This recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held Monday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall.

This program, according to Cai, covers a variety of styles, and he said no piano experience is necessary for audience members to appreciate and enjoy the performance. The recital will include Schubert’s “Sonata in C minor” and Chopin’s “Ballade in F minor” as well as selected movements from Stravinsky’s “Petrouchka.”

Cai will be assisted by his wife, Dr. Hee-Kyung Juhn, a piano professor at Henderson State University, on the piano for the final selection.

“As a piano professor, we want to perform as a part of our professional career, so I want to keep that part alive,” Cai said. “We want to try to inspire our students; if they see their teachers performing, it probably will give them some encouragement or inspiration.”

Cai began playing piano at age 5. He said music has “always been an important part of my life, and it’s very natural to want to share music with an audience.”

Cai, who has taught at Ouachita since 2001, earned his Master of Music degree from the University of Tennessee and his Doctor of Music degree from Florida State University. He has worked with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on recordings and has also recorded for Radio Shanghai. n

Women’s Discipleship program redesigned, renamed Veritas

By CAROLINE POOLE Staff Writer

Striving to foster a Christcentered community for the women of Ouachita, Campus Ministries recently began Veritas, a ministry designed to reach students at many different stages.

The program offers large group meetings, small groups and prayer partners. Formerly known as Women’s Discipleship, Veritas, a Latin word meaning “truth,” encourages women to “grow in their love and knowledge of Christ.” Veritas uses the Bible verse Philippians 1:9-11 as a theme, and works to create an environment where women can apply

what the verse teaches.

Kendall Calvert, Campus Ministries assistant director, describes the ministry as a way for women to invest in the lives of others.

“I really craved a mentor to pour into me when I was in college,” she said, “We want to give these girls the opportunity to learn from women who have been in their shoes and can lift them up spiritually.”

Slightly different from the original set-up of Women’s Discipleship, the program offers Monday night large group sessions featuring women and their testimonies.

Some of the women who will be speaking at these meetings include Allison Cornell and Holly Stallcup of Mended

Women’s Ministry and Whitney Burger, 2009 Ouachita graduate. Students can also get involved in small groups led by upperclassmen.

Each of the small groups will offer accountability and encouragement to members, while also digging deeper into their said knowledge of God. Veritas also organizes prayer partners, a monthly partnership that pairs underclassmen with older students and women from the community to pray and meet with.

“Our main goal is that the relationships formed through [Veritas] will give girls someone to do life with,” Calvert said. “No one should go through it alone,” she added, “It really is a great way to get

involved.”

At the first large group meeting there were approximately 80 students, and the leadership team is hoping to continue to grow the ministry and reach a number of different students.

Student leader Sadie Sasser was a member of Women’s Discipleship, but is excited to have the opportunity to give back and be involved in Veritas. Sasser and Calvert, along with Savannah Shotts, have designed this new program to reach more students and provide an environment for women seeking God’s truth.

“I want to be involved because it provides a facet for girls all over campus to be part of a community of other girls who want to grow in Christ,”

Sasser said.

Campus Ministries has many opportunities to get involved in at Ouachita. Veritas is especially designed for women who want to grow their faith with their peers. By being involved, students can meet other women who have the same struggles and successes, while having the opportunity to pour into the lives of others.

“It is such a blessing to have Christ-centered friendships, and that is what Veritas is trying to create,” Sasser said.

“But most of all, I want ladies involved with Veritas to come to know the love of Christ in their own lives so that they can pour Christ’s love into others around them.” n

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Students find new style, do-it-yourself decor with thrift store buys

By HALEY MARTIN & KATY FIRMIN Staff Writers

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an you really go to a thrift shop with only $20 in your pocket and find something that is worth your time?

Have you ever desperately needed a costume for an event? Are you are always hunting for a great deal on a shirt, or maybe trying to decorate your apartment or dorm room with a bedside table or picture for the wall? More and more people are turning to thrift stores for needs like these.

