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Nursing horses back to health FEATURES, p.4

Students bring Men’s Fraternity Bible study to campus

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Build a Resume Career Services plans workshop, p.3

By KATY FIRMIN Staff Writer

Sing, Sing, Sing Women’s Chorus, Concert Choir perform tonight, p.3 Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal FRESHMAN JACOB Andrews and junior Dexter Carter work to improve a front porch bannister during Tiger Serve Day this Saturday. This year’s event had 826 volunteers with 105 projects and 95 teams.

Ring By Spring Might not mean spring 2014, p.5

‘Simply Serve’ Tiger Serve Day sees 826 volunteers

Glory Days Longing for 90s lifestyle again, p.5

New Legacy QB Benson Jordan makes his own mark, p.6

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By TRENNIS HENDERSON

Vice President for Communications

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ighlighting the theme, “Simply Serve,” more than 820 volunteers completed 105 projects during Ouachita Baptist University’s fall Tiger Serve Day held Saturday, Sept. 21.

The semi-annual community work project is one of the largest community service efforts held throughout the state of Arkansas. It involves Ouachita students, faculty and staff conducting a variety of projects for the benefit of senior adults and others throughout the Arkadelphia area. Projects range from raking leaves and mowing to washing windows and painting.

“The majority of work was done at senior adult residences, including outdoor and indoor work,” said Judy Duvall, assistant director of Ouachita’s Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community. “This is a huge cost savings to these residents and is also a great help to them as many are not able to do the work themselves. Volunteers also served at homes of disabled individuals and nonprofits such as

Lucas Gardens and the Human Development Center.”

Tiger Serve Day, which is sponsored by the Elrod Center, is planned and organized by a student-led Tiger Serve Day Leadership Team.

Student members of the leadership team include Bridget Bloxom, Jeremy Cooper, Jeremy Dixon, Drew Farris, Rachel Gilmer, Katie Hopmann, Jasper Jackson, Ben Lange-Smith, Coleson Lechner, Craig Martin, Reagan Parsons, Griffin Peeples, Dawson Pritchard, Buck Schroeder, Treslyn Shipley, Anna Sikes, Emily Speer, Jessica Stewart, Sara Walker, Garet West, Rachel Wicker, David Willhite, Rachel Williams and David Winkler.

The Saturday effort included a total of 826 volunteers on 96 teams conducting 105 projects. Since Tiger Serve Day’s inception in 1997, participants have completed a total of 63,658 volunteer work hours.

In addition to the work of the volunteers, behind-the-scenes support included Sodexo which provided breakfast for the volunteers, Summit Bank provided lunch and the Elrod Family Foundation funded T-shirts and work supplies. see SERVE DAY z 2

Men’s Fraternity has recently joined Ouachita’s campus. This isn’t another social club or exclusive group of any kind, but rather a place for guys of all ages and walks of life to come and be a part of something while learning what it truly means to be a man.

Men’s Fraternity was designed to help men come together and strengthen each other through weekly meetings and discussion. Robert Lewis from Little Rock wrote the curriculum that encourages manhood through biblical teachings.

“It’s not just another typical Bible study,” said Rusty Butler, a senior church music major. “It’s a program for men that are working to grow closer to other men and also seeking to learn what an authentic definition of a man is biblically.”

Men’s Fraternity started in 1990 and has many success stories. It has spread from Little Rock and can be found all across America. There are even known groups outside America, including Mexico, Africa, Australia and parts of Europe.

“I’m really excited to see where this will go,” said Jayson Harris, junior business administration and management major. “It’s known to be an effective tool in spreading the Gospel.”

Many people are working together in order to get this program up and running. Harris along with Justin Young, a senior business administration and management major, started brainstorming last semester looking for a way see FRATERNITY z 2

Tuition money only small part of school funding

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Whether scholarships, student loans, payment plans or paying outright has made it possible for you to attend Ouachita, it is important to know where your money goes: the Ouachita operating fund.

Ouachita’s operating fund, the fund it uses for day-to-day expenses, consists of its operating revenue and operating expenses or, in other words, its incoming and outgoing finances.

The university’s operating

revenue consists of four main parts: tuition, fees, room and board; its cooperative program; gifts; and other sources of revenue, including endowment funds.

Ouachita’s operating expenses can be broken into five general components: salaries and benefits; scholarships and grants; academic programs and student life; plant operations; and other expenses.

Starting with the smallest source of revenue, gifts to Ouachita account for only 1.9 percent of its income. Gifts in this context refer to one-time donations, often with specific instructions for its use.

Another 10.9 percent of Ouachita’s revenue, listed as “Other Revenue,” consists mainly of donations that come in the form of endowment funds.

“When a donor gives a donation that they want us to keep forever, it’s stipulated that we can spend the earnings off the gift, so we invest it,” said Dr. Brett Powell, the vice president for administrative services at Ouachita since 2006.

Endowment funds hold the donors’ contribution in an account that allows the university to collect interest. In a sense, these donations can

be continuous. Endowment funds are perfect for longterm financial expenses, such as building maintenance. In contrast, one-time donations, may be specifically mandated to build a new facility.

“Both are helpful,” Powell said. “It depends a lot on what the purpose of the gift is. So, really, you have to have both to keep things going.”

