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11.06.14 Volume 123 Issue 8
Ouachita Baptist University
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Save Our Science Dr. Anissa Ramires to speak in Nell Mondy Lecture Series, p.2 Tyler Rosenthal z The Signal KENDRICK SCORZA performs during dress rehearsal for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last night. The show opens tonight in Verser Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The show runs until Tuesday and all students recieve a free ticket by showing their student IDs.
Seminary Day Over 20 schools to be represented in Pruet School Seminary Day, p.3
Triple Threat Dr. Margarita Pintado talks about writing, learning and teaching, p.4 Red Once Again Republicans take back Arkansas, p.5
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens tonight By RACHEL GADDIS News Bureau
Ouachita’s Department of Theatre Arts will present Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” beginning Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre. Performances will also take place Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 10-11 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Nov. 9. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at www.obu. edu/boxoffice. A comedy by William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” focuses on four groups of characters—a royal court, fairies, lovers and mechanicals (craftsmen)—who, through the course of the play, converge in dramatic and hilarious ways. “The play exposes, among many things, the ridiculous nature of love and
how it can take you in a new direction,” said Drew Hampton, director of the show and assistant professor of theatre arts. “I think with most comedies, especially Shakespeare’s comedies, we laugh at ourselves,” Hampton said. “One of my goals in producing this play goes back to what Shakespeare was trying to do when he wrote it, which is to present characters— some we can closely relate to and some less so—that show us we do silly things when we are in love.” Ouachita’s adaptation of the play will be in a late-1800s Victorian English setting. The uncut version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is five acts long, but Ouachita’s production will reduce all of the action of the play into two acts. Although the play remains true to the 400-year-old language, Hampton said he thinks the audience will not be far re-
moved from Shakespeare’s original audience. “It’s entirely okay, if not preferable, for an audience to come in and feel a little unsure,” said Hampton. “When Shakespeare was writing these plays, he was inventing some new words and phrases, so even his audience was hearing them for the first time. Another goal of ours is to help make the language more accessible and engaging to help our audience follow the plot and character relationships.” Hailey Weiner, a sophomore theatre major who plays Helena, said the cast hopes to prove Shakespeare “does not have to be boring.” “Although ‘Midsummer’ is a comedy, there is so much more to it than the humor,” Weiner said. “There is a lot of hidden symbolism that the audience really doesn’t pick up on until the end.” n
ENACTUS partners with Feed My Starving Children for second annual Mobile Pack
Hoopin’ Tigers win season opener against Howard Payne, p.6
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Department of Visual Arts to host John Deering in guest exhibit By DALANEY THOMAS News Bureau
Ouachita Baptist University’s Rosemary Adams Department of Visual Arts will host an art exhibit featuring the work of award-winning cartoonist and illustrator John Deering. The exhibit will run Nov. 10-Dec. 12 in Ouachita’s new Rosemary Adams Gallery in Moses-Provine Hall. Deering, who is chief editorial cartoonist and illustrator
at the Arkansas DemocratGazette, also is a sculptor, art restorer and political speaker. His exhibit at Ouachita will feature a selection of paintings as well as comic strips from his “Strange Brew” series. “The word I’d use to sum up John Deering is ‘prolific,’” noted Ferris Williams, assistant professor of visual arts at Ouachita and a former colleague of Deering’s at the Democrat-Gazette. “He can see EXHIBIT z 2
The ENACTUS Mobile Pack will take place this Friday and Saturday in the Tiger Den on Ouachita’s campus. The event, which is in its second year, will be cohosted by the student group, ENACTUS, along with the national organization, “Feed My Starving Children.” The event will feature over 400 volunteers from Ouachita’s campus and the community of Arkadelphia coming together over three sessions to pack meals that will eventually feed 277 children in Nicaragua for over one year. “We are really excited about the event this year,” said Griffin Peeples, a junior business administration and accounting double major. “It’s really rewarding when you see students, social clubs, adults, people of different races and languages and many representatives of the Arkadelphia community at this event. The community coming together to do something like this is incredible.” Last fall, the event raised $2,200 and volunteers packed 101,088 meals that would go to those 277 children. The meals included everything from vegetables to vitamins,
with every ingredient of a healthy meal packed in between. “Last year was our first time doing it,” Peeples said. “This year, we are much more equipped and we know what we are doing. We have more members of our team that are helping us put this together and we’re trying to do a better job of marketing the event on campus and around the community.” For those wanting to sign up, the process is easy. To register for the event, visit fmsc.org, the site of “Feed My Starving Children.” From there, click the icon entitled, “Volunteer Registration.” Find the Arkansas Rosas Kitchen Mobile Pack selection,” and then select, “Get Involved.” From that point, volunteers can sign up to participate. The mobile pack is offering three time slots to pack meals. Those three spots include, Friday, Nov. 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The other two slots will come on the following Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. “You can sign up as a group, or you can sign up individually,” Griffin said. “We can put you in a group see ENACTUS z 2