Month: September 2018
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Student travels 2400 miles back to Bison Hill
By Jake Patton, Contributing Writer At the beginning of the semester, my feet hit the ground on campus at another university, and I immediately knew I wasn’t home. I transferred to another Christian university for a degree path that better suited me. The path I chose was cinema, and I was extremely excited for this…
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Rock climbing club welcomes all
By Easton Oliver, Contributing Writer OBU’s Climbing Club is searching for anyone who is willing to elevate their competition this fall. The OBU Climbing Club offers a community for those looking to get into the climbing scene. Participants see this club as more “alternative” than a traditional club sport, like flag football or soccer. Regardless,…
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Rohr builds linguistic foundation for students
By Jonathan Soder, Features Editor As a young woman, assistant professor of English and TESOL Jessica Rohr developed a curiosity about the way her brain worked to use two language systems. Growing up in Brazil as a child of missionary parents, Rohr learned to speak, think and operate in both English and Portuguese. As an…
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Engage Week brings students together
By Ashton Smith, Assistant Features Editor Part of OBU’s mission as a university is to engage in a diverse world. In turn, students are encouraged to go out and “engage,” and it all starts right here on Bison Hill. This past week was Engage Week on campus, which is a week where students are able…
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Historical society hosts community event
By Chelsea Weeks, News Editor Students and Shawnee residents are invited to fly high and learn about the history of the community they live in. Saturday, Oct. 6, Pottawatomie County Historical Society will host the third annual Planes, Trains and Automobiles event from 11:00 a.m. thru 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown…
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OBU has added seven potential clubs to the list
By Loren Rhoades, Assistant News Editor Thanks to a large interest in club sports during engage week, OBU now has seven prospective clubs to add to their list. These clubs include bass fishing, tennis, disc golf, ultimate frisbee, men’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball. Intramural and club sports coordinator David Gardner said with the club sports…
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Students invited to attend October career fairs
By Chelsea Weeks, News Editor In the month of October, Oklahoma Baptist University is offering three career fairs for students. Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 1:00 p.m. thru 4:00 p.m. the Nursing and Health Industry Career Fair will take place in the Geiger Center. Employers attending include Hillcrest Medical Center, OU Medicine, St. Anthony Shawnee and…
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Bison football prepares for next game
By Jared A’Latorre, Sports Editor For the first time this season, the Bison tasted defeat against Arkansas Tech, 31-7. It was a game full of more mishaps than successes for OBU. On OBU’s first possession, they were forced to punt in Arkansas Tech’s territory. The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys drove down the field with the…
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Lady Bison volleyball spends week on the road
By Michael Stewart, Assistant Sports Editor The Oklahoma Baptist Women’s Volleyball team had an action-packed week. In four days, the Lady Bison played four away matches, earning two wins and two losses. The week started off in Durant, OK Tuesday, September 11 as the Lady Bison faced off against their Great American Conference (GAC) foe…
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Editorial: Ohio State controversy impacts college football
By Jared A’Latorre, Sports Editor The college football world is storming with controversy surrounding the recent investigation of head coach Urban Meyer from Ohio State. As for myself, there have been many viewpoints on this subject. Ohio State, one of the most historic programs in football, is under fire to hand their head coach a…
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