The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) has a collegiate ministry affiliated with a number of Christian organizations across Arkansas, such as Williams Baptist College, see FUND z 2

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this weekzCALENDAR PEP RALLY will take place today from 7 – 7:30 p.m. in the ampitheatre. For more information, contact: Wesley Kluck at kluckw@obu.edu.

TRI CHI DATE AUCTION will take tommorow night from 7 – 8 p.m. in the Tiger Den. For more information, contact: Emily Harris at har53780@ obu.edu.

REFUGE will take place tonight from 9 – 10 p.m. at Second Baptist Church.

For more information, contact: James Taylor at taylorja@obu.edu.

MEN’S FRATERNITY meets Sunday, Sept. 29, from 8 – 10 p.m. in the Tiger Den. For more information, contact: Jayson Harris at har50994@obu.edu.

LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE is tomorrow. For more information, contact your academic dean.

VERITAS will meet Monday, Sept 30 from 8:30 – 11 p.m. in Berry Chapel.

For more iinformation, contact: Kendall Calvert at calvertk@obu.edu.

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z Continued from Page 1 to which it donates regularly.

Ouachita is one of those collegiate affiliations.

“We get some allocation out of that cooperative program,” Powell said. “It’s a big part of how we can keep tuition as low as we can.”

The ABSC contributes 5.7 percent to the Ouachita’s total operating revenue.

Together, the cooperative program, gifts and other miscellaneous sources of revenue, including endowment funds, make up 18.5 percent of Ouachita’s operating revenue.  Terri Peeples, vice president for development at Ouachita, explained that these three sources constitute about $1 million of the Ouachita’s operating revenue each year.

“Ouachita strives to keep tuition as low as possible to remain competitive with other peer schools,” Peeples said.

“Donations to the general fund are so important because student tuition, room and board only cover 80 percent of the cost. The remaining 20 percent must be raised through the annual fund. That figure is $l million a year.

“This fund includes the Ouachita scholarship fund, general building maintenance, utility bills and other costs. It is vital.”

Tuition, fees, room and board (which for the 2013-14 academic year total $29,010 per student annually before

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to build a community among men in Arkadelphia.

“We want to build unity with guys in campus,” Young said. “This group can create a common bond between all the guys involved that allows us to look past surface level things.”

Shawn Barnard, senior pastor at Crossgate Church in Hot Springs comes to Arkadelphia and gives the group lesson every week and there are small group discussions led by selected men. Seventy-two men attended the first week.

“It’s really cool to see this actually take off,” Harris said.

“There’s been a lot of talk about wanting to see something happen here, and there are a lot of guys making this happen.”

Lewis donated over 100 booklets making them free to students participating. Restaurants around town also donated food the first week for those in attendance. Men’s Fraternity meets in the Tiger Den, but is open to all of Arkadelphia.

“We want this to be an Arkadelphia thing,” Harris said. “Guys from Henderson, Ouachita and guys not in college whether that’s adults or even high school students [are encouraged to come].”

Harris and Young are looking into the possibility of al-

scholarships) account for 81.5 percent of Ouachita’s income.

Keeping in mind that 97 percent of Ouachita’s 1,594 currently enrolled students receive financial aid, that means the student contribution of 81.5 percent to Ouachita’s operating revenue equals $5.4 million annually.

That number seems like a lot for those paying every semester, but Powell offers a different perspective.

“About a third of all the revenue goes back to students in the form of scholarships,” Powell said.

Out of Ouachita’s operating expenses, students see 34.2 percent return in the form of scholarships and grants. That’s roughly $2.1 million.

Another third, 31 percent, is used for the salaries and benefits of faculty and staff members.

“We’re about people,” Powell said, “so, most of the money we spend is on faculty and staff to educate students and keep the university running.”

In addition, 5.7 percent of Ouachita’s outgoing finances are sent to academic programs and student life, which means funding for organizations like Campus Activities and Student Senate.

“It includes everything we do that’s student related, inside the classroom and outside the classroom,” Powell said.

General plant operations account for 6.1 percent of Ouachita’s spending.

“That’s just to keep the lights on and the water running, the

grassed mowed,” Powell said.

“It’s everything related to the physical campus.”

Lastly, Ouachita spends 23 percent of it budget on “Other Expenses.” Powell can put your mind at ease, however, as he explains that, “It’s really all the expenses that are not related to what the students do.”

Those “Other Expenses” include the administrative, financial and admissions offices.

Sodexo, the food service company that caters for Ouachita, and Whelan Security, Ouachita’s new security company on campus, are also paid for through that 23 percent of Ouachita’s operating fund labeled “Other.”

“They’re not necessarily departments,” Powell said, “but they are part of the cost of operating the university.”

The fund, however, is only one way Ouachita covers its operating costs.

“They [the Development Office] raise money for a lot of activities that you don’t really see in those numbers,” Powell said.

Additionally, some facilities on campus may have building funds that are not included in the figures of the development fund and, although some of the development fund does go toward departments like the admissions office, other departments may also have their own funds.

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ternating the meeting place between the Tiger Den and the Henderson BCM as a way to reach men not on campus.

“Our goal for starting it on campus was to reach guys that aren’t normally going to hear this stuff in everyday life,” Butler said. “I think biblical manhood is something people talk about a lot but is rarely defined, so having it defined right here is a big goal.”

Men’s Fraternity was designed for any man, not a specific type of man. The curriculum was made in such a way that no matter where a person is in life or what they are going through, they will be able to relate and connect to what is being discussed.

