by Allison Jarboe, Arts Editor Dr. Tony Litherland, a recently retired professor from OBU, has started his very own clay art business. “My husband has been doing art for quite a while,” Dr. Lucrecia Litherland, Spanish professor at OBU said. “He was best known for his paintings on campus and doodling. And pottery allows him to…

Abigail Meredith, Assistant Arts Editor For music majors, stress begins during the first year of college, and manifests itself in a very different way from most majors. Jennifer Watson, a junior vocal music education major, explained how stress impacts her during the academic year. “Our major is very busy. We have a lot of things to…

Chealsea Weeks, Contributing Writer Three new bison sculptures, in a charging position, designed and created by artist Bill Secunda, were delivered to campus last week. The artist of these sculptures is Bill Secunda from Butler Pennsylvania. Secunda started welding during his junior year of high school, where he started taking welding classes at night at a…

By Allison Jarboe, Arts Editor  Solid denim outfits, boy bands, platform shoes and 90’s jokes. Should be fun, right? This Saturday, September 17th, at 8 p.m. the Campus Activities Board (CAB) will present “Backstreet Biggie” at Potter Auditorium in Raley Chapel. Admission is free, and every student is encouraged to attend. “The upperclassmen get to…

By Emma Patton, Editor-in-Chief Nicole Smith hails from the small town of Pond Creek, Oklahoma, but her list of journalistic accomplishments is anything but small. After the Oklahoma Press Association awarded her a paid internship this summer, the junior journalism major was encouraged to write columns. Little did she know her boss at the Tri…

By Morgan Smith, Faith Editor  Mission work is not only an important part of life at OBU, but it’s essential for the spreading the Gospel. Every year, OBU takes a week to remind students of this. GO Week kicked off Monday with the first chapel of the week. The campus’s Global Consultants, Ryan and Julie…

By London Bradshaw, Contributing Writer  Sarkey’s Communication Center welcomed Professor Scot Loyd this fall, along with his big dreams for Bison students. Professor Loyd, who teaches communication classes, plans to start a competitive debate program at OBU this year. “The type of debate that I am bringing to OBU is known as public debate, which emphasizes…

By Payton Clark, Assistant News Editor  In a record breaking voter turnout, the results are in and your newest SGA senators and freshman representatives have been elected. Last Wednesday, over 600 students voted in the Fall SGA election, sending 10 students into freshman senator, president and vice president positions, as well as senator at large…

by Mikaleh Offerman, News Editor It is a college truth that a student without access to reliable wifi has trouble studying, completing homework and streaming Netflix. Over the summer, OBU switched from using an outside company to provide access to wifi on campus, and began managing the wifi from campus. The company, Apogee, more commonly…