Thrift stores have been around for years. So why the sudden popularity in these shops? Studies show their revenue has majorly increased over the past year. Many speculate it could be Macklemore’s song “Thrift Shop” bringing in curious customers; others believe it could be the economy and some think it’s just the cool thing to do right now.

“I’ve been thrifting with my mom since high school,” said Kate Cody, a senior mass communications major. “I love it.”

Not only can Cody find clothes she loves that are unique and original, but she can find them at a great price.

“I could find a really nice pair of shorts for three dollars and see the same ones somewhere else for thirty,” she said.

Thrifters say thrifting is great because it is cheap. If you look hard enough, you can find things that fit your closet

perfectly for only a few dollars. Who can argue with that? Especially during our college years, the more we can save the better.

Cody is not the only student on campus who hunts for great deals at thrift stores. Tyler Rosenthal, a junior mass communications major, also enjoys bargain hunting.

“I love thrifting,” he said. “It’s cheap and you can find special treasures you would never find in common stores.”

Thrift shops are loaded with items that have the perfect vintage look, but they are also filled with plenty of trendy items. Rosenthal said that one of his best finds was a pair of Chacos at Savers.

“It is one of my favorite pairs,” he said. “I wear them all the time.”

Thrift shopping is even more famous for its costume clothing. Many turn to their neighborhood thrift shop for a Christmas sweater or outdated shirts and pants for themed parties.

“Thrift shopping is really good when you go to themed events,” said Kaley Thompson, a junior accounting and finance major. “That’s where I got my clothes for TWIRP week here at school.”

Many college-aged students work at summer camps and find outfits they can wear as costumes in thrift stores.

“A huge reason why I thrift shop is camp,” Cody said. “There are things I can find that are out of the ordinary.”

While thrift stores offer a wide variety of clothing, they also carry dishes, furniture, art and more.

“My mom loves old tables and drawers and stuff like that, so we’ve really gotten into painting things like that,” Thompson said.

She said she enjoyed thrift shopping long before coming to college, so much of the furniture in her dorm room was purchased from a thrift shop, sanded down, repainted and given a new look.

Another aid in thrifting is Pinterest.

It has sparked the creative side of our generation with do-it-yourself projects using old furniture, picture frames and even old ones to make new clothes.

This makes thrifting fun too, as you search for the perfect chair or frame to add some color to your room. Many crafters are turning to thrift shops for special pieces to work with.

“Thrifting is kind of hard,” Thompson said. “You have to be in the mood to dig around some, but you really can find good stuff.”

“In my opinion there are two types of thrift shopping if we are talking about serious thrifters,” Rosenthal said. “If you go on a regular basis, there is the thrifting for brand and the thrifting for look. So you can go through and search for the brands you like or you can search for things that look good to you regardless of the brand.”

The Internet is another thrifter’s wonderland. Not only can you go to thrift stores’ websites and shop online, but there are countless blogs dealing with everything thrifty from what to buy to where to buy and even how to buy.

Thrifting experts share their wisdom

on personal blogs focused completely on secondhand stores. Their advice can be very useful for newer thrifters who are unsure of what they are looking for.

There are many thrift stores to choose from. There are the well-known Goodwill and Savers, but there are also numerous locally owned thrift stores, including the Beehive in Arkadelphia.

There are also more specific thrift shops which may deal only with clothing or furniture, for example. There are others that are more upscale, accepting only certain brands. Items found in each individual thrift shop depends greatly on the location and the people donating to that specific store. One thrift shop’s merchandise could be completely different from the merchandise of one a few miles down the road.

“I am a frequent traveler to the North Little Rock location, the south Little Rock location as well as the west Little Rock location of Savers and Goodwill,” Rosenthal said, explaining that each store has different finds.

Thrift shopping can be light and funny or it can be hard work; it all depends on what you hope to leave with. Thrift shops are growing in popularity and many shops are putting out ads begging for donations.