“Hopefully people feel like they can come broken,” Young said. “We want them to feel welcome and accepted but still challenged. We want to draw in all sorts of people.”

The curriculum teaches men how to live as an authentic man rather than a man of worldly standards and gives men a community to learn with.

“The goal behind this is that it’ll create discipleship in its most raw form,” Harris said.

Men’s Fraternity meetings are held at 8:30 p.m. every Sunday in the Tiger Den. Men are welcome to join at any point during the year. For more information, contact Young at you48532@obu.edu n

Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal HOLLIS LANDRETH and Mason Wadley share a study book at Men’s Fraternity as Shawn Barnard addresses the entire group of men in the Tiger Den Sunday night.

Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal A STUDENT pressure washes a wall during Tiger Serve Day.

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z Continued from Page 1 “The goal of Tiger Serve Day is twofold — to provide practical help to the community and establish relationships,” Duvall explained. “The volunteers are encouraged to continue the relationships they formed with community residents long after the event.

Many teams will return during the semester to the people they

served on Tiger Serve Day to offer additional assistance as needed.”

“Tiger Serve Day is all about connecting with people in the community and showing them Jesus,” said leadership team member Jessica Stewart, a senior Christian media/communications and mass communications major from Mansfield, Texas. “It’s not just about raking leaves.”

For more information, visit www.obu.edu/elrod. n

“The goal behind this is that it’ll create discipleship in its most raw form.”

— JAYSON HARRIS Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal SHAWN BARNARD speaks during last week’s Men’s Fraternity.

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NATIONAL ― The threat of a federal

government shutdown is even more bad news for a defense industry struggling to weather sequestration. Following a summer of Pentagon furloughs and with other sequestration cuts starting to sink in, the government, caught between a gridlocked Congress and a dug-in White House, is marching to the brink of a complete halt, which industry sources say could do irreparable damage to defense firms. A government shutdown would mean a temporary end to services deemed unneccesary. Unlike sequestration, which is more akin to a slow burn, a shutdown would affect defense firms immediately. A shutdown of a few weeks or longer could affect stocks, existing contracts and even cause some smaller contractors with less cash flow to close.

Pentagon furloughs over the summer also had a direct impact on the industry, making it difficult for defense firms to work with the Defense Department on a daily basis. n

WORLD ― Signaling that he may

be serious about cooperating with the United States and averting military strikes against his government, Syrian President Bashar Assad has disclosed the locations of “dozens” of chemical weapons production and storage sites to international inspectors, Western officials said Tuesday. Officials familiar with Assad’s disclosure -- the first step in complying with an ambitious U.S.-Russian plan to seize or destroy his chemical weapons by mid-2014 -- described it as “a serious document” that comprises scores of pages and is “surprising” in its thoroughness. In the document, submitted last week to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the number of listed facilities tracks roughly with the U.S. intelligence assessment that Syria has at least 45 sites associated with its weapons program, the officials said.

Nearly half of those are believed to contain toxic materials that could still be used. n

SCIENCE ― The moon is quite a bit

younger than scientists had previously believed, new research suggests.

The leading theory of how the moon formed holds that it was created when a mysterious planet the size of Mars or larger slammed into Earth about 4.56 billion years ago, just after the solar system came together. But new analyses of lunar rocks suggest that the moon, which likely coalesced from the debris blasted into space by this monster impact, is actually between 4.4 billion and 4.45 billion years old.

The finding, which would make the moon 100 million years younger, could reshape scientists’ understanding of the early Earth as well as its natural satellite. The moon is thought to have harbored a global ocean of molten rock shortly after its dramatic formation.

Currently, the most precisely determined age for lunar rocks that arose from that ocean is 4.36 billion years according to highly advanced radiometric dating procedures. n

HEALTH ― The number of HIV

infections and AIDS-related deaths has fallen dramatically, according to a UN report. Death rates fell from 2.3 million during its peak in 2005 to 1.6 million last year, says UNAIDS. The number of new HIV infections fell by a third since 2001 to 2.3 million. Among children, the drop was even steeper. In 2001 there were more than half a million new infections. By 2012 the figure had halved to just over a quarter of a million. The authors put the fall in deaths and infection rates in children down to better access to antiretroviral drugs which help suppress the virus. By the end of 2012 almost 10 million people in low and middle income countries, including South Africa, Uganda and India, were accessing antiretroviral therapy, according to the report. The improved access is being attributed to drugs being more affordable and available in communities with a large occurence of the virus, as well as more people coming forward for help. n

Compiled by Sam Cushman, News Editor. Sources: space.com, cnn.com, latimes.com, bbc.co.uk.

Career Services to host resume workshop Oct. 2

By KATE CODY News Bureau

Jason Pulano z The Signal THE OUACHITA Women’s Chorus sings during its 2012 fall concert last year. The Women’s Chorus and the Concert Choir are set to perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.

Women’s Chorus, Concert Choir prepare for concert tonight

By MOLLY ANNE TURNER News Bureau

Ouachita will present the Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir in concert tonight, at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Art Center’s McBeth Recital Hall.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Women’s Chorus includes 40 members who auditioned for the group. The choir will perform Jim Leininger’s “Deo Gracias,” “Winds of Peace”

by Nancy Grundahl, “Old Joe Clark” by Mary Goetze, “Set Me as a Seal” by Richard Nance, Neil Ginsberg’s “Spinning Song,” Lloyd Pfautsch’s “Hello Girls” and “Prayer for the Gifts” by Kinley Lange.

