Month: April 2019
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Bison and Lady Bison track excel at Wichita State and Fayetteville
By Michael Stewart, Assistant Sports Editor The Oklahoma Baptist men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in a pair of meets that took place Friday, March 12. Part of the OBU team traveled to Wichita State University to participate in the KT Woodman Classic, while another group traveled to the University of Arkansas to…
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Apathy is hard to conquer, but necessary
By Garrett Jones, Contributing Writer The biggest enemy of success is apathy. How do you complete any task you don’t care about? It only gets more difficult when you feel like you can’t care about it. The more apathy takes over one thing, the more it creeps into other parts of your life. It can…
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Social clubs encourage community in Christ
By Ashton Smith, Assistant Faith Editor Although the female social clubs may have different events and philanthropies that make them unique in each of their own ways, there is something that unites them all: faith. Each of the social clubs aim to bring their members closer together as sisters in Christ, and to raise one…
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Connect Chapels include artistic emphasis
By Kedrick Nettleton, Faith Editor The church’s relationship with art has been turbulent at times over the past decades, but OBU’s Connect Chapels are helping, in their own small way, to change that. The students and faculty involved in organizing this year’s Connect Chapels have made a concerted effort to include more artistic expressions of…
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The tradition of Good Friday services
By Kedrick Nettleton, Faith Editor Good Friday service is traditional to me. Now, tradition is an interesting thing, and the Easter season has set me to thinking about it a great deal. Protestant Christianity is not as reliant on tradition and ceremony as Catholicism is – and certainly not as reliant on tradition and ceremony…
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D’Emilio to complete debut year as full-time faculty
By Kendra Johnson, Arts Editor Newly hired as a full-time assistant professor of music at Oklahoma Baptist University, Kelsey D’Emilio has set up her office to be nearly as soothingly cheerful as she is. Visitors and students stepping into the office are greeted by the sight of soft pastel paintings, a large pastel floral painting…
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2019 Spring Affair “Super” in many ways
By Olivianna Calmes, Assistant Arts Editor There is so much to say about OBU’s “Su-per Spring Affair”, it is hard to fi nd where to start. Everyone could fi nd something they liked between the nu-merous music acts, stage band, and emcee skits and videos. The superhero theme was shown throughout the skits and stage…
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OBU hosts spring University Chorale concert, bids Ballweg farewell
By Kendra Johnson, Arts Editor OBU Burton H. Patterson professor of music and director of choral activities Dr. D. Brent Ballweg directed his final University Chorale concert Apr. 16. Ballweg will retire from higher education this summer, to take up a position as associate director and conference liaison for the American Choral Directors Association in…
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JMAS students win, meet governor at OAB conference
By Jacob Factor, News Editor For journalism students, college years are spent perfecting portfolios and learning on the job. For many, part of that learning and portfolio building comes from the on-campus broadcast network, The Okay Show. Students who work for the show won several awards April 4 at the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters 2019…
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Bison Baseball in slump after 20th victory
By Jared A’Lattore, Sports Editor After earning a key 20th victory, the Bison baseball squad has suffered six straight losses including a high scoring affair against Oklahoma Christian. Both teams went at it right from the get-go in Shawnee. Oklahoma Chris-tian took a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first inning. Jake Gozzo…
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