Are you a serious thrifter searching for either brand or look? Or are you just a casual thrifter? Whichever type of thrifter you may be, just remember, according to Macklemore, “one man’s trash, that’s another man’s come-up.”

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‘Hello, Sunshine’ baking business offers life, work experience

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annah Shull, junior mass communications major, spent her summer selling baked goods at the Little Rock Farmers’ Market every Tuesday morning.

The name of her business was called “Hello, Sunshine Confections”. Shull had her business set up every Tuesday morning, ready for costumers.

Shull wants to own her own bakery in the future, and saw this as a good chance to gain experience and keep herself occupied over the summer. She was faced with many obstacles while getting her business started.

“I emailed the director of the Farmers’ Market last March to see if they had an open vendor spot not really thinking it was all going to work out. They had an opening and I was excited,” she said.

One requirement was that all of the baked goods were to be baked in an FDA approved kitchen. Shull baked all of her products in her high school cafeteria kitchen. She would begin baking at 2:30 p.m. and continue for hours until she was finished. She would then package all of the food and be ready to sell each Tuesday morning.

“The weeks before I started selling at the market, I designed a logo and food labels for my baked goods, bought a bunch of baking supplies and perfected my recipes,” she said.

Shull would leave her house at 3:30 a.m. to wait in a line at the Farmers’

Market until 5:30 a.m. At this time, the directors would assign each vendor their spot for the morning, and the market would open at 7 a.m.

Shull had trouble at first because she was mainly focusing on desserts, which were not as popular in the early morning. To fix this problem, she started making blueberry muffins with berries she picked from Wye Family Farm.

“Selling was hard,” she said. “A lot of people would come by my table and comment on how cute my logo was or how delicious everything looked and then just walk away. That was kind of annoying, but just part of the business.

I learned to not let it get to me.”

Shull said the most successful part of the day was between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. During this time, she would usually encounter some interesting costumers.

“One time this lady came up to me and started showing me pictures of her dog and granddaughter,” Shull said, “and then she didn’t even buy anything. But it was hilarious.”

Shull’s business was not as successful as she hoped. She ended up spending more money than she earned. But, she learned some very useful skills and gained great experience from her business.

“I found myself using skills like accounting, designing and PR that I had learned in my classes. That was really cool,” states Shull, “It was great experience that allowed me to do several things I love and spend time working with my family. I love looking back and seeing God’s hand in the business.” n

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Wielding ‘The Eurich’ perfect handshake

By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor @Hutch15 Aras could feel a serious misbalance in his chi as he sat, trying not to tremble, in front of a potential employer’s desk. Why is it so quiet? Is the heater on? Did he pick the wrong color pocket square? He couldn’t handle this, he knew he should’ve bet the end of last month’s paycheck on that cockfight his shady downstairs neighbor was holding in his apartment the night before. How would he keep paying for his raw, unprocessed flax juice if he didn’t get this job?

“Your resume is outstanding son,” said the hard, white- haired “Mad Men” extra sitting across, extending his hand for a hearty shake. “Welcome aboar...”

Just as the words were about to leave his mouth, a look of disgust washed over his face. Aras’ hand had squished inside of his steely grip, the young hopeful’s fingers scrunching together like numb octopus tentacles. He had given his potential employer the despised “Dead Fish”.

“On second thought, we’ll get back to you by the end of the week,” the man said.

As the door closed immediately behind Aras, he heard the all too familiar sound of a resume being dropped into a paper shredder. He didn’t get the job.

Aras shook hands like a pansy.

There’s something about a great handshake that demands respect. It projects confidence and if nothing else, some kind of physical capability. When somebody greets you with friendly eye contact and a firm grip, it says something about them. When they greet you with a nervous glance at the ground and a cold jelly appendage that couldn’t trap a wounded butterfly, it says something entirely different. Considering

the age of most people who might read this article, I would assume that you have a good handshake by this point. However, in my experience greeting people I meet around campus, that assumption is dead wrong in some cases.

