Technology has changed our diversions in the past half century. As the microchips grow smaller and subtler, the distance between the hula hoop and the Wii gets bigger and bigger. But some games never change, right? What about, oh, say, hide and seek? Or the old-fashioned scavenger hunt? If you said some things never change, […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Former Ozarks' Student Assistant Sports Information Director Daniel Gallegos has been named the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications & Sports Marketing at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Gallegos, a 2010 Ozarks’ graduate, served three years in Ozarks’ Sports Information Office where he was recognized as a two-time American Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference for Sports […]
Most people who think of the historical American slave trade only know about the trade in African-Americans. What most people don't realize is that at one time there was also a brisk trade in Native American slaves, and the problems this caused in the early frontier period. Dr. Steven Oatis’ book A Colonial Complex: South […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Stages Theatre for Youth will present "Seussical: The Musical" on Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18 on the University of the Ozarks campus. Beloved Dr. Seuss characters sing and dance their way into your heart…and your imagination….in this fun-filled, colorful show featuring a cast of 40 young theatre artists ages 6 […]
Critics are forever condemning the loss of social interaction brought on by the current generation's obsession with the internet and video games. Such games have been around for decades, each new gaming system more complex and "realistic" than the last. Even real-time online games, where you interact with players elsewhere, leave you to do so […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks has announced its honor lists for the Spring 2010 Semester. To be included on the President’s List, a student must carry at least 12 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must carry at least 12 hours […]
"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees." -- Abraham Lincoln If anyone on campus can preach the ways of the bees, that man is Dr. Buddy Smith. Professor of Mathematics at the U of O since 1980, Dr. Smith has been a bee keeper […]
Christianity has always struggled in the face of changing times, new technologies, new influences. This problem is in no way new to our age. Though Christian worship goes back twenty centuries, the permutations of this worship have changed again and again. Dr. Stewart Dippel’s book The Sacralization of the World in the Seventeenth-Century: The Experience […]
Clarksville, Ark.-The University of the Ozarks Sports Information Department has been honored in the annual publications contest conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Ozarks’ Sports Information Office received two awards in CoSIDA’s media guide contest for the 2009-2010 athletic year. The baseball media guide ranked third in the “Division C” category […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Former University of the Ozarks standout pitcher Curt Dixon signed with the Kalamazoo (MI) Kings, it was announced on Tuesday. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound McAlester, Okla., native has spent the last two seasons with the Big Bend Cowboys in Alpine, Texas, where he is currently 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA in 34.1 innings of work. […]