Ouachita LipDub 2012: Tunes Unleashed (Oct. 2012)

 

The Ouachita lip dub is an event that will attempt to bring the campus together for choreography, dubbed singing and all around fun for the people who want to get involved.

“Our goal is to involve as many people, students, faculty, staff, clubs and organizations as possible,” said Trennis Henderson, vice president for communications. “That way it truly represents Ouachita.”

Described as “Tunes Unleashed” by Henderson, the primary aspect of the lip dub is the  effort to have a fun campus-wide event but also to have a great promotional pitch for Ouachita. Its anticipated use will be as a recruiting tool so that prospective students will be encouraged to come to Ouachita when they see the whole campus come together in an event such as this.

He lip dub has developed as a joint project of the Office of Communications, the Office of Admissions Counseling, the Campus Activities Board and the various organizations around campus.

Andy Dean, a Ouachita alumnus and owner of Dean Film and Video in Memphis, will serve as the videographer. He has shot and produced Ouachita’s current promotional videos and has volunteered to shoot and produce the lip dub free of charge as a gift to his alma mater.

This lip dub will consist of group choreography and will feature the Tiger Tunes 2012 Mega Mix for the finale. Groups, clubs and organizations who wish to be involved in the lip dub will be responsible for their own choreography and role.

“The Ouachita Lipdub really does excite me,” said Justin Young, senior business administration and management major and Student Senate president. “It will be an incredible thing to see our campus come together with one common goal: to shoot a video that highlights Ouachita’s greatness.”

Young also said that as we move through the information age, it is important that we do things like this as campus.

“Hopefully through the video we can portray to prospective students and parents how much the students really love this campus,” he said. “It should be interesting to see the professors, clubs and different organizations come together as one.”

The lip dub has been rescheduled from Sunday Oct. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 4. It will still be held at 1:30 p.m. and students will meet in Grant Plaza. Those who wish to be involved are asked to bring and wear a purple Ouachita shirt or any shirt that represent their club or organization. For more information contact, Henderson at hendersont@obu.edu or Lor Motl at motll@obu.edu.

 

Downtown ribbon cutting offers discounts, cash prize (Oct. 2012)

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Update (Tuesday, Oct. 9): The Downtown Arkadelphia kickoff event has been postponed to Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. in light of native Matt Turner’s passing this weekend.

Sunday, Oct. 7: The Downtown Arkadelphia program will host its kickoff event — a ribbon cutting to symbolize the focused movement toward downtown revitalization — at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9 in front of Southern Bancorp on Main Street.

“Many students have expressed to the community that there is nothing for them to do in Arkadelphia,” said Nicole Porchia, the student success coordinator at Ouachita and a member of the Downtown Arkadelphia board. “This is an event for all students to come out and enjoy the Arkadelphia downtown area and even receive discounts at most restaurants and retailers.”

Porchia also said that the Downtown Arkadelphia board’s main focus is to revitalize the downtown area while offering activities and entertainment for local families and college students.

From 4:30 – 7:30 p.m., a number of local retailers will offer promotions for shoppers and participants. Restaurants Slim & Shorty’s, Dino’s and the Honeycomb are offering 25 percent discounts off of food that evening. To take advantage of these discounts, students will need to bring their student I.D. to the Downtown Arkadelphia booth on Main Street and pick up a ticket for the night. Students can also collect signatures from store owners on their ticket and enter their names once for every signature to win a cash prize of $500 dollars or a gift basket valued at $600 dollars.

Ouachita’s director of career services Lauren Land, has been involved with the formation of this program. Brooke Zimny, assistant director of communications, and Rene Zimny, assistant director and grant coordinator of international recruiting, designed the Downtown Arkadelphia logo and Rebecca Jones, assistant professor of communications, will have one of her spring classes design a promotional campaign for the Downtown Arkadelphia program.

“We want to find out what students are looking for in terms of retail and restaurants,” Land said. “What would make Arkadelphia feel more like a ‘college town,’ what would keep them in town [as opposed to] driving to Hot Springs for the night.”

Land said that the Downtown Arkadelphia program wants college students to feel at home in Arkadelphia and be proud to live here and to invested in the community.

“The purpose of this initiative is to spur downtown revitalization and bring attention to our existing and future retailers and restaurants,” Porchia said. “Being [a Ouachita] alumnus, I am glad to be serving on a board that is focused on revitalizing the downtown area for local families and college students to enjoy during their time of leisure.”

Downtown Arkadelphia also plans to host and lead quarterly events in the downtown area in the future. These include, but are not limited to, art walks, movie showings on Main Street, extended hours for retailers and restaurants as well as holiday open house events.

For more information on Downtown Arkadelphia, contact Land at landl@obu.edu. For updates, promotions and other benefits, follow Downtown Arkadelphia on Twitter at
@downtowndelph.