The first step to achieving the perfect handshake, which we’ll call “The Eurich”, named for virtuoso level handshake goddess, communications instructor Tiffany Eurich, is the squeeze. You have to squeeze.

Don’t just stick your hand out like you’re presenting the other person a handful of cold chicken noodle soup. It’s disgusting, and it will make people think that you’re weak. At the same time, this isn’t a World’s Strongest Man competition. Don’t try to break the other person’s hand. You’ll seem like you’re trying too hard. The ideal pressure on the squeeze is like a hardy hug in hand form. It should say “I’m your friend, but if you ever betray me, know that I could wring your neck like a chicken.”

The second step from going from “The Dead Fish” to “The Eurich” is eye contact. You don’t have to do this every time you shake hands with your friend passing by on the sidewalk. However, if you’re meeting someone for the first time, it’s non-negotiable.

Don’t look at the ground. At the very moment your soul runs to the pitiful little safe haven that is your shoes, you’ve announced to the other person that you eat special yogurt to help regulate your digestive tract. You’re that guy.

At the same time, just as with the squeeze, don’t over do it. Fun fact of the day: 30 seconds or more of consecutive eye contact shows a desire for murder or sex. The ideal eye contact length is around three seconds maximum, and should give your new acquaintance the feeling of looking into the eyes of a combination of Sean Connery and a golden retriever.

The third, and much more subtle step, is the shake.

Ideal range of up and down motion is about two inches. Any more than that and you look like Bugs Bunny.

Any less, and it’s like a mini hand seizure.

The fourth step is to always shake with your right hand. Even if you’re left-handed. Hand shakes started as a way to check for concealed sleeve daggers back in the day when that was a reasonable thing to worry about, so people would automatically go for the right hand of the person they were “greeting” because it was most likely their dominant hand. It doesn’t matter whether or not it’s actually your dominant hand, that’s the tradition, so that’s how you’re supposed to do it. Just the other day somebody offered me their left hand, and when I waited for the right they had the audacity to try and grab my hand. That person almost got an impromptu lesson on how to throw a proper headbutt (keep a watchful eye out for the highly anticipated “5 steps to Throwing a Proper Headbutt” in future issues of the Signal).

As far as basic technique goes, that’s all there is to know. However, there are a few pro tips that can take you from a good handshake to truly pulling off “The Eurich”. Tip number one is to shake a little softer when greeting women. Not because I’m a chauvinist pig, but because as a general rule, women have softer handshakes than men.

Other than that, don’t go for the two-hander unless you know you can pull it off. Tiffany Eurich is a great example of this, because she knows that she’s in charge. When she gives you the two-hander, it’s like your un-authoritative little hand is a stage coach being surrounded by a band of high-heel clad outlaws who, for some reason, are offering you a plate of chocolate chip cookies as they shake you down. It’s a beautiful thing to experience. However, even for her the two-hander is a rare occurrence, as it very well should be. If you take anything away from this article, never go for the two-hander. You’ll look like a used car salesman.

Few people will ever truly be able to brandish “The Eurich”, but there’s no excuse not to have a respectable handshake. Squeeze, look them in the eye, and give a brisk shake. Don’t shake hands like a pansy. n

Harleys make up Hot Springs art scene, Students: be grateful demand more attention than paintings Ouachita atmosphere deemed ‘refreshing’

By DAVID HICKERNELL Staff Writer

I’m not a big fan of Harleys, but I do like art. Some fellow art majors and myself decided to go into Hot Springs last Friday night for the monthly gallery walk. We didn’t know there was also a motorcycle rally that weekend until we were nearly downtown, slowly becoming surrounded by the leather vestwearing masses as we made our way to the galleries.