Dr. Becky Morrison, assistant professor of music, is directing Women’s Chorus for the first time.

“My favorite part of directing Women’s Chorus is getting to work with great musicians to create beautiful music and getting to know the girls and their stories,” she said.

Jordan Miller, a senior musical theatre major from Rockwall, Texas, has been a member of Women’s Chorus for three years and said, “Women’s Chorus gave me the opportunity to experience choir like I hadn’t before. The small setting creates an environment that caters to learning and the chance to have relationships with other choir members. Women’s Chorus has helped me to grow as

a vocalist and I will be sad to leave when I graduate.”

Dr. Gary Gerber, professor of music and director of choral activities, will direct the 125-member Concert Choir for the 10th year. The choir is open to all students on campus, providing everyone an opportunity to participate in choir.

“We have students who have never been in a choir before, students who don’t read music, and then we have students who have been in choir for 10 years and voice lessons for six to eight years,” Gerber said.

Concert Choir will perform pieces such as “Hallelujah, Amen” by George Frederic Handel from his oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus”; “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal,” a

traditional hymn arranged by Alice Parker; “Cry Out and Shout” by Knut Nystedt, a contemporary Norwegian composer; and Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu,” a Swahili adaptation of “The Lord’s Prayer” and also the theme song to the video game Civilization IV. MaryLacey Thomson, a senior musical theatre major has been a member of Concert Choir for three years and said she participates because of the diversity it offers. “Being a member of this ensemble not only gives us incredible choral direction and coaching but also gives us the opportunity to experience music with such a wide group of students and not just theatre or music majors.” n

Ouachita Career Services will host a resume writing workshop in the Ouachita Commons Alumni Room on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 12:05 p.m.

Lauren Land, director of career services, will lead the workshop and give an overview of ways to make resumes as “competitive and strategic as possible.” Land added, “The earlier you begin crafting your resume, the easier the process will be when you are ready to send these to potential employers.”

Students of all majors are welcome to the workshop. Resumes are useful for future job applications, graduate school and networking. Resumes can be easily tailored to a variety of areas and specialties.

“In a highly competitive job market, it is crucial for students to make their resume stand out among the rest,” said Kristen Barnard, a senior mass communications major. “The workshop shows students different examples, walks them through what should and shouldn’t go on a resume and how to make an effective, ‘sticky’ resume.”

On Nov. 20, Career Services will host a resume workshop that specifically focuses on an online format. It will be led by Tiffany Eurich, instructor of communications. The workshop will be held at noon in the Alumni Room.

For more information, contact Lauren Land at landl@ obu.edu or (870) 245-5283. n

Parents’ Weekend returns to campus Saturday

By TAYLOR TOMLINSON News Bureau

Student Senate will host Parents’ Weekend this upcoming Saturday and Sunday, Sept.

28-29. All Ouachita parents are invited to attend.

“We want parents to know that by sending their children to Ouachita they become a part of the Ouachita family as well, whether they are alumni or not,” said OBU Student Senate President Lindsey Fowler, a senior political science, business administration/finance and history major from Arkadelphia, Ark. The weekend events will begin Saturday at 2 p.m., outside of Ouachita’s A.U. Williams Field. Parents are invited to tailgate and get acquainted with the Ouachita community.

The freshman class will have its own tailgate for the first time this year, providing parents of new students an opportunity to meet their children’s friends, roommates and families.

After tailgating, parents and their students are encouraged to attend the football game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the Tigers’ first home game of the season.

Kick-off is at 6 p.m., and admission is $3.

Parents’ Weekend will end Sunday afternoon as Ouachita President Rex Horne and his wife, Becky, host an ice cream social in the Ouachita Commons Alumni Room.

It will be a time for parents to get to know the faculty who work with their students while they are at their second home. n

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Tanner Ward z The Signal THIS HORSE is one of more than 30 abused or abandoned horses that are being nursed back to health right now at Give Me a Chance Equine Rescue. The rescue is a popular volunteer spot for students.

Horse rescue not just for animals Equine rescue rehabilitates horses, welcomes students to volunteer time, love

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hen college students think of volunteering with furry friends in Arkadelphia, they typically think of putting in a few hours cleaning cages at the Humane Society less than a mile from campus. Even more think of adopting a dog for an afternoon and taking him or her for a stroll through campus when the weather is just too good to stay inside.

What many students don’t know is there is another option for those itching to make a four-legged friend. Tucked away behind a 10.6-mile drive stands a quaint 35 acres of land. Nineteen minutes, a right turn, a stretch of country gravel road and a single cattle gate separate Ouachita students from the Give Me A Chance Equine Rescue.

Tom and Polly Cates took over the rescue in 2010 after visiting and seeing the poor shape of the horses.

“We saw it and decided something had to be done,” Tom Cates said. “Horses were dying.”

Tom’s wife, Polly, had her heart tugged at by one horse in particular.

“He was standing there with the death stare, looking into his empty feed bucket. He had his tongue hanging out and every bone in his body was visible,” Cates said. “The next day, she said she wanted to go back and brush him. I thought, ‘You are wasting your time. That old horse is gonna die.’ But he’s a different story now.”

Standing next to his best friend, Buck, while out in a pasture, the ex-racehorse that started it all, Strike for Richard, stood tall and plump. Tom and Polly’s first patient has made a full recovery in the past three years. When he playfully trots across the pasture, all thoughts of his past life disappear. The underfed former racehorse is now a round, shiny and joyful member of the Give Me A Chance family.

