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Ouachita to host Keeping Faith conference March 28-29
Get PDFOuachita Baptist University’s community & family services program in the Pruet School of Christian Studies and the Title IX department will host a conference titled “Keeping Faith” to help faith-based communities learn how to recognize and respond to all forms of child abuse. The two-day training will be held March 28-29 in Walker Conference Center. Admission is $15; Ouachita students and staff will be admitted free
Ouachita Student Foundation sets new Tiger Tunes fundraising record
Get PDFThe Ouachita Student Foundation raised more than 200,000 goal and securing the most money raised in one year by the event. Held each year in Jones Performing Arts Center during the university’s Homecoming weekend, Tiger Tunes is a song and dance production that parodies popular music as a competition among student organizations
Beringia as a High-Latitude Engine of Avian Speciation
No full textBeringia is a biogeographically dynamic region that extends from northeastern Asia into northwestern North America. This region has affected avian divergence and speciation in three important ways: (i) by serving as a route for intercontinental colonisation between Asia and the Americas; (ii) by cyclically splitting (and often reuniting) populations, subspecies, and species between these continents; and (iii) by providing isolated refugia through glacial cycles. The effects of these processes can be seen in taxonomic splits of shallow to increasing depths and in the presence of regional endemics. We review the taxa involved in the latter two processes (splitting–reuniting and isolation), with a focus on three research topics: avian diversity, time estimates of the generation of that diversity, and the regions within Beringia that might have been especially important. We find that these processes have generated substantial amounts of avian diversity, including 49 pairs of avian subspecies or species whose breeding distributions largely replace one another across the divide between the Old World and the New World in Beringia, and 103 avian species and subspecies endemic to this region. Among endemics, about one in three is recognised as a full biological species. Endemic taxa in the orders Charadriiformes (shorebirds, alcids, gulls, and terns) and Passeriformes (perching birds) are particularly well represented, although they show very different levels of diversity through evolutionary time. Endemic Beringian Charadriiformes have a 1.31:1 ratio of species to subspecies. In Passeriformes, endemic taxa have a 0.09:1 species-to-subspecies ratio, suggesting that passerine (and thus terrestrial) endemism might be more prone to long-term extinction in this region, although such ‘losses’ could occur through their being reconnected with wider continental populations during favourable climatic cycles (e.g. subspecies reintegration with other populations). Genetic evidence suggests that most Beringian avian taxa originated over the past 3 million years, confirming the importance of Quaternary processes. There seems to be no obvious clustering in their formation through time, although there might be temporal gaps with lower rates of diversity generation. For at least 62 species, taxonomically undifferentiated populations occupy this region, providing ample potential for future evolutionary diversification
Two Farewells to an Accomplished Palestinian Sister
No full textSeveral months prior to her death and while my sister, Betty, and I were discussing her final arrangements, she instructed me as follows: “You can do what you wish with my remains.”
La Belle Femme and I had already decided that we would fly Betty’s remains from Hot Springs, AR, to be interred at Skylawn Memorial Park (Skyline Blvd., Hwy. 92, Half Moon Bay, CA) in close proximity to our late mother, Katrina Helaneh Halaby, and brothers David and Ramzy, may they rest in peace.
David and Ramzy passed away in 2005, just four months apart; Ramzy, my twin brother, and I were only 12 days away from celebrating our 60th birthdays.
Even though Beatrice passed away on November 29, 2021, seventeen months later and on Earth Day (Saturday, April 23, 2023) Beatrice’s remains were interred. La Belle Femme’s sister opined that Beatrice took the long way home.
In June 2015, La Belle Femme and I moved Beatrice Rima Halaby from Redwood Shores, CA to a Hot Springs, AR senior residence
Observe Two Minutes of Silence to Honor the Forgotten U.S. Sailors
No full textJune 8, 1967 stands as yet another “date of infamy” in the annals of American history.
And even though numerically the dead and wounded American servicemen numbered in the hundreds instead thousands, June 8, 1967 is as heinous a date of infamy as the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the 9/11 attacks on New York, the Pentagon, and “Flight 93.”
And this time the perpetrator was not an enemy; rather, it was an ally whose existence, economy, and security have been solely dependent on America’s no questions asked perpetual beneficence.
Not only did Israel murder and wound sailors, in cold blood, on an unarmed American ship, but they also got away with their murderous crime and, for the past 57 years, they have been handsomely rewarded for their crime.
For Israel, crime pays abundantly
Confidence for graduation
Get PDF“Fake it until you make it.” While a common phrase in the leadership/business management advice genre, it’s genuinely how I survived my freshman year as a first-generation college student.
I smiled. I nodded. I tried to exude the confidence that I knew exactly what I was doing, but in reality, to quote Michael Scott from “The Office”: “I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” I would quietly ask questions to friends I could trust or pray that another classmate asked the question I wanted to ask in class. Or I would just flounder and pray my professors and the staff at my college would show grace towards me. Floundering rarely worked out. Don’t be like me. Don’t use floundering as a strategy
American Art Song and Musical Theatre Favorites: A Faculty Recital
Get PDFThis is the faculty recital, American Art Song and Musical Theatre Favorites, given by mezzo-soprano Dr. Candice Aipperspach and pianist Dr. Ian Aipperspach. The performance took place on March 27, 2023, in the McBeth Recital Hall
Before The King: Isaiah 6:1-8
Get PDFThis is the poster for the Worship Studies performance and night of worship, Before the King: Isaiah 6:1-8. The performance took place on March 1, 2023, in the Jones Performing Arts Center
Mika Stoltzman in a Guest Artist Recital
Get PDFThis is the poster for the guest artist recital of marimbist Mika Stoltzman. The recital took place on April 3, 2023, in the McBeth Recital Hall
The Ouachita Circle Summer 2023
Get PDFFinding Home in Unfamiliar Places: Justin Hardin \u2798, vice president for academic affairs, on finding home away from home.
New Master\u27s Program in Counseling Developing: Ouachita seeks accreditor approval for M.S. to address mental health crisis.
Business Plan Turns a Passion into a Product: Senior Jullian Woodruff\u27s Waderbuddy plan earns top honors, meets a personal need.
Commencement Celebrates Milestones: Inaugural master\u27s degrees awarded in nutrition and curriculum & instruction.
Campus Update: Tacos 4 Life opens on-campus location.
Faculty Profile: Julyse Horr guides ABA scientist-practitioners.
Staff Profile: Karen Matros \u2792 helps make OBU a financial fit.
Sports Update: Tigers earn All-America, GAC honors.
Class Notes: Remembering Senior Seth McDowell.
Closing Thoughts: Shaping a college home in changing times.https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag/1071/thumbnail.jp