Overall, the galleries were somewhat disappointing. The art was rather unappealing, and I didn’t find an hors d’oeuvre platter until the fifth or sixth gallery we visited. Most of the art I saw was mediocre. Some of the galleries were filled with overly shiny abstract paintings, some were filled with Chihuly knockoffs and overpriced tableware.

One gallery was almost entirely filled with prints, and one was just filled with rocks.

I’m a studio art major, and my emphasis is painting, so I love painting, I love looking at paintings, I love talking about paintings, but the paintings I saw at the gallery walk made me feel the same way the Harleys ripping up and down Central Ave. made me feel - annoyed. All of the conversations between my friends and myself had to cease completely each time we walked outside, because there is no sound on earth that can be heard over a group of Harleys. I could talk to my friends inside the galleries, but the paintings were just as loud as the bikes.

Most of the paintings were coated in glossy varnish, littered with irrelevant texture, and featured trivial subject matter (if any). A good painting says some-

thing, but these paintings just screamed, “Look at me!” This kind of painting is too similar to the absurdly loud Harleys with their tasteless chrome and cheesy flame stickers.

When you ride a Harley people will look at you, but you won’t hear their insults over your exhaust’s rumbling.

Similarly if you make a shiny painting with the art version of chrome and flame stickers, you won’t hear it when the art students critique your work, but that’s just because we whisper.

There were, however, a handful of paintings that made me pause, not to discuss with my friend what was wrong with the painting, but pause to actually look at it in appreciation. Despite my near constant pessimism that night, I did see a few paintings I liked. But I also saw one motorcycle I liked, but I only paused to look at that particular bike because it was so different from the mass of black and chrome monsters roaming the streets. The paintings I liked weren’t anything spectacular; they were simply good enough to standout amongst the heap of tawdry and pedestrian art saturating the galleries.

I’m not annoyed that some artists make art I don’t like. I can’t be annoyed with the gallery owners, because the decision to hang one painting over another is largely led by the market. What annoys and angers me is that the art in Hot Springs is so easily compared to Harleys. Hot Springs could be a great town for art. Arkansas has the Crystal Bridges museum in Bentonville, and the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock. There is no reason Hot Springs can’t be a center for talented, expressive, up and coming artists. So why is it a center for the art version of Harleys instead? n

By HALEY MARTIN Staff Writer

It is not uncommon for the Ouachita student to receive grief from stateschoolers who assume their college is top-notch because there are thousands upon thousands of students, while OBU only has approximately a “measly” 1,500 students enrolled. However, the size of our university is what I consider to be one of its best aspects.

When I think Ouachita, I think community. Ouachita is not only a community of believers, but a community of people who can come together on one thing they agree to love — their time at Ouachita. Alumni, current students, and visitors all seem to fall on the same page of feeling welcomed onto our campus, and prospective students (including the high school me) have no trouble imagining Ouachita as “home”.

After my weekend in Little Rock to tailgate for the Razorback game, I realized how much I love Ouachita. Not to hate on all of our Fayetteville friends, but the amount of people there was overwhelming and the atmosphere was so unlike my past month or so here at OBU. It seemed as if the only camaraderie was found in alcohol, explicit music or provocative clothing. You can say I’m stuck in the “bubble” all you want, because I’m perfectly okay with it.

The community at Ouachita is refreshing. Professors, classmates, and upperclassmen care about the individual, and the atmosphere is simply uplifting. I love the size of our school for multiple reasons. The size of the classroom is more personal than hundreds of people accompanying me in a lecture

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If you want to socialize, you can head to Dr. Jack’s in the student center and you will more than likely run into a friend or two “studying” in their favorite booth. People at Ouachita know each other and intentional friendships are easier to come by when you are able to see them more on a smaller campus.

Another reason that the size of Ouachita is a positive thing is because we have less students, our campus is not overwhelmingly large. You can get practically anywhere on campus in less than 10 minutes which means more sleep and less hauling your burdening backpack across campus.