Most of the animals that make their way to the rescue are starvation cases who need a little food and a lot of love. Polly puts each horse on a rehabilitation

plan and diet to get them back on their hooves.

The average turnaround for a horse at Give Me A Chance is about one year to 15 months from the day they come in starving, through their rehab time and ending the day they move to their new forever home.

“When a horse ends up at a rescue, it’s for one of several reasons. Either it’s been starved to death or it’s a stud and they don’t want to have to deal with it and they just dump it out somewhere,” Cates said.

After coming to the rescue, being mistreated is in the horses’ past. They are fed in the mornings by volunteers and have the day to mingle and do as they wish without a care.

When dinnertime rolls around, Polly has the feeding schedule down to a science. The horses watch her white truck as it pulls through the gate and down the dirt path. As she begins walking into the evening routine, each animal knows its place and goes to it without a fight. Some get to eat in solitude, some eat behind a fence and the rest munch out of feed containers lined along the fence. Each horse, pony and donkey has a place that has been assigned for a specific reason.

“She’s quite a planner,” Cates said of his wife.

“Each one of those horses knows where it’s supposed to go. But some of them will argue with her and try to get in the gate when they know it isn’t their turn.”

No matter how anxious the animals get for a meal, Polly is always firm and in control.

“My wife is small and unthreatening. She just has a natural manner with horses, too,” Cates said.

For others who believe horse care is a calling, the rescue is always looking for volunteers and donations.

“We go through around 30 round rolls and probably close to 100 square bales of hay in a month,” Cates said. “A lot of it is donated.”

If you don’t grow hay in your spare time, there are other ways to give to the rescue, such as becoming a volunteer to feed or brush the horses, among other tasks of service.

However, those preparing to walk into a somber environment that one might expect of an animal rescue will be pleasantly surprised.

“A lot of people say, ‘We’ve tried to put ourselves

in the right mood to handle the sadness of a horse rescue,’” Cate said. “Then they get here and realize there’s no sadness.”

The sadness eventually comes, however, in the form of goodbyes.

Recently, a horse that had been in a corral with two blind horses was adopted.

“The blind horses had no idea where he went and they were calling and calling for him. They make a connection. Then all of a sudden, for no reason that they know about, he’s not there anymore. It’s pretty sad,” Cates said.

Goodbyes aren’t just hard on equine-to-equine friendships. The equine-to-human relationships at the rescue can also form and be painful to break, as with any organization or group of people who regularly rehabilitate animals and then must give them up.

“That’s the hardest thing on my wife,” he said. “I can see myself getting attached and I’ll back off. But she can’t back off. She’s right in the middle of them.

She has to gain and keep their trust.”

Trust, love and seeing these animals go to a loving home are the top priorities of the rescue.

“It’s not just about rescuing. It’s got nothing to do with money. It’s about the horses lives,” Cates said.

“We have one who’s an old horse with some medical problems who’s never gonna be adopted. But we owe it to him. It’s what we are supposed to do. It’s part of being a horse rescue.”

The only requirement to become a part of this horse rescue as a volunteer?

“Love horses,” Tom Cates said with a laugh. “That’s all you need.” n

To volunteer, call: Tom Cates (870) 403 - 7925 (cell) (870) 246 - 3007 (home) For more information about Give Me A Chance Equine Rescue or to make a donation, visit: givemeachanceequinerescue.org.

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Has society lost appreciation for ‘the chase?’

By NOAH HUTCHINSON Opinions Editor @Hutch15 Sir Eldridge Dashingstache crouched patiently behind the curtains of his enemie’s fifth story bedroom window. Watching. Waiting. He had been washed ashore on this island three days ago in a catastrophic mermaid woo-ing accident. Since then, he had spent every hour fleeing a madman who had taken to hunting stranded sailors for sport.

Now the tables had turned. He heard the door open, the sweet music of metal sliding against metal as his pursuer removed the magazine from his pistol. This was it. He pounced from behind the curtains, burying his knife into the fiend’s shoulder as he pinned him to the wall.

“CHEATER!” screamed General Kavshevnikov.

“You would. You would, bro. Gosh, you’re so bad at this.”

Dashingstache was confused.

“I knew I should’ve nerfed that knife when I had the chance,” Kavshevnikov said to himself. “Way overpowered. A wooden knife would’ve been more balanced.”

“Wait, what?” Dashingstache asked, his face quickly turning redder than the blood seeping through his whining opponents shirt. “You gave me a knife and a bit of food, tossed me out into your own personal jungle, chased me with dogs, guns and angry Russians for three straight days and you’re...complaining that you lost?”

“Yeah, sure, I ‘lost’,” huffed Kavshevnikov, rolling his eyes. “If you can even lose to a noob who sneaks into the house when it was clearly against the rules.

I guess some people just don’t respect the game. Casual.”

“You’re not even a little impressed?” Dashingstache roared. “Amused even? I climbed five stories with nothing but my bare hands just to get up here!”

“Cool story bro,” snorted Kavshevnikov. “Go cry about it.”

Frothing at the mouth and without anything else to say, Dashingstache tossed his man-child adversary out the window, hoping to end it all then and there.

Kavshevnikov’s evil would live on though. In those last moments he said something that would haunt Dashingstache for the rest of his natural life.

