In tennis, players hit shot after shot back and forth over the net and then between the lines into their opponent’s court. If they fail to properly return a routine shot back to their opponent, they commit what is called…
Controversy at Ouachita as faculty required to sign doc on sexuality and gender
Amid an ongoing dispute about requiring faculty to sign a statement on human sexuality and gender roles, a theater professor at Ouachita Baptist University went public Oct. 20 with his intent to resign rather than sign. Eric Phillips, chairman of…
Crossing the ‘Red Sea’ in a VW Bug on the way to an Arkansas revival
Old North dorm, built sometime in the 1890s, sat on a high point overlooking the scenic Ouachita River. As rumor had it, Old North probably would collapse once the termites stopped holding hands. If you didn’t know better, you’d be…
Ouachita Baptist University tops larger universities in school spirit, according to Forbes
Ouachita Baptist University has won the Forbes Magazine’s 2016 #MyTopCollege competition, eclipsing much larger schools in a month-long social media contest demonstrating school spirit.
BJC, others, oppose discrimination by federal contractors
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty was among 42 religious, education, civil rights, labor and women’s organizations opposing an amendment to a defense policy bill that would exempt religious organizations from a 2014 executive order by President Obama barring…
Rex Horne stepping down from Ouachita
By Bob Allen President Bill Clinton’s former pastor Rex Horne is stepping down after nine years as president of Ouachita Baptist University. Horne, who came to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention-affiliated school in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 2006 after 16 years…
Ouachita lands former Auburn quarterback
By Bob Allen Coming out of high school touted as heir apparent to Heisman Trophy winner and first overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft Cam Newton, one-time Auburn quarterback Kiehl Frazier has transferred to Ouachita Baptist University, hoping to…