There are many reasons that I think the size of Ouachita is just about perfect, but the most important would be the biblical community. Chapel days may not be everyone’s favorite, but it shows that our school finds it important to come together as a student body.

Student life at Ouachita is saturated with opportunities to meet everyone involved with the same things you are.

There are multiple outlets for students to get connected with a biblical setting such as Veritas, Men’s Discipleship, and Refuge.

Here, people seem to care about each other and what they are involved in.

Ouachita aids the growth of a person’s faith, social life, and academic success.

Students find joy in uplifting things as opposed to what I witnessed this weekend at the tailgate. Not to say that all students in state schools are the same, but the size of Ouachita makes this possible on a level that I have not seen at state schools. From my time here on campus, I have noticed an incredible sense of community. n

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By DIXON LAND

Seniors Kelsi Bodine and Faith Avalos lead their team into the 2013 season with a strong start.

Finishing ahead of Lyon College and Philander Smith College, the Lady Tigers are hoping to turn heads in the Great American Conference this year.

Ranked seventh overall, the volleyball team is looking to strong leadership and dedication to pull out a winning season.

Junior history major Chelsey Hess said, “I expect to have a phenomenal season this year. I believe with all our young talent we should end up top three in conference.” n

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Runner Johanna Casey Ashley Randels Kasey McLeane Kelsey Wilson Hannah Diaz Rebekah Ward Parrish Reed Samantha Williams Grace Finley

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Most fans turned on their TV on Monday night to see Jameis Winston shred the Pittsburg defense and if they were anything like me, their jaws dropped. Winston completed 25 of 27 passing attempts for 356 yards and four touchdowns.

He averaged 13 yards a pass and had a quarterback rating of 252.2. Still doubting his abilities? Check out the YouTube video of him throwing a football over one of the Florida State fraternity houses. Many are quick to say that he compares to Johnny Manziel as a dual threat coming out of nowhere.

What many sports enthusiasts don’t know is that Winston was recruited heavily and was a top recruit in the 2013 recruiting class. Winston was highly recruited coming out of high school and rivals ranked him the number one quarterback in the 2012 recruiting class. Nationally, he was ranked tenth overall and number one in Alabama.

At 6’4, 200 pounds, Winston also plays right outfield and boasts a 96 mph fastball when he pitches. He has already made a number of eye-opening plays on the diamond. Rarely do we see multi-sport athletes in college football today, and certainly don’t see many on the college scene with such an impact in two sports.

There is some controversy surrounding Texas’s involvement in Winston’s recruitment. A Texas source told Bruce Feldman of CBSSports.com that Texas passed on Winston because of his lack of interest in the program. His high school coach, Matt Scott, helped him through the entire recruiting process and told reporters that he called the UT football staff numerous times without any answer from them.

This is the latest in quarterbacks the Mack Brown staff has avoided. They also have missed out on Andrew Luck, RGIII, and Johnny Manziel, who all grew up loving the Longhorns.

Another interesting side of Winston comes out when you look at his interests beyond football and baseball. Winston completed high school with a 4.0 and wants to become a podiatrist. Winston says he chose the Noles for their academics, as well as Mike Martin (FSU head baseball coach) and Jimbo Fisher’s (FSU head football coach) relationship.

Many college football fans will be watching closely as Winston takes the field Saturday against Nevada. Will he continue to put ridiculous numbers on the boardor become a one-game wonder?

Only time will tell, but many that know Winston for more than just his performance against Pittsburg, expect many things from this college freshman phenom. n

Anticipated game could decide SEC West title race in September

By CHELSEA BYERS Sports Editor

@Chelsea_Byers So if we’re being honest with ourselves, this may just be the early season preview of what we’ll be witnessing on the field for the national title game later on in the season, at least deciding who will be a contender.

Alabama Crimson Tide faces off with Johnny Football’s unstoppable maroon wave on Saturday, Sept. 14, and every single college fan will be watching this game.