“Lol, he totally just rage-quit.”

This is exactly why “The Most Dangerous Game” couldn’t be written by somebody from my generation. For those who’ve never read it, it’s a classic short story about the manliest sailor ever washing up on a private island owned by a crazy Russian guy who then hunts him for sport. It was awesome enough for “Johnny Bravo” to devote an entire episode to parody it, so it’s safe to say that it’s one of the greatest sequences of letters to ever grace paper. However, the characters make no sense in this day and age.

Nowadays, people don’t appreciate a worthy adversary. Rather than being able to admit that they faced a skilled opponent who took a well deserved victory, people pull out their excuses and insults faster than Clint Eastwood can pull a revolver. I was tired. The ref was making bad calls. He’s only good because he has no life and practices all day. Who cares if he won, he’s still a noob.

It’s ridiculous, and what’s even more ridiculous is that it doesn’t even matter what the competition is.

I umpired tee-ball this summer, and let me tell you, tee-ball is some serious business. Almost every coach completely tossed the whole concept of learning how to play baseball out the window in favor of squeezing the best game of tee-ball they could out of their team of child soldiers.

That being said, not every 5-year-old is destined to be an athlete. That was exactly the case for pretty much every player on this one particular team, and

their coach was not happy about it.

Every other play this guy was in my face. After a while, I couldn’t help but make bad calls because of how much brain power I was having to devote toward figuring out how many of his friends I could take in a fight if he finally snapped and took a swing at me (answer: all of them. Obviously). To top it all off, his son was sitting on second base drawing in the dirt, left field and third asked me if it was against the rules for them to hold hands and every time the ball left the tee the whole team dog-piled on top of it and had a tiny person bar fight until the coaches ran over and broke it up. Even if I had actually been making bad calls (I wasn’t), it wouldn’t change the fact that that guy’s kid is probably going to regularly wear sweater vests when he grows up. It also wouldn’t have changed the fact that this guy was a terrible person.

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” even though General Zaroff (the villain from the actual story) is a sadistic sociopath, you can’t help but admire his respect for his opponent. The way he was amused with his prey’s ability to put up a fight made him one of the manliest characters I’ve ever read. He was such a good sport that he went insane trying to find an animal that could give him a challenge. While I don’t condone hunting people for sport (unless they pick fights at tee-ball games) we could all learn something from that.

While the George Patton mentality of a good American never cared for a man that lost and laughed is fantastic for war time, gin rummy with grandma isn’t war. Life wouldn’t be fun if you never ran into somebody that could give you a run for your money.When you find yourself competing against a worthy adversary, cherish it while you can . If you need some inspiration, google “The Most Dangerous Game.” You can find it for free on the internet and I’d recommend it to anyone. In the meantime, don’t be a sore loser. If you can’t appreciate the thrill of competition for what it is, you’re letting a fictional character with a laundry list of mental disorders have more strength of character than you. n

2014: Not my spring 90s Glory Days: Missing Go-Gurt tubes, for the coveted ring decent TV shows, Furby

By EMILY TERRY Associate Editor

@EmilyMTerry This isn’t what you think. This isn’t some 800-word rant about how I am halfway through my Ouachita education and have a naked ring finger. Though it’s true, this is not me taking up valuable column space to complain.

I’m simply trying to point out to everyone the reasons why I have found myself in such a place as this. Maybe you're here with me. Let’s chat. Pull up a chair and grab a tub of cookie dough; I’ll bring the spoons.

1. I am completely capable of and extremely willing to cook. This is a giant red flag. Really. No man wants a woman who gets excited about finding new recipes, braving the grocery store, slaving over pots, pans and casserole dishes and is perfectly happy with cleaning up the mess afterwards. I should really be more lazy and un-domesticated if I ever plan to be someone’s Mrs. 2. Another strike against me? My obsession with sending letters and cards. People hate mail, especially in college. And those overpriced greeting cards with the most perfect message that I spend an embarrassing amount of time searching for? They’re awful. Nobody wants to smile and feel appreciated. Why can I not get that through my head?

3. I love supporting the people I care about by attending events and giving of my time and resources. This is one I really need to work on.

I am so incredibly bad about making a point to be at intramural games, concerts, performances, fundraisers and competitions. I spend a grotesque amount of money on carwashes, Chicken Express, T-shirts, CDs, desserts and date auction dates. I have got to stop being so gosh dang selfless and focused on trying to make all of my loved ones feel appreciated and happy.

4. If the aforementioned three reasons weren’t enough to scare all the strapping young lads away, my life is wildly entertain-

ing. I’m not saying that I am necessarily entertaining or funny or charming or what have you. But I am saying that unusual things happen to me on a frequent basis. Things that combine to create this superbly awkward and tragic mess that is called my life. But no man in his right mind wants adventure and the excuse to laugh *with* his lady, right? The things that happen to me are funny, off-the-wall, unique and frankly… just make for terrible stories and conversation. I’m honestly surprised that I even have friends. People really hate funny stories told by an overly-animated and exuberant storyteller whose amazingly entertaining facial expressions could probably cure cancer. I mean, where’s the fun in that?

