Waking up to the roar of lions
Sisters Abby and Eden Putterill are not your typical Ouachita students. In fact, many consider them to be quite out of the ordinary for…
Adam Wheat: Writer, Experience-Maker
“Sometimes I feel inside that I’m really a large black woman,” said Fine Arts Administrator and Resident Director, Adam Wheat. A trip to…
From Bengali to Baptist: Amber Goodrum in Bangladesh
Bangladesh (bahng-la-desh, “land of the Bengali people”) – or as we often mispronounce it, Bangladesh (bayng-la-desh,“land of the frog people”) – was home to…
Bed and breakfast on top of the world
“I could barely see 20 feet in front of me. I almost turned back three times.” Austin Sowerbutts, a sophomore at Ouachita, took a…
Carl Goodson Honors Program
Here at Ouachita, students are given the freedom to choose a major where they will be introduced and developed in a certain subject of…
Dr. Jeff Root serves as double dean
Dr. Jeff Root has faithfully served as the dean for the school of humanities since 2002. This year, he will be serving and taking…
Humans of OBU: Emily Weeden
“Being in Tiger Tunes in CM prom was by far one of my favorite memories from freshman year. Dr. Kluck took pictures of Carli, Aaden…
Kinsey Studies, Kinsey Designs
Everyone celebrates Memorial Day weekend in various ways. Some go to the lake, others spend time binge-watching Netflix. As for me, I spent my…
Studying in Salzburg: Reflections on a Semester Abroad
Flying over the North Atlantic, I could not shake off the impact of what I was doing. In a few hours I would land…
When abroad, do as the sloths do
For a month at the beginning of this summer, I lived with a family in San José, Costa Rica while I took Spanish courses…