Every conference player will be choosing a side, every Georgia fan will be praying that A&M comes out on top, every Bama player will be hunting for blood and every SEC fan will be holding his breath as the two teams take the field.

This game will decide who heads into the fire for the crystal football, which is a strong statement to make this early in the season, but it’s a wellthought opinion held by many analysts.

I promise if you keep reading, you will find my personal view on the matter. Important as it is, my opinion is not as important as the nitty-gritty of what truly matters in this argument: the facts.

Alabama started out their season with a 35-10 win over Virginia State.

A.J. McCarron, Bama’s first-string quarterback, had a mere 110 yards, 10 completions and one touchdown.

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Impressive? Far from it. Now, Alabama’s defense on the other hand, held the Hokies to only 10 points, with an impressive 15th place national ranking in points against.

Will that be enough to hold off the explosive Aggie offense? Let’s take a look at the off-field stats, or for a better word, extracurriculars.

Last week we heard from a Crimson Tide player, namely the quarterback, who decided subtweeting was more appropriate than hand-to-hand fisticuffs with the 6’1 quarterback down in College Station.

In response to Manziel’s tweet of being at the ESPY’s (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award), McCarron stated, “ . . . I’m not at the espy’s!

I don’t have to be at a award show to know what my team did. I’m back at school working to get another [championship].”

This means his team is out for blood, Aggie blood. The entire team is hoping to recompense their good name as the biggest threat in the Southeastern Conference once more.

Last year, in a paraphrase of Alabama Head Coach Saban, they may or may not have underestimated the strength of these SEC newbies.

Which, in simpler terms, if you can get much simpler than that, would be that Alabama didn’t know what was

coming to them last season. That loss was devastating, if not humiliating, and tainted their (almost) perfect season.

I personally despise the Tide, so I loved seeing them lose, but I also personally cannot stand the characterlacking Manziel, and am excited to see how badly Bama’s defense wrecks shop on Saturday.

Now let’s talk 12th man for a couple of paragraphs. Good ol’ Johnny Football was getting a little upset that he hasn’t been discussed yet, so in Mitchell Kelley’s words, here we go.

Already hyped up over two straight wins early in the season, the Aggies are coming out strong.

Manziel is already boasting huge numbers, for it being only two games into the season, with 34 completions, three short of 500 yards, six touchdowns and only one interception.

Before I go any further I would like to state that I am completely biased in everything I say about the Aggies.

I’m a Texas fan, when I’m not cheering for Florida, and I will always cheer against rival teams. Colbs, I hope that pacifies you in what I’m about to say.

What Alabama lacks in offense, they make up in defense. What TAMU lacks in defense, they make up in offense.

A good match up? Well, there is that little saying that floats around locker rooms, a golden saying, a wise saying, a clever saying that says, “defense wins games.”

A&M has their strengths, namely the

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crazy Heisman-winner, but they also find strength in their points for (PF) in games.

Ranked fourth in the nation for a nice rack of points at the end of their match-ups, the Aggies boast a strong passing game with a knack for quickfire and scramble plays.

This may throw off the Bama defense long enough to make some scoring drives, if Saban lets that happen, of course, and if his team hasn’t been studying their tape all week.

I mean, let’s be honest, Hawaii is ready to throw back anything that A&M tosses in its face. They’ve prepared for it, they have the motivation for it, and they will stop at nothing to find revenge for it.

Johnny Football will head into this game with his head held high and his pride even higher. McCarron will come into this game with clear eyes, a full heart, and a “can’t lose” mindset.

Who walks out with a smile, that’s yet to be concrete. My opinion? Oh, I’m glad you asked, because I do have one, a very strong one.

This is not a matter of who’s going to win, it’s a matter of how bad is Alabama going to beat the Aggies? The two teams will put on a fantastic show, with fantastic numbers, but it all comes down to the extracurriculars and the motivation. Alabama will come in, fight the hardest fight of their season, and walk out as victors, with much more than just another ‘W’ to add to the board. n

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