Hopefully you’ve gathered by now that I am being completely sarcastic. (As per the usual.) I'm just trying to prove a point. Ladies of Ouachita (and I am speaking to myself when I say this), quit complaining about your single status. Stop looking for pity. And for Pete’s sake, do not settle ― especially if the man God has for you is named Pete. Is it harder to be single at Ouachita than it might be at other schools? Probably. With the culture in which we find ourselves, it's hard to keep from wondering what the reasons are for our solo season in life. But you are exactly where God wants you. We should be celebrating that! If the Big Guy upstairs thinks it's best for me to do life on my own right now, I should be thanking him and his reasons that are far beyond my comprehension. If you are in a relationship, that’s awesome. It is my sincere hope that you are using that for God's glory and to make Him known.

Gentlemen of Ouachita, I know you secretly wonder why you aren't married yet as well.

You can puff out your chest and argue with me all you want; I know I’m right. But the same goes for you. Except, it's your duty to pursue the woman God has for you. So, get off your caboose and, if you think you've found the lucky young lass, pursue the heck out of her.

She will thank you for it. If you’re really lucky, she’s been waiting for you to make a move. So get on it. And just know that I expect an invite to your big day because there’s nothing I love more than a good ol’ Ouachita wedding. n

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@AnnieBananie14 “Back in my day…”

Thinking that makes me feel kind of old, but maybe we’re just at that point now, because I find myself thinking phrases like that more and more often. “Back in my day…” “Remember when we used to have…” “Kids these days…”

But really, I’d say that back in our day, the days of our childhood, we had it pretty great. I feel sorry for today’s batch of kids.

They really don’t know what they’re missing, and if I had it my way, I would show them. Here is my list of the top five trends from our childhood that I wish would make a comeback: 5. Decent TV shows. Just when I think it can’t get any worse, I spend time with my little brother or some kids I babysit and realize that the shows they’re watching just keep getting more stupid. Remember the days of “Even Stevens,” “Rugrats” and “Rocket Power?” How blessed we were with quality childhood television. Now the top TV shows for kids include “Dog with a Blog,” a show about a talking dog who writes his own blog. I’d say the writers at Disney Channel have hit an all-time low.

4. Go-Gurt. Great tasting yogurt without the hassle of carrying around a spoon! What more could you want out of life? If GoGurt ever did make a big comeback though, I would request that they start making Greek Go-Gurt. That would be the ultimate yogurt-eating experience.

3. N*Sync. I will always maintain that Justin Timberlake was at his prime as the front man of N*Sync. You can’t get much better than “Dirty Pop.” Meanwhile, the Backstreet Boys keep trying ― and mostly failing ― to make a comeback. Call me crazy, but I’m pretty sure if N*Sync got back together they would be an insta-hit once again.

2. Furby. Who doesn’t want a small, furry, ambiguous creature with enormous eyes to sit on your dresser and stare at you? They had big Furbies, small Furbies, talking Furbies. I had a lot of toys when I was a kid, but Furby will always hold a special place in my heart.

1. Heelys. The sneakers with wheels built into the heel. You could roller skate anywhere, anytime. You could heely down the sidewalk while drinking your Go-gurt. That was life. Today’s poor kids just walk everywhere, if they even go anywhere at all since they’re typically just inside watching terrible TV shows or playing on their iPhones.

Yep, life was sweet back in the day. Sure, there are a few trends from our childhood that are gone and should probably stay gone—Crocs, choker necklaces, crop tops (oh wait…) but overall the world would be a better place if we just pulled our inspiration from the culture of the early 2000s. n

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“I can remember watching my grandfather’s last game to coach and remember thinking, ‘One day I’m going to play here.’”

— BENSON JORDAN

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Legacy makes mark Grandson of coaching legend prepares to lead team

By DIXON LAND

Assistant Sports Editor @DixonCLand Benson Jordan, a redshirt junior history major from Hot Springs, will start his third consecutive game as quarterback for the Ouachita Tigers this Saturday against Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

The 6’2” starter has a rich history with the Tigers and looks to continue his story of success this season for the team.

Jordan had copious success on the field during his time at Lake Hamilton High School.

In three seasons as its starting quarterback, he led the Wolves to a 30-8 record and two state championship appearances, winning one in 2008. Jordan also gained all-state honors in both football and basketball.

Jordan said much of his success can be attributed to Jerry Clay, head coach of the Lake Hamilton Wolves.

“Coach Clay is a major key to my success so far,” he said. “He started working with me after my seventh grade year to teach me the fundamentals of the quarterback position.

I would not be where I am today without his coaching and influence in my life.”

Clay is a legend among the coaches association in Arkansas and has built Lake Hamilton’s team into a state powerhouse.

Jordan also has numerous ties to Ouachita. He is the grandson of Coach “Buddy” Benson, the Tigers’ head coach for more than three de-

cades.

Coach Benson is the all-time leader in coaching wins in Arkansas college football history.

“It’s definitely an added expectation when you’re the grandson of such a legacy at Ouachita,” Jordan said.

Jordan’s grandmother was a professor and both his parents went to Ouachita.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Ouachita and play football. I can remember watching my grandfather’s last game to coach and remember thinking, ‘One day I’m going to play here.’”

Jordan was highly recruited within the state of Arkansas and said he was interested in Harding, Arkansas Tech and UCA. While he visited each one of them and liked their programs, he knew from the beginning that he wanted to play for Ouachita.

Jordan will carry all of this on his shoulders as he leads the Tigers as quarterback this year. Offensive coordinator Jay Derby likes to run an up-tempo offense that caters to Jordan’s style of play.

