The second installment of "Project Poet" took place on Tuesday, September 20 before an enthusiastic crowd of 127 in the black box theatre. The two-part challenge for the second night of competition required the poets to: Write a bad poem about a theme dear to the hearts of bad poets. Write a poem about a […]
Stephen Kennedy, who won the opening volley at this year's first Project Poet, has discovered the pleasure of performing for an audience. "I was involved in my high school literary magazine," he says. "Originally I wrote short stories, but I found out writing poems took a lot less time, so that got me started." Kennedy, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Season six of "Project Poet," Ozarks annual poetry competition, got underway on Tuesday, September 6, with the announcement of the first poetry challenge. The first competition in season six of Ozarks’ "Project Poet" competition will be held on Tuesday, September 13. For their first challenge, contestants will write two poems, one about childhood, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Science is a hands-on field where repeated research efforts increase our knowledge, often incrementally, and slowly the world becomes a better place. This spring, four Ozarks students had an opportunity to share their research with the scientific community at the 21st American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition held in Anaheim, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The winning essays in the university's sixth annual Earth Day essay contest were announced on Tuesday, April 26, by Dr. Brian Hardman. With rising gas prices, and the nuclear accident in Japan, the national conversation has again turned to the question of how we are to best meet society’s demands for energy. […]
If you thought the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was only interested in sending people into outer space, you would be wrong. “NASA is also interested in learning more about how human development affects the environment,” says senior Biology major Hannah Oakes. “They have an entire institute in Maryland that works on natural resources.” […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- On Tuesday, Dr. Brian Hardman announced the winners of the Workman Award for best essay in honor of Earth Day 2010. Essayists were instructed to forecast the future by looking ten years ahead to 2020 to speculate on what the major environmental issues and challenges of that time will be, as well […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Jacqueline Jurcik, a sophomore theatre major from Dover, Ark., was crowned the 2009 Miss University of the Ozarks during the annual pageant held Nov. 7 on the U of O campus. Jurcik, the daughter of Ray and Carol Jurcik, beat out eight other contestants to win the pageant. During the talent portion […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- To quote Glade Byron Addams, "Poets are like magicians, searching for magical phrases to pull rabbits out of people's souls." Rabbits have begun popping out regularly at 9:30 on Tuesday nights with this year’s 4th annual Project Poet, held in the Black Box Theatre in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Like television’s […]
Clarksville, Ark. Martha Vasquez, a senior marketing and economics major from El Salvador, was named the winner of the Earth Day Essay Contest this week, as announced by Assistant Professor of English Dr. Brian Hardman. Vasquez’s essay, “The Quest towards a Greener Ozarks,” was picked as the winner out of 18 entries in the fourth-year […]