“Coach Derby expects his quarterbacks to be vocal leaders,” Jordan said. “There’s a lot of leadership that falls on the quarterback.

If you play quarterback in this offense, you’re the guy that has to be the leader.”

He has been successful with this so far. In the Tigers’ scrimmage with East Texas Baptist University, he completed 17 of 18 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for another touchdown.

Against Southern Nazarene University, he did just as well, going 21 of 27 for 220 yards passing and two touchdowns.

Jordan started last season, but got hurt and had to sit out a couple of games. He suffered a grade-three shoulder separation.

“It was difficult to have to sit out and watch,” he said.

He finished the year splitting time with junior Ty Towers, trying desperately to protect his shoulder from further injury. This year, Benson said, his shoulder will be completely healed and he will be able to be the complete quarterback he wants to be.

Chris Rycraw, a redshirt junior running back from Bryant, has known Jordan for a long time.

“We played in AAU tournaments together since fourth grade,” Jordan said. “Our chemistry is very high and we’re able to use that effectively on the field.”

In addition to playing basketball together, Jordan and Rycraw also have roomed together for the past four years and have grown to be great friends.

“Benson is all about business,” Rycraw said. “He’s always thinking of new and innovative ways to win on Saturday. He’s a great friend and a great competitor.”

Jordan will lead the Tigers into the home season opener against Southeastern Oklahoma on Saturday at 6 p.m.

The Tigers are 2-0 thus far.

“Our ultimate goal,” Jordan said, “is to win another conference championship and make the playoffs.” n

Struggling Yankees fall short of playoffs, need to regroup

By DIXON LAND

Assistant Sports Editor @DixonCLand

W

hen you think of dynasties, the Yankees are always toward the top of the list. With 27 World Series Championships and 40 American League pennants, the Yankees have always been a prominent dynasty in Major League Baseball. New York is synonomous with Yankee baseball and legends like Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and so many others who have worn the famous pin stripes.

But this year the Yankees have been plagued by injury and age. Derek Jeter, a 13-time all-star and five-time Golden Glove Award winner, didn’t play more than 20 games this season and didn’t even make his season start until after the allstar break in July. He struggled with leg injuries throughout the latter part of the season and never did get hot at the plate.

Jeter, had he been healthy, would have changed the outcome of a few games, and might have been a factor that kept the Yankees in the playoffs. But he struggled to stay healthy and this hurt the Yankees batting lineup significantly.

Another major ripple that changed the tide of the Yankees’ season and caused more drama for the team was the suspension of Alex Rodriguez. He was suspended for 211 games, which will keep him out of baseball through the 2014 season, for his relationship with Biogenesis of America and his use of performance enhancing drugs.

This is not the Yankees we’ve come to expect. The Yankees used to be the kings of October. They dominated all aspects of the game. Their aces would govern the pitching mound and the batting lineup was full of all-stars. Now, they’ve fallen short of this, and will miss the playoffs.

The Yankees lack a farm team that develops stars consistently. This is due, largely in part, to the fact that the Yankees usually just buy out the players they want.

After all, they always have been the “best team money can buy.” They even started with the highest player payroll in baseball at $230 million. But lately, it seems as if the Yankees have not gained beneficial returns on their financial investments.

To their disadvantage, the Yankees have had 28 stints on the disabled list from 21 different players, according to ESPN.com, and have missed more than four years worth of games.

This is just the second time in 19 years that New York has fallen short of the playoffs. It’s staggering to think that this is the organization that won a World Series just four years ago. Needless to say, the Yankees will have a very lengthy off-season where they will have plenty of time to think, and do something, about their lack of depth, experience and injuries. n

Men’s tennis players advance to national championship

By CRAIG WARD

Special to the Signal Ouachita’s men’s tennis team finished off a successful run at the USTA/ITA Fall Central Regional Championships on Sunday.

Sophomore Marko Bos-

kovic claimed the men’s singles title over his teammate, sophomore Vitor Oliveira.

Following the singles, Boskovic and Oliveira teamed up to win the doubles title.

In the men’s singles semifinals, Boskovic and Oliveira both claimed victories in their matches to advance to

the men’s singles final.

Boskovic took down Southwest Baptist’s Kristof Kinal 3-6, 6-2, 10-3, while Oliveira defeated Northwest Missouri’s Alvaro Riveras 6-4, 2-6, 10-5.

The two Tigers met again in the finals match, with Boskovic claiming the title with a

score of 6-0, 6-0.

In the men’s doubles final, Boskovic and Oliveira claimed the title with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Northwest Missouri’s Sergio de Vilichez and Luis Altimeres.

Both Boskovic and Oliviera will move on to the USTA/ ITA National Small College

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

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

Oct. 19 – OBU vs. Harding, 1 p.m.

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Oct. 1 – OBU vs. Arkansas Tech, 6 p.m.

Oct. 4 – OBU vs. Southern Nazarene, 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 – OBU vs. Texas Southern, 1 p.m.

Oct. 8 – OBU @ Southern Ark., 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 – OBU @ TAMU Commerce, 5 p.m.

Oct. 18 – OBU @ NW Okla. State, 6 p.m.

Oct. 19 – OBU @ SW Okla. State, 1 p.m.

Championships.

Boskovic will compete for the national singles title against seven other players.

Oliveira will team up with Boskovic to compete for the national doubles title.

The event will be at Three Oaks Tennis Center in Fort Myers, Fla., on Oct. 10-13. n